West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-03-21
Ole Prisoner:
ofZenda
BY ANTI HOPE
!. Copyrighted, 1897, iSas. by Hcsry Hot &
. Company
BY ANTI HOPE
[ContInued DON 80 pare-I

HAtAA w AoNlu out. / mid.
Perhaps said Sapt. Come, To
Strelsau! We shall be caught Ike rats
In a trap II we stay here
"Sapt," ! cried. "Tn try itr'
well playcd!' said ne. II hone
they've left us the horses. III go and
see"
I'VE must bury that poor fellow
said 1.
NO time said Sapt.
"I1l do IT,"
Hang your he grinncd. 81 make
you a king. and-well, do Il. Go ana
fetch him while I look 10 the horses
lie cant lie yery deep. but l doubt II
nell care about that. Poor little Josef!
He was AN honest bit OF "a man.
He-went out, and / went to the eel
lar. 1 raised poor Josef in my arms
and bore linn into the passage and
thence toward the door of the house
just inside / laid him down. remem-
oering that must find spades for IL
task. At this instant Sapt came up.
The horses are all right. There's
the own brother To the one that brought
you here. But you may save yourself
that job"
II not 20 before he's buried"
"Yes. you will.'
mo ]. Colonel Sapt. not for all RurI.
tania.''
You fool!' said he. Come here"
He drew me to the door. The moon
was sinking. but about 800 yards away
coming along the road from Zenda. I
made out Il party Of men. There were
SaVnn nr afnlH 80 81.
horseback, and the rest were walking.
M saw that they carried long imple-
ments, which l guessed To be spades
and mattocks, on their shoulders.
They'll save you the trouble" said
Sapt. Come along"
He was right. The approaching mar
~ must beyond doubt be Duke Mi
chaeFs men. come TO remove the
traces Of their evil work. I hesItated
no longer, but nm irresistible desire
seized me. Pointing to the corpse OF
poor little Josef, l said TO Sapt:
Colonel, we ought TO strike n blow
for him.
You'd like to give him some com.
pany, ehg But it's too risky WORT
your majesty"
ANh ""N a sup ut GIL. ENl0 l.
Sapt wavered.
Well" said he, its not business.
you know; but you've been n good boy
and II we come TO grief. why. hang
me- It'll save us a lot OF thlnkIngl
III show you how TO touch them"
He cautiously closed the open chink
OF the door. Then we retreated through
the house and made our way To the
back entrance. Here our horses were
standing. y carriage drive swept ALI
around the lodge.
Revolver readyF' asked Sapt.
"No: steel for me-" said I.
Cad, you're thirsty tonight chuc-
kled Sapt so be IT.
We mounted, drawing our swords.
and waited silently FOR a minute or
two. Then we heard the tramp OF
men on thed drive the other side of the
house. They came to a stand and one
cried:
Now, then, fetch him outl"
"Now!' whispered Sapt.
Driving the spurs into our horses.
we rushed at n gallop round the house.
and In a we were among the
rutians. Sapt told me afterward that
he killed a man. and believe him
but saw no more Of him. with a cut
l split the head Of a fellow ON a
brown horse, and he fell to the ground.
Ihen found myself opposite a big
man, and l was half conscious Of an
other to my right. II was too warm
10 stay, and with a simultaneous ac-
uon ! drove my spurs into my horse
again and my sword full into the big
mans breast. His bullet whizzed past
my earl could almost swear II touch
ed 1t. / wrenched at the sword. but II
would not come. and dropped II and
galloped after Sapt. whom / low saw
about twenty yards ahead. / waved
my hand In farewell and dropped il n
second later with n yell. for a bullet
had graZed my finger and I felt the
blood. Old Sapt turned round in the
saddle. Some one fired again. but
they had no rifles. and We were out Of
range. Sapt fell to laughing.
That's n 10 me and two to you.
with decent luck, said he. Little
Josef viii have company"
AYE. they'll be a parti carree." said
j. Ny blood was Up. and I reioiced TO
have killed them.
rss,r, 800 ~ - "oIH 10 the
,tcod 90 "o"'er IL they no
aTbe ID. e.rr-
I hear, nIm l-1 az stfucN MIN
&c. ~ 80
,f,obo.t w give Black
Pausing nn instant we made q band
age FOR my wounded finger. which was
bleeding freely and acbed severely. tbs
rode on s.,fn, or 'oei "