The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-07-25

wreck that Is sure 10 come" she said
drawing back.
You know. countess. of the life saw.
Ing crews who draw from the wrecks
OF ships lives that were hopelesslv los,
There Is 10 be a wreck here. Is thera
10 De life saverf When the night a.
oarAest' the sen widest. when hope Is
gone Is not that the time when rescue
Is most precious: Tell me. Won who
Know all there is of this approaching
DISASTER
cannot command you 10 leave
Edelwelss | can only tell You thnt
you VIII have something 10 answer for
IL you stay. said the countess.
VIII you help me IL show 10 vou
that | can reach the wreck ana save
the one who clings To IL despairinrlv >,
ne nsRed' smiling. suddenly calm and
confident.
Willingly, for love the one who Is
going down In the sea. have snoken
10 you seriously, though. and trust
you VIII not misunderstood me- like
you. and like Mr.. Anguish. Yon could
stay here forever SO far as | am con.
cerned."
lie Thought long and intently over
what she had said as he smoked his 81.
gar on the great balcony that night
ie saw n one moment the vast chasm
between the nun aud the princess: in
the next he laughed al the pun, space.
Down on the promenade he could see
the figures Of men and women stroll.
Ing n the moonlight. To his ears came
the occasional laugh OF a man. the sill
very gurglc OF woman. The roval |
military band was playing In the stand i
near the edge of the great circle There /
We're gayety, comfort. charm and sccu-
rity about everything that came TO his 4
eyes and ears. Where was She? He
had seen her IN the afternoon and had
talked with her, had walked with her.
Their conversation had been bright, but
of the commonplace kind She had
said nothing 10 indicate that she re-
membered the hour spent beside his
couch day or so before; he had ut
tered none of the words that struggled
TO rush from his lips-the questions. the
pleadlngs the vows. Where was she
nowF Not In that gay crowd below,
Tor he had scanned every figure with
the hawks eye; closeted again. no
doubt with her ministers, wearying
her tired brain, her brave heart into
fatigue without rest.
Her court still trembled with the ex-
element OF the daring attempt OF the
abductors and their swift punishment
Functionaries flocked TO Edelweiss TO
inquire after the welfare OF the prin-
cess, and indignation was at the high
est pitch. There were theories innu-
merable as 10 the identity OF the arch
Baron Dangloss was at
sen completely. He cursed himself
ana everybody else for the hasty and
VI timed execution of the hirelingg. Ii
was quite evident that the buzzing
wonder and intense feeling OF the peo-
pie had for the moment driven out all
thought OF the coming day OF judg-
nent and its bitter atonement for all
iraustark. Today the castle was full
II the nobility, drawn TO its walls by
he news that had startled them be-
'ond all expression. The police were
L work. the military trcmbled with
age, the people clamored for the ap-
rehension of the man who had been /
he instigator OF this nudaclty. The II
eneral belief was that some brigand II
hief from the south had planned the L
reat theft for the purpose OF securing
fabulous ransom. Grenfal Lorry .
ad an astonishing theory in his mind.
nd the more he thought IL over the "a
lore firmly IL was imbedded. cd
The warm, blue coils from the cigar pc
afted away into the night. carrying MI
18th them myriad Of tangled thoughts Ill
or her, or AXphain. of the abductor. CIV
himself, OF everything. light step
J the stone floor of the shadowy bal or
my attracted his attention He turn
his head and saw the Princess Ye- n'
We She was walking slowly toward see
e balnstrade, not aware Of his pres an
ice There was no covering for the
irk hair. no wrap about the white he
oulders. she wore an exquisite gown
white, shimmerng with the refec- me
ms from the moon that scaled the TN
)unialn top. She stood az the baus. i
idc her hands clasping n bouquet OF
j roses. her chin lifted, her eyes gaz- gal
( toward the mountains crest. Tie his
'ttlest picture he had ever seen. The lll'
ange dizziness Of love oycrpowcred :
y. How long he rcyclcd I'm the glory !
the picture he knew not. for il was ing
II he looked from dream At last :"
saw her look down upon the roses. san
them slowly and drop them over cd
rail, They fell 10 the ground be- aga
y He thought he understood the love
of prince despised. a m
hey were not twenty feet apart He He
inneed 10 her side his hat IN one not
nj, his stick-the one that felled the you
nnese trembling IN the other he
did not know you were here" she eve
laimed In half frightened amaze life.
NJ. Il left my ladies inside" God
e was standing beside her, looking me
IN into the eyes. Il