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

south hall after the DlottGrs had Of
fected an entrance from the garden.
The struggle was brief, for .thc CON
sptrators We're outnumbered 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, cx-
cellencies." explained Baillo. with a
sudden fierce look i'll his eyes, ',,sHt he
cause Allah has willed that -, should
serve you faithfully. We - your
dogs. Therefore we fight for YOU I'll
is Il vile dog which bites Its nisa.er."
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 ut least.
.'There will be no other attack on us
tonight" said Browne. rcjoining 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
er from the outside Britt. will YOU
and Mir. 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
| fatalists; they are stoics. know the
breed better than you. Question If
| you like, but threats will be of no
avail. Keep 'cm locked up; that's ALL"
| Firearms and ammunition were TAX
en- from the gunroom to the quarters
occupied by the white people. Every
| preparation was made for Il 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 n Marie Antoinette suit close by
that Of the princess. The native serv-
| ants retained their customary quar-
tiers below stairs.
Far i'll the night Genevra, sleeplcss
and depressed, stole into the hanging
garden. Her mind was full of the hor-
rid thing that had happened 10 Hol-
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
IL 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 at the dull red
glow on the mountain.
The night was still and on.inously
dark. She had never known Il night
since she came to Japat when the birds
and insects were so mute. A scmber
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 or the other
slept In front of her door through all
those nights on the island.
Something hot triciled down her
cheeks from the wide, plying eyes
that stared so hard She was Won
Il Il In Inl et,
ters. How their hearts would be
wrenched 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 Il solid OBJ
ject fell almost at her feet She start
ed back with a cry of alarm. y broad
shaft of tight 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
this path of light.
!. Fascinated. almost paraly2cd. she
watched it for full minute before
realizing that it was the end of a
thick 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 wrigsling ceased. The next mo-
ment Il faint. subdued shout was borne
to her ears Her flight was checked
by that shout. for her startled. bewil-
dercd ears caught the sound of her
own name.
At last. far above. she saw the glim-
mer of light. 1t was too large to be
star. and moved back and forth.
Sharply ii dawncd upon her that it
hung the garden and stretched away
to the sea. Some one was up there
waving lantern. She was thinking
hard and fl It. a light breaking in upon
her undcrs aLding. Something like
joy shot Ii o her being. Who else
could It be If not Chase? He alone
would rall out her name. He was
alive.
She called out his name shrilly. her
face raised eagerly TO the bobbine
light Not until hours afterward was
Genevra TO resent the use of her Chris
tian name by the man in the clouds.
4 Rushing over. she grasped the knot
ted end Of the rope. A glance and
single tug were sufficient to convince
her that the other end was attached
to support ut the top Of the cliff
1t hung limp AID heavy. lifeless. a
sharp tug FROM above caused 1t 4
tre2lble viuiel..l. i. h1r hands. She
dropped it as il ii were serpent
Again she heard the shout, and this
time she called out Il question.
j Yes" WAS the answer, far above
"Can you hear .ae:' Greatly excited
she called back that she could hea,
and understand. I'm coming dowr
the rope. Pray for ,is.-but don't wor
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