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GopsFieht. 1904. " Dad.
Mod and CoapmT


said Beverly as sne sailed forth for
her walk in the park.
In the afternoon she went driving /
with Princess Yetive and the young |
Duke of Mizrox, upon whose innocent !
and sufficiently troubled head she was !
! heaping secret abuse because of the |
news he brought. Later Count Mar
lanx appeared at the castle for his first
lesson in poker He looked so sure of
himself that Beverly hated him to the
point of desperation. At the same time
she was eager to learn how matters
stood with Baldos. The counts threat
still hung over her head, yelled by its
ridiculous shadow of mercy. She knew
him well enough by this time to feel
convinced that Baldos would have to
account for his temerity sooner or
later. 1t was like the cat and the help
less mouse.
Its too hot" she protested, when he
announced himself ready for the game.
Nobody plays poker when it's % in
the shade"
But your highness," complained the
count, ''war may break out any day. ]
cannot concede delay"
Il think there's game called shoot
ing craps" suggested she serenely.
''It seems to me it would be particu-
larry good for warriors. You could be
shooting something all the time"
He went away in decidedly irasci-
BILE frame of mind. She did not know
1t, but BaldOs was soon afterward set
to work in the garrison stables, a most
loathsome occupation, in addition to his
duties as a guard BY night.
After mature deliberatlcn Beverly set
herself to the task of writing home to
her father 1t was her supreme in
tention to convince him that she would
be off for the States In an amazingly
short time. The major upon receiving
the letter three weeks later found moth
Ing in it to warrant the belief that she
was ever coming home. He did OBJ
serve however, that she had but little
! use for the army of Graustark and
a was especially disappointed in the set
of men Yetive retained as her private
!, guard. For the life of her Beverly
. could not have told why she disap-
proved of the guard In general or In
. particular, but she was conscious OF
the fact after the letter was posted
!. that she had said many things thai
might have been left unwritten. Be
4 sides, it was not Baldos' fault that she
could not sleep. 1t was distinctly
- her own. He had nothing to do will
v it.
'Tll bet father will be glad to heal
p that am coming home" she said t
a Yetive after the letter was gone.
d "Oh. Beverly. dear, hate to hear o
your going" cried the princess. "Whei
IL did you tell him you'd start?'
H. hy-oh-er-let me see. when di'
say? Dash me. as Mr.. Anguis
V, would say. don't believe gave
IL date. 1t seems to me I said soon
y that's ALL
ssYou don't know how relieved am.
exclaimed Yetlve rapturously. and BeH
erly was In high dudgeon because O
Mt the implied reflection. II believe 20
ri are in a tiff with Baldos." went on "
81, tive airily.
on Goodness. How foolish you can b
1y Mt times. Yetive-' was what Beverl
he, paye back to her highness the Princes
ne Of Graust.lf!..
LATE i'm the evening cour!ers came
from the Daws5er;-en frontier with r.
to oorts which crcat-1 49,. - - lie e.
We element In castle and army circles
prince Gabriel himself had been see
IN In the northern part of his donna m a'
lin comma MED by a large detachment G
nicked soldiers I.orry set out Il.
dir vary night for the frontier. happy !
Sc the belief that something worm WIZ
was about to occur. General MaTt'"
n ,ssued orders for the EdelwelsS arm
ISIS corps TO mass beyond the Soutiief
nm. -otas of the city The next EiofFIih
on. commands were also sent TO me o''
living garrisons. There WAS TO -
In gan.-aI movement Of troops hc!of' L
o,d Of the week Graustark WAS ~
ne. ia he CAUGHT mapping.
Iopp after the departure OF L'Fi
and Anguish the princess SAT Oh -
In balcony with beverly and the 'ou''
dc ess Dagmar. They did rot tai% ti'c
cpt The mission of these vehthfeSoh
i" voupo American husbands was TN
%" danger. Something in the air HAD 10
u'd their wives that the first blows OF Wi
Int woe TO be struck before they iopA'
again Upon the men they loved
Iiss Il think we have been betrayed
some one" said Dagmar after ah
,t" most interminahle silence. li'i COZ
ing panion did not reply nc ''d' ~
shv that Gabriel knows wher" we f"
,vo weakc.t It the front and shat he khoN
him arr cyc~v movement. Netive. t.2''
spy lere after all.
,ba ".Nnd that spy has access to the We
.ver heart of our deliberations. added nc
erly Dointed!y. Il say this in behalf
ms tbc man whom you evidently suspe
Tvs countess. He could not know tic
things"
Mite II do not say that he does kh'
ping Miss Calhoun. but it Is not beyond u
son that he may lie the go-betweeil. !