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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1908-01-02, Page 7po 1 , ease 4Ir 1.i"i1"1"!"1"!4.1.+#,34" ,444 1.i.F'i"i'.I41,1,3.1464°,14 p he ;441.441.�yvw4u By ... 4 ANTHONY HOPE Copyrighted, 1893, 1003, Tar X-lenry Bolt as, Company lee iielel 3+ei~'f,.r3"3elea"b3'•++.1.4.4.4 3. 301.34I" +++ i *.I"t..t + i"1+3«1»Fd»> +++ 'chains of shame and hope, she yet then, just as" Antoinette de Mauban would not be a decoy nor at his bid- fired at Rupert Ilentzau; ou the bridge, ding lure me to death; hence the let- they broke in, eight of them in all, and ters of warning she had written, the first door they came to was the Whether the lines she sent to Flavia door of Michael's room, and Michael :were inspired by good or bad feeling, lay dead across the threshold, with a by jealousy or by pity, I do not know, sword thrust through his breast. Sept but here also she served us well. When cried out at his death, as I had heard, the duke went to Zenda, she accompa- and they rushed on the servants, but these in tear dropped their weapons, and Antoinette flung herself weeping at Sapt's feet. And all she cried was that I had been at the end of the bridge and had Leaped off. "What of the prisoner?" asked Sapt, but she shook her head, Then Sept and Fritz, with the gentlemen behind them, cross- ed the bridge, slowly, warily and with- out noise, and Fritz sturnbled over the body of De Gautet in the way of the door. They felt him and found him dead. Then they consulted, listening eager- ly for any sound from the cells below, but there came none, and they were greatly afraid that the king's guards. had killed him and, having pushed his body through the great pipe, bad es- caped the same way themselves. Yet because I had been seen here they had still some hope (thus,.indeed, Fritz in his friendship told me), and, going back to Michael's body, pushing aside An- toinette, who prayed by it, they found a key to the door which I had locked and opened the door. The staircase was dark, and they would not use a torch at first lest they should be the more exposed to fire, but soon Fritz cried: "The door down there is open! Sc, there is light!" So they went on baldly and found none to oppose them. And when they came to the outer room and saw the Belgian, Bersonin, lying dead they thanked God, Sapt saying, "Aye, he has been here." Then, rush- ing into the king's cell, they found Detcbard lying dead across the dead physician and the king ou his back, with his chair by him. And Fritz cried, "He's dead!" and Sept drove all out of the room except Fritz a1ud knelt down by the king, and, having learned more of wounds and the signs of death than I, he soon knew that the king was not dead nor if properly attended would die. And they covered his face and carried him to Duke Michael's room and laid him there, and Antoinette rose from praying by the body of the duke and went to bathe the king's head and dress his wounds till a doctor came. And Sept, seeing I bad been there and having heard Antoinette's story, sent Fritz to search the moat and then the forest. Ile dared send no one else. And Fritz found my horse and feared the worst. Then, as I have told, he found me, • guided by the shout with which 1 bad called on Ru- pert to stop and face me. And I think a man has never been more glad to find his own brother alive than was Fritz to come on me, so that in love and anxiety for me he thought nothing of a thing so great as would have been the death of Rupert Heutzau. Yet had Fritz killed•him I should have grudged it. The enterprise of the king's rescue being thus prosperously concluded, it lay on Colonel Sept to secure secrecy as to the king ever having been in need of rescue. Antoinette de 'Vauban and Johann, the keeper (who, indeed, was too much hurt to be wagging his tongue just now), were sworn to reveal nothing, and Fritz went forth to find not the king, but the unnamed friend of the king, who had lain in Zenda and flashed for a moment before the dazed eyes of Duke Michael's servants on the drawbridge. The metamorphosis had happened, and the king, wounded al- most to death by the attacks of the jailers who guarded his friend, had at last overcome them and rested now, wounded, but alive, in Black Michael's own room in the castle. There he had been carried, his face coeksred with a cloak, from the cell, and thence orders issued that if his friend were found he .01 risoner' $1)1Zenda nied him, and here for the first time she Ietuued the full measure of his enmity and was touched with compas- sion for the unfortunate king. From this time she was with us, yet from what she told me I know that she still (as women will) loved Michael and 'trusted toegairi his life, if not his par - doe, from the king as the reward for her assistance. His triumph she did not desire, for she loathed his crime and loathed yet more fiercely what world) be the prize of it—his marriage. with his cousin, Princess Flavin. At Zenda a new force came into play, the daring of young Rupert. He was caught by ber beauty, perhaps. Per- haps it was enough for him that she belonged to another man and that she 1iatei him. For many days there had been quarrels and ill will between him. and the duke, and the scene which I had witnessed in the duke's room was but one of many. Rupert's oproposals `to me, of wbicb she had of course been 'ignorant, in no way surprised her when I related. them. Sbe had herself warn- ed. Michael against Rupert even when she was calling on me to deliver her from both of them. On this night, then, Rupert when she had gone to her room, having furnished himself with a key to it, made his entrance. Her cries had brought the duke, and there in the ;dark room while she screamed the .men had fought, and Rupert, having wounded his master with a mortal biota, had on the servants rushing in escaped through the window, es I have described. The duke's blood, spurting out, had stained his opponent's shirt; but Rupert, not knowing that he had dealt Michael his death, was eager to finish the encounter. How he meant to deal with the other three of the band I know not. I dare say he did not think, for the killing of Michael was not pre- meditated. Antoinette, left alone with the duke, had tried to stanch his wound, and thus' was she busied till he died, and then, hearing Rupert's taunts, she had come forth to avenge him. Me she had not seen, nor did she till I darted out of my ambush and leaped after Rupert into the moat. The same moment found my friends on the scene. They had reached the chateau in due time and waited ready by the door. But Johann, swept with the rest to the rescue of,the duke, did not open it—nay,'tie took a part against Rupert, putting himself forward more bravely than any in his anxiety to -avert suspicion, and he had received a wound, in the embrasure of the win- dow. Till nearly half past 2 Sept wait- ed; then, following my orders, he had ;sent Fritz to search the banks of the moat. I was not there. Hastening back, Fritz told Sept, and Sept was for following orders still and riding at full speed back to Tarlenheim while :Fritz would not bear of abandoning me, let me have ordered what I would. .On this they disputed some few min- utes; then Sept, persuaded by Fritz, detached a party under Bernenstein to gallop back to Tarlenheim and bring up the marshal, while the rest fell to on the great door of the chateau. For .near fifteen mihutes it resisted them; ONLY A r " Common Cold BUT IT BECOMES A SERIOUS .MATTER 'IF NEGLE CTEi�. PNEUMONIA, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, CATARRH or CON- SUMPTION IS THE RESULT. Get rid of it at once by taking Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup Obstinate coughs yield to its grateful soothing action, and in the racking, per- sistent cough, often present in Consumptive cases, it gives prompt and sure relief. 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I have Grover ntet with any other medicine as good Price 25 ors., at all dealer& TIIF WINf'TIIAM TI iaS, .11NU.1RY 2, t008 eonfluetnent in the castle, had been, most traitorously set upon, that there lead been a desperate conflict, that the duke was slain, with several of hie gentlemen, and that tilt king, wounded as ho was, had seized and held the cas- tle of Zenile. All of which talk made, as may be supposed, a mighty excite- ment, and the wires were set in mo- lten, and the tidings came to Strelsau only just after orders had been sent • thither to parade the troops and over- awe vo r awe the dissatisfied quarters of . the town with a display of force. Thus the Princess Flavia came to Zenda. And as site drove up the hill, with the marshal riding by the wheel and still imploring ber to return in obedience to the king's orders, Fritz von Tarleubeim, with the prisoner of Zenda, came to the edge of the forest, 1 had revived from my swoon and walked, testing on Fritz's arm, and, looking out from the cover of the trees, 1 saw the princess, Suddenly under- standing from a glance at my compan- ion's face that we must not meet her, I sank on my knees behind a clump of Gushes. But there wigs one whom we liad forgotten, but who folloa-ed us and was not disposed to let slip the chance of earning a smile and maybe a crown or two, and while we lay bidden the little farm girl came by us and ran to the princess, courtesying and cry- ing: "Madame, the king is here—in the bushes. May I guide you to him, madame?" "Nonsense, child!" said old Stra- kenez. "The king lies wounded in the castle." "Yes, sir, he's wounded, I know, but he's tbere, with Count Fritz, and not at the castle," she persisted. "Is he in two places, or are there two kings?" asked Flavia, bewildered. "And how should he be here?" "He pursued a gentleman, madame, and they fought till Count Fritz came, and the other gentleman took my fa- ther's horse from me and rode away. But the king is here with Count Fritz. Why, madame, is there another man, in Ruritania like the king?" "No, my child," said Flavla softly a was told it afterward), and she smiled and gave the girl money. "I will go and see this gentleman," and sbe rose to alight from the carriage. But at this moment Sept came riding from the castle and, seeing the prin- cess, made the best of a bad jeb and should be brought directly and pri- vately to the king and that meanwhile messengers should ride Ott full speed to Tarlenheim to tell Marshal Strakencz to assure the princess of the king's safety and to come himself With all speed to greet the king. The princess was enjoined to remain at Tarlenheiui and there await her cousin's coming or his further injunctions. Thus the king. would come to his own again, having wrought brave deeds and escaped al• most by a miracle the treacherous as- sault of his Unnatural brother. This ingenious arrangement of my long beaded old friend prospered hi every way save where it encountered a force that often defeats the most cunning schemes. I mean nothing else than the pleasure of a woman, for, let her cousin and sovereign send 'what command he chose (or Colonel Sept chose for him), and let Marshal Stra- kencz insist as he would, the Princess Flavia was in no way minded to rest at Tarlenheim while her lover lay wound- ed at Zenda, and when the marshal, With a small suit, rode forth from Tar• lenheim en the way to Zenda the prin- cess' carriage followed immediately_ be- hind, arld in this order they paesed through the town, where the report was already rife that the king, going the night before to remonstrate with his brother in nil frlendllness for that he held elle of the Wore friends fn 00•00000.00000000 060•••190111 • • • • • • • • 0 0 0 • • 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 s • • • 0 0 • • • • • 0 0 • 0 • 0 0 me to try Lara -Liver Pills, and • they cured me completely. • Price 25 cents per box, or 5 boxes • for ;1.00, all dealers, or mailed • O direct on receipt of price. THE T. MILBUR1 Co., Li.IrTED Toronto, Ont. CONSTIPATION. 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Though three men had died there—two of them by nay Mind --•I was not troubled by gliosts. I had thrown myself ou a pallet by tbe window and was looking out on the black water. Johann, the keeper, still pale from tits wound, but not much hurt besides, had brought me supper, He told nae that the king was doing well, that he had seen the princess; that she and he, Sept and Fritz had been long together. Slarshal Strakenez was gone to Stre- sgla Blacl-. Michael lay In bis coffin,n, and Antoinette de efanban watebeel by him. Had I not heard from the chapel priests singing mass for him? ' Outside there were strange rumors afloat. Some said that the prisoner of Zenda was dead; some, that be had vanished yet alive; some; that be was a friend who bad served the kin; well in some adventure In England; others, that be had discovered the dulse's plots and had therefore been kidnaped by him. One or two shrewd fellows shook their heads and said only that they would say nothing, but they bad suspicions that more eves tc be known than was known if Cotonel Sapt would tell all he knew, Thus Johann chattered till I sent him away and lay there atone thinking not of the future; but, as a man is wont to do when stirring things have happened to bim, rehearsing the events of the past weeks and wondering bow- strangely owstrangely they had fallen out. And above me in the stillness of the night I heard the standards flapping against their poles, for Black Michael's banner hung there half mast high, and above it the royal flag of Ruritania, floating for one night more over my head. Habit grows so quick that only by an effort did I recollect that it floated no longer for me. Presently Fritz von Tarlenheim came into the room. I was standing then by the window; the glass was opened, and I was idly fingering the cement which clung to the masonry where "Jacob's ladder" had been. He told me briefly that the king wanted me, and together we crossed the draw- bridge and entered the room that bad been Black Michael's. The king was lying there' in bed. Our doctor from Tarlenheim was in attendance on bim and whispered to me that my visit must be brief. The king held out his hand and shook mine. Fritz and the doctor withdrew to the window. I took the king's ring from my finger and placed it on his. "I have tried not to dishonor it, sire," said I. "I can't talk much to you," he said in a weak voice. "I have had a great fight with Sept and the marshal, for we have told the marshal everything. I wanted to take you to Strelsau and keep you with me and tell every one of what you had. done, and you would have been nay best and nearest friend, Cousin Rudolf. But they tell me I must them coming I sat in a sad heap on tbe ground and buried my face in my bands. I could not look at her. Fritz knelt by me, laying his hand on my shoulder. "Speak low, whatever you say," I heard Sept whisper as they came up, and the next thing I heard was a low cry—half of joy, half of fear—from the princess: "It is be! Are you hurt?" And she fell on the ground by me and gdlltly pulled my hands away, but I kept my eyes to the ground. "It is the king!" she said. "Pray, Colonel Sept, tell me where lay the wit of the joke you played on me?" We answered none of us. We three were silent before her. Regardless of them, she threw her arms round. my neck and kissed me. Then Sept spoke in a low, hoarse whisper: "It 'is' -not the king. Don't kiss him. He's not the king." She drew back for a moment; then, with an arm still round my neck, she asked in superb indignation: "Do I not know my love? Rudolf, my love!" "It is not the king," said old Sept again, and a sudden sob broke from tender hearted Fritz. It was the sob that told her no come- dy was afoot. "He is the king!" she cried. "It is the king's face—the king's ring—my ring! It is my love!" "Your love, madame," said old Sept, "but not the king. The king is there in the castle. This gentleman" -- "Look at me, Rudolf, look at me!" she cried, taking my face between her hangs. "Why do you let them torment me? Tell me what it means!" Then I spoke, gazing into her eyes. "God forgive me, madame," I said. "I am not the king!" I felt her hands clutch my cheeks. She gazed at me as never man's face was scanned yet. And I, silent again, sawn wonder born, and doubt grow, and terror spring to life as she looked. And very gradually the grasp of her hands slackened; she turned to Sept, to Fritz and back to me, then sudden- ly she reeled forward and fell in my arms, and with a great cry of pain I gathered her to me and kissed her lips. Sept laid his hand on my arm. I leek: ed up in his face. And I laid het soft- ly oftly on the ground and stood up, looking en her, cursing heaven that young Ru- pert's sword had spared me for this slrarper pang. CHAPTElt NXI. T was night, and I was in the cell wherein the king had lain In the castle of Zenda. The great pipe that Rupert of Ilentzau had nicknamed "Jacob's lad- der" was gone, and the lights in the room across the moat twinkled in the darkness. All was still; the din and elai'h of strife were g.ane. I hitt spent the day hidden in the forest from the time When Fritz had led me oil, leav- ing Sapt with the princess. Under over of dusk, muffled up, I had been brought to the castle and lodged where (To be C&itinued.) A Big Suit Over a Small Sura. A wealthy Frenchman recently bought it ticket at a Paris railway terminus. but missed the tralit he intended tc• take. While waiting for the next train, which left two hours later, he studied the company's tariff to pass away tine time. He then found that he 1:x1 leer charged 14 francs 45 centimes, yeller(' as the proper fare was only 11 fettle 42 centimes. 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