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"Mon Dieu! Mon Dieu!" she cried, wringing her hands "Miss Ruth is gone They have taken her away in a great car Mon Dieu, Father! Come--come at once!"

The priest stepped into the tree, and Mark followed closely As he had surrounds of Killia Madame Neuville pointed to thebeyond the open gates, "The North Road," Sihasset called it

"That way!" she cried "They went that way There were two of the by the wall and seized her just as ere going out I was behind Miss Ruth and they did not see ht them, but one of them struck me and they went off like the wind Mon Dieu! Mon Dieu! Let me die!"

"Stop, please" The sternness of Mark's voice effectually silenced the weeping wo One had bushy eyebrows that froays He was dark and short, but he was very large of the shoulders"

Mark turned to Father Murray

"It is useless to follow in a car, Father The man she describes is the ; it is a seventy horsepower, and nothing but a racing car could catch it now The lady is safe, in any event They will carry her to Washington When they find she is not the Grand Duchess, they will let her go Will you coton with me?"

"Her hter to me ever since I first saw her, a babe in aro"

Madareat house, but the two h the tree and hurriedly returned to Sihasset