Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-07-05


he is no ordinary person. :
sYetive had q bit OF a talk with lin
just now, said Lorly, With rei-ecs
tive smile. She asked him point blank
il he knew who she was. He did not
hesitate second I remember seeing
you ia the audience chamber recently
That was a facer for Yetiye. i assure
you that it was no fault Of mine that
you saw me, she replied. Then 1t must
have been your friend who rustled the
curtains?s said the COMPOUNDED buffer.
Yetive couldn't keep straight face.
She laughed, and then he laughed.
Some day you may learn more about
me- she said to him. I sincerely trust
that | may, madam, said he, and I'll
bet my hat he was enjoying it better
than either of us. OF course he knows
Yetive is the princess. It's his inten-
ton to serve Beverly Calhoun, and he
couldn't do it If he were to confess that
he knows the truth. He's no fool"
/ Baldos was not long In preparing
plans for the changes in the fortress.
They embodied temporary readjust
ment of the armament and alterations
| In the ammunition house. The gate
leading to the river was closed, and
the refuse from the fort was taken to
the barges by way of the main en-
trance. There were other changes sug-
gested for Immediate consideration,
and then there was a general plan for
the undermining of the fortress at some
more convenient time. Baldos lacon-
ically observed that the equipment
was years behind the times. To the
amazement of the officials, he was
able to talk intelligently of forts in
all parts of the world, revealing
wide and thorough knowledge and ex-
tensive inspection He had seen Amer
lean as well as European Notifications.
The Graustark engineers went to work
at once to perfect the simple changes.
he advised. leaving no stone unturned
to strengthen the place before an at
tack could be made
Two, three weeks went by. and the
new guard was becoming an old story
to the castle and army folk. He rode
| with Beverly every fair day, and he
looked at her window by night from
afar off in the somber barracks. She
could not dissipate the feeling that he
knew her to be other than the princess,
although he betrayed himself by no
word or sign. She was enjoying the
fun of it too intensely to expose it to
the risk of destruction by revealing
her true identity to him. Logically
i that would mean the end of everything.
| H. f,f4 lznra
his counsel, but the game could not
last forever, that was certain. A
month or two more and Beverly would
have to think of her return to Wash
ington.
His courage, his cool impudence his
subtle wit, charmed her more than she
/ could express. Now she was begin
ming to study him from standpoint
peculiarly and selfishly her own. Where
recently she had sung his praise to Ye-
tive and others she now was strangely
reticent She was to understand an
| other day why this change had come
/ over her. Stories of his eleverness
came to her ears from Lorry and An
guish and even from DanglOss. She
was proud, vastly proud, of him in
these days.
The Iron Count alone discredited the
| ability and the conscientiousness of
the smountebank," as he named the
man who had put his nose out of joint
Beverly, seeing much of Marlanx,
made the mistake Of Gliding him
| frankly and gayly about this aversion
She even argued the guards case be-
fore the head of the army, imprudently
| pointing out many Of his superior quail
tiles in advocating his cause. The
count was learning forbearance in his
old age. He saw the wisdom Of pro-
crastination Baldos was in favor, but
some day there would come a time for
his undoing
j In the barracks he was acquiring
fame Reports went forth with unbias-
ed freedom. He established himself as
the best swordsman in the service, as
well as the most efficient marksman.
With the foils and sabers he easily
vanquished the foremost fencers in
high and low circles. He could ride
like Cossack or like an American
cowboy. OF them all, his warmest adj
mirer was Haddan, the man set to
watch him for the secret service. It
may be timely to state that Haddan
watched in vain.
The princess, humoring her own fan
| cy, as well as Beverly's foibles, took to
| riding with her high spirited young
guest on many little jaunt to the
hills. She usually rode with Lorry or
Anguish, cheerfully assuming the sub
dued position BETTING lady-in-wait-
ing apparently restored to favor on
/ probation. She enjoyed Beyerly's
unique position. In order to maintain
her attitude as princess the fair young
deceiver was obliged to pose in the
extremely delectable attitude Of being