The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-12-02

II instead Of taking II to bed with you.
sun 1 suppose the sun has to come
up. and perhaps It Is just AZ we'll that
" does su AZ nm hour when people are
least likely Ia suspect It Of anything
~ ,hHhby
Pom nclork Is more than u grace.
less, sodlru hour when II ushrrs In n
dny that y0u know Is 10 be- the I'm.
haINs,e.t IN your life; when you know
thnt yuu nrc ia say farewell forever to
the hopes berut aud nurturcd In other
days when the one you love smiles
aud goes away 10 smile again. hut not
for you. And that is just what 4
o'clock on the morning OF the llth Of
September meant 10 me
Britiun and ! sct forth In the nutc-
mobile iusi nc the break Of dawn.
crossing The riyci q few miles below
the castle and running back Ia point
on the right hand bank where we were
e. await the arrival az the boat con.
vcyiug the countess aud her cscor,
llcr urs0"r carefully disguised M
Grated merhHndlsc. Ind gone Ia
Trieste hy fast express % rnunIe "
da' before sent 100 my nnmp and con.
signed ~ o gentleman whnsr mme /
go uut now recall. but who In reality
served as O sor, ol middlcman IN trans
irrIius The shipment 10 the custody OF
q certain yacht commander
u was required OF mc-und Of nay
mrIIur, which, r more Ca 90, point
chat Jhr distance uf l-u miles through
ihc foothills ol rby Austrian Alps
should bee covered and ihc passengers
delivered ut certain railway station
ui'N miles or more south " Vienna
before 10 O'Clock that night There
They were 20 catch q train for the ~.
tie seaport uu tho upper Adriatic. the
mmr Of which ] WAS sworn never to
reveal aud, as have not considered IL
worth while 10 bc released from that
oath ! um uf necessity compelled to
omit the mention of Il here.
Mr. Bangs went on 10 Vienna the
night before oar departure. taking with
him Helene Marie Louise Antolnette. a
rather shocking arrangement. you
would say, unless you had come to
know the British lawyer rs well as We
knew him They were to proceed by
the early morning train TO this obscure
seaport CuIiu@uft Titus elected TO
accompany his sister tile entire length
Of the Journey. with the faithful Blake
and Rosemary
Bllly Smith WIS e. meet MS a few
miles outside the town fur which we
were bound. with o word Of warning
30 there Was anything sinister In the
wind
. heard attcrwnu from pooprndykc
thi the departure. Of tuc countess ana
Rosemary from tbc castle loo the gray.
furlnn dawn cot tbat historic i4th was
attended uy % demonstration Of grief
1u the part ~ thr four : hmicks that
wis tar beyond his powers uf dcscrip-
ton. and ur Possesses wonderful
ability to describe mchrymu-c sltua.
tious, rather running tu that style "
Incident ! may shy The elder
Schmicks walled and brohoucd and
proclaimed to the topmpst Wrrrts that
the sun would never shine again for
either ot them md tu prove that she
was quite iu earnest about the matter
Gretel frll 90 the dock into the river
aud was nearly drowned before Jasper
Junior could dive boz uI get br- Their
sons both Of whom cherished Hmorous
feelings Tor Blake sighed $50 prod.
g.Ou,ly all the Nut down the river that
the boat rocked. incidentally during
the excitement Jluko. who was Ia n
main behind aui journey westward
later on with Mrs Titus aud Jasper
Junior succeeded inter weeks OF vain
cudcavor iu sm1rtly uppIug the calf
~ lluwkcs left lcg. @ feat of which he
uo doubt was proud bUt which sen.
tvur,d my impressive butler 10 AN ever.
lasting drc.d uf nydgophobia aud
temporary lump
II was nearly . O'Clock when the boat
slipped into view around the tree GOV.
cred point ~ land and headed straight
for our hiding place on the bank
Continued next week