The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-12-31

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The Princess osra's carriage was within two miles Of
strelsaMuS when sheS put her head ont Of the window and
asked the fiber who rode by the wheel why such q
thronggo of people FASTENED Ito the city .
ut is nothing. madam answered he, saluting. 1T
iasonly that two rogses are .to Is. hanged to-day - y,
osra,55 sorrowfully q wish had not como to-day;" and
sheSdrew her head back IN great disgust. And she called;
beasts who 90 to sloat over men being hanged
2Bso the horses were checked to. 81 walk. and thus the
the princess put her head outSofs the window again, and
asked &" Who are TO changed today slr?".
said he. "He robbed the archbishop,s eodeh$In the forest
fof zenda; but they pursued him over the frontier and
tracked hlm t. the cottage g the other rogue, who had
this And the second fellow hid Kohl! and tried to utsoff
to be hanged
II seems hard a said sosra, 'toy hang The one who only
sheltered his friend. Is could do not Less
Nay madam. lie richly deserves 1t, neslde. IFS pre-
vous %robherles, heais graYely suspected OF IN most foul
Il 's iii, and Sic seemed t. I nave y II money ana nd To stSS1 spare. and and
was mighty pretty too, they say. md nov he..can give
q Sdie ali the !, clothes tie sw Mi she Wore, Hidden sti,S away way in N MS
house, and he says his mother bought theSclothes, But
black {hsy ar sut & f Suaxily s'o thss ot Ne. 8a ma a ter M Is aar. enough y a0t ta.
hang him on,S His mothers clothes, In truth! Would an
aew w yn rock eMh and as saa 1sf red s sseealn ax0, for sa Ssr uRGssas Z
Tho Princess osra leaned suddenly farther forward.
i nna, az Ana sasN is p metheSs asaa 10 Dead 5sa 't 81 WHAT'S Hsp ssseeN'
"Of achil, lnad1m. such us ca rrles old people off sud-
s SssS. t, xss xs 4 lP s2ssG s1a 'ists s1s g si, ,ns t bRss21st ~ tsis ,s;s ss
#cheersd Kohl, who. haa! only n robbed ,ths archbishop, they
The princess face went pale, and she sank back.
murmuring: christian Iantz.'' But In another moment
she cried: 4tAt what hour Ia the hanging2 r
.At noon, madam that Is q half hour from now
Then the princess cried In n loud, urgent tone; Fast
or. fastcr! Drive at opfspeed!f and the officer looked
mt her In wonder;s but she cried: "a hundred crowns to
the coachmanS IL he brings mo to the place before noon.
Quick! 4qpick!" For she was all on5flre at the thought
that Christian Hantz WAS to be hanged not for any new
robbery. but because no had sheltered his friend And
sbe knew how the red skirt md there's stockings came
into Ills house, and her breath caught In her throat. and
she thought how he Ind suffered gstoning and. execra-
tlon rather than betrays her secret. And she cried out to
herself as she was hurried along; "Bpt the ring! Why
did le not send the rlng?'
by now they were at8tho gates 81 the city, and now
Within them. Tho officer and tho two men who We're
With him rode forward to eleapsthe way for the prncess,
And thus they made their way on TIL they came to the
street which LEADS from the west gate to the cathedral,
and could SEQ the gibbeta that had been raised before the
prison. between the cathedral and the palace. But here
the whole street was blocked with people, and the officer
could not get the carriage through, for the people were
thick as swarmtng3 bees all across the roadway. and even
~ they would have moved, they could not. and the ears
rlage came to ~ dead stand, while the officer said to;
Princess Osra: Madam. 1t Is uselessi We cannot get
through themi'
Osra sprangs from the carriage and She said: You
have two men with You. For Gods sake, gentlemen,
bring me through TO the foot8of the gibbet, ! care not
~ 1t cyesa me my $life.' rs