The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-05-11

there are any letters fTon,-fron,--
men, aDtll yOu bring them to 1ne2''
secret drawer in her dressing room, but
she is SO careless with her keys and
about everything else that am sure
can get them for you. if you want
them.
Eyes, yes. want them," said the
prince, .'and will pay you handsomely
for them. =
every well" replied Miss Baxter,
'tyou shall have them. If you will wait
here ten minutes, shall return with
them, =
But" hesitated the prince, "say
nothing to the princess. .
"Oh, mol l shall not need to. The
keys are sure to be on her dressing
table. =
Miss Baxter ran down to the room of
the princess and had little difficulty in
obtaining the keys. She opened the Sc
cret drawer into which she had seen the
princess place the packet of letters, and,
taking them out, she drew another
sheet of paper along with them, which
she read with wide opening eyes; then
with her pretty lips she blew long,
astonished whistle. Taking both the
packet of letters and the sheet of paper
with her, she ran swiftly up the stair
and along the corridor to the room
where the prince was impatiently
awaiting her.
"Give them to mer' he snapped,
rudely snatching the packet from her
hands. She still chung to the separate
piece Of paper and said nothing. The
prince stood by the window and undid
the packet with trembling hands. He
examined one and then another of the
letters, turning at last toward the girl
with renewed anger in his face.
t'You are trifing with me, my girl,
he said.
z s'No, I am not;" she said stoutly.
'tThese are my own letters, written
by me to my wife before we were mar
riedl'
"Of course they are. What others
did you expect? These are the only let
tiers, as far as ] have learned, that any
man has written to her and the only
letters she cares for of all the thou
sands she has ever received. Why, you
foolish, blind man, I had not been in
this castle day before I saw how mat
tiers were. The princess is breaking her
poor heart because you are unkind to
,her, and she cares for nobody on earth
but you, great stupid that you are.
SIS this true? Will you swear it's
true7" cried the prince, dropping the
v,oolzof o,,d eroiro hastily <orpnw1 tho
girl. Miss Jennie stood with her back
to the wall, and, putting her hands be-
hind her, she said:
"No, no; you are not going to touch
me again. Of course it's true, and if
you had the sense Of 6-year-old child
you would have seen it long ago. And
che paid 10000 of your gambling
debtsl"
"What are you talking about2 The
princess has never given me a penny Of
her money; I don't need it. Goodness
knows, have money enough Of my
own"
"Well, Cadbury Taylor said that you
oh, I'll warrant you, it is like all
the rest of his statements, pure moon
shine.
"Of whom are you speaking9 And
why did my wife protect that wretch.
whom she knows has stolen her dia-
monds?"
"You mean Won schaumberg2"
eyes"
81 believe the princess does think he
stole them, and the reason the princess
protects him is to prevent you from
challenging him, for she fears that he,
being military man, will kill you, al
though I fancy she would be well rid
of you.
"But he took the diamonds there
was nobody else"
"He did nothing of the kind. Read
thatl''