The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-01-31

sss' si;ld been IN my other place than
sthessclub should have ignored him. I
possessed liveliest hatred Tor the
man Il you viii be brief = .sssE
AS brief as possib =, dropping into
the nearest chair. 1t has become nec-
essary to ask you few questions The
matter concerns me. S.s.5s5 - ~:
80 " hatever concerns you is nothing
to me-" replied coldly. s.
He smiled. Are you quite sure p,
! had turned the sword on myself, so
1T seemed. But + said: II answered
some Of your questions once. 4 be-
.lieYe Twas explicit. z5- sz= .s.=
80 AS to that = can say you were
startlingly explicit. 1t rs a delicate
matter to profess ones regard for a
woman before total strangers. It is
not impossible that she would have
done the same thing in your place.
Her regard for you -. go 81 -
i interrupted him with a menacing
gesture. II am extremely irritable I
said. 81 should regret to lose control
Of myself in. a place like this
TO be. surer be said. This is Eng
land. where they knock one another
down. s: : - .s. z
We do not murder On this side of
the. channel" 1 retorted.s ...ss r. - :
=. That is unkind.z Your friend was a
very good shot" with a significant
glance at his useless. arm. But for
my arm and his nerves, which were
not of the best order, I had not lived to
speak to you tonight >.~- =. "
4 $50 much the worse for the world"
said l. Your questions?" ~
All, who was that remarkably beau
tiful woman under your distinguished
care Thursday eveningY
Il see that our conversation is to be
Of the shortest Duration Who she was
is none of your business" rudely.
unfolded my paper and began reading.
perhaps, after ALL not the least
perturbed by my insolence, lit were
best to state on paper what l have to
say. 1 can readily appreciate that the
encounter is disagreeable. To- meet
one who has made a thing impossible
to. you sets the nerves on edge" He
caught up his opera hat his cane and
gloves. He raised the lapel of his coat
and shifted at the orchid in the button.
hole. r.. n : -.''- f.
Some occult force babe me say,
"Why do you wish to know who she
was % q. .>.- =.
He sat down again. II shall be
pleased to explain. That mistook her
for another who l supposed was on
the other side Of the channel was a
natural mistake, as you will agree. Is
it not strange that should mistake
another to be the woman who is 80
soon to be my wife? Is there not
something behind this remarkable, IN
usual likeness? Since when are two
surprisingly beautiful women, born in
different lands, of different parents.
the exact likeness Of each other?'
Now, as this was thing which hao
occupied my mind more than once I
Immediately put aside the personal af-
fair. That could wait. I threw my
paper on to the table. -
"Do you know, sir" said l. "that
thought echoes my ownY'
s.Let us for the moment put our
selves into the background said the
prince. What do you know about her
serene highness the Princess. Hide
garde, her history?' = - -- -
Every little. Proceed
''But tell me what you know"
II know that hers father was driven
to a gamblers grave and that her
mother died of a broken heart and
that the man who caused all this
wishes to break the heart Of the
daughter too"
Scandal, all scandal said the
prince. "Who ever heard of broken
heart outside of a romantic novel? I
see that the innkeeper has been hold
ing your ear. All, that innkeeper; that
innkeeper! Certainly some day there
will come a reckoning."
eyes, indeed" said l. ~"Beware of
him."
1T was 20 years ago." said the
prince. cit is beyond the recall. But
let me proceed. Not many years ago
there was a prince, a very bad fell
low"
"MOst of them are"
"He married a woman too good for
him" went on the prince, as though
he had not heard.
"Another is about to do likewise"
"There was some scandal When
the princess was born, her father re-
fused to believe her to be his child.
Now, it came to pass, as they say in
the Bible, which assure you is very
interesting book, that there were
vague rumors Immediately after the
birth Of Princess Hildegarde that an
other child had been born.' ~
"What!' 1 was half out Of my chair.
"Another child?' " -. =
Another child. The fact that the
prince swore that when children came
he would make them counterparts of
their kind and loving father lent color
to the rumor that the princess had ha
one spirited away to escape this
threatened contamination. And one of
the nurses was missing. Whittier had
she gone ramajnod a mvsfnrv and