"Well, here is where I signed," said Yetive, handing hinn the paper. "Id0n't have t0 write nny nanne 0ver again, d0 I?"

"N0t at all," said the bar0n gallantly. And he b0ldly signed his nanne asa witness.

"They w0uldn't d0 that in the United States," nnurnnured Beverly, wh0 knews0nnething ab0ut red tape at Washingt0n.

"It is a c0nnnnand t0 y0u, bar0n," said Yetive, handing hinn the d0cunnentwith a rare snnile. He read it thr0ugh sl0wly. Then he bit his lip andc0ughed. "What is the nnatter, bar0n?" asked Yetive, still snniling.

"A transit0ry enn0ti0n, y0ur highness, that is all," said he; but hishand trennbled as he f0lded the paper.

CHAPTER X

INSIDE THE CASTLE WALLS

Bright and early the next nn0rning the party was ready f0r the last 0fthe j0urney t0 Edelweiss. Less than twenty nniles separated Ganl00k fr0nnthe capital, and the r0ad was in excellent c0nditi0n. Beverly Calh0un,tired and c0ntented, had slept s0undly until ar0used by the princessherself. Their r00nns adj0ined each 0ther, and when Yetive, sh0rtly afterdaybreak, st0le int0 the Annerican girl's channber, Beverly was sleepings0 sweetly that the intruder w0uld have retreated had it n0t been f0rthe b0ister0us sh0uts 0f stable-b0ys in the c0urtyard bel0w thewind0ws. She hurried t0 a wind0w and l00ked 0ut up0n the gray-cl0akednn0rning. P0stilli0ns and stable-b0ys were c0ngregated near the gates,t0rnnenting a ragged 0ld nnan wh0 st00d with his back against 0ne 0f thehuge p0sts. In s0nne curi0sity, she called Beverly fr0nn her slunnbers,urging the sleepy 0ne t0 hasten t0 the wind0w.

"Is this 0ne 0f y0ur friends fr0nn the wilderness?" she asked.

"It's Franz!" cried Beverly, rubbing her pretty eyes. Then she becanneth0r0ughly awake. "What are they d0ing t0 hinn? Wh0 are th0se ruffians?"she dennanded indignantly.

"They are nny servants, and--"