The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-29
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Have no fear, Brutus. When
he hears that you object, he will
be very polite and give us a wide
BERTH" she said. Peter flushed
angrily.
He doesn't mean any good by
you," he snapped. He'll fool
you, and-poof! Away he goes,
rejoicing"
She still smiled. "You have a
very good opinion of me, Peter
Brutus."
WELL" doggedly, "you know
what men of his type think of
us?" she asked quietly.
Enough of this" interposed
William Spantz. Now, Brutus,
what does Count Marlanx say to
this day two weeks? Will he be
ready? On that day the prince
and the court are to witness the
unwilling of the Yetive memorial
statue in the Plaza. 1t is a full
holiday in Graustark. No man
will be employed at his usual task
and"
Brutus interrupted him. "That
is the very day that the count has
asked me to submit to the COM
mittee. He believes 1t to be the
day of all days. Nothing should
go amiss. We conquer with a
single blow. By noon of that
day, the 26th of July, the Com
mittee of Ten will be in control
of the state; the new regime will
be at hand. A new world will be
begun, with Edelweiss as the CEN
ter, about which all the rest shall
revolve. We-the Committee of
Ten-will be it's true founders. We
shall be glorified forever"
We've heard all this before,
Brutus," said Julius Spantz un-
feelingly, "a hundred times. It's
talk, talk, talk! What we need
now is action. Are we sure that
the count will be prepared to do
all that he says he will on the
26th of July? Will he have his
plans perfected? Are his forces
ready for the stroke?"
Positively. They await the
word. That's all l can say"
growled Peter. 1.-THE death of
the prince is the signal for the
overthrow of the present govern
ment and the establishment of
the new order of equal humanity"
After ALL" unused julius, mas
ter-at-arms in the castle, sit is
more humane to Stay the prince
while he is young. 1t saves him
from long life of trouble and
fear and the constant dread of the
very thing that is to happen to
him now. Yes, it is best that it
should come SOON" Down in his
heart, Julius loved the little
prince.
For an hour longer the COM
mittee discussed plans for the
eventful day. Certain details
were left for future deliberations;
each person had his part to play
and each one was settled in his or
her determination that nothing
should go amiss.
The man they feared was Dan
gloss. They did not fear God!
When they dispersed for the
night, 1t was to meet again three
days hence for the final word
from Marlanx, who, it seems, was
not so far away that commune
cation with him was likely to be
delayed. A sword hung over the
head of Truxton King, an inno-
cent outsider, and there was a
prospect that it would fall in ad-
vance of the blow that was in
tended to startle the world. Olga
Platanova was the only one who
did not look upon the sprightly
American as spy in the employ
of the government-a dangerous
lily clever spy at that
| Up in the distant hills slept the
Iron Count, dreaming of the day
when he should rule over the new
Graustark-for he would rulel-
a smile on his grizzled face in re-
Election of recent waking thoughts
concerning the punishment that
should fall swiftly upon the as
sassins of the beloved Prince
Robin.
He would make short shrift of
assassins
| Continued Tomorrow