The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-03-29

"''.i'N To IN'If lNDtIItncltH repre-
sontatIyos"
THAT sounds well enough" answer
cd Boris doubimlly but will % stand
probation. think you. when Hugo
scowlF 40 us from under bis brow o"
We'll" said Jorian. "at an events.
There us always our Helene think
We may risk &c."
True mcjltated Boris you say
we'll. There is always Helene. The
Little Playmate will not lot our nocks
be stretched Not ut least for sue
couring a Princess In distress"
In short quarter OF an hour tho
drums Of the plasscuburg Palace
Guard mad beaten to arms From gate
90 gate the light soa.wird had borne
the cheerful trumpet call and when
Joan returned. hcartloss aud downcast.
with half dozen more muuldy rascals
umclllnE of muckwkos aud damp
stable straw. she found before her
more than half the horscmUn Of plas
senburg armed clparic IN Furnished
steel Whcrcat she could only look
at Boris in. astonishmcnt
"Your Hirhncss." said that captain,
saluting grayoly. Eve are only able TO
accompany you as ENJOYS Extraordin.
AIRY OF the Prince and Princess OF Plas.
Bcnburg. but as such We feel II our
duty In order properly 10 support our
state 10 take with us a suitable attend.
nnrc'"
Before Joan could reply a messenger
came squirting up the long. narrow
streets Joan took the letter and
opened Il with n jerk.
From High Captain won Orsoln TO
the Princess Joan
Come with AN speed. II you would
be In time. We are hard beset The
enemy are all about us. Prince Con.
rad has ordered a charge'"
The face OF the woman whitoued
as she read. but nt the same moment
the fingers Of Joan Of the Sword Hand
frightened upon the hit She read tho
letter aloud There was NO comment.
Boris cried an order. lnrlan dropped
10 the rear. and the rotinue Of the. En-.
yoys Extraordinary swung out ON the
road towards the great battle
Az Joan and the warcnptains Of
Plasscnhurg came nearer they heard
low growing roar Ike the distant
sound Of the breakers on the outer
shore at Isle Rugcn. II rose and fell
as the 1tful wind bore II towards
thom, but Il never entirely ceased.
They dashed through the fords OF
the ALA, the three hundred lancos OF
the Plassonburg Guard Gathering
eagerly behind them. Joan led. on n
/ black horse which Conrad had given
| her The two war-captains with one
mind set their steel caps more nrmlJ
on their heads.
| They came nearer a few wreaths
OF smoke. hanging over the yet distant
field. told whore Russ and Teuton met
In battle array. A solemn, slumberous
reycrberation heard at intervals split
/ the duh general roar apart. Il was
| the new cannon which had come from
/ the Margraf George 10 help beat back
| the common foe Then thoy began ia
pass limping men hasting eitywar'
with fleeing and panic.strlckon wretch
os who looked over their shoulders as
II they saw steel flashing at their
backs
"Kcrnsbergl" cried Joan, her sword
high In the air as she set spurs In her
black stallion and swept onward a
good twenty yards before the rush OF
the horsemon Of Plassonburg.
Joan's quick glance about her for
Conrad told her nothing Of his where
abouts. but the two warcaptains
more experienced. perceived that the
Muscoyites were already everywhere
victorious. Their wings outnanked
and oyerlapped the slender array OF
CORTLAND. Only about the cannon and
on the far right did any seem to be
making a stand
"There!" cried Jorlan, COUGHING his
lance. there by the cannon IN where
we will get our bollyful Of fighting"
He pointed where. amid confusion
Of fighting men, wounded and strug
Cling horses. and the great black tubes
Of the Margrafs cannon, they saw tn,
sturdy form OF Werner Won Orsoln
grown larger through the smoke ant
dusty smother, bestrlding the body oI
fallen knight. lie fought as one
fights a swarm Of angry bees. striking
every way with desperate courage
The charging squadrons Of Plassen
burg divided to pass right and left Of
the cannon. Joan first OF all, with
her sword lifted and crying not Kerns
berg now, but Conrad Conrad
drove straight into the heart OF IN,
Cossack swarm. Al the trampling o.
the horses feet the Muscoyites lifted
their eyes. They had been too inten
to Kill TO waste a thought on any pos
sible succor.
Joan felt herself strike right ant
left. Her heart was crazed within he
30 that she set spurs in her stoCd anC
rode him forward, plunging and furi
Gus, Then a blowing wlsp Of Whit
plume was swept aside and through I
helmet (broken as a nut is cracke,
and falls apart Joan saw the fai
head OF her Prince. A trickle o
blood wetted cllnglng curl on hi
forehead and stole down HIS pail
cheek. Werner Won Orseln. begrimel
and drunken with battle, bestrode tn
body OF Prince Conrad. Foamlng II