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fl CHAPTER XXIX. ITONE was handsome in his borrowed clothes. He was now the clean, immaculate gentle? man instead of the wretched vagabond of the hills. Even Beverly was surprised at the change i~ him. H*s erstwhile sad and melancholy face was iiushed and bright with happiness. Tile kiss he bestowed upon the delight? ed Candace was tender in the extreme. Then, putting her aside, he strode over end gallantly kissed the hand of Grau stark's princess, beaming an ecstatic smile upon the merry Beverly an in? stant "later. "Welcome, Prince Danton," said Yetive. "A thousand times welcome." "All Graustark is your throne, most glorious Yetive. That is why I have asked to be presented here and not in the royal hall below," said Ravone. "Yon will wait here with us, then, to hear the good news from our warden," said the princess. "Send the courier to me," she commanded. i:Sueh sweet news should be received in the place which is dearest to me in all Grau stark." The ministers and the lords and la? dies of the castle were assembled in tite room when Baron Dangloss ap? peared with the courier from the pris? on. Count Marlanx was missing. He was on his way to the fortress, a crushed, furious, impotent old man. In Lis quarters he was to sit and walt for the blow that he knew could not be averted. In fear and despair, hiding his pf dn and his shame, he was rack? ing his brain for means to lessen the force of that blow. He could withdraw the charges against Baldos, but he could not soften the words he had said and written of Beverly Calhoun. He was not troubling himself with fear be? cause of the adventures in the chapel and passage. He knew too well Kow Yetive could punish when her heart was bitter against an evildoer. Grau stark honored and protected its wo? men. The warden of the dungeons from which Gabriel had escaped months be? fore reported to the princess that the prisoner was again in custody. Brief? ly he related that a party of men led by Prince Dan tan had appeared early that day, bringing the fugitive prince uninjured, but crazed by rage and dis? appointment. They had tricked him into following them through the hills, intent upon slaying his brother Dan tan. There could be no mistake as to Gabriel's identity. In conclusion the warden implored her highness to send troops up to guard tr~ prison in the mountain side. He feared an attack In force by Gabriel's army. "Your highness," said Lorry, "I have -sent instructions to Colonel Braze, re? quiring him to.take a large force of "?r?en into the pass to guard the prison. ^C?ahriel shall not escape again, though sjt?l ?)awsbergen comes after him." .iL^You have but little to fear from sBawsbergen," said Ravone, who was rsea?ecb near the princess, Candace at his side. "Messages have been brought to me from the leading nobles of Daws berg?rf ?is?ur?rg me that the populace is secretly eager for the old reign to abetw?uu??dL'*'j Only the desperate fear of Gft&tel atti a few of his bloody but loyal advisers-holds them in check, -??ieieira?, .-?Qftwsbergen's efforts to -veieassvot?abfiew will > be perfunctory 3^di.bstfitefc?e&?ih the extreme. He 'i3P8?edbg?c% -MSaS??n. It was his in? tense, implacable desire to kill his ~ o^?hl^?-|^undoing. Will '^^raC0Ws#evrT??^u of Dantan -fe&3^&a#w brr* ?osd et ?ILsoEfce S?ofy-fr 33ravstoryriof bis cap ?gta^iteTe?btoe?d^stsfry.'?-eame eager -^?rototi)<?iia"s*embl^& Natone lean *^b34te&jf^?ty*1f?1ite*f?re? and f^Mgsh jWcffrafrk as^fjScr nSere re- j ^I??rl:.<fi^rha^ hard : *fgft$ga? so&sao? 1oa*Z? ?* 5 y "First, ynnr nfgi-n^s, may-1 advise toltimatcia to the people of Dawsber-H princes in your band. One cannot and-; ^wUl_nqt, be restored to them., The. otb- ; j ^^p^^i^ftseoVp^ demand^ ?et the, ! Cemb^siy be '$$pct$i ?to an?eet jthe^Dake j ' ^r^tel4ntl>a.'Srejp^,;r:He is now Wllfc:. ?the;-army? sot/fa* from^ye-ur Antler, j ? v3iay}oit\3riease yoni? highness;*T'ha-tfe imySslfiralieadgi^qfberty of ^pa^chingi -three t?&te&'followers with the ?ewsjj ^ GHbk?Oy -?agfnft. ' ' tte 'two, Bap'pos -???'Z??ffl't&t?o'?' 'are'"spe^^i'.:^/.;fb? . ! J^^rr^^?iftrP^sesa^P o^al^tbe; "The Duke of Matz. I am reliably4n-j: formedr-some da; ls lo Ui fallJ?r-in-law ! to ?&lfflbW??UI amT^giyi^f^T^?ve. j ?*T shall not wonder -if he responds; ^&ss(r favorably, to ?tn* jottimatum:*''*;"? j ?e -Ravoi>?';;-a-nd Otfr?dac?r 1 'exchange^ '; gladed ?P?mt??meb?: ffie latter br?lc- I \ -fae m^?ridepIora\^^ 3&a*. ?te??** :)^K/::r::Z\ ^a?gn^r'^s' ^S?%^r^^^h ? |be Vc^o^n^ ?fsaL^//R?MKne, a ? "She ; has ? ]?Qa$&84<,Lieu tenant ?i?fim^ of ith?: roy? al artillery andris as/happy as*a:btit 4ep?S2 *taptaln Ba4^?*cotiPd tiaye'tokl ?f?a.: how ""file ;wayvard::young woman ;: *te?fie<r'I?er; father; :;r.d: laughed at the j fceggar prince." .^"Captain Baldos is an exceedingly ; . vi..*", t* ..?."*l.*.?\^*??? .*.*"*?!"." ?jj"?*.*."vrc'v . .*.'. . V>*. .v *.*. .*..*. .-Vi.. V. ..-. ".*. . *:!. t?l????x?* V,..*.*.'?r. .;?. ..?;..?".. *?**./.*.*. ,T IS GEORGE BARR ?l .T:-;?--*? Atrthor of "Gr&usUrk" /.*! i^vVrV- Cowriga 1904. by Dodd. ?:?V;?* Mead and Ccnsaiy discreet person," "Beverly "volunteered. .He has told no tales cut of school." "I am reminded of the fact that yon gave your purse into my keeping one memorable day -the day when we parted from our best frienis at Gan Iook's gates. I thought you were a princess, and you did not know that I understood English. That was a sore hour for us. Baldos was our life, the heart of our enterprise. Gabriel hates him as he hates his own brother. Steadfastly has Baldos refused to join us in the plot to seize Prince Gabriel. He once took an oath to kill him on sight, and I was so opposed to this that he had to be left out of the final adventures." "Please tell us how you succeeded in capturing that -your half brother," cried Beverly, forgetting that it was another's place to make the request The audience drew near, eagerly atten? tive. "At another time I shall rejoice in telling the story in detail. For the present let me ask you to be satisfied with the statement that we tricked him by means of letters into the insane hope that he could capture and slay his half brother. Captain Baldos sug? gested the plan. Had he been arrested yesterday I feel it would have failed. Gabriel was and is insane. We led him a chase through the Graustark hills until the time was ripe for the final act His small band of followers fled at our sudden attack, and he was taken almost without a struggle not ten miles from the city of Edelweiss. In his mad ravings we learned that his chief desire was to kill his brother and sister and after that to carry out the plan that has long been in his mind. He was coming to Edelweiss for the sole purpose bf entering the castle by the underground passage, with murder in his heart Gabriel was coming to kill the Princess Yetive and Mr. Lorry. He has never forgotten the love he bore for the princess nor the hatred he owes bis rival. It was the duty of Captain Baldos to see that he did not enter the passage in the event that he eluded us in the hills." Later In the day the Princess Yetive received from the gaunt hawkish old man in the fortress a signed statement withdrawing his charges against Bal? dos, the guard. Marlanx did not ask for leniency. It was not in him to plead. If the humble withdrawal of charges against Baldos could mitigate the punishment he knew Yetive would impose, all well and good. If it went for naught be was prepared for the worst Down there in his quarters, with wine before him, he sat and wait? ed for the end. He knew that there was but one fate for the man, great or Beverly knew that it teas a faded rose ! small, who attacked a woman in Grau stark. His only hope was that the princess might make an exception in the case of one who had been the head of the army, but the hope was too small to cherish. Baldos walked forth a free man, the plaudits of the people in his ears. 'Baron Dcngloss and Colonel Quinnox were beside the tall gu^rd as he came forward to receive the commendations and. apologies of Graostark's ruler and tb?. T-q-m pro ibises -r reward from the r? . a served. ?er knelt before tho two rulers who w^ke-' holding court on the veranda. The cheers qt nobles, the shouts of sol? diery;'^the exclamations of the ladies, did not turn, his confident head. He was tn^tfoHf knight The look of tri? ode* the stone wn^trade, brought the jrjed^ying-.tjo; her.cheeks. He took some :jtbJsg ?rocn.'Ws breast-.and held It gal -iactiy-rto ?hl9r:'lips' l>efcwre all the as ?Snbfed-'courtiers.: .Beverly knew that 1t: 'tf as'' a faded rose ! ' ' a - 'A . ':;,-c^A;pjEftr x^'. ?IIB-next, morning :a royal mes Llseager cease to.Goimtr Marlanx. |J>3IC: hore- two sg?sie?''"letters from the prfaroess. One briefly - : Q^^JbW^Mkj^^e was ed long befp?e opening the:other>,..it was.equally brief and to the point The Iron Count's teeth caine together: with a savage Snap ns he read thc Stature of the princess at the end. There was no recourse. She had struck for I erly Calhoun. Ile looked at his wai It was ll o'clock. The edict gave 1 twenty-four hours from the noon that day. The gray old libertine < patched a messenger for his man affairs, a lawyer of high standing Edelweiss. Together they consul until midnight. Shortly after daybr< the morning following Count Mark was in the train for Vienna, never set foot on Graustark's soil again, was banished and his estates confise ed by the government. The ministry in Edelweiss was Blow to reopen negotiations -rc Dawsbergen. A proclamation \ sent to the prime minister sett J forth the new order of affairs and s I gesting the instant suspension of h i tile preparations and the restoration ! Prince Dantan. Accompanying t proclamation went a dignified mess?' from Dantan informing his people ti he awaited their commands. He v I ready to resume the throne that t j been so desecrated. It would be ! joy to restore Dawsbergen to its 01 j peaceful and prosperous condition. ! the meantime the Duke of Mizrox c ! patched the news to the Princess Vol ! of Axphain, who was forced to ab; . don-temporarily at least-her desp ate? designs upon Graustark. The e; ture of Gabriel put an end to her tra: parent plans. 5tBut she is bound to break < against us sooner or later and on 1 Blightest provocation," said Yetive. "I dare say that a friendly alliai 'between Graustark and Dawsberg Will prove sufficient to cnecK any a bitions she may have along that lint said Ravone significantly. "They t very near to each other now, your hi| ness. Friends should stand togethe Beverly Calhoun was in suspen Baldos had been sent off to the front: by Prince Dantan, carrying the m< sage which could be trusted to no o er. He accompanied the Grausta ambassadors' of peace as Dantan's s? cial agent. He went iii the nighttin and Beverly did not see him. T week which followed his departu was the longest she ever spent S was troubled in her heart for fe that he might not return, despite t declaration she had made to him one hysterical moment. It was dil cult for her to keep up the show cheerfulness that was expected of h< Reticence became her strongest chg acteristic. She persistently refused be drawn into a discussion of her i lations with the absent one. Yeti was piqued by her manner a? first, b wisely saw through the mask as tin went on. She and Prince Dantan hi many quiet and interesting chats co cerning Beverly and the erstwhi guard. The prince took Lorry and tl princess into his confidence. He to them all there was to tell about h dashing friend and companion. Beverly and the young Princess Ca: dace became fast and loving friend The young girl's worship of her broti er was beautiful to behold. She hu< died close to him on every occasion, ai her dark eyes bespoke adoration whe] ever his name was mentioned in h< presence. "If he doesn't come back pretty soo I'll pack- up and start for home," Bc erly said;to herself resentfully one da; "Then if Ihe wanta to see me he'll ha-* to come all the way to Washin'ton, an I'm not sure that he can do it, elthe: He's too disgustingly poor." "Wha's be?;ame o' dat Misteh Balda Miss Bev'ly?" asked Aunt Fanny in th midst of these sorry cogitations. "Ha he tuck hit int' his haid to desei us fb* good? Seems to me he* ougbteh" . "Now, that will do, Aunt Fanny, reprimanded her mistress sternlj "You ara not supposed to know anj thing about affairs of state, so don' ask." At last she no longer cculd curb he Impatience and anxiety. She deliber ately sought information from Princ Dantan. They were strolling in tb park on the seventh day of her in quisition. "Have you heard from Paul Baldos?' she asked, bravely plunging into deej water. "He is expected here tomorrow or ?b< next day, Miss Calhoun. I am almos* as eager to see him as you are," he re plied, with a very pointed smile. "Almost? Well, yes, PU confess thal I am eager to see bim. I never knew I could long for any one as much as I- Oh, well, there's no use hiding 11 from you. I couldn't if I tried. I care very much for him. You don't think it sounds silly for me to say such a thing, do you? I've thought a great deal j of him ever since the night at the Inn i of the Hawk and Raven. In my 1m ? agination I have tried to strip you of ? your princely robes to place them upon ! him, but he is only Baldos in spite of j it all. He knows that I care for him, ! and I know that he cares for me. Per I haps he has told you." "Yes, he has confessed that he loves ! you. Miss Calhoun, and he laments the j fact that his love seems hopeless. Paul I wonders in his heart if it would be I right In him to ask you to give up all < you have of wealth and pleasure to j share a humble lot with him." "I love him. Isn't that enough? I There ls no wealth so great as that ! But" and she pursed her mouth in pathetic despair, '-don't you think that you can make a noble or something of him and give him a station In life worthy of his ambitions? He has done ; so much for you, you know." ! "I have noshing that I can give to him, i he says. Paul Baldos asks only that he may l>e my champion until these ne? gotiations are ended. The:i be desires to be free to serve whom he will. AU that I can do is to let him have his way. He is a free lance, and he asks no favors, no help." "Well, I think he's perfectly ridicu? lous about it, don't you? And yet that is the very thing I like In him. I am only wondering how we-I mean, how lie is goiug to live, that's all." "If I am correctly informed he still has several months tc -MrimiwmM II. ?i - -_ service for which he enlisted. You alone, I believe, have the power to dis? charge him before his term expires," said he meaningly. That night Baldos returned to Edel? weiss, ahead of the Graustark delega? tion which was coming the next day witir representatives from Dawsber gen. He brought the most glorious news from the frontier. The Duke of Matz and the leading dignitaries had heard of Gabriel's capture, both through the Bappo boys and through a few of his henchmen who had staggered into camp after the disaster. The news threw the Dawsbergen diplomats into a deplorable state cf uncertainty. Even the men high in authority, while not especially depressed over the fall of their sovereign, were in doubt as to what would be the next move in their series of tragedies. Almost to a man they regretted the folly which had drawn them into the net with Gabriel. Baldos reported that the Duke of Matz and a dozen of the most distinguished men in Dawsbergen were on their way to Edelweiss to complete arrangements for peace and io lay their renunciation of Gabriel before Dantan in a neutral court. The people of Dawsbergen had been clamoring long for Dantan's restora? tion, and Baldos was commis bioned to say that his return would be the signal for great rejoicing. He was closeted until after midnight with Dantan and his sister, Lorry and Princess Yetive being called in at the end to hear and approve of the manifesto prepared by the Prince of Dawsbergen. The next morning the word went forth that a great banquet was to be given in the castle that night for Prince Dantan and the approaching noblemen. The prince expected to depart almost im? mediately thereafter to resume the throne in Serros. Baldos was wandering through the park early in the morning. His duties rested lightly upon his shoulders, but he was restless and dissatisfied. The longing in his heart urged him to turn his eyes ever and anon toward the bal? cony and then to the obstinate looking castle doors. The uniform of a Grau stark guard still graced his splendid figure. At last a graceful form was seen coming from the castle toward the cedars. She walked bravely, but aimlessly. That was plain to be seen. It was evident that she was and was not looking for some one. Baldos ob? served with a thrill of delight that a certain red feather stood up defiantly from the band of her sailor hat. He liked the way her dark blue walking skirt swished in harmony with her lithe, firm strides. She was quite near before he advanc? ed from his place among the trees. He did not expect her to exhibit surprise or confusion, and he was not disap? pointed. She was as cool as a brisk ' spring "morning. Tie""did not offer his band, but with a fine smile of con I t'entment, bowed low and with mock ! servility. j "I report for duty, your highness," j he said. She cat:ght the nns of glad? ness in his voice. 'Then I command you to shake hands with me," she said brightly. "You have been away, I believe?' with a delicious inflection. "Yes, for a century or more, I'm sure." Constraint fell upon them sud? denly. The hour had come for a defi? nite understanding, and both were con? quered by its importance. For the first time in his life he knew the meaning of diffidence. It came over him as he looked helplessly into the clear, gray, earnest eyes. "I love you for wearing that red feather," he said simply. "And I loved you for wearing It," she answered, her voice soft and thrill? ing. He caught his breath joyously. "Beverly," as he bent over her, "you are my very life, my" "Don't Paul!" she whispered, draw? ing away, with an embarrassed glance about the park. There were people to be seen on all sides, but he had forgot? ten them. He thought only of the girl who ruled his heart Seeing'the pain In his face, she hastily, even blushing? ly, said, "It is so public, dear." He straightened himself with soldier? ly precision, but his voice trembled as he tried to speak calmly in defiance to his eyes. "There is the grotto-see! It is seclusion itself. Will you come with me? I must tell you all that is in my heart It will burst if I do not" Slowly they made their way to the fairy grotto deep in the thicket of trees. It was Yetlve's favorite dream? ing place. Dark and cool and musical with the rippling of waters, lt was an Ideal retreat. She dropped upon the rustic bench that stood against the moss covered wall of bowlders. With the gentle reserve of a man who re? veres as well as loves, Baldos stood above her. He waited, and she under i 6tood. How unlike most impatient lovers he was! "You may sit beside me," she said, with a wistful smile of acknowledg? ment As he flung himself into the seat his hand eagerly sought hers, his courtly reserve gone to the winds. "Beverly, dearest one, rou never can know how much I love you," he whis? pered into her ear. "It is a deathless love, unconquerable, unalterable. It is In my blood to love forever. Listen to me, dear one. I come of a race whose love Is hot and enduring. My people from time immemorial have loved as no other people have loved. They have killed and slaughtered for the sake of the glorious passion. Love is the religion of my people. You must you shall believe me when I say that I will I love you latter than my soul so long as that soul exists. I loved you the ? ? day I met you. It has been worship I since that time." His passion carried her resistlessly ! away as the great waves sweep the deck of a ship at sea. She was out in the ocean of love, far from all else that was dear to her, far from all har- j hors save the mvsterious one to which his passion was piloting her tli??u?r! a storm of emotion. I "I have longed so to hold vou in my n were a princess and I lay m the hospital Ganlook my fevered arms hunger for you. There never has been a n ment that my heart has not been rea? ing out in- search of yours. You ha glorified me, dearest, by the prom: you made a week ago. I know tl you will not renounce that precio pledge. It is in your eyes now-t eyes I shall worship to the end of et nity. Tell me, though, with your oi lips, your own voice, that you will my wife, mine to hold forever." For answer she placed her an about his neck and buried her fa against his shoulder. There were tes in her gray eyes and there was a s in her throat. He held her close to 3 breast for an eternity, it seemed both, neither giving voice to the so their hearts were singing. There w no other world than the fairy grotto "Swe?thee?*, ? am ask???g~y?u make a great sacrifice," he said at la his voice hoarse but tender. She loc ed up into his face serenely. "C; you give up the joys, the wealth, t comforts of that home across the s to share a lowly cottage with me ai my love? Wait, dear-do not spe? until I am through. You must think what your friends will say. The Io and life I offer you now will not 1 like that which you always ha' known. It will be poverty and tl dregs, not riches and wine. It w be" But she placed her hand upon 1 lips, shaking her head emphaticali The picture he was painting was ti same one that she had studied for da; and days. - Its very shadow was f miliar to her, its every unwholeson corner was as plain as day. "The rest of the world may tini what it likes, Paul," she said, 'lt wi make no difference to me. I ha^ awakened from my dream. My dreai prince is gone, and I find that it's tl real man that I love. What would ye have me do? Give you up becase ye Rre poor? Or would you have me g up the ladder of fame and prosper!! with you, a humble but adoring bu den? I know you, dear. You will n< always be poor. They may say whi they like. I have thought long an well, because I am not a fool It ! the American girl who marries tl titled foreigner without love that is fool. Marrying a poor man 3 s too ser ous a business to be handled by fool I have written to my father, telling hil that I am going to marry you," she ai nounced. He gasped with unbelief. "You have, already?" he cried. "Of course. My mind has been mad up for more than a week. I told; it t Aunt Fanny last night" "And she?" "She almost died, thafs all," said sh unblushingly. "I was afraid to cabl the news to father. He might stop m if he knew it in time. A letter wa much smarter." "You dear, dear little sacrifice," h cripd tenderly. "I will give all my lif I to make you happy." [ "I ina a soldier's daughter, and I ca] ' be a soldier's wife. I Have tried han ! to give you up, Paul but I couldn't You are love's soldier, and it is a-: relief to surrender and have it ove with." They fell to discussing plans for tb future. It all went smoothly and airil: until he asked her when he should go ti Washington to claim her as his wife She gave him a startled, puzzled look. "To Washin'ton?" she murmured turning very cold and weak. "You? you won't have to go to Washin'ton dear. I'll stay here." "My dear Beverly, I can afford th< trip," he laughed. "I am not an abso lute pauper. Besides, lt is right anc just that your father should give yoi to me. It is the custom of our land/ She was nervous and uncertain./ "But-but Pau], there are manj things to think of," she faltered. . "You mean that your father would not consent?' "Well-he-he might be unreasona? ble," she stammered. "And then there are my brothers. Keith and Dan. They are foolishly interested in me. Dan thinks no one ls good enough for me. So does Keith. And father, loo, for that matter-and mother. You see, it's not just as if you were a grand and wealthy nobleman. They may not un? derstand. We are southerners, you I know. Some of them have peculiar ideas about" I "Don't distress yourself so much, dearest" he said, with a laugh. "Though I see your position clearly and it is not an enviable one." "We can go to Washin'ton just as soon as we are married," she compro? mised. "Father has a great deal of in? fluence over there. With his help be? hind you you will soon be a power in the United"- But his hearty laugh checked her eager plotting. "It's noth? ing to laugh at Paul," she said. "I beg your pardon a thousand times. I was thinking of the disappointment I must give you now. I cannot live in the United States-never. My home is here. I am not bora for the strife of your land. They have soldiers enough and better than L It is In the turbu? lent east that we shall live-you and I." Tears came Into her eyes. "Am i not to-to go back to Wash? in'ton?" She tried to smile. "When Prince Dantan says we may, perhaps." "Oh, he is my friend," she cried in great relief. "I can get any favor I ask of him. Oh, Paul, Paul, I know that my folks will think I'm an awful fool, but I can't help it I shall let you know that I intend to be a blissful one, at least" He kissed her time and again out there in the dark, soft light of the fairy grotto. "Before we can be married, dearest I have a journey of some importance to take," he announced as they arose to leave the bower behind. "A journey? Where?" "To Vienna. I have an account to settle with a man who has just taken up his residence there.*' His hand went to his sword hilt a ad his dark eyes gleamed with the fire she loved. "Count M?rl?nx and I have postponed business to attend to, dearest Have no fear for me. My sword is honest and ? shall bring it back to you my? self." She shuddered and knew that it would be as he said. [TO BE COBT1NUJBU.] A THREE DAY'S BATTLE. Nicaraguan and Honduran Troops En? gage in a Bloody Battle. Managua, Nicaragua, Inarch 21. According to reports, received here ihe Honduran army was the aggres? sor in a bloody battle with the Nica? raguan forces in which between 700 and 800 casualties resulted. The battle is aid to have opened with a skirmish just before dawn on March 17th and lasted three days. President Zelaya was in personal command of the Nicaraguan troops, which are said to have been victori? ous, having held the position at La masiquo, where they are strongly en? trenched. Owing to the strength of the Nicaraguan defense the repeated assaults by the" Honduran troops were easily repulsed. The attacking party finally withdrew. State Department Receives a Report on Recent Battle. "Washington, March 22.-The state department today received the follow? ing dispatch from United States Con? sul Olivarez at Manaugua, Nicara? gua: "This government reports on March 18 an army of 5,000 Salavadoreans and 1,000 Hondurans, under General Press of Salvador attacked the Nica? raguan vanguard near Namasique, Honduras. The battle lasted three days, resulting in the routing of the Salvadoreans, who lost a thousand men. Nicaragua has 20,000 at the front and will commence an imme? diate attack on Choluteca and Te gucigal. ._ s MULE CAUSED WAR. 4 Honduras Said Nicaraguan Troops Took Senior Salgado's Animal. Washington, March 17.-One mule was the chief cause of the dispute be? tween Nicaragua and Honduras, which ended in the war that is threatening the peace of all Central America, according to official .com? munications exchanged by the minis? ters of foreign affairs o' the two re? publics, copies of which communica? tions have been received in Washing? ton. The centroversy began .when en I Jan. 25 Augusto C. Cocllo, thv Hon? duran minister of foreign affairs, wrote a note to Jose D. Garnez, the Nicaraguan minister of foreign af? fairs, protesting against the theft of a mule from Ireneo Salgado by 35 Nicaraguan cavalrymen, who were charged wih entering Honduran ter? ritory. In reply Senor Gamez said the Nicaraguans did not quite enter Hon? duras, although they passed near to the little town of Los Manos in that republic. The taking of the mule was not denied, but Senor Gamez in? sisted in.his letter that Salgado was not a Honduran citizen, but a Nica? raguan, who had to leave his coun? try because of the part he played in a revolution two years before. Conse? quently Nicaragua maintained that Honduras had no right to fly to the defense of Salgado's mule. This note brought a spirited reply from Honduras, to the effect that Ireneo Salgado, the Nicaraguan refu? gee, was living in Tegucigalpa, engag? ed in trade there, while a man of the same name, a most reputable and re? spected farmer, a Honduran of un? questioned citizenship, lived at Los Manes and owned the mule. Nicaragua replied that it was trae that Col. Juan L Rocha, who com? manded a party of cavalrymen, took a mule near Los Manos, but reiterat? ed that the animal was not taken in Honduran territory. Dispatches grew longer as the controversy waxed warmer. Other questions arose. Then the arbitration tribunal was opened, but President Zelaya of Nicaragua withdrew his member of the board of arbitration and the war began. $100 Renard. Si ;<>. The readers of this pai r \ ill be pleased to learn that there is >: least one dreaded disease th;?t science has been able to cure in all its siagt-i., and that is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, re? quires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter? nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the the con? stitution and assisting nature in do? ing its work. 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