The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-10

Ah, there II his step!" In an instant
ehe had vanished as suddenly as she
had come.
A moment later the Baron entered
with drawn sword in his hand and the
fellow who had admitted US at his
heels.
This IL my secretary" said he. ''He
will BE- my friend In this affair. But We
shall need more elbow room than We
can fnd here. Perhaps you will kindly
come with me to . more spacious apart
ment."
It was evidently impossible to fight
In chamber which was blocked by
great table. We followed him out,
therefore, Into the dimly lit hall. At the
further emf light was shining through
a. operdoor.
W. shaM ind what we want in
aai1 he men with the dark
was Q large. empty room. with
Of barrels and cases around the
lls. A strong lamp stood upon
|elf in the corner. The floor was level
M true, SO that no swordsman could
ksk for more. Duroc. drew his sabre
aaA sprang into it, The Baron stood
AaOk with q bow and motioned me to
fellow, my companion. Hardly were my
heels over the threshold when the heavy
door crashed behind me and the key
screamed in the lock. We were taken
In q trap.
For q moment we could not realize
It. Such incredible haseness was out
~ oil MO
understood how foolish we had been to
trust for an instant a man with such
. history, flush Of rage came over
us, rage against his villainy and against
our own stupidity. We rushed at the
. door together, beating 1t with our fists
and kicking 1t with our heavy boots.
The sound Of our blows and our execra-
Aiono must have resounded through the
castle. We called to this william, hurl-
ING at him every name which might
pierce even into his hardened soul. But
Tie door was snormOus-such a door
- one finds in medieval castles-made
Of huge beams clamped together with
irons. It was as easy to break as
square Of the old guard. And our cries
appeared to be as of little avail as our
blows, a. they only brought for answer
khe Gathering echoes from the high roof
above US. When you have done some
soldering you soon learn to put up with
what cannot be altered. 1t was I. then,
who first recovered my calmness and
prevailed upon Duroc to Join with me in
examining the apartment which had be-
come our dungeon.
There was only one window, which
had no glass in 1t. and was SO narrow
that one could not SO much as get ones
head through. 1t was high up, and Du-
roc had to stand upon barrell in order
TO Gee from 1t.
'Tirwoods and an avenue of snow be-
tween them" said he. "Ah" he gave a
cry OF surprise.
sprang upon a barrel beside him.
There was, as he said, a long. clear strip
II snow In frontA man was riding down
II. logging his horse and salloping like
: madman. ~ we watched he grew
smaller ana smaller until he was swal-
lowed up by the black shadows OF the
forest.
.'What does that mean?" asked Duroc.
+ mo good for us," said I. He may
have gone for some brigands to cut
our throats. Let us see II we cannot
ana q way out Of this mousetrap before
the cat can arrive"
rhe one piece Of good fortune in our
favor was that beautiful lamp 1T was
nearly full Of oil and would last US until
morning. In the dark our situation
would have been much more difficult.
BY IT. light we proceeded to examine the
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