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Rocky Ford Enterprise. TWENTIETH TEAS. The INVISIBLES ES/ BVRL. CHBISTO®>HEB_> • i 7#^ I lau&b.z£> mnaanr CHAPTER XlV.—Continued. ' Vlo filled our rlummum ami we drank In silence. 'U® you know. Mr. Rodin, that I have heard bad new* —news concern ing tbn Htate of our vavt treasure in Head Man* Cavo?" "1 suspected aa much/* I replied, •‘but I believe wo are warranted In assuming that away will bo found to avert any further dancer/' '*Lcl un hope no/* bo replied, but hi* fare waa the very picture of unx !• ty. "Ha* nothing been done to prepare for the removal of the treaaure?'* ‘ Yon. Indeed, everything within the |He»r of ttcnluN and strength ha* bt*»o done.** "And the submarine?" I Hold, shud dering. aa I thought of that hideous t flsh-llke craft, with Ita deadly cargo. •**The Avenger?* Oh, yea. you can tint conceive of the work that bit* > be*»a accomplished In five day* by i l'eogullly and Rnnuin»kl—and ItiMlln/* be sold. drawing hi* rbalr cluster to • mln«*—“do you know—they have ac- . tually moved that Iron submarine to ihe very hank of the river, a distance of nearly two mite*, building a port able railway traek and blaming away tto- obstruction* aa they moved. It In marvrlloun—and only eleven men under Itomanitkl. for Gcrshon took no active part In this. aa he waa other wise* engaged ** "II ta wonderful/* I cried. **l eannot conceive of auch a prodigious took In »o abort n time." £ "Hut It haa almnm killed the men engaged In It. and th». wen- compelled to seek the liuuk! for i«- all except (ildrua, who haa never left hla poat. and la now engaged In storing the ex ploxlvee and a portion of the treaaure In "The Avenger/ before It la lowered —ah. that giant la a marvel of strength and courage—did you note hla powerful frame?" "I did. moat atodlooaly.** I replied. **for he la Indeed one of the moat re markable looking men I have ever met." "Ak. my friend. Rodin, thla Gideon la aa true aa he la brave and strong, and hla career would fill a volume with atrmngc adventures." **| have often wondered what kind of a life he led prevlotia to hla r»m nectioa with our brotherhood. lie aeetna capable of heroic deeda." • Gideon la Indeed a hero/* aald the old man. relighting hla clear, and leaning bark In hla leather chair, hla eyea filled with n retrospective picture of Gldeon'a deeda. "Gldron/* he continued. **waa at one time a captain of the Cossack Guard* He held other high office* and had He Had Rightly Been Named the •‘Red Colossus.” served the Cxar with great bravery and loyalty, and he even now speaks proudly of hia career ns n soldier. In the year 18—. he. together with Vnl dertnere — who. by the way. la of noble blood, and who. lir.d Incurred the en mity af one of the high court officials by a secret tnnrrlnge with a lady upon whoa the latter bad act hia heart, were transporter! to Knra. This waa when the mine waa comparatively n new one, but the brutal treatment or theae two men strengthened their mu tual sympathy. A friendship, undy ing la Its devotion, rapidly grew Into a plat. They had shared each others confidences. Gldron had heard how Valdermere was torn away from his bride, la the midst of their honeymoon A-bow bis rival.had afterWaT.da ruin jpwtsd her In her defenseless condition. r 2 * to insult, and even to brutal assault, at which recital the giaut raged and bellowed until his chulns ruttlcd and the guard had been summoned. ••Valdermere, though slight In mold, had a capacity for endurance almost equal to that of the giant, who seem ed to delight In the discomfiture of the guards, who roared and blasphem ed ami terrorised until hla chulns were doubled, and ho waa reduced to the very limit of punishment, still, he laughed In the faces of !iLh persecu tor*. and swore a great oath that he would yet tear hls keeper* limb from limb." **l*ray. go on/* 1 said. "I entreat you to finish this horrible story of Gldeou and Valdermere/* “Among the hulf-starved scurvy dev ils who moved like hideous fleshlesM automatons was a man who had known Coronl. the founder of our brotherhood. Thla man, in some man ner. told the story to Gideon, and lu turn It waa told to Valdermere/* ** 'flu/ said the giant to the little mun who had told thla story. *we shall Join him when wo are free/ ** ‘When you are free/ said the man. ‘what do you mean? Are you to be | free?* I •••Without a doubt/ aald the giant. . and we shall save yon/ "And they did save him. Rodin, and ]lt la he. whom you know as l»en > gullly. and who Invented the snbnmr ! Ine. It Is hla hand that will blow • Kronstadt Harbor Into oblivion/* "And the plot was carried out.** 1 aald. "the plot to escape— pray go on. my dear air." "Yea. |t waa carried out to the let ter. but In Ita ronaummntlen there waa a mystery. I have never heard of In a similar case: In fact. I have heard of no analogous case. It waa an extremely cold day. and the pris oner*. Valdermere. Gideon and Pen gullly. had found nn opportunity to nmverae. unobserved by the guards, who had drunk their vodka to excess, for the blood seemed fnnum In the veins: but at length one of the guards. In passing the giant, who stood shiv ering In hls rhalns. struck hint wan tonly. and without provocation, across the face, for he hated Gideon, and Hie Jibes of the latter bad rendered him an object of abuse to the keepers and officers In charge. "No sooner had the cruel lash fallen upon his fare, than Gideon, notwith standing hi* manacle*, had seised the brute by the middle, and despite the protest of Vaidermcve. he flashed hls brains out against the very whipping post where he. himself, had so often suffered at the hands of hi* victim. Ills anger was terrible to behold, and selxlng a rhaln. which waa fastened to the Iron hand at hls ankles, he literally wrenched it from Its fastening*, and waving It about hls head, hls eyes hlaxlng with fury, he held completely at l»ay the five guards who had been summoned by the noise and rrle* of the Knove whom he had slain. "One of these, seeing how futile It would be to attempt to disarm the giant, raised Ihe weapon to fire upon the offender, whrnipon Valdermere. who had stood appalled at the fnry of hls rompanlon. sprang forward, and fixing hi* strange magnetic eyes upon the man. cried: “•Drop that weapon, dog. or may you fall dead In your tracks/ "IVngullly. who stood near by. ex pected to see Valdermere shot dead, and. Indeed, the angry guard turned his weapon as If to shoot down the ronvlrt who dared to Interfere with him. hut Instead of firing, hls hand trembled, his eyes seemed daxed. hls face became blank and expressionless, his trembling hand let the pistol fall, and he sank unconscious upon the stones at his feet. You have perhaps felt the subtle force of this strange uian'a eye*, have you not. Hodln?" “1 was never free from their Influ enre." I replied, "while in hls pres ence, though at times they induced an extremely nervous condition." **Ah. that Is true/ he replied, "but he never knew that he possessed this force until the guard dropped hls pis tol. It came like an Inspiration. The weapon was Immediately seized by Valdermere. who shot two of the dc malnlng four dead In their tracks, and. by hls newly discovered power, he overcame the two stir vlvlmr brutes, and. divesting them of their clothing, be rlad himself In nn« suit —the other was given to Prngnllty —but Gideon was compelled to leave In the garb of a convict, as flu clothes of the dead guard were too small for hla powerful frame, and tak ing the weapons from their dead and unconscious victims,, they hurried forth, killing a half dnxen of the watch before they reached the out skirts of the prison and started upon that trackless desert of snow and Ice to fight their way across Ihe border, or to die. but never to return ns prl* oners to that living tomb of Kara. In an'bour ir dozen mounted troops wer* hurried off on Ihelr trail, with Inntnir ttona to brfnf back the fugitives dead •>: • f. 4 ROOKY FORD, COLORADO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4. 1907. or eslve At a distance of five *ilh»g they were overtaken by horsemen, und. Rodin, I do not bellevo I have ever heard of such desperate heroism aa tlieje fleeing men displayed. It waa a battle of life or death ugalnst great odds. When the horsemen cume In sight of their prey, they guve a tri umphant shout, and, flushing forward, they boro down ii|mui them with mer ciless speed, hut three fell dead from their saddles, and two others, who had raised their pistol* to fire u|>on the fugitive*, were mortally wounded. Gideon rushed madly forward, follow ed by hls coni|MinlonM. to meet the dc-a pc rule onslaught oC the remaining seven horsemen. "At thl* moment the firing of pistol* und the noise of the combat between Hia Anger Was Terrible to Behold. hla companion* and the soldier* caus ed Gideon to turn hi* head In that direction. Tin* two officers Involuntar ily turned In their saddles. Suddenly, the giant, taking advantage of this •llversion, had dragged them from their In use* with such violence as to cause the frightened animal* to plunge madly away toward the dismal forest tie) ontl. leaving the terror stricken masters in the grip of the Red Colossus, as they had called Gid eon. IVngullly. who haa written an account of this affair, describes the scene In a most graphic way. Valder mere bad received two wounds of such a nature as to render him uncon scious. and he lay bleeding upon the snow, ivr.gullly. thinking It was all over with tils friends, had sought the shelter of a great atone, expecting every moment to be HU last. whet, peeping cautiously from tils shelter, he saw two horsemen fleeing In the distance, and the Giant coming toward him. dragging In either hand the form of a man. cursing, bellowing, and deflant. hls red hair bristling, and hi* great eye* blaring with the fire of a •lemon. Ah. llodln. he had been rightly named lied Colosau*. for he looked the part. The eight dead min ion* of the Cxar. whose blond had crimsoned the snow, and Ihe uncon scious form fd Valdermere. whose hand still rlutrhed the empty revolver, presented a ghastly sight, a* they lay where they had fallen In the gloom of the fading, wintry day. Gideon search ed among the bodies, cursing the Cxar. cursing the world, hut when he saw IVngullly creep from hls shelter, he laughed -he shouted—then his eys fell upon the still form of Valdermere. whom he loved as a brother. Hls hands still clutched the throat of the sol dier*. whose eye* bulged from their socket*, then In nn ecstasy of fnry diabolical to behold he dashed bis victims together like cymbals, still riirslng and licltowing. until their I Mine* were broken, and their bodies bruised beyond recognition, then sclx- Ing them by their legs he dashed thm to piece* against the great stone, where the terrified IVngullly had sought shel ter. The sight was terrible to be hold. Ab. Rodin. It was revolting, but when Ills excess of fury had spent It self. he selxrd the band of IVngullly— he pnttcil the little fellow tin the shonl dcr and tailed him a brave Itantam. Then hls great eyes Ailed with tear.* —hls fury was spent, and hls huge form was trembling with emotion. He knelt at the side of hls bleeding com rade and wept like a rhild. chaflnc the bands of the unconscious nisn and smoothing back hls hair. He wept for Joy. for h»* had thought Valder mere dead. He made a pallet In the snow, bandag'd the wounds, sucking away the foul hjond with hls own lips, and hi* great rough bauds, bleeding and bruised with toil and battle, bathed with melted snow the painful wound* of his friend. Then he swore, called Ihe Cxar a 'crowned Devil/ nnd Siberia 'a froxen hell.* He arose and walked among the corpses, un mindful of where he trod, lie knelt again at Valdermere** side, weeping, laughing and eurslnc. until poor Pen gullly could bear It no longer. The latter, who had now recovered hls presence of mind, had started off In nursttit of their horses, which he had little difficulty In securing, as the poor beasts were worn out with travel under their now dead masters. When he returned, he still found Gideon at Valdertncre's side. The latter had onenetl hls eyes, bad smiled, had sell . d the giant's hand. ITo UK rriNTINL'Kn v COLORADO TEACHERS. State Association Meeting Largest Ever Held. Donve : The thirty-second session of the Colorado Teacher*’ A*Hoclatlou adjourn* i Friday night after tho larg est. most HUcrcNsful nnd moat Inter esting Bn-etlng ever held by the body. So great wa* tho attendance that sev eral of ihe lecture* had to be given In the Flr«t Raptl*t Chqrc-h. tho assem lily room of the East Side high Hchool not bolnlarge enough to uccommo tiute th* crowds. The program this year was one of eaiieclnl .nerli and the Npeaker* were each uu'ti irillcs on the Huhjecta which they handled nnd imtsouh of national reputation. Tho actual im-mberahlp this year wa* 1,860. made up of tho representative teachers of tho state and Incl'inlng many of the most promi nent educator* In the Weal. The dig nity of the proceeding* nnd Intelligent In.ereat f the ntldli nee* *|Miko well for the standard of education In Colo rado and America ns well. The bo.|y was iiimniiuou* In Its con demns! Kii of the high school frater nity and sorority. Tin- question was threshed out at length nnd such organ ization* were scored In strong terms. The Ro-mm-vcII simplified studllng by n small majority passed under the bun of the convention. The queailon was ruined In :i r* solution approving of the reform It iinmedlntely met with a storm of protest from the opponents, which Involved a lively debate. A vote ahowctl that the resolution waa lo.tt. The convention also voted umlaut paid athletic coaches and all forms of professionalism In athletics. The en counts' nient of greater Interest In art was alr>«» advocated. The «*«orlatloii Indorsed an educa tlonal »pi .ill neat ion for county and stale *mi •-'intetidents. nnd the estnh llshniei of n national university which ah**d coordinate the work of ex isting universities nnd nitlixe th* araltahh- •durational resources of the govern tent. The r<-\l»lnn of the present school elect lon laws. t-«|M-clslly In reference to registration nnd method of voting was strongly recommended. A national department of education to In* represented In the regular cabi net wa* ii-comniended In resolution Inn voted down. The I legislature I* aaketl la devise some menna by which n greater rev ••our will be available for the develop ment and maintenance of stale Inalltu Hon* and the establishment of a slat* Institution for the education Of feeble minded children Is recommended. The report of the trensurer. 11. 8 Phillips, showed that the receipts for the >enr ending Hep I ember I. 1906. were 82.36*21. nnd the disbursement* for the same time ft. 614.22. leaving a balance of 87M.02. The following officers were elected for Hie ensuing year: president—W It Hmlley of Denver Secretary—W. W. Remington of Denver. Treasurer—lf. H Phillips of Denver. Auditor—Htipt J. P. Trent of Trini dad Director 1 1906 091—11 M Barrett of Pte tdo. I»i rector 1 1906 08)—Milton C. Potter of Idaho Springs. NEW RAILWAY PROJECT. Feeder for the Moffat Road in North •rn Colorado. fa-over: The News of Friday says: An important railway project, which promises to In* a big feeder for the Moffat road. la outlined In nn amend ment to the arilrte* of Incorporation of tho Rocky Mountain Railway Tom pan). Died yesterday In the office of ih«- secretary of state. The company Is Kicked by a number of capitalists, at «he head of whom Is T. 8. Waite m* •-* rof Boulder. Mr Wnltemeysr la pr< *ldent of the cetnponv. and J. T. Waltemeyer, a relative, holds the of- He- of aecretary. Th*- connection with the Moffat road, it is stated. Is to Ire made In Grand county. The line will extend to Grand lake, thence to Walden. county; thence to Fort Collins or or troth; thence to llnhn's l-e-i.: Itu-nce to the western boundary of the ata’e. Tim vole for the amend ment thus enlarging Um plan* wa* practically unanimous at n meeting of tli- stockholders held n few days ago In Moulder. The Waltemeyer Interests own the flu- no mine at Jimtown. and have ai'.iit com pi etef i a Mg cyanide mill and other l.iiihlln** ui**n the property. Th'-y also own a big sawmill In Routt county. It is understood that a large sum of money Is on hand for the immediate construction of the railroad, and the project, consequently, has attracted a cr* -t deal of attention among the rail wa- tr.en of the state. Railroad Expensec. 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