| Show Geol By Barr arr Copyright 1903 1909 10 by George Barr McCutc McCutcheon Copyright 1909 no by Dodd Mead Jk o Co C. C TER r Water Gate lofty lefty lofy apartment regal i lights An enormous lb hangings stood tood roam am m So huge was this t Truxton at first over over- t rf lt sitting silting bolt upright In r It St The Tho Un tiny occupant occupantS occupant'S S 'S I. I very cry tY sleepy voice olce I hate A n Mr Mr Ir Kin King Gee Geo this Tile They Just mako me mc mer me r Is S honored your our highness mt t r very tr low Through tho the could see motionless eol- eol guard In the balcony ber nere Mr Ir King Nurse Nure ct t up Excuse m my t 7 Im I'm Im to have o pajamas paJama need to the thc rde dc of at the thc had ce swept tho the room rom in ort one person ho ha wanted most i in in the world An o old li male I drawing tM the curtain at ator of or the room There was mere tie except the nurse They nuch uch ef a part of or the tho furnish furnish- ue room 1 a as a. If It the tho they had been i rm the beginning I you U will wi like them sail said lal ering whether she sho were dlIn dl- dl Jj In m one of or the great wIndoW recesses bho Sho had hadr r A subtle recently but oom rm atlas perfume that he ho had hAd hAdt Her Cr In the evening evening nh ah he heel t el It n. n I Is I's s 's s It tess w were tro ro now flOW hanging of or bed bad b. b Ills His eyes OCK were excitement sleep was mo- mo m j h. h j I was wu gln going j with e Jack Jek You will wi find U FTC Im going to sa say It I in and Im every ever night They me leave this room Its It's Is I's J J want want mo to fight ficht too too aU Lu ralf fighting for lor you OU Prince U lo 0 find Uncle Jack Mr lr Ir to Jf Bb Bobby eagerly And n mun it I when I 1 Cr r 1 y I roal really and truly tuly a I having difficulty in t tears tJ ar message your high high- u ton Ion his heart going out outi Rest nest asK as- as y i youngster n.- n. K please IGO Go to sleep ana nna ll J 3 I have havo round found him and AmI am I I b back aCk ta o k to 10 you Tho The dream Iret L brightening percept percept- L 5 always do what they M say sayId aid Id 14 the bO boy his eyes cs snap- snap r I something for you to tako take King 5 Its It's Its my my m lucky stone atone Of OC ts good luck course cOURe you to t bring o it I back to me mc ioU It ts t's s si i his hie small smal fingers In the lay Elay one ont of or those peculiarly ly rent pebbles common and of value ani only to small mal boys bs Truxton accepted d gravity list lut Fourth of July rhen rating ting Ung out there thero in tho the park lt lag to have o hn a Fourth of or ont nt you ou lose it Jt It Mr King w C f good god luck luck Baron Dnn Dang Bang luckiest t kind of a stone u conic come back Mr King ICing 1 Fm Im m ts t Id I'd Id do it f. f only Aunt you'd rUe ud be worrying about tine the time and might be beh h your Jour mission Im I'm Im going iron Ton n of or you ou That's higher In Vos Engo t I. I ted Ho looked narrowly ly engaging r en eyes ces of or tho the boy o ov overwhelmed ho lie said mid went to his mouth In the Tee er the tho smile that played ed to say may y that tha American said the prince with withed r r J 5 hoped ed that that she was ws c eaveS caves cs s- s sJ 1 that tha I 1 was not to keep you U u said uld the prince rueful ruefully tC ar are very busy husy getting uit wanted to give ghe you OU my hd tell tel you about being a ant ont nt have havo In any luck till UI you ou Tell TeU Mr Ir Hobbs Im I'm Im think think- og r g him a count Youre You're your aw- aw Jr King ou U u. u Prince Robin Mn May I I- I easily at gt ot the distant nurse nurse- nurse how O your our Aunt is very CU funny when I sent for riled about her I she ahe he do do abut o. o your our highness M or 0 oft to her room I 1 think be e a was wn getting ready to cr cry 5 You see sec she's in trouble b b k wit nt t tell you about abut It It Tried l about her brother of or Te l hush wish I could tell tel you ou no I bo ho fair Bobby said ald saId sell leU resolutely She Sho B s a aw aw- w- w frou you Im I'm Im sure she likes you ft very glad to hear henr that 1 great grat difficulty in k keeping ret cret Impressions to himself himsel floundered painfully in nn an at- at acy AC uld 14 li have teen seen her wh when h Mi n Uncle ne ain ei In to say tay you OU were going her brother She Sha cried Yc Yes Yi She lu and but and but me you Ou h hear r BI silly things a about out girls Ireat at big men never do ird enough to mako make me nc want to tog g ver very vJ silly myself said sall MIt llant I I-I I I dont don't suppose 1 ce ee your our Aunt for a ar aIT r IT not She Sho said Bald she aba just Just w. now Vt t I mind her Mr Ir King sho sho Cing-sho she ft t I bear bur it it I. I that that's all aU She Sh told d h d pray for you anil and l. Oh do D hO bopa hopu d she won wont won't t marry that thal it t thIs his kne knee Your ms l 1 I Im am not to see BeG her and to to b be N the very heat best friend nd old very ver much er like Iko to ask jr r of you Qu er Will Wili you u take this an IMand and wish wl it on her Ung linger r raa It a as aa I 1 have o left le your ou pros s ou know she was WIS coming comins In wide eyed eM wonder Excuse ask asic questions What hl t it i It I was wa the old ring that r toni ai p nt shop The Tho prince I It t beneath tho pillow ye that to you oU my best hest of or it Ait 11 l b bo be a 1 Nod good wish all al right n at t t to wish ls a you 01 dd Id d. d douM Would ouM you mind el ele lee c from me mo He lie toro loro venturing the tho second re re- re in n. n by a 1 warm arm sweet et e. e stepped forward rel took tho the his cager hands and ami kis upon his forehead Give GOme O G me me will U ou ou Prince Robin j I. earned a e But I 1 never ne kiss her herbe herbe be ten tn thousand times obliged e M it Qu will deliver del er it In the theU I almost shouted the tha prince U P hl hU his hand over his mouth n Pop Pep uP eyed with apprehension 5 J nure r b and God bless you ou n. n D.- D. i I j 1 must must Go be off Your YourI I T s I T waiting IUn for mo me of up thore thor filled ft with tears OhI Oh I Pea i. give lve him my 10 lovo and andI JUrU hurry ek I I-i I I n need aced od him Q nw- nw fouW U Mr Hobbs In a state on collapse M Mr Mr- ut II If ir I. I an nil 11 rIght to B say nay Wt the h 1 d deuce uee are arc wo tp to do 1 ord CI no more moro chance of ot r the fo 1 bt going to swim 1 r ito He was WM soiE enea engaged rj In InEn Ind En Into Int a knapsack Colonel pl RJ d 4 lan dnn hail had hal been listening ire fo for bait an hour I t P say By Y lio's lios d i Hobbs was eyeing The Tho others other looked harJ ef S ting Ing a joke lit Later ter IJ II Lk on on perhaps mn mako 0 n a n short tour of or iLl afternoon Doubtless II U now where tho water I 5 the tho castle Well Ive I've Ivend Ir I Cr r nd n under I 1 ml might bt 8 say may will m an sneak k under tho those u ui i a n lu of e 4 cole n. n you iou ru can cn can swim J JuTo uTo To be sure lure I C can CA n. n Under tl tile the 0 gates gate MT word Ir Simple as rolling oft off loe a n log said aid Truxton or og Sd T Tho Basin nr and or of Venus nus run out through th the gate i. i There J is 18 n a paco of at least a foot toot below be be- low the tho o K o 1 bottom of or the gate which fn hasn't n nM been In lIfty V SS years Fe rm Im Im told told A M good swImmer can cn I go wriggle through lye see That t l Jete Iet IC i h him out Into tho the little nn canal ronal that connects with tho the Then Then- river I I see crl cried It can cali leC be inn I con point point pInt 1 No On one V wIll wi IU be bo at th thi 11 black Th The Ik sky Was overcast O the tho nl ht a as as ns ebon ebony The Tho four m men n left leU the officers officers' theIr QU at Ct t l I o'clock making way to 10 the tho historic lc old oM gate e In thu the R ilow below ll the lie e castle caste ArrivIng Arl nt at the tue wall Truxton briefly whispered his hil plans remember Colonel that the stream Is II four Cour or fire 0 deep lucre hw at the Kat gate Etl TI The Tho current curent has hns washed tt a 1 deeper channel under tinder tile the Iron bound tim Um- tIerS he Th The gates gatea are arc perhaps two feet tet thick For or something like IlKo seven Been or orv eight feet reet from the bottom v they h vp are tiro BO so 20 constructed con con- that the water runs rums through an Of open n network of great Kent iron Irn bars baT Now UT and I 1 w will BO go o under unde tho the gates in the old clothes cloths you have given us When we are aro on th the opposite side Bide well we'll stick close cloe i h by tile tle c gate Bal l and you OU ma mt may wol pass our dry clothes 1111 er out between tho tue bars above Jars abc the surface of ot the water Our guns uns the map mop and this the food as D well wel Its It's very tle simple Then well we'll wel drop down the canal a n short distance and change our clothes In m the underbrush Hobbs s knors cothes where J we can procure horses and he lie knows a a. trusty guide on the other side aide of the elt city ho So long colonel colonel Ill I'll Ill sec seo you U later God 1 be iS with wih you said ter- ter er- er Vently King ICing in i y The four men shook hands and Ind slipped into tho tue water without n a moments moment's tl heal hesitation t ton Right after inc me iC Hobbs he hc said and then his head hend went under A minute later he ho and Hobbs Hobb were on the outside of ot tho gt gate gasping gaping for tor or breath Standing In water to their necks ami passed the thc equip equip- ment mont through the barred openings There Thero were whispered d goodbyes and then lien th the tho two In Invisible heads bobbed off in the or nl night ht wading In tho swift flowing canal up to their chins Swimming would have havo been dangerous on account of or tile tho noise Holding Holing their belongings s high above aboc their heads with wih their hearts In their mouths King and tho the Englishman felt their way carefully along tho the bed of or tho the thoI I stream m. m Not a sound mound was was' to be heard except the tho barking of or dogs dOH In tho the dis dIs- dis- dis tance lance The Tue stillness of or death drath hun hung over the tue land So still that the tho almost Im Imperceptible imperceptible im- im perceptible sounds funds the they made in breathIng breath breath- ing nR and moving Ilko Iko great vol volumes 01 vol- vol times umes of or noise nolo In their tense cars ears A hundred yards from the tho gate gato they crawled a shore ashore and ond made their way up over o the steep bank Into thick wild un un- un- un Not a word had been spoken up to this time Quietly ty now Hobbs Let us get pt out of or these thea dud duds duda God Gel they're like Iko Ic Ice From now on on Hobbs Hobbs you lead led the way Ill I'll Il do m my customary act of following Hobbs was Wn shivering from the tho cold I Isay 1 say ay Mr King youre you're ouro a n wonder that's that wot you ou nit are nr Think of going lo under those gates right Hobb think of ot It I. I but dont don't talk tal Th They It stealthily y stripped themselves of or ortho tho the wet Y garments arment and after no end of or trouble succeeding In getting Into the thc dry substitutes Then hen they lowered the wet bundles Into the water and quietly stole oft off ar through the brush bruh hobbs In the lead lend intent intent- upon striking the thc Kings King's highway n a mile or two above tho the town It I wn was slow ow arduous going because of or orthe the extreme mc caution required requIre A 4 wide detour was na made by the tho canny Hobbs Hobbs- wider In fact than tho the Impatient nt Amen Ameri American mer In time can enn thought wholly holy necessary however they came to tho the highway Well weve we've got a a start Hobbs Well We'll eUwin win out lust fut na as I said wo would Easy EaY RS as t falling in clef oft a Ido log Im Im not so blooming sure sura of or that said hobbs Ho no was recalling a recent night along alone this very road mad r d. Were a alon along ver lon long WI way from being out of or the woods Dont be a killjoy Hobbs Look Lk at atthe atthe t the bright side of or things thing Ill do that In tho the morning moring when tho tim suns sun's up said aid Hobbs with n a. sigh Come along sir Mr r We take lake this thiN path here for the tile upper road rod Its It's 18 a good Ott two hours hours' walk up the thc th mountain to Rabot's where we get tho the horses All 4 1 tbd W way Y up tip tho tile black narrow mountain path flath Hobbs Hobba kept the lead King followed rolo Cc hl his thoughts divided between the tho blackness ahead and the thc single steady light In a certain window now far lt 1 behind He lie hart had seen tho the lighted window In the upper balcony as h ho passed tho the castle on the way to the gate cate att Somehow he knew she W was wan S there saying Raying good bye bye Sool-bye rind and Godspeed to him At 4 o'clock as am the sun r reached up with wih hl hH lila long red fin fingers 1 from horn behind the tho Monastery mountain Truxton King and Hobbs Hobba rode away from cot- cot tag age hl high h in the hills his refreshed and sound of or heart henrt Rabot's son ln on rode node with wih them a sturdy loyal lad who had leaped joyously at the thc chance to 8 serve nn his lila prince Undisturbed th they rode straight for rOI the passes below St. St tt Valentines Behind and ml below them 11 lay tho the sleeping restless restless rest rest- less unhappy city of or Edelweiss with wih closed l gates and md unfriendly sullen walls ls I Cos There reigned tho the darkest fiend henri that Graustark In all al her history had ever i im come m to kM know I Truxton King had hn slipped through his fingers with wih almost ridiculous ease case So simple had It J been that the two messengers messen messen-I messen gem gers ger gloating In tho the prospect ahead no now spoke of or tho the experience as if It it were the thc most trivial trl lal tiling thing In their lives They mentioned it I casually that w was all ni Now Sow let us turn tur to John Tullis and his quest tuest In the tho hi hills 1 It I goes without sayIng saying say say- tO- tO his sister Ing that he ho found rounel no trace of or her heT abductors For live five fi c days ho he scoured the tho lonely Jonely mysterious mountains dragging the thc tired but loyal 1001 about at athis athis ot othil his hil heels dl distracted b by fear fer and anguish over the possible fate of or tho the adored one On the tho fifth day daya a largo large force of Daws- Daws bergen begen led by Prince Dantan himself found the tho fagged ragged dIspirited American and his halt half hai stan starved d men en encamped en- en camped In a a. n rock rocky de denie o In the heart of oe the wilderness ss To hi he continued |
