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CHAPTER. SEVENTEEN
On the Treck
S I sat looking at Xvatrine
and waiting for her to
speak. I could not but be
struck by the signs of
acute agitation and excite,
ment which her face bore.
The features were hag
gard. the cheeks pale, and
the eyes shone with a wild
light that told of the tierce
emotions that were burn
ing and consuming her.
X had before thought her
pretty; but her tense, set
expression and the lines of trouble and
mental unrest seemed to have aged her
suddenly, to have driven out the youth
from her looks, and to have brought in
their stead wrath, resentment and des
peration. She was like a hunted, driven
creature, who saw the desire of her heart
passing away from her. and had resolved
to light to the bitter end. using any and
every desperate means in defense of
herself and pursuance of her end. Her
looks but reflected her mood, as her
words soon showed, and to me the began
to shape in my thoughts as a dangerous
woman.
Her voice, too. was harsh and hard;
not the voice of a girl, but rather jI a
woman whose mind is like a seething
maelstrom of passion.
“Do you know why I am here. Sir
Stanley?" she said; her tone and manner
suggesting a challenge more than a mere
question.
“Presumably to tell me where I may
find Celia.”
Yes. on conditions. You have been
mad enough to let her be taken away
from you. and you are desperate to save
her.”
“1 am resolved to save her at any
cost." 1 cried, eagerly. “Tell me where
she is.”
"At any cost," she repeated. “Do you
mean that?" and her burning eyes turned ]
full upon mine.
“At any cost—even my life,” I returned,
firmly and eagerly. “Where is she?”
“If that be so. I can help you. But you
must help me. Will you do that? You
are a man of honor. 1 know. I would
take your word. But will you swear on
your honor to help me if I, on my side,
help you?”
“If it is in my power.”
“You must make it so. You can and
must. Will you swear?” she asked, pas
sionately.
“Just tell me plainly what you mean.”
“Oh. there are limits then to your
•at any cost?' With all your eagerness
and anger you can be cautious. That is
a mood I have no sympathy with. I don't
understand it. I will have none of it.
Either you are with me all in all in this,
or you may go your own way without
me. Will you give me your word? I
can take you straight to the place where
Celia is and show you how to rescue
her. but that is not everything to me.
1 am friendly, and, save in one way,
helpless."
”lf X can help you. X pledge you my
word to do all 1 can.”
“1 will put it plainer then; for I want
no ifs and conditions. Y'ou know my
story; I told it you. They are driving me
desperate between them, till there are
times when I am mad enough to do any
thing. If I help you to save and recover
Celia, if I tell you the full details of this
abominable scheme, will you swear on
your honor to force the Count von Kron-
heim to make me his wife?”
"I will do my utmost.”
"Thank you, there Is too much caution
in that to Satisfy me; too much cowardice.
I will trust myself and go my way
alone.” and she rose to go.
“But, Katrine, how can 1 promise move
than my utmost. If 1 attempt to force
him, as you say, and he defies me. what
can I do?” <
"Kill him.” she replied, with a flash of
desperate wrath. “You said you would
risk your life to save Celia: you may
have to do so. but will you risk your life
to save my honor if I show you how to
save hers?"
“Yes. 1 give you my oath, X will,” I an
swered. earnestly. “Now. will you tell
me where to find Celia?"
“There is another condition. Nothing
that you do must hurt Karl, save only
in that last desperate extreme. I will
have no spies set upon him; no informa
tion given either to Crudenstadt or to
people here; nothing done that cannot he
done by yourself alone. Y'ou have been
to the German Ambassador, and lie had
to fly In consequence. I will be no party
to any such thing. Give me your word.
If I have to punish him for his treatment
of me. so be it; I will have him punished
for nothing else and by none else save
you or myself.”
‘‘As you will. I give you my word.”
There was no help for it. She offered
me the only possible means of finding Ce
lia and saving her. and I felt I must per
force accept any conditions made. I was
far too eager to weigh consequences,
moreover.
“Good! Then I will tell you. Ever
since my mother and Carl came to Eng
land they have been scheming to get Ce
lia into their power. For this purpose
they had laid a double plan. At first they
Intended to attempt to make a friend of
her In the ordinary way, and get her to
stay at a 'house In the country which was
taken and made ready for the purpose.
Once there, she would have disappeared;
and all arrangements were made. But
your discovery of Karl's real position
spoilt the plan, and another was formed.
The Duchess Marie arrived, and. by what
my mother and Karl considered a stroke
of good fortune, she agreed to this mar
riage and became a party In 'helping to
carry' It out. This gave them a strong
ally, where they' had before had an op
ponent, your man. Schwartz.”
“I knew it,” I exclaimed, bitterly.
“The house next this had been taken
and the means were easy for anyone to
pass from that to this, especially when
Schwartz was in this one ready to open
the way.”
“Wl»y did you not let me know of this?”
“I did not know of It until too late.
Then came the news that you had deter
mined to marry Celia at once, nnd I ad
mired you for It, Sir Stanley, but it drove
them to take their measures sooner. You
can guess probably how easy a matter it
was. The lock of Celia's door was tam
pered with, and as soon as the house was
quiet, her room was entered, she was
Jrugged into insensibility, and In that
state carried Into the next house, where
the Duchess was In waiting for her. She
was dressed In clothes they brought with
them, so that ghe would be disguised,
placed In a carriage and driven away.
By ARTHUR W MJiRCHMONT
Had you yourself wished it you could
scarcely have made their task less diffi
cult.”
Tljere was no need for any' words of
Irony from her to accentuate the bitter
ness with which I heard this recital of
the result of my negligence.
"Where shall I find her?” I asked.
"Y'ou have not heard all yet," site .an
swered. “They mean lo force This mar
riage on at once.”
“Celia will never marry your Count,’!
X cried, confidently, “l.et them do what
they may to her, she will never consent.”
A smile of grim meaning passed over
Katrine’s face.
“Y'ou do not know them, nor the means
dream of as his wife?” I asked her once.
. “I love him: He shall never marry' an
other. I swear to God he shall not!” she
answered, wildly and vehemently.
“But if he treats you in this way how
can you hope that he will not wreak his
violence on you? Your very life may be
In danger.”
“I am his wife already in the sight of
heaven. He shall have no other. I swear
it!” And her face lighted and her eyes
shone with a gleam that I was more than
half-disposed to regard as the evidence
of a brain disordered by her suffering
and troubles.
But my thoughts were far less for her
than for Celia in the relentless power of
they are ready to use, or you would not 1 this scour,
be so confident. Sir Stanley. You know
the fact that between Celia and myself
there :s a certain .’mount of resemblance
—enough to deceive anyone trying to
identify either of us from a written de
scription when the other was not present.
But you have not heard, perhaps, that
my mother has great hypnotic power,
and that J am completely suseeptibl
her influence. Well, the first
was to force Celia to give way in the
matter of the marriage by threatening
to confine ter in a mad house should she
refuse, and the method was this; X was
to simulate mad less ard the doctors
were to be told that J was Celia, the cer
tificate s of madness being made, out in
her name."
"By heaven! What Infamy!” I exclaim
ed. “DiJ you consent?"
"No, i refused, because 1 knew it was
meant as a means of separating Karl
from me, so that he should marry Celia.
But : t made little difference, for my
mother hypnotised me, and in my trance
X have no doubt that what was wanted
took place."
“Do you mean that the doctors have
been already hoodwinked into certifying
that Celia is mad v ” i cried, aghast, at
the story, and at my fears of the effects
such a monstrous thing might have upon
Celia in her new morbidness.
"I do mean it, but even that is not
all.”
lattr pulled up suddenly and pointed
ahead witn his whip.
"Straight ahead. Can’t miss it,” he
said; nnd when I paid him he wheeled
the horse round and drove off without a
word and without once looking back.
A glance at my watch told me that I
had still nearly half an hour to spare,
and I walked on to the house resolved
to reconnoitor the place which was to
be the scene of events that might have
such dire significance for us all.
I had no difficulty in finding It. for it
stood alone without another house of
any kind near, and as my eyes first fell
upon it I came to an abrupt stop at what
I saw.
Pacing to and fro. as in deep thought,
I saw the figure of a man whom I thought
I could recognize as von Kronhelm.
I drew in a deep breath of anger at the
sight, and my pulses beat fast as my
blood heated quickly and began to run
swiftly through my veins.
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Belpas Manor
The house had been shrewdly chosen
for the purpose to which it had been
turned, and bail not Ivatrine told me
where to look my search for Celia must
inevitably have proved fruitless, it was
an old. roomy, country house, built on
rising ground in the midst of fields, and
commanded a view of the roads by which
anyone approaching it must travel. A
hare, bleak, barren place, like a moor
land dwelling.
I he house was a long, low, two-story
one of many rooms apparently, with
a wing on the right-hand side which ran
back some little distance at a right angle.
I he land round it was bare of trees save
in one spot; rough grazing ground for
the most part, with here and there a
patch under tillage. The only lilt of
cover was a small copse of fir and larch
on the side where the wing had been
built; and I saw' at once that if I was
to get to (he house unobserved 1 must
make my way through that copse.
To reach even that unobseived was ;i
somewhat difficult matter, however, and
I had to leave the road and make a
considerable detour, taking care to keep
the copse between myself and the house
all the time. A stealthy approach of
this kind was not at all to my liking;
but as I had to think of Celia and not
of my own preferences I put my feel
ings aside and set out to gain the little
wool unseen.
Von Kronhelm was still pacing up and
down before the house when 1 reached
the shelter of the tri . s; and I stood and
watched him while I waited for some
kind of signal from Katrine. Obviously
rone would come while the man was on
guard, and I soon grew' impatient for
him to go in.
Presently I saw' one of the upper win-
dews thrown open by someone who spoke
to von Kronheim. He went and stood
under it. and a short conversation was
held, and then X saw Katrine lean out,
and, while speaking to him, look sharp
ly around as if in search of some sign
of my presence. I could give none, of
course, as it would have betrayed me
scheme I should one and all pay a heavy price If I j lo him. There was nothing for it but to
4 1 shall not leave ‘without Celia.'
rel; and, when at length she
ceased her talking, judging, no doubt,
that she had stirred me sufficiently, i sat
back frowning and brooding gloomily
over the punishment 1 would visit upon
him.
The scheme was indeed what my
strange companion had called it. a dia
bolical one, and save for her it would
have succeeded. But, bv heaven! they
“Quick, quick. Eet me know the rest,
end where she is.”
“The idea of personation was develop
ed, until my mother told me I should
have to personate Celia even at tl^ very
marriage itself. Y'ou can see the devil
ishness of nls ingenuity. With a veil
partly hiding my features, it was likely
enough that a clergyman, seeing me only
once, could ever distinguish between me
and Celia; while ln-r own mother, my
mother and Karl would be ready lo
swear that it was Celia and not I who
had stood by his side at the altar. But
mark, mere than all and worse than all,
it would tTTen lie too late to save her,
for there is no length to which his ruth-
lcssness would not go.”
I could bear no more. I sprang to my
feet in my rage.
“X can hear no more,” I cried. “Show
me where Celia is and where this black
hell-plot is being laid.”
The staring wild eyes of the girl w r ere
upon my face, and as she placed her hand
in mine it felt hot and dry like that
of a fever patient.
"Y'ou will stand to your outh to see me
righted. Sir Stanley?” she asked.
“Y'es, anything and everything you will,
if only you will set me face to face with
that villain,” I cried furiously. I was in
a mood to have promised anything.
"Where is the place? Let us start at
once.” She had w'orlied me to a pitch of
desperation scarcely less wild than her
own.
“Come, then,” she said. “But I warn
you, you had better be armed. You -will
have more dangers to face than you yet
imagine.”
I did not set t.he danger so high, but I
took the precaution of thrusting a re
volver and a supply of cartridges into my
pocket, and, after a few words to my
sister, telling her that I should be ab
sent for a short lime, and that I hoped
to bring Celia back with me, we started.
She gave me the name of the place,
Crawshay, in a lonely part of North
Hampshire, and during the whole of the
railway journey she plied me with hints
and suggestions of von Kronheim’s scoun
drelly plans, giving snatellings of his say
ings, garnishing them with Innuendoes'of
his motives, and painting It all with lurid
colorings of his character, until she had
fed my wrath against him. so that
thoughts of violence and re-venge jostled
one another in my passion-teeming brain.
Y'et over and over agaiin she assured
me, with what seemed rather wild inco
herence than sane sense, that she loved
him, and that the ono dream and hope of
her life was to he his wife.
“But !f he is the kind of man you say
what kind of happiuess is it that you
:uuld exact payment. Mad Duchess, cal
Ions adventuress, and scoundrelly intri
guer, all three of them should find they
had to reckon with me now, and that
their villainous craft rnd cunning should
bring a swift retribution.
Alter traveling nearly two hours, we
had to change at Andover, and as there
was a timerto wait for our train I deemed
it best to get some food. Not that I had
any appetite, for my rage Shut out every
instinct, except those stirred with my
present purpose; but I knew X should
have need of all my strength for Celia's
sa ke.
As we sat thus Katrine tol 1 rre her
plans.
“1 think w - had better not both arrive
at the station together. It may be
watched. 1 shall have been missed and
shall be questioned You had better stop
at the station before that for Crawshav.
It is about 7 or 8 miles only from there
to Belpas Manor, and you can get some
conveyance. The lionsr is miles from
Crawshay Station, so that, in any ease,
you will not arrive long after me. How
will you act when you get there?"
“Can I get to Celia without the others
knowing?"
“No,” she replied, shaking her head
decidedly. “She is watched too closely.
It would bo impossible.”
“Could you manage to get those who
ore watching her away? I'll undertake to
do the rest."
■“No; useless to think of that.*’
“Then I must get into the house in ihe
ordinary way and trust to my ov>n wits.
But the better plan by far would be for
me to have seme help down from I.ondon,
enough to m iko any resistance impossi
ble. Why not do that? 3 could wire to
London row and get to the house this
evening,”
“How would that help me?” she asked,
with swift and even fierce cunning.
“Th;it part could be arranged after-
wards.”
But she shook her head in vigorous
dissent.
“No. there might bo, certainly would be,
fighting, and Karl might be hurt. And
bow should I profit? Y'ou must act
alone.”
“As you will.” I agreed, for I was
powerless to dissent. “But what if I
cannot get into the house at all?”
“I will see to that,” she replied, read
ily. "In two hours from this time we
separate. I will be on the lookout for
you, and will find the mean's of getting
you into the house. The rest you must do
yours elf.”
“Very well, leave it so.” And then we
took our seats in the train to resume the
journey and spoke but little more.
X left her at the station she had men
tioned. and promised to be at .Belpas
Manor at the agreed time—two hours
from then.* It was only a small wayside
station, and I had some difficulty in find
ing a conveyance to drive the 8 miles,
but at last succeeded in getting a farmer’s
cart. The man who drove me was a
thick-headed, taciturn rustic, who an
swered my questions whenever possible
with a single word.
"Do you know Belpas Manor?” I asked.
“Yes.”
“Who lives there?”
“No one."
“But there’s some one there now. I
am going to see them.”
’’Don’t know ’em."
“Who owns the place?”
“Passon Smith's widow.”
“Where does she live?”
“Don't know."
And I gave him up then and let him
drive In silence.
“Pull up about a half mile before you
come to the house.” I said, when X
judged we had covered nearly the dis-
ta nee.
He nodded stolidly, and a few minutes
wait and watch for my chance.
The conversation seemed sharp and
angry between the two. and I saw von
Kronheim shake his head, shrug his
shoulders, throw up bis hands as if in
expostulation, and turn away. But he
did not go indoors, and kept me waiting
for full half an hour longer, when he
turned suddenly in the Direction of the
wood and came straight, toward me as
if to enter it. I brace! myself for a
possible struggle but just as he reached
it 1 heard Kathrine’s voice calling him
loudly, and he turned back.
Xt struck me' she had guessed where I
lay hidden, and had thus created a timely
diversion. He stopped, looked back,
swore to himself, and then retraced his
stejis, this time going into the house^
Five minutes later Katrine appeared at
the upstairs window again and waved a
handkerchief. I interpreted this as a
signal to me, and, pushing through the
trees, I crossed the open space very
quickly,, and gained the front door.
Katrine stood watching me from above,
but said nothing.
She had, however, left the door open,
and in a minute more I stood inside
the house. But I had no plan ready.
Had 1 known where Celia was. hidden I
would have forced my way to her side,
and have trusted to my wits and
strength to get her away. As it was, I
stood a- moment in complete indecision.
The only plan was to look into the
rooms one after the other in the hope
of finding her. and I began to carry this
idea into execution. I opened two or
three doors, and found the rooms empty;
but. on turning the handle of the next. I
came face to face with the Baroness
Bergen. She cried out on seeing me,
but when she recognized me her moment
ary fright changed into complete con
sternation.
“Sir Stanley Meredith!” she exclaimed.
“Y'es, I have found you. madame, and
have come to take Celia away. Be good
enough to tell me in which room she is.”
X spoke very firmly, and closed the door
behind me.
“Y'ou have no right here, sir.” she an
swered. and ran to the bell ropp ns if to
summon help.
“Before you bring anyone to this room
you had better listen to mo.” I sa'id. with
a threatening look and manner, “or you
may find yourself In very serious trouble.”
But she laughed, and was certainly far
from being frightened.
“In what capacity do you come here?”
she asked, keeping her hand on the bell
pull.
, “Armed with ample authority and pow
er to make my words good,” I answered,
rather at a loss what reply to make,
knowing how comparatively powerless I
was in reality, and regretting bitterly
that I had no help at hand. “I come al- j
most straight from the German Ambassa
dor. who has full knowledge of your
complicity in this business of abducting
the Duchess Celia, the rightful heiress to
the Saxe-Lippe Duchy, and who Is reso
lutely determined to make you answer for
her further detention."
“What are your powers, and where Is
your authority?” she asked, coolly. “Do
they warrant you in playing the house
breaker?”
“It is sufficient that I 'have them. Come,
where is Celia? I am in no mood for
wasting my time in empty words.” I said,
sternly.
“A very pretty story, perhaps, but—
nothing to me,” and she shrugged her
shoulders in Indifference, left her hold of
the bell, threw herself carelessly Into a
chair, and looked at me in cool defiance.
“Y'ou are aware that the crime you
have committed is one that will entail a
heavy penalty. I am willing to overlook
it if Celia is at once restored to my
charge.”
"That Is a very different note, but it
has no effect upon me, I assure you. You
had better do what you wish, or rather
what you can. I will make no effort to
stop y£u.”
‘"Will you tell me where I shall find Ce
lia?”
"Certainly not. I am not the girl’s
guardian any more than you yourself.
Take your own course. If you would con
sult your own safety, that will be to leave
the house without further trouble.”
“I shall not leave without Celia,” I re
turned. firmly.
“Then you will probably be here a long
time, unless, Indeed, I send for the police
and hand you over to them for breaking
In here. What right have you, I should
like to know, to eome here in this way
like a common thief?”
“iMore right than those who broke into
my house nt the dead of night to take
Celia away and bring her here. As you
will find, madnme. By all means send
for the police If you will. No step could
be more welcome to me.”
“I don’t, of course, understand you in
the least,” she said, raising her eyebrows
and lifting her hands as If In surprise
and protest. "If you think It the act
or a gentleman to force yourself upon
me In this way. I am. of course, only n
woman, and cannot prevent you.” and
with a show of complete indifference she
took up a book and pretended to find
her place in it, settled herself comfort
ably in her chair, and began to read.
I stood regarding her grimly, but hes
itated what step to take next. After a
few moments she let the book fall on
her lap. and. with a smile of assumed
good humor, said:
"Of course. I don't regard you as a
thief. Sir Stanley; and If it were possible,
T should he glad to help you. You have
had a long journey, and probably a long
ride or walk. May I give you some tea?
I can't affect to say you are very wel
come, but at least I cannot refuse you
common hospitality, for you have a long
return journey In front of you.”
“This is mere trifling, madame.” I an
swered. shortly.
“It will be better so to regard It. I as
sure you. Y'our family had Celia In their
charge for many years, and you yourself
for a short time. Now she has left your
charge, and you are naturally anxious
to regain her. But it is Impossible. Be
guided by me. Accept the impossibility,
and leave here while we can still regard
the incident as trifling.”
“I shall not leave without Celia,” T said
again, and then there came an interrup
tion: the door was opened, and Katrine
and the Duchess entered. T had no doubt
that Ivatrine had brought her intention
ally to the room where she had guessed
I was with the Baroness.
“Ah, your Highness,” cried the Bar
oness. getting up and going to her. where
she stood staring angrily at me. “Sir
Stanley Meredith has paid us a surprise
visit, and wishes to see Celia. I have
explained to him that it is out of the
question, as, of course, he cannot see her
if she is not here,” and she looked mean
ingly at the Duchess as she told the Me.
“Celia Is here, mother.” said Katrine,
instantly. “Why deny It?”
“Get out of the room. Katrine." said
her mother, angrily. “How dare you say
this? Go out of the room, I say."
“No. mother, I will not." answered the
girl, firmly. “I am glad Sir Stanley Mere
dith has found this all out and has come
here. 1 told you I would have no part In
th is.”
“Go cut of the rcorn. child,” cried the-
Baroness, furiously, taking Katrine by
the arm and pushing her toward the door.
She hesitated a moment in rc-sistnnc',
but then .suddenly changed, and wont,
casting one swift glance at me. If I only
could have read the meaning of that
glance, how much it might h3ve sav’d,
hut I took it merely as an appeal ta me
to renumber mv promise to help her, and
In that spirit I replied to it.
As soon as the dcor closed behind her.
Baroness Borgen went back to the
Duchess and stcod by her.
“Why have you come here. Sir Stan
ley?" asked the Duchess.
“I have eome to fetch Celia.” I said.
“By what right, sir. seeing she Is with
me. her mother'*”
"Exactly.” put in the Baroness.
"Because she was removed surrepti
tiously from.my charge, your Highness,
against her own will and without proof
being given to me of any s|-perior claim
to her guardianship ”
“I am her mother, Sir Stanley. What
better claim eoifid anyone have?”
“As my uncle’s heir, I was acting as
guardian more In the interests of his
Highness the Duke than in those of your
self. j have been in communication with
the German Ambassador.”
‘^Because you traffic with my enemies,
you have no right to insult me. X con
sider your presence here on such a quest
an insult to me. after what has passed at
your house, and what I know to be your
Intentions in regard to Celia herself. She
will stay with me.”
She spoke with nuickly heating temper.
“If Celia, tells me of her own free will
that she wishes to stay here I shall make
no further efforts in the matter; but un
less she does so. I shall insist upon my
right to remove her.”
“I shall not allow’ her to see you.”
“I shall not leave the house without
doing so,” I returned, quite as firmly.
"Y'ou are aware that this is my house?”
sakl the Baroness.
"I am aware that It is Celia’s prison
house, and that I do not intend her to
remain in it against her wish,” said I.
“Much time and probably much unpleas
antness will be spared to us all If I see
Celia at once, your Highness,” I added,
turning to the Duchess. “I am quite re
solved."
“I do not intend to allow her to become
your wife, and absolutely prohibit an In
terview’. I understand you perfectly well.
Y'ou come here pretending to act in the
name of his Highness the Duke, and all
the time you are but seeking to get Celia
back, so that you can marry her—an ec
centric position for a man of honor! I
repeat that I shall not allow my daugh
ter to see you. You have proved yourself
unworthy of the confidence reposed In
you.”
“I have no wish to do anything which
is in any way opposed to Celia’s own
wishes.”
“My daughter does not need your, inter
ference. Sir Stanley, and I myself will
not suffer it. You dared to stand between
her and me. and. In consequence. I re
moved her from your custody. You m^y
be sure I shall not allow' her to return
to it. I have no more to say.”
“Had you not better leave the house.
Sir Stanley?" asked the Baroness. “Your
remaining here can only lead to trouble,
serious trouble. You have no right to re
main In my house against my will.”
"If I were to leave, madame. It would
be but to return with the police and the
agents of the German ambassador. You
must know what that would mean. Had
I brought them with me now this in
terview would have had a very different
character."
“It Is quite in character with your ex
traordinary conduct that you should now
try to succeed with threats when artifice
has failed. But I am not without those
who will know how to protect me.”
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were present. Do I understand that your
Highness Intends to force Celia into a
marriage with the Count von Kronhelm?”
I asked the Duchess.
“I absolutely Incline to discuss with
you any Intentions I may have now
or at any time with rega.rd to my
daughter,” . was the quick, angry and
uncompromising reply.
“You are aware of the opposition with
which such a proposal would meet?”
”1 have no answer to give you," and
as she said this the Duchess turned her
back upon me.
I was at a loss what to do, and as X
stood hesitating whether it would not be
advisable to go away and wire for as
sistance. keeping a close watch upon the
house until it arrived, I heard sounds
in the hall and opened the door. ,
“Why did you not come out before?”
cried Katrina, impatiently. “Celia is
here. Quick,” she added in a whisper.
“Didn’t you understand my look?”
My heart gave a bound of delight, and
I turned to follow her. But the Baroness,
having heard Katrine’s voice, came out
to learn the cause. Celia was waiting,
pale and trembling, at the far end of
the hall, partly hidden, and when I reach-
d her she put her hands in mine and
cried piteously:
'Take me away, Stanley. Take me
away!"
“Which is the way out, Katrine?" I
asked, excitedly. “Quick, your mother
has heard you.”
A cry of alarm from the Baroness
Borgen brought the Duchess herself to
us, and they both followed close upon
Ufi.
“How dare yiou steal my daughter
from me in this way?” cried the Duchess,
furiously, pushing forward and trying
to take hold of Celia’s arm.
I pla\ed myself between them.
“Celia Is Hnxious to leave the house,
and I will see that she does so.”
“Through this room. Quek, Sir Stan
ley!” called Katrine, at this moment open
ing the door of a room close a-t hand.
“Y'ou miserable girl! How dare you?” j
exclaimed her mother.
“Y'ou know why I dare, mother,” cried
the girl, facing around angrily.
“Where are your servants. Baroness?
Help, there, help! Stop this outrag'd''
screamed the Duchess, white with fury.
Two or three maids came running out at
the cry, and behind them a couple of
men.
“Through the room, Celia," I -whispered,
“or it will be too late.” She slipped
through, and I followed and turned to
close the door, when the Baroness, with a
woman’s quickness and wit, pushed her
arm through, so that I could not have
closed it without crushing ner; and the
instant that I released my hold of it,
she and the Duchess were in the room
after us, Celia’s mother screaming and
crying hysterically. “Out by the window,
Celia," I cried, seeing that the long case
ment stood open.
But even as I spoke the words the
sounds of hurrying feet were heard on the
gravel outside, and von Kronheim stood
in it blocking our escape.
Celia shrank back from him to me for
protection.
“A very pretty attempt,” he sneered,
“but you may give it up, Sir Stanley.
YVe’re too many for you.”
“Stand out of the way. man. or I’ll nut
answer for myself.” I cried, furiously,
feeling in my pocket for the revolver I
carried, for my blood was up, and I was
desperate enough to resort to any means
to get Celia away.
(To Be Continued.)
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still TTierally supplie'd gaming de
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tax to the territorial government and
this tax is applied to the public school
fund. How does that striHe you?
But the gambling spirit pervades the
entire mining business. When an indi
vidual or company begins to sink a shaft
they feel that it is a
Spirit of gamo of chance. They j
Luck hope to win. but they j
Overrules know, too, they may lose, j
All If you strike it rich you j
Com*rs feel like you had a streak
.of good luck, not like you
had paid for your money with work and
perseverance.
This reliance on luck is a strange thin"
to a man from the east. The miner’s life-
work nnd surroundings seem to make of
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the scheme of things, and looks upon for- j -
tune and misfortune as matters beyond
the control of the individual. This point
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a mere game of chance, is to me one of
the most novel features of the life of
the mining regions. Here is a bit of con
versation overheard in the waiting room
at Rincon:
“I hear Sam Stone is back from Crip
ple Creek.”
Yes. no luck at all. He wants to try
Mexico now. but I never could have no
luck there. There ain’t no luck for me
anywhere outside of New Mexico, and I
know It. Old Mexico is all right if you
are lucky, but the game always runs the
wrong way there for me.”
I asked an old miner at Las Cruces
what percentage of miners got rich and
kept their fortunes.
“Oh. that all depends on a fellow’s
luck.” he answered. “Luck, you know, is
mighty uncertain, and seldom stays with
a fellow to the end. I guess about half
who follow the business never make a
strike. About 25 per cent are lucky enough
to get a good living. The other 25 per
cent make good strikes and all of these
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and die poor. Maybe 1 per cent of all
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