The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-07-25
By
GEOk6f BARR
M'CUTCHEON.
A uthor of "Graustark"
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Copyright. 1904. BY Dodd.
Mead and Comtany

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AelSnts. CuiiioI t.lolc wraps Were t,.-
Ell along, and provision was made for
luncheon at an inn halfway up the
| slope. Quinnox RECALLED Beverly with
| stories in which Grenfall Lorry was
| the hero and Yetive the heroine. He
! told her OF the days when Lorry, flu
| gltiVe with price upon his head,
charged with the assassination of
Prince Lorenz. then betrothed to the
| princess. lay hidden in the monastery
while Yetive's own soldiers hunted
! high ana low FOR him. The narrator
dwelt glowingly upon the trip from the
monastery to the city walls one dark
hight when Lorry came down TO sur
render himself III order to shield the
woman he loved, and QuinnOX himself
piloted him through the underground
passage into the very heart of the cas-
tie. Then came the exciting scene in
which Lorry presented himself as Il
prisoner, with the denouement that
saved the princess and won for the
gallant American the desire of his
| heart.
Beverly who never tired of hearing
| the romantic story.
"Ah, he was wonderful, Miss Cal
houn. l fought him to keep him from
surrendering. He beat me- and was
virtually his prisoner when we appear
ed before the tribunal"
ITS 10 wonder she loved him and
married him.
He deserved the best that life could
give, Miss Calhoun"
You had better not call me Miss
Calhoun. Colonel Quinnox," said she
looking back apprehensively. Il am
highness once in awhile. don't you
know
Il implore your highness' pardon"
said he gayly.
The riders ahead had come 10
standstill and We're pointing off into
the pass to their right They were
eight or ten miles from the city gates
and more than halfway up the winding
road that ended at the monastery gates.
Beverly and Quinnox came up with
them and found all eyes centered on a
small company of men encamped in the
rocky jefile hundred yards from the
main road
1t needed but glance to tell her
who comprised tie unusual company
The very raggedneSS of their garments
the unforgettabe disregard for conse-
Quences, the impudent ease with which
they faced poverty and wealth alike.
belonged 10 but one set of men-the
vagabondS of the Hawk and Raven
Beverly went Il shade winter Her in
terest in everything else tagged. and
she was lost in bewilderment What
freak of fortune had sent these men
out of the businesses into this danger
ously open place?
She recognized the aScetic Ravone,
with his students face and beggar's
garb. Old Franz was there. aud SO
were others whose faces and hetero-
geneOus garments had become so ia
miliar to her in another day. The tall
leader with the red fea Their, the rak-
ish hat and the black patch alone was
missing from the picture
ITS the straugest looking crew I've !
ever seen" said Anguish. They look !
like pirates
"Or gypsies."' suggested Yetive "Who |
are they, Colonel Quinnox? What are
they doing here
QuinnoX WAS surveying the vaga I
bonds with a critical. suspicious eye. T
"They are not robbers or they would
no off lil-n r.lt ,l,itS no
ly. "Your hiShness, there are many
rowing bands in the hills, but confess .
that these men are unlike any have
heard about. With your permission. | !
will ride down and question them"
do. QuinnOX. II am most curious"
Beverly sat very still and tense. She
was afraid to look at Baldos, who rode
up as Quinnox started into the narrow
defile. calling to the escort to follow |,
The keen eyes of the guard caught the
situation at once. Miss Calhoun shot
a quick glance at him as he rode up be- |;
side her. His face WAS impressive. but
she could see his hand clinch the bride
rein, and there was an air of restraint
III his whole bearing.
Remember your promise he whis-
pered hoarSely. NO harm must come
to them" Then he was off into the de-
file. Anguish was not to be left be
hind. He followed, and then Beverly.
more yenturesome ana vastly more in
tereSted than the others. rode rec.5-
lesSly after QuinnoX was questioning
the laconic Kavone when she drew
rein. The vagabonds seemed 10 eyince
but little interest in the proceedings.
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