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coimirciD.
On Flavin's arrival I cannot dwell.
Her joy at fiudlng me up and well In
stead of on my back and fighting with
death makes a picture tbnt even -now
dances before my eyes till they grow
too dim to see it, and her reproaches
that I had not trusted even her must
excuse the means I took to quiet them.
In truth, to have her with me once
more was like a taste of heaven to a
damned soul, the sweeter for the lnev-
WHAT has become 01 the eighth Itable doom that was to follow, and I
district since the combine of the ln ab, a8t ?
f" " . ' whole days with her. And when I had
fifth district 7 wasted two days the Duke of Strelsau
arranged a bunting party.
CITY affairs are warming UP The stroke was near now, for Sapt
oa,. Vv?r,o- nd I after anxious consultations had
resolution being clinched by Johann's
news that the king grew peaked, pale
a fight last Monday night
WHILE candidates for City al- and 111 and that his health was break"
r,nf .atW in m. tog down under his rigorous conflne-
wauiKu w , ment Xow & man hft kJng or n(J
ing OUt as those for mayor, It IS kiu may as weil die swiftly and as
evident that there are many in becomes a gentleman, from bullet or
the city that are willing to "Make ,' " f
the sacrifice" and serve as a city
alderman.
That thought made prompt action ad
risable In the interests of the king.
From my own point of view it grew
more and more necessary, for Stra
kencz urged on me the need of a
speedy marriage, and my own lnclina
tions seconded him with such terrible
stood still. ' Thu nose of a boat protrud
ed beyond the pipe ou the other side.
and, listening Intently, I heard a slight I
shuffle, as of a man shifting his posl-1
lion. Who was the man who guarded
Michael's Invention? Was be awake w
vas he asleep? felt if my knife were
ready and trod water. As I did bo I
found bottom under my feet. The foun
dations of the cnstle extended some
fifteen Inches, making a ledge, and I
stood on it, out of water from my arm
pits upward. Then I crouched and
peered through the darkness under the
pipe, where curvlug, it left a space. .
There was a man in the boat. A rifle
(ay by him, I saw the gleam of the
barrel, nere was the sentinel! He sat
very still. I listened. , lie breathed
heavily, regularly, monotonously. By
heaven, he slept! Kneeling on the
shelf, I drew forward under the pipe
till my face was within two feet of his.
He was a big man, I saw. It was Max
Holt, the brother of Johann. My band
stole to my belt, and I drew out my
knife. Of all the deeds of my life I
love the least to think of this, and
whether it was the act of a man or a
traitor I will not ask. I said to myself,
"It la war, and the king's life is at
Btake," And I raised myself from be
neath the pipe and stood up by the
boat, which lay moored by the ledge.
Hol Jing my breath, I marked the spot
and raised my arm. The great fellow
stirred. lie opened bis eyeswide,
wider. He gasped in terror at my face
and clutched at bis rifle. I struck home.
And I beard the chorus of a love song
from the opposite bank.
Leaving bim where be lay, a hud
dled mass, I turned to "Jacob's Lad
der." My time was short This fel
low's turn of watching might be over
directly, and relief would come. Lean
lng over the pipe, I examined It from
the point it left the water to the top
most extremity, where It passed, or
zau, for fie put spurs to bis horse, and
L, turning to look, saw him ride full
gallop to the edge of the moat and;
leap in, while the shots of our party
fell thick round him like hall. ,With
one clenm of moonlight we should
have riddled him with balls, but ln the
darkness he won to the corner of the
castle and vanished from our sight
."The deuce take him!" grinned Sapt
'It's a pity," said I, "that he's a vil
lain.:;; Whom have we got?" .
We had Lauengram and Krafsteln.
They lay stiff and dead, and, conceal
ment being no longer possible, we
Gung them, with Max, Into the moat
and, drawing together In a compact
body, rode off down the hill. And in
our midst went the bodies of four gal
lant gentlemen. Thua we traveled
home, heavy at heart for the death of
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"it the play actor I" cried he..
(Near Five Points.)
tion. I do not believe that I should
have done the deed I dreamed of, but
I might have come to flight and my
flight would have ruined the cause.
It is perhaps as strange a thing as
bas ever been In the history of a coun
try that the king's brother and the
Bund tigers will now come in
for a rest spell until after the
election. This may possibly be Insistence that I feared for my resolu-
due to the fact that policemen
are busy looking for their jobs,
or it may be that blind tiger run
ners are out looking for their
men to run for office: However
it may be, it is noticeable that klng personator In a time of profound
Mcaa nf V?a V?tu1 outward peace near a placid, undls-
uw w iuou, ... turbed country town, under semblance
are pulled at this time. t 0f amity, should wage a desperate war
for the person and life of the king.
MTICE TO F1SIESS ASD TBE1I SOSS. Yet such was the struggle that began
now between zenaa ana iarienneim.
When I look back on the time I seem
to myself to have been half mad. Sapt
has told me that I suffered no Interfer
ence and listened to no remonstrances.
and If ever a king of Kurltanla ruled
seemed to pass, through the masonry I our friends, sore uneasy concerning j J)tjjjj aM
m .v. . 1 1 T1 .. . v 1. I At.A 1-!i r .ml Mil .a th. stulstlr that I '
The Waxhaw Enterprise says
editorially:
"We notice that quite a num
ber of our exchanges have lately
been Unring the country boys to like a despot I was in those days the
man. Look where I would, 1 saw notn
lng that made life sweet to me, and I
took my life In my hand and carried
It carelessly, as a man dangles an old
glove. At first they strove to puard
me, to keep me safe, to persuade me
not td expose myself, but when they
saw bow I was set there grew up
stay on the farm. We also ob
serve that some two or three city
divines in this State are now of
fering the same advice to farm
ers sons. Well, it goes without
the saying that on the farm is a
" mighty good place to Stay, if a anion them, whether they knew the
n 'uj fi,M v fV00 tv truth or not a feeling that fate ruled
fellow had rather be there than anJ tiat , must Mt t0
any Where else. But we pre- pjay my game with Michael my own
sume mat larmers sons, use way.
ever, uuujr cioc, uj I where FUvla bad sat by me. and con-
tneir preierences ana are as ducted ber to the door of her apart-
much entitled to them as Other ments. There I k!ed ber band and
i. tt t bade her sleep sound and wake to bap-
pwpu: u... ouuo pydayfc Then I change 1 my clothes
want to remain on the farm, let anj went out. gapt an 1 rritz were
them do SO, and if they prefer to waiting for me with three men and the
1 1. 1 . " horses. Over his saddle Sapt carried
go elsewhere, let them do so. co of aDd ta were
We repeat here What we have heavily armed. I had with me a
frequently said before, that imi tut cudgel and a long knife.
1 j. . . Making a circuit avoided the town
when some editors get out of .n hour found oumive. siowi,
Something else to write about, mounting the tUlI that led to the cas-
they proceed to give the farmer tie of Zenda. The night waa dark and
and his family a whole lot of free irL," 0';b? a, we breasted the
trees moaned
of the wall. There was no break In
It no chink. Dropping on my knees.
I tested the under side. And my
breath went quick and fast for on this
lower side, where the pipe should have
clung rkoKe to the masonry, there was
a gleam of light. That light must
come from the cell of the king! I set
my shoulder against the pipe and ex
erted my strength. The chink widen
ed a very, very little, and hastily I
deflated. I had done enough to show
that the pipe was not fixed in the
masonry at the lower side.
Then I heard a voice a harsh, grat
ing voice
"Well, sire. If you have bad enough
of my society I will leave yon to re
pose, but I must fasten the little orna
ments first'
It was Detcbard. I caught the Eng
lish accent In a moment
"Have you anything to ask, sire, be
fore we partr
The king's voice followed. It waa
bis. though it was faint and hollow,
different from the merry tones I bad
heard in the glades of the forest.
"Pray my brother," alJtfte king, no
kill me. I am dying by r ncfaes here.
"The duke does ootL tfealre your
death, aire yet" sneered Detcbard.
When be does, behold your path to
beavenr
The king answered:
"So be It And now, If your orders
allow It, pray leave me.'
"May yon dream of paradise," said
the ruffian.
The light disappeared. I beard the
bolts of the door run home. And then
I heard the sobs of the king. He was
alone, as be thought Who dure mock
at blm?
I did not venture to speak to blm,
The rink of pome exclamation escaping
blm In surprise was too great I dared
do nothing that night and my task
now was to get myself away In safety
and to carry off the carcase of the
dead man. To leave bim there would
tell too much. Casting looe the boat
I got In. The wind was Mowing a
gale now. and there waa little danger
of oars being beard. I rowed swiftly
round to where my friends waited. I
the king and cut to the quick that
young Rupert had played yet another
winning nana wim us.
For my own part I waa vexed and
angry that I naa Kiuea no man in
open fight but only stabbed a knave In
bis sleep. And I did not love to bear
Rupert caU me a play actor.
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advice. I Incline, and the great
There is a great deal of 8ense I d sighed. When we came to a thick imt rahed the spot when a lond
t.L 1 j clomp abont a quarter of a mile from I h,-tIe Bonn,-,! 0rer the moat be-
in mis. is nas amay wiucu w the watte w Lle our three friends blnA m
us mac larmers are aoout as capa-1 bide there with the nom. api naa
bie as other people of attending aw. xXZl?JLtT i
A . r, . , . a few monwuts if dancer came, but up
to their own business, and it is tm mw we mvi m on. i Loped
an increasing wonder why they that Michael was auu off bis Knard,
be iev ns me to be sare in uej. now-
and their families should come
in for more unsought advice than
any other class in the -world.
Charlotte Observer.
The above is in line with the
stand we have taken in such mat
ters, and we have often wonder-
ever that misht be. we gained the top
of the hill without accident and found
urw'Ives on tin- edre of the moat
whMre it aweti under the road, w-p-aratlng
the old rnstle from It A tret
stood ou the etlite of the bank, and
Rant nilntly aud dillKntly wt to
make fat the roj- i atrni ny
1 . t,.u m ,11 a fiiiulf at hntm9
ed wny it is tnat many peopie ex- )nmvu tbe knife in its nheatu and
pect a newspaper to know more took the endget tctwwii my t-th.
about affairs of men that follow TJJ. '
a different line than they.
from Frita. and laid hold of the roie.
I was going to bave a look at Jacobs
ladder.
Gently I lowered myself Into the wa
ter. Though tbe night were wild, tbe
Deata cf Claries UealbanL
Charles Cheatham, who recent
ly moved here from Oxford, died J day bad been warm aud bright and
Fridav afternoon at his home on the watr was not com.
Gregson street He had beer,
been suffering from a stomach
trouble for several days and thu
was the cause of hii death.
He was about 45 years of ag
and left wife and several children
In addition to these he left t
mother and several brothen
There art also ft great many oth
er relatives, most of whom residt
in Granville county.
The remains were taken to Ox
ford and the burial took place ir
the old family burying .ground.
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I struck out
and besran to awlm round the great
walls whi'b frowned shove me. I
Could see only three yards a heal I
had then good hopes of not being wn
as I crept along close under the damp,
moss grown masonry. There were
lights from the new part of the cuttle
on the of If r side, and now ana again
t heurd laughter and merry shouts, f
Lincied I rwosniaed young Rupert
Hentxsu's ringing tones and pictured
dim fluihed with wine.
Itocallltig my thouglit to tlie hunt
ness in band, 1 rented a moment If
Johann's d-wrlplkn wre rlgtit, I oinnt
t mar tlie wkidow now. Very l'l.
I movM, and out of the darkns alisd
Mm! a It wa tlie lpe. ftrr
lug frura the wlnlow to the water.
About two feet of Its otirfu was dls
f.lsyed. It was as big round ns two
men. I wss abont to sitroali It mlu a
1 1. Ujy SanUhln&.el''idBiy Ifurt
"Hello. Maxr I heard shnnted.
I hailed npt In a low tone. Tbe
rone came down. I tic! If round tbe
corpse and then went up It myself.
Whistle you. too." I whisjiered. "for
onr men and haul In the line. No talk
now."
They ha tiled np tbe ldy. Just aa It
reachff'I the road three mon on horse
back swept round front the front of
the castle. We sw th'm: but. being
on foot, we escaped thlr notl-e. But
we heard our men coming tm with a
shout.
"The devil, but It's d:irkr cried a
rlntring volfe.
It was young import. moment
later sliots rang out. Our pfwiple bad
met them. I started forward at a run,
jsstit and FrU following in-.
Thrust, thrustr crlM UuiK-rt again,
and a loud groan following told that
be himsHf was not Milndlistid.
Tm done. Runertr' crpl a voice.
"Tliey're three to one. Jav yourself
I rnn on, holding my nulfjel In my
hiind. Suddenly a borse came toward
me. A man was on It, leaning over the
shoulder.
"Art yon cooked, too, KrofstelnT be
cried.
There was no answer.
I snrang to tha borse'a bead. It waa
Rupert Hantaan.
"At lastr I cried.
For we seemed to bave him. Ha bad
only bla aword In bis hand. Mr men
wwe hot noon blm. Fnt and Frit
were running op. I bad outstripped
them, but If thy got close enough to
fire be must die or sorrendrr.
"At lastr I Cried.
"It's the tly sctorr cri-d be. slush
In at mv cudgel. lie cut It clean In
two. and. itidglng dlwTPtlnn better.
than latb. I ducked my bead and
II Muh to toll) sftrniend frf my
i:fc. ThS dcril waa In J'.upvrt Ilea-
' CHAPTER XV.
URITANIA Is not In England
or the quarrel between Duke
Michael aud myself could not
bave gone on, with tbe re
markable incidents which marked It,
without more public notice being di
rected to It Duels were frequent
among all the npper classes, and pri
vate quarrels between great men kept
the old bablt of spreading to their
friends and dependents. Nevertheless,
after the affray which 1 have Just re
lated euch reports began to circulate
that I felt It necessary to be on my
guard.
Tbe death of the gentlemen Involved
could not be bidden from their rela
tlves. I Issued a stern order declaring
that dueling had attained un precedent
ed y cense (tbe chancellor drew up tbe
document for me, and very well be did
It), and forbidding it save ln the
gravest cases. I sent a public and
stately apology to Michael, and be r
turned a deferential and courteous re
ply to me, for our one point of union
was and It underlay all our diner
ences and Induced an unwilling bar
mony betwe-n our actions that we
could neither of us afford to throw our
cards on tbe table. He, as well as I,
was a "play actor,- and, hating one
another, we combined to dupe public
opinion. Unfortunately, however, the
necessity for concealment Involved the
necessity- of delay. Tbe king might
die ln bis prison or even be spirited
off somewhere else. It could not be
helped. For a little w hile I was com
pelted to observe a truce, and my only
consolation waa that Flarla most
warmly approved of my edict against
dueling, and when I expressed delight
at having won her favor prayed roe. If
ber favor were any motive to me, to
prohibit tbe practice altogether.
"Walt till we are married," saw I,
smiling.
Not the least peculiar result of the
truce and of tlie secrecy which dictated
It was that the town of Zenda became
in the daytlme-I would not bave trust
ed far to Its protection by nlgbt-a sort
of neutrnl sone, where both parties
could safely go, and I, riding down one
day with Flavla aud Kapt bad an en
counter with en acquaintance which
prevented a ludicrous side, but was at
the same time eiobarralng. As I rode
along I met a dfgnlfh-d looking person
driving In a two horsed carriage. He
stopped bis horses, g'it out and ap
proached in'. Ixiwing low. 1 recognized
tlie head of the Ptreiau police.
'Your majesty's ordinance as to du
cling Is receiving our bct attention,'
be assured me.
If the lHt attention Involved bis
presence in Zenda, I resolved at once
to dispense with it.
"Is that what brings you to Zenda,
prefect?" I asked.
"Why, no, sire. I am here because 1
desired to obtlge the l!ritih ambassa
dor."
"What's the RrVlsh ambassador do
ing dans cette gnlereV said ! care
lessly.
"A young countryman of bla, slre-a
man of soma posltloo-is missing. Ills
friends hsve not beard from him for
two months, and there is reason to be
lieve that be waa last seen In Zenda."
Flavla waa paying little attenUoo. 1
dared not look at Sapt
VWbat reason T
?A friend of bit In Paris, t eertala
M. Featberly. has given us information
which makes It possible that be came
here, and the official of tbe railway
recollect bla name on some luggage,'
What was bis name?"
"Rassendyll, aire," lie answered, and
I saw that the name tneitttt nothing to
blm. Rut, glancing at Flavla, be low
ered bla voice as be went on: "It Is
tuobjit Hint be may bate followed a
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