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you want me TO goI' he insisted, draw
ing near as 1t because you fear the
love bear for youT
"Love You don't really Stop!
Remember where you are, sir! You
must not go on with it, Baldos. Don't
come step nearer. Do &c tonight!
1t is for the best. | have beer awfully
wicked ir letting it run CD as It mas.
Forgive me; please forgive me-" she
pleaded. He drew back, pale and b lrt
A great dignity settled upon his face
His dark eyes crushed her with their
quiet scorn.
II understand, Miss Calhoun. The
play is over. You will find the luckless
vagabond gentleman, after all. You
ask me Is desert the cause l serve.
That Is enough, l shall go tonight"
The girl was near to surrender Had
1t not been for the persistent fear that
her proud old father might suffer from
her wilfuness, she would have thrown
down the barrier and risked everything
in the choice. Her heart was crying
out hungrily for the love Of this tall.
mysterious soldier of fortune
ut Is best" she murmurcd finally.
Later on sue was to know the meaning
Of the peculiar smile he gave her
II go because you dismiss me, not
because I fear an enemy. If you
choose to remember me at all, be just
enough to believe that I am not a
shameless coward"
"You are brave and true and good.
and I am miserable, deceitful wretch"
she lamented You will seek Ravone
and the othcrs?
Eyes; they are my friends. They
love my poverty. And now. may it
please your h'ghness, when am l to go
| FORTH and in what garb? / should no
Graustark guard"
leave it to me. Everything shall he
| arranged You will be discreet? No
one is 10 know that 1 am your
"Rest assured, Miss Calhoun. have
close mouth" And he smiled con-
temptuously.
II agree with YOU" said she regret
fully you know how to hold your
tongue" He laughed harshly. For
once in a way will you answer ques-
tom"
Il will not promise"
"You say that you are Dantan's
friend. Is It true that he IS to marry
the daughter Of the Duke of Matz,
Countess Iolanda?"
at has been SO reported"
as she beautiful
Eyes; exceedingly"
"Rut is he to marry herr" she insist.
ed, she knew not why.
How should I know, your high.
ress?"
'If you call me 'vour highness again
III despise YOU she hared miserably
Another question: Is it true that the
y.ung Duke Christohal fed because his
father objected to his marriage with q
game warden's daughterT
II have never heard So" with touch
of hauteur
Does he know that the girl Is deadY
she asked cruelty. Baldos did not an
swer for long time. He stared at hel
steadily. his eyes expressing no emo
ton from which she could Judge him.
Il think he is ignorant Of that ca
lamity, Miss Calhoun" he said. "Witl
your permission shall withdraw
There is nothing to be gained by de
lay" 1t vas such a palpable affron
that she shrank within herself anC
could have cried
Without answering. she walked I'm
= steadily to the window and looked OH
into the night A mist came into he
eyes. For many minutes she remalne
there, striving to regain control OF he
, emotions. All this time she knew tina
I he was standing just where she ha
left him, like { statue, awaiting he
r command At last she faced him resC
l lutely.
5 you will receive instructions ms t
your duties here from the guard a
j the stairs. When you hear the hal
! clock strike the hour of in the morn
0 ing go into the chapel, but DO not lie
I any one see you or suspect. You know
@ whore 1t is. The door will be VI
locked"'
;. Am not to see you again?" he ask
o ed. and she did not think him proper
- depressed.
n Yes" she answered after paus
q that seemed like an eternity, and b
went quietly, silently away.
3 CHAPTER XIV.
v.rSHlLE Baldos was standing
W guard in the long lofty hall
y ve way the Iron Count was bus!
~ with the Vaccinations whic
u were calculated to result in startlin
r upheaval with the break of new day
u He prepared and swore to the charge
p preferred against Baldos. They wer
o dispatched to the princess for he
d perusal in the morning Then he Sc
s. about preparing the vilest usation
II against Beverly Calhoun. In his ow
l. handwriting and over his own sigma