Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-02-18
CHAPTER XI.

n y the day wore on IOrry grow
N irritable and restless lie
"a could not bring himself into
full touch with the situation,
Notwithstanding Harry's frequent and
graphic recollectons Of incidents that
had occurred nnd that had led TO their
present condition. Their luncheon was
served In the counts room, ns II was
inadyisable for the injured man TO 90
TO the dining hall until he was stronger
The court physician assured him that
he would be incapacllntcd for seycrui
days, but that In Il very short time hls
wound would lose the power TO annoy
aim in the least. The Count and Count
ess Ilalfont, Anguish and others came
to cheer him and to make his surround
ings endurablc. Sull he was dlssaus
fed, even unhappy.
The cause Of his uneaslncss mud de-.
preston was revealed only by the
manner In which Il was removed. lie
was lying stretched out OH the couch.
staring from the window, his head ach-
Ahbf h'n h'haA ihl VI iNHhluk Unit
knows but one solace. Anguish had
gone out In the grounds after assuring
himself that his charge was asleep. 50
there was no one In the room when he
awakened from slckenng dream to
shudder alone over It's memory Ho
turned ON his side aud curlously felt
the bandages about hls head How
lonely those bandnges made him feel,
away on there IN Gruustnrk!
The door to his room opened softly
but he did not turn, thinking It WAS
Anguish always Anguish aud not the
one hc most desired to
"ller royal highncss," announced
maid. and then.
May | come ln9 asked voice that
went TO his troubled soul Ike n cool.
ing draft TO the fcycrcd thront. lie
turned toward her Instantly, all the lr
rltatlon, all the uncnslncss. all the
loneliness vanishing like mist before
the sun Bchlnd her was lady In
waiting
81 cannot deny the request of Il pru.
cess he responded smiling gayly. lie
held forth his hard toward her. half
fearing she would not take lt
The Princess Nctlvc cumr straight tn
bis couch aud laid her hand iu his. lie
drew it To his lips aud then released IL
ilngcringly She stood before him.
looking down with uu anxiety I'm her
eyes that would have rcpnid him had
death been there to claim his next
breath.
"Arc you hcttcrT SHE asked. with
her pretty accent u myy been so
troubled about you"
Il thought you had forgotten me-" be
said, with childish prtuIuucc.
Forgotten your she cried. quick tn
resent the lmpumuon "Ipt me tell
You then what have been doing
Willie forgetting have scut 10 tho
Rcgvngctz for your luggage and Your
friends You win find q much moro
comfortable hcrc. You are TO make
this housc your home as long as You
are IN EdrWclss That rs bow have
been forgetting
Forgive mc" hr cried. bls rycs
cleaning Il have been $50 lonely chat
] Imagined 400 SORTS of things HUT
your hghuc.- SON must uut expect us
20 reuuaiu here after am uhlr Go leave
That would bc imposing
81 will not allow you ta s1y uw She
objected decisIvcly. "Nou urc thc .uust
OF honor Ia Gmusurk. Have you not
preserved its ulcr9 Was 10 uu hupo.
sition GO risk your llit u su,c ono m
whom you had but passing Interest
even though She were poor priue,s,g
No, my American. this castle Is YOUR,
In all rejoicing for had you uot como
within ITS doors today would hn,r
found 10 In mouruful terror BESIDES.
Mr. Anguish has said be viii stay
year n We insist"
That's like Harry" laughed Iorry
"l'ut | am afraid you are glorliyug
two rattle bmiucd chaps who should
be In horne fos lmbecllcs instead of
In the cas.lo their audaclty might have
blightcd. our usmcss was only sur
passed by our phenomenal good luck
BY chance Il turned out we'll There
were ten thousand chances OF lgnomln.
lous failure Had we failed would we
have geen guests OF honori No, We
would have been stoned from Grau.
stark. You don't know how thin the
thread was that held your fate. II
makes me ehudder 10 think OF the crime
our act might have been. An, had
but known you were the princess. no
chances should have been taken" he
kpid feryentlr.