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Show THE RICH COUNTY NEWS. RANDOLPH. UTAH m Author amcy By GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON of Grauitatk, The Hollow of Her Hand, Beverly of Graustarlc, Hie Prince of Grau-itar- k, Etc., Etc. B Copyright by Dodd, Mead and Company, Inc. CHAPTER XI tl Continued. 11 I will put my coat over your head. Here is a little electric torch. Dont Bash it until I ant sure the coat is arranged so that you can do so without a gleam of light getting out from He pressed the torch and a under. bit of closely folded paper in' the others lmnd and carefully draped the coat over his head. Barnes read : Thank God ! ' I was afraid you would wait until tomorrow night. Then it would have been too late. I must get away tonight but I cannot leave I dare not leave without something that is concealed in another- part of the house. I do not know how to secure it. My door is locked from the outside. What ant I to do? I would rather die than to go away without it. If you do not Hastily he wrote: come at once, we will force our way into the house and fight it out with them all. My friend is coming up the vines. Let him enter the window. Tell him where to go and he will do the rest. He is a miracle man. Nothing is impossible to him. If he does not return in ten minutes, I shall follow. There was no response to this. The head reappeared in the window, but no word came down. Sprouse whispered: I am going up. Stay here. If you hear a commotion in the house, run for it. Dont wait for me. I'll probably be done for. Til do just as I please about running, said Barnes, and there was a deep thrill in his whisper. Good luck. God help you if they catch you. Not even he could help me then. Goo.l-b.v- . I'll do what I can to induce her to drop out of the window if any-bin- g goes wrong with me downstairs. A. moment later he was silently sealing the wall of the house, feeling his way carefully, testing every precarious foothold, dragging himself painfully upwards by means of the most uncanny, animal-lik- e strength and stealth. Barnes could not recall drawing a single breath from the instant the man left his side until the faintly luminous square above his head was obliterated by the black of his body as it wriggled over the ledge. We will follow Sprouse. When he crawled through the window and stood erect inside the room, he found himself confronted by a tall, shadowy figbetween him ure, standing half-wa- y and the door. He advanced a step or two and uttered a soft hiss of warning. Not a sound, he whispered, drawI have come four ing still nearer. No. You will tell me tomorrow. she whisYes, yes tomorrow, man sits in there all night long, keeping watch. You could not approach Prince Ugos door without being seen by that watcher. You said in your note to Barnes that the er something was in Curtis pered. For some time there was silence. Both were listening intently for sounds' in the hall. She leaned closer to whisper in his ear. Their shoulders touched. He wondered if she experienced the 'same delightful thrill that ran through his body. She told him of the man who watched across the hall from the roora supposed to be occupied, the secretary, and of by Loeb Sprouses incomprehensible daring. Where is Mr. Curtis? he asked. Her breath fanned his cheek, her There is lips were close to his ear. no Mr. Curtis here. He died four months ago in Florida. I suspected as much. He did not press her for further revelations. Sprouse should be here by this time. I must go out there and see if he requires any She clutched his arm frantically. You shall do nothing of the kind. You shall not Shi What do you take me for. Miss Cameron? He may be sorely in need of help. Do you think that I would leave him to God knows what sort of fate? But he said positively that I was to go in case he did not return in in fifteen minutes, she begged. He may have been cut off and was compelled to escape from another Just the same. Ive got to see what has become of No ! No She arose with him, dragging at his arm. Do not be foolhardy. You are not skilled at There is only one way to stop me, Miss Cameron. If you wili come with study. The prince sleeps in Mr. Curtis room. The study adjoins it, and can only be entered from the bedroom. There is no other door. What are you doing? I am going to take a peep over the transom, first of all. If the coast is clear, I shall take a little stroll down the hall. Do not be alarmed. I will come back with the things vve both He sat down on want. Pardon me. the edge of the bed and removed his shoes. She watched him as if fascinated while he opened the bosom of his soft shirt and stuffed the wet shoes inside. You are not dressed Then he said : for flight. May I suggest that while I am outside you slip on a dark skirt and coat? You cannot go far in that dressing gown. It would be in shreds before you had gone a hundred feet through the brush. If I do not return to this room inside of fifteen minutes, or if you hear sounds of a struggle, crawl through the window and go down the vines. Barnes will look out for you. You must not fail, Theodore I must reSprouse, she whispered. gain the jewels and the state papers. I cannot go without I shall do my best, he said simply. Silently he drew a chair to the door, mounted it and, drawing himself up by Iiis hands, poked his head through the open transom. An instant later he was on the floor again. She heard him inserting a key in the lock. Almost before she could realize that it had actually happened, the door opened slowly, cautiously, and his thin wiry figure slid through what seemed to her no more than a crack. As softly the door was closed. For a long time she stood, dazed and unbelieving, in the center of the room, staring at the door. She held her gaze. CHAPTER XIV. s Shed, and a Voice Outside. Why have you come up here? She came swiftly to his side. Thank the Lord, I made it, he I came up whispered, breathlessly. because there was nowhere else to go. I thought I heard voices a man and a woman speaking. They seemed to be quite close to me. Dont be alarmed, Miss Cameron. I am confiStone-Cutter- dent that I can He Whispered. thousand miles to help you, countess. This is not the time or place to explain. We havent a moment to waste. I need only say that I have been sent from Paris by persons you know .to aid you in delivering the crown jewels into the custody of your countrys minister In Paris. We must act swiftly. Tell me where they are. I will get them. Who are you? she whispered ensely. My name Is Theodore Sprouse. I have been loaned to your embassy by my own government. I beg of you do not ask questions now. Tell me where the prince sleeps, how I may get to his room You know that he is the prince?" "And that you are his cousin. Not She was silent for a moment. only is It impossible for you to enter his room but it is equally impossible for you to get out of this one except by the way you entered. If I thought there was the slightest chance for you to Let me be the judge of that, countess. Where is his room? The last to the right as you leave this door at the extreme end of the corridor. Across the hall from ids room yo win sea an open door. A And now that you are here, trapped as I am, what do you purpose to do? You cannot escape. Go back before it is too late. Is Sprouse where is he ? He is somewhere in the house. I was to wait until he Oh, Mr. Barnes, I I am terrified. You will never know the Trust him, he said. He is a marvel. Well be safely out of here In a little while, and then it will all look simple to you. You are ready to go? Good I Sit down, do! If he doesnt return in a minute or two, Ill take a look about the house myself. I dont intend to desert him. I know this floor pretty well, and the lower one. The stairs are But the stairway is closed at the bottom by a solid steel curtain. It is made to look like a panel in the wail. You are not to venture outside this room, Mr. Barnes. I forbid it. You How did Sprouse get out? You said your door was locked. He had a key. I do not know where he obtained Skeleton key, such as burglars use. By Jove, what a wonderful burglar lie would make ! Courage, Miss Cameron lie will be here soon. Then comes the real adventure my part of it. I didnt come here tonight to get any flashy old crown jewels. I came to take you out of "You you know about the crown she murmured. Her body Jewels? Then you know seemed to stiffen. who I am? But I must, know whether he secured the Then let me go. Dwill find out whether he has succeeded. He was rougher than he realized in wrenching his arm free. She uttered a low moan and covered her face with her hands. Undeterred, he crossed to the door. His hand was on the knob when a door slammed violently somewhere in a distant part of the house. A hoarse shout of alarm rang out, and then the rush of heavy feet over thickly carpeted floors. Barnes acted with lightning swiftness. He sprang to the open window, the girl with him. Now for it ! he whispered. Not a second to lose. Climb upon my back, quick, and hang on for dear life. He had scrambled through the window and was lying flat across the sill. Hurry ! Dont be afraid. I am strong enough to carry you if the vines do their part, With surprising alacrity and sureness she crawled out beside him and then over upon his broad back, clasping her arms around his neck. Holding to the ledge with one hand lie felt for and clutched the thick vine with the other. Slowly he slid his body off of the sill and swung free by one arm. An instant later he found the lattice with the other hand and the hurried descent began. Ilis feet touched the ground. In the twinkling of an eye he picked her up in his arms and bolted ucross the little grass plot into the shrubbery. She did not utter a sound. Presently he set her down. Ilis breath was gone, his strength exhausted. Can you manage to walk a littFe way? he gasped. Give me your hand, and follow as close to my heels as you can. Better that I should bump into things than you. Shouts were now heard, and shrill blasts on a police whistle split the air. On they stumbled, blindly, recklessly. He spared her many an injury by taking it himself. More than once she murmured sympathy when he crashed into a tree or floundered over a log. Utterly at sea, he was now guessing at the course they were taking. Whether their frantic dash was leading them toward the Tavern, or whether they were circling back to Green Fancy, he knew not. Panting, he forged onward. At last she cried out, quaveringly : Oh, I I can go no farther! Cant we is it not safe to stop for a moment? My breath is God bless you, yes, he exclaimed, and came to an abrupt stop. She leaned heavily against him, gasping I havent the faintest for breath. idea where we are, but we must be some distance from the house. We will rest a few minutes and then take it easier, more cautiously. I dm sorry, hut it was the only thing to do, rough as It was. I know, I understand. I am not complaining, Mr. Barnes. You will find me ready and strong and Let me think. I must try to get niy bearings. Good Lord. I wish Sprouse were here. He can see in the dark. We are off the path, thats mre. Do you think he escaped? I am sure of it. Those whistles ere sounding tin; alarm. lie may ime this way. The chances are that nr flight 1ms uoi been discovered. Lo half-draggi- leaned out. A mans hand reached over and grasped the inner ledge of the casement, and then a mans face was dimly revealed to her startled Not a Sound, llillli ' j i l! EPT secret and special and personal for you is WRIGLEY5 Fjt 1 its air tieht sealed package. in ft goody -- that is worthy of your tasting regard because of its lasting quality. Three flavors to suit ail tastes. Be SURE to get VR1GLEYS Sealed Tight Kept Right The Flavor Lasts me now ledge. She started back, stifling a cry with her hand. A mans head had almost come in contact with her own as she a aii-j- Bllifd mu is ! breath, listening for the shout that was so sure to come and the shot, perhaps ! A prayer formed on her lips and went voicelessly up to God. Suddenly she roused herself from the stupefaction that held her. With feverish haste she snatched up garments from the chair on which she had carefully placed them in anticipation of the emergency that now presented Itself. A blouse (which she neglected to button), a short skirt of some dark material, a jacket, and a pair of stout walking shoes (which she failed to lace), completed the swift transformation. As she glided to the window, she jammed the pins into a small black hat of felt. Then she peered over the A Flight, you feel like going on? We must beat' them to the Tavern. They I am all right now, she said, and they were off again. Barnes now picked his way carefully and with the greatest caution. He could only pray that he was going in the right direction. An hour but what seemed thrice as long passed and they had not come to the edge of the forest. Her feet were beginning to drag; he could tell that by the effort she made to keep up with him. From time to time he paused to allow her to rest. You are plucky, he once said to her. I am afraid I could not be so plucky if you were not so strong, she sighed, and he loved the tired, whimsical little twist she put into her reply. To his dismay they came abruptly upon a region abounding in huge rocks. This was new territory to him. His heart sank. By Jove, I I believe we are fartner away from the road than when we started. We must have been going up the slope instead of down. In any case, Mr. Barnes, she murmured, we have found something to sit down upon. He chuckled. If you can be as cheerful as all that, we shant miss the cushions, he said, and, for the first Holding to the Ledge With One Hand, He Felt for and Clutched the Thick Vine With the Other. HAVE TO PURCHASE BRIDES LEECH AS WEATHER PROPHET risked a flash of the electric torch. The survey was brief. He led Santali Indian Bridegroom Must Lay Those Famifiar With Small Creatures her forward a few paces to a flat boulHabits Can Foretell Changes Up Money Before He Can Asder, and there they seated themselves. That Are at Hand. pire to a Wife. I wonder where we are, she said. I am inclined to suspect that we The Santali Indians must literally An excellent weather prophet can are above Green Fancy, but a long purchase their brides. They pay a be made by placing a leech in a glass way off to the right of It. Admitting sum of money to the girls parents jar of water. that to be the case, I am afraid to re- usually about 100 dupees and, in adIf the weather is to continue fine trace our steps. The Lord only knows dition, they present the mother and the leech lies motionless at the botwhat we might blunder into. the female relatives with new saris tom of the jar, and rolled together I think the only sensible thing to or shawls: In a spiral form. If it is to rain, do, Mr. Barnes, is to make ourselves Should the bridegroom choose a either before or after noon, it will be as snug and comfortable as we can widow for his wife, she will only cost found to have crept up to the top of and wait for the first signs of day- half the sum mentioned. The reason its lodging, where it will remain till break. why the Santali Indians hold widows the weather is settled. He scowled and was glad that it In less regard than unmarried females If we are to have wind, the poor wa,s too dark for her to see his face. is because they assert that in the prisoner gallops through his limpid He wondered if she fully appreciated next world man and wife are reunited, habitation with amazing swiftness, what would happen to him if the pur- hence a widow who marries again is and seldom rests till it begins to blow suers came upon him in this forbid- only lent to her second husband. hard. ding spot. He could almost picture his When a young man coup's a ri I ..he Ir' a remarkable storm of thunder own body lying there among the rocks does not favor his suit, he adopts an and rain is to succeed, the leeh, for and rotting, while she well, she eccentric way to. cure her stubborn- some days before, lodges almost conwould merely go back to Greeu ness. After having dipped his finger tinually without water, and gives itFancy. in red paint, he goes in search of the self up to violent throes and convulsivI fear you do not realize the ex- lady and imprints his mark on her e-like motions. In frost, ns in clear treme gravity of the situation. We forehead. Then he may claim her as summer weather, It lies constantly at must get out of these woods if I have his wife. the bottom; and in snow, as in rainy to carry you in my arms. weather, it pitches its dwelling on the 1 shall try to keep going, she said Right Locality. very mouth of the jar. quickly. Forgive me if I seemed to It is all right to talk about eating falter a little. I I am ready to. go locusts, but where are you going to Age Counts. on v hen you say the word. get wild honey? Two very dirty little youngsters You poor girl ! Ilang it all, perI ihink youll soon be able to get Monuhaps you are right and not I. Sit still some in our back yard if you care to were standing in front of the and L will reennnoiter a bit. If I can go there. The auto backed into the ment betting the other day. Finally find a fdace where vve can hide among hives and there are some very mad one of them said: I bet you a nickel I'm dirtier than you are. these rodks, well stay here till the sky bees around. The other little fellow, whose bets Sit begins to'Lghten. on his prowess had been large and vigNo ! I Vhall not let you leave me Twenties? was confused for a few for a second Where you go, I go. Householder Ye little gods an orously made, he admitted: Well, minutes. Finally She struggled o her feet, suppressing great fishes $297.69 for decorating you ought to be. Youre older than I a groan, and thV.ust a determined arm my downstairs? Indianapolis News. through his. Decorator You must remember pa- am, arent you? Thats worth ' remembering, said per runs into money this year. Suit the Bugs. he, and whether it was a muscular Scott! Great Householder But, How yer taters doin this year? necessity or an emotional exaction why didnt you use more Th bugs seem t think theyre that caused his arm to tighten on hers, bills? none save he would ver know. fine. After a few minutes prowling among its Class. the rocks they came to the face of What a pity that the truth is the Would you classify telephone opbe a what subsequently proved to most disagreeable thing one can say erating a profession Y sheer wall of stone. He flashed the about some people. "Well, It Is a calling. light, and, with an exclamation, started back. Not six feet ahead of them the earth seemed to end; a yawning black gulf lay beyond. Apparently they were on the very edge of a cliff. er Good Lord, that was a close call," few a in he gasped. He explained words and then, commanding her to stand perfectly still, dropped to the ground and carefully felt his way forward. Again he flashed the light. In an instant he understood. They were on the brink of a shallow quarry. m time, 1 one-doll- -- A Health-Brin- Make your morning ce real dish a strengthenen (TO BE CONTINUED.) Christian Unity. He who takes hold of one end of the litter on which a hurt brother is prone must not pause to question the name and affiliation of the man who rakes hold of the other end. Tlie Grape-Nut- s is not only most deli ciou.s in taste v but is a. builder of tissue Christian Herald. Each Works to Same End. The ease, the luxury, and the of the highpt state of are 8 productive of selli-- f ns the difficulties, the rrlvnllcijs. r: the sterilities of the buvrau t L. "There's a JZeason ! |