The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-07

might, or you shall learn how we shoot In Stag's Burg"
 The twins did not wait to be told twice. They saw that in Kunosss face which told them that he meant all he said. Desperately they drove their spurs into the Hanks of their horses and raced down the mountain. The guns were loosed behind them as | they rode. Shrapnel whtned over their heads. so that they bowed involuntarily, and most humbly.
 Why the devil did you fire your guns on HohenzollernT growled the Rogue wrathfully. You donkey, I fired only because I heard you"
 "On the contrary" answered Wolf. Ask mother. It was you who fired first, and it is you who has brought this shame on us. Little Rogue" The Rogue did not remain in his debt for epithets, and when they reach- ed the lake they exchanged all the oaths that they had inherited from the Bad Weather of zollern and parted full of hatred
 The next day Kuno sent for lawyers and magistrate and made a secret will T would wager" said Dame Feldheimer to the chaplain, that he has not written a very pleasant mes- sage for the artillery owners of Ho- henzollern and Rogue's Burg"
 Inquuisitive as she was, and cleverly though she coaxed her worshlpped pa- tron, she could not discover what Kuno had set down as his last will. She never learned 1t, for within a year she | died. All her famous ointments and herbs and cunning drinks did not avail her, for she died of her ninety eighth year, which is a complaint that is al- together likely to kill even the most | healthy persons.
 Count Kuno gave her a funeral as if she had been his mother, instead of be- ing a poor old woman, He became more lonely tLan ever, especially as Father Joseph soon followed her. However. he did not suffer very long from loneliness. Count Kuno died in | his twenty eighth year, and evilly- minded people declare that his end was brought by poison that the Rogue found Imeans of having administered to him. Whether that he true or not 1t was not many hours after closed his eyes before the cannon roared once more from the walls of both Hohenzollern | and Stag's Burg. Twenty-Five shots l flashed from each of the great castles, and the mountains each oed and re- echoed them as if to emphasize to all the land how jubilant the Rogue, the Wolf and their gentle mother were.
 This time the stupid Kuno has had to believe in death" said the Rogue laughing aloud when the brothers met at the lake on their way to Stag's Burg.
 Yes" growled Wolf. And if he resurrects himself again like the last time and presumes to scold at us from his windows. I have a fre-lock here that shall make his extremely polite and quite dumb"
 As they rode up the mountain, they were Joined by a knight whom they did not know. He was followed by a great retinue, all heavily armed and was evidently person of distinction. The twins, reasoning that he was probably friend of Kupo. coming to attend the last rites, assumed an air of deep dejec- tion and began to bewail their beloved kinsman's early death.
 Loudly and continually they praised his virtues and spoke of their love for him. The Rogue managed even to force a few tears from his grim eyes. Much to their surprise. the knight did not respond with a single word. Sl- 1antly. EolAmnlx. with an uttarlx az-