The Washington times., 1909-11-23


resentfuI frame Of mind for near
" forty-eisht hours In the FIRST
Mace. he had not had so much as
a single glimpse of the girl he now
,yorsbiped with all his heart. In the sec
ond Mace he had learned, with un-
uleasant prompaness, that Count Nos
Fngo was the officer in command OF
the house guard, 9 position as gra@ely
rasuonsible as II was honorable. = ne
Gordon about the caste "19 ~ ti-aIT
drawn in these pel1lous nous -
zen members OF the nauselolu w.
s,,biecfed TO examination Oh leaving OI
5T|I,v45n naturally did not expect 70
fnTralle INC castle in search or the q uIi 1
ar comfort ne so ardenlly oSsll - &
did not however, dream IllaC " y +s,ii7,T
would deny him the pIiFlie6e ~ - -
At a certain window from rather pi-l-
retreat in a far corner or lue pla1l- -
i1e tSu i',of-Inei Ouin1ox. The colOne.s
v,-ho admired the Americans, 6Idtrly ~
forne8 him that there was no rec L. 10.
duty TO which ne c'uid be t-l7 MIN
mai ne would expect MIN lc ho5a L L-
eIf ready for any eInergency- IN case
- an assault be was TO report 10 count
~ y,ilI need our bravest men az the
casfIe' he mad said. LruAton 5loNgH
Trder the compliment IN tLg NJ H.
time, Mr.. King, regain '"L -s 81 - - I'M
me mark You show tne elLttL oI M
-fsorlraant Your adventures nave pgEi'
IErosr Interesting, bat / fancy IAey H.
Vite rest Tor the. present. ,.-,,. sr,avf-
n was natural that lhls ne" an
ce1 should become an object OF ire
mendous interest TO every one Llt a. Ia
about the castle Inc So N - 80
nishaps and his pFoWess was Oh -.--'
1fr- Ms timely appearance IN Iet7E
lretz circus was regarded IN tAe ll5 p.
OF divine Intervention, az uo 40 ~ -, l-u
one questioned the perfectly human
rilIcIS that brought d aDo A. -No2.9
ladies' smiled upon him in the PARK,
to which they now repaired W..
tfmorOus hearts, counts anu D-l 80
slammed him on the back and doughty
rrTsTdsr1eu actually saluled MN win
admiration In their eyes
But he was not satlsled. lorraine
had not come forward with word or
greeting or relief In IacL sL-e i4s-A
not appeared outsice lne Caste 100 =,
Strangely enough WIN tAe eiLt-l e
Da~tr AZ his disposal- he chose 10 ire
ouent those avenues nearest Lhe SIeal
balconies More than once ne Elslleu
the grotto where he had ursI seen
her. hut IL was got the same. The
occasional crack OF RI tie on lle walls
no longer fired him with the interest
he had felt in the beginning. FORTY
afgLr 1o7Grs had passed and she stu
held aloOf. What could II mean w as
she iu2 Had she collapsed after the
Worse than anything else. was she
devoting all OF her time to Count Noa
Toward dusk On Monday bong after
the arrival Of the refugees, he sat IN
gloomy contemplation Of his own an
Tappiness, daFkly ElOWeTiug upon the
unfriendly portals from a distant
A brisk guardsman separated himself
from the Knot OF men az the castle
doors ard crossed the plaza toward
aha thought Truxton warmly. Eat
last she IS sending a message TO me
Perhaps she's-uo. she couldn't be send
ing for me % come 10 her.
Tr9re as Ffzr1av and anger when the
yaIIIcr. Hir slametaCed himself brief
Isl announced that Count NoE EuEo had
~ az oIcer asAinsJ IoIterlnf IN lI
clota proximity 10 me castle Af. hlua
was inside Ehe limit described I'm the
order Would he kindly retire To q
more distant spot etc
Tr4Etous cheek burned. I- saw iT
an instant that the order was meant
for hlm and for nc one else-He being
the only outsider likely to come under
the head Of "Ioiterer-' sharp glance
revealed the fact that not only W-r.
the officers watching the little scene
fut others iu The balcony were io9kinl
resisting the impulse 10 argue th'
roint. he hastily lifted his hat 20 tH'
spectators and turned into the aveuL'
i an soTrv. sir" mentioned Ia.
guardsmau earnestly.
Truxtor turned 10 him with a fTaul
smile meant for che group at the stcsl-
please tel count hQs LuED mat ] al
the last person u the world TO disregard
discipline at time like this"
Hfs gIau.e again swept the balcony
suddenly becoming fixed on a cOuUl
near the third column. Count FO5
lingo and Lorraine TuiIs were staudiu
there together. Enthusiastically Watchlu
bis humlllatiug ueuariure- TO say tina
g.Frsxto3 svore softly as ne hurried nj
through lhe trees would be uuueces
Garily charitable.
The next morning ne encountered No
Fneo near the erOtEO. Two unsuccess
nm attempts 10 leave the castle ground
had been made during the night, Truz