The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-27

PERHD KING.
SO unintelligible that even he could
not gainsay the statements. Later
she bent her piercing eyes upon the
prince and refused to read his future.
shrilly asserting that she had not the
courage to tell what might befall the
little ruler, all the while muttering
something about the two little princes
who had died in a tower ages and ages
ago. Seeing that the boy was fright
ened, Tullis withdrew him to the back
ground. The Countess Marlanx came
next. She was smiling derisively.
you have returned from some one
whom you hate" began the witch.
HE is your husband. You will marry
| again. There is fair haired man in
love with you. You are in love with
him. / can see trouble
But the countess deliberately turned
away from the table, her cheeks fam
ing with the consciousness that smile
had swept the circle behind her grace
full back.
"Ridiculousv she said and avoided
John Tullis' gaze. II don't care to
hear any more. Come, baron! You are
! next"
Truxton King, subdued and troubled
in his mind. found himself studying
his surroundings and the people who
| went SO far to make them interesting.
| His eye had fallen upon crack in the
door that led to the kitchen, although
he had no means of knowing that it
| was a kitchen. To his amazement, a
cleaning eye was looking out upon the
room from beyond this narrow crack.
He looked long and found that he was
not mistaken. There was an eye glued
close to the opposite side Of the rickety
door, and its gaze was directed to the
Countess Marlanx.
| Without pausing to consider the re-
suit Of his action. he sprang across the
room, shouting as he did so that there
was a man behind the door. Grasping
the latch, he threw the door wide open,
the others in the room looking at him
as if he were suddenly crazed-
| There was instant commotion, with
cries and EXPLANATIONS from all. Quick
as the others were. the old woman
was at his side before them, snarling
with rage. Her talonlike fingers sunk
into his arm, and her gcze went dart
| ing about the room in a most convinc-
ing way.
Baron Dangloss was convinced that
the young man had seen the eye. With
out conjunction he began search Of
the room, the old woman looking on
with a grin of glee.
Search! SearchI' she croaked. "It
was the spirit eye! 1t is looking at
you now, my fine baron! 1t finds you,
yet cannot be found. No, no! Oh, you
fools! Get out! Get out! All Of you!
Prince or no prince, l fear you not,
nor all your armies. This is my home,
my castle! Go. Cor
There was a man here, old woman"
said the baron coolly. where is the
MANI"
She laughed aloud, horrid sound.
The prince clutched Tullis by the leg
in terror.
"There is no window, no trapdoor,
no skylight," remarked the baron puz-
lied. Nothing but the stovepipe, six
inches in diameter. A man couldn't
crawl out through that, Pm sure. Mr..
King, we've come upon real mys-
tery-the eye without visible body"
Suddenly the old woman stepped into
the middle Of the room and began to
wave her hands in q mysterious man.
uer over an empty pot that stood on
ths door in front Of the stove Then
before their startled eyes thin film
OF smoke began to rise from the empty