Show An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel m Dy By tine tile D BARONESS ORCZY aRelY Dunn Orca STORY FROM THE START Ti The Scarlet known during th the Trench French revolution as a the most Intrepid adventurer In Europe li la an Fn Englishman At a ahome ahouse house home party patty given h by Sir Percy the 1 latent le t adventure of I the lie Pimpernel the of ot the d' d la III be be Ina related by Sir Andrew Andre CHAPTER I Continued I-Continued 2 2 And that was wan when the gallant Scarlet Pimpernel Interposed Lady Alicia put In III with a n sigh lie He knew sl M. M to 10 and anti hIs bis turn fern lly liS' were being lo Paris I 1 bi he had had an Inkling of was In the wind some sumo time ho- ho fore foro the arrest It Is wonderful how haw closely he U Ir In touch with those nho one day may need his hla help lint Hut I 1 believe that at the last Insl mom moment en I plans plane had hod to he lie formulated In a hurry Fortunately chance on this occasion chose to favor those plans hay had Imd broken without a gleam of ot sunshine II u thin drizzle was falling there was MS n II sharp Feud bead wind on Oil which fretted the horses and forced the driver to keep kell his fiend down with his Ills broad broad brimmed brimmed lint hot pulled well ell o over hl his eyes ejes Nature ns nIl you see was helping nil all she could One Olle CUM can 1111 the thc surprise attack n Vague ue um suddenly out of tau tho IIII t and I tho ilie hu sharp tharp report of lit n a pistol twice In quick em cession The horses sweating and panting fell rell Into n a font font- puce drugging IllIg the tho heavy v couch up the iiI steep 1 Incline lIne through the squelching tuned mud of the road roud and outI collie came to a vl violent vio- vio lent c nt and sudden halt on the he crest of the tho hill bill at the first report At the second they reared and plunged wildly The The whole hole thing was ns 1 I am om assured a matter moiler of If a 11 couple of minutes II was Mas surprise anti and swiftness that hurt won I the he upper hand hund for tur the rescue party Will was s i outnumbered three e to one aria Had there been lIeen the slightest hesitation the slightest slackening of quick notion action the attack would of ot a 0 certainty have hove fa failed II Id I'd nut But during those few minutes of ot confusion contusion and under cover of ot th mist and the vague ue grayness of the morning the lie Scarlet Pimpernel and hU III followers follo down don on un their knees knelS In the teed mud were not merely tight tight- Lag Ing you understand No Not l I They were chiefly engaged In cutting tie the saddle girths under the bellies ll's of eight fidgety und and plunging horses and cracking their pistols In order to keep up the confusion contusion Not on nn rosy easy task you will wilt admit though b a 11 form torm of ot attack well known know II In the I East go so I 1 under stand At any rate raIl those had halS been the chiefs chief's orders and they had Imd to be he carried out For Tor my nay port I 1 Imagine that superstitious terror had hod upset the nerves 1 of cf that small squad squall of ot revolutionary guard Hemmed In by till the thicket et on nu either side of the road thOmen tin tea men tied had not elbow I bow room for forA A good tight light No man limn likes being nt at- tucked by a too foe whom he cannot well wellsee tile see and onel In the melee that thaI ensued the tilt themen themen men were hindered from train u using their somewhat clumsy sabers too freely for fear feor of ot Injuring their comrades comrades' mounts If It not their own o and ond all nil they could do was WIlS to It strive rive to their horses arid through the din to hear henr the Ibe words of command uttered by their lieutenant And all nil the tho while Sir Andrew went vent on amidst breathless silence on one the part of his fits hearers I 1 pray you picture to yourselves the confusion on fusIon the cracking of pistols the horses horse snorting the lieutenant shouting the tip prisoners screaming Then at a given moment the Scarlet Pimpernel scram scrambled scrambled bled up the box sent seat of cf the chaise As no doubt all nil of yuu ladles know by now how he has boa the most wonderful hand with horses In one Instant he had snatched the reins out of the tiered dered Jehu's hands and with word of mouth and nud click of tongue had 1 soothed the poor beasts beasts' nerves nf And sudden he tie gave Ill the tie order a vu va I which was the signal agreed on between between be bC tween himself and his followers Tor then It meant a scramble for er co under the veil of ot mist and rain whilst he the gallant chief whipped up the team which plunged down the road rond now nt ot breakneck speed Of course coulSe the guard and above all the lieutenant grasped the situa ion soon enough and Immediately gave Oe chase Hut But the they were not nut trick riders any aur of ot them and ond with severed se saddle cuddle girths could not go tar for tie lie that as It may buy the Scarlet Pimpernel drove his bis team without a halt as far fat faras faras as os Malay Molay where he had hal arranged for tor relays Once well away from the Ira Iru mediate Influence of Paris Its terrors and tyrannical measures the means of escape for the prisoners became be bC lime came comparatively easy thanks to the Indomitable pluck of their rescuer rc and also to a 0 long purse The story Is U exactly as I t had bUll It from Madam la Is de Tournon dAse any Imy whose only sorrow now that she and those she loves are safe at lat last lit in England Is that thaI she never lIer once caught a glimpse of ut III tier r rescuer r 1 M III proved as ns elusive to her tier ns nt to all of ofU U us t and we find ourselves es the lie delightful 1 u u i doggerel Invented on Oil l that lint evasive lIshe personage by our prince of dandles dandies Sir Pen y dous Clous l I J I I Pal al t I I nearly fainted with ex my 01 clear 1 I These Thet-e were some comic of ot the ejaculations uttered ullered by lIy dainty well d lips while white the men more c e or less were silent pondering vaguely vague ly 11 longing to shake the flue enigmatical hero bero once at least by the band hand Ill Ills highness was WB Questioning Sir Andrew more closel closely about certain details delalla connected with the story It was softly whispered and not for the ther time either that his hll highness could It If he would solve the riddle of tile the Identity of that mysterious ous nUll Sea Scarlet Pimpernel And the whisperers were correct since the his highness was nas one ODe of the few who ho knew that Sir Percy was the Scarlet Pimpernel who with his bis little band of romantic rs c-rs of era of whom Sir Andrew Ffoulkes wa was a OMO- OMO was ono devoting himself to tit savIng saving sav sav- ing from undeserved death victims victim of the Itel of Terror In France nullity Slaty sweet and arid generous as III usual Lady Indy foulks hud had ed edged td up to 10 Lod Lady und and the tie two young youns wives wires of such fluch gallant men held beld one imbiber another for fur one olle instant closely by the thC timid Fund a 8 token Luken of mutual understandIng understand understand- Ing t of pride l anti of happiness Then Indy F looked tanked In dainty puzzlement about her Sir Percy t I she ehe exclaimed Where Is Sir Percy And the tie cull ull was like the the Ing ng of birds cm un n a sunny spring morn lOurn Ing It II stilled all further for the HIP moment here Where Is Sir Percy And silence alone echoed Where Until u a real material sound came dune In response A long vu drawn out sound that tail caused the ladles Indies to snigger and the men to laugh langh It II was the sound Mund of ot otH ofa H II loud amid prolonged snore entire The groups of Cf gay Rny society butterflies men und and women parted disclosing the HI III alcove cove at al Ih the Las further end of nf the room where on m Urn the sofa lofa w with lib handsome head nd resting against r rose rose colored cush cosh cushIons Ions Inns Sir Percy lercy was fuel fast asleep CHAPTER II 11 Lauzet lint Hut In Paris oris the news of the P of the cl devant Comte et te le with their thelt son aon and two IWO dau daughters was received In a different different dif dlf ferent e spirit Members of the com corn ml suttees I tees of tit public safety and of general gent gen eral security both of and ond vial elal professional and amateur were vre more inure Irate than they cared to admit Lauzet Louzet chief of section In Inthe tb the rural division ol of the department Seine el et elOIse Olse was must most PUI worried by the Incident wb which Jell It must be erld occurred la In his dl dis The lue hand hond of the well well known Known English English Eng Eng- lish spy known throughout France e as the League l of the Scarlet Pimpernel could obviously oh be traced In 10 the to during daring and Impudent attack on an armed ormed escort es ea curt cart anal anil the suh subsequent driving of the th chaise through three thrle hundred kilo kilometers kilometers meters of lit country where only shameless shame less bribery and oDd unparalleled 11 audacity could have e saved Ined them from being traced followed and ond brought to 10 jus JUI Laurel Lauzet a 8 faithful S servant of the stute state felt fel that thul the situation us altogether bey beyond Ills his capacity foi tot dealing with those e spies cubes were were no so different t to the ordinary traitors and ond whom one sll suspected ar or arrested arrested rested und and sent to 10 the guillotine all in tD inthe inthe the turn lurn of a 8 unfit hand Hut But MOW V wj was onto on oar to deal with men whom one e nad bad nev neverseen never r seen lIeen and ami was Willi never likely to see ep 11 II rumor spoke correctly tan Can zet scratched ched his braid bold pate and PI per perspired perspired freely In his tits endeavor to Mad line Mada a point solution Inn to his but ho hI found round none It was In the midst of hIs tans that he tie bethought him of lit his hll friend Armand Now Laut Lou zet was quite aware of the tact fact that thul that thaI same friend of ot his under a cloud just now that he be had hod lost that high position he tie once held on the com coin mIttel of f public safety for tor reasons which had never er been lIeen made tunde public Nevertheless Lauzet had reasons reu for knowing knO thud that In III the mutter matter of trackIng track track- Ing down clown spies Armand Ch l eln had few II it tiny any equals and he tie nl also o knew kne tint that for some unexplained Ill I'll U 1 0 Ihn would give several years of 01 hi his life and everything he sc J possessed d dIn In tie the world to 10 get hI his long thin tin n gers Irs era round Ibis thA throat of that personage known knowlI as ns the Ihl Scarlet Soar Scar II let Pimpernel TO DE CONTINUED |