The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-06-09

water gate is. back of the castle
Hobbs. you and / will sneak under
thai slippery old gale like couple
Of GELS. | forgot TO ask if you can
SWIM
ITO be sure l can. Under the gate,
My word.''
Il seer cried Quinnox. 1T can be
done. No one will be watching at
that point
The sky was overcast. the night as
black as ebony. The four men left the
officers quarters at | O'Clock. making
their way TO the historic old gate III
the glen below lie castle.
God be with you" said QuinuoX
fervenly. The four men shook ha ntls
and King slipped into the water with
out moments hesitation.
fright after me. Hobbs he said
and then his head went under.
minute later he and Hobbs were
on the outside of the gate. gasping
for breath. Standing in water to their
necks. QuinnoX and Hnddan passed tn.
equipment through the barred open
ings. There were whispered good
bys and then two invisible heads
bobbed off in the night. wadinG in the
swift flowing canal up to their chins.
Swimming would have been danger
GUS on account of the noise
Holding their belongings high above
their heads, with their he:lrts in their
mouths. King and the EnGlishman felt
their way carefully along the bed of
the stream.
A hundred yards from the gate they
crawlcd ashore and made their way
up over the steep bank into the thick
wild underhrush
or the wet garments and after no end
Of trouble succeeded in getting into
the dry substitutes. Then they lower
eel the wet bundles into the water nnt
quietly stole off through the brush to
the kings highway, a mile or two
above town.
I'VE take this path here for the
upper road" finally said Hobbs ITS
good two hours walk up the noun
tain to Rabot's. where we get the
horses
AT O'Clock. rs the sun reached
up with his long red fingers from be-
mind the Monastery mountain TruS-
ton king and Hobbs rode away from
Rabots cottage high in the hills. re-
| lreShed an sound Of heart. Rabot's
son rode with them. sturdy. loyal
lad. who had leaped joyously at the
( e.. -
Now let us turn to John Tullis and
his quest in the hills. 1t goes without
saying that he found no race of his
! sister or hei abductors. On the fifth
day n large force Of Dawsbcrgeu
soldiers. led ~ Prince Dantan himself
found the tagged. dssprited American
ana his half starved men encalnped in
rocky dctilc in the heart of the will
dcrness.
That same night a Graustarll noun
! tainecr passed the sentinels and
brought news Of the disturbance in
, EdelwcisS.
IN Il flash it occurred to John Tullis
th't AarlanX was at the bottom of
this deviltry. The abduction of Io-
rhine was part OF his plan! Prince
Dantan advised speedy return to
the city. Ills men We're at the COM
mand Of the American. Moreover, the
prince himself decided to accompany
the troops.
Before sunrise the command NOW
I'VE or six hundred stron ., was pick
ing It's way down the dangerous noun
tam roads toward the main highway.
fl1teen miles below Edclwciss they
came upon the company of soldiers
sent out to preserve order in the rail
road camps. which was. of course. a
further reinforcement
Inc sound of shooting in the dis
lance struck their ears. Instantly the
enufe FORCE was alert. n dozen shot
! We're fired in rapid succession. then
single reports far apart. The steady
beat of horses feet were now Mn in
to the attentive company. There was
quick, incisive call to arms a squad
stood ready for action.
A small prouT nf
laundering down
the defilc. Three -A
minutes after the
| firing was first ~
e: !: 8; -; s: {:
approach of the 49, IN
riders. ~ VIXEN
a wild. glad yII ~
h u went up 5IA%} II
from the foremost YsR, - Y =
horseman. He had SIA&sF
pulled his beast Es1gssS E-sS1
to it's launches Epss1As1ss>( 1s-y
mules of II the ine ~ {
guns. W
ct u Ills s." he =- w.
shouted. waving --:IE Y
his hat. -S1;
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