The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-07

nardino. Catching his eye, she looked
startled for an instant, and then, with
furtive glance at the king, she swept
her eyes back to Thorndyke and raised
them significantly toward his cham
bers. He understood, and his quick
movement was his reply. He turned inn
mediately to an elevator that was gong
up and entered it.
Again he was alone on the palace
roof. The color of the sunlight looked
SO natural that he studied it closely to
see if he could not detect something ar
tificial in its appearance, but in vain.
He found that it did not pain his eyes
to look at the sun steadily. de took
from his pocket small sunglass and
focused the rays on his hand, but the
heat was not intensified sufficiently to
burn him.
Just then he heard loud blast of a
trumpet in tall tower to the left OF
the palace. 1t seemed a momentous sig
nal. The jostling crowds in the streets
below suddenly stood motionless. Every
eve was raised to the sky. Not a sound
broke the stiffness. Following the
chances of the crowd, u few minutes
later, Thorndyke noticed dark cloud
rising in the west and spreading along
the horizon. A feeling of awe came
over him as it gradually increased i'll
volume, and in vast black pillows began
to roll up toward the sun.
Suddenly ont of the stiffness came a
PARKWAY rumble like a fusillade of can
non, now dying down low, again reach.
ing such height that it panied the
ears. Belated flying machines darted
across the sky here and there, like storm
frightened birds, but they soon settled,
to earth. Every eye was on the cloud?
which was now gashed with dazzling,
vivid, electric flashes. Thorndyke look
ed over the vast roof. He was alone. He
walked to the western parapet to get Il
broader view.
The clouds had increased till almost
a third of the heavens was obscured by
the madly whirling blackuess. There
was rumble in the cloud, or beyond
it, like thunder, and yet it was not, I'M
less thunder can be attuned for the
sCund was like the music of great or
ciiestra magnified a thousandfold. The
grand harmony died down. There was
a binding flash of electricity in the
clouds, and the Englishman involun-
tarily covered his eyes with his hands.
When he looked again, the blaclness
was covering the sun. For a moment
its disk showed blood red through the
fringe Of the cloud and then disappear
ed. Total darkness fell on everything
The silence was profound. The very
air seemed stagnant.
Then the wind overhead by some I'M
seen force was dashed into fury, and all
the sky was filled with whirlpools of
deeper blackness. Suddenly there was "a
flash of soft golden light. This was fol-
lowed by streams Of pink, of blue and
of purple till the whole heavens were
hung with banners, flags and rainbows
of flame. Again darkness fell, and il
seemed all the deeper after the gorgeous
scene which had preceded it. Thorndyke
strained his sight to detect something
moving below, but nothing could be
seen, and no sound came up from the
motionless crowds.
Behind him he heard soft footstep
oil the stone thing. 1t drew nearer. A
hand was being carefully slid along the
parapet. The hand reached him and
touched his arm.
1t was the princess. "Ah, l have at
last found your she whispered. Il saw
you in the Lightning, but lost you
again"
lie put bis arm round her and drew
her into his embrace. He tried to speak.
but uttered only an inarticulate sound.
could not possibly come earlier"
she apologized, nesting against him
SO closely that he could feel the quick
and excited beating Of her heart. my
father kept me with him till only mo-
ment ago. Captain Tradmos will be-
here soou.
when do we start?" he asked.
That is the trouble" she replied.
we had counted Oh getting away in
the darkness before the display of light
ming, but there is more danger now. If
our lying machine were noticed. the
searchlights would be turned Oh us, and
we would be discovered at once.'
But even if we get safely away in
the darkness when could we return?n
"Oh, that would be easyr' she re.
Piled. "As soon as the fete is over COM
merce Will be resumed, and the air will
he filled with airships that have been
delayed in their regular business. and
Ill the disguises which l have for MS
both we could come back without rous-
ing suspicion. We could alight in Win
ter park and return home later"
What is Winter park"
You have not seen it? You must do
SO. 1t is one of the wonders of Alpba.
1t is n vast park inclosed with high
walls and covered with a roof of glass
inside the snow falls, and we have
sieighing and coasting and lakes of ice
Tor skating. 1t was an invention of the
king. The snowstorms there are beanti.
full" ''"''-
Thorndyke's reply was drowned in n
harmonious explosion like that of timed
cannon. This was followed bv the