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There came the natural i his way through if necessary Looking back over the ground, he

wondered how he could have been deceived at all by the unconventional

Aht of retrospection he no impossible

it was for her to have been the princess Every act, every word, every

look should have told hi now

presented itself to hih at his own

siest component part of his

makeup; the craftiness of the hunted was deeply rooted in his being He

saw a very serious side to the adventure Stretching hiave hi

In the ht burst in upon hileamed with a new fire, his heart leaped with new ani to his feet he ran to theto re-read the

note frohed with a fervor that

cleared the brain of a thousand vagueto be a guest at the

castle,"--not the princess, but Miss Calhoun Once ain he saw her asleep

in the coach on the road frouilty heart had felt as he looked upon this fair creature,

at one time the supposed treasure of another ray eyes, her entrancing smile, her wondrous vivacity