Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-11

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God, girl. we cannot turn him loose
now. He must die" This was from
SpantZ.
I'VE cannot release him, I grant
you" she said. and Truxton's heart
sank Not now, but afterward, yes.
When * is all over he can do no harm.
But hear me now. all Of you. If ne Is
| harmed in any way shall not perform
my part of the work on the 26th. This
is final"
You cannot withdraw" exclaimed
Peter Brutus. You are pledged. You
! are sworn. It is ordained"
Il, Olga Platanova, say this to you.
1t is not a plea, not petition; it is an
ultimatum. Spare him or the glorious
cause must suffer by my detection"
Ssh! Not so loud, girl! He can hear
every word you say!"
Let him hear Let him know that
] I. Olga Platanova, am to hurl the thing
| that is to destroy the life of Prince
| Robin. / am not afraid to have him
know today what the world will know
next week. Then the world will say
that Olga Platanova was not beast,
but deliverer, a creature! Let him
| hear"
The listeners blood was running
cold. The life of Prince Robin! An
destroy" A bomb!
For half an hour they argued with
| her. seeking to turn ner from the stand
she had taken. Then they came to
| terms with her. Truxton King owed
| his life to this strange girl, who knew
him not at all, but who believed III him.
Truxton was brought into the room
few minutes later. He was white
| with emotion as he faced the commit
| tee of ten Before a word could be
| addressed to him he blurted out:
You towards! Weak as l am, I
| would have fought for you, Miss Pla-
tanova, if l could have got through
that door Thank you for what you
have done to convince these dogs!
| Only don't do this awful thing" Think
of that dear little boy"
Olga Platanova cried out and cover
ed ner eyes with her hands. She was
led from the room by William Spantz.
Peter Brutus stood over King, whose
| arms were held by two stalwart men.
"EnOugh," he commanded. we
spare you not for her sake, but for
|
me! You are to be held here prison.
er until our plans are cOnsummated.
You will be properly fed and cared for.
You have heard Miss Platanova say
that she will cook the food for you
herself, but you are not to see her"
King interrupted him. Il haven't
the least doubt that you will kill me
i'm the end. She may not be here to
| ton"
She is prepared to die by the same
| bomb that Stays the prince" was all
that Brutus would say in response to
this but King observed the sly look
that went around among them. He
knew then that they meant to kill him
i'm the end.
Afterward, in his little room, he
writhed in the agony of helplessness.
The prince, his court, the government
all were to be blasted to satisfy the
end of this sickening conspiracy. Lo-
raine! She, too, was doomed! He
OLE in
There was a telegraph instrument
in the outer room. He could near it
| ticking off its messages day and night
and could hear the discussion of re-
ports as they came in or went out. 1t
soon became clear to him that the wire
connected the room with Marlanx's
| headquarters near Balak, in Axphain,
branch instrument being stationed in
| the cave above the witch's hut.
on his third night he heard the COM
| mittee discussing the conditions at the
| castle
The count is more afraid of this
man Tullis than of all the rest" aver
red Peter Brutus. He has reasons to
| hate and fear the Americans. That is
why he desires the death of our pris-
| oner. He has said time and again
| over the wire that King will in some
way escape and play tine deuce with
| our plans. 1t does not seem possible,
| however We have him absolutely Sc
cure"
This is the 22d; Saturday is the
Goth. Nothing could be done to stop
US in four days" said one of the wo-
| men.
| Count MarlanX will be ready on the
Goth. He has said so. A new strike
will be declared on the railroad on the
25th, and the strikers will be in the city
with their grievances. Saturdays cele-
bration will bring men from the noun
tains and the mines to town. A single
blow, and we have won" So spoke
BrutuS.
| We must not-wc cannot fail"
grated William Spantz, and the cry
was reiterated by half Il dozen voices
| The next morning. after a sleepleSs
| ilISIli' luSN''i Ming lIlttNt Ills lllSl
trrmined attempt To escape.
| He knew that two armed men stood
| guard I'm the outer room day and night.
The door to the stairway leading into
the armnrer's shop was of iron and
| heavily barred: the door opening into
tine sewer was even more securely
botcd Besides, there was a great
stone door ut the foot Of the passage
| The keys to these two doors were
never out Of the possession of William
Spantz. ON" nf his guards held the
key To the stairway door. His only
chance lay in his ability to suddenly
nvelpnwcr two men and make off by
way of the armnrer's shop.
When his little door was opened on
the morning Of the ODD Truxton Kings
long. powerful figure snot through as
if sped by a catapult. The man with
the candle and the knife went down
like Il beef. ilnorcd by blow on the