Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-09-26

! The House of The Wolf,,,,,,a
X BY STANLEY j. WEYMAN 4

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one womans happiness-outside our
selves we thought only of these now.
And some day, l reelected. Croisette
might remember even with pleasure
that he had. as a drowning man
prayer for them.
We We're placed in the middle of a
knot of troopers who closed the line to
the right. And presently Marie touched
me. He was gazing intently at the
sentry ON the roof of the third house
from us: the farthest but one The
mans back was to the parapet. and he
was Sesticulating wildly.
He sees him!" Marie muttered
| nodded almost In apathy. But this
passed away, and l started involunta-
lisy and shuddered. as Il savage roar,
breaking the silence. rang along the
front of the mob like rolling voley of
firearms. What is 1t? "A man posted
at window in the upper gallery had
cropped his pixies point and was level
ing ii at some one inside; we could see
no more.
But those In front of the window
could; they saw too much for the
vidame's precautions, as moment
showed. lie had not laid his account
With the frenzy Of rabble, the pas
stons of a mob which had tasted blood
saw the line at the farthest end waver
suddenly and toss to and fro, Then u
hundred hands went up, and confused
angry cries rose with them. The
back slowly as they did so. But their
efforts We're in vain. With a scream of
triumph wild torrent of people broke
through between them, leaving them
stranded; and rushed in a headlong
cataract towards the steps, Beers was
close to us at the time. "S'death" he
cried, swearing oaths which even his
sovereign could scarce have equaled
"Tae2 will snatch him from me vet, the
hel!houndS,"
He whirled his horse round and
spurred him in n dozen bounds to the
stairs at our end of the gallery. Then
he leapeil from him. dropping the
bride recklessly, and. bounding up
three steps at a time he ran along the
gallery. Half 4 dozen of the troopers
about us stayed only to fling their relns
TO one of their number, and then FOL.
lowed. their great boots Gathering on
the p!anks.
MY breath came fast and short, for
| felt 1t was crisis. 1t was a race be-
tween the two parties, or rather be-
tween the yidame and the leaders of
the mob The latter had the shorter
Way to go. But on the narrow steps
they We're carried off their feet by the
press behind them AND fnll n,s, ,,a
ha mnered one ,notl,ar 49,, 49, ., a.iu
The yidame f,oa rr1,,, th;s, 5a.,., .tiiis'
was some way alon ,ba .,,a,'. !" ,ach,
they had set foot on it.
How L prayea--amid scene of the
wildost uproar and excitement-that
the mob might be first. Let there be
men an.l the poonf., .nd n, W. ls,.'r,, .
sion Payanncs ,ni,sl,t 49, ds,., Np Ir u
aN,oke in the tf,rn,,d, 49, - Is
Of rha crowd y CO.., ~ : .i's Yeas
about me tb,n,fere,1 -, Sra,r, ,, v",sss
Ana i 100 loci nm, Ioaa ~, ~. w on.
sword, and screamed AT The fox Wv my
voice "a ('ayl1s, !, ca,,,,,s,., ,i,i, ~, ~.
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showed me n ,,a.s+ -, .. 54iii'e
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whittier than ever u.bnn hs,.,.,,, 'ess.s :.
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wl,sn how. 49, eWos ,i..ioh 70 ms eyes.
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figure shYank and he uuailed and wn,ia
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