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TOEA" DRT'G STORE d* V Cou.i.GEORGE BARI copyright, 11. by llrbCrt S. Stom crATER XXVI. 0 TiE GUESSING OF ANGUISH. ETI startling assertion created a fresh sensation. Sensations had come so thick and so fast, how ever, that they seemed compo- b nent parts of one grand, bewildering climax. The new actor in the drama U held the center of the stage undisputed. "Harry!" cried Lorry. "Prince Gabriel, why do you shake like a leaf? Is it because you know what I am going to say?" exclaimed Anguish, pointing his finger accusingly at the astonished Prince of Dawsber gen. It Gabriel's lips parted, but nothing more than a *gasp. escaped them. In .voluntarily his efes sought the door, P then the windows, the peculiar, uncon- 0 trollable look of the hunted coming in- 2 to them. Bolaroz allowed his gaze to leap instantly to that pallid face, and every eye in the room followed. Yetive was standing again, her face glowing. r "An accomplice has confessed all. I have the word of the man who saw the crime committed. I charge Prince Gabriel with the murder of his high- h ness Prince Lorenz." . With a groan Gabriel threw his I p bands to his heart and tottered for- c ward, glaring at the merciless face of the accuser. "Confessed! Betrayed!" he faltered. Then he whirled like a maniac upon his little coterie of followers. "Vile | traitor!" he shrieked. "I will drink your heart's blood!" With a howl he leaped toward one of the men, a dark faced nobleman i named Berrowag. The latter evaded him and rushed toward the door, cry ing: s "It is a lie, a lie! Ie has tricked c you! I did not confess!" c The prince was seized by his friends, struggling and cursing. A peculiar smile lit up the face of Harry Anguish. di "I repeat, he is the assassin !' t Gabriel broka from the detaining ti hands and, drawing a revolver, rushed for the door. "Out of the way! I will not be taken alive!" i Allode met him at the curtains and grasped dm in his powerful arms, 0 Baron Dangloss and others tearing the U at t d. i -- h U e3 lodc met hm at thze cwrtains and 0 grasped hImt in his powCerftd a'rms. w weapon from his hand. The utmost ' confusion reigned--women screaming, ~ men shouting-and above all could be Q heard the howls of the accused prince. "Let me go! Curse you! Curse you! P I will not surrender! Let me kill that traitor! Let me at him!" Berrowag b had been seized by willing hands, and the two men glared at each other, one crazy with rage, the other shrinking " with fear. Dangloss and Allode ball carried, g: half dragged the prince forward. As he neared Bolaroz and the princess he s1 collapsed and became a trembling, ti moaning suppliant f~or mercy. An guish's accusation had struck home. h: "Prince Bolaroz, I trust you will not as object if the Princess Yetive substi tutes the true assassin for the man named in your promise to Graustark," ec said Anguish dramatically. Bolaroz, as if coming from a dream, turned and e knelt before the throne. "Most adorable Yetive," he said, "I c( sue for pardon. I bow low and lay my open heart before the truest woman in ed the world." He kissed the black lace hem of her gown and arose. "I am your friend and ally. Axphain and gl Graustark will live no more with hatred in their hearts. From you I have learned a lesson in justice and con- it stancy."I Prince Gabriel was raving like a et madman as the officers hurried him e; and Berrowag from the room. A shout m went up from those assembled. Its th echo, reaching the halls, then the gar- t dens, was finally taken up by the wait- 'w ing masses beyond the gates. The news tl flew like wildfire. Rejoicing such as h( had never been known shook Edel- 1c weiss until the monks on thze mountain iri looked down In wonder. .c After the dazed and happy throng d< about the throne had heaped its ex- d<1 pressions of love and devotion upon rpi the radiant princess a single figure knelt in subjection just as she was prepar- m ing to depart. It was the Duke of Mlz- s "Your royal highness. Mizrox Is ready i to pay his forfeit. My life is yours," el he said calmly. She did not compre- t hend until her uncle reminded her ofb the oath Mizros had taken the morn- r ing after the murder. "He swore on his life that you killed a Lorenz," she said, turning to Lorry. b "I was wrong, but I am willing to tl pay the penalty. My love for Lorenzb was greater than my discretion. That.s Is my only excuse, but it Is one you o1 should not accept," said Mizrox, as be coolly as if announcing the time of day. at Lorry looked first at him and then at Y the princess, bewildered and uncertain. "I have no ill will against you, my tl lord duke. Release him from his bond, your highness.". "Gladly, since you refuse to hold him 'tohis oath" she said. I iam under an eternal obligation to, you, sir, for your leniency, and I shall ever revere the princess who pardons so graciously the gravest error." Yetive begged Bolaroz to continue to! make the court his home while in Grau stark, and the old prince responded st with the declaration that he would re main long enough to sign and approve tl th new covnant at 1eat-Rfefore sten. a' ++ I nrln 3y... + .tl McCUTCHEON led expression as he caught the swift mmunication in their eyes. After all, ie was a princess. jI She passed from the room beside a lalfont, proud and happy in the vic- 1i ry over despair, glorying in the ex- ti osure of her heart to the world, her d: lood tingling and dancing with the d )ys of anticipation. Lorry and An- nr uish, the wonder and admiration of d: 11. were given a short but convincing f. vee in the hallway. Lords and la- gi is praised and lauded them, over- b; belning them wjth the homage that t. mes to the- bra -c. But Gaspon ut- n red one wish that struck Lorry's b arm, leaping heart like a piece of ice. "Would to God that you were a a: rince of the realm," said the minister p: finance, a look of regret and long- 1a ig in his eyes. That wish of Gaspon's hi nt Lorry away with the sharp steel t( f desolation torturing intensely as it e rove deeper and deeper the reawak- w ed pangs of uncertainty. There still a mained the fatal distance between h4 Im and the object of his heart's de- si :e. ie accompanied Captain Quinnox to tI is quarters, where he made himself T resentable before starting for the en- b .anted apartment in the far end of e castle. Love and fear combined to a le him strength; from his eyes fled . ie hopeless look, from his brain the bi ubt, from his blood the chill. of "Quinnox, give me your hand; don't n Lind the blood! You have been my ti tend, and you have served her al- r tost to te death. I injured and si ould have killed you in that cell, but tc was not in anger. Will you be my b lend in all that is to follow?" hi "She has said that she loves you," id the captain, returning the hand rc asp. "I am at your service as well tc hers." a] A few moments later Lorry was in W r presence. What was said or done tiring the half hour that passed be -een his entrance and the moment iat brought them side by side from ie room need not be told. That the :erview had had its serious side was ain. The troubled, anxious eyes of ie girl and the rebellious, dogged air the man told of a conflict now only B abeyance. B "I will never give you up," he said they came from the door. A wist- b1 il gleam flickered In her eyes, but she d not respond in words. Near the head of the stairway an ani ated group of persons lingered. Har Anguish was in the center, and the Duntess Dagmar was directly in front B him, looking up with sparkling eyes hi d parted lips. The Count and Count s Halfont, Gaspon, the Baron Dan- k oss, the Duke of Mizrox, with other 'L dies and gentlemen, were being en- s tained by the gay spirited stranger. b] Here he comes," cried the latter as caught sight of the approaching g uple. .t I am delighted to see you, IHarry. n u were the friend In need, old man," el d Lorry, wringing the other's hand. g, etive gave him her hand, her blue b s overflowing. hi Mr. Anguish had just begun to tell w how ho-how he"- began Dagmar. to t paused helplessly, looking to him ce rrelief. "Go ahead, countess. It isn't very egant, but it's the way I said It. How cc 'got next' to Gabriel Is what she tl ants to say. Perhaps your highness ti ould like to know all about the affair p] at ended so tragically. It's very aickly told," said Anguish. ti I am deeply interested," said the ti incess eagerly. o Well, in the first place, it was all a pl ifi" said he coolly. f A what?" demanded Dagmar. tc "Bluff," responded Harry briefly. o: ~meric.n patois, dear countess." a, In what respect?" asked Lorry, be- tc ning ':o understand. tl In all respects. I didn't have the ti ihtest sign of proof against the fes re prince." -hi "Do I understand you to say that you rf ive no evidence against Gabriel?" O1 ked Halfont, dumfounded. "Not a particle," tl "But you said his confederate had yi nfesse," protested Dangloss. si I didn't know that he had a confed- n ate, and I wasn't sure that he was tr ilty of the crime," boasted Anguish, k aplacently enjoying the stupefaction. u "Then why did you say so?" demand- p: IDangloss, excited beyond measure. "Oh, I just guessed at It!" ci "God save us!" gasped Baron Dan- o; oss, chief of police. el "Guessed at it ?" cried Mizrox. e "That's it. It was a bold stroke, but won. Now, I'll tell you this much: I was morally certain that Gabriel kill- bi Ithe prince. There was no way on h Lrth to prove it, however, and I'll ad- g: it it was intuition or something of q at sort which convinced me. He had lc ied to abduct the princess, and he a: s madly jealous of Lorenz. Al ough he knew there was to be a duel, k was not certain that Lorenz would te se, so he adopted a clever plan to get t< t f two rivals by killing. one and le isting suspicion on the other. These pl c~uctins I made soon after the miur- j r, but, of course, could secure no SI '~arly this morning at the hotel I hi Lade up my mind to denounce him li addenly if I had the chance, risking w i~lure, but hoping for such an exhibi on as that which you saw. It wasp ear to me that he had an accomplice stand guard while he did the stab- e ing, but I did not dIrcam It was Ber wag. Lorry's sensational appear- g ce, when I believed him to be far g way from here, disturbed me greatly, f~ at it made it all the more necessary p t I should take the risk w~th Ga- s riel. As I watched him I became ab- e' )lutely convinced of his guilt. The aly way to accuse him was to do it ldly and thoroughly; so I rang in the h1 comice and the witness features. ou all know how the 'bluff' worked." ni "And you had no more proof than- o its?" asked Dangloss weakly. hi g from the throne Yetive' called in st w tones to Lorry, a pretty ilush muan ag r cheek: "WI'! you come to me 'in half an s: Fo my reward?" he asked eagerly. p A!' she cried softly, reprovingly. ni ount Hlalfont's face took on a trou- T That's all." laughed the''delighted d -ateist. Dangloss sta:red at him for a moment, e a threw up his hands and walged .i :upened admiration or utter-aisoeiuer : one knew. The others covered An uish with compliments, and he was tore th.n ever the hero of the day. uch confidence paralyzed the people. he only one who was not overcome ith astonishment was his country an. "You did it well," he said in an un rtone to Anguish-"devilish well!" "You might at least say I did it to ic queen's taste," growled Anguish eaningly. "Well, then, you did," laughed Lorry. CHAPTER XXVII. oN THE nALCONY AGAIN. HTREE persons in the royal cas tie of Graustark, worn by the dread and anxiety of weeks, fatigued by the sleepless nights ist past, slumbered through the long 7ternoon with the motionless, death ke sleep of the utterly fagged. Ye ve in her darkened bedchamber -eamed with smiling lips of a tall sol er and a throne on which cobwebs ultiplied. Grenfall Lorry saw in his -eams a slim soldier with troubled ce and averted, timid eyes, standing ard over him with a brave, stiff ick and chin painfully uplifted. Cap .in Quinnox dreamed not, for his mind as tranquil in the assurance that he d been forgiven by the princess. While Lorry slept in the room set iart for him Anguish roamed the Lrk with a happy faced, slender young dy into whose ears he poured the story of a certain afrection, from the nder beginning to the distracting id, and she smiled and trembled ith delight, closing not her ears ;ainst the sound of his voice nor her mart to the love that craved admis n. They were not dreaming. After dinner that evening Lorry led e princess out into the moonlit night. e November breezes were soft and LImy and the shadows deep. "Let us leave the park to Dagmar id her hero, to the soldiers and the usicians," said Yetive. "There is a oad portico here, with the tenderest memories. Do you remember a ght like this a month or more ago e moon, the sentinel and some sor ws? I would again stand where we ood on that night and again look up the moon and the solemn sentinel, it not as we saw them then, with artacke and evasion." "The balcony, then, without the old strictions," Lorry agreed. "I want see tat dark 'old monastery again id to tell you how I looked from its fty windows through the chill of ind and the chill of life into the fair t Eden that was ever denied man." .In an hour, then, I will meet you Lere." "I must correct you. In an hour you ill find me there." She left him, retiring with her aunt id the Countess Dagmar. Lorry re ained in the hall with Halfont, Prince laroz, Migrox and Anguish. The nversation ran once more into the er recurring topic of the day, Ga el's' confession. The Prince of awsbergen was confined in the tower ith his confederate, Berrowag. Re rts from Dangloss late in the after on conveyed the intelligence that the -soner had fallen into melancholia. errowag admitted to the police that i had stood guard at the door while abriel entered the prince's room and led him as he slept. He described Le cunning, deliberate effort to turn spicion to the American by leaving ood stains. The other Dawsbergen nobles, with L exception of two who had gone to L capital of their country with the aws of the catastrophe, remained ose to the hotel. One of them con ssed that but little sympathy would felt at home for Gabriel, wh~o was ited by his subjects. Alr-eady there as talk among them of Prince Dan .n, his younger brother, as his sue ~ssor to the throne. The young prince as a favorite with the people. Bolaroz was pleased :with the out ime of the sensational accusation and e consequent removal of complica ons which had In reality been un easant to him.1 One feature of the scene in the roneroom was not discussed, al ough it was uppermost in the minds all. The positive stand taken by the incess and her open avowal of love1 r the dashing American were never be forgotten. The serious wrinkles the brow of Halfont and the far vay expression that came frequently Shis eyes revealed the nature of his I Loughts. The greatest problem of tem all was still to be solved. As they left the room he dropped be id and walked out beside Lorry, I tther timidly detaining him until the bers were some distance ahead. "You were closeted with the princessc us morning, Mr. Lorry, and perhaps1 >u can give me the information I de re. She has called a meeting of the inisters and leading men of the coun y for tomorrow morning. Do you rw why she has Issued this rather1 ausual call? She did not offer any ex anation to me." "I am only at liberty to say, your ex ~llency, that It concerns the welfare 1 Graustrlr," answered the other aft- I a moment's thought They walked 1 i in silence for some distance. "I am her uncle, sir, but I love her as I would love my own child. My life has sen given to her from the day that r mother, my sister, died. You will e'ant me the right to ask you a plain estion. Have you told her that you ye her?" The count's face was drawn 1 ad white. "I have, sir. I loved her before I ew she was a princess. As her pro-t etor it was to you that I would have 41d the story of my unfortunate love ng ago, but my arrest and escape ovented. My love has not been will gly clandestine, and It has been in site of her most righteous objections. Ee have both seen the futility of love, wever strong and pure it may be. I. ive hoped, your excellency, and al ays shall." "She has confessed, her love to you -ivately?" asked Halfont. "Against her will, against her judg ent, sir." "Then the worst has comne to pass," roaned the old count Neither spoke >r some time. They were near the >ot of the staircase when Halfonut tused and grasped Lorry's arm. teadily they looked Into each other's I admire you more than any man have ever known," said the count Iskily. "You are the soul of honor, courage, of manliness. But you can > become the husband' of a princess Graustark: I need notitell you that, >ever. You surely must under- 1 I do understand," said Lorry dis ly. "I am not a prince, as you are I mying over and over again to 'your If. In my land you will find the >r man climbing to the highest pin tle side by side with the rich man. ] be woman I -love Is a princess. Until I ath destroys this power to love and hope I must say to you'that I shall >t consider the Princess 1Yetive be The count heard him tnrougn, U onscious admiration mingling wit the sadness in his eyes. "There are some obstacles that bra' ry and perseverance cannot overcomi ny friend," he said slowly. "One C :hem is fate." "As fate is not governed by law c :ustom, I have the best reason in tb vorld to hope," said Lorry, yet mo istly. "I - *uld indeed, sir, that you wer L princ of the realm!" fervently crie he count, and Lorry was struck by th act that he repeated, word for wor< he wish Gaspon had uttered som iours before. By this time they were joined by th >thers. whereupon Grenfall hurrie eagerly to the balcony, conscious of b ng half an hour early, but glad of th hanco afforded for reflection and sol -de. Voices came up from below, x :hey did on that night five weeks agi )ringing the laughter and song of hal y hearts. Music swelled through th )ark from the bond gallery; from aft ff came the sounds of revelry. Tb -eople of Edelweiss were rejoicin >ver the unexpected deliverance froi L fate so certain that the escape seen -d barely short of miraculous. Every sound, every rustle of the win hrough the plants that were scattere >ver the balcony caused him to loo oward the door through which st nust come to him. At last she appeared, and he hastei d to meet her. As he took her hand n his she said softly, dreamily, lookin >ver his shoulder toward the moui ain's crest, "The same fair moon," an imiled into his eyes. "The same fair maid and the sam nan," he added. "I believe the band J laying the same air-upon my soul "Yes, the same air, 'La Paloma.' It . ny iallaby. Come, let us walk. I cai iot sit quietly now. Talk to me. -IA ne listen and be happy." Slowly they paced the wide balcon: rough the moonlight and the shai )ws, her hand resting on his arm, h lasoing it gently. Lorry talked bt ittle, she not at all, and yet they ur lerstood each other. "Why are you so quiet?" he asked v ast, stopping near the rail. "I cannot tell you why. It seems t ne that I am afraid of you," she ax swered, a shy quaver in her voice. "Afraid of me? I don't understand. "Nor do I. You are not as you wer efore this morning. You are diffe "They are very happy/," said Lorry. int-yes, you make me feel that I ar ;eak and helpless and that you ca: ay to me 'Come' and 'Go' and I mus bey. Isn't it odd that I, who hay ever known submissiveness, should s ~uddenly find myself tyrannized?" sh tsked, smiling faintly. "Shall I tell you why you are afral 'f me?" he asked. "You will say it is because I am fo] ,etting to be a princess." "No; it is because you no longer lood ipon me as you did in other days. Yei erday you were the princess and booll d down upon the impossible suitor; tC Lay you find that you have given youa elf to him and that you do not regara he barrier as insurmountable. You ar fraid of me because I am no longer Iream, but a reality. Amn I not righi fetive?" She looked out over the hazy, moonli "Yesterday I might have disputed al rou say; today I can deny nothing." Ledning' upon the railing, they fel nto a silent study of the parade grouni nd its strollers. Their thoughts wer< ot of the- walkers and chatterers, no f the music, nor of the night. The vere of the day to come. "I shall never forget how you sai< Because I love him,' this morning weetheart," said Lorry, betraying hi 'efections. "You defied the wholl vorld in those four words. They wer< rorth dying for." "How could I help it? You must no orget that you had just leaped int he lion's den defenseless because yo1 oved me. Could I deny you then Intil that moment I had been th rincess adamant. In a second's tim< ou swept away every safeguard, et ry battlement, and I surrendered a uly a woman can. But it really sound shocking. didn't it? So theatrical! "Don't look so distressed about il Lear. You couldn't help it, remen oer," he said approvingly. "Ach, I dread tomorrow's ordeal! he said, -and he felt the arm thi ouched his own tremble. "What wil hey say? What will they do?" "Tomorrow will tell..- It means r.eat deal to both of us. If they wil Lot submit, wvhat then?" "What then, what then?" she mur oured faintly. Across the parade, coming from th Lirection of the fountain, IHarry Ari uish and Dagmnar were slowly walb ag. They were very close togethei .nd his head was bent until It almos ouched hers. As they drew neare he dreamy watchers on the balcon; ecognized thenm. "They are very happy," said Lorry :nowing that she was also watchin, he strollers. "They are so sure of each other; he replied sadly. CHAPTER XXVIII. THE MAID) or GRAUSTAniK. XPECTANCY, concern, th 1dread of uncertainty markeo *' the countenances of Grat stark's ministers and her chie nen as they sat in the council chamf >er on the day following, awaiting th ppearance of their princess, at whos all they were unexpectedly assen >led. All realized an emergency. Not on a that assembly but had heard th -ivid, soulful sentence from the thron< fot one but wished in secret as Gaspo: td Halfont had wished in opel When the princess entered with th >rme minister they narrowly scanne he face so dear to them. After th .. .a rnae them to dra' cnairs aDout xne great table. Seating herself in her accustomed seat, she gazed over the circle of anxious faces and realized, more than at any time in her young life, that she was frail and weak beyond all comparison. How small she was to rule over those strong, rwi4se men of hers. How feeble the hand that held the scepter! "My lords," she said, summoning all her strength of mind and heart, "I am e gratied to find you so ready to respond to the call of your whimsical sovereign. e Yesterday you came with hearts bowed ' down and in deepest woe. Today I as e semble you here that I may ask your advice concerning the events of that e strange day. Bolaroz will do as he has d promised. We are to have the exten sion papers tbis afternoon, and Grau 0 stark may breathe again the strong, - deep breath of hope. You well remem s ber my attitude on yesterday. If on ' yesterday I would not let my kingdom - stand between me and my love, I can e not do so today. I have called you here r to tell you, my lords, that I have prom e ised to become the wife of the man 9 who would have given his life for you n and for me-that I love as a woman, - not as a princess.' The silence of death stole into the d room. Every man's eyes were glued d upon the white face of the princess, I and none could break the spell. Not a e word was uttered for many seconds. Then old Caspar's tense muscles -re L- laxed and his arms dropped limply s from their crossed position on his 9 breast. "My child, my child!" he cried life d lessly. "You cannot do this thing!" "But the people' cried Gaspon, his e eyes gleaming. "You cannot act against 5 the will of the people. Our laws, natu I ral and otherwise, proscribe the very act you have in mind. The American s cannot go upon our throne. No -nan, t- unless he -be of royal blood, can share t it with you. - If you marry him,- the laws of our land-you know them-well , -will prohibit us from recognizing the I- marriage." s "Knowing that, my lords, I have t come to ask you 'to i'evlse our laws. My throne will not be disgraced by the man I would have share it with ne.' t She spoke as calmly as if she were making the most trivial request instead D of asking her ministers to overthrow and undo the laws and customs of ages and of dynasties. - "The law of natur& cainot beiscang 9 ed," muttered Caspar asif tolniselt "In the event that thd cnsfoin canot be changed I shall be compelled to re linquish my right to occupy the throne and to depart from among you. It would break my heart, my lords, to re sort to this monstrous sacrifice, but I love one man first, my crown and my people after him." "You would not leave us-you would not throw aside as despised the crown your ancestors wore for centuries?" cried Gaspon. The others were staring with open mouths and icy hearts. "Yes, as much as it would grieve me, I would do all this," she answered firmly, not daring to look at her uncle. Her heart ached to turn to him with a prayer for forgiveness, but there could be no faltering now. "I ask you, my lords, to acknowledge the marriage of your ruler to Grenfall Lorry. I am to be his wife, but I en treat yoi to grant me happiness with out making me endure the misery that will come to me if I desert my father's thi'one and the people who have wor shiped me and to whom I am bound by a~ tie that cannot be broken. I do not plead so much for the right to rule as I do for the one who may rule after I am gone. 'I want my own to follow me on the throne of. Graustarkw" SThen followed a long, animated dis cussion, growing brighter -and more hopeful as the speakers' willing hearts warmed to the~ proposition- ~Lorry was i a favorite, but he could not be their prince. Hereditary law prohibited. -Many times the princess and- her wise mnen met and overcame obstacles,'huge : 'at first, minjied i theendgall .be-I .cause they loved~ber and she TIovd .them. The departure from traditten .ary custom, as suggested by the pmi .cess, coupled with the threat to abdi cate, was the weightiest yet the most delicate question that had ever come before the chief men of Graustark. For the first time in the history of the country a woman was sovereign; for the first time there had been no direct male heir to the throne. With the death of old Prince Ganlook-the mas culine side of the illustrious family ended. No matter whom his daughter took for a husband, the line was bro ken. Why not the bold, progressive, rich American? argued some. Count Caspar held out until all were against him, giving way finally in a burst of oratory which ended in tears and sobs and which made the sense of the gath ering unanimous. The Princess Yetive won the day, so far as her own position was concerned, but there was Lorry to be considered "Mr. Lorry knowvs that I called you together in consultation, but he does not know that I would have given up my crown for him. I dared not tefl him that. lie knows only that I was to ask your advice on the question of marriage, and that alone. I fear he will object to the plan we have agreed upon," she went on. "He Is sensit;ive, ;and It Is possible he will not like the idea of putting our marriage to the popular vote of the people." "I insist, however, that the people be considered in the matter," said Gaspon. "In three months' time the whole na tion can say whether It sanctions the revision of our laws of heredity." "I have no hesitancy in saying that Graustark already Idolizes this brave American," said Halfont warmly. "He has won her affection. I will vouch for It that the whole nation will rise and cry: 'Long live the princess! Long live the princess! Long live the prince consort!'" .. . * * * * "Goin' back, I see," said Sitzky, the Sguard, some months later, addressing a very busy young man who was hur Srying down the platform of the Edel weiss railway station toward the spe cial train which was puffing impatient "~Hello, Sitzky! Is it you? I'm glad to see you again. Yes, we are going back to the land of the stars and stripes." The speaker was Mr. An guish. "You'll have fine company 's fer as SVienna too. D' you ever see such a Scelebration's dey're havin' here today? You'd t'ink de whole world was inter ested in de little visit her royal high -ness is goin' to pay to Vienna. Dum Smed if de whole city, soldiers an' all, Sain't down here to see 'er off. -Look at - de crowd! By glory, I don't b'lieve we c'n pull de train out of de station, S'Quainted wid any of de royal crowd?" "Slightly," answered Anguish, smil ing. He was watching a trim figure In 'a tailor made goin as It approached, 1drawing apart from the throng. It was Mrs. Harry Van Brugh Anguish. "Say, you must cut some ice wid Sdese people. But dat's jest like an American, dough," the little guard I wen on De mrnsse mnaried an American, an' dey say le's goin' to pi de crown away where de moths won git at It an' take her over to live i Washington fer six months. Is it sure t'ing?" "That's right, Sitzky. She's goin back with us, and then we'ie comin back with her." "Why don't he keep 'er over der when he gits her dere? What's de us -what's de use?" "Well, she's still the Princess c Graustark, you know, Sitzky. Sh can't live always in America." "Got to be here to hold her job, eh?' "Inelegant, but correct. Now, loo sharp! Where do we find our-ah! His wife was with him, and he forgc Sitzky. The guard turned to watch the pr< cession-a file of soldiers, a cavair trooD. carrIages..and then the carriiv Mary HZintb A -brfriag4 r OPINIONS( 4. r esistez r-h Ve .1v ,-~ Ay meet-un erthe stas a thusati cagy prqjsed by tlfe'.t ited:States. *Th o TO BBGIN I] -I MARY HART WE ELAZs Te geyiewer 3 l agree that novels ever writidK. It'id11 I OUR NEXT S t high mindedne88, 4an a rvereact understanding.-NEW '3iORE Jote Royal dignity and noblity or miakingthe liiro agenuinely level: This thrilling and begin next week. Do ing chapters in orde: the story. If you are Snbs cri1 witn spirited horses and gay accouter ments. It stopped with a jangle, and a man and woman descended. "The princess!" cried Sitzky. "Long live -the princess!" cried the crowd. "God save our Yetive!" I M Sitzky started as if shot, staring at the tall man who approached withi the smiling sovereign of Graustark. "Well," e he gasped, "what d' you t'ink o' dat?' The train that was to carry them out of the east into the west puffed and e snorted, the bell clanged, the people cheered, and they were off. Hours lat er, as the car whirled through the Hun garian plain, Yetive, looking from her window, said in that exquisite English t which was her very own: "Ah, the world, the dear world! I am so sorry for queens"' TRE END. el Cathertucod e baed .upon the mystery sur upinp. of Louis XVI and next serl, story. F THE PRESS CW.ao Triboue lo WhdJ~r iiaituo I leinteratin9htbarthose of th e akee Evening Wiscensin LwAaepisastory which willeawan ov daintil-y enfl roz t Terre Haute tzpress e Lazarre, ugh concersing itsel D. VFt the fortun ia 16st prfae and 2 ' the loves of a lady c is Ameri, I cag-Annericaannsub ceandAer can inspirit. leadg newspapers thro t ur. col'nfor the fist chap Seril Story A FEW DAYS DO a iioo Io o 4 thi i oe f hebet isorca be 4't. 4;esstie3hruhu tebo t. i neoe et istory wil nte y fail toet theri open to keep the thread of not taking The Times, eTodayV