The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1903-07-22

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Yes, for your presence outside that
wall may make the Imprisonment all
the more uncomfortable for the one your
love cannot reach. Do you understand
meT
"Has the one behind the wall In
structed you to say this to meT' he
asked miserably.
heart, but am woman and have a
woman's foresight. II you wish to be
kind and good to her, 60"
81 cannotv' he exclaimed. his pent
feelings bursting forth. 81 cannot eor'
You will not be so selfish and so
cruel as TO iEcrease the horror of the
wreck that IL sure to come" she said.
drawing back.
you know, countess, Of the life saw
ing crews who draw from the wrecks
Of ships lives that were hopeessly lost.
There is to be wreck here. Is there
to be a life saver? When the night is
| darkest, the sea widest, when hope is
gone is not that the time when rescue
is most precious? Tell me, you who
know all there is Of this approaching
disaster"
81 cannot command you to leave
.Edelweiss. | can only tell you that
you will have something to answer for
If you stay" said the countess.
will you help me IL show to you
that | can reach the wreck and save
the one who clings TO it despairinglyT'
he asked. smiling, suddenly calm and
confident.
Willingly, for love the one who is
going down in the sea. | have spoken
| to you seriously, though. and | trust
| you will not misunderstood me. like
you and like Mr.. Anguish. You could
stay here forever so far as | am con-
cerned."
He thought long and intenly over
what she had said as he smoked his CT
gar on the great balcony that night
He saw in one moment the vast chasm
between the man and the princess: in
the next he laughed at the puny space.
Down on the promenade he could see
the figures of men and women stroll
Ing in the moonlight. To his ears came
the occasional laugh Of a man, the sill
very gurgle of woman. The royal
military band was playing in the stand
near the edge OF the great circle. There
were gayery, comfort, charm and secu-
rity about everything that came to his
| 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 TO indicate that she re-
membered the hour spent beside his
| couch a day or so before; he had ut
tered none of the words that struggled
to rush from his lips-the questions the
pleadings. the vows. Where was she
now? Not in that gay crowd below,
for 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 70
| inquire after the welfare of the prin-
cess. and indignation was at the high
est pitch. There were theories lnnu.
merabIe as to the identity Of the arch
conspirator. Baron DanglOss. was at
sea completely. He cursed himself
and everybody else for the hasty and
i'll timed execution of the hireings II
was quite evident that the buzzing
wonder and intense feeling Of the peo-
! nj an for no Hpfx nj
thought of the coming day of juds-
ment and its bitter atonement for all
Graustark. Today the castle was full
of the nobility, drawn to its walls by
the news that had startled them be-
yond all expression. The police were
at work, the military trembled with
rage, the people clamOred for the APP
prehension Of the man who had been
the instigator of this audacity. The
general belief was that some brigand
chief from the south had planned the
great theft for the purpose OF securing
fabulous ransom. Grenfall Lorry
had an astonishing theory in his mind
and the more be thought it over the
more firmly IL was imbedded.
The warm, blue coils from the cigar
waited away into the night. carrying
with them myriad of tangled thoughts
of her, of Axphain. of the abductor
OF himself, of everything A light step
on the stone door of the shadowy bal
cony attracted his attention. He turn
ed his head and saw the Princess Ye-
tive. She was walking slowly toward
the balustrade, not aware OF his pres
ence. There was no covering for the
dark hair. no wrap about the white
shoulders. She wore an exquisite gown
OF white. shimmering with the refiec-
tons from the moon that scaled the
mountain top. She stood at the balus-
trade, her hands clasping a bouquet of
red roses, her chin lifted, her eyes gaz-
ing toward the mountains crest, the
prettiest picture he had ever seen. The
ctr Of a