The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-07-14


must be exceedingly cautious if 20
would save him. My father would pun
ish me severely if he knew that I ha
sought You in this way | was oblige
to come in disguise This dress belong
to my most trusted maid. I"
"And you came for my sake?" blurte
out the Englishman, much embarrassed
81 am not worthy of such high honor.
She smiled, and tears rose in he
eyes.
"Oh, prince, don't speak to me SO
You are far above me. am weak.
, know nothing. I never cared for othe
men than the king and my brothers til
I saw you today, but now would will
ingly be your slave. !"
~ am yours forever and humble
one," bowed the courteous EngIishman
1.-THE moment saw you at the throne
of your father my heart went out tt
you. You wound it up in your music
and trampled it under your dancing
feet. I have been over the whole world,
and you are the loveliest creature in it.
It is because I saw you, because you are
here, that do not want to leave you,
country. They may do as they will with
me II they only will let me see you now
and them
The princess was deeply moved. The
blood rushed to her face and beautified
it. Her eyes fell beneath his admiring
glance. Thorndyke could not restrain
himself. He caught her slender hand
and pressed it passionately to his lips,
and she made only slight effort to pre-
vent it.
II am your obedient slave. What
shall do?' he asked.
do Lot try to rescue him now," she
said softly. II shall come to you again
when, we are not watched. You can
know me by this dress There is no
need for great haste. He could live in
the Barrens several days. shall try to
think of some way to save him, though
such thing has never been done
never"
Footsteps were heard on the other
side of the row Of ferns. A man was
passing, and Others soon followed him.
The bathers were leaving the great pool.
II must leave you now," she whis-
pered. eff the king honors you again
by talking of his kingdom, continue to
act as you did. Your fearlessness and
good humor have pleased him greatly
Gould / not persuade him to bring
Johnston back?''
No; that would be impossible Those
who are pronounced physically unfit are
obliged to die. 1t has been law for q
long time. You must not corut Oh that.
l have, however, another plan, but I
cannot tell you of it now, for they may
miss me and wonder where / am, and
then, too, my father may be locking for
you. He will naturally desire to see you
soon again,
Hcc0.Ig, she turned away and passed
On toward the apartments of the king, |
which the Englishman now recognized |
in the distance. Thorndyke went into |
the bathing room to watch those re,
manning in the great pool of rose color
ed water. The sight was beautiful The
waves which Tapped against the shelv-
ing shores of white marble We're pink |
and white, and the deeper water was
az red as coral.
The Englishman was at once troubled |
over the fate Of Johnston and elated |
over having won Bernardino's regard.
he strolled away from the
bathers into a great picture gallery. |
Here hung on the walls and stood Oh |
pedestals some of the rarest works Of |
art he had ever seen. He passed through |
this room and was entering shady re-
treat where plants, flowers and um
brageous trees grew thickly, when he
heard step behind him and the rus
ting of silken skirt against the plants |
It was Bernardimo.
"We can be unobserved here" she
said, taking off her thick veil and ar
ranging her luxuriant hail. II hasten
back. The king thinks, so my maid tells
me, that am asleep in my chamber.
He is busy with an audience of police
from neighboring town and will not
think of us.
She sat down on sofa upholstered in
leather, and he took seat beside her.
II am glad that we can talk alone" he
said, "for / have much to ask you.
First, tell me where we are-where
this strange country is ON the map Of
the world
1T is long story" she replied,
and it would greatly incense the king
If he should find out that had told
you, for one of his chief pleasures is to
note the surprise and admiration of
newcomers over what they see here, but
if you will promise to crafty his vanity
in this particular will try to explain
it all.
i promise, and you can depend on
my not getting you into trouble re-
piled Thorndyke. II never was so puz-
zled in my life with that sullen sky
overhead, the wonderful, changing sun
light and the remarkable atmosphere.
! am both bewildered and entranced.
Every moment see something new and
Where are we?"
Far beneath the ocean and the SUR
face of the earth. / only know what the
king has let fall in my hearing in his
conferences with his men OF science ana
inventors, but shall try to make you
understand how it all came about.
1t was long time ago, 900 years
back, l suppose, that one Of my ances-
tors discovered a little isolated island in
the Atlantic ocean He yyas fcve,eJ y, a