Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-14

| left. Without the least sign of fear
Geddos and Ostrom glided into the
hall and made for the staircase. The
watchers could not but feel thrill of
admiration for these daring wretches
But now new danger confronted
them. The cook remained standing IL
the doorway watching his fellows Il
rhine! How were they to pass him?
There was no time to be lost. ~
lbductors were creeping UP the stcl
'lready, and the cook must he Il
osed Of. He had blown out the liz
vhich he cayried and was now vos
lin shadow. Lorry glided forwH
md in an instant stood before
amazed fellow, jamming a pistol IL
lis face.
"a sound and you die.' he Kissed.
Don't move! came another W,
per, and second revolver touched /
ear. -. did no. know
thcil l:.n.siss -. bu, ne certainly uGds'
stood its me,rir-. Ee tremblcd at
would have fallen to the floor had II,
The s;:>ag Land of Lorry pinned hi
20 the wall. The hand was on l.!
throat too.
"Chlorororr, him, FAIRY, and do.
let him make a sound.' whispered Il
owner of the hand. Ang,tish's twitc'
ing fingers succeeded those of II
friend on tie cooks throat, his pts.
was returned to his pocket, aud IL
little bottle came again into use.
"l'll go ahead. Follow me as SOC
as you have finished this fellow. +
careful and turn to the left when 20,
come to tho top
Lorry was OF scrpss the marble floor
headed for the stairway. and Angus,
was left in charge Of the cook. of wnoi'
he was to make short work. NOV
came the desperate, uncertain part o
the transaction. Suppose he were t
meet the two ccnspiratcrs at the heac
Of the stairs, or in the hall. or that IL
other traitor, Dannox, SHOULD appeai
to Illustrate cd It was the most try
ing moment In the whole life OF the
reckless l.orry.
When near the top of the steps. h
Rugged the high balustrade and eau
tiously peered ahead. He found him
self locking down Il long hall. Mt the
far end Of which. to his wight. dir
light was burning There was nc
sound and there was no sign of the
two men either to the right or to the
left. His heart felt like lead. They
evidently had entered the princess
room. Flow was he to find that room
Slowly he wriggled across the broad.
dark hall, Strengthening up in the
shadow of great post. From this
point he edged along the wall for dis
lance Of ten or twelve feet to the left.
A sound came from farther down the
hall, and he imagined he heard some
one approaching.
His hand came In contact with q
heavy hanging or tapestry. and he
quickly squirmed behind its folds, find
ing himself against a door which
moved as his body touched it. He felt
Il swing open slightly and drew back,
1AlcLuiLS " IClukh W SAG AAiis uAiSCL
tain and very much undecided as to the
course to pursue. His revolver was in
his hand. Just as he was about to pull
aside the curtain man glided past,
quickly followed by another. Provi-
dence had kept him from running
squarely into them. They were going
toward the left, and he realized that
they were now approaching the prin-
cess room. How he came to be ahead
Of them he could not imagine. Again
he felt the door move slightly us he
pressed aga INST 1t. The necessity for a
partial recovery Of his composure be-
fore the next and most important step
impelled him softly to enter the room
for an instant's breath.
Holding to the door. he stood inside
and drew himself to his full height,
taking long and tremulous breath.
There was no light in the room, but
through the door crack to his left came
dim, broad streak. He now knew
where he was. This room was next to
that in which the princess slept, for
had he not seen the light from her
window? Perhaps he was now in the
room Of the Countess Dagmar. Next
door! Next door! Even now the dar-
ing Geddos and Ostrom were crawling
toward the bed Of the ruler Of Grau-
stark, not twenty feet away. Els
first impulse was to cross and open the
door leading to the next room, sur
missing that It would be unlocked, but
he remembered Anguish, who was
doubtless. by this time. stealing up the
stairs. They must not be separated,
for it would require two steady. cool
heads to deal with the villains. TWAS
not one mans work. As he turned to
leave the room he thought how Won
derfuIly well they had succeeded in
the delicate enterprise SO far.
His knees struck the door. and there
was dull thump, not loud in reality,
but like the report Of a gun to him. A
sudden rustic in the darkness Of the
room, and then sleepy voice, soft and
quick, us Of a woman awakening with
start:
"Who is it,"
His heart ceased beating, his body
grew stin and iInmovable. Again the
voice, touch Of alarm in 1t now:
els that you, DannoxY'
She spoke in German. and the voice