The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-07

sarv TO bind the fellows hands They
are too dangerous 10 be allowed TO roam
at large ia this fashion,
All daY lonz TruNton paced his little
prison. bitterly iamenting his ill-timed
effort Now he would be even more
carefully guarded. His hands were
bound behind his back, he vas power
less. If he had only Waitedt Luck had
been against him. How was he To know
that the guard with the KEYS had gone
upstairs when Olga brought his break
fast down? To was fate.
The 23d dragged itself into the past
and the oath was following in the
gloomy wake Of its predecessors. Two
days more! He began TO feel the dE-
proach of madnessi His own death
was not far away. II would follow
that of the prince and of Olga Plata
nova. his friend. But he was not
thinking OF his own death, he was
thinking Of the princes life!
The atmosphere OF suppressed eN-
element that characterized the hushed
gatherings in the outer room did not
fan TO leave its impression upon him.
he knew there was murder IN the
hearts of these fanatics; he could teel
the strain that held their hitherto We
hement lips TO tense whisperings ana
mutterings. He could distinguish the
difference between the footsteps Of to-
day. and those of yesterday; the tread
was growing lighter, unconscioIS!y
more stealthy with each passing hour.
Forty-eight hoursi That was all!
TruXton found himself cryins bitter
ly from time TO time; not because he
was in terror but because he knew or
the thing that hourly drew nearer de-
spite the fact tina. he knew
Olga PlatanOVa's voice was heard no
more before the committee Of ten
Something told him that she was oeinS
grOOmed and primed 10 an upstairs
room Primed like a gun of warl He
wondered If she could be praying for
courage to do the thing that had been
set down for her TO do. Food now
came irregularly to him. She was no
longer preparing it.
she was making herself ready
Early that night, as he lay with his
ear to the crack Of the door, he heard
them discussing his own death. II was
TO come as soon as Olga had gone to
her reward She was not there TO de-
feud him. Spantz had said that She
was praying IN Ter room, committing
her soul TO God! TrIxtOn KiIeg sudden
ly pricked up his ears, attracted by a
sentence that fell from the lips Of one
OF the men.
'"TulIis is on his way TO the hills OF
Dawsbergen by this time. He VIII be
out of the way on the 26th safe
enough
Count MarlanX was not to be salts
fed until he had found the means 10
draw him away from Edeiweiss," said
another ''This time fl viii work like
La charm Late this afternoon Tullis
was making ready to lead troop or
cavalry into the hills TO effect a res
cue. Sancta MariaI That was clever
stroke Not only does he go himself.
but with him goes A captain with one
hundred soldiers from the fort. Ha,
ma Marlanx IS a fox A very ex-
! ceptional foXi"
Tullis Off 10 the bills2 With soldiers,
10 effect a rescued TruxtOn sat up, his
brain Whirling.
"A wise foxi" agreed Peter Brutus,
thickly. His Fps were terribly swol-
/ len from Kings final blow. ''Tullis
/ goes Off chasing a jaCk-o-lantern in the
/ hills: MarlanX sits by and laughs at the
| Joke he's played. tt IS goodi Almost
10 good to be true. 7 wonder what our
fine prisoner win say 70 It when the
new prisoner comes To keep him COM
pany over the 26th.''