The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-06-29


and Dawsbergen. TO the south of it,
have become strained. Prince Gabriel,
Il half brother of the reigning prince
of Dawsbergen, imprisoned in Grau-
stark for the assassination of Prince
Lorenz, of AXphain. has escaped anu
seized the throne OF Dawshergen. AK
phain demands the immediate recap
ture of the escaped prince. Princess
Yetive, of Graustark (tha wife of an
American, one Grenfali Lorrv) who
has been sojourning in Washington,
upon the receipt of this news, leaves
for home. II-Bever'y Calhoun.
daughter of a United States senator, is
She obtains the consent of her father
to visit St. Petersburg.
When Mss LIVERY awe the next
morning. sore and distressed. she look
cd back upon the night with Il horror
that sleep had been kind enough to in
terrupt only ut intervals. The wretched
hostelry lived long i'll her secret cata-
loguc of terrOrS. Her bed was not a
bed: il was Il torture The room. the
table, the--but Il was all too odiouS for
friend in that miserable hole. Aunt
Fanny had slept on the floor near her
mistress cot, and it was the good old
colored Woman'S grumbling that aw0ke
Beverly. The sun was climbing up the
mountains in the east. and there was
an air Of general activity abouG the
place. Beverly'S watch told her that il
was past $ O'Clock.
Good gracious" she exclaimed
ITS hearly noon. Aunt Fanny Hurry
along here and get me up. We must
leave this ahominable place in ten min
utes.'' She was up and racing about
eXcitedly.
"Befo Breakfast" demanded Aunt
Fanny weakly. =
Goodness, Aunt Fanny, is that all
you think about"
We'll. honey. yo'll he thinkin'
to'ahds 'lcben O'Clock. Dat lii tum-
my o yourn'll he pow'fu mad 'ca,lsc
yo' didn- -
Very We'll. Aunt Fanny, YOU can
run along and have the woman put up
a breakfast for us. and We'll eat it Oh
the road. l positively refuse TO eat
another mOuthful in that awful dining
room. III be down in ten minutes
She was down III less. sleep. no
matter how hard earned. had revived
her spirits materially. She pronounced
herself ready for anything. There WAS
n wholesome disdain for the ri"orS of
the coming ride through the mountains
i'll the WAY she gave orders for the
start. The Russian officer met her
Just outside the entrance to the inn
He was less English than ever. but be
eventually gave her To underStaD ! thu.
he had secured permission to escort
her as far as GanioOk. Il town in
CrauStark not more than fifteen miles
from EdplWcisS and ut least two days
from Balak. Two competent AXphain-
ian guides had been retained. and the
party was quite ready to start. He
had been warned of the presence Of
brigandS in the wild mountainous
passes north of GanIoOk. The Rus
slams could go no farther than Gan
look because Of Il royal edict from
EdelweisS forbiddinG the nearer ap-
proach of armed forces. At that town
however, he was sure she easily could
obtain an escort of GrauStarkian sol
dierS.
As the big coach crawled up the
mountain road and farther into the
oppressive SolitudcS Beverly Calhoun
drew from the difficult lieutenant con
siderable information concerning the
state of affairs in GrauStark. She had
been eagerly awaiting the time when
something definite could he learned.
Before leaving St Petersburg early in
the week she was assured that state
of war did not exist The Princess
Yetive had been in Edelweiss for six
weeks. \ formal demand was framed
soon after her return from America re
Quiring Dawsbcrgen To surrender the
person of Prince Gabriel to the author
tiles of Graustark To this demand
there was no definite response DAVIS
bergen inSolently requesting time in
which TO consider the proposition.
Axphain immediately seut an envoy
to F,delwciSs 70 say that all friendly
relations between the two govern
mcnts would cease unless Graustark
took vigorous steps to recaptlr" the
royal assassin. On one side of Tie
unhappy principality Il strong. over
bearing princess was eg@ing Graustark
on to fight while on the other side al
equally aggressive people defied Ye
tive to come and take the fugitive II
she could. The poor princess was be-
tween two ugly alternatives. and a
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