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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.]
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