Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-05

smiling confidently into his face, and
dropped the hand by her side N
Don fr1ghten me. Karl she said ..I
Ia not quite strong enough yet Won know
anu my nerves have a nasty wav Of si-;,
out at times. It's like Won tn tbin,- t satiIis
" yourself but don't think too nooriv 60
a,lat as bad as the other extreme Coroa
e on1d take axe. little walk, mon prince. I'm
Weti1 Ill, 'ile ieast bit, from sitting still
the walls pain under
Maliory shook his head as If he uou,,
and s slniseIt from some load that was there
anu squared his shoulders 'eie'
forgive me, Eleanor" said be .p,,
IT, NC you: mustn't do that ponst 70
T Tul you re not well yet not bv a sonI a.. !
H nas makes great difference. doesn't -:
MIL sp pt somehow as if he were are,,trer
with himself. Come Wen vii SUNG
nave "a carpet of lilac blossoms ~ n ndl
o ave 81 instead Of gravel. See how fast tbas,
ram of tiny lavender bIosso,," aiheo IN
to otee-e from over the wallis coming Pun III
h tUoun ON an elbow to slender hr.r ZEE
piousht fragrant shower Va aiicii'
MY ha1r is loaded with neto,.,,
,ne Princess Eleanor ITS Ike cn, fo. efie1
M eareme Brush them out. Karl CT ~
o oent ner , head to him with sudden ,ift h
gesture like child having its bair i i..ie
indeed, despite her height and rae aai h ho
ing, sne was full of little unexpected cbiad
ism tricks, infinitely dear .'iiiu
IT,, 1i nlsers old their bidding but III
lhey fingered in the soft bronze wavns
!ouched them caressingly, but tremah,a;
mere helpless And he drew his bands
away with quick exclamation. ''''''0'
tn IN Eieanor!' he cried, II can'tr'
Inc princess moved past him uuick1v bar
heaa SUI! oent very low. When he came
up Pr behind her. her checks were flaming.
Ihey passed under the one little window
window in Mallory's studio. He pIanc caI
up at 1t instinctively. Eager faces cleaned
through the parting of the curtains. arms
waved, fingers beckoned '
What the deuce is up?" wondered vo,n.
Mallory. 'ouhs
Then aloud:
Mack enzie said I was to keep you out
put little while today, Eleanor; 1 sup
pose you ought to be going in. It's grow
ing bit cooler. We mustn't forget that
you're not strong, must we?''
An, no., said she I'VE mustn't forget
that-though I shall be strong as ever soon
Yes, l suppose I must go in viii YOU
come to the door with me, Karl? Oh. hasn't
it been beautiful day! And isn't our gar
uen perfect: your come tomorrow. won't
you? II shall be waiting for you Why,
here's Jess! My Cousin Jessica, you know
or course, you do know, though. You
must have met her at Newport at our
our Oh, Karl. Karl. our weddingr'
The dark haired young girl, waiting nm
der the gray Gothic porch, gave Mallory
her hand, and said, ooh, yes. of course
the they h had met at Newport" but she looked
as if she would measure him.
She knows" said Mallory to himself
shes In 1t too, them The girl moved
close to his side as the princess passed up
the steps. ~
They're waiting for you in your rooms"
she whispered. go there at oncer'
Mallory went quickly down through the
garden and stood again under the window.
Mackenzie. Won A1tdorf and were waiting
above, and reached out arm to pull
him up to the ledge. Then the four of us
sat down about the room and stared into
one another's faces. Three of us, know
were very pale and bit GREATNESS. Young
Mallory looked tired, worn. as IL he had been
through some great strain. and had come
into its consequent relaxation. He seemed
not particularly to notice our excitement
or indeed our presence
Mackenzie made a motion of his hand TO
Colonel Won Altdorf and that gentleman
turned to young Mallory.
"Now, God help us all, Mr.. Mallory" sail
he, "for Prince Karl has-heaven knows
how--eluded his officers and gentlemen and
is on his way to Paris-do you hear, mann
The prince is on his way to PARISH
CTo be continued tomorrow.)