The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-05-21

Der Of views OF the mountain side. OF
some odd little dwelling houses and
two or three interesting exposures OF
red robed children. Everybody. from
the children up. wore loose robes, some
red. some black. some blue. but all in
solid colors. Beneath these robes were
baggy trousers and blouses among the
men. short skirts among the women.
All wore low boots and a sort OF tur-
ban. These costumes. OF curse, were
confined TO the native civilians. At the
hotel the garb Of the ~aristocrats was
vastly different. The women were
gowned after the latest viennese pat
terms. and the men. except those of the
army. wore clothes almost as smart as
those which covered the Americans.
Miss Guggenslocker-or whatever her
name might be-and her carriage com
paniOn were as eXCuisitely gowned as
any women TO be seen on the boule-
wards or in Hyde park Of an afternoon.
1t was late in the afternoon when
they returned TO the hotel After din
ner. during which they were again OBJ
jects Of interest they strolled of to-
ward the castle. smoking their cigars
and enjoying the glorious air. Being a
a in a strange land. Lorry acted
on the romantic painters advice and
also stuck a revolver in bis pocket He
laughed at the suggestion that there
might be use for the weapon in such a
quiet. model. well regulated town, but
Anguish insisted:
I've seen a lot OF these fellows
around town who look like genuine
brigands and c%utthroats. and l think II
just as well that we be prepared" as
serted be positively. and his friend
graufed what he called a within.
At 10 o'clock the slender moon
dropped behind the mountain, and the
valley. which had been touched with
its tender light. gradually took on the
somberness and stiffness of a starlit
night. The town slumbered at II, and
there were few lights TO be seen in the
streets or in the houses. Here and
there strolled the white uniformed po-
lice guards. occasionally soldiers hur-
ried ~barrackward, now and then belat-
ed citizens moved through the dense
shadows on the sidewalks, but the
Americans saw still life In its reality.
Returning from their stroll beside the
castle walls far to the west of where
they had entered the grounds that aft
ernoon, they paused in the middle Of
Castle avenue near the main gate and
looked down the dark. deserted street.
Far away could be seen the faint glare
from their hotel. One or two street
lamps burned In the business part of
the city. Aside from these evidences OF
life there was nothing but darkness,
silence. peacefulness. about them ev-
erywhere.
Think Of Paris or New York at IL
O'clock" said Lorry, a trife awed by
the solitude of the sleeping city.
Its as dead as a piece of prairie
land said his friend. Cad. it makes
me sleepy to look down that street It's
a mile to the hotel, too. Lorry. Wed
better move along"
Lets lie down near the hedge.
smoke another cigar and wait till mid
night. 1t is too glorious a night to be
lost in Sleep" urged Lorry, whose
heart was light over the joys of the
day TO come. Il can dream just as
well here, looking at that dark old cas-
tie, with its one little tower light. as
l could If | tried to sleep In a hard
bed down at the hotel"
Anguish, who was more or less of a
dreamer himself, consented, and after
lighting fresh cigars they threw them
selves on the soft, dry grass near the
tall hedge that fenced the avenue as
it neared the castle grounds. For half
an hour they talked by fits and starts,
one thinking of the face he had seen.
the other picturing in his artist eye the
painting he had vowed to create from
the moonlit castle of an hour ago.
Some one coming" murmured the
, painter. half rising to his elbow at.
/, tentively.
Soldiers" said the other briefly
They'll not disturb u.s."
They'll not even see US, / should
say. It's as dark as Egypt under this
hedge. They'll pass if we keep quiet
The figures of two men could be seer
/. approaching from the city, dim anC
/. ghostly in the semiblackness of the
night. Like two thieves the Ameri
: cans waited for them to pass. tt
/, their exceeding discontinue, however
the pedestrians halted directly in frou
i, Of their resting place and seated them
selves leisurely upon a broad, fla
. stone at the roadside. 1t was too darl
: to see If they were soldiers. notwith
i, standing the fact that they were les
!, than fifteen feet away.
: "He should be here at II" said on
! of the newcomers in a low voice an,
! In fairly good English. The othe
J merely grunted. There was a silenc
4 of some duration. broken by the frs
! speaker.
4 'If this job fails and you are caughf
G IL will mean years of servitude."
/ But in that case We are TO have 10
< 600 gavvos apiece for each year we Ii
In prison. LIS fair pay-not only 10
!. our failure. but for our silence" sal
the other, whose English was NOR
A difficult to understand.
o Anguish's fingers gripped Lorry's lie,
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