The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-04-21
hand of a man who stood above the
sleepers.
CHAPTER XIV.

! ~ turn of the frightened, quivering
~ groom who had escaped from the
brigands in the hills Jack Tuliis
was granted permission by the war
department to take hundred picked
men with him in the effort to over
/ take and capture the abductors of his
sister. The dazed grooms story hard
| ly had been told to the Mortified broth
| er before he was engaged i'll telephon-
| ing to General Braze and Baron Dan
| gloss. A hurried consultation fol-
| lowed
Baron Dangloss was sadly upset.
| Three prominent persons had been
stolen from beneath his nose. so to
speak. He was beside himself with
rage and dismay. This last outrage
was the climax. The old man adored
the sister of Jack Tullis. He was
heartbroken and crushed by the news
of the catastrophe
! Captain Haas of the dragons was
put in charge of the relief party. The
! party was armed and equipped for
bitter chase. Word had been sent to
Serros, the capital of Dawsbergen.
asking the assistance of Prince Dan
tan in the effort to overtake the alb
ductors A detachment. it was an
nounced in reply, was to start from
Serros during the afternoon bound for
the eastern passes.
Baron Dangloss rode to the southern
gate with the white faced, suffering
Tullis. I'VE will undoubtedly receive
a communication from the rascals this
afternoon or tomorrow" he said
glOomily. "They will not be slow to
make a formal demand for ransom.
knowing that you and your sister are
possessed of unlimited wealth. Hello,
Who's thisT"
A man who had ridden up to the
gates, his horse covered with foam.
was demanding admission. The ward.
ers halted him unceremoniously as
Dangloss rode forward They found
that he was one of the foremen in the
employ of the railway construction
company. He brought the disqueting
news that another strike had been de-
clared, that the men were ugly and
determined to tear up the track al
ready laid unless their demands were
considered and, furthermore, that there
had been severe fighting between the
two factions engaged on the work.
He urgently implored Dangloss to
send troops out to hold the rioters in
check.
What is your name?" demanded the
bo 20 CSa1 rDfuiStn,. Cf r,oIioo
"Polson," replied the foreman He
lied, for he was no other than John
Cromer, the unsavory husband of Anna
Cromer of the committee of ten.
Come with me-" said Dangloss.
I'VE will go TO General BraZe Good
by and good luck Tullis"
At that very moment Lorraine Tullis
was comparing notes with Truxton
King in the room beneath the armor-
er's shop. Count MarlanX was hiding
in the traders inn outside the northern
gates. The abductors themselves were
scattered about the city, laughing tri-
umphantly over the success Of the ruSe
that had drawn the well feared Amer
lean away GA a wild goose chase t. the
distant passes Of DaWsbergen. More
than that, at o'clock in the afternoon
a second detachment of soldiers left
the city for the scene Of the riots in
the construction camps, twenty miles
away.
Surely the well laid plans Of the
Iron Count were being skillfully car
ried out,
All afternoon and evening men strag-
gled in from the hills and surrounding
country, apparently loath to miss the
early excitement attending the ccrc-
monies on the following day. Sullen
strikers from the camps came down.
cursing the company, but drinking
noisy tOasts to the railroad and its flu
ture. The city by night swarmed with
reveling thousands. The bands were
playing, the crowds were singing and
mobs were drinking and carousing in
the lower end
At 3 o'clock in the morning word
few from brothe to brothel. from
lodging house to lodging house, in all
parts of the slumbering city. \ thou
S"i4N MI! NAtPI Cut Ii4lp bHC StAttt'
after the storm, all animated by one
impulse, all obeying a single fierce III
junction.
They were to find and kill tai
American. They were to keep him or
his companion from getting in touch
with tie police authorities or with the
royal castle, no matter what the cost!
At o'clock stealthy whisper went
the rounds, reaching the ear of every
vagabond and cutthroat engaged in t.
untiring vigil. Like smoke they fl
away. The silent watch was Owe
The word had sped to every
of the town that it was no Ion
essary to maintain the W
TruXton King. He was nc Se
a position to give them IT ate
easiness. , loD
Tho oGtb downnd J. Sdble
after the savage storm
81 don't like the right an
said Baron DanglC from the
His men were ne looks of t
and never so dc. SIS tine and
There can't Ger so alert a'
unused Colon .eived.
lows are II ne trouble uf an
not prepar j ,OuinnoN. y u
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