Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-27

to do? Go with him? She had
given her word to stay. Standing
there in the hot Montenegro sum
light, she remembered tho story of
her own grandfather; how during the
Civil war he had been taken prisoner
by a gentleman of South Carolina,
and had given his parole to his cap
tor. How that night a Northern
cavalry regiment had passed by the
thicket where the two men .camped.
while the Carolinian lay sleeping and
John Warren looked on, honorably
dumb when a shout would have
brought him liberty and life. He
had died in his Southern prison, that
c%hiyalrous officer, at the age Of twen-
ty-three. Delight Warren was the
! latest of his descendants.
The automobile was at the CASTLE
J now, but she did no go to meet It.
f1renya retreated toward the door
troubled gaze upon the rebel. She
did not speak again, nor did Delight,
until 1renya stepped between the cur
taihs and was gone. 4
The automobile rolled into the
courtyard. received with smiles and
%salutes, if with establishment, by the
men there. Already accustomed to
the ready M~ontenegrin hospitality,
Jack Rupert swung out of his~seat,
nodding to the half-dozen tall SOL
diers who clustered about with. the
pleased curiosity Of children.
Judging from who tagged me, I
guess I'm calling on Mrs. Balsic," the
American signified, %leisurely drawing
off his gauntlets as he passed d
glance over the building. "Wi4 you
pass me into the fort on that name,
or don't I flavor it right? Mrs. Bal
sic?" -
The emphasized name evoked mods
and smiles of recognition and reas-
surance, together with a phrase set-
eral times repeated in which the
name was uttered. One Of the men
rested his rife against a wall and
brought a cup OF coffee from a lit
tie table around which they had
been seated, Offering it to the guest.
Rupert eyed the beverage without
Thanks he acknowledged dis
~contentedly. 1--WE only drunk four
like this since breakfast. and refused
five glasses Of alcohol 1 wouldn't put
lin a cheap motor that belonged to my
hated enemy. / amt disparaging po-
likeness, but it's overdone when
you're offered aSdrink every time you
ask your way" 58,s5
His hosts beaned and received the
~DEcCI. Will COTubdA d~ppTOUdLlOIs 1IAe
seven.foot Officer in charge returned
an answer in which Rupert caught 9
familiar name, in his turn.
descendant. he echoed. "Captair
Lesendra here?s WHAT" meeting
unmistakable signs that he hae
heard correctly. Here Well. LEAD
me to him." ISL
Naturally. he was not understood
except as knowing Danilo Lesendra
But comprehendingh his gesture to
ward. the castle. his host led hin
Captain Lesendra wa Temperate.
absent. the man inferred the foreign
er wished to await that young officer
The Interior a refreshingly COO
{! Its Eastern richness and shaded ligh
came as q relief I o eyes weary OF tn
strange 4 violent landscape. At tn
threshold the soldier halted, salute
Rupert with an evident placing be
fors him Of the entire castle. an
Rupert advanced into the hall tha
Irspya came through the arched doc
Mutually fascinated, the two K
j 'garded each other. ia bird or para
disc altgtiting IN his garage coul
/ have astounded the practical racing
2 driver no more than this girl, exoti
I a. an Acknowledgement and colore
like one, With hair yellow n til
flowers !, pollen and falling in til
braidSf ofS q MelIaande. She wasith
\ hnaks unhealthy OF this unreal land
Irenya'F Impressions were less bs
: viIdered and more definite. Ate
theYmagnifcert proportions OF I'd
mon she k1iek, the New Yorker at
. tpeared altnost efeminatelysmall II
Y . exactly hersown height ths
{ their eyes met N fa level, Is the
! stood No hatterers dould have g
claimed ~ beautiful his inteiligen
kfcyptcna, dark face; nor should. the u
tyefe correctkpess 8 his ms8tor-co,
tune ShGte Appealed TO onesy reara
sSsAflon9 the Brilliant uniforms "a
4 Hcol4crgs OF M6ntenegro. But 81 tn
Imam md girl y was the stfl Wh
! cafne clcss 70 what Il called lows
ntst si1ht.s Irenya sgave her verdi
sIin The slpw characteTistic HI 81 az
fIheaA thAtfAted bsr Titles chin md al
~ nlay04 ~ dimpls., the Tltfetl-look q
Z coauetry and allure In her drowa
alha1f.open blue syes.