Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-24
|GHAPTER XIV Continued

II fancceesion of footholds by means of which
x ~ might make his way to the breach in
ne stone rampant above. The task
81 neemed hopeless. but he knew that the
i most formidable difficulties are often
II soived by the simplest devices, and so
1th4 studied the wall patiently. his gaze
q suddenly focusing upon hssure in the
4 oli6, little to his right. which went
II uUWard at an angle its apex passing a
= pro3ection of the rock which extended
X FOR d hundred feet or more to the south
ward.
Above that precarious platform. the
4 cliff was splintered and torn as thougn
\, the agencies which had devastated the
II wall above had wreaked their vengeance
n here too But there were finger ho!ds
and foothods. n desperate climb even IN
4 the daylight to a member OF an Alpine
u club. But RenwiCk from his ampuSh
4 etudied 9he face of tnat rock foot by
* foot, and at last decided that when nlent
/ came, the possibilities of entrance haNS
Ing been denied him elsewhere he "oulu
He did not know what he would find
Il among the ruins above. their connection
r with the habitable part of the caste
81 having probably been walled up. by
Baron Neudeck. and granting that Rem
wick succeeded in making nus way E|
the top, his chances S ot rfaHr'HE SIi1, iSdoed @
81 And suppose after all thls eroTt @ @uta.
Marshka were not here-that Corfu
But how could he have gone on?
4 surely not by a road guarded by an
army at its other end. And It was on!
last night that he mad seen 'oHi.% iarishika
was within. and Renwick had not per-
mitted a doubt of it to enter MS hi'hu
since yesterday. A., ,,.or be
i decided upon further. investigation, re-
4 tracing his steps for some hundred EaTus
down the declivity making sure OF uiS
i landmarks as he went; until ne reaGnsn .i''.a
the lower level of the valley, where
4 crossing a brook he began climbing the
! sleeper slope of the northern inou'tn,m. an
L Here a greater degree of caution was
4 reoujred for the rock upon Whlch tne
Schioss was built was close to the north,
ern slope and il was over the eas' II
reaches of the northern crags tnal Ire
road ma ssad which led TO the cauSeWaE.
To make his Investigation more dlihcult
Il Of accomplishment most OF me ha"unn1 htin
tain side was in n hTts4[ Ihsdow S'',S and so, ut It
| being now the middle of the afternoon;
] he decided to move slowfy at rood s'r, and
a secluded spot and eat OF IN tis biedu breaE ak,
{ cheese which was 10 pe oo''' '''
- Erom his position. well up among the
rocks, he had a view or me f,,1,nso mrf Of the
road n short distance from the Spot
,vbere ne had crossed it in the morning
The ruined end of the castle ne cotii, IL
rvas now above the level of the craS and
made out among the twisted il"SS % ".
stone the vestiges of what mad I S,.Ce u,s ,,a =
q chanel, aud "A watchtower. There N"S
2 az, which seemed to lead into
!, vaulted structure, but from MS pos'I''"
re could not see within IT. , .bov
.earched the valley below him ceaSeleSs-
". He thought he heard ruihu.e 90
of thunder in the distance, but as ,'s.
sky was clear ne N''ew b,n, .fter a while
long the road below him more soIdis, =
nassed. riding rapidly, and silently TIT Thaip
the deeper shadows tl,owed 9t 1ne so'sd and this.
Renwick decided, was ths Sard Sau pnce
flistant sound that he had hearu' o,Ion
OF twice he thought that ne o,Me Ha" distance stance
.Ss,ow aim. but decided that he had ptrt' t;n
misfa]ien Again--nearer and 10 M
right. There IVA was dnorsr no nodnt INTO his place
s ~ concealment and peered out a,
Some one was climbing up siowIv %ryTI III" a
rocks below si,S. hi him; ina aneonse"s sorre '
He heard the cracking OF lNlSs 81 az.
the sound of voices in suoaueWE Wantnr-
mur. There were two o. o, 'near, ieaTes he go,
arlinnpse through the trunks OF .ne
pine trees-a tall man and sto ,hap a
stouter one They Were ed rnn%inr It,%in up mp the
.,,n,,ntain side away from him. but to
Renwicks mind. fixed only upon n,,t ,he
men he sought and those VINO o,r7,,g sorE ~,
himself, the figures, though Wear1t.S W1nS
rough. clothing like his own: seemed
strangelv like those of Herr Windt anu anu
Spivak OF course, he might nave re his
mistaken, for Withlm n,,rdred [M" neople lived,
hut the profuson of game in the EaI.sS sS,
Confirmed the report OF ms nos, nos ., u, the
night that the peasants VINO IlNru ~ "habi,
vicinity of Dulla were not in the ndpl.
nnny,,rinq into the pass And Il not
ueasants and not the men he had hadd
Imagined them to be- who were llgg Ia,,. i,.
what were they doing here! re ,ba;r naT
nuietly. listening for the SOUND OF tne,,
Sootsteps, which seemed to pass toWaId toW
the castle above him and at last u'eo
~~ay W;rdt AZ here? II seemed incredible that
ne had traced Renwick so quickiy. p
WAS il as Herr Koulos had said that ,d VA
same sources of Information w, M"Ca opor to
TIerr Windt also. Was he seeking GorlIz
or Renwick or both, trusting TO me req, a.
tions between Renwick and Marlsnhaa na,,t % .
bring all trails to this conVerelns pun.
n the strangers among the rocks apoNe
him were Windt and SpiVak, ne was NJ
deed in danger of detection ana capI uls, @
and the fate of an nglishman tahti.
armed ih a region where Austrian troops
were massing was unpleasant 70 cohteln
Mate And vet Renwick decided INA I
before he made the raSn ..har atreiTpt inppesti.
rate And so he lay silent uhtil nlshllai !,
when with drawn automatic ne emerge u
from his hiding place and qu'e1tiE 1 i'TIe Ie
his way along the mountain STU n
80 rched the underground eagerly, as d
man only can when his life depends, upon L,,
the keenness Of his senses. and wltho,uI
vnishap reached a point opposite tne
castle where he commanded hoth tne
courtyard and the mass OF puiialnss
q around the central tower. me olstanof n;.a 81
across the narrow gorge at this SIDE OF
the castle was perhaps two or three nun
dred yards. and Renwick from me
shelter of bush could see the WlhuoMS
ouite distinctly. As the nisht grew
dark two lights appeared-both, ne
noted, upon the side Of ht me punotns ,hIch cour
II. MT he visible from the deeper, wider va
iev upon the other side or from the roao
81. below He saw figures moVins-th'
~. mall bent figure of woman IN tn'
6uilding upon the left which seemed |,
4 ~ the kitchen, man IN me toui 'saa, as,
- from the other side. The room upon I'M
= ~ right near the keep seemed to be tht
s.. hall for the windows were longer tnai
any others and denoted high cellint
: + within. There was light here 100; am
IA Renwick watched the windows; his near
beating high with hope. In his anxiet'
4 "a see who was within the apartment n
"a forgot the strangers upon the mountail
n oide. the danger of his position. IN
HAZARDOUS feat before him-all but tn
y k0pe that Marishka as here.
He had almost given UP hope OF seein
"a. 6kantly, though he could not easil
Z H. 1latinguish her features. She sat in
Y &hair at a table, conversing with som
{ M whom he could not see. A pang o
I'll 16alousy shot through him. Goritz-,
X ~ what, II believing him dead. Ma
I i rjrhka had learned to tolerate the Gel
III nan agent even to the point of friend