Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-07-29
|GRAUSTARK
-. By.
. GEORGE BARR M'CUICHEON
Copyright, 1901, BY Herbert S. StoW
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP
TIERS.

CHAPTER I.-Grenfall Lorry,
wealthy American globe trotter, STUN
bles into acquaintance with a charm
Ing foreign girl on the train from Dem
yer to Washington. The pair are left
behind when the flier stops for repairs
in West Virginia. II-Lorry wires
ahead to hold TIE train. He and the
unknown girl ride four miles at tear.
ing pace In a mountain coach. There
is no lovemaking, but a near approach
to II as the rolling stage tumbles tho
passengers about. IlI.--Lorry dimes
with the foreign party. consisting Of
Miss Guggenslocker. Uncle Caspar and
Aunt Yyonne. They. are natives OF
Graustark, a country Lorry had never
heard Of before. IV.-Lorry shows the
foreigners the sights OF Washington.
They leave for New York to sail on the
Kaiser wilhelm. Miss Guggenslocker
naively calls Lorry her ideal Ameri-
can" and invites him TO come and see
her at Edelweiss. V.-Wildly infat-
uated. Lorry hurries to New York.
The name Guggenslocker is not on the
steamer list. He sees the steamer of.
Miss G. waves him a kiss from the
deck.--VI.-Lorry joins his old friend,
Harry Anguish, an American artist, in
Paris. Graustark and Its capital Edel-
weiss, are located by guldebook. Tho
Americans get no trace OF the Gug-
genslockers there. VII.-Lorry sees
his charmer driving In a carriage with
a beautiful companion Of her own sex.
He gets a glance Of recognition, but
the carriage rolls on, leaving the mys-
terry unsolved. Later he receives q
note at his hotel signed Sophia Gug-
eenslocker. inviting him to visit her
next day. Vlll.-ln the evening Lorry
and Anguish ramble about the grounds
OF the castle where dwells the court OF
the Princess of Graustark. They over
hear "lot to abduct the princess and
resolve to capture the plotters red
handed. IX.-Folowing the conspir-
ators, Lorry finds himself In a room he
heard them designate as that Of the
OF the plot. Mutual recognition; she Is
Miss Guggenslocker Dannox, the
guard. Is in the abduction plot. He
fells Lorry with terrible blow. An
gulsh to the rescue. XI.-Lorry quar-
tered in the castle. The princess WIS.,
its him, but forbids all talk of love.
XII.-Graustark is bankrupt and owes
the nelghboring princedom of AXphain
$50. 900, 900. The creditor demands cash
or the cession Of the richest districts Of
Graustark. XIII.-The Prince of AK
phain offers TO extend the loan II the
princess will marry his son Lorenz.
Prince Gabriel OF Dawsbergen also bids
for the princess hand with offer OF
loan. Yetiye tells l.orry that she bs-
longs to her people and will marry
Lorenz. XIV.-Lorry discovered kiss
ing the princess while she is seated
on the throne. He quits the castle by
royal command. XV.-Betrothal Of
the princess to LorenZ. The Ameri-
cans recognize Gabriel as chief con-
spirator in the abduction plot. XVI
LorenZ toasts the princess lightly In
cafe. Lorry dashes the glass from his
hand. Challenge TO duel. Lorenz
assassinated. Lorry charged with the
crime. XVll.-Princess Yetiye com
mits Lorry to prison, All Graustark
rejoices at the death of LoreRz. XVIII
and XlX.-The princess helps Lorry to
escape. Disguised as a soldier. she
conducts him to a monastery. M
Axphain offers Graustark grace on the
loan II Lorry Is executed before Nov.
20. Yetive offers reward for the cap
ture OF LOrry.
II was an eloquent appeal, and II
struck home. Lorry wayered, but his
resolution would not weaken. He ar.
gued first with Quinnox, then with
himself, finally returning to the reck-
less determination to brave all and
save her from herself. The soldier
begged him to listen to reason, i'm
plored him to reconsider, at last turn
ing in anger upon the stubborn Amer
lean with a torrent of maledictions.
Lorry heard him through and quietly,
unswervingly, announced that he was
ready to leave the monastery at any
time his guide cared to depart. Quin-
nox gave up in despair at this, gazing
hopelessly at the man he had sworn to
protect, who insisted on placing his
head in the lions jaw. He sat down
at the window and murmured defect
eddy:
What will she say to me-what will
she say to me?"
81 shall exonerate you, captain. She
can have no fault to find with your ac-
ton after | have told her how loyal
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