The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-17
WHAT HAPPENED
AT STARKENFELS
Copyright, by Joseph b. Bowles.,
~ RAFAEL sAsAriNi

wing iAat ~ was 10 my heai
am ana not TO my ambitions. that | fell
hat victim?
icy TOR months | worshipped her froi
aiaf, as plous ones Worship 4 saint
leFeIehtly, ecstatically Despalriaa
700, was my love for her. realizin,
y mat while she was heirass 10 m
- 'n'ohe vi Lichtenstein. | was but on,
;" VI the minor satellites OF the court
ny princess WAS chosen by the
states Oh Sachsenberg and Lichtenstein
~ pecone the wife OF King Heinrich
g VI Sachsenbere Few were there AZ
le me Court OF Fadu2 llat were not
pflFy to this. ana few whom the
s princess fiat refus.. 10 enter INFO tha
| afiiahce did not I'LL with consterna-
lloh' She had never seen the king Of
! o@eAsehpefs, aud she openly vowed
I 'iial she never wished to see Him; that
sue would not be bestowed like unto 4
eAattei FOR purposes Of state.
. Ihen did ii occur To NE that banlv
me princess had already given hsr
ae4Ft 70 another, Could It be. asked
myself that my ardent chances had
not been in vain?
/ Will not dwell here nDon dataiIs ne
our flight; they scarce concern my /
story But so we'll did contriye thar I
| III three days my mistress SAT safs
within the walls of her castle of STARK.
ehteis. we were prepared for
siege, and had victualed the place
50 mat score OF people might hpld
out for year, II need be-
On the eighth day OF our coming n
Sl&rAenfels held parley with one whe
Ioae up IN hot haste to the very edge
OF the moat
from the battlements | inquired a
what errand he was come, and in an
s"er he pompously announced that hi,
business was with the Princess Yols
OF Lichfenstein. Then there came thu
rustic OF a gown beside me, and the
princess was at my elbow. gazing
Town upon that leather-clad clown
Whq is this. Geristein?"
4 know not, madame. 1t pIeaseg
I'm to be mysterious" W
But he Is wounded" she cried a m
ook OF pity clarifying her matcbless
yes. And you leave him al tba kr
ate?" eA' IN
Inc graceless dog. perceiying her n
ored his grey beaver. decked by = 70
foken goose quill. disclosing fac.
lat was very pale vo
Lady he began, then stonped ah pal
lptly The hat fiuttered from nj, tina
asp, ne sank forward upon tha hin
liners OF his horse. then rolling from An
. saddle, lay inert upon the turf the
See to him, my lord" the prjncass L
'sd' ne has tainted. Have him dali
ought into the CASTLE V
ihe wound was mere scrstcb not
1ush much blood had flowed. Az his Ii
iden sleeve bore witness. With hat plao
kefchief she bound 1t up. mat
Poor lad" she murmured "ba hath sem
t much blood" sent
As she spoke he stirred: a sigh as nay
'ed MIN, and ne opened his ewes IN thfo
1 the princess mlrrored in Them dint
sh from those eyes of his there upol
neu with returning consciousness FEAR
ook OF such wonder and bola ad. lowe
alton that my lady's dignity was Ac
used by it. migF
y lady's brow grew dark and prime
n her eye. Ger.
ONE you on behalf Of King Helm. led I
- watt
'ay your highness on NV ovn since
sorry traitor do hold myself We
madame that which is foot stood
ieth to me 50 foul thing thar swasl
no longer esteemed myself a gen. Is
an had /. Anthony Won Turson she c
'inden TO warn you" MY
hat is this warning thar taop. 80
gentleman yet makes van doorW
1r?' my d
Ady, the prince. your father. NJ. yestei
anied by The king OF Sacasenbere ness
his way hither with a tbanea., your
out"
IRE WAS a mop,ant,s ,,...-. "Fe.
grew the Princess yoi,,s - Won I
It despair not, lady You NAV al M
scape. leaving your castle gar. say
III. Bid your men hold out for = comes
l. ana then Surrender the emmy the
o The prince. But. lady. you mus | sto
4, for he draws uear," ola th'
put her hand to her heart. and ,oiIo~'
about her with eyes that for a horror
MT told OF fear Then eht, DC
re viii remain" she said "un. stA1"Al
csc tyrants shall b.,a -. God
DO you save yonrself 81. "wh!
with you my thanks -, - Why Il
effort" Yola.
he princess eommand you
was brought him T., n .t slthoug
'me delay. and when az last he swereu'
iounted II was too late. Tho hlther
$ force was within a connie ~ OF fort'
d yards. and could not sanc- swear |
70 lowering OF the bridge. ! came
careless laugh Won T,roe, ehoed!
nted and flung the -. She Q
/ eyes. ar
month sat the Prince Of I5ch,- aau "a
and the King Of Sachssuberg nen'
NJ US. and ia my whole iifs mem
all no other month in which I Z
half 30 much
,sllv si,,o.t ,-.. he laugl
Ie rufiier out Of Saohsenbers- 80. -.s
ever have. and ever shsli 80 - -
n ~ wormed himself hv 4. ~
WIGS into The good graces OF