Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-05-31

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denly attacked from l.sllsush, sosla lief
4 What would they do to me # y were
taken. as you suggestY She was more
concerned than she appeared to be.
ssWith you In their hands, Graustark
would be utterly helpless Volga could
| demand anything she liked and your
ministry would be forced to submit"
Il really think it would be capital
joke on the Princess yolga," unused
/ Beverly reflectively. He did not know
what she meant, but regarded her soft
smile as the clear title to the serenity
/ Of a princess.
/ She sank back and gave herself over
to the complications that were likely to
grow out Of her involuntary deception.
The one thing which worried her more
than all others was the fear that Yetive
might not be in Edelweiss According
to all reports, she had lately been in st.
/ Petersburg and the mere fact that she
was supposed to be travelling by coach
was sufficient proof that she was not
4 at her capital. Then there was, Of
course, the possibility of trouble on the
road with the Axphain scouts, but Bev9
erly enjoyed the optimism Of youth and
civilization.
/ Baldos, the goat hunter, was dreami-
| Iy thinking Of the beautiful young Wo-
man at his side and of the queer freak
fortune had played in bringing them
4 together. AS he studied her face he
4 could not but lament that marriage at
i least established a barrier between her
4 and the advances his bold heart might
otherwise be willing to risk, His black
1 hair struggled down over his forehead,
1 and his dark eyes-the patch had neen
surreptitiously lifted We're unusually
pensiye.
TT is strange that you live in Grau-
stark and have not seen its princess
before, she said, laying groundwork
for inquiry concerning the acts and
whereabouts of the real princess.
May it please your highness, have
not lived long in Graustark. Besides,
\ it is said that half the people of Can
look have never looked upon your
face
sTn not surprised at that. The pro-
\ portion is much smaller than mag
A med. have not visited Ganlook.
strange as it may seem to you.'
zone of my company fell in with
some Of your guards from the Ganlook
garrison day before yesterday. He
1 learned that you We're to reach that
/ city within forty eight hours. A large
detachment of men has been sent to
meet you at Talbot"
i ooh, indeed said Beverly, very
much interested.
ssThey must have been misinformed
as to your route or else your Russian
escort decided to take you through by
the lower and more hazardous way.
It was our luck that you came by the
wrong road. Otherwise we should not
A have met each other, and the lion," he
said, smiling ref1ectiyely.
sWhere is Labbotg' asked she, in
tent upon the one subject uppermost in
her mind
sIn the mountains many leagues
north of this pass. Had you taken that
route Instead of this you would by this
time have left Talbot for the town of
Eros. half days journey from Can
look. Instead of vagabonds your es-
cort would have been made up Of loyal
soldiers, well fed, well clad and well
satisfied with themselves at least"
! ssBut no Drawer, no truer than my
| soldiers of fortune" she said earnestly.
by the way, are you informed as to
the state Of affairs In DawsbergenT
Scarcely as well as your highness
must be-" he replied.
1.-The young prince = what's his
name?" she paused, looking to him for
the name.
"Dantan?'
eyes, that's it. What has become Of
him? am terribly interested in him. :"
HE is fugitive, they say"
i "They haven't captured him, then?
I Good! am so gladY'
4 Baldos exhibited little or no interest
In the fresh topic.
ut is strange you should have for
gotten his name,s he said YEARLY.
"Oh, / do so many ridiculous thingsv
complained Beverly, remembering who
she was supposed to be. Il have never
seen him, you know" she added.
1T is not strange, your highness. He
was educated in England and had seen
but little of bis own country when he
was called to the throne two years ago.
You remember of course that his moth
| er was an Englishwoman, Lady Ida
Falconer.''
IL think have heard some Of his
history. A very little, to be sure" she
explained lamely.
prince Gabriel, his half brother, is
the son Of Prince Louis III. by his
| first wife, who was Polish countess.
| After her death. when Gabriel was
two years old, the prince married Lady
Ida. Dantan is their son. He has a
sister, Candace, who is but nineteen
\ years Of age"
81 am ashamed to confess that you