Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-10-21

Schwartz, that the cup should be
broken and riven today! Are you q
superstitious man, Herr SchWartx!
What do you think this means?"
don't know what to think. said
the plump little German uneasily.
Never mind, Herr Schwartz = the
Duchess answered. and there was a
ring in her voice which reached
Daisy's ears-a ring Of suppressed
hope and confidence. Il think, Herr
Schwartz, that it must mean some bad
luck to the Princess"
b Hush! Hush!D Herr Schwartz an
swered hurriedly; nothing can hap
pen to the Princess. No harm can
come to her! She is above tharmn'
Very likely" the Duchess an
$swered; "but here is a gentleman to
see me-
AS she spoke clean-shaved man
Of just over middle height, with
sunburnt face and dead-black hair,
hurried into the room.
Say" he said. We'll, this is
really fortunate-to find you two girls
here! j heard you were in the town
"a dinky old box of tricks it is, too!
And just made tracks as quick as
ever could!"
He advanced to the two girls with
outstretched hands, and as he did so
he tdrned his head slightly towards
Herr Schwartz. Say, Hofmeister,
given anyone comes along here for
me, say that Mr.. Jefferson p Wilt
shire is payin' a call upon compatriots
and will not be at liberty for an hour
or more. Well, Sadie And you too,
Pearl! How's the Principally agree
ing with you?"
Herr Schwartz bowed almost to the
ground These Americans never looked
at the items of bill. They were in
credibly rich. and they were curious
in their manners, but they were peo-
pie to cultivate and encourage!
Herr Schwartz, with another sue
cession of bows, backed out of the
room and closed the door,
There was silence for a second or
two, and then Daisy Hobson ran with
curious little steps across the heavy
piled carpet up to the newcomer. b.
Her voice had a note Of real distress
in ut. and she did not see that the
Duchess, standing by the window,
smiled quietly to herself, though her
eyes were also alight with interest
and expectation.
Basil! Basil! Oh, whatever have
you done to yourself? Your hair is
quite black-your face is different.
You are not wearing the same
clothesn
Basil took her in his arms and
kissed her hurriedly upon the fore
head.
Duchess" said Basil, things are
going very well indeed"
But tell me! Tell met
Il will do SO, in a few words, the
young man answered ,..When Grant
and found that we were tracked by
Fritz Won Ravenstein ana that the lit
tie Duke was taken on board the
steam yacht on the Rhine, we were,
for moment, absolutely at loss.
Our own motor-car had run out of pc
troll, and we saw all that we were
striving for swinging out into the tide
and swiftly making its way towards
Bonn.
Then we found that the other car
was absolutely deserted It's reservoir
was full Of petrol and there were two
spare cans Of petrol also in the tom
neau.i We took this petrol, poured it
into sour own car, turned around, and
.leftathelother car where 1t was. ;.
4 Then we rushed back to Cologne.
I went up to my rooms in the Savoy
and collected Grants gear and my
own. The problem then was to get
here without being observed. We
knew, of course, that nothing could
be known in Wohlau Landskrona
about you or Daisy-We had effectu-,
ally silenced the spy who accompa-
MED us from Victoria Station. But,
for our own part, we were not so sure,
or rather we were certain that our.
presence in Germany would be known
in the Principally within an hour or
two by telegram. s 81
(To be continued.
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