American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1914-05-02
timed from Last Week.

aco--i, was lV'O
!, ~ under her breath. God be with
,oday--T love you"
ysrchl" cried Mornac. as two
,, % took station beside me.
Snssd passed out first; followed;
countess came behind me.
srourage." stammered. looking
!. =, her as we stumbled out into
: torch.lit garden.
che smiled adorably. Her forefa-
,s S had Mounted the guillotine smil-
, .odier dressed like Turco lifted
,,,cb and set II in the flower bed un-
!, The wall, Illuminating the spot
s,,o we we're to stand. AS this sol.
~, turped to come back ! saw his
~salah Ben.Ahmed!'T cried, hoarse.
do Marabouts do this butchers
work."
Thu Turco stared at me se though
stunned. :.
asalah Remained Is a disgraced
oldler!" | said, in ringing voice.
Tt's a lIe!" he shouted, In Arabic
qts A lie, o my inspector! Speak,
Have these men tricked me? Are you
not Prussians"
asience! Silence!" bawled Nor
nae "Turco. fall in! Fall in, I say!
what! You menace me?" he snarled.
cooking his revolver.
Then a man darted out of the red
shadows OF the torch-light and fell up
on Mornac with a knife, and dragged
him down and rolled on him, stabbing
him through and through, while the
mutllated wretch screamed and
screamed until his soul struggled out
through the fiame-shot darkness and
fed to It's last dreadful abode.
The Lizard rose, shaking his fagot
knife; they fell upon him, clubbing
and stabbing with stock and bayonet,
but he swung his smeared and sticky
blade, clearing circle around him.
And think he could have cut his way
free had not Tric.Trac shot him In the
back OF the head.
Then frightful tumult broke loose.
Three OF the torches were knocked to
the ground and trampled out as the
doubly drunken with wine
and the taste Of blood, seized me and
tried to force me against the wall;
but the Turco, with his shrill. wolf
like battle yelp, attacked them, saber-
bayonet in hand. Speed, too, had
wrested rife from a half-stupefied
ruffian, and now stood at bay before
he countess; ! saw him welding his
heavy weapon like fail; then in the
darkness Tric-Trac shot at me, so
lose that the powder flame scorched
ny leg. He dropped his rife to spring
or my throat, knocking me fiat, and,
on me, strove to strangle
ne; and heard him whining with
'agerness while twisted and writhed
0 free my windpipe from his thin
myers.
AT last tore him from my body
md struggled to my feet. He, too. was
n his legs with a bound. running,
lodging; and at his heels l
aw dozen sailors, broadaxes gilt
ering. chasing him from tree to
hrub
Speed" shouted-"the sailors
rom the Fer.de.Lance!"
| had picked up a rife with a bro
zen bayonet; the countess, clasping
~ left arm; stood swaying in the
lne smoke, eyes closed; and. when
horrid screeching arose from the
epths OF the garden where they we're
estroying Tric-Trac. she fell to shud-
ering, hiding her face on my shoul.
er.
suddenly Speed appeared, carrying
ufehched little figure, partly wrapped
sailors pea.jacket, slim limbs
rooping, blue with cold.
Put out that fire In there" he
ara hoarsely; I'VE must get her into
ed' hurry, for Code sake, Scarlet!
heres nobody in the housed"
Jacqueline! Jacqueline! brave 1T
e hretonne," murmured the count
So bending forward and gathering
le unconscious child into her strong.
Dung arms.
"A fresh company of sailors passed
me double, rifles trailing. their Of
Ger shouting encouragement. And
we came in view OF the semaphore,
saw the signal tower on fire from
use TO top. The marines fired stead
y from the windows above us.
lhey want the Red Terror!" laughed
re sailors. They shall have IT,"
hlackened, scorched, almost suffo
l'eu' staggered back 10 the tearoom
mere the countess stood clasping JAG
usi'he, huddled In a blanket. and
noothlng the child's wet curls away
ON lace as white as death.
together we carried her bach
rough the smoking hallway, up the
AIRS TO my bedroom. and laid her IN
nc bed.
Inc child opened her eyes as We
rev the blankets.
Where is Speed?" she asked. dream
y.
a moment later he came In, and She
'pAed her head languidly and smiled
Jacqueline! Jacduelinel" he whis
hss