The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-06-27

ANa'V tAfC i.i Suth
a hullabaloo could be called peace.
Callers came by the dozen, bnt Yetive
would see no one. Letters, kilograms
and telephone calls almost swamped
her secretary: the footman and The
butler fairly gasped under the strain
of excitement. Through it all The two
friends sat Respondent and alone in
the dre2r room that once had been the
abode of pure delight Grenfall LorIy
was off in town closing up all matters
of business that could he diSp9 tched at
once. The princess and her industri-
Gus retinue We're to take the evening
express for New York. and the next
day would find them at sea.
Il know ! shall cry all summer"
vowed Miss Calhoun. with conviction
in her eyes. ITS just too awful for
anything" She was lying back among
the cushions of the divan. ana her hat
was the picture Of cruel neglect For
three solid hours she had StubbOrnly
withstood Yetive's appeals to remove
her hat, insisting that she could not
trust herself to stay more than min
ute or two. ut seems to me. Yetive.
that your jailers must he very incOm-
petent or they wouldn't have let loose
all this trouble upon you" she com
planned.
"prince Gabriel is the very essence
of trouble" confessed Yetive plain
lively He was born to annoy peo-
PIE. just like the evil prince IN the
fairy tales"
81 wish we had him over here the
American girl answered stoutly. HE
| wouldn't he such a trouble. I'm sure.
We don't let small troubles worry us
| very long. you know"
But he's dreadfully important over
there. Beverly: that's the difficult part
| Of it." said Yetive sOlemnly. You
see lie is a condemned murderer"
Then YOU ought to hang him or
| electrocute him or whatever it is that
you do to murtlerers over there" spoke
! Beverly promptly.
! "Hut. dear. You don't understand.
! He won't permit us either 10 hang or
! to electrocute him. my dear The situa-
ton is precisely the reverse. if he is
correctly quoted by my uncle. When
| Uncle CaSpar sent an envoy to inform
| Dawsbergen respectfully that Grau-
stark would hold it personally respon-
| sible if Gabriel We're not surrendered,
Gabriel himself replied, 'Graustark be
hanged"'
| "How rude of him. especially when
! your uncle was so courteous about it!
He must be Il very disagreeable per-
SON" announced Miss Calhoun
Il am sure you wouldn't like him."
said the princess. His brother. who
has been driven from the throne-aHd
from the capital. in facts quite diff
! ferent | have not seen him, hut my
ministers regard him As splendid
young man."
"Oh. how I hope he may go back
with his army and annihi.Hte that old
Gabrcl.' crie,l Beverly, frowniHs
tiercely.
Alas" sighed the princess, he
hasn't an army. and besides he is find
ing it extremely difficult TO keep from
being annihilated himself. The army
has gone over To Prince Gabriel
Pooh" ScOifed Miss Calhoun. who.
WAS thinkin" of the enormous armies
| the United States can produce at
days notice. What good is Il ridicu-
louS little army like his anyway: A
battalion from Fort Thomas could
! beat it to-
| Don't boast dear" interrupted Ye
I tive, with Il wan smile. ''DawSbergen
has standing army of 1".W1 excel
lent soldiers. With the war reserves
| she has twice the available force l can
produce"
. but your men are so brave!' cried
! Beverly, who had heard their praises
! sung.
'True-tiOd bless thcm.-but you for
| get that we must attack Gabriel in his
, own territory 70 recapture him
| means Il perilous expedition into the
mountains of Dawsbergen. and l am
| sorely afraid. oh. dear, | hope he'll
! surrender peaccably"'
| And 20 back to Jail for life:" cried
! Miss Calhoun. Its Il good deal to
} expect of him. dear. | fancy it's much
! better fun kicking up Il rlImpuS on the
! outside than it is kicking ones toes off
| against an ohdurate stone wall from
! the inside. You can't blame him for
! fighting Bit
! NO. suppose not" agreed the prin-
CESS miScrably "Gren is actually hap
/ ply over he miserable affair, Beverly.
! He Is full of enthusiasm and positively
! aching to he in Graustark-ri"ht in the