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r a cow e w u ie iu i-u g toe e t c u u or u ia i strange day. Bolaroz will do as he has not sit quietly uow. Talk to me. Let promised. We are to have the exten sion papers this afternoon, and Grau me listen and tie Lapp;.” Slowly they paced the wide balcony, stark may breathe again the strong, through the moonlight and the shad- j deep breath o f hope. You well remem ows. her bund resting on his arm, his j ber my attitude on yesterday. If on clasping it gently. Lorry talked hut yesterday I would not let my kingdom little, she not at all, and yet they un- \ stand between me and my love, I can not do so today. I have called you here derstood each other. "W hy are you so quiet?” he asked at to tell you, my lords, that I have prom ised to become the wife o f the man last, stopping near the rail. “ I cannot tell you why. It seems to who would have given bis life for you me that I am afraid of you,” she an and for me—that I love as a woman, not as a princess.” swered. a shy quaver In her voice. The silence o f death stole Into the “ Afraid of me? I don't understand.” “ Nor do I. You are not as you'-were room. Every man’s eyes were glued before this morning. You are differ- upon the white face of the princess, and none could break the spell. Not a word was uttered for many seconds. Then old Caspar’s tense muscles re laxed and his arms dropped limply from their crossed position on bis breast. “ My child, my child!” he cried life lessly. “ You cannot do this thing!” "But the people?” cried Gaspon, his eyes gleaming. "You cannot act against the will of the people. Our laws, natu ral and otherwise, proscribe the very act you have In mind. The American cannot go upon our throne. No man, unless lie'be o f royal blood, can share It with you. If you marry him, the laws of our land—you know them well —will prohibit us from recognizing the marriage.” “ Knowing that, my lords, I have come to ask you to revise our law’ s. My throne will not be disgraced by the man I would have share it with me.” She spoke as calmly as If she were making the most trivial request instead of nsklng her ministers to overthrow and undo the laws and customs o f ages and of dynasties. “ The law o f nature cannot be chang " They are very happy," said Lorry. ed," muttered Caspar as if to himself. ent—yes, you make me feel that I am "In the event that the custom cannot weak mid helpless and that you can be changed I shall be compelled to re say to me ‘Come’ and ‘Go’ and I must i linquish my right to occupy the throne obey. Isn't it odd that I, who have and to depart from among you. It never known submissiveness, should so would breuk my heart, my lords, to re suddenly find myself tyrannized?” she sort to this monstrous sacrifice, but I asked, sudiing faintly. love one man first, my crown and my “ Shall 1 tell you why you are afraid people after him.” of me?” he asked. “ You would not leave us—you would “ You will say it is because I ajn for not throw aside as despised the crown your ancestors wore for centuries?” getting to be a princess.” “ No; it is because you no longer look cried Gaspon. upon me ns you did in other days. Yes The others were staring with open terday you were the princess and look mouths and Icy hearts. ed down upon tiie Impossible suitor; to “ Yes, as much as It would grieve me, day you find that you have given your I would do all this,” she answered self to him and that you do not regard firmly, not daring to look at her uncle. the barrier as Insurmountable. You are Her heart ached to turn to him with s afraid o f me because I am no longer a prayer for forgiveness, but there could dream, but a reality. Am I not right. be no faltering now. Votive?” “ I ask you, my lords, to acknowledge She looked out over the hazy, moonlit J the marriage o f your ruler to Grenfall pnrk. Lorry., I am to be his wife, but I en- “ Yesterday I might have disputed all treut you to grant me happiness with you say; today I can deny nothing.” Leaning upon the railing, they fell out making me endure the misery that Into a silent study of the parade ground will come to me if I desert my father’s and Its strollers. Their thoughts were throne and the people who have wor not of the walkers and chatterers, nor shiped me and to whom I am bound by of the music, nor of the night. They a tie that cannot be broken. I do not plead so much for the right to rule as I were o f the day to come. "I shall never forget how you said i do for the one who mny rule after I 'Because I love him,’ this uiorniug, am gone. I want my own to follow me sweetheart,” said Lorry, betraying his on the throne of Graustark.” Then followed a long, animated dis reflections. “ You defied the whole world In those four words. They were cussion, growing brighter and more hopeful as the speakers' willing hearts worth dying for.” “ How could 1 help it? You must not warmed to the proposition. Lorry was forget that you had Just leaped into a favorite, but he could not be their Hereditary law prohibited. the lion's den defenseless because you prince. loved me. Could 1 deny you then’ Many times the princess and her wise Until thut moment I hud been the I men met and overcame obstacles, huge princess adamant. In a second’s time at first, minimized in the end, all be you swept away every safeguard, ev cause they loved her and she loved ery battlement, and I surrendered as them. The departure from tradition only a woman can. But it really sound ary custom, as suggested by the prin ed shocking, didn't it? So theatrical!” cess, coupled with the threat to abdi "Don't look so distressed about it, cate, was the weightiest yet the most dear. You couldn’t help it, remem delicate question that had ever come before the chief men o f Graustark. ber," he said approvingly. “ Aeh, I dread tomorrow's ordenl!” For the first time In the history of the she said, and he felt the arm that country a woman was sovereign; for touched his own tremble. “ What will the first time there had been no direct male heir to the throne. With the they say? What will they do?” "Tomorrow will tell. It means a death of old Prince Ganlook the mas great deal to both of us. If they will culine side o f the Illustrious family ended. No matter whom his daughter not submit, wliat then?” "W hat then, what then?” she mur took for a husband, the line was bro ken. Why not the bold, progressive, mured faintly. rich American? argued some. Count Across the parade, coining from the Caspar held out until all were against direction of the fountain, Harry An guish and Dagmar were slowly walk him, giving way finally In a burst of oratory which ended in tears and sobs ing. They were very close together, and which made the sense of the gath and his head was bent until it almost ering unanimous. touched hers. As they drew nearer The Princess Yetive won the day, so the dreamy watchers on the balcony fnr as her own position was concerned, recognized them. but there was Lorry to be considered. "They are very happy,” said Lorry, “ Mr. Lorry knows that I called you knowing that s’’ e was also watching together In consultation,. but he does the strollers. not know that I would have given up "They are so sure o f each other,” my crown for him. I dared not tell she replied sadly. him that. He knows only that I was to ask your advice on the question of C H A rT E R X X V III. marriage, and that alone. I fear he TH E M A ID OF G R A U ST A R K . will object to the plan we have agreed xpectancy , concern, the upon,” she went on. “ He Is sensitive, dread o f uncertainty marked and it is possible he will not like the tlie countenances of Grau- Idea o f putting our marriage to the stark’s ministers ami her ehlef popular vote o f the people.” men as they sat in the council cham “ I Insist, however, that the people be ber on the day following, awaiting the considered in the matter,” said Gaspon. appearance of their princess, at whoso “ In three months’ time the whole na call they were unexpectedly assem tion can say whether It sanctions the bled. revision of our laws of heredity.” All realized an emergency. Not one “ I have no hesitancy In saying that In that assembly but had heard the Graustark already idolizes this brave vivid, soulful sentence from the throne. American," said Halfont warmly. “ He Not one but wished in secret as Gaspon has won her affection. I will vouch and Halfont had wished In open for It that the whole nation will rise speech. anil cry: ‘Long live the princess! tong When the princess entered with the live the princess! Long live the prince prime minister they narrowly scanned consort V ” the face so dear to them. After the • • • • • • * greetings she requested them to draw “ Goin’ back, I see,” said Sitzky, the chairs about the great table. Seating guard, some months later, addressing herself in her accustomed seat, she a very busy young man who was hur gazed over the circle o f anxious faces rying down the platform o f the Edel and realized, more than at any time in weiss railway station toward the spe her young life, that she was frail and cial train which was puffing impatient weak beyond all comparison. How ly- small she was to rule over those strong, “ Hello, Sitzky! Is It you? I’ m glad wise men o f hers. How feeble the to see you again. Yes, we are going hand that held the scepter! back to the land o f the stars and "My lords,” she said, summoning all stripes.” The speaker was Mr. An her strength o f mind and heart, "I am tra l»h. gratified to find you so ready to respond ( C o n c lu d e d n e x t w e e k .) ;o the call o f your whimsical sovereign. Yesterday you came with hearts bowed town and in deepest woe. Today I as semble you Jiere that 1 may ask your | TO RUSH LAND FRAUD CASES. .11 r ic u iu o y . C'OiUO, let u s w a rn . t ca O - • • • By • • • ROE BARR McCUTCHEON i Herbert 8. S ton e ----------- ------ — . I was morally certain that Gabriel kill ed the prince. There was no way on earth to prove It, however, and I’ ll ad mit It was Intuition or something of thut sort which convinced me. He had tried to abduct the princess, and he was madly jealous o f Lorenz. A l though he knew there was to be a duel, he was not certain that Lorenz would lose, so he adopted a clever plan to gel rid of two rivals by killing one and casting suspicion on the other. These deductions I made soon after the mur der, but, o f course, could secure no proof.” “ Early this morning at the hotel I made up my mind to denounce him suddenly if I had the chance, risking failure, but hoping for such an exhibi tion as that which you saw. It was clear to me that lie had an accomplice to stand guard while he did the stab bing. but I did not dream it was Rer- rowag. Lorry’s sensational appear ance, when I believed him to be far away from here, disturbed me greatly, but It made it all the more necessary that I should take the risk with Ga briel. As I watched him I became ab solutely convinced o f bis guilt. The only way to nccuse him wns to do It boldly and thoroughly; so I rang In the accomplice and the witness features. You all know how the ‘bluff’ worked.” "And you had no more proof than this?” asked Dangloss weakly. “ That’s all,” laughed the delighted strategist. Dangloss stared at him fora moment, then threw up his hands and walked away, shaking his head, whether in stupefied admiration or utter disbelief no one knew. The others covered An guish with compliments, and he wus more than ever the hero of the day. Such confidence pnralyzed the people. The only one who was not overcome with astonishment wns his country man. “ You did It well,” he said In an un dertone to Anguish—“ devilish well!” "You might ut least say I did it to the queen’s taste,” growled Anguish meaningly. “ Well, then, you did,” laughed Lorry. CHAPTER X X V II. ON TH E BA LC O N Y AGAIN. HREE persons in the royal cas tle of Uraustark, worn by the dread and nnxlety of weeks, fatigued by the sleepless nights Just past, slumbered through the long afternoon with the motionless, death like sleep of the utterly fagged. Ye- tive in her darkened bedchamber dreamed with smiling lips of a tall sol dier and a throve on which cobwebs multiplied. Grenfall Lorry saw in his dreams a slim soldier with troubled face and averted, timid eyes, standing guard over him with a brave, stiff back and chin painfully uplifted. Cap tain (Juinnox dreamed not, for his mind wns tranquil in the nssurance that he had been forgiven by the princess. While Lorry slept in the room set apart for him Anguish roamed the park with a lnrppy faced, slender young lady into whose ears he poured the history of a certain affection, from the tender beginning to the distracting end, and she smiled and trembled with delight, closing not her ears against the sound of ills voice nor her heart to the love that craved admis sion. They were not dreaming. After dinner that evening Lorry led the princess out into the moonlit night. The November breezes were soft and balmy and the shadows deep. “ Let us leave the park to Dagmar and her hero, to the soldiers and the musicians,” said Yetive. “ There is a brand portico here, with the tendereet o f memories. Do you remember a night like this a month or more ago— the moon, the sentinel and some sor rows? I would again stand where we stood on that night and again look np to the moon and the solemn sentinel, but not as we saw them then, with heartache and evasion.” "The balcony, then, without the old restrictions,” Lorry agreed. “ I want to see that dark old monastery again and to tell you how I looked from its lofty windows through the chill of wind and the chill o f life Into the fair est Eden that was ever denied man.” “ In an hour, then, I will meet you there.” "I must correct you. In an hour you will find me there.” She left him, retiring with her aunt and the Countess Dagmar. Lorry re mained in the hall with Halfont, Prince Bolaroz, Mizrox and Anguish. The conversation ran once more into the ever recurring topic of the day, Ga briel’s confession. The Prince of Itawsbergen was confined in the tower with his confederate. Berrowag. Re ports from Dangloss late in the after noon conveyed the intelligence that the prisoner had fallen into melancholia. Berrowag admitted to the police that he had stood guard at the door while Gabriel entered the prince’s room and killed him as he slept. He described the cunning, deliberate effort to turn suspicion to the American by leaving blood stains. The other Dawsbergen nobles, with the exception of two who had gone to the capital o f their country with the news o f the catastrophe, remained close to the hotel. One of them con fessed that but little sympathy would he felt at home for Gabriel, who was T natea D y ms suojecra. A i r e a u y m e r e was talk among them of Prince Dan- tan, his younger brother, as his suc cessor to the throne. The young prince was a favorite with the people. Bolaroz was pleased with the out come of the sensational accusation and the consequent removal o f complica tions which had in reality been un pleasant to him. One feuture o f the scene in the throneroom was not discussed, al though it was uppermost In the minds of all. The positive stand taken by the princess and her open avowal of love for the dashing American were never to be forgotten. The serious wrinkles ou the brow of Hulfont and the far away expression that caine frequently to his eyes revealed the nature o f Ills thoughts. The greatest problem of them all was still to be solved. As they left the room he dropped be hind and walked out beside Lorry, rather timidly detaining him until the others were some distance ahead. “ Y’ou were closeted with the princess this morning, Mr. Lorry, and perhaps you can give me the information I de sire. She has called a meeting o f the ministers and leading men of the coun try for tomorrow morning. Do you know why she has issued this rather unusual call? She did not offer any ex planation to me.” “ I am only at liberty to say, your ex cellency, that it concerns the welfare o f Graustark,” answered the other nit er a moment's thought. They walked on in silence for some distance. "I am her uncle, sir, but I love her as I would love my own child. My life has been given to her from the day that her mother, my sister, died. You will grant me the right to ask you a plain question. Have you told her that you love her?” The count’s face wns drawD and white. “ I have, Blr. I loved her before I knew she was a princess. As her pro tector It was to you that I would have told the story of my unfortunate love long ago, but my arrest and eseupe prevented. My love has not been will ingly clandestine, and It has been In spite of iter most righteous objections. We have both seen the futility of love, however strong and pure It may be. I have hoped, your excellency, and al ways shall.” "She has confessed her love to you privately?” asked Halfont. “ Against her will, against her Judg meat, sir.” "Then the worst has come to pass,” groaned the old count Neither spoke for some time. They were near the foot of the staircase when Halfonl paused and grasped Lorry’s arm Steadily they looked Into each other’s eyes. “ I admire you more than any man I have ever known,” said the count huskily. “ You are the soul of honor, of courage, o f manliness. But you can not become the husband of a princesf of Graustark! I need not tell you that, however. You surely must under stand.” "I do understand,” said Lorry diz zily. “ I am not a prince, as you are saying over and over again to your self. In my land you will find the poor man climbing to the highest pin nacle side by side with the rich man. The woman I love is a princess. Until death destroys this power to love and to hope I must say to .'Will that I shall not consider the Princess Yetive be yond my reach, frankly, I cannot, sir.” The count heard him through, un conscious admiration mingling with the sadness in his eyes. “ There are some obstacles that brav ery and perseverance cannot overcome, my friend,” he said slowly. “ One of them is fate.” "A s fate is not governed by law or custom, I have the best reason in the world to hope,” said Lorry, yet mod estly. “ I would indeed, sir, that yon were a prince of the realm!” fervently cried tlie count, and Lorry was struck by the fact that he repeated, word for word, the wish Gnspon had uttered some hours before. By tills time they were Joined by the others, whereupon Grenfall hurried eagerly'to the balcony, conscious o f be ing half an hour early, but glad of the chance afforded for reflection and soli tude. Voices came up from below, as they did on that night five weeks ago. bringing the laughter and song o f hap py hearts. Music swelled through the park from the band gallery; from afar off came the sounds of revelry. The people o f Edelweiss were rejoicing over the unexpected deliverance from a fate so certain that the escape seem ed bandy short of miraculous. Every sound, every rustle of the wind through the plants that were scattered over the balcony caused him to look towani the door through which she must come to him. At last she appeared, and he hasten ed to meet her. As he took her bands in his she said softly, dreamily, looking over his shoulder toward the moun tain’s crest, "The same fair moon,” and smiled into his eyes. "The same fair maid and the same man,” he added. “ I believe the band Is playing the same air—upon my soul I do.” "Yes. the same air 'La raloma.' It la E Nation A sks Appeals of Hyde, Ben son and Dimond be Heard. Washington, Dec. 13.— Solicitor Gen eral Hoyt, on behalf ol the government, today filed a motion asking the sú pleme court to advance for heating the appeal taken by Frederick A. Hyde and Henry P. Dimond from the decision of Judge Morrow, of San Francisco, who directed that they be brought to Wash ington for trial on indictments for con spiracy to defraud the government out of large tracts of public lands. In liis petition the solicitor general states that the appeals were "taken for purposes of delay and to prevent the appellants it om being removed to the District of Columbia for trial.’ ’ A similar motion was also filed in re gard to the appeal of John A. Benson, also alleged to be a member of the San Francisco land ring, who was arrested in New York on a Washington indict ment charging him with bribing offi cials in the general land office. Benson is out on $10,000 bail and trying to escape trial in Washington. The solicitor general expects to be given a hearing today in support of his motion, and if the couit advances the cases there is every prospect that the famous San Francisco land ring will be placed on trial in this city during the present winter. STARVE FORT JdpN Make Fewer Assaults on Port Arthur. COST OF LIFE IS TOO GREAT Sinking of the Russian ricet V a s Main Object of the Recent Desperate Attacks. Tokio, Dec. 12. — In disabling the Russian fleet at Port Arthur, preclud ing the possibility of its being able to reinforce the second Pacific iquadron, the Japanese have accomplished the main object of the desperate assaults against the fortress which they have been making for the past three months. There is now a strong probability that, while continuing the siege, they will avoid losses of the magnitude already attending their efforts, and, instead of assaulting will rely on starving out the garrison until it is finally captured. Considciabe astonishment is ex pressed here over the fact that the Rus sians in no way resisted the disabing of the Port Arthur fleet. In certain quaiters the opinion is expressed that the Russians opened the seacocks of the submerged vessels to lessen their ex posure to the Japanese fire. The recent cessation of mine clearing was taken as evidence that the fleet did DECREASE IN WHEAT ACREAGE. not intend to make a sortie. The-e was no sign of life on the Rus Department of Agriculture Also Re sian ships during the bombardment, ports on Condition of Crops. and from this fact it is c included that Washington, Dec. 13.— The crop re the bluejackets took refuge on land or port issued today by the department of that they are engaged in the land de Agriculture says: fenses. Returns to the chief of the bureau of With the Russian second Pacific Statistics of the department of Agricul squadron approaching, those in Tokio ture indicate that the newly seeded area cannot comprehend the failure of the of winter wheat is about 31,155,000 Russians to die hard and to inflict all acres, a decrease of 1.6 per cent from possible damage on the Japanese fleet, the area sown in the fall of 1903, as even at the cost of weakening the ef filially estimated. The condition of fective garris n. winter wheat on December 1 was 82.9, Now that the Port Arthur fleet has as compared with 86.6 in 1903, 99.8 in been disabled, it is deemed impossible 1902, and a 10 year averagé of 92.1. for the Russians to overcome the infer The acreage as compared with last year iority of the tecond Pacific squadron to is 98.4 per cent. The newly seeded Togo's fleet, unless at present unfore ares of winter rye is provisionally esti seen, the Black sea fleet should pass mated at 96 7 per cent of the area sown the Dardanelles. in the fall of 1903. The condition of winter rye on December 1 was 90.6, as DEAL IS CLOSED. compared with 92.7 on December 1, 1903, 98.1 at the coiresponding date in 1902, and 96.2 the mean of December Stamp m il to Operate During Lewis and Clark Fair. averages of the last ten years. The percentage of acreage sown to Portland, Dec. 12. — Negotiations winter rye this fall as comapred with were practically completed with a big that sown last year is 86.7, the average Colorado mining company yesterday condition December 1, 1904, was 90.5. for the installation at the Lewis and Corresponding averages for 1903 and Clark exposition of a stamp mill, con 1932 were 92.7 and 98 1, respectively, centration plant and other mining ma and the mean of the December average chinery, showing the treatment accord of the last ten years 96.2. ed raw ore in converting it into bull The final estimates of the total acre ion. This will form a valuable addi age production and farm values of the tion to the mining exhibit, which principal crops for 1904 will be issued promises to be the most notable ever on Decembei 28 at 4 o ’clock P. M. made. The company in question is the Colo rado Fuel <Sc Iron company, one of the WAR CRAFT TO GO ON LINER. largest of its kind in eixstence. The proposition was made to the exposition Torpedo Boats for Russia Shipped management in the form of an offer to from New Jersey Yard. install the machineiy providing Ore New Y’ ork, Dec. 13.— Nine torpedo gon mining men would furnish suffi boats, built at Peith Amboy, N. J., for cient ore to keep the machinery busy After the Russian government, have been during the exposition hours. completed, and left the yards today. a canvaSB of Oregon prodticeis the ex They were loaded on a barge and towed position management was able to assure to New York. They w ill be shipped as the company that do difficulty will be experienced in supplying all of the ore merchandise on a liner. The tenth boat will cross the ocean that will be requited. It is possible that an annex to the under its own power. Two six-cylinder gasoline engines have been installed. mining bnilding will be required for Each is expected to develop a 300- the new working exhibit, as the space hot sepower, and drive the little boat at in the main building is now well taken a speed of 20 knots. The crew of eight and no great allotments can be made to men is already aboard the boat, which one enterprise since the interests of in is 80 feet long. Below deck it is not dividuals and districts which wish to possible to stand erect, for there is only participate must be protected. General interest is being displayed a five foot space. Should the passage be stormy, the crew will be almost as in the Lewis and Clark mining exhibit. effectually bottled up as it in a sub Miners and mining men all over the marine. The only entrance to the country are preparing their choicest compartments below deck is through a ores for shipment here, and judging conning tower, from which the boat is from the number of offers of minerals now on file at exposition headquarters navigated. Each boat will carry one torpedo there will be more ores on hand than tube. One of the five watertight com can possibly be shelved. This will ne partments into which the hull is di cessitate the selection of choice speci vided will contain the spare torpedoes. mens, although it will not cause any exhibit to be ruled out, as all exhibit ors will be given a chance. School to Teach Socialism. New York, Dec. 13 — Inspired by the national vote of 600,000 for Debs at the last election, the New York section of the Socialist party issued a statement today to the effect that it has laid plans for establishing a school of social ism. A board of instructors has been appointed, consisting of Morris Ilil- quist, Algernon Lee, Henry L. Slobo- din and John Sparge. The school term is to extend from the first week in Jan uary to the last week in May, and there will be one lesson each week, or 21 lessons in all. Kuropatkln Reports Encounters. Kt. Petersburg, Dec. 13 — ueneral Kuiopatkfn reports some unimportant encounters during the night of Decem ber 8. Russian sharpshooters recon- noitering south of Bentsiapn, attacked a Japanese post. bayoneted annn b r of J ipane»e and took 11 prisonete, of whom only four were wounded. The same night a number of Japanese at tacks were made on Russian advanced retrenchments near the railroad. They were all repulsed. May Have Sunk Own Ships. 8t. Petersburg, Dec. 13.— The state ment that the hnssian warships at Port Arthur were sunk by the Rnssians as a protection from the Japanese gnn fire is regarded at the admiralty as being quite possible. If true, it is interpret ed as a sign that General Btoeeeel be lieves the fortress can hold out until the arrival of the second Pacific squad ron. The supposition is that the gar rison, as a last resort, will retire to the Liao l i forts. 4 1,000,000 Tor Improvements. Denver, Dec. 12.— Tbe News today dtys: P ans to spend $1,000,000 in im provements at Pueblo have been an nounced from the office of the Colorado Fuel A Iron company in Denver. The money is part of the $8,000 000 appro priation under the recent reorganiza tion scheme foi extension of proper ties. The big tin plate mill and the meichant mill, both of which are in complete, will lie finished at once, and the latest machinery for the manufac ture of ail sorts of merchant steel is to be installed. To Rush rraud Case. Washington, Dec. 12.— The attoiney general will make a motion in the su preme court next Monday to advance the case of Hyde and Dimond, under indictment in the district of California for land frauds in California. They appealed from the order of the Federal court in California denying them writs of hai eas corpus, and the attorney gen eral is anxious to have the appeal de cided in order to go on with the trial in Washington. Denies She Offered fo Buy Ships. London, Dec. 12 — The foreign office says there is no foundation for the story that Great Britain has offered Turkey money to buy Argentine and Chilean warships in return for con cessions which would permit Great Bi ¡tain to erect a second Gibraltar on the coast of Yemen, which would give Great Britain control of the lowei en trance to the Red sea.