The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-29
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you To me, VINO have loved you madly
fog three wears, your future seems a
living death. Think"
II have thought, I have thought, and
i want to love, 10 give love, TO be
loved, If woman had made mans
lite happy. whether he be prince or
peasant. she has not lived in vain, and
but how can expect love, T. whose
marriage has been made, not or
dalnCd?"
BY making my life happy Irene
whispered the baron, "a love song 10
the end. Ever since l i)inal your IA
TIERS suite | have loved no other "o-
man save yourself, but ! have never
dared to speak until we came TO Iatun,
and | thought YOU seemed To care for
me-"
The princess shivered. "But how Is 1t
possible ." she murmured.
Tonight" replied the baron, "a car
/ rage will be waiting outside the private
! entrance to the palace, near which you
/ know there are no sentries, and the
/ men at the outer gates will be told the
/ prime minister is returning suddenly to
! the city. II you can arrange to leave at
! midnight We can catch the train fir
/ Paris at a small station outside FL
| hersdorf, where I shall he waiting for
! you, and then Irene
II understand" said the princess,
! slowly. II am to sacrifice everything
IF YOU will have it 50, yes" he an
! swerod, with an old narrowing of his
| eyelids. But you gain what you
| CraVe-loVe."
The princess looked up the bank.
"Yes!' she cried suddenly, as she saw
the CLINT Of the peasants blue dress
! through the trees; yes. no sacrifice is
too great for love. ] will be at the pri-
vate entrance at midnight"
And then for Paris and happiness" ,"
whispered the baron as they skated
away.
When they were out of sight man in
peasant dress slipped down the bank
and, carefully collecting the fragments
Of the note the Princess Irene had torn
and flung upon the ice, placed them in
a little book which he had taken from
Il pocket of his blouse.
The Princess Irene of Hesselstadt had
never been i'm such brilliant spirits a!
upon that evening. and the young elcc'
tor lowered about her chair in a cor
ner of the great white drawing room
after dinner with an almost loverlik,
fOndness. But she turned away from
him with an indifference that became
so marked that the Margarine in de
spair, asked her to sing. Waving aside
a lady-in- waiting who arose to accom-
pany her, the princess sat down at the
piano and ran her fingers, flashing will
jewels, lightly over the keys.
Raising her eyes from the keyboard
for a moment. malicious smile crossed
her face. BY n strange coincidence the
clector and Baron Hederich were fac
ing her standing together beneath {
pierglass in which she saw the back
of their heads reflected. Their char
acteristics are written upon a squar
of looking glass" she said to herself
as she noted the almost massive pro
portions of the electors head STANDING
out in sharp contrast with the aler
poise of that of the baron.
Then she began to sing-to sing wit
IL passion and a meaning that were un
mistakable. Greigs love song "Icl
liebe dich" her eyes more than one,
meeting the baron's as the refrain ram
through the lofty chamber The Mar
, gravine moved unesaily in her carve
oak chair, feeling conscious that
mystery was on foot that even her as
tuteness could not fathom; and whe
the song ceased there was a signifiCan
? silence, which the eleCtOr himself brOk
} by leading the applause
2 The princess sings WELL" he remark
ed to the baron, meaningly.
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r ing him full in the face, and with grea
- feeling and true expression"
For n moment the eyes of the tw
5 men met, the electors inquiringly. III
I baron's contemptuously, yet with
1 lurking fear in their depth.
t You are an excellent critic, baron,
r the elector said slowly. "Her serer
( highness sings with true feeling. as yo
e say. But it is not always wise to eN
;. press our feelings in public" Then l
h joined the group gathered around I'll
4 princess.
a TO Hederich Won Egidy the brilianC
O and warmth Of the superb room whei
the court was gathered grew gray an
?. cold. A moment before, intoxicated L
!. the acquiescence Of the princess in
y scheme ambition alone had prompte
protested, he allowed his gratitied van
p ity to betray him. For a moment J
stood irresolute beneath the glowir
y candles on the pierglass, prudence cour
:, selling the abandonment of the elop
y ment, ambition urging it's attemp
r Prudence had conquered when Count
a ess Won Nogel came up to him an
:, whispered: AT the private entran
1t 10 tonight - bppan IN talk pf ;,r
- levant matters. Baron Hederich's cou
a age returned, and catching "a glimp
~ Of his handsome face and superb ngu
:, in its tight-fitting uniform in the mirr
- his optimistic dreams of his futu
y, as the husband of the Princess Ircl
returned
Even if the MargraVe refuses to su
port us" he thought, Irene is ric
and once her husband" nat Il
countess was asking him a questio
and his pleasant reflections We're inte
lUpted.
I. The clock i'm the great square of Il
n ZatunhOf had scarcely struck midrig
a when two veiled aud cloaKed fgur
- Crept through the small door of [
> private entrance to the palace, and
y silently entered the waI;ing carriae
l. which was drawn up in the shadow
n the portico The wheels moved nois
, lessy over the thick snow, but the ra
i tie of the horses harness filled the ty
women with alarm. I'VE shall be disco
cred" whispered the countess, as I
81 n sentry stopped the carriage at |
~ bronze gates Of the outer court. "V
10 shall be discovered"
For answer the Princess Irel
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