The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-12-14
GEORGE BARR
M'CUTCHE0N,
(Continued.)
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GopyrsshL 1904. By DOdA.
MaaS and Gomnany


it be strange. your highness, il DAVIS
bergen welcomes the return of Dantan
in his steadT
The story! The story of his cap
ture! Tell me the story came eager
lv from those assembled Ravone lean
ed back languidly. his face tired and
drawn once more. as if the mere re-
calling of the hardShips past was hard
to bear.
First. your highness, may | advise
you and your cabinet to send another
ultimatum to the people of Dawsber-
GEM he asked This time say to
them that you hold two Dawsbergen
princes in your hand. One cannot and
will not be restored to them. The 9th
er will be released on demand. Let the
embassy he directed to meet the Duke
of Matz. the premier. He is now with
Tie army. not far from your frontier.
May it please your highness, | have
myself taken the liberty of dispatching
three trusted followers with the news
of Gabriers capture The two Bappos
and Carl Vandos are speeding to the
frontier. Your embassy will find the
Duke Of MatZ In possession of all the
facts"
The Duke OF Matz am reliably in
formed, some day is to be father-in-lnw
to Dawsbergen," smilingly said Yetive.
II shall not wonder if he responds
most favOrably to an ultimatum."
RavOne and Candace exchanged
Eiances of amusement. the latter break
ing into a deplorable little gurgle Of
! laughter
81 beg to inform you that the dukes
daughter has disdalned the offer fr, N
J the crown said Ravone. she has
married Lieutenant Aisanol OF the roy
( al artillery and is as happy as a but
terfy. Captain Baldos could have told
you how the hayward young woman
leted her father and laughed at the
/ beggar prince.
Captain Baldos Is an exceedingly
] discreet person." Beverly volunteered.
"IIe has told no tales out of school.
81 am reminded of the fact that you
gave your purse into my keeping one
memorable day the day when we
parted from our best friends nj Gan
looks gates. thought you were
princess. and you did not know that !
understood English That was 4 sore
hour for MS. Baldos was our life, the
heart Of our enterprise. Gabriel hates
him as he hates his own brother
Rteadfastly has Baldos refused to join
us in the plot to seize Prince Gabriel
He once took an oath to kill him on
sight. and | was so opposed to this
that he had to be left out of the hnai
adventures"
please tell us how you succeeded in
capturing that your half brother
cried Beverly. forgetting that it was
another's place to make the request
The audience drew near eagerly attrn
tive.
AT another time ! shall rejoice in
tellin. the story in detail. l'or the
present ret me ask you to be satlSneu
with the statement that we tricked nina
by means Of letters into the insane
hope that he coulf capture and Stay
his half brother. Captain Baldos Sug-
gestr,l. the plan. Had he been arrested
yesterday | feel it would have failed.
Gabriel was and is insane. We led
him chase through the Graustark
hills until the time WAS ripe for the
final act. His small band of followers
fed Mt our sudden attack, and he was
taken almost without a struggle not ten
miles from the city OF Edelweiss. III
his mad rawlings we learned that ms
chief desire was to kill his brother ana
sister and after that to carry out the
plan that has long been in his mind