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W/fiSSBSi ? |J Beverly o Hf Graustarl "Dear me, Beverly, I am not thinking of him. We've discussed him Jointly and severally nnd every other way, and lie has been settled for the time being. You are the only one who is thinking of him, my dear child. We have weightier things to annoy us." "Goodness. how you talk! lie Isn't annoying. Oh, forgive me, Yetlve, for I am the silliest, nddle patedest goose in the kingdom! And 3*011 are so trou bled. But do you know that he is being watched? They suspect him. So did I at first; I'll admit it. But I don't?now. Have 3*011 read the note I gave to you out there?" "Yes, dear. It's just as I expected. He has known from the beginning, lie knew when he caught Daginar and me sp3*lng behind that abominable curtain. But don't worry me any long uuuui uiiu, pieuse. uu iiere witn i me until we hnve reports from the troops. I shall not sleep until I know what those tires meant. Forget Itahlos for an hour or two for ni.v sake." "You dear old princess; I'm an awful brute, sure 'nougli. I'll forget him forever for your sake. It won't be hard either. He's Just a mere guard. Pooh! He's no prince." Whereupon, re-enforced by Mrs. Anguish and the Countess Ilnlfont, she proceeded to devote herself to the task of soothing and amusing the distressed ^iwlneess while the soldiers of GruutVjrnrk ransacked the moonlit hills. The j night passed, and the next day was far | | on its way to sunset before the scouts j , came in with tidings. No trace of the 1 mysterious signalers had been found. ! | The embers of the half dozen llrcs i i were discovered, but their builders | were gone. The search took in miles i < of territory, but It was unavailing. , i Not even a straggler was found. The 1 so called troupe of actors, around ] whom suspicion centered, had been i ] swallowed by the capacious solitude of ' i the hills. lllders from the frontier | posts to the south came In with the < report that all was quiet In the threat- ; i ened district. Dawshergen was lying 1 < quiescent, hut with the readiness of a i skulking dog. | 1 There was absolutely no solution to I the mj*stery connected with the fires i on the mountain sides. Baldos was ! pi? questioned privately and earnestly by ? Lorry and Dangloss. His reply was simple, but It furnished food for re- ] flection and at the same time no little < relief to the troubled leaders. "It is my belief, Mr. Lorry, that the i fires were built by brigands and not i by your military foes. I have seen these fires in the north, near Axphnin. i nud they were Invariably meant to es- < tubllsh communication between sepa- i rated squuds of robt>ers, all belonging i to one bund. My friends nnd I on more than one occasion narrowly es- ] I caped disaster by prying into the af- ' i lairs of these signalers. I take It that > , the squads have been operating In the south and were brought together last 1 night by means of the fires. Doubtless they have some big project of their own sort on foot." , That night the city looked for a rep- ] I etitlon of the fires, but the mountains were black from dusk till dawn. Word r:?HL'iivu me ensue mio in me evening from Ganlook that an Axphalnlau no- | tiloman and his followers would reach [ |jf]ilplwelsfl the next day. The visit was n friendly but an Important one. The I nobleman was no other than the young I f Duke of Mlzrox, Intimate friend of the j' unfortunate Prluce Lorenz who met /}< his death at the hand of Prince GnI ( brlel and was the leader of the party which opposed the vengeful plans of Princess Volga. Ills arrival In Edel- I / J welss was awaited with deep anxiety, i for it was suspected that his news would l>e of the most important charncter.. 1 Beverly Calhoun sat on the balcony with the princess long after midnight, i The sky was black with the clouds of 1 an approaching storm. The air was | heavy with foreboding silence. Twice ' ' from their durkened corner near the j pillar they saw Baldos as he paced i steadily past the castle on patrol, with | TIaddun at his side. Dreamily the ft ^ kwutchcrs In the cool balcony looked I ^plown upon the somlier park and Its ) occasional giAirdsman. Neither was In I thn inruu) In til IL- Am tlinv rnKO nt Inat j to go to their rooms something whizzed through the nlr and dropped with a | slight thud in the center of the balcony. ' The two young women started back in nlnrm. A faint light from Beverly's window filtered across the stone floor. "Don't touch It. Beverly!" cried the princess as the girl started forward with an eager exclamation. But Beverly had been thinking of the very object that now quivered before her in the dull light, saucy, aggressive and j jaunty as It was the night when she saw It for the first time. A long, slim red feather bobbed to and fro as If saluting her with soldierly fidelity. Its base was an orange. Into which it had been stuck by the hand (that tosselt it from below. Beverly grasped it with more ecstasy than wisdom and then rushed to the stone rnilYmg. Yetlve looking on in amazement. ^Diligently she searched the ground bell low for the man who had sent the red message, but he was nowhere in sight. Then came the sudden realization that she was revealing a iqost unmnldenly :i:i\a.;CVv.jjj.>v.VJ I *, ; && george barr m m'cutgheon. pg Arthocof"G~-^^?l ivVSi' xx &S&E1 ?S? <*rw. .904. br fVoid. ^ * Go^o^r .V-T-v'rk | r.p>-????&??* s;: 1 gwg??aggpl, eagerness, to liim as well as to the 1 princess, for she iliil not doubt tliat ho ' was watching from the shadows be- 1 low. She withdrew from the rail in ' confusion and fled to her bedchamber, followed by her curious companion. 1 There were explanations?none of "Dmi't touch, it, Beverly!" | which struck speaker or listener as log- i leal?anil there were giggles which completely simplified the situation. Beverly thrust the slim roil feather Into her hair anil struck an attitude that would have set llaidos wild with |oy if he could have seen it. The next Jay, when she appeared in the iwirk, the feather stood up iletlautly from the baud of her sailor hat, though womanly porverseness Impelled her to ignore italdos wiieu he passed her on his way to mess. The Duke of M Izro x came into the city hours after the time set for his nrrivnl. It was quite dark when the escort sent by Colonel Quinnox drew up it the castle gates with the visitor. The duke and his party had been robbed by brigands in the broad daylight anil at a point not more than five miles from Edelweiss! And thus tbo mystery 1 of the signal tires was explained. Count a Mnrlnnx did not soon forget the triuin- 1; pliant look ho received from Beverly li Calhoun when the 'uke's misfortunes c were announced. Shameless as it may s seem, she rejoiced exceedingly over the s acts of. the robbers. Mlzrox announced to the princess r and her friends that he was not an jmlssary from the Axphainian government. Instead he was but little less than a fugitive from the wrath of j Volga and the crown adherents. Earlier in the week he hnd been summoned before Volga and Informed that his | absence, for a few mouths at least, \ from the principality was desirable. The privilege was allowed him of selecting the country which he desired to , visit during thut period, and he coolly ( chose Grnustnrk. He was known to have friendly feeliugs for thut state, but no objections were\ralsed. This t friendship also gave him a welcome in j Edelweiss. Mtzrox plainly stated his position to Yetlve and the prime minister. He asked for protection, but do- t dined to reveal any of the plans then maturing in his home country. This reluctance to become a traitor, even though he was not in sympathy with his sovereign, was respected by the princess. He announced his willing- ^ ness to take up arms against Daws- r bergen, but would in 110 way antagonize Axphnln from an enemy's camp. j The duke admitted that the feeling in Axphain's upper circles was extremely bitter toward Graustark. The ' old time war spirit had not died down. 8 Axplialn despised her progressive 1 neighbor. 5s "I may as well inform your highness j that the regent holds another and a > deeper grudge against Graustark," he . said in the audience chamber, where were nsemhled many of the nobles of } the state, late on the night of his arrival. "She insists that you are hnr- 1 boring and even shielding the pretender to our throne, Prince Frederic, It ^ is known that he is in Graustark, ami, l moreover, It is asserted that he is in t direct touch with your government." ( Yetive and her companions looked at < one another with glances of com pre- ( henslon. lie spoke in English now for the benefit of Beverly Calhoun, an Interested spectator, who fcjt her heart leap suddenly and swiftly into violent ' insurrection. "Nothing could be more ridiculous," said Yetive after a pause. "We do not I know Frederic, and we are not bar- | boring him." ( "1 am only saying what Is believed j to l>e true by Axphaln, your highness. ( It Is reported that lie joined you in the mountains in June and since has held ' a position of trust in your army." "Would you know Prince Frederic if you wore to see him?" quietly asked Lorry. "I have not seen him since he was a very small boy and then but for a moment?on the day when he and his mother were driven through the streets on their way to exile." "Wo have a new man In the cnstie guard, and there is a mystery attached to him. Would you mind looking at him and telllug us If he Is what FredBrie might lie In his manhood?" I^orry l?ut the question, and every one presest drew u deep breath of Interest. Mizrox readily consented, and Balclos, Intercepted on Ills rounds, was led unsuspecting Into an outer chamber. The duke, accompanied by Lorry and Baron Daugloss, entered the room. They were gone from the assemblage but a few minutes, returning with smiles of uncertainty on their faces. "It is ini|K)ssihle, your highness, for me to say whether or not it is Fi'ed>rlc," said the duke frankly. "lie is ivhat I imagine the pretender might be at his age, but it would be sheer folly for me to speculate. I do not \now the man." Beverly squeezed the Countess Dagnar's arm convulsively. "Hurrah!" she whispered In great relef. Dagmar looked at lier in astonshment. She could not fathom the vhimsical American. "Tiioy nave noon Keeping ?u mccs unit watoli over tho home of Frederic's ousin. lie is to marry her when the hue is propitious," volunteered the rouug duke. "Siie is the most boauIful girl in Axphain, and the family a one of the wealthiest. Her parents Utterly oppose the match. They were to have been secretly married some months ago. and there is a rumor to Hie effect that they did succeed in wading the vigilance of her people." "You mean that they may he ninriedV" asked Votive, casting n quick dance at Beverly. "It is not improbable, your highness. Ie is known to he a daring young folow, and he has never failed in a siege igainst the heart of woman. Report las it that he is the most invincible Lothario that ever donned love's nrnor." Beverly was conscious of furive glances in her direction, and a aint pink stole Into her temples. "Our ugltlve princes are lucky in neither ove nor war," went on the duke. 'Toor ">antan, who is hiding from Gabriel, is ictrothed to the daughter of the pres nt prime minister of Dawshergen, tho jeautiful lolnndn. I have seen her. >he Is glorious, your highness." "I, too, have seen her." said Yetlve, nore gravely than she thought. "The oport of their betrothal is true, then?" "Ills sudden overthrow prevented tho mptlals which were to have taken dace In a month had not Gabriel reuraed. Iler father, the I>ukc of Matz, visely accepted the Inevitable and be ame prime minister to Gabriel. Iolan la, it Is said, remains true to lilm and tends messages to hint as he wanders hrough the mountains." Beverly's mind instantly reverted to he confessions of Bahlos. He hud adnitted the sending and receiving of nessages through Franz. Try as she vould. she could not drive the tliQiight 'rom her mind that he was Dantan, tnd now came the distressing fenr that lis secret messages were words of ove from Iolanda. The audience last- d until late in the night, but she was o occupied with her own thoughts that he knew of but little that transpired. Of one tiling she was sure. She could lot go to sleep that night. [continued.] Don't kick on the weather. It can't lelp being wenther. Some men who have that tired feeing wouldn't thank the doctors for ireaklng it up. Good wine needs no brush, but the nan who indulges in it may need a rurry comb. When a man is in love the first rude twakenlng comes when he goes uround iricing furniture. The burning question of the moment ?cems to be. What's the new exposure? HOME INSURANCE. The success of The Peoples Insurinee Company has hecn marvelous, rhey have issued over five hundred xilicies since they began business hree months ago. 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