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Show -- & ,5 R.' CROCKETT. Autlcr o Ifie&jJdijn&i CCopj right, 18VS, 1900 CHAPTER XXII. The Dropping of a Cloak. And so inn the mounted guard of his own 3ossack- - before him and behind. Prim - I van carried his bride to church through ihe street-- , of her na tlvc CltJ The gnat aoeirs of the cathedral had been thrown wide open and the leath The altar eru curtain withdrawn candles and the lamps a swing in the choir winked no brighter than yellow willow leaves seen through an autum nal fog Bu' as the cortege dismount ed the organ began to roll, and the people within rose with a hush like that which follows the opening of a window at night above the Alla The sonorous diapason of the great Instrumen disgorged itself through the doorway in wave after wave of sound. The Princess Margaret found herself again on her feet, upheld on either side by brother and lover She was at first somewhat dared with the rush of accumulate disasters. Slowly her mind came back Maurice where was Maurice? She turned about The small, glittering eyes of Prince Ivan black as sloes were looking into hers She remembered now p was her own wedding These two, her brother and her enemy, were carrying out their threat. They had brought her to the cathedral to wed her. against her will, to the man She she hated Bui they could not. would tell them Already she was a but then if she told thorn that, they would ride back and kill him Better that she should perjure herself, condemn herself to hell, than that Better anything than that. But what was she to do Was ever a poor girl so driven? Margaret, you must come with us into the cathedral It was the voice of her brother "It is necessary that the Prince should wed you now. It has too long been promised, and now he can delay no longer. Besides, the Black Death is in the city, and this is the only hope to escape Come! It was on the tip of Margarets tongue to cry out with wild words even as she bad done at the door of the river parlor But the thought of Maurice, of the torture and the death, silenced her She lifted her eyes, and there, at the top of the steps, were the dignitaries of the cathedral waiting to lead the solemn procession I will go! she said. She laid her hand on her brothers arm and began the ascent of the long flight of stalrfi. But even as she did no, behind her there broke n wave of sound the crying of many people, mTuse4 Lrn,n t , IB and 'multitudinous, tike the nlonajjaw4eff jiorougbfare .when a wild charger rMfrom bonds threshes aloiig kvit t frantic Hying harness. And lo! t the foot of the steps, clad from head t to foot in a cloak, the sick Princess Joan, she whom the Black Death had .stricken, leaped from her foaming steed, and drawing sword followed fiercely up the stairway after the marriage procession. The Cossacks of the Muscovite guard looked at each other, not knowing whether to stand In her way or no. "Hold, there' the pursuer shouted, as she set foot on the lowest step. Lord! Surely that Is no woman's voice' whispered the people who stood nearest, and their lower jaws dropped a little further in sheer won- derment Up the wide steps of the Dorn flew the tall woman in the flowing cloak Her face was pallid as death, but her eyes were brilliant and her lips red At the sight of the naked sword Prince Ivan plucked the blade from bj 8 K CrotkeU.) luck she is married already. I am her husband The long blue cloak fell to the ground, and the Sparhawk, clad iti close fitting squire's dress, stood before their astonished eyes A long, low murmur, gathering and sinking, surged about the square Prince Louis gasped Margaret clung to her lover's arm, and for the space of a score of seconds the hole world stopped breathing Prince Ivan misted his mustache as If he would pull it out by the roots So, he said, "the Princess is married, is she? And jou are her bus band? Whom God hath Joined' and the rest of It Well, we shall see, we shall see' He spoke gently, meditatively, al most caressinglj Yes,' cried the Sparhawk, defiantly, we were married yesterday by Father Clement, the Prince's chaplain. In the presence of the most noble Leopold von Dessautr, High Councillor of going with so manly a courage and so fine an air. They dismounted in the gloomy court jard, and Maurice, slippinf quickly from bis saddle, caugSl Mar garet in his arms as she dropped nervously from the saddle. She clung to him closely, knowing that It might be for the last time. Maurice, Maurice, she murmured, can you forgive me? I have brought you to this!" Hush, sweetheart," he answered In her ear; be my own dear princess Be my brave Do not let them see. girl. They cannot divide our love! "Come, I beg of you, said the dulcet voice of Prince Ivan behind them; "I would not for all Courtland break in upon the billing and cooing of such turtledoves, were it not that theii affection blinds them to the fact that the men at arms and scullions are witnesses to these pretty demonstrations Tarry a little, sweet valentines time and place salt for all things. The Princess commanded heraeli Plassenburg" And- my wife the Princess Joan, where Is she? gasped Prince Louis, so greatly bewildered that he had not yet begun to be angry. Ivan of Muscovy put out bis hand he said, I wtll Gently, friend, unmask this play acting sprlngald. This is not your wife, not the woman you wedded and fought for, not the Lady Joan of Hohenstem, but some baseborn brother, who, having her face, hath played her part, to mock and cheat and deceive us both!" He turned again to Maurice too Lynar I think we have met before, 81r . Masquer, he said, with his usual suave courtesy; "I have, therefore, a double debt to pay. Hither!" He beckoned to the guard who lined the I presume, sir, so true a approaches courtier will not brawl before ladies. You recognize that you are In our power Your sword sir!" The Sparhawk looked all about the crowded square Then he snapped his sword over his knee and threw the pieces down on the stone steps. You are right, I will not fight vainI know It is usely here, he said. less. But he raised his voice be It known to all men that my name is Maurice, Count von Loen, and that the Princess Margaret Is my lawfully wedded wife. She cannot then marry Ivan of Muscovy' The Prince laughed easily and spread his hand with gentle deprecation, as the guards seized the Spar hawk and forced him a little space from the clinging hands ofjthe Prin- - I am. an easy man," be, said aa ha clicked hts dagger to and fro in its sheath. When I like a woman, I would as lief marry her widow aa maid! "Prince Louis, continued Ivan, turning to the Prince, we are keeping these holy men needlessly as well as disappointing the good folk of Court-lan- d of their spectacle. There is no need that we should stand here any longer. We have matters to discuss with this gentleman and his wife. Have I your leave to bring them together In the palace? We may have something to say to them more at leisure. But the Prince of Cfjjirtland made np answer. He moved his hand angrily and began to descend the stairs towards the waiting horses Prince Ivan turned toward Maurice. You will follow under escort of these gentlemen of my staff, he said with smiling equality of courtesy; there is no need to discuss intimate family affairs before half the rabble of Courtland. He bowed to Maurice as if he bad been Inviting him to a feast Maurice looked about the crowded square, over the pennons of the Cossacks He knew there was no hope either in flight or in resistance. All the to the square had been filled up with armed men I will follow'" he answered briefly. Hilherto we have had to do with the summer palace by the river, a building of no strength, and built more as a pleasure house for the princely family than as a place Qf permanent habitation But the Casfle of Court-lan- d was a structure of another sort. Set on a low rock In the center of the town. Its walls rose continuous with Its foundations, equally massive and Impregnable, to the height of over seventy feet For the first twenty-five neither window nor grating broke the grfm uniformity of that mighty wall of rock. Above that line only a few small openings with iron bars evidenced the fact that a great prince had his dwelling within The main entrance to the Castle waS through a gateway closed by a grim Iron toothed portlcuIUs. Then a short tunnel led to another and yet stronger defense a deep natural fosse which summnded the rocT on 41T sides and oves which a drawbridge conducted into the courtyard of the castle. The 8parhawk knew very well that he was going to his death as he rode through the streets of the city of Courtland, but none would have discovered from his bearing that there was aught upon his nind of graver concern than the fit of a doublettor, perhaps, the favor of a pretty maid of honor. But with the Princess Margaret it was different. In these last crowded hours she had quite lost her ol( gay defiance. Her whole heart Vd the tears half-close- d "I am her huebandl side and Louis shrank a little tie his sister. What Treason! he faltered, Is It sudden madness or the frenzy of the Black Death?" The Princess Margaret cannot be married!" cried the seeming Princess. I will slay the "To me, Margaret! man who lays a hand on you' Obedient to that word, Margaret of Courtland.- - broke from between her brother and Prince Ivan and ran to the tall woman, laying her brow on her breast The Prince of Muscovy continued calm and Immovable "And why? he asked In a tone full of contempt Why cannot the Princess Margaret he married?" "Because," said the woman in the eSM net V Ion cloak, fingering a string at her thought of the 11oa, :e' vk vtaa to wtilra he "Till death do you part." quickly. In another moment she was Margaret of Courtland. Even the Prince of Muscovy might spare a lady hlsj Insults at such time! she said. The Prince bared his bead and bowed low. Nay," he said very courteously; you mistake. Princess Margaret insult you not. I may regret your taste but that is a different matter Yet even that may amend. My quarrel is with this gentleman, and it U one of some standing, I believe." My sword is at your service, sir! said Maurice von Lynar, firmly. "Again you mistake. returned the Prince more suavely than ever; you have no sword. A prisoner, and (If may say so without offense) a spy taken redhand cannot fight duels. The Prince of Courtland most settle this matter. When his Justlcer Is satisfied I'shaTI taost wCTingly take up my quar whatever Is left of the most noble Count Maurice von Lynar, To this Maurice did not reply, but with Margaret still beside him he followed Prince Louis up the narrow ancient stairway called from its shape The Couch, Into the gloomy audience chamber of the Castle of Courtland. They reached the hall and then at last, as though restored to power by his surroundings. Prince Louis found his tongue. "A guard' he cried; hither, Berg-hoff- , Conduct the Prin Kampenfeldt! cess to her privy chamber and do not permit her to leave It without my permission. I would speak with this fellow alone. Ivan hastily crossed over to Prince Louia and whispered in his ear. In tne meantime, ere the soldiers of the guard could approach, Margaret cried out In a loud, clear voice, 1 take you all to witness that I, Margaret of Courtland, am the wife of this man Maurice von Lynar, Count von Loen, He is my wedded husband, and I love him with all my heart! You have forgotten the rest, fair Princess." suggested Prince Ivan, subtly "till death you do part' (To be continued ) wP-wit- Olneya Story About Judge Gray. Former Attorney General and Secre tary of State Olney tells this story on Justice ajr.wbcr prefers riding to walking, and a carriage to a street car: In Boston he was provided with a carriage by the United States Mao shal From Boston he went to Providence to hold court He asked the United States Marshal there to provide him with a carriage to carry him back and forth. The Marshal said he could not do so without paying for It out of his own pocket. Very well." said Judge Gray, and paid for It himself. The Providence. Marshal wrote- to the Boston Marshal and asked him how he managed a carriage for Judge Gray. Easily enough. was the response. "I provided Judge Gray with a carriage and my account went through without any trouble. You see, I put the item under the head of 'care and transportation of prisoners. - f SEWS SUMMARY MIXES AND MINING it Tillman has been States senate fiorn Soutl toll1 1 nited CatoHna jenators Morgan and Pettus wer rejected by the Alabama legisiaturt (n plEt session fiohert J liable of onkton, has beet United States stnator bj tha,lglslature of South Dakota The house of representatives o Kairas ha-- , passed whal Is known at the anti Sunda) baseball bill by a vote of $0 to 2u t TJip house committee .on agricul has decided to recommend thi dlsdntinuanoe of ftee seed distrlbu tur! tlott by congress Representative Charles Uurtls, re publican, has been elected to the Unibd States senate from Kansas to succeed A W Benson. Nearly 3u non persons paid tribute to tie memory of Senator R. A. Alget as M bodv lay In the city hall in Detroit, Sunday afternoon live Ameruans and Beven Italian tire known to be dead as the result ol an. explosion of fire damp In the Penn aylvanla companv mine at Lorentz W. V. A coal laden ship, name unknown, has foundered In a storm in the Black sea. Slity workmen, who were going to Eregli and the ships entire crew were drowued Ten thousand people gathered at the Jttrez Plaza de Toreos Sunday afternoon to witness a fight between a bulblo and a bull, in which the buffalo was the victor. The North Dakota fuel shortage Is tgiln becoming serious. Inability of the railroads to keep freight train! movin being responsible In a large degree for this condition Trotble Is threatened Lai Vegas, province at Santiago de of Havana, owing to the refusal of the acting mayor of that town to turn over his authority to the actual mayor. Four men were killed and at least twelve Injured last week on the New York Central near Albany, N. Y., by the co&slon of a light engine with a cabotte filled with railroad laborers It Is practically assured that the house wmmlttee on naval affairs will recommend the construction of another gigantic battleship, In addition to the we decided upon at the last session Three fires at Richmond, Va., 30,000 worth of property, eluding the offices of the Adams Southern Express in and and the plants ol thnwg'eTobamj'emnpsary"''nd Co. y Well informed mining men predict a banner season for ho Star district of Beaver county, Jtah, before the present year has ;iven way to 1908 A remaikahle rich strike was made 'ast week on the fointer Walker Lake ndlan Nevada, in the Mid Horse No. 2, ore being uncovered hat assays $296 80 to the ton me news comes from Ely, Nevada, hat the shaft of the Salt Latte-Elonipany has dropped into a solid body f high grade copper ore and that here is no longer any question about he future of that proposition Strikes of high grade ore in the t mine at Park City are becoming of such frequent occurrence that the management declares it is afraid to enumerate them, as to do so would be to invite Incredulous crltl clsm Word comes from Goldfield that th machinery ordered some time ago foi the Goldfield White Rock Leasing company, the rorpirrwtlon controlled by Harry Joseph and J U. Eldredge, Jr, on the of Salt Lake, had arrived ground. Round Mountain camp is located on the east side of the Big Smoky val-leabout half way between lonopah and Austin, Nevada, at aa altitude of from G000 to 6400 feet, the total elevation of the mountain from which the camp is named being not more than 404 feet shove the adjacent valconfi-lentl- yes-natio- y Daly-Wes- ley. Favorable reports are being re ceived from the Ramey Ridge and Crooked Creek districts, which are sit. uated about 40 miles north of ThunA large number of der Mountain are engaged in developing prospectors numerous properties In these sections, and very gratifying results are being obtained. Joe Brlmson is doing business at his coal mine, about fourteen miles east of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and haa lust installed an engine and a hoist to take care of the trade, aa nearly all the farmers around Ammon and Iona are using the coal, and recommend it. It Is selling for $3.00 at the mine. Work on the Guggenheim properties at Ely la progressing steadily along the lines originally laid down. Devek opment at the Veteran group Is par. Here a great tlcularly satisfactory. blanket of ore has been opened np whose dimensions so far disclosed are 80 feet In depth, 180 feet In width and 70 feet In length. .Tho. Ueia .. Johnson Publishing tie As result of her anchor getting afoul 5f something at the bottom ol HampOn Roads, a fishing schoonei was tie Innocent cause of the recovery W the lost anchor and chain ol the Confederate armor clad Merrimac A nallpox epidemic haa broken out In the city jail at Guthrie, Oklahoma, located in the basement of the hall where the constitution convention it embers of the assembled. Seversl-the contracted convention have U',f plants. i t - MHintagTsty o n Gal-lagh- er -- When Governor Russell Was Puzzled. The late Governor Russell was making a speech on the tariff in the city hall in Lawrence during one of bis campaigns, and took occasion several times to refer to the duty on boiler iron The Governor was considerably mystified to note that whenever be need the term there was deafening applause. It was afterward explained to bis excellency that a consIderaWe-portl- on ofjils dudience cared very little about the duty on boiler Iron, hut cherished nndying admiration for the late Johd Boyle OReilly, to whom they thought he was Hence the ferring. at Chrome, N. J. the largest metallurgical works In the world. Investment In these plants wla exceed $3,000,000. It already has S copper refinery of a present capacity f 14,000,000 pounds annually and Is building a fully equipped smelting and copper converting plant. A leading Interest In Utah Consolidated says that while full figure for the fiscal year of the Utah Consolidated have not yet been received It Is known, so far as can be determined, the company earned $1,750,000 that disease. for the year and It la estimated that As result of a general exchange ol for 1907, the company will earn beshots between the authorities and s tween $3,000,000 and $4,000,000. number of terrorists on the streets ol A deal bas been consummated In Grondo, RusbIs, five policemen, a pris- Goldfield which places one of San on warden and one terrorist were Franciscos most prominent business killed and a number of persons men in the local field. That man Is wounded no less a personage than John D. The probable Ions of the Norwegian Spreckles, the sugar king, owner of bark D. H. Morris, 1,148 net register, the 8an Francisco Call and various en route from Norway to Gulf ports, other large enterprises on the Pa the property Is the was reported' Sunday by Captain O. rifle coast, and Blue Jacket group. Hansen nd his crew of ten mbn, who Joseph E. Caine, of Salt Lak, a arrived t New Orleans on a gasoTono-pa- h line launch. jerman mining engineer and a aa secured have option geologist, In Scoria, Miss , William Smith ol bonanza. The Scranton, MIrs., burned to death jn the famous Ludwig of those rich one becn bas Ludwig Pinky Tlgg, with whom he formerly has earned that Smith tied the woman down and rare propositions lived and gone along without money good set the house on fire, and with ( making any noise In the world. In shotgun prevented "neighbors LrOtt prosecuting development work last rescuing her. year $175,000 worth of rich ore was Henry Ball, a negro, was lynched at shipped. An assay sheet from the Cactus Greenwood Miss , the home of Gov attacked ardaman. mine discloses the fact that the samp, ernor He had seta Mrs Graves of that place. The coro ling of ore covered by twenty-tw65 of returns ners jury hag decided the negre Ol mine timbers gave Sixteen ceBt 25.4 copper. his un met per death at the hands of had up to known persons. of the twenty two sets of assays ranging aa the Enrique Moss, the bandit of the prov- glowed percentage 119 to the highest, while from way ince-of Santiago, who for more than of the lot. atteated-t- h two years had terrorized eastern Cubs presence of better than 15 per cent and defied the rural guards, and whe copper. was wanted for various alleged mur While doing some development work ders has been captured at Havana by on his mines In the Mason Pass sec-tlothe secret police. in Nevada recently, Pat William T. Martin, Jr, formerly ar opened up a fine ledge of copemploye of the Dawes Indian coramls per ore, varying in width from two to non, was convicted at Muskogee, I four feet The ore Is a mixture of T, of unlawfully receiving from the sulphide ' and carbonate and average ' taken from the tedgeshow government office tjie Creek Indian Samples contains from fifteen to twenthe ore which sold later were and rolls, copied and from $5 cent copper, five per ty to real estate men. to 18 in gold. The senate committee on Inter Ely is designed to be one of the oceanic canal has authorized a favor in greatest copper producing districts able report on Senator Morgan's bill the United States. Up to dato the abolishing the organization of the Immense tonnages of ore have been Panama railroad and placing the road developed with a smaller amount ot under the absolute control of the Isth- -In the apltal than any other district mian canal commission. United States. The Omaha courts have decided The Dewey mill. Thunder Mountain, that work of art by famous painters, Idaho, tfas started dropping 1U ten Including Vandyke, Rubens and Van tamps and dividends will be the order lerwerff, are indecent, and that re- of day for the next year. They productions of them cannot be sold ar putting through the mill an aver-Nag- e In Omaha store for persisting In of 8T per cent of the assay value their sale John Greenberg wts flnedr the pany la assembling ie on t n. the plates WITH UTAH LEGISLATORS. Representative Clegg ha Introduced) bill to prov Ide depositartes ""tor state money. The office of mailing clerk ha been created In the bouse and J. W. Kelly of Pinto appointed to the position. Senate bill No 6, by ifolllngsworth, defines powers and duties of state board of equalization in relation to taxation Both the senate and the house on Friday until Monday, thus observing Saturday and Sunday as daa of rest House bill 27, by Robinson, would regulate ore purchases and guard against the appropriation and salei of high grade ores George Hone,' ol Utah county, will again introduce hit eight hour labor law, defeated at th last session of the legislature. Senate bill 19, by Rasband, provide) that ail mines In the state of Utat shall provide for emergency cages U case of accident and providing a pen alty therefor. The senate had a short and uneventful session Friday afternoon, but It minutes elapsing from the call to oc det.. to the motlua.. . to ..adjourn - until Monday at 2 o'clock. House bill No. 35, Introduced by Rep resentatlve Nephi Jenson, is intended to correct the evils complained of in connection with the operation ot the juetice'f court at Murray. .House bill No. 12, by Clegg, makes It unlawful for any person lo require the giving ot surety bonde la corporations not authorized to transact bust--- , ness In the state of Utah. Senator Hulanlski, ot Weber county, has introduced a measure which pro vide that the name of a candidate shall only appear once on a ballot and under only one party designation, g House bill 23, by Meeks, Is a m'eawJ are to reimburse Mt. Carmel school district No. 2, Kane county, tor to debtedness Incurred In maintaining a school in county. Appropriation $260 Th house on Friday passed a resolution, offered by Mr. Kuchler, inviting the congress, which meets In Denver next summer, to hold Ita annual convention In 1908 In 8alt Lake. Rppff-seutafiv- Trana-Misslssip- . pl Senate biU Na 4, passed last week, provides that any person serving a Ufa sentence at the penitentiary upon conviction of assault with Intent to kill or dp great bodily Injury shall suffer death. House bill No. 14, by Jackson, would create a commission to ascertain the feasibility of procuring subterranean water in dry land farming and appn printing money for the expenses thereof. The district attorneys office is probably doomed, at least so far as th house is concerned. A measure Is In preparation which proses the Immediate abolition of the office of district Senate hill Na 12, by Hulanlski, provides that salaries of county officers shall be full compensation fbr ail service rendered, and providing for the compensation of deputy county officers. The deficits Incurred by the various state boards, amounting to aptoxl-matel- y $87,000, will beln vsitlgaicd by th senate and their authority to exwtll be ceed their appropriations brought Into question. An unfavorable report from the committee on agriculture and horticulture tm House Bill Na 4, by Dean, authorising the county commissioners to employ agents to extermlnat pernicious weeds, was concurred in, killing th bUl. , Representative Barnett of Juab unty. In a bill Introduced, last week, proposes to put a atop to the alleged practice ot railroads ot appropriating jo their own nse coal and other fuel designed for publlo or private nse, while In transit J Representative Giles has offered In the house a bill providing for the manner of creating new counties.. It ass no reference to the proposed new sounty of Bingham, which is to be ' lliced from Salt Lake county, in case 'he plane of the promoter go through. The railroad commission bill la now The bill la a before the voluminous one, and provides for tbs creation of a board of three railroad commissioners, to be appointed by the governor, not more than two of whom shall be of the same political party. The salary of the three commissioners -is placed at $3,600 a year each, aBd they may appoint a secretary, whose salary shall be $1,800 a year. The act is made to apply to railroads engaged In the transportation of freight and passengers within this state, and to express companies, but not to street engaged in and electric railroad alone. passengers transporting President Love last week advised ihe senators to inspect, th various itate Institutions at as early a date as possible, as the last few weeks of the session would be so filled with work that it would be difficult to much la the junketing" line. The present legislature will be called apon to provide means for the payment of $19,569 69 for outstanding animat to a report bounty claims, according sent both houses- - by the state boerd -of examiner. Th report la an eoho of the bounty fraud expose of two years ago. committee ha recThe state-mininommended the Rasband bill, providing for. the equipment of alf mines with medical suplles for use In an emergency. The bill makes any neglect to obey its provisions pnlshable by a fine of $300 or imprisonment not exceeding six months. House bill No. 19, by Roblnsoa. amends the act creating a state board of equalization. It Increases the salaries of the four members from $800 to $2,000 a year and requires them to devote theiFwhole time to their duties. The same measure has appeared in the senate. tr g |