Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-29

Don't you dare to drink that toast"
end. His royal highness is doomed"
Lorry spoke with the earnestness and
conviction of one who is permitted to
see into the future.
Calmly he prepared to write some
letters, not to say farewell, but to ex-
plain to certain persons the cause of
the duel and to say that he gloried in
the good fortune which had presented
itself. One of these letters was ad-
dressed to his mother, another to the
| father of Prince Lorenz and the last
to the Princess Of Graustark. To the
| latter he wrote much that did not ap-
pear in the epistles directed to the 9TH
ers Anguish had been in his room
more than an hour and had frequently
called to his friend and begged him
| to secure what rest he could in order
| that their nerves might be steady in
the morning. But it was not until
after midnight that the duelist sealed
he envelopes, directed them and
knocked at his seconds door to say:
Il shall intrust these letters to you,
ON their way tomorrow
Then he went to bed and to sleep.
At o'clock his second, who had
slept but little, called him. They
dressed hurriedly and prepared for the
ride to the valley. Their own rev
| English bulldog revolvers were to
serve as weapons in the coming COM
bat, and carriage was to be in wait
ing for them in a side street at Z
o'clock.
Before leaving their room they heard
evidences of commotion in the hotel
and were apprehensive lest the in
mates had learned of the duel and
were making ready to follow the fight
ers to the appointed spot. There was
confusion of voices, the sound of rush
ing feet, the banging Of doors, the
noise increasing as the two men
stepped into the open hall. They were
amazed to see half dressed men and
women standing or running about the
halls, intense excitement in their faces
and in their actions. White uniformed
policemen were 1ocking into the corri-
doris. Soldiers, coatless and hatless,
fresh from their beds, came dashing
! upon the scene. There were excited
cries, angry shouts and, more mystify-
ing than all, horrifed looks and whis-
pers.
What has happened?" asked Lorry,
stopping near the door,
at can't be fire. Look! The door to
that room down there seems to be the
center of attraction. Hold on! Don't
go over there, Lorry. There may be
something to uunerye you, and that
must not happen now. Let us go down
this stairway. 1t leads to side en-
trance, think" They were half way
down the stairs when the thunder of
rushing feet in the hall above came to
their ears, causing them to hesitate be-
tween curiosity and good judgment.
"They are coming this way"
Hear them howl! What the devil
can be the cause Of all this rumpus?"
cried the other.
At that instant half dozen police
guards appeared at the head of the
stairs. Upon seeing the Americans
Iney stopped and turned as IL to oppose
foe approaching from the opposite di-
rection. Baron Dangloss separated
himself from the white coats above
and called to the men below. In alarm
they started for the street door. He
was with them in an instant, his usu-
ally red face changing from white to
purple, his anxious eyes darling first
toward the group above and then to-
ward the bswildered Americans.
Whats the matter?" demanded Lor-
~.
There! See" cried Dangloss, and
even as he spoke a conflict began at
the head of the stairs, the police, aug
mented by few soldiers, struggling
against a bowling, enrsged mass of
Axphainians. Dangloss dragged his re-