Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-06-22

THE WHOLE WEIGHT OF TRUxToN KINGS
BODY WAS BEHIND THE TERRIFIC BLOW.
such luck-no, no. don't mean it just
that way! Let me think it out. Let
me get it through my head.
Miss Tullis." he said, a thrill in his
voice, you are a princess just the
same. 1 never was so happy in my
life as l am this minute. 1t isn't so
black as it was. l thought 1 couldn't
win you because you
"Win me-" she gasped.
Precisely. Now I'm looking at it
differently. l don't mind telling you
that I'm in love with you-desperately
in love. It's been so with me ever
since that day in the park. l loved
you as a duchess or a princess and
without hope. Now, I-I-well, Pm
going to hope. Perhaps Vos Engo
has the better of me just now, but I'm
in the lists with him-with all of
them. If l get you out of this place
and myself as WE'LL want you to un-
derstand that from this very minute l
am trying to win you if it lies in the
power Of any American to win a girl
who has suitors among the nobility"
"Are-are you really in earnest" she
murmured.
81 mean every word of it. 1 do love
you"
IL cannot talk about it now, Mr..
King" she luttered, moving away
in
emily he went over to her She was
standing near the candle, staring down
at the fame, with a strangely preoc-
cupied expression in her eyes.
Forgive me-" he said. 81 was
hasty, inconsiderate. r
"You quite took my breath away"
she painted. looking up at him, with
queer little smile.
81 know" he murmured.
Her troubled gaze resumed it's sober
contemplation of the fame.
"You won't leave me to my fate be-
cause you think I'm going to marry
some one eise?
He grew very sober. "Miss Tullis,
you and have one chance in a thou
sand. You may as we'll know the
truth"
"Oh, can't bear the thought of that
dreadful old man." she cried, abject
distress in her eyes.
He gritted his teeth and turned
away.
Late in the afternoon Anna Cromer
appeared before them, accompanied
by two of the men. Crisply she COM
handed the girl to come forth
She was In the outer room for the
better part of an hour listening to
Anna Cromer and Nine. Drovnask,
who dinned the praises of the great
Count Marlanx into her ears They
bathed the girls face and freshened
her garments. 1t occurred to her that
she was being prepared for a visit of
| put the question plainly.
"No," said Anna Cromer "He's not
coming here. You are going to him.
He will not be Count Marlanx after
tomorrow, but Citizen Marlanx, one
of the people, one Of u.s."
Little did they know Marlanx
Julius and Peter will come for you
tonight" said Nine Drovnask. with
an evil, suggestive smile.
Truxton was beginning to tremble
with the fear that she would not be
returned to their room when the door
was opened and she came in
Some time in the tense, suffocatins
hours of the night they heard tn,
sounds Of many footsteps shuff1in:
about the outer room. There wer,
hoarse, cultural, subdued goodbys ant
well wishes, the creaking Of heav,
doors and the dropping of bolts
Eventually King, who had been lis
tening alertly, realized that but two O
the men remained in the room, Pete
Brutus and julius Spantz.
An hour crept by and another. Kin
was grooming under the suspense. Tn
time was too slowly approachin
when he was to attempt the most dies
perate act In all this sanguinary trae
edy.
, He had told her of his plan. Sh
knew the part she was to play. An
IL all went well-ah, then!
Suddenly he started to his feet. hi
jaws set, his eyes cleaning. The tel,
graph instrument was clicking in tb