The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-15
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The sky Ma, vi>..Sal. the night as black as ebony The four men left the officers quarters at l o'clock. making their way to the historic old gate in the. glen below the castle.
 God be with you." said Quinnox fervently. The four men shook hands, and King slipped into the water with out a moments hesitation.
 Right after. me. Hobbs," he said, and then his head went under.
 A minute later he and Hobbs were on the outside of the gate. gasping for breath. Standing in water to their necks. Quinnox and Haddan passed the equipment through the barred open- ings. Thsre were whispered good bys and then two invisible heads bobbed off in the night. wading in the Swimming would have been danger ous on account of the noise.
 Holding their belongings high above their heads, with their hearts in their mouths, King and the Englishman felt their way carefully along the bed of the stream.
 A hundred yards from the gate they era Hled ashore and made their way k up over the steep bank into the thick, r, id underbrush.
 They stealthily stripped themselves of the wet garments and after no end of trouble succeeded in getting into the dry substitutes. Then they lower ed the wet bundles into the water and quietly stole off through the brush to the kings highway, mile or two above town.
 'We take this path here for the upper road'' finally said Hobbs. "It's good two hours walk up the noun tain to Rabot's, where we get the horses
 At o'clock. as the sun reached up with his long red fingers from be- hind the Monastery mountain. Trux- ton King and Hobbs rode away from Rabot's cottage high in the hills. re- freshed and sound of heart. Rabot's son rode with them, a sturdy, loyal lad, who had leaped joyously at the chance to serve his prince.
 Now let us turn to John Tullis and his quest in the hills. 1t goes without saying that he found no trace of his sister or her abductors. On the fifth day a large force of Dawsbergen soldiers, led by Prince Dantan himself, found the fagged. disspirited American and his half starved men encamped in a rocky defle in the heart Of the will dernesS.
 That same night q Graustark noun taineer passed the sentinels and brought news of the disturbance in Edelweiss
 Ina flash it occurred to John Tullis that MarlanX was at the bottom of this deviltry. The abduction of Lo- raine was a part of his plan! Prince Dantan advised a speedy return to the city. His men were at the com 1 mand of the American Moreover, the prince himself decided to accompany | the troops
 Before sunrise the command, now | five or six hundred strong. was pick | ing its way down the dangerous noun tain roads toward the main highway l Fifteen miles below EdelweisS they came upon the company of soldiers sent out to preserve order in the rail- 1 road camps, which was, of course, a i further reinforcement
 The sound of shooting in the dis | tance struck their ears. Instantly the 1 entire force was alert A dozen shots were fired in rapid succession, then | single reports far apart. The steady ! beat of horses feet were now plain | to the attentive company. There was ] a quick, incisive call to arms. A squad l stood ready for action.
 A small prOuD of horsamen came