Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-03-19

look up a time ts.l,le !or Tie 's-,ay- ~
must see about tiss- Sraias-
-Dey's Uu'y one lea, In htah daily. an
hit goes At i in de mo'nin'. one tTaiE
a dsy. Ain dat scan' 'loass
@Pm sure. Aunt Fanny. II is theil
business. not ours said Beverly sc
Terely-
-P.raEs dey aaought be runnin'
exeuhsioa roun' bout Septembeh. Mis-
Bevly.~ spec0lated Aunt Fanny con
solingly. ~Dey geu-ty has en- in Sep
tembeh-"
-Yoa osi goose.~ cried Beverly IL
spite # beEself.
AIN 20 habin' er good time
honey
No. an not
-Fo' de ian sake All wouldn'
s'plcloned hit TO a mInnit. Hits de
gayest place All mos eyeh saw-'cept
Wash'ton an Lex'ton an yicksbu'g."
well, You don't know everything,
said Beverly Grossly. Il wish you'd
take that red feather out Of my hat
right away"
~shall All frow hit away. Miss
Bev'lyg"
well, no. You needn't do that, /"
said Beverly. Put it on my dressing
table. I'll attend to it,"
''Wha's become o. de gemman at wo'
hit In de fust place? All aim seen him
fo' two-three days"
'Tm sure don't know. He's proba-
bly, asleep. That class of people never
lose sleep over anything"
"Es er poW'fuI good lOOkin' pus-
son." suggested Aunt Fanny. Beverly's
eyes frightened.
"Oh, do you think so?" she said. quite
indifferently. 'What are you doing
with that hat?'
''Takin' out de featheh-jes' as
"Well, leave it alone Don't disturb
my things, Aunt Fanny. How many
times must / tell you
Good Lawdr' was all that Aunt
Fanny could say.
Don't forget about the time tables, :"
said Beverly as sne sailed forth for
her walk in the park.
In the afternoon she went driving
with Princess Yetiye and the young
Duke Of Mizrox, upon whose innocent
and sufficiently troubled head she was
heaping secret abuse because of the
news he brought. Later Count Mar
lanx appeared at the castle for his first
lesson In poker. He looked so sure Of
himself that Beverly hated him to the
point of desperation At the same time
she was eager to learn how matters
stood with Baldos. The counts threat
still hung over her head, yelled by it's
ridiculous shadow Of mercy. She knew
him well enough by this time to feel
convinced that Baldos would have to
account for his temerity sooner or
later. 1t was like the cat and the help
less mouse
'It's too hot" she protested, when he
announced himself ready for the game.
Nobody plays poker when It's 90 in
the shade"
"But, your highness." complained the
count, war may break out any day.
cannot concede delay"
Il think there's n game called shoot
Ing craps" suggested she serenely.
ut seems to me it would be particu-
larly good for warriors. You could be
shooting something all the time"
He went away In a decidedly irasci-
BILE frame Of mind. She did not know
1t, but BaldOs was soon afterward set
to work in the garrison stables, most
lOathsome occupation, in addition to his
duties as guard by night.
After mature dellberation Beverly set
herself to the task of writing home to
her father. 1t was her supreme In.
tentiOn to convince him that she would
be off for the States In an amazingly
short time. The major upon receiving
the letter three weeks later found moth
Ing In 1t to warrant the belief that she
was ever coming home. He did OBJ.
serve, however that she had but little
use for the army Of Graustark and
was especially disappointed in the sci
of men Yetiye retained as her private
guard. For the life of her Beverly
could not have told why she disap
proved of the guard In general or IL
particular, but she was conscious OF
the fact after the letter was posted
that she had said many things that
might have been left unwritten. Be
sides, 1t was not Baldos' fault that sh.
could not sleep. 1t was distinctly
her own. He had nothing to do witt
It,
I'm bet father Will be glad to heal
that | am coming home," she said t,
Yetive after the letter was gone.
"Oh, Beverly, dear. hate to hear o.
your going" cried the princess. "Whel
did you tell him you'd startT"
hy-Oh-er-let me see, when did
/ say? Dash me. as Mr.. Anguish
would say. | don't believe | gave
date. It seems to me said soon
that's ALL"
you don't know how relieved am,
exclaimed Yetive rapturOusly. ana Bev
erly was In high dudgeon because o
the Implied reflection. Il believe yol
are In tiff with BaldOs." went on Ye
tive alrily.
Goodness! How foolish you can b
at times. Yetiyew was what Beverl,
gave back to her hlghness the Princes
OF Graustark.
Late In the evening eOurlers came Il
from the Dswsbergen frontier with re
ports which created considerable ex
eltement In castle and army circles
Prince Gabriel himself had been seel
In the northern part Of his domain, ac
SoapanIed by a large detachment 0
picked soldiers. LOrry set out tina
very night for the frontier, happy Il