The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-03-13
CHAPTER XVI.

CHAPTER XVI.
ss.lUNT FANNY, what is that
l A white thing sticking under
I'M the Window" demanded BeV-
y erly late the next morning.
She was sitting with her face to tne
windows while the old negress oSesseo
Aer hair.
eIcoks lax love letteh. Miss Bev-
sly.o was the answer as Aunt Fanny
ringer,y placed an envelope In her mis-
fress, hand. Beverly looked at 1t IN
aTnazement. It was Enthusiastically
letter. addressed to her, which hao
been left at her window some time In
4he night. Her heart gave thump,
and she went red with anticipated
Measure. With eager fingers she tore
.ouen the envelope. The first glance at
fne contents brought disappointment
fo her face. The missive was from
Count Marlanx. but it was relief 10
find that he was very much alive ana
5,;cking. AS she read on there came
look of perplexity which was succeed
ed by burning Indignation The man
In the cloak was preparing to strike.
Yonr secret is mine I know ali that
happened in the chapel and undersFouno
passage. You have betrayed Graus'arA
In aiding this man to escape. The pios
was cleverly executed. but you counted
without the jealous eye Of love. You can
save yourself and your honor and perhaps
no
mine. This time there can be no rihing.
want Won to treat me fairly. God help
-S,c,, If YOU refuse. Give me the answer
want. and your secret Is safe / VIII
shield You with my life. AT O'clock /
shall come to see you have IN my
yossession document that viii influence
won. You will do well to keep a close
mouth until you have seen this paper.
81 This alarming note Was all that was
needed to restore fire to the Tagging
blood Of the American girl. It's effe
was decidedly contrary to that VIII
Marlanx must have anticipated. In
stead Of coIapsing, Beverly sprang TO
her feet with energy and life in every
fiber. Her eyes were flashing brightly.
her body quiyering with the sensations
OF battle
'sThat awful oli wretch she cried,
TO Aunt Fanny's amazement HE Is
the meanest human being In all the
world. But he's making the mistake Of
his life, isn't he, Aunt Fanny? Oh. OF
course you don't know what tt Is, so
never naind. We've got surprise for
him. I'll see him at IL o'clock, and
them" She smiled quite benignly at
the thought Of WHAT she was going to
say to him. Beverly felt very secure
in the shadow Of the princess.
a clatter Of horses hoofs on the. pa
rade ground drew her to the balcony.
What she saw brought JOY to her
heart. Lorry and Anguish, muddy and
disbeveled, were dismounting before
the castle
.Ah, this is joyi Now there are three
good Americans here. I'm not afraid" "
she said brayely. Aunt Fanny nodded
her head in approval, although she did
not know what it was all about. Curl
osity more than alarm made Beverly
eager to see the document which old
Marlanx held IN reserve for her. She
determined to meet him at II.
a message from the princess an
nounced the unexpected return Of the
two Americans. She said they we're TO
use Harry Anguish's own exp'essioll}
~Deasuy near starvation and clamor-
ed for substantial breakfasts. Beverly
was urged to join them and 10 hear
the latest news from the frontier.
Lorry and Anguish were full Of the
excitement on which they had lived for
many hours. They had found eyidelce
OF raids by the Dawsbergen scouts and
had even caught sight of a small band
of fleeing horsemen. Lorry reluctantly
admitted that GabriePs army seemed
loyal to him and that there was small
hope Of conflict being averted, as he
had surmised, through the detection Of
the people He was surprised, but not
dismayed, when Yetive told him certain
portions Of the story in regard to Mar
fanX; and, by no means ayerse to see
ing the old man relegated to the back
ground, heartily indorsed the step tax
en- by his wife. He was fair enough,
however, to promise the general a
chance to speak in his own defense if
he so desired. He had this in view
when he requested Marlanx to come TO
the castle at II o'clock FOR consulta-
tior.
Gabriel is devotlng most OF his ener-
gy now to hunting that poor bantam
into his grave" said Anguish. Z be-
ifeve he'd rather kill his half brother
than conquer Graustark Why, the in
human monster has set himself to the
task Of obliterating everything that re-
minds him Of Dantan. We learned
from spies down there that he issued
an order for the death of Dantan's SIS
ter, pretty young thing named Can
dace, because he believed she was Sc
cretly aiding her fugitive brother. She
escaped from the palace in Serros q