Trusia: A Princess of Krovitch

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Brinton Davis. Trusia: A Princess of Krovitch

I. A WAGER IS MADE

II "STRANGE COUNTREES FOR TO SEE"

III. A DUEL – OF WITS

IV. THE GRAY MAN

V. I AM THE LADY TRUSIA

VI. THE GRAY MAN AGAIN

VII. A COOL RECEPTION

VIII. THE SPECTRE OF THE STAR

IX. IF ZULKA WERE HERE

X. THE GLIMMER OF SUSPICION

XI. YOU LOVE TRUSIA

XII. CARTER FINDS AN ALLY

XIII. A NEW MAJOR OF HUSSARS

XIV. FOUND IN THE COURTYARD OF THE INN

XV. THE DREAM KISS

XVI. YOU ARE THE KING OF KROVITCH

XVII. AT THE HOTEL DES S. CROIX

XVIII. I SAW – I KNOW

XIX. IT WAS JUDSON'S FAULT

XX. A SOUND AT MIDNIGHT

XXI. CARRICK WAS FAR BEHIND

XXII. CARRICK IS KING

XXIII. NOBLESSE OBLIGE

XXIV. STOLEN SLEEP

XXV. THEY MEET JOSEF

XXVI. THE VISTULA!

XXVII. YOU ARE STILL MY KING

XXVIII. A RE-UNION

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In the soul of Calvert Carter arose a vague unrest. A voiceless summons bade him, with every April stir of wind, to shake off the tale of common things and match his manhood and keen intelligence in Nature's conflict, the battle of the male. Six years past had found him in Cuba. In that brief campaign against Spain, his entire military career, each day so crowded with anticipation or actual battle, had been laid the foundation for this wanderlieb; this growing appetite for excitement and hazard. Occasional trips to Europe and even forays after big game had failed to satisfy him. Without realizing it, his was the aboriginal's longing for war, – primitive savage against primitive savage, and – his life lacked a woman.

He paced about his library as in a cage.

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"Where are they? We have so much time to find them." The sarcasm was crushing. "They probably were lost or destroyed years ago." He concluded temporizingly, under the compelling eyes gazing coldly at him.

"Documents of that kind are never lost or destroyed," Josef announced dogmatically.

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