Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-07-27

BY OBTAINING you forcibly We gain a
point. for you are needed here. There
is no other way in which you can eX
plain a continued presence in Grau-
stark. Is not my plan a good one?
ut is beyond comparison" he said
rising and bowling low. 80 shrewd Is
this plan that you make me hostage
forever. shall not escape it, memoir
II live to be thousand"
At parting she said seriously:
"A great deal depends on year dis
cretion. Mr.. Anguish. Ny guards will
watch your every action, for they are
not in the secret-excepting QuinnoX-
md any attempt on your pant TO com
nunicate with Grenfall LoTry will be
fatal"
Trust me, your highness. l have
had much instruction in wisdom to-
day"
81 hope we shall see you otter" she
said.
| "Daily-as a hostage" he replied,
glancing toward the countess.
THAT means until the othe: man "
oon,ursd F." eoid tho voung laGy s,uciIv
As he left the castle he gazed at the
distant building in the sky and Won
dared how n had ever heen apnroacbed
in carriage. She Lad not told him
that Abode drove for miles over wind
ing roads that led TO the monastery up
a gentler slope from the rear.
The next afternoon Edelweiss thrilled
with a new excitement. Prince Bola.
Iroz of Axphaln. mad wan grief and
rage. came laundering into the city
with his court at his heels. His wrath
had been increased until II resembled a
tornado when he read the reward pla
card in the uplands. Not until then did
he know that the murderer had es-
capped and that vengeance might be de-
MED him.
After viewing the body Of Lorenz as
1t lay In the sarcOphngus OF the royal
palace. where II had been borne at the
command OF the Princess fetive' he de-
manded audience with his sons be-
uo'"eu' anu u was WIZ" rear '""' S'''
prepared ioI Tue TYNE orue'i, an 'n-
.vIN'e" m''n ''e s''e, v'aHe" U,u ,''"n,
he caS''e "uS ~ tu'uie' ,'o mans
SUI" '"''''e'" VIZ" u'p'o,'",'o'1 nv
''e'e was Il" "e's VI ''o"p'e ~
VIC ar, n"bsea,'Ne VI " eNpoo' , w
""''" io''o"" '"e 'e''''''e Vi " p'""''
""s"@'"e
The slim, pale faced princess met the
burly Old ruler In the grand council
chamber. lie ana ms hoDleS hau peeh
kept waiting but snort time. Wl'hih
very Few minutes AFTER theg had Deeh
conducted 10 the chahloer py COUNT
Halfont ana other dlshitaries the iair
ruler came INTO 'he room anu advanced
between the bowins lines OF courtlers
10 the spot "here sat the man VINO
held Graustark IN MS grasp
, Bolarox arose as she drew near. his
gaunt face black and unfriendly. She
extended her hand graciously, and he
q prince for all his wrath, touched his
trembling lips to its white, smooth
back.
I 81 come in grief and sadness TO your
court most glorious Yetiye. NV bur-
den of sorrow is greater than | can
hear" he said hoarseIy.
would that I could give Won conso-
lation." she said. sitting in the chair
reserved for her use AT council gather
inps ALIAS. Il grieyes me that | can
offer nothing more than words" Truly
she pitled him in his bereavement.
Bolaroz said that he had heard OF
the murderer's escape and asked what
effort was being made to recapture
him. Yetiye related all that had hap-
pened, expressing humiliation over the
fact that her officers had been unable
TO accomplish ANYTHING, adding that
she did not believe the fugitive could
get away from Graustark safely with
out her knowledge. The old prince
was working himself back into the vlo-
lent rage that had been temporarily
subdued. and at last broke out in a
vicious denunciation OF the careless
ness that had allowed the man to es.