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Barney's body was concealed from the view of the other by a bush which grew between them, so the man saw only the face of the American. The fellow turned and shouted to Maenck: "The king is with her." "Nonsense," came the reply from farther back in the wood. "If there is a man with her and he will not surrender, shoot him." At the words Barney and the girl turned once more to their flight.
There was a sharp report, and one of the troopers fell. Then she fired again, quickly, and again and again. She did not score another hit, but she had the satisfaction of seeing Maenck and the last of his troopers dodge back to the safety of protecting trees. "The cowards!" muttered Barney as the enemy's shot announced his sinister intention; "they might have hit your highness."
There was something in Butzow's voice that warned Maenck that his subordinate would like nothing better than the king's command to run him through. He well knew the fame of Butzow's sword arm, and having no stomach for an encounter with it he grumbled an apology. "And don't let it occur again," warned Barney. "Come," said Dr.
The portal swung wide and a man in uniform stepped into the room. It was Maenck. Emma von der Tann gazed in unveiled abhorrence upon the leering face of the governor of Blentz. "What means this intrusion?" cried the girl. "What would you have here?" "You," replied Maenck. The girl crimsoned. Maenck regarded her sneeringly. "You coward!" she cried. "Leave my apartments at once.
He called to them in a loud and threatening tone. Barney redoubled his Herculean efforts to gain the opposite bank. He was in midstream now and the water had risen to his waist. The girl saw Maenck and the other trooper emerge from the underbrush beside the first. Maenck was crazed with anger.
The king had just arrived, and entered when Maenck came up, breathless. The guard at the doorway did not recognize him. If they had they would have arrested him. Instead they contented themselves with refusing him admission, and when he insisted they threatened him with arrest. To be arrested now would be to ruin his fine plan, so he turned and walked away.
"With your permission, I shall go at once and dispatch troops to search the forest for Leopold. Captain Maenck will command them." "Good, Coblich! Maenck is a most intelligent and loyal officer. We must reward him well. A baronetcy, at least, if he handles this matter well," said Peter. "It might not be a bad plan to hint at as much to him, Coblich."
The girl did not reply until she had ceased firing. "Captain Maenck is notoriously a coward," she said. "He is hiding behind a tree now with one of his men I hit the other." "You hit one of them!" exclaimed Barney enthusiastically. "Yes," said the girl. "I have shot a man. I often wondered what the sensation must be to have done such a thing. I should feel terribly, but I don't.
Quite suddenly, and before a hand could be raised to stay her, she wheeled her mount between two trees, struck home her spur, and was gone into the wood upon the steep hillside. With an oath, Maenck cried to his men to be after her. He himself spurred into the forest at the point where the girl had disappeared.
Barney heard the heavy feet of men, the clank of arms, and muttered oaths as the searchers stumbled against the furniture. Presently one of them found the switch and instantly the room was flooded with light, which revealed to the American a dozen Luthanian troopers headed by the murderous Maenck. Barney looked anxiously aloft. Would Joseph never lower that rope!
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