Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-02-20
MQubiA9Ck, me u0D-TQDle[.
By SEWARD w. HOPKINS,
Author Of Jack Robbins Of America IN tho
China Sea-" Two dentiemen oi
Hawaii" On q faiss
Charge" Etc.
nv SEWARD w. HOPKINS,
Copyright. 1895, by roprnr noSsrr. sos>
CHAPTER vll.-(continued.)

Ing the English name IhoriaAe.
Thorlanc. for some reason. found Sar-
DINA n pleasant home. and built a
villa. He married lady OF Naples
"a beauty whose black eyes played
with hearts like toys. They lived In
Sardinia many years. and had son
whom they called Henry. When Ma
lIgni became prefet,o. Ave years ago.
the Slgnor Thorlanc and his wife
were dead. and Henry Thorlane was
a man full grown. He lived busy
life. was famous hunter. and an
open enemy OF the priests OF the mon
astcry OF The Saints. Malisni had
not been prcfctto moro than year
when Henry Thorlanc was accused OF
conspiracy against hlm, and was sen
fenced To twenty years imprison-
ment. The prcietto. in the name OF
ihe king. cOnfscated the estate, and
gave Il to the Count dl PordiHo. the
brotncr OF ThorIanc's mother. who
bronglt the charges OF tao conspiracy
against his nephew. Tie Count di
Pordino lives there row. and man
might better fall into the hands Of
Satan for an eternity than into the
ANAhh W ANAA4AS ANt - ''N@+NN
Why"
MuitercllI shrugged his shoulders
aEaIn.
"Hc Is bandit chief" hc said.
And a friend OF tic protector |
asked. In surprise. Docs the law
look favorabIy upon evil'GocrS In sar'
diniag"
NO. fIsEor, the law does not. but
some OF the men Of power who repre-.
sent the laS do, And perhaps TO that
fact Is due lhclr power and their
wealth"
And Thorlancg'' c, llinucd. for
had interested me. -is he Etili In
pT!song"
Mu,tcrcllI shrugged his shoulders.
and a peculiar look came In,o his
eyes.
-Iic 10 not in prison. siEuor. Soon
after he vas r0HdcmreL he WIS re-
moved TO ,hc monastery OF The
Saints. lie ia believed tn be- R,iii
thcr-. He may be- dead. HiEnoE,"
-H~aVcnS' calculated. Can
such ihirss be-
res. sisEor. in Sardinia. said Mu,-
icrcliL
The priests had gore from our view
and vc returned to the Villa di Mn
ilEui.
-slsror.- said MHu"rciii. you see
that li',lc widow opening onto tao
haieouy which faces the uoFths-
Yes. replied. = scr IT,
THAT Ia uavrr NiIa tiariolii IL con.
nn0i. She Is uo' Locked In the FU1m.
bot may 90 oat GA the balcony. You
s-C il IA hish from the ground. She
raatat escape by herself. ard lhc scr.
wants are aiEays oa susgI to pfr,
Ncut H..
'TaCH shall bc watched tonight
WhVn Try ,o src hers I said.
Hou Ni.i b. watched. but you viii
rot H. tonrhrsi.~ he auswr cd. The
servants Who will SO you tonight arc
bril'r,i to silence. ia, ysu mus, uot
makr a noise. for tue pTrtcIto has
aTReJ guards near his person. and
shuuld th0s hear sou. ali would OV
IDs,.
From here. said. my safest
course IL i1 tho sIuil. and skirt caz.
iiart on the rasi You must make
uFrausrmrnIs this sf,cFHoon 10 hav-
rult vaigibE ing mw You can iuia
mr on ihr rnai aad guide me to II.
after have E1ao uii5 Niia frum the
luasr~
q viii. sizrag. I even taoW the
boat viii hire.
The lights ysCrr shiuiuE brightly
from tEr windows uf the huusr Of
the p5r'r'is vhrn 'tu'trrrili aui
tsutiuuslT approached Creeping from
s5r carriage through a cuppjec. sc
rsacSri the vaii which surrounded
MsiisaTs estate. Here W. halted.
NpW. slEuuF. said Mutt-Tciii.
vho generated the sutlrg proceeding.
n vii leave sou herr. II Is row tot
muzh murC thAa haifpsst eight
O'Clock. I must io my part. or yuurs
vifi tr a failure.
AT ninC B'CIprE. siEupr. he con.
tluuci. the Euaui makes a round ui
the place Yul must rot stir tiil after
that hour. Creep along in the shaioss
until yuu set under the balcony. Yuu
viit nnd there a ladder which have
arranged for Place It against the
balcony. but bc careful ard do not
make a noise. The servants on thai
side viii not disturb yuu. bu; II you
sruuse PsChp MaliEui. he will cali
she guard. ami yuu will bc taken.
Z Will b. CAREFUL replied "But
are yau sure tb5t all the servants are
safer
YES siErors for money. a Sar,iin.
ian is always safe
AEam promising Muiirrcili to rc.
mcmber his warnings. I listened aud
waited. and a shivCr of excitement
,untulsed my frame. The minutes
seemed like huurs felt distinctly
tho dsrECr Of my situation. and was
prepared to receive a, any minute a
summons from the guard The
thoughts Of Edith and my premise to
the hero. MaubIbcCk. rervCd me. and
I Eraiuaiiy grew more calm.
suddenly the bell ~ the monastery
slowly and solemry rang on, upon
thr right cir. and ! saw shifting
lieris about the villa. which indicated
tha movements " the CuarI.
Cauii1usly Slipped from my hiiiur
place and hurried to the gale and
through IT, Tho path to the house
was hcrlarcl with trees. In the
shadow of those crcpt aiurs. at nrst
making brf little uFueTgss bus gradu