Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-04

Tullis withdrew him to the background.
The Countess Maranx came next.
She was smiling derisively.
You have returned from some one
whom you hate" began the witch.
He Is your husband. You will marry
again. There is a fair haired man in
love with you. You are in love with
MIN. / can see trouble
But the countess deliberately turned
away from the table, her cheeks fam
ing with the consciousness that smile
had swept the circle behind her grace
full back
John Tullis' gaze Il don't care to
hear any more. Come, baron! You are
next"
Truxton King, subdued and troubled
in his mind, found himself studying
his surroundings and the people VINO
went ST. far as to make them interest
ing. His eye had fallen upon a crack
in the door that led to the kitchen, al
though he had no means of knowing
that it was a kitchen. To his amaze
ment, a cleaning eye was looking out
upon the room from beyond this mar
row crack He looked long and found
that ne was not mistaken. There was
All eye glued close to the opposite side
of the rickety door, and its gaze was
directed to the Countess Marlanx.
Without pausing to consider the re-
suit of his action, he sprang across the
room, shouting as he did so that there
was a man behind the door. Grasping
the latch, he tnrev' the door wide open,
the others Ia. the room looking at him
as If he were suddenly craZed.
There was instant commotion, with
cries and exclamations from all. Quick
as the others were, the old woman
was at his side before them, snarling
with rage. Her talonlike fingers sunk
into mis- arm, and her gaze went DART
ing about the room in a most convinc-
ing way.
Baron Dangloss was convinced that
the young man had seen the eye. With
out compunction he began a search OF
the room, the old woman looking on
with a grin of glee.
Search. Search" she croaked. 1T
was the spirit eye! 1t is looking at
you now, my fine baron! 1t finds you,
yet cannot be found. No, no! Oh, you
fools! Get out Get OUT All of you!
Prince or no prince, l fear you not,
nor all your armies. This is my home,
my castle Go! Co."
There was a man ilere old woman"
said the baron coolly. where is the
MANI"
She laughed aloud, a horrid sound.
The prince clutched Tullis by the leg
in terror.
There is no window, no trapdoor,
no skyight," remarked the baron, puz-
zled. Nothing but the stovepipe, six
inches in diameter. A man couldn't
crawl out through that, I'm sure. Mr..
King, we've come upon a real mys-
tery-the eye without a visible body"
Suddenly the old woman stepped in
to the middle of the room and began
to wave her hands in a mysterious
manner over an empty pot that stood
on the floor In front Of the stove.
Then before their startled eyes thin
film of smoke began to rise from the
10 in
room was quite dense with it. Even
more quickly than it began it disap-
peared, drawn apparently by some su-
pernatural agency into the draft of the
stove and out through the rickety
chimney pipe.
A deafening crash as Of many guns
came to their ears from the outside.
With one accord the entire party rush.
ed to the outer door, a wild laugh from
the hag pursuing them.
"There!" she screamed. There goes
all there was of him. And so shall we
all go some day. Fire and smoke!"
Just outside the door stood Lieuten-
ant Saffo of the guard.
Good Lord" shouted Tullis. What
is the matter? What has happened?'
The storm sir" said Saffo. 1T is
coming down the valley like the wind
A great crash of thunder burst over
head, and lightning darted through the
black, swirling skies.
To be Continued.