The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-03-06


Ee vent viii her IS close 70 t5e gs,ts
IS hA thoueet safe Taking her hand
he Kissed Il fervently @Gooohy. =
won:t be for long" and disappeara6.
SGa stood stili AID l;feless, staring
after aiG3, for ages, il seemed. He vas
gone, Gone foreve1, nc donbt Ser
eyes grew vri;Cer aad Wider with the
pity Of il az. Pride fed ntinently.
She longea to cail hin back. Then it
occurred to her aiat lie g9as hurrying
OF to t12t other woG1aI4 Nc, he said
he would return She must be brave,
! true 10 herself, whatever happened.
She marched bodily Up 20 he gate,
gaze the countersign and passed
through, not needing the curious
glances east upon Der by the sentry,
turned into the castle, up the grand
staircase and fed ao the princess bed
chamber.
Beverly, re1Goling and sobbing,
threw herself IN the arms OF the prin-
cess. IncohereGtiy she related all that
Iead happened. then swooned.
After she bad been restored. the
promise Of Yetiye to protect her, what
ever happened, comfovted her some.
what.
at must have been Marlanx,'' moan
ed Beverly.
'Who else could it have been?" re-,
! piled the princess, who was visibly. e1-
cited.
Summoning all her courage, she went
on: First we must find out if he is
badly hurt. Well trust to luck. Cheer
upw She touched a bell. There came
knock at the door. A guard was
told to enter. "Ellos," she exclaimed,
"did you hear shot fred a short time
ago?"
81 thought I did, your highness, but
was not sure"
"Baldos, the guard, was escaping by
the secret passage" continued the prin-
cess, wonderful inspiration coming
to her rescue. Gle passed through the
chapel. Miss Calhoun was there. Alone
and single handed she tried to prevent
him. It was her duty. He refused to
obey her command to stop, and she
followed him into the tunnel and fired
at him. I'm afraid you are too late
to capture him, but you may-oh, Bev-
erly, how plucky you were to follow
him! Go quickly, Ellos! Search the
tunnel and report at once" AS the
guard saluted with wonder, admiration
and unbelief he saw the two conspir-
ators locked In each others arms.
Presently he returned and reported
that the guards could find no trace Of
any one in the tunnel, but that they
found blood on the floor near the exit
and that the door was wide open
The two girls looked at each other in
amazement. They were dumfounded,
but great relief was glowing in their
eyes.
"Ellos," inquired the princess, con-
sideraply less agftated, "does any one
else know Of this?
"No, your highness; there was no one
on guard but Max, Bados and my
SELF"
.Well, for the present no one else
must know Of his fight Do you un-
derstand? Not a word to any one. /
myself will explain when the proper
time comes. You and Max have been
very careless, but suppose you should
not be punished He has ttcked us all.
Send Max TO me at once"
Eyes, your highness" said Elaos, and
he went away with his head swim
ming. Max, the other guard, received
Ike orders, and then the two young
women sank Imply upon divan.
"Oh, how clever you are, Yetve,
came from the American girl. But
what neXt%
1--WE may expect to hear something
disagreeable from Count Marlanx, my
dear" murmured the perple1ed but
confident princess, ''but l think we
have the game In our own HANDS, as
YOU would say in America"
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