Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-04
you have come"

Heard about Lorry? The fool is
out and gomez he cried. unable to re-
strain himself Without word she
dragged him to the divan. and. be
tween them. he soon had the whole
story poured into his ears. the princess
on one side. the countess on the other.
You are a wonderr' he exclaimed
when all the facts were known to him.
He executed little dance of approval.
entirely out Of place in the boudoir Of
princess. but very much in touch
with prevailing sentiment. "But what's
to become of me:" he asked after cool
ing down. II have no excuse for re-
naming in Graustark. and 1 don't like
to leave him here either"
"Oh. l have made plans for you"
said she. "You are to be held as hos
tage."
What"
"l 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
veillance. and any attempt to escape or
to communicate with your friend will
result in 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
turbed You may come and go as you
like, but you are ostensibly prisoner.
BY OBTAINING you forcibly we gain
point, for you are needed here. There
is no other way in which you can ex-
plain continued presence in Grau-
stark. Is not my plan a good oneT'
ut is beyond comparison he said.
rising and bowling low $50 shrewd is
this plan that you make me hostage
forever. shall not escape Its memory
II l live to be thousand"
AT parting she said seriously:
"a great deal depends on your dis
cretion. 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
said.
DAILY AS hostage" he replied,
CHANGING toward the countess.
THAT means until the other man IL
captured" said the young lady saucily.
AS he left the castle he gazed at the
distant building in the sky and Won
dered how 1t had ever been approached
in n 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 1t resembled q
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
1t lay in the sarcophagus of the royal
palace. where it had been borne ut 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 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
Gruustark in his grasp.
Bolaroz arose as she drew near. his
gaunt face black and unfriendly. She
extenaed her hand graciously, and he.
q prince for all his wrath. touched his
trembling lips to its white. smooth
back.
II come in grief and sadness to your
court, most glorious Yetiye. My bur
den Of sorrow is greater than I 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. 1t grieves me that can
offer nothing more than words" Tru-
" she pttied him In his bereavement.
Bolaroz said that he had heard of
the murderers escape and asked what
effort was being made to recapture
him. Yetive related nll that had hap
pened, expressing humiliation over the
fact that her officers had been unable 4
to accomplish anything, adding that
she did not believe the fugitive could
get away from Graustark safely with
out her knowledge The old prince
was working himself back into the vio-
lent rage that had been temporarily
subdued. and ut last broke out in a
vicious denunciation of the careless
a.