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lt THIE SE IN L JOU LNAL. Entered April 23, 1903 at Pickens, S. C., as second class matter, under act of Congress of March 3, 1879. V*L. XXXVI 1ICXE11 IOU? CATL1rA, UMDAY3 MARCH 9 1013 BEVERLY OF GRAVSTARK By GEORGE BARR WCUTCHEON. Author of "Graustark" CopyrOht, JWA, by Dodd. Mead and Company Beli: "And I don't care. either. I oniy wish be were back here again. I'd be a g-ood deal niier to him." Messengers Hew back and forth. car. rying orders from the castle to varlow quarters. The ninisters were called to meet at 12 o'clock. Underneath al the hustlo there was a tremendous Im. pulse of American cunning. energy and resourcefulness. Ivery one caught th< lever. Iteserved old (Iplomats4 wore overwhelmed by their own inthiulaim Custom bound soldie.s forgot the he reditary caution and fell Into the ways of the new leaders without a mnurmur rhe city was wild with excitement, for ill believed that the war wus upo: t:hii. There was but one Shadow overhanging the glorious optimism of G.rauitark-the ugly, memiLing a tt ltulle or Axphlain. Even the Duke of Mlzros could give no assurance that his coui try wouki remain ieutrail. Colonel Quinnox Came to tll, ea1stkl In 1aste 'tid perturlbation. It was h hvlo propoulett the querstion that Yetive and Deverly were expectingt, "Where Is Baldos?" Of course the flight of the suspected guard was. s.>on a matter of certainty. A m!ngle Im ploring glance from the prlnees, meant ?:ar the faithful Q!nn'x a., '1H 2l;rr va' plainly al words- r :.' a. said that She had given th- m Wn hS 'Creedormt. And Quinox woul hia tletxI a thousnd times to prof eet the :st eret of his s3verelgn, for had 1i.1 t wity generationis of Quinaoxm:; rerv Vnl the ruilers of Iraustark with um. Wrching loyalty? Ullaron u Dangloss may mv .e 4pv:pcted the trick, but he did 21:t NO m1uCl 11s hiink helin(1 till- hi'iMeum Jnm.rr:ed him to hunt liigi and1 low ftor thc, fugItive. i- .-ir,%.x came at 11. Under the de 1 1...t cnhlinness of his hearing there W.9 I:r'kin11g a mighty fear. His brain was courged by thoughit of 1:upentiling dls grace. The princess had plainly threat ened hWs de1,oogralat loll. A.fler all these y l'ia he -was to tremble vwith s1111 idi humlllation;: he was to er'iige where he had Ilw'IIays hoanteid of domi n'ering peo)ver. And hesldet till thls .larin:IIx had a bl;et wvoula.Id in bl.4 left1 h-1i'ier The world could not have L:n->wn, for le know how to c-mceali '!" .Vppone d 1he slnlr, haperl j:4 jtui i the cn h' wil n1 <bued r I: c. if he weni oi Into wil 'C . h:e ouhl to dra. -w .h hh1".1 th .e firn tr I n ho had ovie: .1i Wo . h4 years ofl 114 1n14 "Awond wy:ln y :. ---l:(d inlm ".:;;to al:. it.m h;i yo I e h.lim.Il lid'petirel :sllhe kitt to seeOi wen o e'iu .uof. It y. In wo. . ot.lve t hi r 1,hat you struc m ott then nirtt byo han- th.:t~'0 .darm' oIwa: to iu1L'O~l' I~d 3OiiHI'11to l ooii Ift JSU llo1"l h "'o, bunod wt al ntig.rte lo will gte only te chanver t v yourjily. IClouvt yi.Ilant you. must jltsingyo or) my 'own, he wa, nin ug tht rmnn kn11et tho qui1 whyou e.>mmend niu ianb youlv habig am wnoht yuset yout mti e(In. liutiou hae a nov'iwa ow r temtIl .yonfessotrat I must y. them te eastn Yhcou ayhav bth tonduceeduDid youl scar temst i -"oer no tIcaedg ithn fomten You arl thanloe I enoug lofd" "Hase ausang, gshle lteruted. i "Yhave bem oernt crkush you."ov "ohs"BesieIscoftrnhavlng kow .the, "Ifl yonfoest mehath I d'tlil wonderfuglanscessft thie pat, bhi can I goe. befoe hd enoug of y ol ils "I wls you"oes me~ further shn Beverly took the document and with dilated eyes read the revolting charges against her honor. 11er cheeks grew white with anger, then flushed a deep crinson. "You fiend!" sh erled, glaring at him so fierxely that he instinctively shrank back, the vielous grin dying in his face. "I'll show you how, much I fear you. I shall give this revolting thing to the princess. She may read it to the cahi )let, for all I care. No one will belleve you. They'll kill you for this!" She turned and flew into the presence of the princess and her ministers. Speeding to the side of Yetive, she thru.it the paper into her hands. Sur prle and expectancy filled the eyes of all assem'bled. "Count Marlanx oflicially charges me with-with-read it, your highness!" she cr!ed dIstractdly. Yetive read it, pale faced and cold. A determiled glem appeared in lhr eyes as she passed the document to her husband. "Allod." Lorry said to an attendant, after a brief glance at Its revolting con tents. "ask Count Marlanx to appear hero Instantly. Ho Is outside the door." Lorry's anger was hard to control. lVe elinched his hands and there was a lie uiggestIon of throttling In the way he did It. Marins. entering the room, raw that he was doomed. le had not -oxpected Beverly to take this appalling 4ti. Tho girl, tears in her eyes, rush ed to a winidow, hiding her face from the wondering ministers. Her courage itliley failed her. If the chalrgea wve:e read aloud before those men it seemoel to her that she never could lift her eyes-in again. A mighty longing for Wahilngton. her father and the big Calho!n Inys rushed to her heart as she s).d thre and awailted the crash. 11t Lorry was a true noblemian. 0 ilemnen" he said quietly, "Count atarimx has seen fit to charge Miss Calhoun with complIcity in the flight of Daldos. I will not read the charges t.) ymu. They are unworthy of one who has held the highest )OSition in the army of Granstark He has" "Read lhi:. miy husband. before you proceed further," sAW Yetive. thrusting Into his hand a Ruje she hald wrItten with feverish haste. Lorry smilled grasely before lie read nlloud the brief edliet whlih removeld Gene1ral 31rlanx fromaa the' collillald of the army of CVraushir11k. "Is this justie?" otesed 1ax angrily. "W1,ll yoLu not give me at lea.Ir :ng?' I hosaeech" *l!ence!"' commn~ded the priness. "1Wh1at inanier of bearing dd ynm ex ploet to give Ms (1alhou1? It ls enngh, sir. There shall be Ila .wclirds la moy alrmiy." "''hward? hle fatere1d. "I1nve I not prtoed my couraige on tie field of II te? Am I to ho. called :I" so~ldlierl iptlits the ill'b of bat1h) . You ha: 1 had aC ear'g. ('mmt Mar1ina . I heard tle truth ibouit you last n'g:t." viciou sly. "I llust he content t) :'e eept this I missal , yr0111g. So ni 'e1 . There1 is o hope)( for m11. SOmie dt you ma4ly p'ray God to forgive you for the wrolg you have done your most lonyal Servant. There 1s no appeal from your deelison, but as a subject of Grau stark I insst that Miss Calhioun shall he pilished-for aiding iII the esc'ape of this spy and1( traItor, lie Is gone. and it wats she who led him1 through 1114 eastle l "Yu ind! sh'ce.. to the oue'ol,9h antdn .,'ItsgnemnIdeyhrtsash di oacopn 3lo hog h Irsceiasgels ih. 11 "t wil d no arm o st hesel a-ih ydnigthsacsto, u U etdCutHlon oeny vr to thine outer-word Shes cannotadto Was not aispioaeusmg to theii. The) would a1sk no questlons. But Beverly Calhoun stood staring o':. of the window, out upon the eaml park and Its gay sunshine. She did nol answer, for she did not hear the pre mier's words. Her brain was whirling madly with other thoughts. She wa trying to believe her eyes. "Tho spy is gone," cried Marianx, see lig a falpt chance to redeem himself at her expense. ' "She cannot face my charge. Where Is your friend, Miss Calhoun?" Beverly fated them with a strange, subdued calmness in her face. Iet heart was throbbing wildly in the shel ter of this splendid disguise. "I don't know what all this commo tion is about," she said. "I only know that I have. been dragged into it ihanelessly by that old man over there. If you step to the window you may see Baldos himself. Ile has not ted. Ile Is on duty!", Itaidos was striding steadily aeross the park in plain view of all. CIIAPTIMIt XXVII. OTHT Yetive and Beverly experi onced an ainazing sense of re lief. They did not stop to oon sider why or how he had re turned to 'the castle grounds. It was sutfivient that Ie was actually there, sound, well and apparently eatistled. "I dare say Count 31arlanx will with draw his i'hfanous charge ngainst our guest," said Lorry, with deadly direct nie;is. Marilanx was mopping his damnp for Ii-ad. Hi; eyes were fastened up on the lgure of the guard, and there w:as some'thing like nwe In their steely dthlsti. It seemed to him that the su pernatural had been enlisted against him. "Ile left the castle last night," ie imuttered, half. to haimiself. "There seens4 to be no doubt of that," agreed Gaspon, the grand treas. urer. "Colonel Quilnox reports hlb strange dis)p)eara nee." Clearly th case was a puzllig one. Men looked a one another in wonder and unoaasiness "I think I understand the :Atsitaion,' exelaimied Mlarlunx. suddenly triham pliant. "It iears out all that I hav( said. Baldos left the vastle hast night as I have sworn. but not fror the pur IOse of escaping. Ie went frLth tC carry information to our eneitile... Can any one dlou)t that he li a spy? Ha. lhe not retFrned to c'Tarry out hIk wOrk? And now, gentlemen, I ask you--wwli he rettiurn 1tmiless ho felt securt- of pro teetion here'" It was a facer. yetivo and Beverly felt as though a ste:,I trap ,uddenly hadl been elo.'ed down upon thewm. Lo ry and Anguilsh w're uindonlay dis eonerted. I'lhierL Nwas a ctiis,. milce elded m1oNvmient amon0:1 the ininia.Ater. "'oloiei Quinnox, wvill you retch la! dos to the VeranIdai at onee':" aSed L~orry, hi. :!; Amerienn p:-:. .0ption telling im4 that inianeiHte actiou was noensary."it is cooler out thero." Ile gave Deverly a look of inquiry. I th flushed painfully, guiltily, and ie was t roubled inl consecluence. "As a mere subiject. I demanad the arrest of this an." Mar'lanx w%as say ing exclItedly. "We muiiist go to the bottoni of this hiellki plot to injure Graustark." "MY dear count," said Anguish, standing over him, "up to this time we have ben 11111bit to diMscern any rea sons f'or or signs of the trienchlery you preach about. 1 don't believe we haive "Bunt I have'L absoulute' proof, sir," gratedl the coiunit. "I'd adiluse you to pr'o~luco !t. We must havei soein'liag to work on, you know." "Whaat right have you to give adVl('., gir'! Yont are tot one0 of' us. YOU arei a meddiler'--:1u1 ipertintent alien. Youur hearit is not w'ithi Grustark, naf mine11 is. I~owi long must wo endure the ini tolence' of theise. Ameleas'iUt" Thec count was fuming withtl ang~er. As' mnighat hav'e beeni expected, the ea y going Yainkee's hiughedi unreI'ser1vedly at his taunt. TVhe princess was pa with indligation. ''Count 3laran ax, you will confine youri remartiiks tio the man11 whom yo-J haivo char'gedi wlih trea~chery3," she said "You havie asxked for his arrest, andl' you areto bi le hisi accuser. At the prtopl er't tine you will prod2(uce!f the~ proof., warn you now that if you dq not ntus tain thbese chariiges tihe displeaisur'e o the~ crVown' will falil hav~iiil uoni you.'' "I only' ask your' highntess to or'de: his airrest." lhe saidi, conitr'oliing himi self. "ilIe is of the castle guard ania can 1 (' seized'l 113 onlyo youri commanltld.' "Banidos is att the ('astle steps, you: *hlighness,"~" said Colonel Q ulnnox fron~ . the'. doorway. .The entire party lef the counell'i chanmber' and passe(d out ti the greait stone poirih. It miust 1)0 con fossed that the pr1incess5 leanei(d rathe Ij heavily upon01 Lorriy's arm. She~ ami a neorly treambled with~ anxiety asq the: stood face to fice with the taIl guard wiio had come back to them1 so mnys teriously. Baldos stood at the fokt of the stone stels, a guard on each side of him. ODne of these was the shamefaced Iladdan, Dangloss' watchian, whose vigil had been a failure. 'Te gaze- of the suspected guard purposely avold- T ed that of Beverly Calhoun. lo knew that the slightest communication be twein them would be misunerstood i and magulfled by the witnesses. "Baldos," uald Lorry front the- top. T step, "it has come to our ears that you left the castle murreptitiously lust night. Is it true that you were aidedi I)y Miss Calhoun?" Baldos looked S thunkrul for thIs eminently leading question. In a flash it gave him the h-w-y to the situation. Secretly ho was; wondering what emotions possessed! the slender accomilice who had saI T .zoodby to him not so many hours be fore at the castle gate. He knew that she was .1iNiaZed, puzzled by his sud den return. Ile wondered if she were -h-d. 1114 quick wits saw that at 0 crisis had arrived. The air was full't of it. The dread of this very moment was the thing which had drawn him into the castle grounds at early dawn. Ile had watchebd for his chance to glide itt unobserved and had snatched a few A lionr4 slep in the sholter of the shrub biry tiear the park wall. "It Is not true." he said clearly In anwer to Lorry's question. Both 1ev- A erLy and Marlanx st.trted as the sharp talisehood fell from his lips. "Who uade such an accusation ?" he demand ed. "coint 'ilarlanx is our Informant." T "Thn Count Marlaux lies," came coolly from the guard. A sun rl of fury hurt from the throat of the deposed -enera. H.4 eyes were red and his tongue was half alied by rage. "1)g Dog!" he shouted., running down the :teps. "lirnfaioua dog! I swear- by ry soul that he" "Where Is yowr proof. 'omint Mar- r1 II hnx'?" sternly literrtupted Lorry. "You. t h:ve nide a serous an ae11tt a:aist our homred gue.st. It ennlOt he over looke d.. Marlanx hesliated a moment and then threw his borats rt the feot of the collpirators. "1 w In the ch:wlei when she opened tho netrret pne[ for hu." Not a word wn: u ered f'r a f;.1 inrwue. It was lk'cverly 'nIahann who s e first. She was as enlm as a spr-ing 1sr~g --If all. thii.4 he tril. Count Marlaix. may I 2a1sk1 why you.. the head or a'u itark's army. did i-vr intercel)t the Idy 3!arlaux flusi ii lt iiy. The uies tin laid' eught him umnprpared. lIv dard ot newweg Il., snc Ither with the hhi i'l Ow is. "I-[l' was not in. a pouldtion to) restrati 11hn1," he mumble10ct. "You prferrd "o wait oil heo w\.:I" Safely gonme heforle maklng the e1ffort to pIrt'ect 4 't ark tr ia er(i de signs. Is that it?. What was your ob. j lct li golng to the cI;arl --to praiy'.' 0 eViir, ~wvl tit 11: you 1) elter th eatlo in the aiglt '" she asked irao. !ally.. p] "Your1 hi1"dmes<., nmly I he heard - f c aisked Bilos lhy. Ie wasi sHillag: 1nf Itt Yetive fIroml tiE bottom of te teps She vdertdi her head a trile a. fasi!y. "It 'stinite true that I left tie enstle by meanf-is of yotir sevret passage S, "Brtt I wvish -o add that 'on'it Manr manx I.A in errwor when he say:4 I ihat Mllss wvere no't keeni In the diarkniess of- theI sanctuary. Perhaps he is no't acecus tonmed to. the-1light (oneG flndls ihl elhpel 1 at the hour of 2. WIll your highness' e kindly looik in the dlirretio~ci'o tin' southern gaite? Your nuigst *gaz-may i1l fall upon the ree-linintg figurie of a boy ~ asleep- t here ia tihe ahadow of the fri('mily ieedar. If Count Marlan- had might haive seeni that It w'an boy who 0 'went with ime iand not" "IFool! Don't you su1pp)Ose I- know' a I woman's skirts?' eried the- Iron Coust. "Better thanii miost ikuen, I faney," - almly responded Balos. "M1y young friend wore the garmnet'- of a wvoman, let mec mld(." Lorry caime downt anld grasped Bal-' dos1 by the arms. Ils eyes were stern and1( nt(euising. Above4, Yetive and Hov'- r erly had clalsiped hands and1 wiere look- S lng ont dumbly. WXhat dId Batildos meanii? A% "'Then, you dlid go through the pats sage? And you were accompanied by this boy, a stranger? Ilow comes this, I r ir?" dIemandled Lorry. Every eye was accusing the guard at this juncture. Th'le men i' ore derscendiing the steps as if to surround him. "It Is not the first tIme that I have gone through the plassage, sir'," said Baldos, .amused by the looks of con Mionnan ijd nrdvise ---a to cnoe te. Balade of thelKing to Come. Then all his grievous wounds. are well, And Uther's son once more may bear he brunt of ma it andM break the spell That binds him, mazed. and waiting, there; he glint along his fOient hair, The gleani his palid brow iall herald happiness rmost rare When Arthur conm- from Avalon. hen Lancelot the- lea4l shall quell With ardent glance the bale fil glare f Vivien's headlong fame of hell,. And snatch old Merlh' from the snare guiltless G'uieivere shaitll wear Undimmed thie tourney- dia- r% mondson: brow serene.and debormi', When Arthur comes from Avalon. hen reckless Gawain truth '. shall tell. Then joy shall crowni Elaie the fair, iwGitlahad ikisert the cR1,. And Percival the Gral-sight share,. 'all. Pelleas shall wed Etarre, White saiAte -Enid true shall don, Lnd Mfodred languish in b.is lair, WNhen Aythuri conqs.- from Avalcn. ENVo. ir Knights,. loud twm ; shall trumipet blare, Shall good brand ifas.h and clangan~jon, riiind the douhk.Iragoned chair \heni A uthnr (O'~It'5 fron. fAvabah. --.EducationabliJo.heal. A Changing View. Who NaL)ltpoleon i. lY.kft Elba ke Molv*teur, the ffik iMl organ the restorationi. m1irked his r0 $ acrosS; Phm with the llowing- amiinrig. remarks: The cannibal, has loft his den. 'Thw- ogre of orsikta has just iledt TIheO tiger-has arrtived at Gap.. TIM he monster;slep4 at Grenoble. Tlhe~ ty rant. has~ crossed L.yons. The uIsurpri~r has been31 se-en at 1y-lsn. Bonapare is advancing quick on Pari4 but he will never nater the etilty.. The embperor has arrived at 'onltainchleaAi. His emtperial- majesty made a 'iumphlhal entry into the castle f the Tuileries in the midst of is fail hful subjects. Here is Rellet for Women. If you have paIins in 1h.- back, Urina,. a Bhadder or Kiney tro~ule, aind want --rtnin. I1leasant herb cur~e for womn. ni a 1b. tr:y Nothe~r Giray's AUScA-rI.IAN. -M It is a safe and never-failing '1a'()r. A t Druiila or by mnaij Co. amnple 'ackago i''RRE. Addrita, T1he I J NMcSWAIN L AWY ER, lireenville. S. C.