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The Princeton union., 1901-02-28
CHAPTER XXI.

l was very unhappy. Three days
passed, and saw neither Phyllis nor
Gretchen. The city was still talking
about the dramatic ending Of Prince
Ernst's engagement to the Princess
Hildegarde. Twice had called at the
Hohenphalian residence to pay my re-
spects. Once I was told that their
highnesses were at the palace. The Sec
ond time I7,was Informed that their
highnesses were indisposed. 7 became
gloomy and disheartened.' could not
understand. Gretchen had not even
thanked me for my efforts in saving
her the unhappiness of marrying the
prince. And Phyllis, she who had call.
ed me Jack" she whom I had watch
ed grow from girlhood to womanhood,
she, too, had forsaken me. I do not
know what would have become of me
but for Pembroke's cheerfulness.
Monday night was sitting before
the crate reading for the hundredth
time Gretchen's only letter. Pembroke
was buried behind the covers of mag
azine. Suddenly yellow fame leaped
from pine log, and in it seemed to
read all. Gretchen was proud and jeal-
~ous. She believed that loved Phyllis
and had made her a princess because I
loved her.. 1t was the first time had
laughed in many an hour. Pembroke
looked over his magazine.
''That sounds good. What caused it p
"A story" l answered. "Some day l
shall tell you all about it. If you will
excuse ME, cousin mine, I'll make a
call on her serene highness the Prin-
cess Hildegarde."
Just then the door opened and Penn
broke's valet came in He handed a
card to me, and read upon it, "Count
Won Walden" cast it into Pembroke's
lap. .~--- Tia.
That's the man. He is the insep-
arabic of the Prince of Wortumborg."
Then to the valet, "Show him up
The count gravely passed over the
threshold. -:~c.-
Good evening"" he said. with a look
Of inquiry at Pembroke. :...-.-.>s=-
'"This gentleman" said as l intro
duced him, will second me in the af-
fair tomorrow morning. suppose you
have come to make the final arrange
ments?" ~e>% -. Il. --
pardon me, "rbegan Pembroke, "but
do not understand -
"Oh, l forgot! You are," respond
ed, ito be my second in duel tomor-
row. morning. Should anything hap
pen to me it were well to have friend
near by, better still a relative. Well,
count? 2" = - !. IL. - 4.~,
"The prince desires me to inform you
that he has selected pistols at your re-
quest, and despite the fact that he has
only the use Of his left hand he per-
mits you to use either of yours. There
will be one shot each, the firing to be
drawn for on the grounds. The time
is 6, the place one mile out on the
north road in the rear of the Strass-
burg inn.s trust this is entirely sat
isfactory to your .z1 So.
It u.s." I answered. =.> .s.z..... =.
'sThen allow me to bid you good
night" He bowed and backed toward
the door. He remained a moment with
his hand on the knob, gazing into my
eyes. T Tread in his mixture Of
amusement and curiosity. Good
night" And he was gone.
Pembroke stared at me in bewilder-
ment. stWhat the devil :@
TT is a matter Of long standing
said /. s z.s=s-z-z 49, 2.s.
But a duely' he cried impatiently.
sHang me II I'll be your second OF let
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GTetchen gaUe q cry and started to 40. to
- Phyllis aoit7, oa4tstretcl,ed arms.
clutched the chair, for my legs trem-
bled. To lose after all! H.:
"Ah,'' said the prince, II thank your
majesty. 'The favor ask is that you
will postpone this marriage-indefnit
ly." IL.
"What!' cried the king. He was
amazed. ''Have heard you Alright, or
do my ears play me false?"
1T is true. I thank your majesty
again." said the prince, bowling.
"But this is beyond belief" cried the
king in anger.="I do not understand.
This marriage was at your own re-
quest and now you withdraw Since
when,' proudly, ".was the hand Of the
Princess Hildegarde to be ignored?'
1T is a delicate matter,'' said the
prince, turning the ring on his finger.
1T would be impolite to state my rea-
: sons before her highness. Your high
ness, are you not of my opinion that
as matters now stand marriage be-
tween us would be rather absurd?' =
"Now, as at all times," retorted Gret-
chen scornfully.- 1t has never been my
will, a ~furtive glance at the king.
"But"- began the king. He was
wrathful. - =
"Your majesty" said the innkeeper,
you are a great king; be a generous
one" So So = --.=e. /
AL looked at him as though they ex.
pected to see the king fly at him and
demolish him-all but I. The king
walked up to the bold speaker, took his
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you fight! These are not the days 81.
Rich elieu, It is pure murder. It is5


you fight! These are not the days of
Richelieu, Il is pure murder. Il Is
against tie. Ia w., Z,
But I cannot .dra " back honora bly,,
i said. II cannot. .*@zzs 5@s-s15S
notify the police and have them
stop il, lie said, with thSdetermnation.
And have us all arrested and laugh
ed at from one end of the continent to
the other. Ny dear cousin, that man
shot the dearest friend T. had in the
world. am going to try to Kill him at
the risk of getting killed myself. He
has also insulted the noblest woman
that ever lived. If l backed down, l
should, be called a coward. The peo-
pie who respect me now would close
their doors in my face .
'But you have everything Ito lose
and he has nothing to gain.'' r.. - =.
1t cannot be helped said L. THE
woman love once fought duel for
me. | cannot do less for her. You will
be my seeond?'' @~
eyes. But if he wounds you woe to
him." -. '.~
VERY well. I'll leave you,'' said 1.
1t was not far to the residence of
their highnesses, so walked.
The sliveried footman took my card.
Present it to her highness the Prin-
cess Hildegarde,'' said as passed in
to the hall.
"Her serene highness has left town, l
believe, your excellency. Her serene
highness the Princess Elizabeth is din
ing at the palace
"Goney" said 1.
Eyes. your excellency.'' He examined
my card closely. "Ah, allow me to de-
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nodded reassuringly. The inukeeper
vas like one stricken dumb. He star
"a at Phyllis till I thought his eyes
would start from their sockets. - -
"Your majesty has summoned me?'
said Gretchen. ~: -: -, -
Eyes. Explain" said the king to the
chancellor. -.-...> ~ = .
Your highness," began the chan
cellor, lit has been proved by these
papers here and by that man there"
pointing to the innkeeper, "that your
mother of lamented memory gave birth
to twins. One is yourself; the other
was spirited away at the request of
your mother. We shall pass over her
reasons. It was all due to the efforts
Of this clever journalist here"-Gret-
chen was compelled to look at me now,
while the king frowned and the prince
smiled-"that your sister has been
found"
Gretchen gave a cry and started to
go to Phyllis with outstretched arms,
but as Phyllis stood motion1ess she
stopped, and her arms fell.
"'Your highness," said the king to
Phyllis, "it is your sister, the Princess
Hildegarde. Embrace her, I beg you.'
The king willed it. But it occurred
to me that there was warmth lacking
in the embrace. Gretchen lightly
brushed with her lips the cheek Of her
sister, and the kiss was as lightly re-
turned. There-was something about it
all we men failed to understand.
Moreover" said the king, "she de-
sires you to remain the sovereign
Princess Of Hohenphalia."
"Nay, your majesty" said Gretchen;
lit is I who will relinquish my claims.
Your majesty is aware that I have
many caprices.'
Indeed, yes," said the king. And I
can assure you that they have caused
me no small anxiety. But let us come
to an understanding once and for all.
Do you wish to abdicate in favor of
your sister,"
Gretchen gave me the briefest notice.
eyes, your majesty"
Phyllis was regarding me steadfast-
ly.
''This is final?" said the king.
1T isl
"And what is your will?" to Phyllis.
Eyes; the likeness is truly remarka-
ble,'' communing aloud to his thought.
could not suppress the appeal in my
eyes. T..
"Your majesty" said Phyllis, IF my
sister will teach me how to become a
princess I promise to accept the re-
@sponsibility." @>=-s-} ~e-
"You will not need much teaching"
replied the king admiringly.
'You will do this-you, my sister?"
asked Gretchen eagerly.
EYES," There was no color now in
Phyllis cheeks. They were as white
rs the marble faun on the mantel.
Remember, your highness," said the
king, speaking to Gretchen, "there
shall be no recall"
''Sire," said the prince, rising, 'I re-
quest favor"
"And it shall be granted" said the
king, ''this being your wedding day"
1t was Gretchen who now paled. The
hands of the innkeeper closed. l
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=
him. And l never expected to leaves
this place alive. Something has occur
red during the last "a hours which we
do not understand"
"He was taking great risks.''
1T shows the man he is," said 1, and
the remainder of the distance was gone
in silence.
The carriages were in the road
short way from the inn. Pembroke
and got into ours. AS the prince
placed foot on the step Of his be turn
ed once more to me.
pardon me-" he said, s'but I came
near forgetting to tell you why did
not kill you this morning. In some
way your princess came into the
knowledge that we were going to fight
1t out as they did in the old days. She
came to my rooms and there begged
me to spare your life. There was
condition. It was that she get down
on her knees to sue-down on her
knees. All, what was your life COM
pared to the Joy Of her humiliation!
Not in the figure of speech-on her liy-
ing, mortal knees, my friend-her iv-
ing knees! The carriage door banged
behind him. .>. -
It was only because Pembroke threw
his arms around me that did not leap
out of the carriage.
"Sit still, Jack, sit still! II she beg
ged your life, it was because she loves
you" Il .z...=:- =. s.s
And, full OF rage. saw the carriage
of the prince vanish. As the carriage
vanished so vanished the prince from
the scene Of my adventures.
Arriving at our rooms. we found
them IN possession Of lieutenant OF
the guard hussars He was drumming
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-02-23
MORTGAGE roprrIosrrRE SALE


NOTICE is HERERY GIVEN. That de-.
fault has been made In the conditions Of
that certain mortgage duly executed and
delivered ny Alice ]. Provinsal and John
per Ernst. mortgagee. bearing date the LIST
day Of February. 1898. with power Of sale
therein contained. duly recorded In the
office Of the REGISTER Of Deeds in and for
soto: on the ard day Of February. 1903. at
Page os2 Weh nN m af as M %ns
assigned by said Casper Ernst to A. Gardt-
hns by ~ M ,aon Instrument in writing dated
Register of Deeds in and for said Henne-
pin County. on June 9th. 1898. Mt o'clock
p. NJ. in Book 3a2 Of Mortgages. on Page
date Of this notice. by the failure and neg.
lect of snid Mortgagors to make payment
Of the interest connon Of $4,000 by said
mortgage secured. which nv its terms be.
ye n%a Witch on ss 1T na day
ttnned for more than ten days.
AND WHEREAS The said Assignee Of
Mortgngee and holder of said mortgage has
elected md hereby does elect to declare
due and payable at the date Of this no.
tice: under the terms and conditions Of
said mortgage. and the power of sale
therein contained: and whereas, there is
Of Six Hundred fs6oOOM Dollars. with In.
terest thereon ut the rate Of eight per cent
per nnnum. from the list day of August.
1910: and whereas. the power Of sale has
become operative. and no action or pro.
ceeding. at law or otherwise. has been in.
stitnted to recover the debt secured by
said mortgnge. or any part thereof:
BY GIVEN. That by virtue Of the power
Of sale contained In said mortgage. and
pursuant to the statute in such case made
and provided. the said mortgage will he
foreclnsed by a sale of the premises de.
scrihed In and conveyed by said mortgage.
to-wit:
Lot twenty. FIVE f25> Block two f2l Of A.
Y. Davidson's Addition to Minneapolis. &C.
cording to the recorded plat thereof on
file and Of record in the office Of the Regis.
ter Of Deeds in Hennepin County and State
of Minnesota, with the hereditnments and
appnrtenances: which sale will he made by
the Sheriff Of said Hennerin County. Mt the
front door Of the Court House, on Fourth
street south in the City Of Minneapolis. In
said County and State. on the 4th day OF
April; 1901. at II o'clock a: m. Of that day
ut public vendue. to the highest bidder FOL
cash. to pny said debt Of Six Hundred
ts600.OM Dollars, and interest and the
taxes. II any. on snid premises. and Fifty
0O0) Dollars. attorneys fees. as stipu
lated In and by said mortgage In case OF
foreclosure, and the disbursements allowed
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He Is n Fool.

He is fool who thinks that others
do not think.-Chicago Daily News.
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a revolver This. too, he tossed out
on the turf a1h now with both arms
bare and extended en- high, with
empty hands ouispresd, they slowly
advanced as though saying: "See, we
are without arms. We come as broth
ers."
But the sergeant never hesitated.
Almost on tiptoe lie repeated the sig
nal "halt." and half turned implor-
ingly to his officer.
Its all a bluff. SIR. They want to
crawl upon us. see who and how many
we are. Let some Of us fire warning
shots or come they will, and the mo-
ment they find out who we are, away
they'll ride To bring Rcd Cloud and oil
his bucks about oLr ears"
Il cannot fire" was the answer.
"That's their iia@ % truce and we must
not ignorrit. Let them come. sergeant;
III meet them"
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Rct0rt Courteous.

A recent English visitor to India
relates the following incident of trav-
ell to show the character of the inter-
course between the English and the
resident population of that country.
The Parsces have been scarcely longer
in the peninsula than have the Eng
fish. They arc the ancient fire wor-
shippers of the east.
another Englishman and I were
on the night train, and we were the
sole occupants of the compartment.
1t was near midnight and we were
stretched ON our respective couches,
when our s!umbcrs were disturbed
by the entrance of Il family of four
or five Farsees, among whom were a
lady and Il child and an old gentle
man of somewhat feeble but refined
appearance. OF course. although we
were not disturbed. there was Il lit
tie conversation and discussion while
couches were being prepared and
berths let down. and so forth, till at
last my fellow conntryman. losing his
little store of patience, rolled over
Among his rugs with a growl: 4
wish you would stop that chattering,
you ParseGS" 10 which remark, when
they had settled themselves Il little,
one Of the men replied: Please go to
sleep now, Mr.. Gentleman "-Youth's
Companion.
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you're right, Look" was Deans
sudden answer. for at the very in
slant there rode boldly, calmly into
full view two young Indians, who
with cool dcliberation came jogging
on at gentle speed. straight toward
the concealed bivouac of the troopers.
Instantly Bruce reached for his car
bine, and two or three of the men
went sliding or crouching backward
down the slope rs though in quest of
their arms. Full eight hundred yards
away were the riders at the moment,
coming side by side in apparent I'M
concern.
"Don't," muttered Dean, with hand
outstretched. ".Ihey look anything
but hostile"
"That's when they're most likely to
be full of hell, sir" was the prompt
answer. "See. others are Watching
behind that knoll" and indeed as
Bruce declared. Il rcather-decked head
or two could be detected through the
glass, peering over the summit.
"Warn them to halt, them" cried
Dean. "But we cannot fire unless
they provoke it,"
Bruce was on his feet in a second.
Standing erect and facing straight to-
ward the coming pair. he raised his
right hand, palm to the front, to the
full length of his arm, and slowly mo-
toned stand" Every plainsman
knows the signal. In well-acted sur
prise the Indians refined their ponies
fiat back, and, shading their eyes with
their hands moment. remained mo-
tionleSs. Then as with one accord,
each tossed aside his rifle, and one of
them further lifted high and displayed
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-02-23
ClI.Apll,i, NNIII.

RemonstrHnce on part Of his men
would have been Il violation of their
rules of order. Obc,Iirnt o the lieuten-
ants instructions, Sergt. Bruce, with
evident reluctance. lowered his hand
Whoever these Indians were they well
understood the principles that gov
erned civilized warfare. They we'll
knew that the white soldiers would re-
spect flag OF truce, though in their
own vernacular they referred to the
sacred emblem only as fool flag"
and sometimes used it, as did the Mo-
docs five years later, to lure officers
into ambush and deliberately murder
them. They knew the white soldiers
would take no advantage of foemen
gathered for conference or parley, and
thus far the Sioux themselves had OBJ
served the custom which the Modocs
basely violated when in cold blood they
slaughtered Gen. Candy and the peace
commissioners sent to treat with them,
Confidently, therefore, came the two
young warriors. but rs Dean raised
himself from the ground and was
about to step forward the sergeant
spoke:
"Beg pardon, sir. but these fellows
know all our officers. They would rec
'ognize you at once. The word would
go to Red Cloud faster than any pony
could gallon. Let me meet them, OF
let one of the men,"
The ponies were coming at lope
now, and not an instant was to be lost
The safety of his command might pos.
sibly depend on their not being recog.
nized as of the troops before whose
carbines Chasl<a. brother to Lizette
had met his death.
"Perhaps you're right" said Dean
"Halt them again. Conroy, you gc
with Sergt. Bruce"
Eagerly young trooper, carbine ir
hand, sprang up and stood by the ser
geant's side as the latter repeated hi.
warning signal. Obediently, yet not
too promptly, showing evident desir.
to get where they could peer over tn,
ravine and count the number of whit,
men and horses, the Indians agail
drew rein, this time barely 100 yard
away. Then Bruce and Conroy, hold
ing up their emptied hands, strobe for
ward along the grassy slope, making
the further sign: "Dismount."
3 In those days few of our cavalr,
wore, when on Indian campaign, tn
forage-cap with its crossed saber
and distinguishing letters. Nothing /,
the dress or accoutrements of the me,
thus advancing to meet the India,
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Beautiful Society Badges:

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badges by writing All of these badges Of exquisite
workmanship and design and just what every society
the membership.
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CAREER AND CHARACTER OF
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

An address by Joseph Choate. am
bassador to Great Britain, on the ca
reer and character Of Abraham LIN
coln-his early life-his early strug-
giles with the world-his character as
developed in the later years Of his life
and his administration, which placed
his name SO high on the worlds roll
Of honor and fame. has been published
by the Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railway and may be had by sending
six (G cents in postage to +. A. Miller,
General Passenger Agent, Chicago. Ill.
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MCGOWAN & Mahoney, IRE insur-
ance, real estate, loans, 126 Central
avenue.
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by law; subject to redemption at any time
within one year from the day of sale, as
provided by law.
Dated at st. Paul, Mimi, February 18th
A. ID. 1901.
A. GARDTHAUs,
Assignee of Mortgage.
Attorney for Assignee Of Mortgage.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-10-26
FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED.

The bodyof Timothy !. Lynch of
the firm of Lynch Bros, granite
dealers, was found | tuesday morn
ING in the Winooski river, opposite
the Montpelier liquor agency where
DR.. II. l.. Watson SO narrowly es-
capped drowning on Sunday night.
An investigation has disclosed that
Lynch fell in the river at the same
time Doctor Watson went in. He
was no, missed until Monday even
ing and as DR.. Watson said nothing
about Lynch being in his company
no suspicion WAS aroused until
L,nch'S body was discovered.
1t has been learned that a party
OF which DR.. Watson and Lynch
were members, all more or less in
toxicated. were at house not far
from where the tragedy ccurred
until AN early hour Sunday morn
ing.
Three arrests have already been
made and more will shortly follow.
Foul play is suspected and the au-
thortes will sift the matter to the
bottom.
Mr.. Lynch was 81 years old.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-10-26
Pork High at West Hartford.

The case of the state VS. John
Hanlev for assault on Charles ii.
Reynolds, both of West Hartford,
was tried on Friday afternoon OF
last week before ust,ce White and
Il Jury. The alleged assault grew
out of a controversy over the owner
ship of a shoat which Mr.. Ilanley
took out of Mr.. Reynolds pen.
claiming that he had bought it of
Mr.. REYNOLDS wife tor SIS. MIR.
l}cvnolds seized hold of the rope by
which Mr.. Hanlcy was leading the
animal off, at the same time de-
manding So instead of SIS, as the
price at which the shoat was bar
gained for. There was Il mix up,
in which Mr.. llanlev came off VIC
torious and drove away with his
shoat.
There were, perhaps, halt 4 dozen
witnesses, and each lawyer scored
all the points he possibly could in
favor of his side. The jury listened
carefully to the arguments of the OPP
posing counsel, and finally rendered
a verdict of guilty" Justice White
imposed fine OF S. and costs, which
Mr.. Hanley paid, thinking probably
that pork at West Hartford was
pretty high this fall.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-10-26
Bethel

There has been persistent rumor
tor Il dav or two that man, mis-
taken for deer, had been shot by Il
fellow hunter in Plymouth, Sher-
hurne-or somewhere. The latest
story is that such an accident oc-
Cured in North Shrewsbury, but it
could not be verified yesterday.
Robarts Harper of London comes
to Music hall Nov. IS with his lee
tune, "Around the World on Il Brit
ish Man-of-W ar" The entertain
mcnt illustrates voyage made by
Mr.. Harper. as staff correspondent
of Il London daily paper, and the
pictures shown have much dramatic
interest.
The we'll known "kingsle\ stand"
is for sale and there is Il good OPP
portunity to secure Il blacksmithing
and carriage manufacturing bust
ness. There is a tour-story build
ing, barn, etc, and the property is
offered for $3.50 by Dearborn & Co.
Mrs. +. L. kiddcr was called to
Boston Saturday bv the serious ill.,
ness of Ter aunt, Mrs Edward
prague. She returned Wednesday,
accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Sprague of Scranton, Pa.
y. f. Lille, a Boston manufac-
turer OF narrow fabrics, was in town
day or two this week trying to
interest local capital in establishing
mandatory here for silk rib.
bOnS. etc.
Frederick Billings returned from
Billings, Mont, last Saturday, ,where
he went to be present at the dcdi-
cation of the library given by him
to that town. Billings is now a
hourishing town of about 1000 peo,
pie, the centre of II big ranching
country and growing fast.