The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1913-05-29

of the Americans
"Scour the woods" ne ordered to one
detachment.
Come With me-" was the order to
the second
Nearly fifty buildings had been
searched before the prince and his
guardsmen came to the tap room.
| The keeper bowed as the prince en-
tered
Seen any strangers herea bouts?" de-
manded the prince.
"No.- your highness," answered the
keeper
Hes lying" commented the prince
/ Take MIN outside and beat MIN until
he tells the truth"
"Oh. don't do that. your highness.
For the sake OF my family don't put
would kill me
Then tell me the truth "
IL was then that the shivering keep
er nodded to the room IN the rear OF
| the tavern
There was no wild scramble on the
| dicated by the tavernkeeper. The
guards had apparently learned OF the
unpleasant experience their comrades
had had with these same Americans
but a few hours nefore in the casino
Whats holding you hark?" demand
ed the prince Are you all towards
DO yon expect me to go In there sim
gle handedr''
No. your hlghness, butt ventured
a sergeant
mo butts Come" was his com
mand.
On tiptoes the guards and the prince
made their way to the room in the
rear. There they stopped, while the
prince, with mis- ear TO the keyhOle,
listened.
Now" said the prince.
Aud with that the guards forced
themselves against the door, and II fell
crashing to the floor inside. So quick
| ly was it all done that the two Ameri-
cans aud the newspaper man found
themselves held fast by the guards be-
|
happened The prince. standing near
the door, exclaimed:
so you're cangbt like lot of rats In
trap conspiring against the govern
ment, eh. And you, scribe. needn't
worry about your job, for that went
long ago You got it right that time. all
right. Mr. Hawthorne 1t was a splen-
did suggestion, and within few hours
his paper will be telling it's readers all
about our little movement for the up
| lift OF the people. and OF how few
snnrs later we burst in upon you three
inspiring to overthrow the govern
l,ent."
| Hawthorne and Blake were doing
lneir best to break away from their
Iaptors, but they were completely over
powered
you snaker' was all that wthorne
could say
Then he suddenly burst into laugh
ter. BY this time the princes fury
had about reached all hounds
Say" said Hawthorne, for the first
time realizing that he had blacked one
Of the princes eyes in the conflict at
the casino.
If there's anything funnier than
your looks in the next world | don't
care how quickly | go there"
Take them away" ordered the
prince.
Now, the guards were only too anx-
ious to obey that order If they could
do 1t without any bodily injury to
themselves But they also realized that
so long as the arms and legs of their
captives were restrained merely by hu-
man effort some one was in danger of
being killed. So post haste a number
of the guards went In search of heavy
rope and chain. while about twenty
held the two captives to the floor so
that they couldn't play any tricks. The
newspaper man was allowed only two
guards, for 1t was very apparent that
he didn't care to take issue on the
merits of his capture.
While the guards were searching for
rope the angry prince stood about and
cursed at Blake and Hawthorne. Final
ly, when be found that he could bring
nothing but smiles from his prisoners
he went stamping out Of the room leav.
ing the Americans in charge of the
guards.
When the rope arrived they were
bound up with as many knots as Bor-
rowan ingenuity would permit. Then
the two were loaded Oh toa dray and