The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-08-05

guard might suspect, you must preI
tend to engage me in friendly con-
versation. The friendIier the better.
my lad, for shall listen earnestly to
that pleasant discourse that expect
to fall from your Flips. have OBJ
served that YOU can talk rether@===ee..!. I'll,
on occasion. Open the doors. Prin-
cess Eloise. and pass out You
knew the way way. y
Right royalty she obeyed, nerving
herself to direct and unfaltering
progress. Her pale, Clearly cut face,
the naughty carriage Of her finely
poised bead, and her deliberate,
graceful stride proclaimed her the
royal princess in truth. SO far as
any nervous betrayal was concerned,
she might have been leading the way
to some affair Of state. She stared
with cool contempt at the little guard
Of Adventures who stood at stiff at
tention against the corridor walls
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Provarsk felt the strength Of the
rigid arm that clasped his own
against the Americans side. and the
rigid pressure beneath it Of the
firmly held steel tube Any doubts
he had relative to helplessness of his
position were confirmed. Any hope
he cherished of escape was subdued
by the fear and certainty Of death,
imminent. ready, and inexorable; for
now, to increase his discontinue, the
hobbling. dragging man. picture Of
forward and turned his gaze upward
that he might watch even the ex-
preston of his prisoners face The
surreptitious wink Of an eye would,
Provarsk felt. be as fatal as a shrill
scream.
| "Ah! My dear Baron, you were
Isaying-?" He writhed mentally at
the sound Of the high, querulous, as
sumed voice, and FASTENED to reply
pistols muzzle harshly increased
| against his ribs.
II was saying" he replied, with
COOL untrembling bravado, chat we
can finally rearrange our affairs at a
later date. AT present, of course, you
have the best OF it.
Decidedly! Decidedly" croaked
the visitor. And there is nothing T
love better than man who tries to
balance his obligations. But trust,
my dear Baron Provarsk. that the
cares Of state which now burden you
will soon be over with"
The usurper's face flushed red,
but he controlled himself to pass the
crisis. This American had tainted
him, and played with him in the
moment when disaster had overtaken
his plans-but whatever else he was,
Provarsk was a good sportsman, and,
somehow, the hunor Of the situa-
ton. even in this time Of stress, ap-
pealed. He broke into cynical
laugh that echoed through the cor
ridors and convinced the wondering
Ubaldo that there was nothing covert
N the situation. The latter even
grinned and winked at his comrades
after the procession disappeared and
declared. Trust him! He's a fox!
Already he has that doddering old
ass just where he wants him. Now
you fellows can take rest!"
The two sentries on guard In the
gai1y painted sentry boxes outside
the palace gates decided. when they
saw the princess. who had almost
forced her way into the palace, re-
appear and enter her car, that they
had done well to admit her; for sure
ly that great leader, Baron Provarsk.
whom they had assisted to the
throne, talked most gaiiy when he
drove away in the second car with
the high voiced, cackling old man
who still chung to him in q most
friendly manner The only difficulty
about a revolution, after all, the SEN
s'7iss. decide was tsss1at it robbed the
invaders Of enough sleep, and there
upon they yawned widely and tried
once more to interest themselves in
the appearance Of the villagers and
farmers who passed leisurely with
baskets and fowls. totally unaware
that they were in the midst Of a re-
volt.