The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-14

I~<I lie two weeks following Fever
ly CalhouI's adseat into the
royal household were filed
81 with joy aad wonder for he..
Da..9 sha sent glowing letters 20 ter
fa.he-. mother AMI brothers in Wash
ington. celebrating vastly upon the
paradise into which she had fallel.N TO
her hiehlg emotional mind the praises
OF Graustark had been but poorly
sting. The huge cid castle, relic OF
the feadal days, with its turrets and
hastions and portcull,ses. impressed
her with a never ending sense of WON
der. Its great halls and sta:rways, its
chapel, the throne room and the armor
closet; its underground passages and
Dungeons all united to fill her imagina-
tive soul with the richest, rarest joys
Of romance. Simple American girl
that she was, unused to the rigorous
etiquette of.royalty, she found embar-
rassment In the first confusion of
events, but she was not long In recov-
ering her poise.
Her apartments were near those Of
the Princess Yetive. In the private In
tercourse enjoyed by these young wom-
en- all manner of restraint was aban-
doned by the visitor and every vestige
! Of royalty slipped from the princess
Count Halfont and his adorable wife,
the Countess Yvonne, both of whom
had grown old In the court, found the
girl and her strange servant source
of wonder and delight.
Some days after Beverly's arrival
there came to the castle Harry An
guish and his wife, the vivacious Dag
mar. With them came the year-old
cooling babe who was to overthrow the
heart and head Of every being in the
household. from princess down. The
tiny Dagmar became queen at once,
and no one disputed her rule.
anguish the painter became Anguish
the strategist and soldier. He planned
with Lorry and the ministry, advanc-
| ing some Of the most harebrained prof.
| ects that ever encouraged discussion In
q solemn conclave. The staid, cautious
ministers looked upon him with won
der, but so plausible did he make bis
proposals appear that they were
forced to consider them seriously. The
! old Count of Marlanx held him In great
disdain and did not hesitate to expose
| his contempt. This did not disturb
Anguish In the least, for he was as
optimistic as the sunshine. His plan
! for the recapture of Gabriel was ride
ulously improbable, but 1t was after
ward seen that had 1t been attempted
much distress and delay might actually
have been avoided.
| Yetive and Beverly, with Dagmar
and the baby, made merry while the
, men were in council. Their mornings
were spent In the shady park sur
rounding the castle. their afternoons IN
| driving, riding and walking. Often
! times the princess was barred from
these simple pleasures by the exigen-
| cies of her position. She was obliged
/ to grant audiences, observe certain GUS
toms Of state, attend to the charities
that came directly under her supervi-
( sion and confer with the mobiles on at
| fairs OF weight and importance. Bev-
| erly delighted in the throne room and
/ the underground passages. They sig
| nified more to her than all the rest
She was shown the room In which Lor-
/ nv had foiled the Viennese who once
/ tried to abduct Yetive. The dungeon
where Gabriel spent his first days OF
confinement, the tower in which Lorry
| had been held prisoner and the mon
astery In the clouds were all places OF
unusual interest to her.
Some of the people of the city began
to recognize the fair American girl who
was a guest in the castle, and certain
amount of homage was paid to her.
When she rode or drove in the streets,
with her attendant soldiers, the people
bowed as deeply and as respectfully
as they did to the princess herself, and
Beverly was just as grand and gra-
cious as If she had been born with
scepter in her hand.
The soft moonlight nights charmed
her with sense of rapture never
known before. With the castle bril-
lIantly Illuminated, the halls and draw
ing rooms filed with gay courtiers, the
harpists at their posts, the military
band playing in the parade ground, the
balconies and porches offering their
most inviting anurements, it IS no Won
der that Beverly was entranced. War