The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-05-08

Iufoo drew hla hsiseF ard npfnnH
Into u The baron sfpad back with
q Row and nnosionad me 90 follow
ny eampan!pn. Hardy @pra ms
heels ever the Threshold whsn tbs
heavy deer crashed b~hind us and
Tho Key screamed Ia tins look We
we're taken IN a trap
For a mtaanSnt Ne eould not real
ifs Il. rnah lnersdlhls hAHsn~es was
outside ali our expeftenaes Taen,
ne We understood hom faasteh w bad
been % trust for an Instant q man
virh such a history = flush % rag
uafne over us. rage hsAinat bic VIZ
iianiy and against our owe stupidity
beating u With our fsstn and kickins
with our heavy boots. IRE sonnd -
our blows and ~ our snnUrasiun3
fnfst have rwreans@6 fhruugh the
castle we called % thta william,
hurting af him syery name whieh
might lstsres even into his hardened
suut tat The dor Vas sfnfms.s--
1rueh a daer AZ one finds IN medieval
|Castiea made 81 hugs beanie
ss.,.... - = J, ~ -. 49, s. ~ssss
ia vasS - ssF~ss ss = =sasiea- ~ tsss
|Oid Guard. And cur cries appeared
\ o. be 4 a. fiifis avail as nar biows.
IT. they emily brought far answer
Rtis SCATTERING echo~w from the hiEfi
|5uaf akexe "a When Tuu have dor.<
Ssrsufno pszsaisftnz. yya kesn learn %
|put up nith What cannot be altered
nc WAS I. then. who first f~a@esred
fmy calmnmeN. end prevailed upon
Fnuroe 20 tnsn with ms In examining
the afaFtmsnt which had heoense QUE
tianEeaa.
There &as only one wlnaow- which
had No si.xs la u. and N4r - mar
IfoW thas enc could moi go much as
Ixat ones head thr.ush II was his n
On. and fturoc had ca stand upon q
barrel IN order 10 see sFssn a.
w hat can yru ssef l asked
''F1r saosia ard an avenue 81 snow
between thsFn." said he. AL he
gave = err II surpffHs.
sprans upou the barrel beside
hisn. 1gerr was. ~ ~ said. a long.
eisar strip ~ snow IN front A man
was riding down ~, fiosxing hia
horse and KAiiofsing Hike mailman.
Az Ne watched. he gres smaller and
smaller. until he was swallowed ~
hy the btAek shadows % the forest
what does that ussanT- asked
ppfnc.
40 god for U.S. said l. ne
may have Tuas for hstxants 20 sus
our threats. lot ur see n NE cannot
fIat way cAfi " this mausstrnp
before the cat cAn arrive"
The one piece II sssd fortune In
our favor was that beautiful lamp.
X waa nearly fuii - Bti. and Woaid
last ua until n,orninK. In the DARK
0ur situation wutiid have been far
msre difficult Hy TIA liNht No pro-
c~e~ieJ e. examine The gaekRxra and
I caeea which lined tho waiin. In
some places there was onig a single
lire ~ them. while IN enc cnruer
they esss fsiind nearly - te- ceiling
II seemed that We were tn the store
house 81 tha castle, for thefr were
a great number ~ chseHss Nege-
tafsica ~ various kinds. bins full ~
dried ffalts and a iina Of wine bar
rwia one 81 these hal = spiEnl IN ~.
and 7 had eaten little during tho day.
waa Glad ~ cup NJ rsar~t ana
suunn feed A % purue. he would
take nothing hut paced AZ and down
the feafn IN a FEVER Of anger and
lrnpattsnoe. I'm have him YETI he
cried. every now ard then. The
rancaiI shat not racape met"
T'his was all very we'll but II
seemed Go me az | sat on a great
round cheese eating u1Y supper that
ihis yaunsHtsr was thinking rather
too much Of hts own family affatra
ana to. little 81 the fms ssfape into
Which he had SO, me. After an. hts
father had bvsn dead IL years. ami
nothing could nrt that ftRht; but
here was Etienns Gerard. the most
dnshinN lieutenant in the whole
Grand Army, Ia imminent danger Of
being cut OF at the very outset % his
brilliant career. Who was ever 90
know the heights 10 which I might
have risen n were knocked On the
head IN this hole and CORNER buei-
nres, which had nothing whatever to
10 with France or the EMPEROR
cuuid not help thinking what a fool
I had been when 7 had fine war be-
fore me 70 Ru on on n hair -hrAinrd
expedition OF this sort. az n "a were
not enough a. have a quarter 81 a
million HusHians 20 fight against.
without plunEinR into all sorts Of
private quarrela as we'll
THAT r. all very wali.@I Hhid at
last. a. I heard puroc mutterinE his
threats You may do what ynu like
90 him when you ret the upper hand.
At present the question rather IN.
what II he going to DO with us.
let him DO his worstl" cried the
boy Il owe n duty 90 my father"
THAT II mere foolishnass." said T.
III you owe q duty 10 your father I
owe one To- my mother, which In 10
got out OF this business safe and
sound"
My remark brought him 20 his
senses
= have thought too much 81 my
self" he cried. Forgive me. Mon
sleur Gerard. Give me your advice
~ 60 what should do"
We'll" said l. 1T In not for our
health that they have shut ua up
here among the chooses They mean
% make an end OF us II they can.
That Is certain. They hope that no
one knows that we have come here.
and that none VIII trace us n we re-
main 10 geaf iusaaga know ghsr.
you have gone TOT"
II said nothing"
"fIumi. II r. clear that VIZ can
not be starved here. They must
como 70 uH n they are To kin US Re-
hind a harricade ~ barrels we could
hold our own against five OF the ras-
Gals whom we have seen. That Il
probably why they have sent that
messenger for assistance"
we must qct out brfotn ha ~.