The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-04-02

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HELP! sent out at once
| with instructions to raze the witch'S
hut If necessary.
81 shall be happy to lead the expedl-
tion,' said ye gpg Count Vos Engo'
bowling deeply the young lady hef-
self.
''You shall, Wis Engo," said Halfont-
/ NPrepare at onca Take ten men,"
Tullis turned Suddenly to the resent
full girl. "I.orai1 e," he said gently as
the others drew hway, "don't be hard
! with me. You don't understand.
Eyes. I do" khe said stubbornly.
sYou are in loveY with her."
Eyes; that's lite true"
ga married wsomanv'
81 can't help it. / must do all can
for her."
She looked into his honest eyes for
moment
Forgive met she murmured, hang
ing her head.
Then she smfeed brightly up into his
face. ''Have Your way, then. Remem-
Der that / am GER friend too"
The guard aboJlt the prince was dou-
bled. Orders requiring the strictest
care of his Nrson were issued by
Count Halfont. Baron Dangloss began
to see things b different light.
Things that had puzzled him before
now seemed cl1sar.
But late in tt afternoon telegram
was brought tc Tulil1s which upset all
of their caleui &tions and caused the
minister of police to swear softly In
pure disgust. was from the Count
ess Marlanx Irseif. sent from Por-
yralS. O station Ear down the railway,
lii the direcfiof Vienna 1t was self
explanatory: am going to schloss
Marlanx, there#t end my days. There
is no hope for me. / go voluntarily.
VIII you not understand why | am
leaving Edelwesss? You must know"
1t was signed HIngomede.
Tullis was dlamfounded. He caught
the penetrating glanee Of Dangloss and
flushed under Ithe sudden knowledge
that this shrevSd cid man also under
stood why she was leaving Edelweiss.
Because of hi4h! Because she loved
him and would not be near him. His
heart swelled exultantly in the next
moment. A bAave resolve was born
within him.
1--WE don't nked key to that, my
boy" said the aaron indulgently But
l will say THAI she has blamed little
consideration fbr you when she steals
away in the d4ad of night without
word Unfeelihg, I'd say. Well, we
can devote ourAattention to Mr. King.
who is lost"
"See here, b$ron,'' said Tullis after
a moment; 81 want you to give me
couple of good men for a few days.
I'm going to S6lloss MarlanX. I'll get
her away fromEt that place if I have to
kill Marlanx aid swing for it,
At o'clock Blat night, accompanied
by two clever secret service men, Tul-
lis boarded tho train for the west A
man who stoN Il in the tobacconist's
shop on the station platform smiled
quietly to himFel as the train pulled
out. Then he Walked briskly away. 1t
was Peter Bru 1s, the lawyer.
A most allurikg trap had been set for
John Tullis!
The party that had gone to Ganlook
gap in charge of Count Vos Engo re-
turned at nightfa1l no wiser than when
1t left the barracks at noon Riding
bravely,i but somewhat dejectedly, be- |
side the. handsome young officer in
command, was girl in gray. Now she |
was coming home with them, silent. /
subdued, d{spirited-eve more so than
she allowedlth count to see
Colonel Qhinnox and his men had
been securing the hills for bandits
They arrived at the witch's cabin
few minutes fter Yos Engo and his
Designating the curses of
the old woman, thorough search of
the place was made
The old wOman's story, reflected by
the grandson, was convincing so far
as it went. She said that the young
man remained behind in the kitchen to
puzzle himself over the smoke mystery
while she rent out to her doorstep.
The man with the horses became
frightened when she went down to ex-
plain the situation to him He fed A
few minutes later the gentleman
emerged to find his horse gone. himself
deserted, 'ursing. he struck off down
The glen in pursuit of his friend, and
i1at was the last she saw OF him.