The Washington times., 1909-11-26
A STORY OF GRAUS TARK
GEORGE BARR MCCUTCHEON
Copyright. 1903. by George Barr
McCutcheon
Copyright. 1903 by Dodd. Mead & Co.

Wen win out. just as 1 said we would
Easy as falling of a log.
I'm not So blooming sure of that 80
said Hobbs. He was recalling a recent
flight along this very road. We're a
long way from being out of the woods. 30
Don't be kiUjOy, Hobbs. Look at
the bright side Of things"
IN do that I'm the morning when the
suns up; said Hobbs. with a sigh
Come along. sir We take this path
here for the upper road. It's a good
two hours walk up the mountain to
Rabots. where we get The horses.
All the way up the black, narrow
mountain path Hobbs kept the lead
King followed. his thoughts divided be-
tween the blackness ahead and the
single. steady light in a certain win
dow now far behind. He had seen the
lighted window in the upper balcony
as he passed the castle lOn the way to
the gate. Somehow he knew she was
there saying good-bv and godspeed to
him.
At 3 O'Clock, as the sun reached up
with his long. red fingers, from behind
the Monastery mountain, TruN1On King
and Hobbs rode away from RabOt =
cottage. high I'm the nils, refreshed and
sound Of heart. RabCtS son rode with
them, a sturdy, loyal lad. who had
lcdped jOyOUsly nj the chance to serve
his prince Undisturbed, they rode
straight for the passes below st. VAL
entine's. Behind and below them lay
the sleeping, restless. unhappy city Of
Edelweiss. with closed gates and IN
friendly, sulen walls. There reigned
-he darkest fiend that Grau'ytCrk. in all
her history, had ever come to know.
TruNJon King had slipped through
his fingers with almost ridiculous ease.
SO simple had IL been that the two mes
sengers gloating In the prospect ahead.
now spoke Of the experience as II It
were The most trivial things in their
lives. They mentioned it casually; that
Now let us turn to John TuHis and
his quest i'm the hills. II goes with
out saying that he found no trace Of
his sister or her ahduCtOrs. For FIVE
DAYS he secured the lonely, mysterious
mountains, dragging the tired but loyal
hundred about at his heels, distracted
by fear and anguish over the possible
fate of the adored one. On the fifth
day a large force Of Dawsbergen SOL
diers. led by Prince Dantan himself
found the tagged. disspirited American
and hts half-Srarved men enCamped in
erneSs.
That same night a SraustarIx noun
talneer passed the scntinels and brought
news of the disturbance in EdeiWeiss
He could give no details. He only knew
that there had been serious riOting IN
the streets and that the gates were
closed against all corners. He could not
tell whether the riOterS-mOst Of whom
he took TO he Sutherland been sub
duCd or whether mob law prevailed
He had been asked to cast his lot with
li-e StlAheIst hiiL ndQ Eei FUSED For this
he was driven away from his home
which was burned His wife and child
We're now at the monastery, where so
many persons had taken refuge.
In a fash Il occurred 20 John TulIfs
( that Marlanx was 1t the bottom OF this
devtltry. The abduction of Lorraine
was a part Of his plant Prince Dantan
advised a speedy return to the city.
His men were at the command Of the
American. Moreover. the prince him
self decided TO accompany the troops
Before sunrise. the command. now
ave or six hundred strong, was picking
I Its way down the dangerous mountain
roads toward the main highway Fiji
teen miles below Edelweiss they came
upon the company Of soldiers sent out
I to preserve order in the railroad camps
The officer in charge exhibited a dOcu-
ment, given under the hand and seal
Of Baron Dangloss. directing him to re-
/ main in command Of the camps until
the strikers, who were unruly, could be
induced 20 resume work once more
This order. of course. was a forgery,
designed TO misIead the little force until
MarlanX saw Mt to expose his hand TO
/ the world. u had come by messenger
. on the very day Of the rioting. The
/ messenger brought the casual word that
the government was arrestinE and pun
ishing the lawless, and that complete