Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-05

Email. Chauvenet flung open the door
and bawled through the house for the
innkeeper
Horses, Saddle our two horses quick
and get another n you have TO steal
itr' he screamed. Then he turned into
the room to curse Zmai. while Durand
with a towel and water sought to ease
the ache in the big fellows head and
( cleanse his face
$50 that beggarly little servant did
7 Il, did he? He stole that paper l had
I given you. did he? What DO you i'm.
agine | brought you 70 this country
for II you are to let two stupid fools
play with you as though you were a
clown2"
The Serylan. on his knees before
Durand. suffered the torrent OF abuse
meekly. He was a scoundrel. hired TO
| do murder. and his utilization by an
angered employer did not greatly trou-
bic him. particularly since he under
stood little OF Chauvenets rapid Ger
man.
In half an hour Chauvenet was
again in a fury. learning az Lamar
that the operator had gone down the
road twenty miles TO a dance and
would not be back until morning
The imperturbable Durand shivercd
in the night air and prodded Chauve-
net with ironies.
I'VE have no time TO lose. That
message must so tonight You may
! be sure NJ. Armitage viii not send IL
for us. Come. we've got to go down
TO Storm Springs"
They rode away In the starlight. ieav-
! Ing the postmaster alarmed and won
deriug. Chauvenct and Durand were
well mounted on horses that Chauvenet
| had sent into the hills in advance OF his
own coming Zmal rode grim and ST.
lent on clumsy pillow horse. which
was the best the publican could find
| for him. The knife was not the only
weapon he had known in Servia. He
carried a potato sack across his saddle
bow. Chauvenet and Duraud sent him
ahead 90 set the pace with his Inferior
mount They talked together 90 low
tones as they followed.
Gle is not so big a fool. this Armi-
tage." remarked Durand. Gle Is quite
deep. I'm fact I wish il were ne we are
that pidful scapegrace in Vienna"
y gave him his chance down there
I'm Che valley. and he laughed at me. 10
! is quite possible that he is not a fool
and quite certain that he is not cow
ard"
Then he would not bc q safe king
Our young friend I'm Vienna Is n good
deal Of a fool and altogether cow
ard. We shall have 20 provide him
with a spine az his coronation"
III we fair began Chauvenet
you suggest a fruitful but unplcas-
ant topic. III we fail we shall Doe fortu
nate II we reach the hospi'-hle shore.
OF the Argentine for futu ~ residence
Paris and Vienna would know as
again. n Winkelried succeeds IN vi
emma and we lose here. where do we
arriveT
1--WE arrive quite where Mr.. Armitagc
chooses 20 land US He is a gentleman
OF resources; he has money: he laughs
cheerfully at misadventurcs: he has
! had you watched by the shrewdcst
eyes In Europe. and you are considered
hard man 20 keep track OF. my dear
Durand And not least important he
has tonight snatched away that little
cablegram that was the signal 20 Win
kelried 10 go ahead. He Is a very an
noying and vexatlous person. this Ar
mitage. Even ZmaL whose knife made
him terror In Servia. seems unable 20
cope with him"
"And the fair daughter OF the val
ley
"Pish. We are not discussing the
young lady"
Il can understand how unpleasant
the subject must be TO You. my dear
Jules. What do you imagine she knows
OF NJ Armitage? II he is the man we
think he is. and n possible heir 10 "a
great throne. II would be impossible
for her 10 marry him"
His tastes are democratic. In Mon
tana he Is quite popular"
Durand flung away his cigarette and
laughed suddenly.
HAS it occurred 20 you that this
| whole affair is decidedly amusing?
Here we are In one OF the free Ameri-
can states about TO turn card thar
Will dethroqe a king II we are lucky
And here is man we are trying 20 get
out OF the way-a man we might make
| king II he were not a fooll In Ameri-
ca IL touches my sense OF humor. my
dear Julesr'
An exclamation from Zmni arrested
them. The Servian jerked up his horse
and they were instantly at his side
They had reached a point near the
bunting preserve in the main highway
1t was about half past 1 O'clock. an
hour at which Virginia mountain
roads are usually free OF travellers.
and they had been sending their horses
! along as briskly as the uneven roads
and the pace OF Zmafs laggard beast
permitted.
The beat OF n horses boots could be
heard quite distinctly in the road
ahead or them. The road tended
downward. and the strain OF the as
cent was marked IN the approaching
cnfrnaIa IN a v,1r,a,e H. st.-.,.-