Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-04-22
CHAPTER XIV.
THE GIRL IN THE RED CLOAK.

turn OF the frightened. QulverlnS
groom who had escaped from the
brigands In the hills Jack Tullis
was granted permission by the war
department to take hundred picked
men with him in the effort to over
take and capture the abductors of his
sister. The dazed groom's story hard
ly had been told to the Mortified broth
er before he was engaged in telephone
ing to General Braze and Baron Dam
gloss. A hurried consultation fol-
lowed.
Baron Dangloss was sadly upset.
Three prominent persons had been
stolen from beneath his nose. so to
speak. He was beside himself with
rage and dismay. This last outrage
was the climax. The old man adored
the sister of Jack Tullis. He was
heartbroken and crushed by the news
Of the catastrophe.
Captain Haas Of the dragons was
put in charge Of the relief party. The
party was armed and equipped for a
bitter chase. Word had been sent to
Serros. the capital Of Dawsbergen.
asking the assistance of Prince Dan
tan in the effort to overtake the alb
ductors. A detachment, it was an
nounced in reply. was to start from
Serros during the afternoon bound for
the eastern passes.
Baron Dangloss rode to the southern
gate with the white faced. suffering
Tullis. I'VE will undoubtedly. receive
a communication from the rascals this
afternoon or tomorrow" he said
gloomily. "They will not be slow to
make formal demand for ransom
knowing that you and your sister are
possessed of unlimited wealth. Hello
Who's this?"
A man who had ridden up to ths
gates. his horse covered with foam
was demanding admission. The ward
ers halted him unceremoniously a.
Dangloss rode forward. They found
that he was one of the foremen In the
employ of the railway construction
company. He brought the disquietini
news that another strike had been de
clared. that the men were ugly ant
determined to tear up the track al
ready laid unless their demands wer,
considered and, furthermore. that there
had been severe fighting between tn,
two factions engaged on the work
He urgently implored Dangloss II
send troops out to hold the rioters IL
check
| What is your name?" demanded thu
harassed minister of police.
Poison" replied the foreman. 81,
lied. for he was no other than JohI
Cromer. the unsavory husband of Anus
Cromer of the committee of ten.
"Come with me-" said Dangloss
"We will go to General Braze. Good
by and good luck, Tullis."
Il At that very moment Lorraine Tulli
was comparing notes with Truxtol
King in the room beneath the armor
er's shop Count Marlanx was hidini
In the traders inn outside the northern
gates. The abductors themselves wer
scattered about the city, laughing tr
, umphantly over the success of the rus
that had drawn the well feared Amel
lean away on wild goose chase to th
distant passes of Dawsbergen. Nor
than that, at o'clock in the afternoo
second detachment Of soldiers lei
the city for the scene Of the riots
the construction camps, twenty mile
away.
Surely the well laid plans of tt
Iron Count were being skillfully ca
| ried outl
| All afternoon and evening men stra
gled In from the hills and surroundir
country, apparently loath to miss Il
early excitement attending the Ger
monies on the following day. Sullt
strikers from the camps came dow
cursing the company, but drinkiI
noisy toasts to the railroad and Its {
ture. The city by night swarmed wi
l. reveling thousands. The bands we
n playing, the crowds were singing al
d mobs were drinking and carousing
}. the lower end.
At o'clock in the morning wo
few from brothel to brothel. fro
lodging house to lodging house, in
parts of the slumbering city. A tho
= sand men crept out into the stree
i after the storm, all animated by o
e impulse, all obeying single fierce
g junction.
l. They were to find and kill a t
b Americanl They were to keep him
his companion from getting in tou
with the police authorities or with I
royal castle. no matter what the cost
At 8 o'clock stealthy whisper we
= the rounds, reaching the ear Of eve
q vagabond and cutthroat engaged In
Y. untiring vigil. Like smoke they fad
h away. The silent watch was over.
z The word had sped to every corr
\. Of the town that 1t was no longer n
!. essary to maintain the watch
: Truxton King. He was no longer