The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-11-05
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AStory Of Mystery and Adventure
By EMERSON IIOUGH M
From the Scenario By W.
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whom they had confidence, and tn,
man who had confidence in himself
With such an adversary King Michael
or even the stouter soul now at hi
side, might well find pause.
"Soon it will be indeed too late, you
majesty" exclaimed Count Frederick
Conceive must find some safety ii
the inner chambers Of the palace
Luckily it was built for precisely sucf
crisis as this in it's fate. Come
mademoiselle, your hand, quick. You
majesty, it is not beneath your dig
nifty to hasten now"
Pursued by vague noises of combat
and by countless vague fears conjured
up by their surroundings, deep in the
hidden Businesses, they went on until
at length they were far below the
level of the rooms devoted to the usual
purposes of the daily life of the palace
! Below them, before them, all was dark
ness and gloom. They were we'll
among the subterranean dungeons
which had held so long their secrets
against all corners.
Michael was the prey of yet added
| apprehensions as he found himself
thus leaving the light of day and ven
| turing among these regions whose ira
ditions held them so potent in ter
ror for the human mind as once they
| had offered terrors to the human body.
Yet he could do no more than follow
the guidance of the holder mind which
now led on.
They were followed in some part
by the refugees of the palace, as anx-
ious as themselves to find some ref
uge. So at length they halted in an
abiding place which for the time at
where light and sound alike were cut
off. Such had been their haste that
all were well-nigh exhausted-Mi-
chael spent most of all and voicing
most of all the babbling of his NOR
tai anguish. Thus cfrcumstanced,
they found such places of rest as
offered and waited for what might
come.
Meanwhile the relentless Sachio was
searching some entrance into the pal
ace, the hiding place of his enemies,
and, as he supposed, also of the wom-
an whom gladly he would have called
his friend-the woman whom he
feared most of all.
Break in the door, men," he cried.
Smash in any window. Enter, in the
name Of our own king. We have them
defeated now, and they must not es-
cape-they are trapped here, and we
will soon have them in our hands,"
His men obeyed. There came soon
the splintering of wood, the crashing
of glass at the palace windows. Be-
fore many moments had passed the
legions of Grahoffen were pouring
through the breach and overrunning
the interior Of the palace. Sachio,
with some hurried instructions to an
aide, led on the advance. All through |
the upper portion of the palace the |
echo of hurrying footsteps resounded. |
They are coming" said Kitty at
length quietly to her companions.
They have taken the palace. We can
not escape. This must be the end
They will have us out now at any
cost"
What shall we do? Where shall
We hide? What will become of .ne?"
walled Michael. "Save me, Frederick,
save me. What shall / do?"
You shall keep silent, your ma
esty, If you please. You can go no
where better than this. I will do
What can," rejoined Frederick. "Most
beloved majesty, you are in a hard
ase, but pray you, trouble us not too
much in the work of doing what we
an for your majesty and ourselves"
Trying now this door, now that, ad-
ancing, receding, the men of Ora
often came on. They filed up the
orridors, all the reception halls of
he front and rear of the Gretzhoffen
alace. Count Sachio, his king, his
saders and their so1diers-all now i
)ined in the last dash upon what they
bought to be the finish of their en- c
mys last citadel
Aloof and apart, concealed for the c
me in the remote cell which had re- C
sived them, Count Frederick and his
hoped against hope for q
st a little while, but hoped in vain. a
gain came the crashing OF doors. the v
lsh Of feet ON the stone floors. Use | u
ss to contend against their numbers +
the last door was broken through.
[scovered, surrounded, trapped, =
,unt Frederick and his companions tt
ced their assailants. W
49," laughed Sachio, as he stood
ntjnE but triumphant, after his last .,
tack. $50, at last! You have run
r, my friends, and lodged US very N
mbly. Where shall you go now, my OF
I'd count-where shall you go, my Ill
city one-and you, your august ma CT
,ty Of Gretzhoffen, before whom ! SC
lst tremble-what is the next place
retreat for your" dc
His taunt had truth under it. The lie
It card seemed to have been played, to
d played to an awful loss. There
3med to be no further retreat; the tn
lie resistance which Frederick and in
tty could offer would serve for pa