Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-19

Michael has declared That LesendrA 10
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Lesendra receives q mysterious letter
from Michael Balsic and with Rupert
goes to answer 1t in person.
= There is treachecy. and Lesendra is
captured by Balsic.
XVI. Continued.
II wonder II you can drink from
it, she exclaimed. the thought n
that had required to her nightly since
the time she had struck down the
poisoned coffee.
The dinner was ended; she stirred
to depart with the last word,
,.Stay q little LONGER. and will
tell you the story of the silver cup"
Count Balsic offered. TT have heard
you are fond OF legends"
Surprised, Delight paused.
you do net want to stay, madam ?
."I-yes.".
In the arched room beyond, with
it's soft lights and soft shadows. tho
two found places opposite each other.
Up in the tower lrenya was singing
the y the song with the heart which
BEATS Her chin in her cupped
palm, leaning on the arm OF the Greek
chair she had chosen. the American
listened to alien music and alien story
her eyes on the alien mountains a.
GROSS which the moonlight was creep
ing. 49,.
land was called Zeta and gave birth
to the great Servian tsar Stefan Du-
shan, the family of Balsic ruled it.
Their government stretched from Ra-
gusa far into Herzegovina, so that
.mtdern Montenegro is but a small
portion Of the old: and it is recorded
that the province f1ourished under
their master. Do you know tho great
dream that made Stefan Dushan
great, and that he brought near ac-
complishrien before it burst and
dreamed a hugh Servian empire, for
ned of III own Balkan countries
and snatching Constantinople from
the Moslems for our capital. There
wa one of the Balsics who had also
dreamed with Duahan+ lived and
loved and fought with him in that
magnificent f~ailure,s and died on the
scarlet field Of Kossovo. The Tsar
loved this comrade no less than he
his days OF power once presented him
with the silver cup from which the
two Missionaries had pledged faith
to the vision.
when I ruHe in stamboul, give me
back this cup and demand Of me
what you WILL said Stefan Dushan,
o prince and noble, the noble
died first. The claim was never
made. but the cup was guarded. In
the Venetian wars the Balsic family
shrank to one branch: in the Ions
warfare with the Turks wealth van
-ished and possessions were lost,
put Stefan Dushan's cup vas kept
From the eldest son to the eldest
son 1t has descended, to end here
"T- threw it to h ground" Delight
r~eproached herself. the. eyes of her
fancy casing down that long vista as
II to meet the rebuking eyes Of the
long-dead prince.
IF 1t could break, 1t would have
he answered. ut is but metal, after
all. madame"
She understood the allusion n thu
bitterness more fully than he realized
Yes. a more fragile cup might vel
have shattered. when q Balsic pour.
ed death into it and held it to the lipi
of hts brother Because she had nc
defence for Michael. Delight bent he,
head, and was silent until she could
speak on A new theme.
Each day I earn better why yor
love this country" she said present.
ly. america is so far away, girl.
children tAught 30 mBny useles.
things and so little aside from thu
beaten route. that I never did hear
the dream Of the Tsar Stefan Dushan
That would have been a>wonderfui
power in Europe. all these centuries
the power Of q united Servian EN-.
pire instead Of the Turkish Influence
I am sorry the Dream died" II
ssTt 10 not 1anAs A~.tnd C&~H>.
Balsic quietly. Il.
"Not-dead? ?"
mo. Take ServiAn in its full mean.
Ing: Serb, ana IN each country OF
that rae you will find some man OIL
men in whom the dream lives; per.
haps~some who work for IT, certainly
many who would die for It," I.
Her pulses leaped with q thrill o.
conviction.
vined. her voice catching the tremo1
of her blood. You are one WHIT
ERorksEand Captain Lesendra works
with YOU. That is what, you guard
from betrayal-And not only you fear
the spread Of socialism, but the death
OF that dream. That ID what yot
feared my money would do"
Again she saw flash in his gray
eyes the D0k that was like the naked
Stint Of unsheathed steel. His hand
fell and closed on the arm Of hi
c0stors had served their kings IN thu
fie}dSAnd who served his In the cab.
inst strong, not small, and white q
a"yss,y lie confirmed the hazard
And $affer moment: "You Ar
III mi Trust msysa nsr a.a,os, /,