Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-09-10

the horses away 10 il barn beyond the
house, while Armitage surveyed the
landscape The bungalow stood on a
rough knoll and was 50 placed as to
afford a splendid view of wide re-
gion Armitage travegsed the long YER
anda. studying the landscape and de-
lighting in the far stretching pine COW
cred barlicada OF hills He was arous-
ed by Oscar. who appeared carrying
the suit cases
There shall lie breakfast" said the
man
he threw oaea The doors. and they
entered i vi:.p lasae hall with fire.
place into which oscar dropped a
match
.AIl one noar plenty of sleeping
rooms, SRA place 10 eat herea kitch'
en- beyond "a fair barracks for COM
mon soldier: tls&t is all"
1T is enough Throw these bags
into the nearest bedroom. If there is
no choice aud camp will be estah
lished
This is yours The baggage that
came by express is there wagon
goes with the place. and brought the
things up yesterday. There is a show
err bath beyond the rear veranda. The
mountain water is off the ice. but
you viii require hot water for shaving
lis it not so?''
You Cypress me with luxuries. Os-
car. Wind up the clock. and nothing
will be wanting
Oscar unstraped the trunks and then
stood at attention in the door, He had
expected Armitage to condemn the
place in bitter language. but the pro
prietor of the abandoned hunting pre-
serve was in excellent spirits and
whistied blithely as he drew out his
keys.
The place was built by fools.' de
clared Oscar gloomily.
'Undoubtedly. There is saying
that fools build houses and wise men
live in them. You see where that
leaves US. Oscar. Let us be cheerful
He tried the shower and changed his
raiment while Oscar prepared coffee
and laid cloth on the long table be-
fore the fire. When Armitage appeared
coffee steamed in the tin pot in which
it had been made. Bacon. eggs and
toast were further offered.
you have done excellently well. Os-
car. Go get your own breakfast" Ar
mitage dropped a lump of sugar into
his coffee cup and surveyed the room.
A large map of Virginia and series
of hunting prints hung on the unlimited
walls and there were racks for guns.
and work bench at one end of the
room where guns might be taken apart
and cleaned 4 few novels. several
three-y ear-od magazines and a variety
of pipes remained on the shelf above
the fireplace The house offered posi-
bilities of meager comfort. and that
was about all. Armitage remembered
what the agent through whom be had
made the purchase had said -that the
place had proved too isolated for even
as hunting preserve and that its only
value was in the timber. He was salts.
fed with his bargain and would not
set up lumber mill vet awhile. He
lighted a cigar and settled himself in
an easy chair before the fire. glad of
the luxury Of peace and quiet after his
circuitoris journey and the tumult of
doubt and question that had shaken
him
He sill the wrapper Of the Washing
ton newspaper that Oscar had brought
from the mountain postoffice and scan
ned the headlines. He read with care
dispatch from London that purported
to reflect the sentiment of the CONT
mental capitals toward Charles Louis.
the new emperor-king of Austria Hun
gary. and the paper dropped upon his
knees, and he stared into the fire. Then
he picked up a paper of earlier date
and read all the foreign dispatches and
rhe news of Washington He was
about to toss the paper aside when his
eyes fell upon boldly headlined arti-
Gle that cause his heart to throb fierce
ly. 1t recited the sudden reappear-
ance of the fraudulent Baron Won kis
sci in Washington and described in de-
tail the baron's escapades at Bar Har-
Dor and his later career in California
and elsewhere. Then followed 9 story,
yelled in careful phrases, but based, so
the article recited, upon information
furnished by gentleman Of extensive
acquaintance on both sides Of she At
lantic, that Baron Won Kissel, under ;