The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-17

bond. his fiddle il las ez-a- rs
heart again as Gsat IS q -sa2 D.
- g. some day-al. szEs ezz Pc
would see her again on The rSa- .
was always the way. LEe1 ne
tell her how unhappy be la- ---l---
a minute. She was 50 pEet--s
pretty He sighed proLol------ -
when Truxton King first evoke 20
the fact that they were no ioHzer -s----
motionless in the urear@ 4e--S- -
leaped to his feet with starts S-----
of alarm. Lorraine sat up, 1i-l-A--a 80
ewes in half-c0nscious wonder II -
broad daylight, Of course tae tram " -
rafting through the long cut JUST oe-
low the city walls. With frantic e--e-5s
he pulled open the door ot a -L---l--G
he stared AZ me sSee-l-lis - NV
so close al hand, uncolIil5l l--' ~ Z
Then the truth burst upon MIN Win tlis
force of mighty blow. lie sta5agLe1
back his Jaw drOpplng5 MS eyes 5iaL!A5,
ssvTbsr The dev-Great God, Lorraine.
We're golngi We're moving he cried
7 know It," she grasped, her body
rocking violently with the sWaying OF
the wild, top-heavy little ear,
Great Scott, How were pOunulhs
it, Fifty miles an hour. WHere are
weTF he cried, aghast- He could scar
~ keep his feet 50 leLIlnl Gas ''-7
speed and so sickening the mot-on-
She got to her feet and lUrched 70 ms
side Don't fall out. she almost
sF-iel,e5 he drew back with her. To-
gether they swayed Ike reeds IN q VINO
Storm. staring dizzily at the wall De-
S1ddeniv the train shot out into the
omen. farn-spattered valley. IruNton
fell back dumfOunded-
itThe country ne exclaimed. We've
been carried away. l. can { belltFr
nv Senses Could we have slept-"hal
q fool what an idiot. God ln heaven
The prince, He Is lOSt.' He was be-
side himself with anguish and despair.
raging Ike a mailman, curslng hilAseII
for a fool q dog, q murderer
Little less distressed than her COM
panion, Lorraine Tullis stiI had the good
sense to keep him from leapIng from
the CAR He had shouted 10 her that
he must get back TO the city she cyutu
20 on TO the next town and md 9
hiding place. He would come 20 -ef d.
soon as he had given the alarm
You would be killed, she cIled
cl1tching his arm uercely. You never
can lump, TrUxton. See how we are
running II you jump. 1 shall follow
won't 90 on alone. / am as mueh &C
TLe big strong fellow broke down
and cried, utterly dishearteIned. zo,,,
cryu' she pleaded. Something WI
happen We must stop some LIne
Then we can get another train back
or telegraph or hire wagon. II mus
be verv early. TIE sun Is scarcely
up. Do be brave. Don't give up!'
He squared his shoulders gu pu
me shame ne cFleu GDIrEl-E- ~
I'm unnerEed. that all II was 10,
much of q blow. After we'd got away
from those sCOuudTels so neatly. TOO
oh, it's maddening! I'll be all right in
minute. You plqcky' pllck t- oar -,-,.s
The train Whiried through sHiti
hamlet without even slackenlng III
speed TTuELOu euueayOreu 70 Snout Z
warning TO two men VINO stood ~ INT
Gates. INIT they merely laughed. no
compromising. Then he undertook q
arrest the attention OF the engineer
lie leaned from the door and shouted
The euOTt was futile almost disastrous
iurch came near 20 hurting MN u
the rocky bed. Now and then the,
45assed farmers on the nigh road IA
above, bound for the city They calle'
out 10 them, but the cries were Ia VAIN
with every minute they were Tunulnl
farther and farther away from the cit
OF EdelWeiss; every mile was addlng q
the certainty Of the doom which hum
over the little prince and his people.
A second small station few by
ROM seven lEllDmetcrS 10 EQeiWelss
he looked at her IN despair
We're going faster and faster D
grated "This IS the fastest train 4
the world, Lorraine, bar none
Tuet then ms gaze alighted on IN
pathetic breakfast and the wanderiu
Cigarettes He stared as 81 hypnoLzeC
was he going madt An instant late
he was on his hands and knees, exam
lining the mysterious feast. She 5oine
him at once. no two faces ever DeIof
were so puzzled ana perplexed-
"Ev heaven he explained, DRAWN
her auav from tho spot in quick alarm
.0u1prehensiCu flooding his brain
see ID qlIy We've ben deliberately shane
haIedt We've been bottled up here
drureed. perhaps, and shipped out G
town by fast frciEhJ-nO destination
Don't touch that stuff It's probably lu
o. poison. Great Scott What cleyf
lang fhey are And what a bNtherlu
ldiot they have i'm me 70 deal with. o.
how easy!' I'D.
VVhereupOn he proceeded 10 kick tl
unOnending breakfast, cigarettes an
an out Of the car door. To their dyIn
dav they were 10 believe that the Zoo
had been put there by agents Of N
great cOusUiratOr. Tt readily may 2
e71ru7ised that neither Of them va
given 70 sensible deductions durin
their astounding flight II they hs
Thought twice they might have see
Tho folly of their quick conclusion
Narlanx's men would not have ser
Lorraine of IN a manner ike this. 81
the distracted pair were not I'm an aT
aivtfcaI frame Of mind just then, thu
IS why the gentle munidcence of S.
Vagabond came 10 a barren waste.
Mile after mile few by The unWil
ing travellers, depressed beyond ID
ecrir1ion had given up ali hope of lea'
ing the car until IL reached the poiT
Intended BY the plotters. To the
amazernent however, the speed began
elackcu percepubly after they had lc
the city ten or twelve miles benin