The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-01-05

~ watchers. They were ragged
to the last extreme.
dis is der last" painted Won BlitZ,
blowing hard and stretching his big
arms II fix him." he growled. His
time will come, by tam. l let him
know he can't take my wives away nit
him. Der dog! / fix him some day
purdy soon. Und dem tam vimmens!
Dey run away NIT him, eh? Ach, Colt,
If could only put my hands by DER
necks yeti!
Vat for you fret, Yacob?" growled
one Of the Beers. You couldn't take
dose vimmens back by Europe nit you
l tink you got goot luck by losing dem.
Misder Chase can't take dem back
needer. Don't fret"
Veil" said Won Blitz. arising. come
on, boys. Dis is der last Of dem. Den
We blow der tam ting up. Grab hold
dere, Joost. Up NIT it, Jan. Vat?
No?''
Colt in himmel. Yacob, Wait min
utes. My back is proke" protested
Joost stubbornly. Won Blitz swore
steadily for a minute, but could not
move the impressive Beers.
Vat for you tink want you in on
dis, you swine? To set aroundt und
dream? Nobody else knows aloud dis
treasures, und We got it all for our
selves-ve four und no more, und you
say, Watts der hurry It's all ours.
We divide 1t oop IN der cave nit all der
money We get from der bank, Vat?
Yes? Den, ven der time comes, We
oil NV 10 md 1S
der wiser Der natives Won't know,
und der white PEBBLES Won't be alive to
care aboudt it."
81 don't like dot scheme to rob der
bank" growled Jan. "If der peoples
get on to US, dey would cut us to
bieces''
'But deg Won't get on to us, you fool.
Dey wouldn't take it themselves if it
vas handed to dem. Dey're too hon
est-yes. Veil, don't dey say we're
honest too? Veil, vat more you want?
Dey don't know how much money und
rubies dere Is in der bank. We Won't
take all Of it-und dey Won't know der
difference. We burn der books. Das
Is all. We get In by der bank tonight,
boys"
Il don't like i'd" said Joost. IDS
stealing from our freunds, Yacob. Be
sides, If der oder heirs should go be
fore der government nit der story,
vat den?'
Der oder heirs will never get der
chance, boys. Dey will die NIT der
plague-ha, ha! Sure! Dere Won't be
no oder heirs. Rasula says it must be
SO. We can'd Wait, boys. 1t will be
years before der business Is settled.
We must get vat We can now and Wait
for der decision afterwards. Brodney
has wrote to Rasula, saying dat dot
Chase Teller Is to stay here vedder We
want him or not. He says Chase IS a
goot man! By tam, it makes me cry
to t'ink of vot he has done by me
dot goot man.
To the amazement Of all the burly
German began to blubber.
Come on, Yacob," said Jan grufly.
Won Blitz shook his fist at the door
across the chamber and thundered his
final maledictions.
"Sir John says in der letter to Mis-
| der Chase dere is a movements on
foot in London to settle der contest out
Of court" volunteered Joost.
Sure, but he also say dat We all
| may die NIT old age before it is over
yet"
Don't forget der plague" said Jan.
| They groaned nightly as they lifted
the heavy chests to their shoulders and
| started for the door,
"Close der door, JAM" commanded
Won BlitZ from the passage. We will
! light der fuse ven We hat got beyond
| der first bend. Vat? Look, By tam
! Won of you swine has broke der fuse
Wait! We will fix him now"
The door was closed behind them
| but the listeners could hear them re
pairing the damage that Selim had
| done to the fuse,
| Led by Selim, the four made rush
| for the door leading into the chateau
| They threw it open and passed
through, flying as If for their lives
No one could tell how soon an explo
sion might bring disaster to the re
gion; they put distance between then
and the powder keg. Selim pauset
long enough to drop the bolts and turn
the great Will Tie lSh SI Al llIt
second turn in the narrow corridor ht
! overlook Chase and the scurryins
| women.
is there nothing to be done?' CRIED
the princess. Can we not prevent tn,
explosion? They will cut off our mean:
Of escape in that
Il know too much about gunpowder
princess" said Chase dryly. Ito foo
with it. It's like q mule 1t kick:
hard. Cad, it was hard to stand Their,
and hear those brutes planning it Al
and not be able to stop them"
The princess was once more at hi
side. He had clasped her arm TO lea.
her securely in the wake Of Neenahi
electric lantern. She came to a sud
den stop.
And pray, Mr. Chase" she sai(
sharply, as II the thought occurred I
her for the first time, why didn't yo1
stop them: You had the advantage
You and Selim could have SURPRISED
them-you could have taken them with
out a struggle"
He laughed softly, deprecatingly, no
little impressed by the justice of he