The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-19

! to oppose the landing of the mist
creants. No doubt hundreds Of
men already had stolen through
these gates during the night, se-
GREETING themselves in the fastnesS-
es of the city, ready for the mot
rows fray. It is no small won
der that he shuddered at the
thought of it.
There was no one on the wharf
at least, no one in sight. They
rushed up the narrow railway
chutes and through one of the
numerous gateways that opened
out upon the barge docks. No
one opposed them; no one was
standing guard. From behind
came the. sound of rushing foot
steps. Lightning flashed in the
sky and the rumble of thunder
broke over the desolate night.
They'll see us by the light
ming" gasped Truxton, almost
ready to drop from faintness and
even alarmed, to find that his
Exhaustion. He was astounded,
even alarmed, to find that his
strength had been so gravely de-
pleted by confinement and lack
of food.
They were inside the city walls
Ahead of them, in that labyrinth
of filthy streets, lay the way to
the distant square. His arm was
now about her waist, for she was
half-fainting; he could hear her
gasping and moaning softly, mar
lticulate cries of despair. Switch
lights blinked in the distance. Off
to the right of them windows
showed lights; the clang of a To-
connective bell came to them as
from a great distance.
Their progress was abruptly
halted by the appearance of man
ahead, standing like a statue in
the middle of the network of
tracks. They stumbled toward
him, not knowing whether he was
friend or foe. One look into their
faces, aided by the flare of yard
mans lantern, and the fellow
turned tail and fled, shouting as
he did so.
Following a vivid flash of light
ming, two shots were fired by the
men who were now plunging up
through the gates, hundred
yards or more away. The same
flash of lightning showed to King
the narrow, muddy street that
stretched ahead of them, lined
with low, ugly houses of a monde
script character. Instead of do
| ing the obvious thing, he turned
sharply to the left, between the
lines of freight cars. Their prog
ress was slow; both were ready
to drop; the way was dark and
unknown to them.
At last they came to the end
of their rope: they were literally
up against the great city wall!
They had reached the limits of
the railway yards and were
blocked on all sides by they knew
not how many rows of cars.
Somewhere off to the right there
were streets and houses and peo-
pie, but they did not have the
strength to try to reach them.
A car door stood open in front
of them. He waited for a second
flash of lightning to reveal to
him the nature of its interior. 1t
was quite empty. Without hesi-
tation he clam bered in and pulled
her up after him. They fell over,
completely tagged.
A few minutes later the storm
broke. He managed to close the
door against the driving torrents.
She was sobbing plaintively,
poor, wet, bedraggled sweetheart
he called her that, although she
did not hear him.
We've fooled them" he
managed to whisper, close to her
ear. They won't look here.
You're safe, Lorraine. Cad, I'd
like to see anyone get you away
from me now"
She pressed his arm, that was
all. He found himself wonder
ing what answer she would give to
Vos Engo when he took her. to
him tomorrow. Tomorrow! This
was the 26th! Would there be a
tomorrow for any of them-for
Vos Engo, for Tullis, for the
prince? For her?
There will be time to warn
them in the morning." he thought,
dulled by fatigue. 1--WE can't go
on now"
"Truxton," he heard her say
ing. TREMENDOUSLY, "do you think
we can do anything for them
the prince and those who are with
him? How can we lie here when
there is so much to be done?"
when the storm abates-
when we are rested-we will try
to get away from here. Those
devils know that I will give the
alarm. They will have hundreds
of men watching to head us off.
1t means everything to them. You
see, I know their plans. But,
Lorraine, dear little girl, brave ais
you are and willing as / am, we
can't go on until we've pulled
ourselves together. We're safe
here for awhile. Later on, we'll
try to steal up to the city. They
will be watching every approach
to the Castle and to the Tower,
hoping to stop me in time. We
must out-fox them again. 1t will
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