Gunnison news-champion., 1909-01-22

~ The dlsr Thea we retr~aissi tlsroSagk
- hau-c and made esw way TO -.
beck suiraBce- here eur hcese. wspei
- aaiag A carriage drive sw~vs ~
ssvsnd the lslss.
'i.eyclver ready p asked MaQa
"Ne. steel for n<.- said O.
Cad yos'vs sAisssy ssssGAa-" sasr-
Nd sapa - - ~"
We ussuu1sA asaWtag G0 sOOnn.
ora waiss1 si1susH ~ Q 0,nanD -
s~o. Tksa Ws Asnsd - su0o q
0en on ~ AFive to 0nh9 - = -
house THY ca0e - Q oaooA aoA -
0sed
Now. THEA. fesch hin sut."
"Noww wAisVsssd aaQa
Driving the sS,svs inae eur hrses.
Ue rushed ut . aablap psunA - bsupe.
cd in a moDe0t Ne VIEW aoeaG she
sufiians. sapt told me afserwsra shss
D. killed a man. and I tseiieve him.
hui ! saw no mere ef him. With Q cut
split the had of q fellow % q
brown horse. and he fell 10 the grOunsi
Then ! found my self opposite a big
nau. aud ! was half conscious Of On
Other 10 my right. II was too warm
TO stay, and with simultaneous ac-
tion drove my spurs into my horse
again and my sword full into the big
mans breast. His bullet whizzed past
my ear could almost swear il touch
81 It, | wrepched at the sword. but it
would no; come. and I dropled IL and
galioped after Sapt. whom ! now saw
about twenty yards ahead l waved
second later with yell. for Q bullet
had grazed my finger and l felt the
blood old Sapt turned round in the
saddie. Some one fired again. but
they had no rifles. and we were out Of
range. sapt fell to laughing
That's one to me and two to YOU
with decent luck" said he. Little
Josef will have company
AYE. they'll he a parti carrce,' said
I. My blood was up. and I rrjoiccd to
have killed them.
We'll. pleasant nights work to the
rest said he. Il wonder il they no
ticed you"
'The big fellow I'll AsI struck him
heard him cry. The king"
Good. good. oh. well give Black
Michael sOsRe work befose we've sione-'
rausing an instant. We made = band
age for my wounded finger. which was
bleeding freely and ached severely, the
bone being much bruised. Then we
rode on. asking of our good horses all
that in lnp H.. 81
the fight and of our great resolve died
away. and we rode In gloomy silence
Day broke clear and cold. We found n
farmer just up and made him give us
sustcnancc for ourselves and our
horses. l. feigning II toothache. muf-
nei my face closely. Then ahead
again Till 6trelsau lay before us. 1t
was ocl~.k or nearing .. and the
gates were all open, as they always
were save VIXEN the dukes caprice
intrigves shut them. We rode In by
TIE name way ms We had come out the
eveainG befOrr. all four Of us-tbe men
and the hOrses-wearied and jadled.
The streets were evea quieter than
Whea We kaA gOne-every one was
sSsepaag ~ last nights revelry-and
we mt hardly n soul till We reached
tAe little gate Of the palace There
Bapfs ed Groem was waiting for us.
rs al we'd. sir!" he asked.
Ans well." said Sapt. and the man,
CoaiaG TO zee. teak ny hand to kisa.
'rhe kings hurt!" he cried.
ITS ssthinG" sah I a. I dismountei.
r caught my Anger in the door,
"oeoe0ber. siIencew said sapt. All.
bst ny sssA Freyier. I do not need to
~ ysu that"
H. ~ fellow shrugged hi. shoui-
Dsn.
IAN youne meA like to riAe abroad
NV anA the.-why not the kingy-
uah ke. and sapt's lauGh left his opin-
~ q my motives undisturbed.
"HOa should always trust q man."
s6ssrved eapt. hitting the key In the
lsck. ''just as far as you must
We went In and reached the dressing
ro00. F1inging open the door. we saw
ffitx voa Tarlenheim stretched. fully
Aressed, on the sofa. lie seemed to
hare been sleeping. but our entry woke
4I0a. nc WdkHu 10 HE leet. gave one
Elance at me and with a joyful cry
threw himself on his knees before me.
Thank God. sire. Thank God.
T0a're SAFE he cried. stretching his
hasd up to catch hold Of mine.
I coafess that I was moved. This
king. whatever his faults. made people
lsve him. For q moment I could not
bear to speak q break the poor fel-
lows Illusion But tough old Sapt had
- such feeling. He slapped his hand
- lis thigh delightedly.
"Dravc, lad cried he. We shan
ae.'
Fritz Dssked up IN bewilderment. I
~ - ny haDA.
"Tsufe w0s.deA, sire." he exclaim.
-.
'11tis oely 4 scratch" saA I, .1w-
pa1Bea
He rsse - - fsst with Q b<wsHaer.