The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-02-06

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Of his hand at one blow from the aail-
IKE arms Of the concierge. Behind
him somewhere was coming. Milky
Knew Q detaehmeat OF cavalry. But
hs had oatdistancsd then. riding fren-
xiedly. had lsaped hedges and bitches
across the park. He must hold this
man until they came.
Struggling in the grasp sf the con-
cisrge. he yet listened for them. From
the flrst hs knew It was . losing hat
tie. He had lost befoes. But he
fought nercely. with he strength Of .
dozen. His frenzy WAS squalsd BY that
Of the ether man. and his weight was
less BY q half. He went down finally
and lay stu. Q battered, twisted ng-
ure.
But Black Humbsrt. breathing hard,
had heard sounds In the street and
put mp the chain. He Stood at bay .
huge, shaken Agurs at the foot Of the
stone staircase. He was for flight
now. But surely-outside at the door
some one gave - secret knock, Of the
tribunal, and fonbwsd It By the pass
word. Hs; ;breathed again. Friends, a
course. come for the ammunition. But,
to b. certain, be went to the window
Of his bureau. and looked out through
the bar1. Studsntsi
Coming I" he called. And Kicked at
Nikky's quiet figure ~ he passed It.
Then he unboltsd the door. dropped ths
chain, and opened the door.
Standing before him, backed BY
great .crowd Of fantastic figures, was
Haeckel.
+ They did not kin him at once. At
the points Of 4 dossn bayonsts. intend
Cd for vastly different work. they
forced him up the staircase. flight after
night. At nrst he cried pitifully that
he knew nothing ef the royal chnd.
then he tried to barter what he know
for his life. They jeered at him.
pricked him shamsfully from behind
Win daegsFA
AT the top Of the last flight he turned
and faced them. Gentlemen. friends r.,
he implored. II have done him NO
haro. 1t was never ip my mind to do
him an injury. F
he 10 in the room where you kept
mel" asked Haeckel, In . low voice.
We II there. and safe"
Then Haecksl Killed him. He struck
him with q dagger. and his great body
fell ON the stairs. He was still NOV
ing and groaninG. n they swarmed
over him.
Hasckel faced the crowd Ihers
aroothers," he said. II know them all.
Whea We have nnished here, We will
They v.r. fearful Of frlsAt.nlns tho
little king and only two went back.
With the key that Haecksl had taken
from the body Of Black Humbert. They
unlocked the door Of the back room,
to find his majesty sitting on 4 chair.
With q rather moist handkerchief in
his hand. He was not At all fright
ened, however. and was weeping for
his grandfather.
"Has the carriage eomsr' he do
manded. Il am waiting for . car
riags."
They assured him that . carriage,
was on the way, and were very much
at . los.
II would like to 90 quickly" he said.
II am afraid-my gfandfather-Nk-
kyr
For thers stood Milky in the door
way, q sta9tsfinG. white-lipped Milky.
He wa1 not too weak to pick the child
up, however. and carry him to the
head Of the stairs. They had moved
the body Of the concierge. BY his Or
der. 80 he stood there, the boy in his
arms, and the Students. only an hour
before In revolt against him. cheered
nightly.
They met the detachment Of eaval-
r. at the door, and thus, In state. rode
back to tho palace where he was to
rule. King Otto the Ninth. A very sad
little king, for Milky had answered his
question honestly. A king who moppsd
his eyes with very dirty handker-
chief. A weary little king. too. with
already q touch Of indissstionf
Behind them, in the house en- the
Road Of the Good Children. Haeckel,
in IN access Of fury, ordered the body
Of the coaciergs fiunS from q window.
Il Lay below, q twisted and shapeleas
thing, bssids the pieces Of old Adsl-
bert's broken sword. ~
CHATTER XXX. -
The Lincoln Penny.
And %, at last, King Otto the Ninth
rea ched hia nalace. and waa hurried,