The Washington times., 1906-05-27
THE MAN on THE Box
HEARTS AND Masks" ETC

canse OF al this Re said finally
Those cursed Freaeh and -
schools have ruined you. Ana ~.
fo9i enough u send you 10 them TVS
IS the eHd"
tEe beginning. .''-rebeillcusly.
Dcppelkinu is mild and kfrd
Mild and kind. One would tbfrl.
that you were marrying ne to
horse Well. I shall not enter tha
cathedral" "
How Will you avoid it2''-caIrnlv
i shall find a way; wait and see,'
She was determined
shall wait" Then. r-ith a sud
den softening. for he Io<ed the girl
after his fashion: - am growing otd.
nay child. II I should die. what
would become Of you2 / have no son.
your Uncle Franz. who is but ., year
or Two younger than 1 am. would reiEa
ana he would not tolerate your madcap
ways You must marry al once. 1
love you in spite Of your wufulness.
But you have shown yourself Incapable
OF loving DOPpeikInn is wealthy.
You shall marry him"
VIII run away. uncle. ''-decideo1y.
have notified the frontiers. tran
GULLY From now on you will be
watched II is the inevitable. nv
child. and even have 10 bow 10 that.
She touched the paper IN her bosom.
but PAUSED
Moreover. I have decided went on
the duke. ito send the Honorable Bet
y Moore back 10 England
--Betty?"
Yes She is a charming young per
son. but she is altogether TOO sympa-
thetic. She abets you in all you Go.
Her English independe1ce does not
e1nform with nay ideas. After the we'd
ding ! shall notify her father"
'-EverythinZ. everything Ny friends.
my liberty. the right God gives 10
every woman-to love whom she Will,
And you. my uncle. rob ne CT theze
things. What II I SHOULD tel YOU
that marriage with me IS now impossi-
b'e2'-her lips growing thin
= should not be very much sur
priscd "
Please look at this. then. and yoa
will understand why 1 cannot marry
DoPpeIkinn- She trust the bogus Ger
ti1icate Into his hands
The duke read it carefully. not a
muscle in his tace disturbed. Finally
he looked Up with a Terrifying smile.
Poor, foolish chHdi What a terrible
thing this might have turned out 10
bei'
What do you mean?'
Mean? Do you suppose anything
IKE this could take place without nv
nearing Of il And such a dishonest,
unscrupuloUs rascal. Some day snail
thank the American consul personally
r-r- nrF
ing &c see when you would produce
this You virtually placed your honor
and reputation. which I know 20 -
above reproach. into the keeping Of a
man who would sell his soul Tor 8
thousand crowns
The girl felt her knees give way. and
she sat down Tears slowly wellAd
IN in her eyes and overfowed. bIurrins
everything.
The duke got up and went over 10
his desk. rummaging amorr The pa-
Ters- lic returned 70 the gIrI with a
letter.
Read that. and learn the lreaoh-
cry OF the man you trusted
The letter was written " Steinbock.
in Il he disclosed all L was a veno-
nous. insulting letter. The girl crusl-
ed IL in her hand
Is he dead?'' she asked. all the bit
terness in her heart surging 10 her
lips.
TO Barscheit. ."-0riehy. Nov. what
shall I do with this?"-tapping the
bogus certificate.
Give II 20 ne" slid the girl wear
ily- She ripped II into halves. into
quarters. into infinitesimaI SQUARES.
and tossed them into the waste has
ket Il am the uDIappI-st girl in
the world"
am sorry.' replied the grand
duke. 1T ism as II I had forced Don
peikinn on you without .-st letting
you have your choice. Yo-I have 70
JeCted the princes or a dozen wealthy
countries. We are no. as the common
people: We cannot marry where ne
Will 1 shall announce that the mar
rage Will take place next week
Do not send my friend away" chs
pleaded. apparently tanaed.
i will promise 10 give the matter
thought. Good night
She turned away without a word and
left him. When ne roared at her she
knew by experience that he was harm
less: but this quiet determination
meant the exclusion Of any further
AL = ulLclLL LnCLt was no cEC2nC
less she ran away. She wept on her
pillow that night. not 50 much at the
thought OF wedding Doppelkinn as. al
the fact that Prince Charming had
evidently missed the last train and
was never coming 70 wake her up or
II he did come. Il would be when II
was too late How many times had
she conjured him up. as she rode in
the fresh fairness ~ the r,o,,f-,.f
How manly he was and how his voice
thrilled heri Her horse was suddenly
10 run away, he was to rescue her.
and then demand her hand in mar
riage as fitting reward. Sometimes
he had black hair and eyes, but more
often he was big and tall with yellow
hair and the bluest eyes in all the
world.
Go Be Continued Next Sunday)