Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-02-22

rest and refresh
ned home. An
:, * ready to rush
IStonishing but
eve. r,,,o-
r. L will. DAVIS.
oerSel. wake a fight to re-
lease Gaa:.I I.,lsSife in vorr am
geons. If lAey SAINT him now thew
must come - w" s,rougholds. They
Will not do it. Lc..cve me" said Ravone
simply. "Alas am faint and sore ne
you suspect May lie down for an
hour or two? In that time Won will
nave heard from your wardans. and my
story will be substnutated. Then
Shall be ready to accept your hospital-
ty as 1t is proffered. Outside YOUR city
gates my humble followers lie starv.
ing My only prayer is that you will
send them cheer and succor."
NO time was lost in sending to the
gates for the strollers who had accom-
plished the marvel of the day. The
news of Gabrlers capture was kept
from the city's inhabitants until verl-
hcation came from the proper sources,
but those in control of the affairs of
state were certain that Ravone's story
was true. All operations came to a
standstlll. The movements of the army
were checked. Everything lay qules-
cent under the shock of this startling
climax.
Hang it," growled Anguish, with
quizzical grin as Ravone departed un-
der the guidance of Count Halfont
himself, this knocks me galley west.
I'd like to have had a hand in it. 1t
must have been great. How the devil
do you think that miserable little gang
of tramps pulled it OFF,"
Harry" said Lorry disgustedIy,
they taught us a trick or two"
While the young princess was being
cared for by Yetive's own maids in one
of the daintiest bedchambers of the
castle Beverly was engaged in writing
brief but pointed letter to her Aunt
Josephine, who was still in st. Peters
burg. She had persistently refused to
visit Edewelss, but had written many
imperative letters commanding her
niece to return to the Russian capital.
Beverly now was recalling her scat
tered wits in the effort to appease her
aunt and her father at the same time.
Major Calhoun emphatically had or
dered her to rejoin her aunt and start
for America at once. Yesterday Bev-
erly would have begun packing for
the trip home. Now she was eager to
remain in Graustark indefinitely. She
was so thrilled by JOY and excitement
that she scarcely could hold the pen.
Father says the Un4ed States pa
pers are full Of awful war scares from
the Balkans. Are we part of the Bal
kans, YetiveY she asked. HE says I'm
to come right off home. Says he'll not
pay nickel OF ransom If the brlgands
catch me- as they did Miss Stone and
that woman who had the baby. He
says mother is worried half to death.
I'm Just going to cable him that it's all
Off, because he says II war breaks out
he's going to send my brother Dan over
here to get me. I'm having Aunt Jo-
sephine send him this cablegram from
st. Petersburg: They never fight in
! Balkans. Just scare each other. Skip
| headlines, father dear VIII be home
soon. Beverly How does that sound?
1t will cost lot, but he brought 1t
upon his own head. And we're not in
the Balkans, anyway. Aunt Joe will
! have fit. Please call an A. d. I. boy,
princess. | want to send this message
to st. Petersburg"
When Candace entered the princess
boudolr half an hour later she was far
from being the timid youth who nrst
came to the notice Of the Graustark
cabinet She was now attired In one
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. a most enticing bit Of femininity.
"You are much more Of a princess
now than when | first saw you,
smiled Yetive drawing her down upon
the cushions of the window seat be-
side her,
But she was such a pretty boy,
protested Dagmar You don't know
how attractive you were in those
Candace blushed. "Oh, they were
awful, but they were comfortable. One
has to wear trousers If one intends tc
be a vagabond. | wore them for more
than a week"
you shall tell us all about it" said
Yetive, holding the girls hand in hers
"It must have been a most interesting
week for you
"Oh. there is not much to tell, you
highness." said Candace, suddenly ret
cent and shy. my stepbrother - oh
how 7 hate him!-had condemned me t
:, ,,,,,o ba Thought | was lelpluj