Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-03-28

Npmirely out or place IN the Douuolr Oh
princess. but very much in touch
with prevailing sentiment. But what's
10 become of meF' he asked after cool
.5ng down. Il have no excuse for re
manning in Graustark. and don't like
60 leave him here either"
"Oh. have made plans for you.
said she You are to be held as hos
|tage."
What"
81 thought of your predicament last
night. and here is the solution: This
very day | shall issue an order forbid
ding you the right TO leave Edelweiss.
You will not be in prison, but your ev-
cry movement is to be watched. a
strong guard will have you under sur
veiilance, and any attempt to escape or
10 communicate with your friend will
result i'm your confinement and his de-
lection. In this way you may stay
here until the time comes to fly. The
Axphain people must be satisfied. you
know. Your freedom will not be dis
furbed. You may come and go as you
like. but you aTe ostensibly a prisoner.
BY OBTAINING you forcibly we gain a
point. for you are needed here. There
IS no other way in which you can ex-
plain a continued presence in Grau-
stark. Is not my plan a good oneF'
1t is beyond comparison" he said.
rising and bowling low. $50 shrewd is
this plan that you make me hostage
forever. l shall not escape its memory
If live to be a thousand"
At parting she said seriously:
A great deal depends on your dis
erection, Mr.. Anguish. My guards will
watch your every action. for they are
not in the secret-excepting Quinnox-
and any attempt on your part to COM
municate with Grenfall Lorry will be
fatal"
Trust me. your highness. l have
had much instruction in wisdom to-
day"
II hope we shall see you often" she
lei
Daily as a hostage" he replied,
CHANGING toward the countess.
That means until the other man Is
captured" said the young lady saucily.
AS he left the castle lie 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
eng roads that led to the monastery up
a gentler slope from the rear.
The next afternoon EdelweiSs thrilled
with a new excitement. Primes 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
tornado when he read the reward pla-
card in the uplands. Not until then did
lie know that the murderer had es-
capped and that vengeance might be de-
MED him.
After viewing the body of LorenZ as
IT lay in the sarcophagus of the royal
palace, where it had been borne at the
command of the Princess Yetive, he de-
manded audience with his sons be-
trothed. and it was with fear that she
prepared for the trying ordeal, an in
terview with the grief crazed old man.
The castle was in a furOre. Its halls
soon thronged with diplOmatists and
there was an ugly sense of trouble i'll
the air. suggestive of the explosion
which follows the igniting of a powder
magazine.
TheAslim, pale faced princess met the
burly Old ruler in the grand council
chamber lie and his mobiles had been
kept waiting butEa short time. Within
a very few. minutes after they had been
conducted TO tie chamber by Count
!. Halfont and other dignitaries the fail
ruler came into the room and advanced
between the bowling lines of courtier:
TO the spot where sat the man who hell
Graustark in his grasp.
Bolaroz arose as she drew near, hi
a. Caunt face black and unfriendly. Sh'
extended her hand graciOusly, and he
a prince for all his wrath, touched hi
trembling lips to its white, smoou
back.
II come in grief and sadness to you
court, most glorious Yetive. My Dul
den of sorrow is greater than ca
bear" he said hoarsely.
80 "Would that | could give you const
iation." she said. sitting in the chat
reserved for her use at council gathei
II ings. "Alas. it grieves me that ca
offer nothing more than words Ir'
" she pitied him in his bereavement
II. Bolaroz said that he had heard
the murderer's escape and asked wh'
effort was being made to recaptul
him. Yetive related all that had ha
pened, expressing humiliation over u
fact that her officers had been unab
10 accomplish anything, adding TIL
she did not believe the fugitive cou
get away from Graustark safely wit
out her knowledge. The old prin
was working himself back into the vi
lent rage that had been temporary
subdued, and at last broke out In
vicious denunciation OF the careleS
ness that had allowed the man TO e
cape. he first insisted that DanglO
and his incompetent assistants
thrown into prison for life or execute
for criminal negligence; then he d
manded the life of Harry Anguish