Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-23


OF Beverly's gowns, and it was most
becoming to her. Her short, curly
brown hair was done up properly; her
pink and white complexion was as
clear as cream, now that the dust of
the road was gone; her dark eyes were
glowing with the wonder and interest
OF nineteen years, and she was, all in
all, most enticing bit Of femininity.
.'You are much more of a princess
now than when l first saw you"
smiled Yetive, drawing her down upon
the cushions of the window seat be-
side her.
.But she was such pretty boy, "
protested Dagmar You don't know
how attractive you were in those
Candace blushed. ooh, they were
awful, but they We're comfortable. One
has to wear trousers if one intends to
be vagabond. wore them for more
than a week.
.sYou shall tell US all about it, said
Hetive. holding the girls hand in hers.
fsIt must have been a most interesting
week for you"
ooh, there is not much to tell, your
tighness," said Candace, suddenly reti-
gent and shy. ''My stepbrother - oh,
Sow hate himi-had condemned me to
die because he thought / was helping
Dantan. And I was helping him, too,
all that / could Old Bappo, master of
the stables, who has loved me for
hundred years, he says, helped me to
escape from the palace at night. They
were to have seized me the next morn
ing. Bappo has been master Of the
stables for more than forty years.
Dear old Bappo! He procured the
boys clothing for me, and his two sons
accompanied me to the hills, where
soon found my brother and his men.
We saw your scouts and talked to
them a day or two after became
member of the band. Bappo's boys are
with the band now. But my brother
Dantan shall tell you of that. | was
so frightened could not tell what was
going on. l have lived in the open air
for a week, but love it. Dantan's
friends are all heroes. You will love
them. Yesterday old Franz brought
message into the castle grounds. 1t
told Captain Baldos of the plan to seize
Gabriel, who was in the hills near your
city. Didn't you know of that? oh,
we knew 1t two days ago! Baldos
knew it yesterday He met us at
o'clock this morning-that is, part of
us. / was sent on with Franz so that
I should not see bloodshed If it came
to the worst. We were near the city
gates, and Baldos came straight to us.
Isn't 1t funny that you never knew all
these things? Then at daybreak Bal
dos insisted on bringing me here to
await the news from the pass. 1t was
safer, and, besides, he said he had an
other object in coming back at once"
Beverly flushed warmly. The three
women were crowCing about the mar
rator, eagerly drinking in her naive
story.
eve came in through one of the big
gates and not through the underground
passage. That was fib," said Can
dace, looking from one to the other
with a perfectly delicious twinkle in
her eye. The conspirators gulped and
smiled guilty. "Baidos says there is
q very mean old man here who is tor
menting the fairy princess-not the
real princess, you know. He came
back to protect her, which was very
brave of him, am sure. Where Is my
brotherT' she asked, suddenly anxious.
s.He is with friends. Don't be alarm
ed, DEAR said Yetive.
Gle is changing clothes, too? He
needs clothes worse than I needed
these. Does he say positively that Ga
briel has been captured 7"
eyes. Did you not know Of it?'
IT was sure it would happen. You
know was not with them in the pass
Yetive was rejecting, soft smile in
her eyes.
II was thinking of the time when /
wore mems Clothes" she said. unlike
yours, mine were most uncomfortable
It was when aided Mr.. Lorry in es-
Gaping from the Tower. / wore a
guards uniform and rode miles with
him In dark carriage before be dis
covered the truth" She blushed at the
remembrance Of that trying hour,
And wore boys clothes at girls
party once my brother Dams" said
Beverly. eThe hostess brothers came
home Unexpectedly, and had to sit
behind bookcase for an hour didn't
see much fun in boys clothes sp~
.vS S1 ought to wear them for
week. said Candace, wise in expert
ence. "They are not SO bad when you
become accustomed to them-that is,
Il they're strong and not SO tight that
they
ssYou all love Baldos, don't your in
ferrupted Yetive. 1t was with difficulty
that the listeners suppressed their
smiles.
sBetter than any one else. He is our
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