Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-02-22
CHAPTER vII-(Continued)

CHAPTER VII (Continued) i The two horsemen rode into the glen and came plump upon small detach- ment of the royal guard, mounted and rather resolute in their lack of ami ability.
 Soldiers, I'd say" remarked Mir. King. His eyes frightened and his hat came off with a switch. i Hello! There's the prince" ] Farther up the glen-in fact at the very door of the witch's hut-were gathered small but rather disth- gulshed portion of the royal household. It was not difficult to recognize the little prince. He was standing beside John Tullis, and it is not with a de- sire to speak i'll of his valOr that we add he was clutching the slackest part of that gentleman's riding breeks with an earnestness that betrayed ex- ttreme trepidation. Facing them. on the stone doorstep, was the witch herself. Behind Tullis and the prince were several ladies and gentlemen.
 Truxton Kings heart swelled sud denly. Next to the tall figure of Colo mel Quinnox of the royal guard was the slim, entrancing lady of his most recent dreams, the princess aunt, the lady of the goldfish conspiracy!
 The Countess Marlanx, tall and ex- quisite, was little apart from the others. with Baron Dangloss and young Count Vos Engo, whom Trux- ton was ready to hate because he was a recognized suitor for the hand of the slim young person in gray. He was flor riding boldly up to this little group, but a very objectionable lieutenant barred the way. supported in no small measure by the agitated defection of MT. Hobbs.
 The way was made easy by the in- tervention of the alert young woman in gray, She caught sight of the re- stricted adventurers-or one of them, to be quite accurate-and, after speed ing swift smile of astonishment, turned quickly to Prince Bobby. ut DEOht tue lCt.
 "Hellop he cried shrllly. [ "Hellov' responded the gentleman readily.
 John Tullis found himself being drag ward the newcomer at the bottom of the glen. MT. Hobbs listened with deepening awe to the friendly conver- sation which resulted in Truxton King going forward to join the party in front of the hut.
 Truxton was duly presented to the ladies and gentlemen of the party by John Tullis, who gracefully announced that he knew Kings parents in New York. Baron Dangloss was quite an old friend, if one were to judge by the manner in which he greeted the young man. The lady in gray smiled so 'sweetly and nodded so blithely that Tullis, instead of presenting King to her as he had done to the Countess Marlanx and others, merely said:
 And you know one another, of course" Whereupon she flushed very prettily.
 TruXton King, scarcely able to be- lieve his good fortune, crowded into the loathsome, squalid room with his Nristocratic companions.
 Never had TruXton looked upon a creature who so thoroughly vindicated the lifelong reliance he had put in the description of witches given by the fairy tale tellers of his earliest youth. She had the traditional hook nose and peaked chin, the gllttering eyes, the thousand wrinkles and the toothless gums. He looked about for the raven and the cat, but if she had them they were not fin evidence. At a rough guess he calculated her age at 1GC years.
 "Grewsome lady. isn't she" whis pered King.
 q shall dream of her for months, whispered the lady in gray, shudder ing.
 Would you mind telling me how am to address youY whispered King They were leaning against the muC plastered wall near the little window side by side. You see, Pm stranger in a strange land"
 "YOu must not speak while she i' gazing into the crystal" She warnet