Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-06-12

Angles. Lake 1altl l6 ser IN the middle.
backed by chain of hills continuous
everywhere except at -
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the indentation Of the A
pass. A&AAx
Though 80 near to VWN
Slavna In actual dis ANN
lance. the country ia ~
very different from the
fertile river valley which [(
surrounds the capital.
1t Is bleak and rough.
land OF hill pastures and The tue rode
mountain woods Its back togcth-
natural features are re- or.
Aected in the character Of the inhab-
1tants. The men who count Volseni
local capital are harder than the men
OF Slavna. less given to luxury, less ad-
dicted to quarrels and riots, but consid-
erably more formidable opponents II
once they take up arms. For this rea-
SON no less than on account Of their
devotion to- him the prince did well to
choose this country as the recruiting
ground for his new force of gunners.
The prince had been at Praslok for a
week when Sophy set out to join him
there. At the last moment Zerkovitch
decided to remain In .Slavna, at least
until the court made its, promised move
to Dobrava. Reassuring as DR.. Nat.
chef was, It would do no harm to have
= friendly pair Of eyes and ears in the
capital 20 long as the king remained In
residence. Thus the two ladies were
accompanied only by Peter Vassip.
whom the prince had sent to escort
them. They set out In q heavy travel
ing carriage at 10 In the morning, reck
oning to reach the. castle before even
ing fell. Their progress would never
be rapid and for the last ave miles ex.
ceedingly slow. They left the capital
IN complete tranquility. and when So
ply settled her bill at the sign Of the
Silver Cock and babe farewell to old
Meyerstein. her landlord, he expressed
the hope that she would soon be back,
though. indeed. his poor house was. he
feared. NO 1t quarters for the Baroness
Dobrava. 4Fa& ~
II dent know whether I dhall come
hack here, but can never forget your
house. shall always love It IN my
memory" said Bophy. ss8 ialai8bs 10
Max Won Hollbrandt had obtained
leave Of abssnce from his legation and
had accompanied the prince to. Pras-
lok. The two were frienda. having
many tastes u common and, not least,
the tasty ,far. soldering Besides hav-
1ng the .plAaspre OF biz company tn
prince locked TO obtain valuable aid
from Max n the task on which be was
engaged. The young German was
amused ana delighted with his expsdi.
ton. Praslpk y ! primitive old place.
It stands on an abrupt mound OF knob
Of ground ~ the roadside. So steep
and sudden IL the ascent that It was
necessary to build q massive caussway
Of wood-an inclined plane-to lead up
from the road to the gate Of the square
tower which forms the front Of the
building. The causeway has crossbarss
ut short intervals to give foothold to
the horses which IN old days were
stabbed within the walls. Recently
however. modern stables had been built
On the other side Of the road. and It
lad become the custom to mount the
eauseway and enter the castle on foot.
Within. the arrangements were
quaint and very simple. Besides the
tower already mentioned, which con-
fained the dining room and two bed
rooms above It. the whole building,
strictly conditioned by the shape Of the
hill on which II stood. consisted Of
three rows Of small rooms ON the
ground door. In one row lived the
prince and his male guests. in the Sec
ond the servants. In the third the
guard. The ladies were to be accom-
modated In the tower above the dining
room. The rows OF rooms opened on q
covered walk. or cloiTter, which ran
round the inner court Of the castle Ths
whole was solidly built of gray stone
4 businesslike old hill fortress. strong
by reason Of its massive masonry ard
Of the position In which 1t stood. Con-
be treated humorously.' so Max declar-
ed, and found much pleasure in 1t from
that point Of view. The prince, always
Indifferent to physical comfort and ever
ayerse from luxury. probably did not
realize how much his ancestral strong
hold demanded Of his guests indul-
gence. Old Vassip. Peters father. was
major domo-always In his sheepskin
coat and high boots. His old wife was
cook. Half dozen servants completed
the establishments and of these three
were grooms. The horses. in fact.
seemed to Max the only creatures
whose comfort were at all on q modern
footing. But the prince was entirely
satisned and never 20 happy anywhere
~ at Prasloh He. loved the simple,