The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-03-29
way" the captain said.
SUIU.
hen 2" I asked.

US. and then we went down. where I
can't say. but II was somewhere near
to roaring water"
And how long have you been herey''
II don't know. Time is not of much
consequence in this country"
what did you come for?"
Money" was his laconic answer
There must be way out" said
There ought to be since you found
a way in. Well talk of It tomorrow.
Rest now, for we start early"
1t was early morning when Organ
woke me.
Come and look for your friend" he
said.
| felt refreshed, but terribly stiff and
bruised
Sunlight was upon the mountain
tops, the shadows of light, fleecy clouds
crossing them swiftly. Before the cav
ern ran broad. hard road. rough and
snow caked, descending somewhat
sharply to the right, ascending grad
ually to the left, and directly opposite
was the way | had come last night.
stood looking at 1t in amazement. A
glacier stretched up to the mountain
opposite, a portion of it ending at the
roadway against which the winds had
piled loose snow, luckily for me, but
part of II had cracked and sunk, turn
ing to run beside the road for few
yards and then ending abruptly in
what last night had appeared to me
as a black line. Here the glacier was
broken off, its support a straight wall
of rock going down sheer for at least
200 feet. At the base roared tor
rent which burst from the rock and
dashed itself into foam over it's rocky
bed.
IF your comrade wasn't dead be-
FORE he went over that, he was dead
before he got to the bottom of it,"
tI.d Organ.
BOXED down at the water tumbling
:mong the rocks and saw little
lUk mass lying there motionless.
ave for the motion the swirling water
ave it. II was impossible to say
what it was, but l think it must have
.een Mustapha, for two spots sudden
ly rose from it, growing larger as they
mounted toward us with heavy flight
"Vultures!' said my companion.
Poor Mustapha, He had expected
20 much of tomorrow. God rest his
soul! He had indeed found a new
country.
It was still early when we started
mon our journey Two men were sent
on in front and told to keep a sharp
lookout; the others fell to the rear, and
Organ and | rode alone.
what am TO expect at the end of
this Journey asked presently.
Faith. that's more than | can tell.
It's every man for himself here. and
you'll find your life pretty much what
you make it,
THAT Sounds promising"
ooh, there's plenty Of promise. It's
some of the full llment I'm waiting for
It's all very well to live back in the
middle ages and feel like the hero of
n boys story book, but it WIS pay
ing for"
ucH tue lcStilu 10 true, UT purity
true?" l said.
IL don't know anything about the
legend or how these people came here.
Anyway, here they are and engaged
in as pretty piece of war as poor old
Ireland has ever suffered from. There
are two factions in the country, the
kings party and the rebels, who are
headed by relation Of his-Princess
Daria. Those who fight for the prin
cess fight chiefly for love of her, which
is all very well in it's way. but not
attractive to the adventurer who hopes
some day to go home and enjoy him
self The king, on the other hand
rays his soldiers. and, not having
enough men In the country to fight
his cause, he has got i'm few foreign
eigners. We have all been brought in
secretly. and not man jack of us
knows his way OUT
Does the king pay WELL?
~ think he would if he could, but
his lack of the necessary troubles
me- Organ answered.
"Then how does he manager
Much as they do at home-makes
promises and pays for the accOmmO-
dations That's not a new trick. 1t
was an old fashioned one in the days
of ancient Babylon. The king, as a
matter Of fact, expects to find treas.
ure We We're looking for signs of it
when you came. l expect the treasure
is where the legendary part Of the
story comes in"
'You found nothing of it?'
mot Il cent. Still. my undertaking
the mission means promotion when l
return"
"And with prisoner too"
II would sooner have had a bit Of
the treasure to take back" he an
swered bluntly. Il don't deny that l
shall try to make something for my
self out of bringing you back"
How will you explain my comingr
| asked.
1t was well that should know how
TO sneak hest for myself To look