The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-03

1 world did you here. little friend? Have you
-. followed me out from Rome? I came in such a
campagna. you stayed later than had thought am
Brought you ali the the long ten ten nGE Hu the
princess dpe her ~ ba and nta e me emo room bevord
again:
Now sit down and tell me all about il The pTin-
CSss 4llcA eyes had seen tnat HohOr was pare any
ISL feser of bfdo a any Ias a broEe5 Was
disorder about her that was very unlike Honors
cherries like All rooms in this great and gloom
discoIoTed and cracking piaster@ths painted cein5
were so high thst the lights could not drive
Der furniturecarved chests and tall stands of marble
sit down" The princess spoke with hper gentle
ever dream Of resisting She pushed Honor into a
something very mysterious here" she said Il mean TO
IS Your ~ dres se co1don You look as If yo
had been up chimney, my dear! Above all. how
You must have rushed on the wings of the wind to
'Tei me irst WHY YOU are here?" Honor took
while she streightened the feather She looked very
fisP hair cach ngt the Shine Of the LAMPS
You were out on your drive when message came
trust say that he not we'll It vas nee
cannot tell what is the reason why it was thought
would order me to do nothing that was not for his
P PP9 y pSed G BTough a with me- M people
sns5e9ed up Just What came aTst TO ha4 ana aRt
iety about my GEAR uncle az the way that have not
comfort in the ta9gght that mgs{ b mean o a not
snail be resdy to Receive him At ali events shall
know soon-tOuOrro1v. most likely. Tell me
about yourself for am CONSUMED with eggiosi5g
more and more aEaazement. When she came to the the
sharply Caesar It was mis- aand f IN Is 59fF. u
oogrse that You sn the ring, after an The ef
SFa that "a h is back IN my Rsnds again And he
no NOR d
But how my arrival must have astoniShed him. THIS
with him But caesar has not dared to set foot in
he seemed to feel ne had right here said
the princess cries Of surprise ana Lers5 20 9
had seen her friend 90 By.
over I9 Sis ola Castle said the princess With long
breatb II have always known that. 1t dates back
peril But I should have dreamed that the Her
There must be some secret way Of getting in ana out
Of the castle isn't there surely me prince went thFoagn
me @ gd not SEE ANYTHING of him as you came in
4 dare say there dozens. But l don't know
new. The old all pensioned off some years
gohey were too 9q and Since thu 9nf 9 mas eG
has remained the Vatican all the summer he, too,
The curtain across the door moved and one Of the
served Tor her in her room beyond ths where e they
middle OF pare empty d ibe9 ng i nun su IT
night in room close TO the bedroom OF the princess
The wind had risen and i howled holly about ths
the exciements Of that strange day kept her brain
quite unaeeounted for now that she and the princess
o. the Cessnzj SO powerful and SO secure that even
Prince Caesar one would think could not harm them
there the castle Of the mighty cardinal, and
as # they were in the Palazzo Lorenzo.
Yet somehow Honor felt that strange heart-sinK-
Ing that curious dread. Next morning she strayed
views across the GesOlate campagna, 10 where the
round dome Of St Peters just curved low down
and did not want her. Honor's first shock when
to of the great doors that led from tins
castle to the outside and found it locked.
She went another-another-and still each
fastened she knocked and called, but there
answer but echo voice and her knocking.
To her dismay, opened, no one seemed to hear
the courtyard she noticed last night died
down into silence. She went on through the ranges
Of and corridors without meeting servant
seemed but themselves and the princess
in all the vast, spacious building And when
silent and fastened there began to dawn on her con-
seriousness sudden terror; were they prisoners n
make them prisoners? Her hearts fear told her
the truth
more uneasy she found herself in the hall Of Her
cules again. The great bronze statue stood
frOwnng and silent In the middle or the husned roOmi
around there was solitude But the remembrance
of the by which Prince Caesar had vanished came
back TO her IKE a feVel&tloh She went straight to
the wall by the carved doorway she raised the
tapestry and dTeW It back; There ne n the middle Of
herds she plainly with sharpened to look for
ally showed 1t from side to side 1t gave under her
hand. and slice Of the wall slid back behind the
ohsa bit s sat was panel Painted to match the
dark narrow night Of steps leading straight down
fear she at once squeezed through the hole left in
the plaster and began cautiously to feel her way
down the stairs.
CONTINUED NEXT sunday