The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-07-01
THE UNKNOWN
MIR. KENT
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auo :ta3ao eur horses to . stable rub
Ehem e8oVn, water and feed them
Hot too Gauch, mind you! And you
might taAs these eaincoats cut and
aasaa efae mud Oft the skirts. And
sakf1x u all something hot to drink
QUICKLY, Were nalf frozen and wet
u1D ozr neartst"
with considerable resentment
.zsne faced Kent, as II accepting or
,aaers from none other. and he. smil
Eng sardonically, made a swift ges-
,sure commanding her to obey. She
4xn7ffsd her nose high in the air.
taossed her head and disappeared.
THE younger man, in the meantime.
fzEitb aD air OF great WEAKNESS and
,yac1ecfDn, dropped into a chair by
tfho side Of che fire place. whera he
suddenly leaned forward until his
e2hoWs rested IN his knees and held
his white, well-kept hands toward
The bxaze. On one Of his fingers was
~ hIkSG Olo SlSh ling hut ~ oAAu
a&lsa he ~;aboentlyly twisted in dis
s1zscfion, while moodily staring In
.lfont or him.
WeoG, finding himself still ignored
amiled knowingly and reoccupied
Fak sIrair by the desk. where he pre-
'&cnfRei 30 absorb himself in a book.
xvan. taking the cue from his mas
4ers resumed Ibis search of the book
Ehelses as If receiving unexpected
&ussis on such a night was a re-
.Eular routine, and the young officer
by the door. ON an invitation from
the header Of the group. joined the
others lY the fireplace in an attitude
OF respectful waiting.
well, we are this far and" be-
"a The elder man, in his booming
French. and then, recalling that they
WeTe not alone, turnd stifly and
staed at Kent, made a significant
gesture of warning with his hand,
gann changed to a dialect language
that was plainly a mixture Of Ger
imam. French and Italian in quality.
Had Inc been observing the financial
agent he might have been startled
ny saaothr flicker of a smile on that
absorbed gentleman's features due
10 the fact that Kent, the polygfotr
spoke the language of Marker al
DIast as flnently as he did his owa
e~opyae..
md a close call it was, too, Tax1r
lHajesty. It was very fortunate that
II had the foresight to divert them
SfEnm following Captain Pauio ACROSS
The border by
The king of Marker interrupted
him impatiently.
your foresight? Humnht II
To me that if your foresight
'sas chancellor of my kingdom had
ssann0ssnted to much, we should never
lhave 5esn compelled to unlike a
hutch al rabbits to save our liyaal
But. anyway, my sister is SAFE" he
ASOsA1<s61lf~uy Ill sllICu OpoOAV WIZ S16
Che acting chauffeur, Captain Paulo.
appeared restlessly eager to speak,
Addel. What is 1t, Paulo?"
Does 1t not seem best. Sire, that
fE stand guard outside the door for
at least an hour or two to make cer-
tain that we are not pursued, even
here cross the border? We are but
an hours ride from it."
He hesitated. The king vented q
short, bitter laugh.
Go ahead" he said What you
u1ean TO say Is that u cousin. Bar
an Provarsk, Is not the sort 70 pay
much attention to boundaries ON 4
dark night when out for a chaser
Exactly, Sir"
Then do as you wish" the king
sassented. with q shrug of his should
era and a gesture Of helpleesness
Insanity. and with an air o. willing
rneEs, the young officer saluted and
srasasd outside to stand guard I'm The
ssfcam-
Karl, I can not see the sense 81
.aIl TINS" asserted the princess. whit
up to now had not spoken, and Ken,
caught himself starting at the must
cal sound OF her voice. s
Hut Your Royal Highness!'
hanrted the chancellor, sit would
have been extremely dangerous FOL
y0n 70 have remained there. I fore
- that, and being q nan OF action
-
He paused, interrupted by thu
N0anx OF the door from the lit
- and the appearance et chi
usaaAnt woman wearing. drspel
maE
Gzy mex that She had mel q
lneecfs herself from the rain. n