Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-01-24
But as he attacked me could not dc
otherwise than defend myself"


Tut" cried the Princess, "I hope
you have killed him. 1t will be good
radiance, and most like the Muscovites
will send an army-which, with your
Plassenburg to help us, will make q |
pretty fight. 1t serves him right, at |
all events, for Prince Wasp must al |
ways be thrusting his sting into hon
est folk.
"The laws are strict against duel |
ing she continued. THE Prince Ivan
is in high favor with my elder brother
and it will be well that you are seen
no more in Courtland-for the pres
| ent, that is. But in a little the Prince
! Wasp will die or he will recover. IN
either case the affair will blow over,
Then you will come back to teach me
more foreign customs"
| She smiled and held out her hand.
Johann kissed it, perhaps without the
fervor which might have been expect
ed from brisk young man thus high
ly favored by the fairest and sprieht-
Hest of princesses.
Tonight" she went on, there will
be a boat beneath that window. 1t
will be manned by those whom | can
trust A ladder of rope will be thrown
to your easement. By it you will de-
scerd, and with a good horse and a
sufficient escort you can ride either
to Plassenburg-or to Kernsberg,
which is nearer, and tell Joan Of the
Sword Hand that her sister the Prin-
cess Margaret, send you to her"
She went to the door, and with her
fingers on the handle she turned her
!, head about with pretty, vixenish
expression. 81 am so glad you stung
the Wasp. I love you for it," she
said.
At seven it grew dark, and at ten
:, all was quiet in the city. The river
rushed swiftly beneath, and the noise
of it, as the water Tapped against the
stone foundations of the summer pal
e ace helped to disguise the noise Of
oars, as the boat dark shadow upor
i greyish water, detached itself from
the opposite shore and approached thu
e window from whose open casemen
% Johann Pyrmont looked out.
y A low whistle came from under
meath, and presently followed the soft
J.! reeving whisk of a coil Of rope as
u passed through the window and fell a
II his feet. The secretary looked abou
le for something to fasten it to, and fina
or ly decided upon the iron uprights
Is the great desk at which the Prime
oe had stood earlier in the day.
No sooner was this done than j.
| Ii 20 10
lie began to descend. The boat SCENE
lie very far away, mere spot OF blac
ness upon the river face.
But presently, and while making L
his mind to practice the gymnastic
rope ladders quietly at home, he mao
( out man holding the ladder, viii
two others with grappled boat hool
Il kept the boat steady fore and aft.
W A shrouded figure sat in the ster
The secretary was handed from or
to the other of the rowers till
" reached the shrouded figure in tt
\ stern.
NJ Draw this about you, Count" 10
N voice whispered, and in another m
~ ment Johann found himself under II
III shelter of one cloak with that darir
slip Of nobility, the Princess Margar
of CORTLAND.
They touched the shore almost
the place where the Sparhawk hi
landed in the morning when he
i caped from the city rabble, and
"a stones throw further up the bank tn
found the horses waiting, ready {
| Xor;eopod for thp Journey.
So soon as he had distinguished t
slim figure of the secretary landi