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j\t '" *** * "** * * * iucisy v^tv%*" ' 8 Beverly | Grausta mir^ iBv .vi'Iw. V.VL",: : WftJS.vi-V'i"'.'"How did you know that you wei to see him today?" "We have waited for this opportunlt since last week. Franz was in the cai tie grounds last Thursday." "Good heavens! You don't mean It! "Yes, your highness. He carried message to me from Ravone. That 1 a n?? ^ H Mt.yr.R \^. "Here In what Ilavonc sans." why Rnvone and the others waited fo ine in the hills." "You amaze ine!" "1 have seen Franz often," he cob fesseu easily. "He is an exeellen messenger." "So it would seem. We must Uee] a lookout for hini. lie is the go-bo tween for you all. I see." "Did you learn to say 'you all' ii AmericaV" ho asked. Her heart gav< a great leap. There was soinothin; so subtle in the query tliat she wa vastly relieved. "Never mind about that, sir. Yoi y\ won't tell me what you said in you: note to Itavoue." ... "I cannot." pvoq i.o cm' ?> von qge in ""turn. J; W ~ will band' that "o^ - - tQ you' if shall go no furtl,crJ I not jeopardlz as you vo^\." sir prove your loj Graustnrk. Now, si > \ bit of paper. ^ nQt ^ "I don't see ^hy ?\vh destroyed," he saiu rtKicu...... ? a neglectful fool I have been!" "You might have said It had been d stroyed," she said, happy because 1 had not said it. "But that would have been a 1 Read It, your highness, and return to me. It must be destroyed." "It Is too dark to read It here." W1 out a word he handed the paper to I and called the chair bearers, to wh he gave Instructions that brought speedily beneath one of the park Ian She afterward recalled the guilty pulse which forced her to sit ou telltale note while the men were ca ing her along In the driveway. W It was quite safe she slyly opened missive. His hand closed over ] and the note, and he bent close < more. "My only fear Is that the test make It impossible for me to kiss bund again," said he In a strs voice. She looked up In surprise. "Then it is really something dl al?" "I have called it a test, your ness," he responded enigmatically, "Well, we'll see," she said and : with turned her eyes to the all * ft tant paper. A quick flash crosse ""I'O'l hatnol.>u&l'7 brow; ner eyes uhuk?. .?, . note was written, in the Graustar guage! "I'll read it later, Baldos. Thif place for me to be reading notes, you know; really, it isn't. I'll | back to you tomorrow," she \ haste to say, -..a Inscrutable smile came i face. "Itavone's information is cor am now convinced," he said "I'ray, your highness, glance now, that I may destroy it at 01 persisted. "The light isn't good." "It seems excellent." 1"And I never saw such a m scrawl as this. He must have w on horseback, and at full gallo "It is quite legible, your bigt "I really cannot read the stu know his handwriting. Rend ! I'll trust you to read It careful "This is embarrass trig, your I but I obey, of bourse, If you e Here Is what Ravone says: "We have fresh proof that she princess, but the American Kir Ceodlngly careful that she doef you Into any admissions. The are tricky. Have little to say * guard your tongue well. We a and are hoping for the best." CHAPTER XVIII. CJ^^EVERLY was speechlc I ll I "Of course, your I 111 said Ruklos, deep <i I I his voice, "Unvono li . misinformed.. He Is honest C *>$?&! Br .??$? AT WGEORGE BARR Vl ?g| M'CUTGHEON. p|< v.ip'Z tobwitT 11 in it" < >:?. I rk ffi- m I lm ? **. '** w Ml rs^riscv:?: i jg^F j ^ lief, and you should not misjudge his motives. How he could have been so y blind as to confound you with that B_ frisky American girl?but I beg your pardon. She Is to be your guest. A [? thousand pardons, your highness." a She had been struck dumb by the la WOrdlnjT Of the note, hilt hl? nnnmwntl. IW ? ? ? -rr? sincere apology for his friend Bet her every emotion Into play once more. While he was speaking her wits were forming themselves for conflict. She opened the campaign with a bold attack. "You?you believe mo to b? the princess. sure enough, don't you?" But with all her bravery she was not able to look him In the face. "Row can you doubt It. your highness? Would I be serving you In the present capacity If I believed you to be any one else?" "Ravone's warning has not shaken your faith In me?" "It has strengthened it. Nothing could alter the facts In the case. I have not, since we left Gnnlook, been In doubt as to the Identity of my benefactress." "It seems to me that you are beating around the bush. I'll come straight to the point. How long have you known that I am not the Princess of j Graustark?" "What!" he exclaimed, drawing back J In well assumed horror "Ho von monn i ^"/>stln?? I Wof yoi'lo I not Jest. It is very sorlous with mo." I Ilis alarm was so genuine that sl!e was ' completely deceived. "I am not jesting," she half wliisBurning very cold. "Have von t thought all along that I am the princess; that I am Grenfall Lorry's wife?" 7 ' cess "" t0l<1 1UC t,mt y?U Wero tho prin* "But I've never said that I was-was j nny one's wife." L> There was a piteous appeal in her ! lone, and he was not slow to notice it s Then his heart smote him. But what Is to become of me if vou i nrf not tl,? DJincess?" he asked after r " r%nT , Iteunno serve I guard." "iy d0y ,n thG onstle ! r vouYar?Te ,0. 'i? ?n 8?rVlns ,nfr~I ^ou nre t.. retain your place in the serv and humble she was beginning TO nVu * e It did not seem so entertaining after ; all, this pretty deception of hers. Down ! * | in his heart, underneath the gallant ex- j n terior, what was his opinion of her? I a Something was stinging her eyes fleree- ! ly, and she closed them to keep back !n the tears of mortification. "Miss Calhoun," he suid, his manner | changing swiftly, "I have felt from the I?- first that you are not the Princess of be i Graustark. I knew it an hour after I 1 entered Edelweiss. Franz gave me a le- ' note at Ganlook. but I did not read It rrtiurd 99 lr until I was a memuer ml wu n "You bave known It so long?" she th" cried joyously. "And you have trusted ^er me? You have not hated me for de0,10 , celvlng you?" "I have never ceased to regard yot ip9, as my sovereign," he said softly. !m- "But Just a moment ago you spoke ot the me as a frisky American girl," she salt rry* resentfully. hen ?.j bave used that term hut oncf the while I have said "your highness' i hers thousand times. Knowing that yo ?nce were Miss Oalhoun, I could not hav meant either." will ..j fancy i have no right to crltlclf your you," she humbly admitted. "After a lined (joca not surprise me that you we not deceived. Only an imbecile cou isloy- have been fooled all these weeks. E ery one said that you were no fool, high- 8eem8 ridiculous that It should ha gone to this length, doesn't It?" forth- "Not at all, your highness. I i inpor- not"? d her "You have the habit, I see," i . The gmiied. k lan- ..j have several months yet to se as a member of the guard. Beside t is no aQ1 Under orders to regi vd you as Kna GH 1 t*on 1 princess. General aitiriuu*. u?.?? ^ve me severe Instructions In that resp? vas In "You are willing to play the gam the end?" she demanded, more g rer his than she should have been. "Assuredly, yes. It Is the only i reot' 1 guard I have. To alter my belief slowly. Holy would expose me to?to"? ?Ve,!f '"^0 wba*> Baldos?" ice," he ,?p0 ridicule, for one thing, and t generous mercies of Count Mar Besides, It would deprlvo me ol privilege I meutjoned a moment Iserable rjght ^ kl.ssjyour hand, to be rltten It B|ave an(i to do homage to the p-" tt sovereign. I can Jrecognlxe. ftirrelj mess." win not subject me to exile froi iff. You onjy joyg that j^e holds for me " n,? have sought to deceive me, and 1 ' tried to deceive you. Each lias highness, other out, so we are quits. M smmand. not now combine forces in the laudable effort to deceive the 1 Is not the jj the world doesn't know th !' noteicad ^now. why- tho (,?mw,y may b Americans drawn out and the climax be mr to her and more amusing." re all well "J'm afraid there was a to your old time sarcasm In that re sho said. "Yes, I nm willing Uinuo the comedy. It seems th< vay to protect you?especial I highness," General Marlunx. No one nm ipology in know, Baldos; It would be ah s woefully pitiful. I nm glad, oh, so git In his be- you have known ull the time r to ? neves my mind and my conscience tre- i mendously." "Yes." he said gently. "I have known 1 all along that you were not Mr. Lorry's ; ' wife." He had divined her thought, ! j and she flushed hotly. "You are still a J ! princess, however. A poor goat hunter ] ' can only look upon the rich American ' girl as a sovereign whom he must worship from far below." i "Oh. I'm not so rich as all that!" she | cried. "Resides. I think It Is time for j a general clearing up of mysteries, j Are you Prince Dantnn, Prince Fred- | eric or that other one?Chrlstobal somebody? Come, be fair with me." "It seems that all Edelweiss looks upon me as a prince In disguise. Yon found me In the hlllo"? "No; you found me. I have not forgotten, sir." "I was a vagabond and a fugitive. My friends are hunted as I am. We have no home. Why every one should suspect me of being a prince I cannot understand. Every roamer in the htlla Is not a prince. There Is a price upon my head, and there Is a reward for the capture of every man who was with me In the pass. My name Is Paul Baldos, Miss Calhoun. There ii -o mystery In that. If you were to mention It In n cartoln ?* -* ? v, a %-J , JfVfU WUUIU quicKiy | And that the name of Baldos is not I unknown to the people who are searching for him. No, your highness; I regret exceedingly that I must destroy the absurd impression that I am of royal blood. Perhaps I am spoiling a pretty romance, but It cannot be helped. I was Rnldos the goat hunter; I am now Baldos the guard. Do you think that I would be nerving as a (Jraustark guard if I were any one of the men you mention?" Beverly listened In wonder and some disappointment, It must be confessed. Somehow a spark of hope was being ! forever extinguished by this straight- l forward denial. He was not to be the J prince she had seen In dreams. "You 1 are not like any one else," she said. ? "That Is why we thought of you as? i as?as"? r "As one of those unhappy creatures I they call prhices? Thank fortune, your i highness, I am not yet reduced to such I straits. My exile will come only when 8 you send mo away." ; They were silent for a long time. S Neither was thinking of the hour or E the fact that her absence in the castle ? could not he unnoticed. Night had , r fallen heavily upon the earth. The i ? two faithful chair bearers, respectful, | f lu.r u-iii. ,..,.,..1.... ow.i.. ..?i- * 0 ;Sr 7^ nmii world """'" '" ,h0,r "'tie | won.";rbc'^w,,-n*?? I rou leather and that lmrri/i t '' \n.l '"tek," ?!? r?i,l nushlglv l S Ami was a free hearted vagabond" \ fended,,something Imploring lu h\a j J "Do you want me to go Dack iv I r hills? I have the patch und the feather, ~ and my friends are"? ui "No! Don't suggest such a thing? ^ yet." She began the protest eagerly uud ended It In confusion. "Alas, you mean that some day banishment Is not unlikely?" "You don't expect to be a guard all your life, do you?" "Not to serve the Princess of Graustark, 1 confess. My aim is much higher. If God lets me choose the crown I would serve I would enlist for life. The crown I would serve is wrought of love, the throne I would kneel before Is a heart, the scepter I would follow Is in the slender hand of a woman. I i could live and die tn the service of my own choosing, but I am only the humf ble goat hunter, whose hopes are phanI toms, whose Ideals are conceived In Impotence." "That was beautiful," murmured ?' Beverly, looking up, fascinated for the I a ; moment. i e ; "Oh, that I had the courage to enlist," Ae cried, bending low once more. She felt the danger In his voice, half tremu11 lous with something more than loyalty, and drew her band away from a place Id of Instant Jeopardy. It was flre that she was playing with, she realized with It a start of consciousness. Sweet as the ,ve 8P?" had grown to be she saw that It must be shattered. gm "It is getting frightfully late," she sharply exclaimed. "They'll wonder _he where I've gone to. Why, It's actually dark!" rve "It has been dark for half an hour I your highness," said he, drawing him tlra self up with sudden rlglduess that dls ven I hissed her. "Are you going to retun to the castle?' e to "Tea. They'll have out a searcbln ra^ party pretty soon If I don't appear." "You have t>een good to me today, he said thoughtfully. "I shall try t k merit the kindness. I^et me"? "Oh, please don't talk In that humh way! It's ridiculous! I'd rather ha o you absolutely Impertinent, I deela . upon my honor I would. Don't you i a^*' member how you talked when y e wore the red feather? Well, I Ilk ago? j^m Baldos laughed easily, happily. I " ' ?" humble, though neari wan uv? .?, r. you voice and manner were, m the "Red Is the color of Insolence, 3 ^ou mean." [ have "jfs a good deal Jauntier than bit found gije declared. ay we "Before you call the bearers. Ml very your highness, I wish to retract so world? thing I said awhile ago," he said 1 nt we seriously. e long "i should think you would," she ule the sponded, utterly misinterpreting hi tent. uch of "You asked me to tell you what mark," message to Ravone contained ai to con- refused. Subsequently the exter > safest his message to me led us Into a y from thorough understanding. It Is 1st ever Just and right that you should 1 solutely what I said to him." id, that [continued.] . It re I Chick Springs Company, Chick Springs, S. C. Gentlemen: ? It was a very fortunate selection fc "Well, try Chick Springs," She did, resort (and she has "tried" many)?n< has she ever received so much benefit In her case it is remarkable. It gives r state I am convinced that for indigesti "run-down and all-gone" feeling of th no equal. Of the comforts, convenien the many courtesies and kindnesses sh pleasant memories long after "Tn Wai them. 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