The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-12-07

~, suddenly perceiving his plight
THE hospitality of the castle is yours
! The promise we made few days ago
! holds good. Her highEess will be proud
/ to receive you when you are ready TO
come TO the throne room. l am Gren-
| fall Lorry. Come. sir: rest and refresh
/ yourself in our gladdened home. An
hour ago we were making ready to rush
into battle. but your astonishing but
welcome news is calculated to change
| every plan we have made"
Undoubtedly. sir, ii will. DAVIS
bergen hardly will make fight to re-
lease Gabriel. He is safe in your dun
geons. II they want him now they
must come to your strongholds. They
will not do 1t. believe me-" said Ravone
simply. ALIAS. am faint and sore, as
you suspect. May l lie down for an
hour or two? In that time you will
have heard from your wardens, and my
story will be substantiated. Then
shall be ready to accept your hospitaIi-
ty as 1t ID profered, Outside your city
gates my humble followers lie starv-
ihSs my OhAy PhASCA ~ t1ot yOA will
send them cheer and succor."
No time was lost in sending to the
gates for the strollers who had accors-
plished the marvel of the day. The
news OF Gabriel's capture was kept
from the city's Inhabitants until veri-
flcation came from the proper sources,
but those In control OF the affairs Of
state were certain that Ravone's story
was true. All operations came to a
standstill The movements of the army
were checked. Everything lay quies-
cent under the shock Of this startling
climax.
Hang it." growled Anguish with a
Quizzical grin as Ravone departed I'M
der the guidance Of Count Halfont
himself, this knocks me galley west.
I'd like to have had hand in it. 1t
must have been great How the devil
do you think that miserable little gang
of tramps pulled it offT'
Harry said Lorryl disgustedly,
'they taught us a tricksor two"
While the young princess was being
cared for by Yetive's own maids in one
of the dalntiest bedchambers of the
castle Beverly was engaged in writing
q brief but pointed letter to her Aunt
Josephine, who was still in st. Peters
burg. She had persistently refused to
visit Edelweiss, but had written many
imperative letters commanding her
niece to return to the Russian capital.
Beverly now was recalling her scat
tered wits in the effort to appease her
aunt and her father at the same time:
Major Calhoun emphatically had or
dered her to rejoin her aunt and start
for America at once. Yesterday Bev-
erly would have begun packing for
the trip home. Now she was eager to |
remain in Graustark indefinitely She |
was 90 thrilled by joy and excitement |
that she scarcely could hold the pen.
"Father says the United States pa
pers are full of awful war scares from |
the Balkans. Are we part Of the Bal
kans, YetiveY she asked. He says I'm |
to come right or home. Says he'll not
pay a nickel Of ransom IL the brigands |
catch me, as they did Miss Stone and
that woman who had the baby. He
says mother is worried half to death.
I'm just going to cable him that it's al
of, because he says If war breaks out
he's going to send my brother Dan over
here to get me. I'm having Aunt Jo
sephine send him this cablegram from
St. Petersburg: They never fight in
Balkans. Just scare each other. Skip
headlines, father dear. Will be home
soon. Beverly How does that sound?
It will cost a lot, but he brought it
upon his own head. And we're not in
the Balkans, anyway. Aunt Joe will
have fit. Please call an A. D. I. boy,
princess. | want to send this message
70 st. Petersburg"
When Candace entered the princess
boudoir half an hour later she was far
from being the timid youth who first
zane to the notice of the Graustark
cabinet. She was now attired in one
If Beverly's gowns, and it was most
becoming to her. Her short, curly |
brown hair was done up properly; her
,ink and white complexion was as
lear as cream, now that the dust of |
he road was gone; her dark eyes We're
glowing with the wonder and interest
# nineteen years, and she was, all in
Ill., most enticing bit of femininity.
you are much more OF a princess
low than when | first saw you"
miled Yetive, drawing her down upon
he cushions of the window seat be-
ide her.
But she was such a pretty boy"
Dagmar You don't know |
low attractive you were in those
Candace blushed oh they were ,
wful, but they were comfortable. One ,
las to wear trousers il one intends to
e a vagabond l wore them for more
han a week"
You shall tell all about it." said ]
'etive. holding the girls hand in hers. I
1t must have been a most interesting y
week for you" II
"Oh, there is not much to tell, your I
ighness." said Candace. suddenly reti-
ont and Shv aNfV SteDhrothpr - oh