Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-29
By GEORGE BARR 'CUTCHtON
Copyright. 1908. by Dodd. Mead
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Dear Uiiicer Of the day. 1o you think they are so foolish as to pick us off in particles? Not at all They will dis, pose of us wholesale. not by the piece Ky the way has Neenah been made quite comfortable T'
 ''l believe so She and Sclim have the room beyond mine. thanks to Lady DrppjnGham
 Agnes tells me that she Is very In teresting quite like a princess out of fairy book You recall the princesses who were always being captured h, orres and evil princes aud afierward satisfactorily rescued by those deal knights admirable? Did Selm stea her in the hegnning?"
 You forget the pct of sapphres and the big ruby
 They say that princesses can be bought very chearly
 "DeI~uds entirely upon the quality of princess you desire lt's very mucb like buying rare rrnIs 0s old paintings I'd say S~ukin. nf priuceSscs and "grrs has it occurred te you that you
 
 "Mr Chase"
 You know it's barely p,Ssihlp that yun may be pnt In a u,aIrimuuial shop window if N"u Rlitz and his friends shonld capture you alive Ever think of thaIT"
 ''Go"d heavens! You why, what d borriblr thing |" sayr'
 You wont bring as much In the south sea market as you would in Rnpp rhorbrre W Paris. bur dare say you could he sold for
 Please. Mir Chase. don't suggest anything so arrocious." she ,ried, some thing ike terror in her voice.
 "Ncrnah's fathrr sold her for hand ful of gems" said he, with disiimi meaning In his voice. She was silent and ba went on after a moment "ls there SO much difference. after all shere one Is sold. just so long as the price Is satisfactory to sli concerned? 7" You are very unkind. Mr. Chase" she said with quiet dignity, 'l do not deserve your sarcasm"
 ''l humbly plead for forgiveness" be said. suddenly contrite. Tt was beast ly."
 American wit. 1 imagine you cah it." she said scornfully. "l don't care to talk with you any longer"
 Wont you forgive mei I'm poor brute don't lash me. In two or three weeks i'll step down and out of your life; that will be penalty enough. dout you thinkT
 For whonIg'' she asked in a voice SO low that he could scarcely hear the words. Then she laughed irontcally "i do forgive. IL is all that a prince or princess is ever asked to do I'm beginning 10 believe. l also forgive you for coming into my life"
 "If 1 had been triie more intelli. gent | should not have come Into it at all" be said She turned upon him quickly. stung by the remark
 "ls that the way you feel about itf" she asked sharply.
 You don't understand X man of intelligence would never have kicked Prince Karl. As a matter ot fact in trying to kick Prince Karl out of your life l kicked myself into it A very simple process, and yet scarcely intel leciual. \ jackass could have done as much"
 "A jackass may kick at a king" she paraphrased casually. "A cat may only look at him. But let us go back to realities. Do you mean to tell me that fhey-fha0a u-ra,ahoa ....,ia to sell me-us, 1 mean-into the kind of slavery yon mentionT
 Why notY' he asked soberly, sris- hg and coming quite close to her side You are beautiful If they should l fake you alive it would be a very sim ! pie matter for any one of these men to purchase you from the others. You ! might easily be kept on this island for | the rest of your days and the world | would be none the wiser, or you | could be sold into Persia or Arabia or | Turkey am not surprised that you | shudder. Non Biitz and Rasua mean | to destroy all of us We are to disap- | pear from the face of the earth When our friends come to look for us | we will have died from the plague and | our bodies will have been burned. as | they always are in Japat There will | be no one left to deny the story After tomorrow no ship Is due to put iD here for three weeks They will see to Il that none of us get out to that ship, nor will the ships officers know of our peril The word will go forth that the plague has come To the island That is the first step. your highness But there k one obstacle they nave overlooked" he concluded She looked up inquirnGy
 My warshlps." he said, the whimsi. cal smile broadening