The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-07-09


tie gateway. which was tlanked by two
la-gc towers. and In which. also. lights
twnkled. although the tuw,rs looked
black IN COMPARISON with the brillian'
cy Of the oastle itself He mounted the
causeway. thinking y strangely Ike
that which led 10 Schl0ss Ehrcnburg
itself. hut Ehrenbnrg was q ruin. ana
this building looked like a medieval
castle IN perfect preservation. Smith
thought he wOnli inquire from some Of
the servants where he WIS. and II hr
could get any accommodation al the
place for tho nigh. they would 90
least direct him On his journey
Two stqlvart soldiers guarded the
gateway. and as soon as they saw
Smith gave the alarm. ami crossed
their pixies In front of him. \ tai OH
Ger came clanking out In Response 10
their summons. and following him
were a number 81 men In arms. The
officer demanded a. know who the In.
iruder was. aud Smith said he was a
stranger who had lost his way aud, noi
recognizing the place. thought he
would inquire whore he was. The ON
Ger gave a command 10 the guard. who
raised their lances Instantly. aud then
ne asked Smith 10 accompany him into
the courtyard. This done. the officer
who looked at him sharply. ordered
the gates 10 be- closed. and semi a mes
senger In hot haste b. the castle. la
evident response 90 the message there
poured out Of the castle door and down
the steps multitude Of men. most Of
whom had drawn swords Ia their
hands although some were without
arms Of any sort. and looked a. " they
bad rushed away from the b1nquetlng
table 4 number " servants held
torches and the courtyard was a. bril-.
lianily Illuminated a. the inside of the
castle itself
When the mob saw Smith they rails
ed great shout aud brandished their
weapons and. 10 his amazement. he
heard a cry 50 forth.
"rhc emperor. The emperor
Smith flushed with pleasure ~ this,
because be- had sevenil times been
told that be ncscnhed the Emperor
William. and ! have always thought
that be- trimmed his musiache to fur
Their this likeness aud in other respects
dressed the part \ moment later his
satisfaction grew less when a number
OF men pointed their swords at his
threat. and one cried
"I.ci ~ hiring In bis head 20 the
Knight 81 Ehpnhurg; IL will be an ac-
ceplahle present"
\ shout went up
"Arr the gates clusrdf'
Yes" answered the officer who had
given the command
Then kill him where De- stands"
Hold on cried Smith. raising his
voice above the tumuli There has
hrcn some mistake herr. am merely
poor traveller who has lost his way
You have indeed. sire they cried
Then some one shouted. holding his
sword aleu-,
we VIII md your way for you. aud
| n win b. a shori cut 10 bed. where you
rightfully belong
Permit me 10 say" said Smith
again, that you have made a mistake.
| belong 10 The United states
Rui the men swurmed around him.
] AfNN ANA WNAif NffN NN NiN MNAMNs fN'N
seeming eager Tor the hrsi thrust at
ri him. and got Ia one nnothrr's way;
thus Smith for the moment escaped
disaster
Al this crisis there appeared in the
castle doorway an old man 81 eXccp-
1 tlonal ullucss. dressed as ~ Tor mas.
Quendc Ia complete suit ~ armor
but without a helmet ON his gray head.
smith could not sre hts face plainly.
bui hr saw enough of % 90 notice the
look of command that was In &c. The
Jall man held up bis right hand
"SiOp" be- cried iu voice that rang
ont into the night cchong against Che
Z gates AMI rc-cchoius aca.n from the
castle walls
Al The word every sword point drop
ped Co the ground and the crowd drew
hack from Smith - that he stood