Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-02-01

Du'' your highness," comnIaInaa 81 .
count war may break out anv dov
cannot concede delay"
Il think there's n game co,,os
ing craps suggested she saroroIS
NJ seems to me it would be nartiov
'aiV soou Tor warriors. You could hs
shooting something all the time
de went away in decidedly iroso,
u'e frame OF mind. She did NOT know
H. Dut Baldos was soon afterword so.
10 WORK In the garrison stables a -.
.oa.nsome occupation, in addition to his
duties as guard by night
AFTER mature deIiberation Revar,v GO.
nerseir to the task of writing homo 80
ner rather. 1t was her sunramo T.,
.ehtioh TO convince him that she would
oe OH Tor the States In an amozipcIr
snort time The major upon recnivin1
the letter three weeks later fonnd ro+,
ing In 1t to warrant the belief tbot sho
was ever coming home. He did oh.
serve, however, that she had but uttIo
use for the army of Graustark and
was especially disappointed in tbe sot
or men Yetive retained os bar nr,,o -
guard. For the life of her Beverly
could not have told why she dIsan.
proved of the guard in general or in
particular, but she was conscious ot
tne tact after the letter was posted
that she had said many things that
might have been left unwrltten. Re.
sides, 1t was not Baldos fault that she
could not sleep. It was distinctly
her own He had nothing to do with
It.
III bet father will be glad to hear
tnat l am coming home," she said to
fetlve after the letter was gone.
"oh' Beverly, dear, hate to hear OF
your going" cried the princess. when
did you tell him you'd start?"
"Why-oh-er-let me see, when did
/ say? Dash me, as Mr.. Anguish
would say, I don't believe I gave q
date. 1t seems to me I said soon
that's ALL"
"You don't know how relieved am, >
exclaimed Yetive rapturously, and Be,
erly was in high dudgeon because Of
the implied reflection. 81 believe YOU
are in tlff with Baldos," went on Ye
tive airlly.
Goodness How foolish you can bs
at times, Yetivew was what Beverly
gave back to her hlghness the Princess
Of Graustark.
Late In the evening couriers came II
from the Dawsbergen frontier with re
ports which created considerable ex
citement In castle and army circles.
Prince Gabriel himself had been seen
In the northern part of his domain, ac-
companied by large detachment OF
picked soldiers. Lorry set out that
very night for the frontier, happy in
the belief that something worth while
was about to occur. General Marlanx
issued orders for the Edelweiss army
corps to mass beyond the southern
gates of the city the next morning
Commands were also sent to the out
lying garrisons. There was to be a
general movement of troops before the
end of the week. Graustark was moi
to be caught mapping.
Long after the departure of Lorry
and Anguish the princess sat on the
balcony with Beverly and the Count
ess Dagmar. They did not talk much,
The mission of these venturesome
young American husbands was full OF
danger. Something in the air had told
their wives that the first blows of war
were to be struck before they looked
again upon the men they loved.
81 think we have been betrayed by
some one" said Dagmar after an al
most interminable silence Her COM
panion did not reply. THE couriers
say that Gabriel knows where we are
weakest at the front and that he knows
our every movement. Yetive, there is
a spy here after all
"And that spy has access to the very
heart of our deliberations" added Bey'
erly polntedly. II say this in behalf OF
the man whom you evidently suspect
countess. He could not know these
things"
81 do not say that he does know
Miss Calhoun, but it is not beyond rea
son that he may be the go-between, the
means of transferring information from
the main traitor to the messengers who
await outside our walls"
"Oh, don't believe it." cried Beverly
hotly.
81 wonder IL these things would have
happened IL Baldos had never come tC
Edelweiss," unused the princess. Al
though by common impulse, both OF
the Graustark women placed heil
arms about Beverly.
'Its because we have so much a
stake Beverly, DEAR" whispered Dag
mar. Forgive me If l have hur
you"
or course Beverly sobbed a little IL
the effort to convince them that she di'
not care whom they accused II M
proved to be the right man in the end
They left her alone on the balcony
For an hour after midnight she sa
there and dreamed. Every one wa
ready to turn against Baldos. Evel
she had been harsh toward him. 10