The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-09-28

the sinister m-m-m Of bullet WING
ma past him
"Tha wrong man may get hit.a he
said bending a. the neck Of the
horse. which IN not unusual You're
pulling them down. Old boy keep II
up There's trouble ahead. and since
tho euiraaHiara are fer the king. we'll
stand BY tha cuifuHsiara
on they flew. nearer and nearer.
Two other h0fsemen came into aisH.
/ Do advance ~ the carriage Five
minutes aafr OF this exciting chase
land Nhsn within a dozen fstha.
Maurice saw one OF the cuifasslefs
turn and level revolver al him
| Fortunately the horse swcryrd and
the ball went vide
Don't shootl" Maurice yelled.
don't shuot '
4 The face be- saw eaH ~ won Nit
tiers tits heart elaEred IN his
throat uaf az the danger fstieh
Threatened him. but ~ the thought
/ Of Who thr carriage might contain
Maurice drew abreast % vQn Nit
I ter There was : cash on tire lat
trrH check ana the blood from u
/ drippea ou his cilraHa.
Close for you. my fried. he
Faspea when he recognized the hess
arrival. "ifaye You@aod' my leg
that time" with a rroan
FOR the fire ~ the carriage had
spoken again and true
Maurice shut hia teeth. drew his
revolver. cooked u and applied the
spura lie did not purpose o. waste
powder on the driver. bat was de-
teFmlnsd 10 bring sa8n one of the
carriage HORSES HaharfonHtriu kept
Ill.,. a. a. az
I without apparent result Finally
I Maurice secured TIE desired range.
ne faiasd tho revolver. rested the
barrel hef,sssn tbs left thumb and
! tsrefinHef end pressed the trigger
1 The nearest carriage horse iuHehad
10 bis kneea. a bullet Ia his brain.
dragging his mate with him. The
. race hal come 20 81 end.
~ aueo fhe two hafHemru ~ front
separated. one continued toward the
great forest, while the Btb~F took 10
,hc hiEih AehaFfnnnIeiu started ia
psrsuit Of the latter The carriage
cHfae In an abrupt stand. 1fhe driver
ufafs = flying leap toward the lake
[ hat stumbled and fell and before he
riuid regain his feet Aauriee had
him - tha throat aHd eaa knesiing
on bic chest.
"iluia himf' cried Won Aitief
cofuinE up with = ilmft mold him
flii snock in HE hsad. damn him
enc nai" said Maufdss. you cant
Frf Information oaf - dead man .
ffta ali % with me Tfuauea The
( lieutenant "fii ask for MY dts
charge ! eenid ~ asahing I was
AFRAID - shooting iHfu the carriage =
Maurice turned he attention %
The mHa beneath tsfn. Nov. Yea
devil be cried - clean breast u
" ~ Off the board Tna -. o. sui
denly pnefluE doHu silY the Lard
- H a Fau-Yoa aFuui" eaNaFeig
'-Yau asa killing me
small matter who Is thu fell
ipW = saked MsaFirs.
Johann Kept = spy q rnline rat
ard tsat knewr what else. answered
Won MslfHf. ilwrlng toward the car.
HsRe Curse fiis leg" ne forced
fhr DOR snd teeFsd inside. Paint
go fhuarhf 40 much He lifted
[ the lusnimsfr bundle which iaY
hna Aies4 n tsrg ws~a tsss srasa znA
carried e - sh# as.aa ~ sh# rsaza
uhefe Ne tsnasfiY iAia y He rubbed
,he eifFs wrists unminAfui % the
blood whsrh fsii ffafu his face snd
lett lars stains on hef drssH Thank
fio-f heartily that her royal hi3h-
meas waa Essffefinx from a headache.
shs would have died fruu fright Sc
MsnFtee felt the strainlnK rurtH IN
the prisoners neck grow lifnp. The
rascal had tainted.
why. isn't that her hiRhnezzT's
MaurieH asked the weight Of drvaa
iiftinx from his heart
No Tier royal htKhns.s sent ca.
wiiie. her nnsid ~ honor, vcsied ard
dressed iike herself. 20 play an lnnn.
cent test On her old nurse ThsY
misteak Camille foT her highnsss.
I'm s1iuH 20 wade aut into the
wafer vpu Mliter atset. ntaKHer-
Ing 20 his feet
"roam never e., eff your boot.
said MaEriur
sT'r cut e of. Vas the reply. Z
shall faint n DO not cool or the
leg TIE ball IL somewhere n the
calf Ard he wafet out into the
water until V reached above his
knees Thus BE- stood for a ufomsni.
then returned sS the maid. who. on
opening her eyes. screamed II IL
Al over Camille. said the iieuten-
ant. throwing an arm about her
Your face a. breeding" she cried.
and sank back With her head against
HE bread breast
As Maurice warea NJ tho pair he
sighed There we're no obstacles
here
soon scharfsnstein came looping
down the has alone.
n killed hia horse" he Haid. IN re-
sponse 10 queries, hut he fled into
the woaia whore I could rot follow
a bad night Cor us. Carl. a bad
night swinging of his horp~. a
hoy would have done better work
Waefn have 20 here
~Kopf.s said Maurice. "ard he has
q hati somewhere inside KEPT
hearing his name. Opened HIS eyes
who Pat you up to this7" de-
fnandod Maurice
You are choking me"
who. I say"
"ncauVaiF"
who T. THIS neauvais7 Speak
y AM dying herr, Your
knees
Maurice withdrew hls knees.
"Hrnuvaie. who n h. -
Prince Waimoden. for
merry Of thc Austrian empcroF's
staff"
Iohann'a eyes closed again and
hia bead fell 20 one side
HE locks a. n he were done fnf.
said Maurice standing up let us
clear w the Rubbish and get away
Won Nitter assisted the maid into
the carriage
'Go and stay with her" haid
Maurice. brHsauely. you're half
sssssiitsiiffssss. =
YOU are very handy. Carews
said Won Nfffrr gratefully and he
climbed iu beside the maid. who. her
fright gone took her kerchicf and
wiped tho lieutenantn cheek. press
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