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i Essaidiaig the conference with Prince ?abrieTs represenfatiTes, he had but kittie to say.- The escaped murderer siaturalbj refused to surrender and was 4? ?31 appearances quite firmly estab Bsbed ir. power once more.*" Lorry's ax ?j hope was that the reversal of f eel in? ir- Dawsbergen might work ruin for tat prince. He was carrying affairs "wi A a high hand, dealing vengeful ??ows to the friends of his half brother ??'i ?.mo3uraging a lawlessness that, sooner or later, must prove his undoing. Sis representatives at the conference .were an arrogant law defying set of anea who laughed scornfully at every proposal made by the Graustarkians. *We told them that if he were not veered to oar authorities inside of sixty days we would declare war and go down and tal:e him," concluded the .American. "Two monthsf cried Yetive. "I don't linderstand.'' **There was method in that ultima? tum. Axphain, of course, will set up a howl but we can forestall any ac? tion the Princess Tolga may under .take. Naturally one might suspect thai we should declare war at once, inasmuch as he must be taken sooner ?OT later, but here is the point: Before two ino atas have elapsed the better element of Dawsbergen will be so dis &2sizl with the new dose of Gabriel -Shat ii will do anything to avert a war os his account We have led them to tt?ieve ? iiat Axphain will lend moral if not physical support to our cause. ! Xxive them two months in which to get j over this tremendous hysteria ..and ! they'll find their senses. Gabriel isn't ! ?worth it, you see, and down in their fceaxts they know it They really loved young Dantan, who seems to be a ?devil of a good fellow. I'll wager my iiead that in six weeks they'll be wish? ing he were back on the throne again. And just to think of it, Yetive, dear, y GS were off. there in the very heart of Axphain risking everything!" he cried, Spiner the moisture from his brow Is just eleven days since I left J&ft&weiss, and I have had a lovely |?nrney/! 'she said, with one of her irare siniles. He shook his head grave? ly, and she resolved in her heart never him another such cause for i ind in the meantime, Mr. Grenfall .TV. you rre blaming me and hat : all that for being the real \ cause of your wife's escapade," said Beverly -Calhoun plaintively. "I'm awfully sorry. But you must remem? ber one thing, sir-I did not put her op to this ridiculous trip. She did it ?af'her own free will and accord. Be gj&DS, I am the one who met thfe lion and.almost got devoured, not Yetive, ?f you please." "Pli punish you by turning you over to old Count Marlanx, the commander of the army in Graustark," said Lor? ry laughingly. "He's a terrible o^re, j ftrorse than any lion." -"Heaven pity you. Beverly, if you fall into his clutches!" cried Yetive. "He has had five wives and survives to look for a sixtn. You see how terrible it would be." "rm not afraid of him," boasted Bev? erly; but there came a time when she JBaought of those words with a shudder. "By the way. Yetive, I have had ?ward from Harry Anguish. He and the. countess will ieave Paris this week, the baby's willing, and will be In Edelweiss soon. You don't know how ft relieves me to know that Harry will be with us :-.t this time." Yetive's eyes answered his enthusi? asm. Bol h had a warm and grateful memory of the loyal service which the young American had rendered his friend when they had first come to Graustsrk in quest of the princess, and both had a great regard for his wife, the Countess Dagmar, who as Yetiv?'s lady in waiting had been through all the perils of those exciting ?days with them. As they drew near the gates of Edel? weiss a 1-trge body of horsemen ro?e tor?h to moot them. The afternoon was wei] on the way to night, and the air of the valiey was cool and refresh . ravs 0f tjje june sim> Y.- s at last," murmured Bev ??r*y, ce aglow. "The heart of ? - . E>o you know that I have ag up on my grammar? I j the meaning of the word and it seems so^appropri is gray, hoary, o?d; 'stark' Old and strong, isn't it. rides the oldest and stron l all Gra istark - the Iron arlanx," said Yetive, look tug down the road. "See; the strange ?Cray Baan in front there is our greatest general, ov.r rrafrirst fighter, our most heai*tless \.*ar;ior. Does he look flke the eagle or the hawk'.'" A moment later the parties met, and the newcomers swung into line with the escort Two men roce up to the carriage and saluted. One was Count Marlanx, the other Colonel Quinnox of the royal guard. The count lean and gray as a wolf, revealed rows of huge White teeth in his perfunctory smile o? welcome, while young Quinnox's face fairly beamed with honest joy. Iii the post that he held he was but follow i -? g in "the footsteps of his fore?V.?h?'rs. ??wc history began in Graustark a mox had been in char ero of the eas CHAPTER XV. EFEW bonis later ail waa dar and silent within the castle, O the atone walks below tb steady tread of agr?mete .ros om the atm air. In the hallways th Angled guardsmen glided about Hk getters or stood like statues. An hon before the great edifice had been brigs . dad foll o? animation. Now it slim toed. It was 2 o'clock. Tile breath of rose oeeafed the air; the gurgle of fountain was the only music that touched th <ttr. Beverly Calhoun, dismissing Aun Fanny, stepped from her windov Ul <3Gt upon the great stone balcony. 1 rich oriental dressing gown, loose an< comfortable, was her costume. Some thing told her that sleep would be i long time coming, and an hour In th< ll warm, delightful atmosphere of th< Bight was more attractive than th< -dose, sleepless silence of her own room livery window along the balcony wai ?dark, proving that the entire household bad retired to rest She was troubled. The fear had en Sered her head that the castle fo? were regretting the advent of Baldos that every one was questioning the wis ?dorn of his being in the position he occupied through her devices. Her taft with him did much to upset her tran onflT?ty, That he knew so much of the fortress bore out the subtle suspicions of Daagloes and perhaps others. She was fronded, not that she doubted tdm, but that if anything want wrong aa accusation against him, however fmjnst, would be difficult to overcome And she would be to blame m a largs degree. Star many minutes she sat in the ?Sark shadow of a great pillar, her el? bows upon the cool balustrade, staring r dreamily Into the star studded vault above. Far away in tile air she could fi -see the tiny yellow lights of the monas? tery, lonely sentinel on the mountain flop. From the heights near that abode Of peace and penitence sn enemy oouM destroy the fortress to the south. Bad not Baldos told her so? One big Cora would do the work if il: could be taken te that altitude. Baldos could draw a perfect map of the fortress. K' He eouJd precisely where the shelis should .fail. And already the chief seen ia Edelweiss were wondering who jbe was and to what end he might util? ise his knowledge. They were watca ii: r him ; they were warning her. * ifttr Hie first time since she came to the castle sue felt a sense of loneliness, & certain unhappiness. She could not ?hake ?tf the feeling that she waa, /after -ali, alone in ber belief In Baldos, Bier heart told her that the tali straightforward fellow she bad met in the h?ls tvas as honest as the day. She was deceiving him, she realized, feat be was miste?ding no one. Off in si distant part of the castle ground she dodd see the long square shadow that marked the location of the barracks fend mess room. There be was sleep tag, confidently believing in her and ber power to save him from all harm. .Sojnethmg in her soul cried out to him Shat ?he would be stanch and true and that he might sleep without a tremor O? appreb ens i veness. Soddenly she smiled nervously and drew back into the shadow of the pil? lar. R occurred to her that he might ibo looking across the moonlit park, looking directly at her through all that abado wy ?distance. She was conscious ot a strange glow in her cheeks and a Qjnjf?fce?rtng of the blood as she pulled the foMs -or her gown across her bare throat. TNot the moon, nor the stars, nor the Sgat in St Valentine's, bat the black ?tfc?jg away off there cn the earth," ?aid a soft voice behind her, and Bev? erly started as if the supernatural had apfsxaacaed her. She turned to face tbe princess, who stood almost at her "Te?ve! How did you get here?" "TEbat is what you are looking at dear,** went on Yetive as if completing ter charge. "Why are you not In bed?" **Aad yon? I thought you were sound asfeep tong ago," murmured Beverly, ?be?*mating the guilty feeling that ?came over her. The princess threw ter arm about Beverly's shoulder. bave been watching yon for half OB boer." she said gently. "Can't two teoh at the moon and stars as well as oner Isa't it my grim old castle? Let oa sit here together, dear, and dream ??Ufer .Yo? "dear Yetive,** and Beverly drew ber dewa beside her on the cushions. *"Bot Sat?n. I want you to get some fhing Gzt of your head. I was rot jopjatarg at anything in particular.*' .Bev'CTiy. I believe yon were thinK tag of Rd doa," said the other, her fin? gers s?rrj?s^ fondly across the girl'i sott ban-. *B?2CU? >cs?** said Beverly, conscious for the first time mat he was seldom out ot ber thoughts. The realization came Hke a Wow, and her eyes grew -very wide out there in the darkness. -Ansi you are troubled on his ac? count ? know it dear. You" "Wefi, Yetive, why shouldn't I be worried? I brought him here against Ms wiB," protested Beverly. "If any tning: sfcaaLl happen to him"- she shud? dered involuntarily. "fDettt be afraid, Beverly. I have as mucfe confidence In him as you have. Wa eyes are true, OrenfaJl believes ifeab?sK? fe-?? and sc does Mi Angtrfsl i Essaidiaig the conference with Prince ?abrieTs represenfatiTes, he had but kittie to say.- The escaped murderer siaturalbj refused to surrender and was 4? ?31 appearances quite firmly estab Bsbed ir. power once more.*" Lorry's ax ?j hope was that the reversal of f eel in? ir- Dawsbergen might work ruin for tat prince. He was carrying affairs "wi A a high hand, dealing vengeful ??ows to the friends of his half brother ??'i ?.mo3uraging a lawlessness that, sooner or later, must prove his undoing. Sis representatives at the conference .were an arrogant law defying set of anea who laughed scornfully at every proposal made by the Graustarkians. *We told them that if he were not veered to oar authorities inside of sixty days we would declare war and go down and tal:e him," concluded the .American. "Two monthsf cried Yetive. "I don't linderstand.'' **There was method in that ultima? tum. Axphain, of course, will set up a howl but we can forestall any ac? tion the Princess Tolga may under .take. Naturally one might suspect thai we should declare war at once, inasmuch as he must be taken sooner ?OT later, but here is the point: Before two ino atas have elapsed the better element of Dawsbergen will be so dis &2sizl with the new dose of Gabriel -Shat ii will do anything to avert a war os his account We have led them to tt?ieve ? iiat Axphain will lend moral if not physical support to our cause. ! Xxive them two months in which to get j over this tremendous hysteria ..and ! they'll find their senses. Gabriel isn't ! ?worth it, you see, and down in their fceaxts they know it They really loved young Dantan, who seems to be a ?devil of a good fellow. I'll wager my iiead that in six weeks they'll be wish? ing he were back on the throne again. And just to think of it, Yetive, dear, y GS were off. there in the very heart of Axphain risking everything!" he cried, Spiner the moisture from his brow Is just eleven days since I left J&ft&weiss, and I have had a lovely |?nrney/! 'she said, with one of her irare siniles. He shook his head grave? ly, and she resolved in her heart never him another such cause for i ind in the meantime, Mr. Grenfall .TV. you rre blaming me and hat : all that for being the real \ cause of your wife's escapade," said Beverly -Calhoun plaintively. "I'm awfully sorry. But you must remem? ber one thing, sir-I did not put her op to this ridiculous trip. She did it ?af'her own free will and accord. Be gj&DS, I am the one who met thfe lion and.almost got devoured, not Yetive, ?f you please." "Pli punish you by turning you over to old Count Marlanx, the commander of the army in Graustark," said Lor? ry laughingly. "He's a terrible o^re, j ftrorse than any lion." -"Heaven pity you. Beverly, if you fall into his clutches!" cried Yetive. "He has had five wives and survives to look for a sixtn. You see how terrible it would be." "rm not afraid of him," boasted Bev? erly; but there came a time when she JBaought of those words with a shudder. "By the way. Yetive, I have had ?ward from Harry Anguish. He and the. countess will ieave Paris this week, the baby's willing, and will be In Edelweiss soon. You don't know how ft relieves me to know that Harry will be with us :-.t this time." Yetive's eyes answered his enthusi? asm. Bol h had a warm and grateful memory of the loyal service which the young American had rendered his friend when they had first come to Graustsrk in quest of the princess, and both had a great regard for his wife, the Countess Dagmar, who as Yetiv?'s lady in waiting had been through all the perils of those exciting ?days with them. As they drew near the gates of Edel? weiss a 1-trge body of horsemen ro?e tor?h to moot them. The afternoon was wei] on the way to night, and the air of the valiey was cool and refresh . ravs 0f tjje june sim> Y.- s at last," murmured Bev ??r*y, ce aglow. "The heart of ? - . E>o you know that I have ag up on my grammar? I j the meaning of the word and it seems so^appropri is gray, hoary, o?d; 'stark' Old and strong, isn't it. rides the oldest and stron l all Gra istark - the Iron arlanx," said Yetive, look tug down the road. "See; the strange ?Cray Baan in front there is our greatest general, ov.r rrafrirst fighter, our most heai*tless \.*ar;ior. Does he look flke the eagle or the hawk'.'" A moment later the parties met, and the newcomers swung into line with the escort Two men roce up to the carriage and saluted. One was Count Marlanx, the other Colonel Quinnox of the royal guard. The count lean and gray as a wolf, revealed rows of huge White teeth in his perfunctory smile o? welcome, while young Quinnox's face fairly beamed with honest joy. Iii the post that he held he was but follow i -? g in "the footsteps of his fore?V.?h?'rs. ??wc history began in Graustark a mox had been in char ero of the eas i Essaidiaig the conference with Prince ?abrieTs represenfatiTes, he had but kittie to say.- The escaped murderer siaturalbj refused to surrender and was 4? ?31 appearances quite firmly estab Bsbed ir. power once more.*" Lorry's ax ?j hope was that the reversal of f eel in? ir- Dawsbergen might work ruin for tat prince. He was carrying affairs "wi A a high hand, dealing vengeful ??ows to the friends of his half brother ??'i ?.mo3uraging a lawlessness that, sooner or later, must prove his undoing. Sis representatives at the conference .were an arrogant law defying set of anea who laughed scornfully at every proposal made by the Graustarkians. *We told them that if he were not veered to oar authorities inside of sixty days we would declare war and go down and tal:e him," concluded the .American. "Two monthsf cried Yetive. "I don't linderstand.'' **There was method in that ultima? tum. Axphain, of course, will set up a howl but we can forestall any ac? tion the Princess Tolga may under .take. Naturally one might suspect thai we should declare war at once, inasmuch as he must be taken sooner ?OT later, but here is the point: Before two ino atas have elapsed the better element of Dawsbergen will be so dis &2sizl with the new dose of Gabriel -Shat ii will do anything to avert a war os his account We have led them to tt?ieve ? iiat Axphain will lend moral if not physical support to our cause. ! Xxive them two months in which to get j over this tremendous hysteria ..and ! they'll find their senses. Gabriel isn't ! ?worth it, you see, and down in their fceaxts they know it They really loved young Dantan, who seems to be a ?devil of a good fellow. I'll wager my iiead that in six weeks they'll be wish? ing he were back on the throne again. And just to think of it, Yetive, dear, y GS were off. there in the very heart of Axphain risking everything!" he cried, Spiner the moisture from his brow Is just eleven days since I left J&ft&weiss, and I have had a lovely |?nrney/! 'she said, with one of her irare siniles. He shook his head grave? ly, and she resolved in her heart never him another such cause for i ind in the meantime, Mr. Grenfall .TV. you rre blaming me and hat : all that for being the real \ cause of your wife's escapade," said Beverly -Calhoun plaintively. "I'm awfully sorry. But you must remem? ber one thing, sir-I did not put her op to this ridiculous trip. She did it ?af'her own free will and accord. Be gj&DS, I am the one who met thfe lion and.almost got devoured, not Yetive, ?f you please." "Pli punish you by turning you over to old Count Marlanx, the commander of the army in Graustark," said Lor? ry laughingly. "He's a terrible o^re, j ftrorse than any lion." -"Heaven pity you. Beverly, if you fall into his clutches!" cried Yetive. "He has had five wives and survives to look for a sixtn. You see how terrible it would be." "rm not afraid of him," boasted Bev? erly; but there came a time when she JBaought of those words with a shudder. "By the way. Yetive, I have had ?ward from Harry Anguish. He and the. countess will ieave Paris this week, the baby's willing, and will be In Edelweiss soon. You don't know how ft relieves me to know that Harry will be with us :-.t this time." Yetive's eyes answered his enthusi? asm. Bol h had a warm and grateful memory of the loyal service which the young American had rendered his friend when they had first come to Graustsrk in quest of the princess, and both had a great regard for his wife, the Countess Dagmar, who as Yetiv?'s lady in waiting had been through all the perils of those exciting ?days with them. As they drew near the gates of Edel? weiss a 1-trge body of horsemen ro?e tor?h to moot them. The afternoon was wei] on the way to night, and the air of the valiey was cool and refresh . ravs 0f tjje june sim> Y.- s at last," murmured Bev ??r*y, ce aglow. "The heart of ? - . E>o you know that I have ag up on my grammar? I j the meaning of the word and it seems so^appropri is gray, hoary, o?d; 'stark' Old and strong, isn't it. rides the oldest and stron l all Gra istark - the Iron arlanx," said Yetive, look tug down the road. "See; the strange ?Cray Baan in front there is our greatest general, ov.r rrafrirst fighter, our most heai*tless \.*ar;ior. Does he look flke the eagle or the hawk'.'" A moment later the parties met, and the newcomers swung into line with the escort Two men roce up to the carriage and saluted. One was Count Marlanx, the other Colonel Quinnox of the royal guard. The count lean and gray as a wolf, revealed rows of huge White teeth in his perfunctory smile o? welcome, while young Quinnox's face fairly beamed with honest joy. Iii the post that he held he was but follow i -? g in "the footsteps of his fore?V.?h?'rs. ??wc history began in Graustark a mox had been in char ero of the eas i Essaidiaig the conference with Prince ?abrieTs represenfatiTes, he had but kittie to say.- The escaped murderer siaturalbj refused to surrender and was 4? ?31 appearances quite firmly estab Bsbed ir. power once more.*" Lorry's ax ?j hope was that the reversal of f eel in? ir- Dawsbergen might work ruin for tat prince. He was carrying affairs "wi A a high hand, dealing vengeful ??ows to the friends of his half brother ??'i ?.mo3uraging a lawlessness that, sooner or later, must prove his undoing. Sis representatives at the conference .were an arrogant law defying set of anea who laughed scornfully at every proposal made by the Graustarkians. *We told them that if he were not veered to oar authorities inside of sixty days we would declare war and go down and tal:e him," concluded the .American. "Two monthsf cried Yetive. "I don't linderstand.'' **There was method in that ultima? tum. Axphain, of course, will set up a howl but we can forestall any ac? tion the Princess Tolga may under .take. Naturally one might suspect thai we should declare war at once, inasmuch as he must be taken sooner ?OT later, but here is the point: Before two ino atas have elapsed the better element of Dawsbergen will be so dis &2sizl with the new dose of Gabriel -Shat ii will do anything to avert a war os his account We have led them to tt?ieve ? iiat Axphain will lend moral if not physical support to our cause. ! Xxive them two months in which to get j over this tremendous hysteria ..and ! they'll find their senses. Gabriel isn't ! ?worth it, you see, and down in their fceaxts they know it They really loved young Dantan, who seems to be a ?devil of a good fellow. I'll wager my iiead that in six weeks they'll be wish? ing he were back on the throne again. And just to think of it, Yetive, dear, y GS were off. there in the very heart of Axphain risking everything!" he cried, Spiner the moisture from his brow Is just eleven days since I left J&ft&weiss, and I have had a lovely |?nrney/! 'she said, with one of her irare siniles. He shook his head grave? ly, and she resolved in her heart never him another such cause for i ind in the meantime, Mr. Grenfall .TV. you rre blaming me and hat : all that for being the real \ cause of your wife's escapade," said Beverly -Calhoun plaintively. "I'm awfully sorry. But you must remem? ber one thing, sir-I did not put her op to this ridiculous trip. She did it ?af'her own free will and accord. Be gj&DS, I am the one who met thfe lion and.almost got devoured, not Yetive, ?f you please." "Pli punish you by turning you over to old Count Marlanx, the commander of the army in Graustark," said Lor? ry laughingly. "He's a terrible o^re, j ftrorse than any lion." -"Heaven pity you. Beverly, if you fall into his clutches!" cried Yetive. "He has had five wives and survives to look for a sixtn. You see how terrible it would be." "rm not afraid of him," boasted Bev? erly; but there came a time when she JBaought of those words with a shudder. "By the way. Yetive, I have had ?ward from Harry Anguish. He and the. countess will ieave Paris this week, the baby's willing, and will be In Edelweiss soon. You don't know how ft relieves me to know that Harry will be with us :-.t this time." Yetive's eyes answered his enthusi? asm. Bol h had a warm and grateful memory of the loyal service which the young American had rendered his friend when they had first come to Graustsrk in quest of the princess, and both had a great regard for his wife, the Countess Dagmar, who as Yetiv?'s lady in waiting had been through all the perils of those exciting ?days with them. As they drew near the gates of Edel? weiss a 1-trge body of horsemen ro?e tor?h to moot them. The afternoon was wei] on the way to night, and the air of the valiey was cool and refresh . ravs 0f tjje june sim> Y.- s at last," murmured Bev ??r*y, ce aglow. "The heart of ? - . E>o you know that I have ag up on my grammar? I j the meaning of the word and it seems so^appropri is gray, hoary, o?d; 'stark' Old and strong, isn't it. rides the oldest and stron l all Gra istark - the Iron arlanx," said Yetive, look tug down the road. "See; the strange ?Cray Baan in front there is our greatest general, ov.r rrafrirst fighter, our most heai*tless \.*ar;ior. Does he look flke the eagle or the hawk'.'" A moment later the parties met, and the newcomers swung into line with the escort Two men roce up to the carriage and saluted. One was Count Marlanx, the other Colonel Quinnox of the royal guard. The count lean and gray as a wolf, revealed rows of huge White teeth in his perfunctory smile o? welcome, while young Quinnox's face fairly beamed with honest joy. Iii the post that he held he was but follow i -? g in "the footsteps of his fore?V.?h?'rs. ??wc history began in Graustark a mox had been in char ero of the eas