The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-07-18

In the midst of his thoughts sud
den light burst in upon him. His eyes
cleaned with new fire. his heart
leaped with new animation, his blood
ran warm again. Leaping to his feet,
he ran to the window to reread the
note from old Franz. Then he settled
back and laughed with fervor that
cleared the brain of thousand vague
mlsgivings.
she is Miss Calhoun, an American,
going to be guest at the CASTLE" not
the princess, but Miss Calhoun. Once
more the memory of the clear gray
eyes leaped into life. Again he saw
her asleep in the coach on the road
from Ganlook. Again he recalled the
fervent throbs his guilty heart had
felt as he looked upon this fair crea
ture. at one time the supposed treasure
Of another man. Now she was Miss
Calhoun, and her gray eyes. her en-
trancing smile, her wondrous vivacity,
were not for one man alone 1t was
marvellous what change this sudden
realization wrought in the view ahead
of him. The whole situate seemed to
be transformed into something more
desirable than ever before His face
cleared, his spirits leaped higher and
higher with the buoyancy of fresh re
lief, his confidence in himself crept
back into existence. And all because
the fair deceiver. the slim girl with the
brave gray eyes who had drawn him
into net was not princess!
Something told him that she had not
drawn him into his present position
with any desire to injure him or with
the slightest sense of malice. To her it
had been merry jest. a pleasant COM
edy. Underneath all he saw the good
ness of her motive in taking him from
the old life and putting him into his
present position OF trust. He had
helped her. and she was ready to help
him to the limit Of her power. His
position In Edelweiss was clearly
enough defined. The more he thought
of II the more justifable 1t seemed as
viewed from her point of observation
How long she hoped to keep him in the
dark he could not tell. The outcome
would be entertaining. Her efforts to
deceive. IL she kept them up, would be
amusing. Altogether he was ready.
with the leisure and joy Of youth, to
await developments and to enjoy the
comedy from point Of view which
she could not at once suspect.
His subtle effort to draw Haddan
into a discussion of the princess and
her household resulted unsatisfactory
The young guard was annoyingly III
responsive. He had his secret instruc-
tons and could not be inveigied into
betraying himself BaldOs went to
sleep that night with his mind con-
fused by doubts. His talk with Had
dan had left him quite undecided as
to the value of old Franz's warning.
Either Franz was mistaken or Haddan
was most skillful dissembier. 1t
struck him as utterly beyond the pale
of reason that the entire castle guard
should have been enlisted In the scheme
to deceive him. When sleep came he
was contenting himself with the
thought that morning doubtless would
give him clearer insight to the situa-
ton.
Both he and Beverly Calhoun were
ignorant of the true conditions that at
tached themselves to the new recruit.
Baron DanglOss alone knew that Had
dan was a trusted agent of the secret
service. with instructions to shadow
the newcomer day and night. That
there was mystery surrounding the
character of Baldos. the goat hunter.
Dangloss did not question for an in
slant, and in spite of the instructions
received at the outset he was using
ali his skill to unravel IT,
Baldos was not summoned to the cas-
tie till noon His serene indifference to
the outcome of the visit was calculat-
ed to deceive the friendly but watchful
Haddan Dressed carefully in the
close fitting uniform of the royal guard,
taller than most of his fellows, hand
sOmer by far than any, he was the
most noticeable figure in and about the
barracks. Haddan coached him in the
way he was to approach the princess,
Baldos listening with exaggerated in
-entness and with deep regard for de-
tail.
Beverly was in the small audience
Dom off the main reception hall when
le was ushered into her presence. The
servants and ladies in waiting disap-
)eared ut signal from her. She arose
o greet him, and he knelt to kiss her
land. For a moment her tongue was
pound. The keen eyes of the new
guard had looked into hers with di-
'ectneSS that seemed to penetrate her