Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-02-15

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What arc you going to do ,clA MN
He comes here a vagabond. but ha..
tainly does not act like one. He adm1
that he is being hunted, but takes
one into his confidence. For that
cannot be blamed"
Have you any reason 70 suua,
who he is?" asked Lorry.
"My instructions were to rtrI
from questioning him." complains
Dangloss, with a pathetic look at M
original plotters. "Still, | have nsd
Investigations along other lines"
"And who is heY" cried BeveA
eagerly.
II don't know" was the disappOh
Ing answer. I'VE are confronted bv
queer set of circumstances. DOublev
you all know that young Prince Dn
tan is flying from the wrath Of bis
brother, our lamented friend Gah
He is supposed to be in our bills VA
a half starved body Of followers
seems impossible that he could BAN
reached our northern boundaries VIh
out our outposts catching glimpse
him at some time. The trouble Is aa
his face is unknown to most Of o.
among the others. | have been gn
on the presumption that BaldOs b
reality Prince Dantan, but last lll
the belief received severe shock
"YesY' came from several eager IR
"My men who are watching I'd
Dawsbergen frontier came in ha
night and reported that Dantan ha
been seen by mountaineers no htd
than Sunday, three days ago lAea
mountaineers were in sympathy Em
him and refused to tell whittier y
went. We only know that be was .
the southern part Of GraustarE nia|
days ago. Our new guard speaks naHI
languages, but he has never been nheial
to use that of Dawsbergen. Ihatlaal
In itself Is not surprising, fol, Of a|
things, he would avoid bis moas|
tongue. Dantan is part English y
birth and wholly so by cultivation v
that he evidently finds a mate 10 NJ
Baldos."
"Then he really isn't Prince D'R
tanY' cried Beverly, as though Glu'
fshed ideal had been shattered.
mot If we are to believe the ua
from the south. Here Is another CON-
plication, however, There Is, as w.
know, Count Halfont, and perhaps
of you, for that matter, q prelenus, u, ]
the throne of Axphain, the luglu'
Prince Frederic. He is descrlOVa ! !
young, good looking, scholar ana U
next thing to a pauper." :.
"Baldos a mere pretenaer' Wv
Beverly in distress. Never! :.
cat any rate, he is not wnas NC =
tends to be-" said the baron WIN
wise smile. nh,
"Then you think he may Ds f.I ~
Frederick" asked LOrry, deeply n''
ested. u..
~ am inclined to think so, alIn,Sl y
another complication has arlseu :
It please your highness, ! am !"
amazingly tangled state of mind !,
mitted the baron, passing H'' :
over his brow. u,rst,
"Do you mean that anOlnel ~ !" 81
GUS prince has come TO me- NE, ,,,sr
Yetive, her eyes sparkling WIN nv
in the revelations. ..h =,
"Early this morning a dispasra p,,.,'. Y
to me from the Grand Duke Aieuas -ast
Rapp-Thorberg, a duchy IN "s'l a.,
Europe, informing me that the = =
: eldest son had fed from nome - : ]
known to have come to the y"
possibly to Graustark. ana
"Great Scottw exclaimed - !.
att never rains but 1t mans
hail to the princes three"
1--WE are the Mecca for runas+- l1.,,,,,
J atty, It seems" said Count ,5l.aa n.a' I
; go on with the story Dul.1 ~ a
gloss," cried the princess. Il : :
book" rss
"a description Of the young - -
companies the offer of q ialss !,
for information that may le~' =,
return home for recOneillaIiO.s, =
here the baron paused drama'
ITO BE CONTINUED