New-York tribune., 1911-02-19

from yourself, agreed Pelevln, hurredly
tucking the note in his pocket. "The bless
ing of the God, if shall be able to help you
my Princess!" Again the tears weled
swiftly to his eyes and, kneeling, he kissed
the hem of her skirt, then, Fastening to his
dishes, made noisy clatter at the table, and
sprang through the door to stumble awk-
wardly down the stairs which Madam Ia
gorsky was ascending.
CHAPTER XXXvII. The Baron and Knight
THAT morning brought little of comfort
or hope to Alice Van Kirk, and nothing
of relief to Robley Styuverant. No news
had arrived; the mystery of Thurley's dis
appearance and whereabouts remained abb
solutely unbrolien.
Stuyverant felt doubly deSpairing. He
had learned sufficient from the conference
with the Baron to realize that Princess Thir-
vinia was tremendously essential to the in
tcgrity and future of Hertzegotha, and was
thoroughly convinced that, should she be
discovered and returned, after this, she
must soon complete her alliance with the
youthful Duke and completely withdraw
from his own existence
Nevertheless, his fanatical desire TO serve
her, to be, if possible, the one particular
knight to reach her side and deliver her out
of whatsoever dangers might impend, in
creased upon him hourly. If the FateS de-
reed that his love must be forever hopeless,
it would not be thereby lesSened Come
what might, that day in the park had knitted
a bond between them that nothing could
ever wholly sever.
\ strange conviction that Thurey'S doom
hung close and loose above her head had
haunted his thoughts since the very hour
when he learned of the way she had gone
He had frcttcd with wild and increasing inn
patience because of this conviction. He was
nearly beside himself, to be baffled, impo-
tently ignorant of what he ought to do.
This enforced inactivity and stupid waiting,
while a night went by, seemed enough to
drive him crazy. OF what avail was his
eager love when he made not the slightest
mOvc'
Sitting an hourly repeated impulse to seek
the aid of the city'S police. he could scarcely
wait, this Sunday morning, for the time APP
pointed to meet the Baron at his rooms.
When he came there At last the Baron was
no wiser concerning Thurley than at NiceS
the previous night. Two OF his men were
still to report; he could only advise further
patience. Wenck was still away.
A + eleven o'clock his two men came, with
"a vital news. and were interviewed in
private. They had found Princess Thirvinia
That royalty erratic young person was
living dangerously ILL., unknown and unSuS-
pected, at the home OF some loyal, if humble
subjects of Hcrtzegotha. living in unroman-
tic Wcchawkcn. She was unaware OF the
presence either OF Wenck, the Baron, or the
Duke in New York, and was too reduced to
care.
Vastly disturbed by this intelligence, and
yet in a measure relieved, Hochhaus was
still tremendously concerned with the fate
of Thurlcy Ruxton. The Princess might vet
succumb and leave his Kingdom berett,
while the young Duke, ignorant of Thurley'S
disappearance. was still persistent in his dec
larations that he loved no one else in the
world
There WAS nothing To communicate 10
Stuyverant. Indeed, the Baron'S perturba-
ton grew with the very fact his men had
brought him no report concerning the alb
Quoted girl. He had much To do to main
tain the secrecy hedging the Princess about,