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T O N K I N G sat- ..Truxton King picked blmself up from the street, dazed, bewildered, but unhurt. Tho revolutionists had bosun the assault on the paralyzed minions of tho government. He looked back toward tlie gor.v c.- trance to the circus. There wus '.Mar lanx, mounted and swinging a sabur on high. Ahead was a mass of car riages. tilled with the white faced, pal-. sled prey from tbe court o f Graustark.! From somewhere near the spot where Olga Platanova fell came a harsh, pen etrating command: . “Cot them off! Cut them off froui .... . - --- tha castle!” i & J S » ' « ■ \P- Do dashed Into the in stroot Bnd rtln l °ward the carriages. h nn ^ n r a J n t^n n ilr ehouUn8 wltb a11 his strength: 1 h OB the present coital- «xuru back! It Is Marlanx! To the FSOM PAG* b'OVH In the hill*. cutlet” « * K®ai ,twn9 tbn* be Mw *•» Princo, 4ta» Tullls. She, is the xhe boy was standing on a vent ori tha stopping at the casti*. toyal coach of stato, boldlngout bls her, sir. »iMPtu>t tager little bands to some one In tbe . tWek of the crowd that surged about Is th* moat beautiful Be was calling aom* om ’ s name, tar* h u a m ascn-uot but no one could have b*ard blm. * • ,? Couat**a iBgOr Truxtun’a strfilnlnf? eyes cnUght slpht gr, telw r t m*. Ste I* o f the figure In tray that stru: c .l.ti; ety one. Ste la to bt forward in response to th* cries and ; : Count Voa E n s v t flue the extolled hand.- ! abe la gone 1 don’t khow; «xuut Loralne! Aunt Lora lo o r He ; 8ulcld* mayhap.” - bow heard the uamo the'boy cried j -w th* m a t Cowd Mar; ^ al, t H Uttto hoart ■“ ■ f t 9* P m o^Ifwa struck at th* uncouth, irlit. TW a a n n c c d b \ jn fejjpcRKe AuvrkMn as he lifted tho on of the name, n u\\y- girl frcui th* ta at-.ul a n ! dellliernttl; ' iu bla eye*. : tossed h?r into the coach. , t!\ heanorted. Tliei “ Turn b.i li:\ he shouted. A horse- ’ king the angry cctw.. a a n r t!? bl n <*own. tie looked yp as >;d t of that snake? If th<* pi:::: l.nr ;--~l;nnVo hoof* ciatfrrrd .ut of my cart\ about h ; iv d . Voa Engo. w»:!i ,htl\ cried Truxton. \Toll drawn r • d. is crowding up to the Loralne, and why we carrln • . hunting words of re joicing at u. :>t o f the girl he loved. He catr ’if a glimpse of ber. holdlii;;, the prim < i-i har arms, her white. | Bgtpifais«l , ' jco aimed toward the un b. IMstinctly he hewd her cry: . \ f city.\ later th* termer, over- stupendous news, was i with might a id onto, beasts tor* down the ao bnvtly .that thar* prospect of; ■ -«rh In tlm*. At Bonn that tto operator hr.d to call Bdelwelss sine# ..jr gat*s cam* in sight Igttaarrow read. - th* quivering Americans ware mocking ttom. br away Instead of co» , which were still open, Im ln a single flash <4 and Loralne would be ‘ Intercepted** Marlanx 'to .-■■■' v. who badtte.aolaH w succeed In itaHiuft' tlRF] themselvw In the bed nderneath tto thick can Tbe farmer lifted tiie crawled down. amoafti er.\* crisd tto anxious ' . I t • ■ shouted the farmer are rap*4 off, 'aid thi* great\\ ■ - , ont os near to the tower ! the other,! ’ cried tto drtrtr. a ater. polling op his half leaping io th? groaad. an alley tbey harried, tte crowded aqnawa frr- Ttotlocft tnthow tbe > 13 oVIock and aft*.*.' had not yet taken v in time. Every . id glad voice* ■ w yltr w u codding. jr cried Truxton, r<r- and pointing with tiv a spot across the ftuvt I At tto conar! Ktr,' ut sight of Olga hata- of dragoons ,w u al- In front of her. Lees away rolM tto royal r* shouted Kinghoam’ one himself. “Thv bl Stop the prlhcel” recofnlted this figure andtbeflylug. t hia heels. - King was « by the hand. . prevented the dm- WMhg down the pallid atumblod blindly toward ud. -chr crlisd King, the crowd. Olga Plata* e, her eyes wide, and as If petrified at the King. object In her wavering white faced termer In c was crossing the street bounds, his eyes glued of the frail, terrified an- could only arrest that aln arm! led the bomb, her hands eyes as she fell upon her APTER XV I. WMTO Oi’ THE BOOT. e that followed beggars crlptlon. A score of and horses lay writhing __ street; others crept g witb pain; human flesh animals lay lu tbe path J, panic stricken holiday mingled with the soft ngetz circus, slimy, slip- ova-there was nothing 'e draw a veil across tho Iga Platanova after the hand. No one may look Iverlng, shattered thing a living, beautiful wom- alley below tho tower worn team of oxen stood night, awaiting the re fer who was never to them. Qod rest bls sim- mean, she Is going to pay you In soim* way for picking mo up, oliV Wfll, i'll put an eud to tlmt. I’ll drop ott n-ain. Then you can rldo on and tell ber-1 wouldn't be a party to the game. Do you catch my meaning?” “You would, eh?\ said tbe count un- grlly. “I'd like to see you drop off whilo we're golug at .tbis”— “I ’ve got uiy pistol lu tbe midillo ol your back,\ grated Truxton. “Slow up a bit or I'll scatter your vertebrae all over your system. Pull up!\ “As you like,\ cried Vos Engo. \Pro' done my part. Colonel Qulnnox will bear witness.” He began pulling bls horse dowu. “Now you are quite free to drop off.” Lew than a hundred yards behlutl loped a riderless bors*. Tbe dragoon who tod sat tbe saddle was lying ter back lu tha avenue, a bullet In hia bead. Hob bling to tto mid dle of tto toad, tto A m e r ic a n th r e w up bla hands and stoat* sd briskly to the hewlld*r*d a s i* maL five seconds later King was in th* aad d la.an d taarlog along ia tbe wak* of tto Mtteatlng guard. “W* M*d such men u K ln g l\ cried C o l o n * ! Qulnnox’u to waited taalda tte gates for the wild rider. Oeneral Erase, with a tew of his ■en, Moody and heartsick, was the lu t of tte little army to reach safety ia tto cistl* grounds. ¥ Tto fortrces, with all guns, stores aad ammunition, w u In the bands of the Iron Count and hia cohorts. Baton Dangloss ted beta taken pria- ooer wltb a whole platoon .of fighting constables. This w u tto laat appall ing bit of news to reach the horrified, dlaorganlaed force* in th* castls UKO #AS 15 THB tADDL*. DR'<»‘ u «vmio*> tuaaui in Ji.OTIihrOtCH. '■Save bl:nl Save Truxton KJug!\ From tbe sldnwalks swarmed well armed hordes of desperadoes, flrhi!? wildly luto tbe ranks of devoted guardsmen. Truxton lied from tbe. danger aone aa test as bls strained' ankle would permit blm. Bullet* were striking all about him. Some one was shouting his name be hind In the scurrying crowd, lie (urn* ed for a single glance backward. Little Mr. Hobbs, pale as a' ghost, bls cap gone, bls clothing torn, w u panting at his elbow. Soldiers came riding up from be hind, turning to (Ira from tlielr sad* dies into tha throng of cutthroat*, led hy tb* grim old man wltb the bloody aator. In tbe crater of tto troop tlwre was a flying carriage; The Duke* of Perse was lying back in tto seat, his tec* like that of a dead men. ■ ‘The prince Is sate!” ahoutcd King joyously. “They’ll mate itt Thank Oodr Colonel Qulnnox turned In his sad* die and searched out tte owner of tbat stirring voice. “Come!'’ be called. Even as King rushed out Into the roadway a horseman galloped up from the direction of tbe castle. He pulled his bone to bls bauncbes almost us to waa riding over tb* dodglug Amer ican. “Here!\ shouted tbe newcomer, scowling down upon the young mail. \Swing up here! Quick, you fool!\ It was Vos Engo, li|p face block with fury. Qulnnox had seised the bund of Mr. Hoblw ou seeing help for King and was pulling blm up before blm. There was nothing for Truxton to do but to accept tbe timely help of bls rival. An lustant later be was up behind blm and tbey wen off nfter the last of tbe dragoons., \ I f you don't mind, count; i 'l l try my luck,\ grated tbe American. Hold ing ou wltb one arm. be turned nud fired repeatedly In the direction of tbe howling crowd of rascals. \Ride to tbe barracks gates, Vos Engo!\ commanded Colonel Qulnnox. “Be prepared to admit none but the royal roserv.es, who nre under stand ing orders to report there In tline of need.\ I Over bis shoulder Vos Engo hissed to his companion: \ I t was not idle heroics, my friend, uor philanthropy on my part. I was commanded to come nud fetch you. She would never bave spoken to mo again lf I had re fused.\ I \She! Ah, yea, I seel She did uot forget me!\ cried Truxton. | \Understand it is not for you th a t : I risk my life.” i “I understand,\ murmured Truxton, •• • \You i , A wles u well u a cruel man w u Marlanx. Ho lost no tlm* tn Issuing a manifesto to th* stunned, demoral laid cltlsens of Edelweiss. Scons of criers went through ty* streets during tto long, wretched afternoon, announc ing to tto populace tbat Count Mar lanx bad established himself as dic tator and military governor of the principality pending tha abdication of the prince and tto b*glnniug of.n aew and substantial .regime. All elt* laws were commanded to recognise tto authority of tb* dictator. ... Toward evening; after many cbp- sultatkxu and countlese reports, Mar lanx removed bls headquarters to thi? tower. H* ted fondly hoped to lie> the castle long before this. The cells sind dungeons In the great old tower, were now occupied by braised, defeated oflkers of the law. Baron Jasto Dangloss, crushed In spirit and broken of body, paced ths blackest aad narrowest cell of tbeiiv aH At 0 o'clock on Sunday morning n small group of people gathered In the square. A meeting was soon In prop- itss. A goods box stood over again** th* vsry spot on which Olga Plata- nova d M . Aa old man begau haran guing tto conatantly growing crowd, la tbe group mlgbt bave been seeu most mtmbers of tto committee of ton. ln tto midst of his harangue tlie hand of William 8 pants waa nrrcnrd In one of Its most emphatic geotiiivs. Peter Brutus was approaching at tl\* toad of a group of aliens, all urnicd. “One moment!\ called out IViei- Brutus, llftlug his tend Imperatively. Tte speaker ceased bls mouthing*. \Count Marlanx desires the Immediate presence of tbe followlug jrltlxens nt his office In the tower. I shall cull off the names.\ He began wltb WII Ham Spants. The name of each of liis associates la tte committee of teu fol lowed. Ten minutes later every member of tte committee of ten, oxccpt Peter Brutus, was behind lock and bar, to* \TOO AB* TO DIB AT SUNSET.\ getber wltb their shlverlug o&aoclates. all of them dumbly muttering to them selves tbe awful sentence that Mar lanx bad passed upon them. “Yon nre lo die nt sunset. Grau- stnrk still knows how to punish assas sins. There is no room in Graustark for anarchy. I shall wl|>e it out to day.” “Sir, your promise!\ gusped William Spnntz. \Wc are your frlouds-tho, true pnrty ot”— | \Enough! Do not speak again! Captain Brutus, you will send criers abroad to notify tbe citizens thnt I, Count Marlanx. bave ordered tbe exe cution of the ringleaders In the plot to dynamite the prince, at sunset In the square. Awa.v with the carrion!” Then it mis, nud not till then, tbat tbo committee of ten found bim out! Tben It wns tbat they came to know Pnfm* Ttnihm! Tho unrecognizable corpse of Olga Platanova bad beeu burled ln quick lime outside the city walls. Tbere was sometblug distinctly grewsouie in tho fact that half a dozen deep graves wero dug alongside hcra hours before death came to the wretches who were to occupy them. At S o'clock the Iron Count coolly sent messengers to the homes of tlio lending merchants and bankers of tho city. They, with tbe priests, the doc tors, tbe municipal otllcers aud tbo manufacturers, were commauded to ap pear before him at 5 o'clock for the purposo of discussing the welfare of the city and its people. Marjaux stated bls position clearly. He left* uo room for doubt In I heir minds. Tbe strings were In bls hands. Without hesitatiou be luforincd the iMdlog.meu of tte City tbat ho was to 1» tbe Prince o t Graustark. “I will rule Graustark or destroy her. Those of you wbo do not expect or desire to live uuder my rule, which, 1 promise you, shall be a wise oue, may leav* tbe city for otber lands,” be said calmly, '■'Just us soon us my. deputies have completed the formal, transfer of all your belongings to tbo crown Ireas- urywall, I say, even to tbe minutest trlfie. Permit ms to add lu tbat con* section, gentlemen, tbe transfer will aot to a prolonged affair.” . They glared back at him and subsid ed into bitter silence. “I am well aware that you love little 'Prince Boblu. Now, respecting young muter Bobln, I have no great deslro to kill blm.\ . B t waited to see the effect of this brutal announcement. His hearers stiffened, and-yes, tbey held tbelr breath. \Ho has one alternutive-be and bls lords. I trust that you, as senslblo gentlemen, will flud the meaua to cou. v*y to him your advice that be seise tto opportunity I shall offer blm to es cape witb bls life. U t me Interrupt myself to call to your attention Ibe fact tbat I am punishing tbe anarchists at eunset. To resume, the boy may Nturn to America, where be belongs. I will give him free aud safe escort to tbe United States. I f he chooses to accept my kindly terms, all well and good; If not, gentlemen, I shall starve . him out or blow tho castle down. I t ' may Interest you to hear tlmt 1 expect to establish a uow nobility In Grou- stark. I tfust I may now be address ing at least a few of tbe future noble lords o f Graustark. Good day, gentle* men.” At tbe castle tbe deepest gloom pre vailed. It was llke n jilghtinare to the Iteleagtiered hiraseitild, a dream from which tiiere seemed to be no awakeuliig.’ Colonel Qulnnox as com mander of the royal guard ruled su preme. General Braze tore off bis own epaulets aud presented hlniBelf to Qulunox ns a soldier of the file. Prince Robin, quite recovered from bls fright, donned the uniform of a colonel of tho royal dragoons, buckled on his jeweled sword nnd. with boyish .seal., deimauded at a council o£ war Orikm > ^innox*s reasons fof riot go- ing forth to slay, tlie rioters. “Your highness,” said the colonel bitterly, “the real army Is outside tbe walls, not Inside. W* are a pitiful UiifdfUl, Itss -than 800 men all told, counting th* wounded. Count Mar lanx heads aa army of aeveral thou sand. He”- “He wants to get In here so's he can kill me. Is,tliat so, Colonel Quln- noxt\ Tlw prince was very pale, but quit* calm. “Ob, 1 Wouldn't put It just that way, your.\— “Ob, I know! You cun't fool uie! I’ve always known that lie wants to kill me. But how cau he? Nobody can. He ought to kuow that. He must be awful stupid.” “We must get word to Tullls!” cried aeveral lu n breath. A dosen men vol unteered to risk their lives In the attempt to find the ' American In the hills. Two men w e r e chosen—by lot. They were to venture forth that very night. “My lords,” aald the priuce as tbe .council was on tbe point o f dissolving, “Is It all right for me to ask a ques- tiou now?” “Certainly, Rob- \ he ' s bake , vouit in,” gaid the prlmo highness .\ minister. \Well I’d like to know where Mr. King Is.\ “He's safe, your highness,\ eald Qulnuox. “Well, you rim iu and tell Aunt Lo- ralnc this minute that Mr. King sends his love to her aud begs her to rest easy. See If It doesn't cheer her up a bit.’’ I At ulght two attempts were made. by Hnddau and auotlier subaltern to , leave the castle to re..<’h Tullls, b u t ' both sorties proved failures, A day ; later Marlanx sent two men under a | flag of truce lo offer Ills Infamous ultl-' matuui. His offer of a safe conduct, of the prince lo America was refused, > for the Inmates o f the castle knew f u ll' well the count would doom the lad to instant death if he should get him lu his possession. A single distant volley nt sunset had puzzled the men on guard nt Ihe castle. They had no means of knowing that the committee of ten and Its wretched friends had beeu shot down llko dogs In the public square. Peter Brutus was in charge of the squad of executioners. t * sissftsn R E P A IR IN G i * AU kinds of shce repair work iically and prom p tly done. * % O l e N y l i n I O n C b e tw e e n 3 r d t n d 4 iK Those are not the Beautiful Northern LjghU, bill die rays pf the Electric 13(his <>f tlie - Northern Idaho fc.nd Montana Polifer Co. Giving cheer to all within their radius. If o n io f these rays does not brighten your home or •peciause your business, ask to be connected. See things BY THE RIGHT LlGHT—the Electric Light of the NORTHERN IDAHO AND MONTANA POWER CO -V K ?' L U M B E R C O M P A N Y 9 !. 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