Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-01-11

fighting his way through II necessary
Looking back over the ground, he won
dered how he could have been deceived
at all by the unconventional American.
In the clear light Of retrospection he
now saw how impossible II was for
her TO have been the princess. Every
act every word. every look, should
have told him the truth. Every flaw
In her masquerading now presented IT.
self to him, and he was compelled to
laugh at his own simplicity. Caution,
after ALL was the largest component
part OF his makeup. The craftiness OF
the hunted was deeply rooted In his
being. He saw q very serious side to
the adventure. Stretching himself upon
the cot In the corner Of the room. he
gave himself over to plotting, plan
ming, thinking.
In the midst OF his thoughts a sud.
den light burst In upon him. His eyes
cleaned with new fire. his heart
leaped with new animation, his blood
ran warm again. Leaplng to bis feet,
he ran to the window to reread the
note from old Franz. Then he settled
back and raughed with fervor that
cleared the brain Of thousand vague
mlsgiyings
"She Is Miss Calhoun, an American,
going to be guest at the castle;' not
the princess. but Miss Calhoun. Once
more the memory Of the clear gray
eyes leaped into life. Again he saw
her asleep In the coach on the road
from Ganlook. Again he recalled the
fervent throbs his guilty heart had
felt as he looked upon this fair crea.
ture, at one time the supposed treasure
OF another man. Now she was Miss
Calhoun, and her gray eyes her en-
trancing smile, her wondrous vlvacity,
were not for one man alone. II was
marvellous what change this sudden
realization wrought In the view ahead
of him. The whole situa tion seemed 10
be transformed Into something more
desirable than ever before. His face
cleared, his spirits leaped higher and
higher with the buoyancy Of fresh re-
lief, his confidence In himself crept
back into existence. Aud all because
the fair decelver. the slim girl with the
brave gray eyes who had drawn him
into net was not princessl
Something told him that she had not
drawn him into his present position
with any desire to injure him or with
the slightest sense OF malice. To her II
had been merry Jest, a pleasant com
edy. Underneath all he saw the good.
ness OF her motive In taking him from
the old life and putting him into his
present position OF trust. He had
helped her. and she was ready TO help
him 10 the limit OF her power His
position In Edelweiss was clearly
enough defined The more he thought
OF II the more justihable II seemed as
viewed from her point OF observation.
How long she hoped to keep him In the
dark he could not tell. The outcome
would be entertaining. Her efforts to
deceive, II she kept them up, would be
amusing Altogether he was ready,
with the leisure and JOY of youth, to
await developments aud 10, enioX the
comedy from point OF yiesxc yhieh
she could not at once suspect,ispooo /
ills Jsuptle,JefTort to- drsw IistIsiaa
inteSa discussions Of thei princess and
her household resulted uhsatisfaetorily.
The young guard was annoyinely un-
responsive He had his secret lnstruc
tlons and could not be lnvelgled into
betraylng himself Baldos went 20
sleep that night with his mind con
fused by doubts His talk with Had
dan had LETT him quite undecided as
10 the value ~ old FranE's warning.
Either Franz was mistaken or Haddan
was most skIllul dlsscmhler. II
struck him as utterly beyond the pale
OF reason that the entire castle guard
should have Deou enlisted I'm the scheme
20 deceive him. When sleep came he
was contcutug himself with the
Thought that morning doubtless would
give him clearer Insight TO the sltua.
ton
Both he aud Beverly Calhoun were
ignorant of the true conditions that at
tachcd themselves TO the new recruit
Baron n0ugloss alone knew that Had
dan was "a trusted agent OF the secret
service with instructions TO shadow
the newcomer day aud night That
there was mystery surrounding the
character OF Radios, the goat hunter
Nangloss ala not question for an in
smut, and 10 spite OF the instruction,
received at the outset he was using
all his SKIN TO unruvel IL.
Baldos was not summoned TO the cas-
tie I'm noon His serene Indifference Z,
the outcome OF the visit was calculat
ed to dccclvc the friendly hut watchfu
Haddan Dressed carefully IN N,
tlose nttng uniform OF the royal guarl
taNvr hau most OF his fellows. hand
somer Oy tar than ANY. Doe WAS th,
most noticeable uEur. u ..I about fu,
barracks llujJm coached h.m iu 90,
way Do Vos n appnaca nc princess
Ra,dos listening with ,NaLguuJtl u
tcnWcss UuI with dg,p r-rl Cor dy
tall
Beverly v4s iu tae smH auIgao
room vl ... mun u.HHtu ,aU vns
he was usaegcd into ucg presence Tu