The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-01-20

N' @Oe NOo % oahSt wv " "uh0
an cutlery! You will ruin everything.
VIII you let me explainT"
go! Go! Take anything! 1 can be
calm no longer. oh, how can 1 expect
mercy at your hands!" Her tones were
rising to II wall of terror.
Ssh! Do you want to die?" he Kissed,
striding to the canopy bed, discernible
as his v G grew accustomed to the
darkness. II will kill you If you utter
q sound, so help me God!'
"Oh.' she moancd
"Listen! You must aid me! Do you
hear?"
Another heart breaking moan. 81
am here to save the princess. There is
Il plot to abduct her tonight. Already
there are men in the castle, perhaps In
her room. You must tell me WI &c she
sleeps. There is no time to be ~ 1
am nc thief, before God! L am telling
you the truth. DO not be alarmed, l
implore you. Trust me, madam, and
you will not regret it. Where does the
princess sleep?' He jerked out these
eager, pleading words quickly, breath.
lessly.
"IIow an I to trust your came back
a whisper from the bed.
"Here is a revolver. Take it and
kill me If I attempt the slightest in
jury. Where are you?" He felt along
the bed with his hand.
"Keep away! Please! Please!" she
sobbed.
"Takc the pistol! BE calm, and in
heavens name help me to save her!
Those wretches may have killed her
already"
The revolver dropped Upon the
clothes. He was bending eagerly over,
holding the curtains back.
"My friend is In the hall. We have
traced the men to the princess door, 1
think. BE quick! DO you wish to see
her stolen from under your eyes?"
"You are now in the princess room,"
answered the voice from the bed, CALM
err and with some alacrity. els this
true that you tell me?"
GAS God is my witness. And you
you-are you the princess?' gasped the
man, drawing back.
II am. Where is DannoX?" She was
sitting bolt upright in the bed, the pis-
tol In her trembling fingers.
"He is one of the conspirators. One
Of the cooks and two other guards are
in the plot. Can you trust me enough
to leave your bed and hide in another
| part of the room? The scoundrels have
mistaken the door, but they may be
here at any moment. You must be
quick! 1 will protect you'll swear it!
Come, your highness! Hider'
Something in the fierce, anxious whis-
per gave her confidence. The miracle
had been wrought! He had composed
this oma under the most trying cir
cumstances that could have been i'm
agined. She slipped from the bed and
threw a long, loose silken gown about
her.
"Who are your" she asked, touching
his arm.
~ am a foreigner-an American
Grenfall Lorry. Hurry" he implored.
She did not move for q moment, but
he distinctly heard her catch her
breath.
Am 1 dreaming?" she murmured
family. Her fingers now clutched his
arm tightly.
II should say not! / don't like to
order you around, your highness, butt
"Come-come to the lightp' she in
ferrupted excttedly. cover herev
Noiselessly she drew him across the
room until the light fell across his face.
1t was not a bright light, but what she
saw satisfied her. He could not see her
face, for she stood outside the strip Of
dusky yellow.
1.-TWO men lie beneath your window,
and two are coming to this room. Where
shall / go? Come, be quick, madami
DO you want to be carted off to Gan
look? Then don't stand there like a
like a-pardon me, I won't say itv'
u trust you fully. Shall ! alarm the
guardf" she whispered, recovering her
self possession.
~Byfn no means! I.want to catch those
Devils myself. Afterward we ran
alarm the guards"
IAN ideal Americana" she surprised
him by saying. "Follow me-"
She led him to the doorway. "Stand
here, and I will call tho countess-at
this side, where tits dark"
She opened the door gently and stood
In the light for q second. He saw be-
fore him a graceful figure in trailing
white, and then he saw her face. She
Was Miss Gusgenslockeri
fHeavensp' he hoarsely gasped, stag.
gering toward her. "Yop! You'll The
princeas?"
"Yes, I am Princess Y~etive," she
whispered, smiling as she glided from
his side. His eyes went round In his
bead, his legs seemed to be anywhere
but beneath him, he felt as though ne
were rushing toward the ceiling. For
the moment he was actually uncon-
ecious; then his senses rushed back, re.
sailing his mission and his danger.
"She is sleeping 80 soundly that !
FEAR to awaken her." whispered O Boft
Yotce at his back, and he turned. The
princess was standing in the doorway.
"Then pray stand back where you
will be out of danger. They will be
here in q moment unless they have
been frightened away"
"You shall not expose yourself" she
said positively. "Why SHOULD You risk
your life now? You have accomplished
your object. You have saved the prin.
cessI"
"Ah, yes, the princessp he said. "And
am sorry you are the princess" no
added in her car.
"shP' she whispered softly.
The door through which he had first
come was softly opened, and they were
conscious that some one was entering