Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-22

b0uth hall after the plotfGfs mad ef.
fected an entrance from the garden.
The struggle was brief, for the con.
spirators We're Outnumbcred and sur.
prised. They were even now lying be.
low. bound and helpless awaiting the
disposition of their intended victims
1T is not because we love you. en-
cellencies," explained Baltic. with a
sudden fierce look in his eyes. Tut he.
cause Allah has willed that - should
serve you faithfully. We ye your
dogs. Therefore we fight for YOU 1t
is Il vile dog which bites its ,naster.''
Browne. with the readiness of the
average American, again assumed
command of the situation. He gave
Instructions that the prisoners, seven
in number, be confined in the dungeon,
temporarily at least.
''fhere will be no other attack on us
tonight" said Browne. rejoining the
women after his Interview with Baillo.
ut has missed fire for the present. but
they Will try to get at us sooner or lat
err from the outside. Britt. will you
and Mr.. Saunders put those prisoners
through the sweat box? You may be
able to bluff something out of them If
you threaten them with death. They
ut won't do. Browne" said Dep
bingham. shaking his head. They are
fatallsts; they are stoics. know the
breed better than you. Question If
you like, but threats will be of no
avail Keep 'em locked up; that's ALL"
Firearms and ammunition were talk
en- from the gunroom to the quarters
occupied by the white people. Every
preparation was made for defense in
the event of an attack from the out
side or inside. The white servants
| were moved into rooms adjoining their
employers. Britt and Saunders trans
ferred their belongings to certain gor-
geous apartments. Miss Pelham went
into a Marie Antoinette suit close by
that of the princess. The native serv-
ants retained their customary quar-
tiers below stairs.
Far in the night Genevra, sleepless
and depressed, stole into the hanging
garden. Her mind was full of the hor-
rid thing that had happened to uol-
lingsworth Chase. He had been moth
| ing to her. He could not have been
| anything to her had he escaped the
guns of the assasslns. And yet her
heart was stunned by the stroke that
1t had sustained. Wide eyed and sick,
she made her way to the railing and,
clinging to the vines. stared for she
knew not how long ut the duh red
| glow on the mountain.
The night was still and ominously
dark. She had never known Il night
since she came to Japat when the birds
and insects were SO mute \ somber,
supernatural calm hung over the is
land like pail. The smell OF smoke
hung about her. She could not help
wondering if his fine. strong body was
lying up there burned to Il crisp. 1t
was far past midnight She was alone
In the garden. Sixty feet below her
was the ground; above. the black dome
of heaven.
She was not to know till long after
ward that one of her faithful Thor
berg men stood guard in the passage
leading up from the garden. armed
and willing to die. One OF the other
slept III front of her door through all
those nights on the island.
Something hot triclled down her
cheeks from the wide, plying eyes
that stared SO hard She was won
dering now If he had Il mother, sis
tiers. How their hearts would be
wrenchcd by this. She was thinking
of him with pity and horror in her
heart. not love.
A question was beginning to form
itself vaguely in her troubled mind
Were all of them to die as Chase had
died?
Suddenly there came to her ears the
sound of something swishing through
the air. An instant later solid OBJ
iect fell almost at her feet. She start
ed back with Il cry of alarm. A broad
Shaft of light crossed the garden
thrown by the lamps in the upper hall
of the chateau. Her eyes fell upon a
wriggling. snakelike thing that lay In
TINS path OF light
Fascinated, almost paralyzed she
watched 1t for a full minute before
realizing that 1t was the end of a
chick rope which lost itself in the
heavy shadows at the cliff end of the
garden. She was standing directly
In the shaft of light. To her surprise.
the wriggling ceased. The next mo-
mcnt Il faint, subdued shout was borne
to her ears. Her flight was checked
by that shout. for her startled. bewil-
dered ears caught the sound of her
| own name.
), At last. far above, she saw the glim-
MGR of u light. 1t was too large to be
a star. and moved back and forth.
Sharply it dawned upon her that it
was at the top OF the cliff which over
hung the garden and stretched away
to the sea. Some one was up there
waving a lantern. She was thinking
hard and fat. a light breaking in upon
her understanding. Something like
Joy shot II o her being. Who els,
could It be if not Chase? He alone
would call ont her name. He was
alive
She called out his name shrilly, her
face raised eagerly to the bobbing
, light. Not until hours afterward was
Genevra TO resent the use of her Chris
tan name by the man In the clouds.
, Rushing over, she grasped the knot.
. ted end Of the rope. A glance and
{ single tug were sufficient to convince
| At~nA L..
to n support MT the top Of the cliff
1t hung limp ard heavy. lifeless. A
sharp tina fron; above caused 1t e
!, tre@ble yislci.i. 4. i.,. l.,tiids. She
dropped 1t as il it were serpent
/ Again she heard the shout, and this
time she called out question.
? Yes" vas the answer. far above
Can you hear .ae:" Greatly excited
she called buck that she could hear
Il nd