Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-05-06
a Story of !.
GrouSfork
By
GEORGE BARR
M'CUTCHEON
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black as ebony. The four men left the
officers quarters at o'clock. making
their way to the historic old gate in
the glen below the castle.
God be with you" said Quinnox
fervently. The four men shook hands,
and King Slipped into the water with
out moments hesitation.
fright after me. Hobbs." he said,
and then his head went under.
A minute later he and Hobbs were
on the outside of the gate. gasping
for breath. Standing in water to their
necks. Quinnox and Haddan passed the
equipment through the barred open
ings. There were whispered good.
bys and then two invisible heads
bobbed off In the night. wading in the
swift flowing canal up to their chins.
Swimming would have been danger
Gus on account of the noise.
Holding their belongings high above
their heads, with their hearts in their
mouths, King and the Englishman felt
their way carefully along the bed Of
thC ollCan
A hundred yards from the gate they
crawled ashore and made their way
up over the steep bank into the thick.
wild underbrush.
They stealthily stripped themselves
of the wet garments and after no end
of trouble succeeded in getting into
the dry substitutes. Then they lower
ed the wet bundles into the water and
quietly stole off through the brush to
the kings highway, mile or two
above town.
1--WE take this path here for the
upper road" finally said Hobbs. ITS
a good two hours walk up the noun
tain to Rabot's, where we get the
horses"
| At 4 O'Clock, as the sun reached
up with his long red fingers from be-
hind the Monastery mountain. Trux-
ton King and Hobbs rode away from
Rabot's sottage high in the hills, re-
freshed and sound of heart. Rabot's
son rode With them, a sturdy, loyal
lad. who had leaped joyously at the
chance to serve his prince.
Now let us turn to John Tullis and
his quest in the hills. 1t goes without
saying that he found no trace of his
sister or her abductors. On the fifth
day. large force Of Dawsbergen
soldiers. led by Prince Dantan himself,
found the tagged. disspirited American
and his half starved men encamped in
rocky defile in the heart Of the will.
derness.
That same night Graustark noun.
taineer passed the sentinels and
brought news of the. disturbance In
Edelweiss.
In flash it occurred to John Tullis
that Marlanx was at the bottom OF
this devitry. The abduction of Lo
raine was part of his plan! Prince
DantaD advised speedy return tC
the city. His men were at the com
mand of the American. Moreover, the
prince himself decided to accompany
the troops.
Before sunrise the command. now
i've or six hundred strong. was pick
ing its way down the dangerous noun
tain roads toward the main highway
Fifteen miles below Edelweiss they
came upon the company of soldier.
sent out to preserve order in the rail
road camps, which was. of course, {
further Reinforcement
The sound of shooting In the dis
tance struck their ears. Instantly tn,
entire force was alert. A dozen shoti
were fired in rapid succession, ther
single reports far apart. The stead,
beat Of horses feet were now plair
to the attentive company. There wa,
quick, incisive call to arms. A squat
stood ready for action.
A small group Of horsemen cam,