Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-26
SYNOPSIS,

At a small town in France, Delight
m marren' an M Amer,ean girl who ofl is to
meets Jack Rupert. chauffeur. we'll re
membered by readers of From the Car
Behind" Rupert is also on, his way to
Montenegro. Delight receives a tele-
gram that her lover, Michael Balsic, has
broken his ankle, and cannot come TO
france for the wedding. Fearing further
opposition by her family she determines
to go to Montenegro.
Helped by Rupert she reaches Monte
negro n on landing she meets a mys-
terious woman who seems to know
way, andeen leaving the port her car
rage is stopped by a troop of counted
'Th. leader is Count Stefan Basic,
brother of the man she Ms to marry but
his enemy. He informs her that to pre-
vent her from marrying Michael he in
tends to detain her. and that to prevent
scandal she must marry him.
Helpless to resist Delight goes thru
the marriage ceremony with Count Stef-
an. He treats her with all respect, but
takes her to his castle. .
CHAPTER V.-(Continued.)
He made a gesture that put the
question aside. Before his attitude
Of waiting, Delight took the seal he
had indicated. She saw, as he seat
ed himself opposite her. that his
white-leather riding-boots were dis
colored by dust, and that the same
gray dust lay thickly in the gold en-
broidery of his uniform. Where had
he been, she wondered after he
not physical in his clear
cut face; a face too powerful for
beauty in the eyes of the girl who
owed the debonair Michael.
Madame, you are an American"
he began, indirectly~and with a re-
Iuctance almost brusquee. Suppose
YOU had been a kinswoman Of that
Benedict Arnold who betrayed your
hero Washington: woul o have
suffered-his eas to go mp"
"No."
"Montenegro's liberty has beep'
more hardly kept than your country's.
but for five centuries. Year~ after
year Europe has dashed its waves
against the foot of the Black Noun
ain, falling back from each assault.
Turkey, Albania, France, Austria
our people AVE fought against each;
enormous odds, against
craft apd temptation; but
never yet against treachery from
each other. That first and last dis
grace has been reserved for my
The girl uttered a faint cry:
"Yours?"
ut is so. While Montenegro is
her first quiet breath in the
irst peace She has known. Michael
3alsic is planning to sell her to Aus
ria"
Delight sprang to her feet, storm
weeping her face. Even his warn
ng Of the previous night had not +!
prepared her for this.
II do not believe YOU she flung
Ter challenge. 'It is not true: You
llways hated him, always"
"Do you suppose I would foul my
name with that shame for any
'bject"' he retorted, cold as she was
n easy for me- even to voice it to
.eu. a stranger from an honorable |
lation?"
But
1T Isl So"
There was no questioning that
II she did not believe the
act, Delight, was compelled to be-
ieve Stefan Balsic's sincerity. Nor
:ould she g that stern frGnkness
With insult. After a moment, she
at down; her brown eyes still afire
their heavy lashes, her small
lead proudly poised.
4sESN u "a u VI II
our brother, I fail to understand ny
art In it, she said. Once more.
shys am / here? ?"
He answered her !Iuntly.
because Michael shall not have
our money to corrupt men to hist
,urposes. In is embodied
II he were what you say. Austria
you'd give him money,
Austria has. But Michael has al
thirst for those pleasures
ghich have brought him notice even
d u%nnoticing Paris and Vienna; lre
90 spent money without result, and
Austriaius will stake little n1ore4
q game ~ uncertain. But Michael
! ambitious: he will gamble with
money for high place u9der q
How With ny money Please
ernernber, do moi believe him
sYou are a good friend he com
isndsd gray eyees resting on her
nth n sraye compassion more trying
b her faith than amy argument he
ould advance. ggSsIfowy Montenegro.
danger and atwax. could mot be