Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27

had much instruction in wisdom to-
4 day"
Il hope we shall see you often,' she
said.
Daily as a hostage" he replied,
slancing toward the countess
y THAT means until the other man is
captured" said the young lady sauciIy.
As he left the castle he gazed at the
distant building in the sky and won
dered how 1t had ever been approached
in carriage. She had 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 new excitement Prince Bola-
roz Of AXphain, mad with grief and
rage, came laundering into the city
with his court at his heels. His wrath
had been increased until it 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
it lay III the sarcophagus of the royal
palace, where it had been borne at the
command OF the Princess Yetive, he de-
4 manded audience with his sons be-
trothed, and 1t was with fear that she
prepared for the trying ordeal an in
terview with the grief crazcd old man.
The castle Was in Il furore. Its halls
soon thrOnged with diplomatists and
there was an ugly sense of trouble in
the air, suggestive of the explosion
which follows the igniting of a powder
magazine.
/ The slim, pale faced princess met the
burlY old ruler in the grand council
chamber. He and his mobiles had been
kept waiting but short time. Within
a very few minutes after they had been
conducted to the chamber by Count
Halfont and other dignitaries the fair
ruler came into the room and advanced
between the bowling lines of courtiers
to the spot where sat the man who held
Graustark in his grasp.
/ Bolaroz arose as she drew near, his
gaunt face black and unfriendly. She
extended her hand graciously, and he,
prince for all his wrath. touched his
/ trembling lips to its white, smooth
back.
81 come in grief and sadness to your
court, most glorious Yetive. My bur
/ den of sorrow is greater than l can
bear" he said hoarsely
would that could give you conso-
lation,'' she said, sitting in the chair
reserved for her use at council gather
ings. ALAS, it grieves me that can
offer nothing more than words" Tru-
" she pitied 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. Ietive related all that had hap
4 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
4 was working himself back into the vio-
lent rage that had been temporarily
subdued, and at last broke out in q
/ vicious denllnciation of the careless
ness that had allowed the man to es-
/ cape. He first insisted that Dangloss
and his incompetent assistants be
thrown into prison FOR life or executed
for criminal negligence; then he de-
manded the life Of Harry Anguish as
/ an alder and abettor in the flight Of
! the murderer. In both cases the prin-
cess firmly refused to take the action
demanded. Then she acquainted him
with her intention to detain Anguish
as hostage and to have his every ac-
| ton watched in the hope that clew to
the whereabouts of the fugitive might
be discovered, providing, of course,
| that the friend knew anything at all
about the matter. The Duke Of NIiz-
rox and others loudly Joined in the cry
for Anguish's arrest, but she bravely
held out against them and in the end
CURLY fnforme6 them that the Ameri-
can, whom she believed to be innocent
of all complanty in the escape, should
be subjected to no ihdignity other than
detention in the city under guard, as
she had ordered.
II Insist that this man be cast into
4 IAiSoAi a. oiiSGy SHdIiCu lile W llGe lip
/ ped Bolaroz.
you are not at liberty to command
in Graustark, Prince Bolaroz," she said
slowly and distinctly. II am ruler
here"
Bolaroz gasped and was speechless
! for some seconds.
you shall not be ruler long, madam
he said inadvertently, significantly.
But / am ruler now, and, as such,
ask your highness to withdraw from
my castle. l did not know that was
to submit TO these threats and insults
4 or should not have been kind enough
to grant you an audience, prince though
you are. When I came to this room, it
was to give you my deepest sympathy
and to receive yours. not to be insuIted
You have lost a son, | my betrothed
4 1t Ill becomes you, Prince Bolaroz, to
vent your vindictiveness upon ME. My
men are doing all i'll their power to
capture the man who has SO unfortu-
nateiy escaped from our clutches, and
shall not allow you or any one else to
dictate the manner in which we are to
proceed" She uttered these words
cuttingly and at their conclusion arose