Bisbee daily review., 1910-04-03

| A King His eyes frightened and his hat came of with switch.
 Hello, There's he princew
 Farther up ,4, sn-i2 fact at the very door o witch's hut-were gathered a s but rather distin- guished portion of the royal household lt was not difficult to recognize the little prince. He was standing beside John Tullis. and fl is not with de- sire 10 speak ill of his valor that we add he was clutching the slackest part of that gentleman's riding breeks with an earnestness that betrayed ex- { treme 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 nel 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 AIarlanx, tall and ex- quisite. was a little apart from the others. with Baron Dangloss and young Count Yos Engo. whom Tux ton was ready to hate because he was a recognized suitor for the hand of the slim young person in gray. He was for 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 Mir. Hobbs.
 The way was made easy by the in- teryention of the alert young woman in gray. She caught sight of the re- stricted adyenturers-or one of them, Co be quite accurate-and. after speed ing a swift smile of astonishment. turned quickly to Prince Bobby.
 The prince broke the ice.
 "Hellor' he cried shrilly.
 Hello" responded the gentleman readily.
 John Tullis found himself being drag ged away from the witch's door to- ward the newcomer at the bottom of the glen. AIr Hobbs listened with deepening oSse 10 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 Danglcss 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 80
 
 Tullis. instead of presenting King to her as he had done to the Countess Marlanx and others. merely said:
 And you know one another, or course" Whereupon she flushed very prettily-
 Truxton King. scarcely able to be- lieve his good fortune. crowded into the loathsome. squalid room with his aristocradc companions.
 Never had TTuxton looked upon a creature who so thoroughly vindicate1 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 glittering 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 iu evidence. At a rough guess he calculated her age at loo years.
 "Grewsone lady. isn't she?" whis- pered King.
 T shall dream of her for months." whispered the lady in gray. shudder- ing.
 Would you mind telling me how I am to address your whispered King. They were leaning against the mud plastered wall near the little window side by side. You zee. I'm stranger in a strange land"
 "You must not soak while she is gazing into the cry tal.' she warned after q quick. scare hing glance at his face. c
 Although 1t was broad daylight. the low. stuffy room would have been pitch dark had it not been for the flickering candles on the table beside the bent gray head of the mumbling fortune teller. whose bony fingers twitched over and about her crystal globe Ike wigsling serpents' tails. The window gave little or no light. and the door was closed. her griDning grandson leaning against it Imply.
 The witch began by reading the fortune of John Tullis. who had been pushed forward by the wide eyed prince. In a caekilng monotone she rambIed through a supposititious his tory of bis past, for the chief part