New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-23

csMN& My headache, thinK, was due IN a large
GSASSO measure to the SiCkening fear that had
made fool of myself, notwithstanding
nv efforts to make fools of them.
Espying Briton in the gloomy corridor, shouted to
him. and he came at once
"BrtOn" said as he closed the door, "do YOU think
they will carry OF their threat to have the law me?
Mr. Rocksworth was very angry and put out. He is
q power, as you know.
81 think YOU are quite safe Sir" said he "I've been
waiting outside since two o'clock TO tell something.
Sir: but hated TO disturb you. Shortly before two,
Sir one Of the porterS from the hotel came to re-
cover gold purse Mrs Riley Werkheimer had dropped
in the excitement. and he informed Mr.. Poopendyke
that the whole party was leaving at four for Dresden
asked particular about the young man. Sir and he
sad they had the doctor in treat his stomach Sir,
Immediately after they got back to the hotel
His stomach? But distinctly struck him on the
reverse side
Il know, Sir; but it seems that he swallowed his
cigarette
To my shame, joined Britton in a roar OF laughter
7 ATER on. somewhat refreshed and relieved, made
II my way to the little balcony, first having issued
numerous orders and directions the still Stupeied
5 lTicks, chief among which was an nfleXibe command
o. keep the gates locked against all corners The
was shining brightly the western hills and the sky
VS. clear and blue The hour was five found on con-
sa'.ng my watch. Naturally my first impulse was to
glance up at the still Oiter balcony IN the east wing.
ltW.S empty. There nothing in the grim. iormida
ble prospect to warrant the impression that anyone
dwell behind those diSmanted windows, and | expert
encc he vague feeling that perhaps it had been dream
after al.
Far below at the foot Of the shaggy cliff ran the his
tore Donau serene and muddy, all rhythmic teSti-
moni Is % the contrary. With something OF a Shudder
| computed the distance from my eery perch 10 the
rocks III the bottom Of the cliff Five hundred feet, at
least-an impregnable wall of nature SurmOunted by
now rank and obsolete obstruction built by the hand OF
man. fortress that defed the egonS Of Old To scale
the cliff would be an inpOSSiby for the most resource
fu General in the world All about turretS and
-.,If .h. st,,I No foo
Time Shattered creStS Of towers hung above me- gray
and tlriiding. Tiny windows marked the face OF my
still sturdy walls like many pits left by the poX and
from these in the good old feudal days hundred marks
men had thrust their hunderous blunderbuSses to clear
the river Of vanglorouS foes From the SCalOped baS
tons crssbOwmen Of darker ages had shot their
random bolts while in the inches Of lower walls futile
pkenen waited for the impossible TO happen,-the seal
Friend and foe alike came to the back door Of SchoSs
RothhJefcn and there found welcome or stubborn Oh
stac,cs that laughed at time and lockSmlths,-non-
strous gates that still strong enough TO defy
mighty force. There my great, stOnepaved court
ward. fanked all sides by diSntegratng buildings
once occupied by serfs and fighting the stables in
which chargers and beasts Of burden had slept side by
side until called by the nights work or the day work
as wr 0r peace prescribed ranged close by the gates
that opened upon the steep, winding roadway Here
too were the remains OF noble garden. and here
.h, granares and the storchouscs. Far below me
were the dungeons with dead mems bones on their
dripping floors; and somewhere in the heart of the
peak were secret unknown passages long since closed
by tumhling rocks and earth.
Across the river and below me stood the walledn
town hat paid tribute the good and bad Rothhoccns
in those olicn days-a reded gloomy city that stood
as q monument TO long-dead ambitions; q peaceful.
quic, town that had survived its parlous centuries Of
lus, and greed and would go living to the end Of
time
s. here sat me down almost at the top Of my fancy,
% Won lcr if il were not folly well.
SUDDENLY, as sat there Eliminating, became
acutely aware Of something white on the ledge OF
the toymost window in the eastern tower. Even as
fxeL N. gaZe upon II. somethng else transplrcd \