Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-06-07

! strobe through the door and stood be-
fore the grim old captain of police, an
| easy, confident smile on his face The
black patch once more covered his eye
| with defiant assertiveness
'sThey tell me you are Baldos, goat
| hunter. said Baron Dangloss, eying
him keeniy.
Yes,
"And you were hurt in defending one
| who is of much consequence In Grau-
stark Sit down, my good fellow" Bal
dos eye cleaned coldly for an instant;
then he sank into a chair. while adj
hitting that you have done Graustark
a great service, am obliged to tell
you that at least know you to be
other than what you say. You are not
| goat hunter, and Baldos is not your
name. Am not right?"
s'You have had instructions from
| your sovereign, Baron Dangloss Did
they include a command to cross ques-
ton ule?'' asked Baldos haughtily.
Dangloss hesitated for full minute.
sThey did not. take the liberty Of
| inquiring on my own responsibility"
Every well, sir. Until you have q
right to question me, am Baldos and
a goat hunter. think ! am here to re
ceive surgical treatment"
you decline to tell me anything con-
corning yourself9p
"Only that am Injured and need re-
lief.y
Perhaps I know more about you
than you suspect, SIR
II am not in the least interested
Baron Dangloss, in what you know.
The princess brought me into Ganlook,
and have her promise of help and
protection while here. That is all l
have to say. except that | have i'm
plicit faith in her word"
| Dangloss sat watching him in silence
for some time No one but himself
knew what was going on in Fat
shrewd, speculative mind. At length
be arose and approached the proud
| fellow in rags.
"You have earned every considera-
ton at our hands. My men will take
you to the hospital, and you shall have
| the best of care You have served our
| princess well. Tomorrow you may feel
| inclined to talk more freely with me,
/ for am your friend. Baldos.
II am grateful for that, Baron Dan
gloss" said the other simply. Then he
was led away, and comfortable cot
| In the Ganlook hospital soon held his
! long, feverislf frame, while capable
hands took care of his wounds. He
did not know it, but two fully armed
soldiers maintained careful guard
outside his door under instructions
from the head of the police. Moreover,
| a picked detail of men sailed forth
| into; the lower pass in search of the
goat hunters followers.
! In the meantime Beverly was con-
Quoted to the home of the Countess
! RalloWitz Her meeting with the
princess was most affectionate. There
were tears, laughter and kisses. The
whole atmosphere of the place sug-
gested romance to the eager American;
| girl. Downstairs were the royal
guards. In the halls were attendants.
| All about were maidservants and OBJ
| sequious lackeys, crowding the home
of the kindly countess. At last, COM
| Portable and free from the dust of
| travel. the two friends sat down to
/ dainty meal.
| 'Oh, am so delighted" murmured
Beverly for the hundredth time.
I'm appalled, when / think Of the
dangers you incurred in coming to me.
/ No one but a very foolish American
| girl could have undertaken such a trip
as this. Dear me, Beverly, / should
have died if anything dreadful had
happened to you. Why did you do it,"
1 questioned the princess. And then they
laughed joyously.
"And you went all the way to st.
Petersburg to meet me, you dear, dear
Yetive!'' cried Beverly so warmly that
| the attentive servant forgot his mask
| OF reverence. S
wasn't it ridiculous Of me? know
/ Gren would have forbidden it IL he had
been in Edelweiss when / started.
And, more shame to me, the poor fell
1 low is doubtless at the conference with
Dawsbergen, utterly ignorant of my
escapade You should have heard the
ministry -er-ah' And the princess
paused for an English word.
Kick 2" Beverly supplied
eyes. They objected violently. And,
do you know, was finally compelled
to issue private edict to restrain
them from sending an appeal to Gren-
fall away off there on the frontier.
Whether or no. my uncle insisted that
he should be brought home, a three
days journey, in order that he might
keep me from going to st. Petersburg.
OF course they could not disobey my
/ edict, and SO poor Gren is none the
WISER unless he has returned from the
conference. If he has, am sure ne is
on the way to Ganlook at this very
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