The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-12-25

the railway carriage. She ACCUSES inii
CHAPTER Discontinued.
Il haven't the slightest idea of what
you are talking about" he said. might
lily discouraged. II never, saw, this
country till Monday, and never want
to see 1t again.
From what are you running away
then ?''-skeptically.
Il am running away from a man who
slapped me In the face. and
all his wrongs returned to him.
ndeed!"-derisively.
YES, II" He thrust out both his
great arms miserably. I'm n healthy
looking individual. am l not, to be run.
ming away from anything"
Especially after having been a sol
der In the Spanish war. Why did you
tell me that your name was Scharfen-
STEM,
Heaven on earth, 1t Is Scharfen-
stein. I'm simply taking my chance
on another mans passports"
81 am unconyinced," -ungraciously.
She was. however. inordinately happy;
at the sight Of the picture of woe on
his face all her trust in him returned.
She believed every word he said, but
she wanted to know everything.
Very well: I see that l must tell
you everything to get back into your
good graces-Fraulein Won Heideloff."
IF you ever were In my good
graces.''
Graphically he recounted the adven-
ture at Muller's, He was q capital
story teller and he made very good
impression.
1T 1t hadn't been for the princess
clipping / should not have been here. "
he concluded. FOR my friend would
have had waiter bring me that
chair"
THE princess clipping!
why. yes. II seems that she eloped
tonight. so the report came from the
palace" .- 80. ~. a-|
The girl sat tight. as they say; then
suddenly she burst into uncomfortable
laughter. It was the drollest thing she
had ever heard. She saw the duke
tearing around the palace. ordering the
police hither and thither. sending tele-
grams. waking his advisers and drag
ging them from their beds. My what
hubbub! Suddenly she grew serious.
Have you the revolver stiil?"
Yes"
Toss 1t out Of the window; quick!'
But"
DO as l say. They will naturally
search you at the frontier"
He took out the revolver and gazed
regretfully at it, while the girl could
not repress a shudder.
What horrid.looking thing!''
Il carried 1t all through the war;
Throw 1t away and buy new one. >
But the associations"
They will lock you up as a danger
Gus person" She let down the win
dow and the cold night air rushed in.
Give it to me-" He did so. She flung
1t far into the night.
There, that is better. Some day
you will understand"
81 shall never understand anything
In this country What are you run
ming away FROM"
"A man with a red nose"
"A red nose? Are they so frightful
here as that?''
This one is. He wants-to marry
me-
Marry you,"
yes. rather remarkable that any
man should desire me as wife. isn't
it,"
He saw that she was ironical. HAY
Ing nothing to say. he said nothing
but looked longingly at the vacant
space beside her.
She rested her chin upon the sill OF
the window and gazed at the stars. A
wild rush of the wind beat upon hel
face, bringing a thousand vague heavy
perfumes and aspleasant numbing
How cleverely she had eluded the
dukes police, What brilliant ides
it had been 10 use her private carriage
key to steal into the carriage compart
ment long before the train was made
up, 1t had been some trouble to ligh
the lamps, but in doing so she hat
had peered In. but. seeing that thu
lamps were lighted. concluded tina
one of his fellows had been the rounds
The police would watch all thos'
who entered or left the station. blu
never would they think to search car
riage into which no one had been seeI
to enter But oh. what frightful pre-
dicament she was in, All she pos
sessed in the world was a half-crown
SCARCE enough for her breakfast Ant
II she did not ind her governess a
once she would be lost utterly. and IL
Dresden! She choked back the sob
Why couldn't they let her be? Sh'