The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-05-26

49, 49, 49,
sition 10 risk your life 10 ave in
whom you had but passing interest
even though she were a poor princess!
No. nv American. this castle is yours
in all rejoicing. for had you not come
within its doors today would have
found il in m~ournful terror. Besides
Mr.. Anguish has said be VIII stay 8
year II we insist
That's Ike Harry" laughed Lorry.
But I am afraid you are clarifying
two rattle Drained chaps who should
be in q home for imbeciles instead OF
in the castle their audacity might have
blighted. Cur rashness was only sur
passed by our phenomenal good luck
By chance il turned out well. There
were ten thousand chances Of ignomin-
ious failure. Had We failed would we
have zeel guests OF honort No. We
would have been stoned from Grau-
stark. ygg don't know how thin the
thread was that held your fate. II
makes me shudder TO think Of the crime
our act might have been. All. had ]
but known YOU were the princess. nc
chances She3ld have been taken" he
said f~ervenlIy.
And q olnauce spoiled" she laugh
ID.
SO you are q princess real prin
cess" he went on, as if he had not
beard her. 4 knew it Something
told me you were not an ordinary wo
man
oh. lut ! am a very ordinary wo
man. she demonstrated. You do not
know how easy il is 10 be a princess
and u mere woman at the same time.
/ have a heart. a head; | breathe and
eat and drink and sleep and love. Is il
not that way with other wOmenf"
You breathe and eat and drink and
sleep and low in a different world
though, your hignness
"Ach. my little maid, Therese. sleeps
as sourdly. eats as heartily and loves
as warmly as l, so a dg for your judg
ment."
You may breathe the same air, but
would you love the same man that
your maid might lover"
is a man the only xcu for lover
she asked. If so. then | must say that
breathe and eat and drink and sleep
and that is all"
Pardon me. but some day you will
J find that love is a man. and"-here be
laughed-"you will neither breathe MOI
eat nor sleep except with him in your
heart. Even a princess is not proof
against a man"
as a man proof against a princessF p
she asked as she leaned against the
easement
1T depends on the"-he p~aused-'tht
princess, / should say"
Alas, There is n more fresh r.
sponsibility acquired. 1t seems to IL,
that everything depends on the prin
cess she said merrily.
Not entirely" be said quickly -
great deal-a very great deal-dependJ
on circumstances. For instance. whei
you were Miss Guggenslocker 1
wouldn't have been necessary for thI
man to be a prince, you know"
But | was Miss Guggenslocker be
cause a man was unnecessary" sh,
said. so gravely that he smiled. Il wa
without a title because il was NOR
womanly than to be a freak as
should have been had every man, WON
an and child looked upon me as a prin
cess. / did not travel through you
ard for the purpose Of exhibiting my
,elf, but 10 learn and unlearn."
Il remember ii cost you a certain
,oIn to learn II thing" he observed.
1T was money well spent, as subse
guent events have proved. l shall
never regret the spending Of that hall
gavvo. Was 1t not the mean Of bring
ng you TO EdelweissT"
We'll, il was largely responsible, but
[ am inclined TO believe that a certain
1esire on my part would have found 9
way without the assistance Of the coin
Sou don't know how persistent al
American can be-"
Would you have persisted had yoU
inown | was a princess? ?" she asked.
We'll, l can hardly tell about that
but you must remember ! didn't know
who or what you were"
Would you have come TO GraustarL
tad you known l was its princessT'
I'm admit | came because you wer,
Miss GuggenslOcker."
"A mere woman"
II will not consent TO the wore
mere What would you think of
man who came half way across ths
earth for the sake of a mere woman
Il should say he had a great deal o
curiosity" she responded coolly.
And not much sense. There is Blu
one woman a man would do so mucl
fer. and she could not be a mere WON
an in his eyes" Lorry's face wal
white and his eyes cleaned as b,
hurled this bold conclusion at her.
Especially when be learns that sh'
is a ~princessf' said she. her voice S,
cold and repellent that his eyes closet
ln%voluntarily, as If an unexpected hor
ror had come before them. You mus
not tell me that you came to see me-"
But | did come to see you. and no
her royal highness the Princess Yetiv,
Of Graustark. How was | to known
he cried impulsively.