The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-04-13

uneament, i'll every look. lifa oon,o
~ u"elt IN the mobile countenance
.urneu the head of every man and
'n VINO looked upon it. Her hair
was uark brown and abundant. hpr
EYES We're a deep gray and looked
Eagerly from between lone ,asbos 80
~ ";IN' ner Ups We're red and ever
"iiiils TO smile or turn plaintive as &C.
easlon required; her brow was broad
and 1alr, and her frown was rs donoor-
Gus as a smile.
AS TO her age, if the major admitted
solle"hat 1ndiscreetly, that all his chill
ufen We're Old enough to vote, her
lnother, with the reluctance born in
women, confessed that she was nas+
twenty SO a year or two either wov
VIII determine Miss Beverly's age so
rar as the telling of this story is oon,
cerhed. Her eldest brother, Keith Cal
uoun ttne II with the concrcssiono,
nerltage), thought she was foo vo,,np
~ marry, while her second brother
Dan' held that she soon would no +oo
olu TO attract men with matrimonial
,neehtlohs' Lucy, the only sister, hay
ing Deen happily welded for ten years.
uuVlsed her not to think Of maria 90
until she was old enough to know ber
own mind. no" nei
reward the close of one of the most
piliiiant seasons the capital had ever
Known less than a fortnight before
was to adjourn, the wife Of
qienlali Lorry received the news
Nnicn spread gloomy disappointment
over the entire social realm, A dozen
receptions, teas md balls were das-
tineu TO lose their richest attraction.
anu hostesses were in despair. The
princess had been called to Graustark
neVerly Calhoun was miserably IN
nappy. She had heard the story Of Ca
orlefs escape and the CONSEQUENT nroh-
uollty OF a conflict with Axphain, It
ulu not require a great stretch of mag
inatlon TO convince her that the Lorrys
were hurrylng off to scenes Of intrigue.
str1te and bloodshed, and that not onlv
9raustark' but its princess, was in
Jeopardy.
Miss Calhoun's most cherished homes
laded with the announcement that
trouble, not pleasure, called Yetive to
EuelWelss. 1t had been their plan that
beVerly should spend the delightful
summer months in Graustark, a guest
at the royal palace. The original ar
iangements OF the Lorrys were hone
ieSsly disturbed by the late news from
Count Halfont. They were Obliged TO
leave Washington two months earlier
than they intended, and they could not
axe beverly Calhoun into danger rid
den Graustark. The contemplated visit
10 ST. petersburg and other pleasures
mad to be abandoned, and they were in
tears.
1etive's maids were packing the
trunks, and Lorry's servants were in
a wild state of haste preparing for the
departure on Saturdays ship. On Fri
day afternoon Beverly was naturally
Where she could do the most good and
be OF the least help-at the Lorrys'.
Self confessedly she delayed the
preparations. Respectful maidservants
n respectful m~anservants came Of
ten to the princess boudoir to ask
questions, and Beverly Just as fire.
quently made fearful resolutions to
leave the household In peace-if such
q hullabaloo could be called peace.
Callers came by the dozen, but Yetive
would see no one. Letters, kilograms
and telephone calls almost swamped
her secretary; the footman and the
butler fairly gasped under the strain
of excitement. Through it all the two
friends sat respondent and alone in
the drear room that once had been the
abode of pure delight. Grenfall Lorry
was off in town closing up all matters
Of business that could be dispatched at
once. The princess and her industri-
GUS retinue were to take the evening
express for New York, and the next
day would find them at sea.
II know l shall cry all SUMNER"
vowed Miss Calhoun, with conviction
In her eyes. "It's just too awful for
anything" She was lying back among
the cushions of the divan, and her hat
was the picture Of cruel neglect. For
three solid hours she had stubbornly
withstood Yetive's appeals to remove
her hat, insisting that she could not
trust herself to stay more than a min
ute or two. ut seems to me, 9etive,
that your jailers must be very incom-
petent or they wouldn't have let loose
all this trouble upon you" she com
planned.
"Prince Gabriel is the very essence
of trouble" confessed Yetive plain
lively. "He was born to annoy peo-
ple, Just like the evil prince in the
fairy tales"
81 wish we had him over here" the
American girl answered stoutly.
wouldn't be such a trouble, I'm sure.
We don't let small troubles worry us
very long, you know"
"But he's dreadfully important over
there, Beverly; that's the difficult part
of It," said Yetive solemnly. You
see. he is a condemned murderer"
"Then you ought to hang him or
electrocute him or whatever it IS thai
YOU do to murderers over there spoke
Reverly promptly.