Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-10-13
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I.-Grenfall I.orry wealthy
American globe trotter, stumbles into ac-
q Qnaintance with a charming foreign girl
! on the train from Denver to Washington.
The pair ARE left behind when the tlier
stops for repairs in West Virginia.
y CHAPTER II.-I.orry wires ahead to hold
the train. He and the unknown girl ride
twenty miles at tearing pace in a noun
tain coach. There is no lovemakng, but a
near approach to 1t MS the rolling stage
(. tumbles the passengers about.
CHATTER III.-Lorry dimes with the
foreign party, consisting of Miss Guggen-
slocker, Uncle Casper and Aunt Yvonne.
They are natives OF Graustark, Il country
Lory had never heard of before.
CHAPTER IY.-Lorry shows the foreign
ers the sights of Washington. They leave
for New York to sail on the Kaiser Will
helm. Miss GIggenslocker naively calls
Lorry her ideal American" and invites
him to come and see her at Edelweiss.
CHAPTER 'V.--Wildly infatuated, Lorry
hurrdes to New York. The name Guggen-
slocker is not on the steamer list. He sees
the steamer off. Miss c. waves him kiss
from the deck.
CHAPTER VI.-Lorry Joins his old
friend, Harry Anguish an American artist,
In Paris. Graustark and its capital EdeI-
weiss, are located by guidebook. The,
Americans get no trace of the Guggen-
sloekers there.
CHAPTER VII-Lorry sees his charmer
driving In carriage with a beautiful COM
panion of her own SEX He gets glance
(! of recognition, but the carriage rolls on.
leaving his mystery unsolved. Later he
receives q note at his hotel signed Sophia
Guggenslocker, inviting him to visit her
next day.
CHAPTER VIlI-In the evening LorIy
and Anguish ramble about the grounds of
the Castle where dwells the court of the
Princess of Graustark They overhear a
( plot to abdlct the princess and resolve to
capture the plotters red handed
CHAPTER lN.-Folowing the conspira-
/, tors, Lorry finds himself in room he
heard them designate as that of the Drin-
cess.
CHAPTER N.-Lorry tells the princess
of the plot. Mutual recognition; she is
Miss Gnggensloeker. Dannox, the guard,
is in the abduction plot. He fells Lorry
with terrible blow. Anguish to the res
cue
CHAPTER NI.-Lorry quartered in the
castle. The princess visits him, but for
bids all talk of love.
CHAPTER Xli--Graustark is bankrupt
and owes the neighboring princeton of
AxphaIn $50, 100000. The creditor demands
caRh or the cession Of the richest districts
of Graustark.
CHAPTER NIII-Thc Prince of Axphain
offers to extend the loan if the princess
will marry his son Lorenz. Prince Gabriel
Of Dawsbergen also bids for the pricess'
u
Lcrry that she belongs to her people and
will marry I4orenz.
CHAPTER XIy.-Lorry discovered kiss
ing the princess while she is seated on the
hrone. lie quits the castle by royal com
nand. :
50 cHAPTER xv.-Betrothal of the prin-
cess to Ldrenz. The Americans recognize
Gabriel ~ chief consprator in the abduc-
tiou plot.
Il CHAPTER HYI-I.orenz toasts the prin-
cess lightly in a cafe. Lorry dashes the
glass from his hand. Challenge to duel
Lorenz assassinated Lorry charged with
the crime.
CHAPTER NvII-princess Yetive com
mits Lorry to prison. All Graustark re-
joices at the death of Lorenz.
& CHAPTER xvii (Continued.)
The prisoner paced the floor Of his
cell. his mind a tumble of conflicting
emotions. His clinched hands, witch
Ing lips and half closed eyes betrayed
the battle that was infiicting him with
its carnage. Suddenly he darted to the
door, crying:
Then | refuse to obey! Tell her that
If she permits me to leave this hole /
shall be at her feet before another
night has passed. Say TO her that re-
+ i
seen her and talked with her. You,
Quinnox, go to her now and tell her
this, and say to her also that there is
something she must hear from my own
lips. Then l will leave Graustark, and
not till then. even though death be the
alternative" The two men stared at
him in amazement and CONSERVATION
you will not escape?" gasped Quin-
noy
Il will not be dragged away without
seeing her" he answered resolutely,
throwing himself on the bed
COMPOUNDED young assr' growled
Dangloss. The soldiers teeth grated. A
moment later the slab. door closed soft
~, a key ratified and his visitors We're
ne-messengers bearing to him the
most positive proof of devotion that
man could exact
He looked at his hands and saw the
black stains from the charred letter.
last evidence of the crime against the
state. A tender light came TO his eyes,
a great lump struggled to his throat,
and5he kissed the sooty spots, murmur-
Ing her name again and again. How
lonely he was. How cold and cheer
less his cage! For the first time he
began to appreciate the real serious
ness of his position. Up to this time
he had regarded it optimistically. con-
fident Of vindcation and acquittal
he grew cold and shuddered instinc-
lively as he realized that his position
was so critical that the princess had
deemed it necessary to resort to strate-
sic measures in order to save him from
4 impending doom. Starting to his feet,
ne paced the floor, nervousness turning
to dread dread to terror. He pounded
OIL the door and cried aloud Oh, II he
coald but bring back those kindly mes
scngers!
Exhausted. torn by conflicting emo
tons. be ~ last dropped to the bed
and buried his face in his arms, nearly
MAD wifi the sudden solitude of de-
sp;ii,. lie recalled her dear letter, the
tenGer, helping hand that had been
stretched out to lift him from the
depths into which he was sinking She