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4f, GEORGE BAR Stopfgri1ht, 1901, by Ierbert 8. St(o e llrrors of that ivar." t e would be thankful for the of it, your excellency. War is a S.mine., I read every war scare into print," said Anguish *, erly: "e of Graustark at present have ry reason to recall the last war and ttrly to lament its eddiig. The%ar IU red just fifteen years ago-but te recital tire you, Mr. Lorry? I to spend a few moments socially no,t to go Into history. At any e'time I shall be" "It will please and n'ot tire me. I deeply interested. Pray, go on," hastened to say, for he was in rete imore than the count suspect "itteen years ago Prince Ganlook r;t this principality,, the father of our jices, became incensed oVer the dep edations of the A:iphain soldiers who atnolld our bordoy on the north. HIe demanded restitution for the devasta Ion they had created, but was refused. 4raustark is a province comprising somte 800 square miles of the best land iia this part of the world. "Our neigh .or is smaller in area and population. Our army was better equipped, but not 'o hardy. For several months the fight dg in the, north was in our favor, but the result was that our forces were 2inally driven back to Edelweiss, hack ed and battered by the fierce thousands ' hat came ovor the border. The nation i ,was staggered by the shock, for such an outcome had not been considered possible. We had been too confident. -Our -soldiers were sick and worn by "..six -anontis of hard fighting, and the I men of Edelweiss--the merchants, the laborers and the nobility Itself-f'lew to arms in defense-of the city. For over a.. mont. we foug)it, hundreds of our best and bravest citizens going down to '.death. They at-last began a bombard 2nent of the city. Today' you can see the marks. on nearly every house in $dolwelss. Hundreds of graves in the idlley to the south attest the terrors of that siege. The castle was stormed, anid Prince Ganlook, with many of the iief men of the land, met death. The prince was killed in front of the castle gates, .from which he had sallied in a laatibrave attempt to beat off the con querors. A bronze statue' now marks the epot on which he fell. The prin ces. his wife, was my sister, and as ibeld the portfolio of finance I was rt rough me that the city s rendered, h ilnging the siege to an and. Fifteen oars ago this a -the 20th of No 4pber, to b e .explicit-the treaty of eac wa alned in Sofia. We were pompelled to ce(1u'portion of territory 4m& the far northeast, valuable for -itsl Jail dem .t was. agree,d upo n.by peace coiijii3onirs, amountig to 20j000,000 gavvds, or iM.rly $80,000,000 ni your mon'ey. in diteen -years this apiey. was .to be paid, with interest. , & the 20th. of November, this year, ei.. people of'"Graustark must pay 25, ~Y)000:gavvos. The time is at hand, tt Mht is why wo recall the war so d \ i 'Oy. It means the bankruptcy of thie us.#On, gentlemen." . - ith~er of his listeners spoke for akE mments. Then Lorry broke the itmean that' the sooney cannot qed ?' he asked. a otin our treasury. Our peo l vabes tamje4 .s sorely in ro, 'ngm tietr homes and in recupeor Lyt uthe ofeetet-that' dreadful - o th.t ther have been unabhi ~'Le qavIes. You must remem aet,'we are a snmall nation and of in 'one hour for the sa . To7~ us it is like a death ~I a\ no"t lietraying a state so ~'~telliir; you of the sore strai n. h wm are placed, for every mss * ., noni ht been made cognisan - n 'i (u,ldtlens, We are all fac rs wa aiiathing, so quietly he des mamnner that both men fel usnpi 14ooking at the militar ought1 t,roiUgI the war, you odo mnister, sir, to go I i I wsiIn the first batti he** 0In theO Jlt," he said simply, h priness~4-thie present rule rae a nere child at that tim ai dm suceed to the throne1 i ;elt wVQrld dosnot r it iiAlle historyl WVithin O~h '2eathA of Prince Gal e,~iy site~tr, passed awa on ~j1 heart. Her daug ~ ~ ~ iy chluidO , according a gehd it once. She hi -j )Ut(een years, and wise alc~iul power. For thn ta on *ef talter de facto. Si I m.ihas done all 't he shadow that ,'3 ro th nlternative in ca 10 i't paid?' aski 'i or he saw son iittst part of Gra f J'delweiss, inclu ~ '~I1~ ~of 'our mini ~ ~qI ~41e fafrming ai ~b i t event Ore western coui nig leftjor h th In th t STRK sa By...""o R McCUTCHEON t ba be royal highness to rule save a tract so de small that the word principality will be a travesty and a jest-this city and f twenty-five miles to the south, a strip Pt about 150 miles long. Think of it! G Twenty-flve by 150 miles, and yet call-- d ad a principality! Once -the proudest so and most prosperous state in the east, hC monsidering Its size, reduced to that! ty Ach, gentlemen-gentlemen, I cannot s hlnk of. it without tearing out a heart m itring and suffering such pains as mnor- g tal man has never endured. I lived in pr [lraustark's days of wealth, power and th mpremacy. God has condemned me to st live In the days of her dependency, ul weakness and poverty. Let us talk no an more of this unplepsant subject." m "Willingly, your excellency, since it Is distasteful to you. I hope, however, it you will permit me to ask how much or you are short of the amount," said Qn Lorry considerately, yet curiously. "Our minister of finance. Gaspon, Po will be able to produce 15,000,000 gav- on ros at the stated time, far from enough. r' rhis amount has. been sucked from the B people from excessive levy' and has go been hoarded for the dreaded day. ri Try as we would, it has been impossi- an ble to raise the full amount. The peo- of pie have been bled and have responded a nobly, sacrificing everything to meet m the treaty terms honorably, but the strain has been too great. Our army bl has cost us large sums. We have in itrengthened our defenses and could, he hould we go to war, defeat Axphain. in But we have our treaty to honor. We in could not take up arms to save our- r selves from that honest bondw. "Our le'vies have barely brought the ci' an1)ounlt 110c'ssary to taitatin aln aruy l11e enlough to inspire respect amuong C.1 those wh:) are realy to leap upon u1 - the insatanI we show the least si .. , dist'ess. ''lhere are al.out us > es1 thalt have held atlot' from war with u' simply because we have t .wed them w"ith our show of force. It has becn our safeguard, and ther is not a citi zenl of Graustark Iv io objects to the imnnner in whieh a ..te affairs are rol lueted. They fow that our army is an economy,, c any price.. Until last spring we ,ere confident that we could raise th full amount due Axphain, but the 1) ple in the rural districts were una to meet the levies on account o' th . panic that came at a most unfortu ate time. That is why we were hur rying home from your country, Mr. Lorry. Gaspon had cabled the princess that affairs were In a hopeless condi tion, begging her to come home and do what she could in a final appeal to the peolie, knowing the love they had for her. She came and has seen these loy al subjects offer their lives for her and for Graustark, but utterly unable to give wvhat they have not-money. She asked them if she shoulti disband the army, and there was a negative waill from one end of the land to the other. Then the army agreed to serve on half I pay until all was tided over. Public I otiers are giving their services free, and manay of our wealthy people have advanced loans on bonds, worthless as thley may seem, and still we have-not the required amount." "Cannot the loan be extended a few I years?' asked Lerry, angry with .the ruler i the dorth, taking ,the woes or Graustark as much to heart as if they, were his own. "Not one dayl Not in London, Paris nor Berlin." Lorry lay bach and allowed Anguish to leaYI the conversatlon into other channels. The conht remained for half an hour, saying as hme left that the pincess and his wife had expressed a desire to be reemberefi-totheirnesta. S"Ret ryal hightuess spent the even -ing with the ministers of finance and -war, and her poor bead. I qoubt not, is Sracking from the effects of the consal Station. These are weighty matters fo# ta girl to have on her hand.," solemnly stated the count, pausing for an in stant at the door of the apartment -After he had closed it the Americans t looked long and thoughtftfily at each P -other, each feeling a respect for the grimi old gentleman that they had ne'. r er felt for Paji boeo. 0 CHAPTER XIIH. e UNDBR MOON AN4D MONASTERY. OR two days Lorry lived through intrmittenlt stages of delIght 'Efand despondency. ils recovery froin the el'fects of tihe blow administered by Dannox was naturally 3- rapidi, his strong young constitution a comuing to the rescue bravely. He saw Smuch of the princess, more of the V Countess Dagmar, slnd made the ac Li- quaintance of many lords'and ladies to for 'whom he cared but little except is when they chose to talk of their girlish ly ruler. The atnmosp)here of the castle 30 was ladenu with a depression that equld 1(3 not be overcome by an assimilated In gayety. Is 'mTe princess could not bide the trou ble that had sprung up in her eyes. se U r laugh, her gay conversation, her 3d raare composure and gentle hauteur (- were powerless to drive away the n- haunted, worried gleam in those ex pressiye .eypa.of blue; Lorry had it.eon U- 'his tonguie' end a dowzen times during 4- the next day or so after the. count's es narrative to question her about the d condition of affairs as they appeared U- to her. ae The Countess -Dagmar, when not 1U- muonopoiWed by the very progressive or er N;gwsivo Anguish, tinfoldej to Lorry rtatn pagc's in the persottid history of o princess, and he, of course, en uraged her conidential humor, a. ough there was nothing encouraging it for hin. Down by - the great fountain, while e -soldiers were on parade, the fair it volatile countess unfolded to Lorry story that. wrenched his heart so vagely that anger, resentment, help. sness and love oozed forth and eu lope, him in a multitude of emotions at would not disperse. 'She will not mind my telling you. cause she considers you the very at of men, Mr. Lorry," said the count s, who had learned her English un r the Princess Yetive's tutor. It seems, according to the very truth I account given by the lady, that the incess had it in her power to save -austark from disgrace and practical struction. The Prince of Axphain's n, Lorenz. wits deeply enamored of r, infatuated by her marvelous beau and accomplishments. He had per aledl his; father to consider a matri inial alliance with her to be one of eat value to Axphain. The old lice, therefore, some months before e arrival of the Americans in Grau irk sent to the princess a substitute tImatum. couched in terms so polite d conciliatory that there could be no staking his sincerity. He agreed to 'e Graustark a new lease of life, as were, by extending the fifteen years in other words, to grant the con ered an additional ten years in tch to pay off the obligations im sed by the treaty. He furthermore ored a considerable reduction in the te of Interest foi- the next ten years. it he had a condition attached to this sd and gracious proposition-the~mar ge of Graustark's sovereign. His ibassador set forth the advantages such an alliance, and departed with Message that the matter should baye )st serious consideration. Cite old prince's proposition was a w to the princess, who was pie a trying positiou. By fi%rificing rself she could sa- her untry, bit so doing her life w to be plunged .o interitniable arktness. She did t love tor r she respect Lorenz. 10 was i t iavorab1y supplied with iliztci intelligencc, 1'<'proi-:M itlon ws15 lail before the let :tand the i:oh,ltty by the pinilee.ss II Cannot the io<m be exttended a jew etself, who said that she would be ~uided by any deetMoni they might each. The counselers to- a man re used to sacrifice their girlish ruler, and he people vociferously ratied the res lation.. lut the princess would not al ov them to send an answer, to Ax >hailu until- she could see a way clear :o save =her people in some other man ter. An- embassy was sent to the Prince >f Dawsbergen. ils domain touched 1ru:Etnik on the south, and he ruled a wild, turbulent class of mountaineers and herdsmuen. This embassy soughat to secure an indorsement of the loan from Prince Gabriel sutitcient to meet the comting crisis. Gabriel. himself sitten by the charms of tihe princess. at nee offered himself in marriage. agree~igsto advance, in case:shec ac eepted him. 2.000,000 garvos at a rath .r high rate of interest for fifteen yeart. HIls iote for her was no great that he would pawn the entire principality for an answer that woulj mate himt the happIest man ou earth. Now, the trou bled prinacefs sabhor-red Giabriel. Of the tweo, Lorenr was much to be preferred. Gatbriel tlewv iuto a rage up,on the re eeipt of thuis rebuff and openaly avowed hi's intention to make hter suffer. ils ifatuation became a monia, and up to the very dlay Otn which the countes told thte story lie Pprsisted inl his ap peals to tlth pineeiSs. In Ik'rlon lie had gone to her' to ple'ad h's~ p~iit ont hils knees, grov 'eling at hta'ri. i-e went ;o far as to exc.(laitt it.x jiu mc pr'o: ence of' tthe airmedV( biut reltnttss 0ob ject of his~ love thaut h le would wina her or turn the wh'iole earth into everythting unpleaisant. So it was that the Princess of Graut stark, erstwhile M iss Gu ggentslocker, was being dragged through the mtost unhtapp)y affairs that ever bcset a sov ereigtt. Withtin a mtonth shte was to Sign away two-thirds of her domain, transforming tmulties of hter beloved anud loving peCople into subjects of the hated Axphain or to sell herself, body and soul, to a loathsome bidder in the guise of a suitor, and, with all this con fronting her, she ha'd comte to the real ization of a truth so sad and distract ing that it was breaking her tortured heart. She was in love, but with no royal princel * Of this, however, the countess knew.enothing,:sior Lorry had one great secret to cherish al ne. "Has she chosen the cou s she will pursue?" asked Lorry as .the puntess concluded her story, ils' fa~ was turned away. 1 "Shie cannot decide. We ha te'WLt together over this dreadful, this orri bie Mine- Ynn da notknn w t i FERI To quantit (W1 needed, proper whole. It r easily a1 has'sho Anderson I have a as the promin If you4sho time in successf T1 wifll .6 I , r'home 1 the sooi A''A ""' home o: ANJ FOLGER, THORNLE .AA i*. )'1. Xr ove her, and 1 here is not one in outr aad who would saeritce her to save lhis territory. As for t4abriel. Grau ark would kill her before she should ;o to himl. Still. she cannot let herself ;acrilice those northern subjects when by a single act she can save them. You see, the princess. has not forgotten that her father- brought this war upon the people, and' she- feels it her duty- to may the penalty of hli error, Whatever the cost." "Is there no' other- to whom she can turn-no other coursefY asked Lorry. "There is none- who would assist us, bankrupt as we- axe. There is a ques tion I want to. asic,. Mr. Lorry. Please look at me. Do, not stare at the foun tain all the thne.. Why have you come to Edelweiss?."' She asked the ques tion so. boldly that his startled enibar rassment 'was anm unspoken confession. He calmed himnself and hesitated long before answvering, weighing his reply. She sat close bes40de him, her clear gray eyes reading him like a book. "I came to see' a Miss Guggeslock er," he answeredI at last. "I"or what purpoe? There must have been an utrgent cause to bring you so far. .YouI are not an Ameriean banker? "I hmd intendiedb to ask her to be my wife," he said", knowing that secrecy was useless and seeing a faint hope. "You did not t.nd Miss Guggenslock "No; I have. not found her." "And are you ge1ug home disappoint ed, Mr. -'Losry because she is not here?" "I leave the answer to your tender There was a long~ pauOe. 'May I asifwkeD you expect to leave Granstark" she asked somewhat tim idly. "Why d%' you wish to know?" he "Because I know how hopeless your quest ha. been. You have found Mise Guggenslocker, but she is hekI behind a wall so.strong and impregnable that you cannot reach her with the questiori you camne to ask. You have come tc that wan.,and now you must turn back, I have asked how soon?7" "Not until your princess bids me take up my load and go. You see, my lady, I love to sit beneath the shadow of the wall you describe. It will require m royal edict to compel me to abandor my position." "You cannot expect the princess t( drive you from her couti-y, you win htve done so mutch for her. You muns go. Mr. Lorry, without her bidding." "I must?'" "Yes, for your presence outside tha wall may make the imprisonment al the.'more unendurable for the one you love cannot reach. Do you understant me?" "IHas the one behind the wall i11 strueted you to say this to mo?" h asked miserably. "She hmas not. I do not know he hoar ), but I am a woman and have woman's foresight. If you wish to b kind and good to her, go." "[ uanot" ho exclaimed, his per felinj:s'bursting forth. A1 eannot gol "You will not be so selfish and I cruel as to increase the horror of it wreck that is sure to come," she est drawing back. 4'You know, countess, of the:11tfe sa 'ing crews who draw from' the 'wtdel of ships lives that wn'e hopelessly loI There is to be a- wrecek bete. ,I5 the toboe a.life sayer? 'When the #ight darkest, the sea wildest, when hope gone, Is not that the time 'when irOed WU..ostgresIoQ.7 T41U me, reti.1J uzi give best results, must b atid above all the>bedt qua it ,"constitutes-bent qpal t such as ammonia, Potash a nanipulation of these ingre nust also have to be in suc id well distributed. ExpOr r wn that the goods manufact Plhosphate ai ,l the qualities mentioned; best of fertilizers. We h; mnt planters in the South be you are now using Anderson uld continue so to do, but i changing your brand and ul planters and use these g e roads are good now, the n worse shape later on, so )efore it is too late, as yc ier. ,ents at every rallroad st; lice for information. itR S oli Y & CO., Agents, P "I cannot command you to. Edelweiss. I can only tell' youi you wille have something to answ( if you: stay." said the countess. "Willi you help me if I show t< that 1 can reach the wreck and the one-who clings to it despairin he asked; smiling, suddenly cain confident.. "Willingly, for .I love the one v going down in the sea. I have si to you seriously, though. and I you willi not misunderstand me. you, and 11 like Mr. Anguish. You stay here' forever so far as I an cerned." He thought long and intently what she- had said as he smoked', gar on the great balcony that He saw 1. nemoment the vast < between the. man and the prince the.next he Laughed-at the, puny Down on' the promenade he cou the ftgut:es of men and wownen. tng in the mo6nlight. To his ears the occasional laugh of a man, ti very gurgle- of a woman. The military band was playing in the near the edge of the great circle. were gayety,..comftoit, ch.arm and ity about everything that camne eyes and ears. Where was she' had seen her in the afternoon nil talked with her, had walked wit: Their conversation had been brigi of the ewnmmonplace kind, she said nothing to indicate that sl giembered the hour spent .beai oouch a day or so before: he.hi tored none of the words that strn to rush from~ his lips-the questioi pleadings, .the vows. Wher. 1s now ? Mot in that gay crowd I for he- had scanned every figure the hawk's eye; closeted agal Goalbt, with heir ministers, wet her tired brain, her brave hear fitlgue without rest. He11r court still tremilped with t oitement of the daring attempt abductors and their swift punisi Functionaries unacked to Edeiwi inquire after the welfare of the cess, and indignation *ras at the eat pitch. There wef'e theories merable as to the identity of th conspiraator. Baron D)angiosa. 1 sea completely. He cursed k and everybody else for the bas ill timed execution of the hirelin was qluite evident that the b wonder and intense feeling of ti pie had for the maoment driven thought of the coming 'day ol mont and its bitter atonemfenit Graustark. Today tho castle w of the nobility, drawn to its wv the news that had startled thi yond all expression. Thie polle at work, the military tremble< rage, the people clamored for prehension of thei man who hn the instigator of this audacity rgeneral belief was that some 1 rchief from the southi had plami Sgreat theft for the purpose of a ea fabulous ranso)m. Grenfall had an astonishing theory in hi *suad the more lhe thought It o' gnore firmly it was imbedded. The warm, blue coils from ti wafted away into the night, c with them a niyriad of tangled tl ~et~ her, of Axphail, of the al of -htmself, of' everythinag., 4i on t* 'stone flooV of the shado ~ eyitracted his attention. I ed hshead an4 saw the Prin< 5tive, She was walkinig siqwly the balustrade, not aware of E onee. 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