The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-12-04

you know what that glorious wench
has done? Dared her husbands au-
thority at the church door, leaped into
the saddle, whistled up her men, cried
to all these CORTLAND gallantS, Catch
me who CAM and 10! at this moment
she is riding straight for Kernsberg,
and now our Louis must catch her. A
glorious wedding! would had been
by her side"
So, then, madam, you knew of
this?" said her elder brother, glover
ing upon her from beneath his heavy
brows.
'Nay!' trilled the gay Princess, 81
only wish I had. Then |, too, would
have been riding with them-such a
jest as never was, it would have been.
Goodbye, my forsaken brother, Joy
be with you on this your bridal jour
ney. Take Prince Ivan with you, and
Conrad and | will keep the kingdom
against your return with your prize
gentled on your wrist"
So, smiling and kissing her hand,
the Princess Margaret waved her
brother and Prince Ivan off. The
MuscOvite turned often in his saddle
as if to carry with him the picture she
made of saucy countenance and dainty
figure as she stood looking up into
the face of the Cardinal Prince Con
rad.
What in heavens name is the
meaning of all this--I do not under
stand in the least?" he was saying.
Haste you and unrobe, Brother
Con- she said; this grandeur of
yours daunts me. Then, in the sum-
mer parlor, will tell you ALL"
y
Il cannot go back to- CORTLAND dis
honored, said Prince Louis to Ivan of
Muscovy, as they stood on the green
bank looking down on the rushing
river, broad and brown, which had so
lately been the Fords of Ala. The
river had risen almost as it seemed
upon the very heels of the four hun
dred horsemen of Kernsberg, and the
ironclad knights and men-at-arms who
followed the Prince of CORTLAND
could not face the yeasty swirl of the
flood.
Prince Ivan stood a moment silent.
Then his eyes glanced over his com
panion with certain severe and
amused curiosity. If there was any
thing so contemptuous as that eye
blink in the open scorn of all the
burghers of CORTLAND, Prince Louis
was to be excused for any hesitation
in facing his subjects.
The matter of Prince Wasp's medi-
tation ran somewhal thuswise: Thou
man, fashioned from a sculliOn's nail
pairing, and cooked upon a horse, what
can make of thee? Thou to have a
country, crown, a wife! Gudgeon
eats stickleback, jackpike eats gud-
geon and grows fat till at the last the
sturgeon in his armour eats him.
will fatten this jack. | will feed him
like the gudgeons of Kernsberg and
Hohenstein, baited with dainty fly
indeed, black-tipped, with sleeves gay
as cranes wings, and answering to
the name of my lady Joan But wait
i must be wary, and have a care
lest | shadow his water"
So saying within his heart, Prince
Wasp became exceedingly thoughtful
and of a demure countenance.
"My lord he said, this days
work will not go well down in Court
land, l fear mel"
Prince Louis started quickly as the
Wasps sting touched him.
"And, pray Prince Ivan" he said,
what could | have done that | have
left undone? Speak plainly, since you
are so prodigal of smiles suppressed,
SO witty with covert words and Shout
der tappings!"
my Louis" said Prince Wasp, lay.
ing his hand upon the arm of his com
panion with an affectation of tender
ness, II fout you mott mock you
not. And if | speak harshly, it is only
that | love not to see you in your turn
fouted, Knocked, scorned, made light
of before your own people,
Ever since l came first to Court
land with the not dishonorable hope
of carrying back to my father a prin
cess of your house, none have been so
amiable together as you and l. We
have been even as David and iona
than"
The Prince Louis put out a hand.
which apparently Ivan did not see, for
he continued without taking it.
"Yet what have | gained either of |
solid good or even of the lighter but |
not less agreeable matter of my lady's
favor? So far as your sister is con-
cerned, | have wasted my time. II | |
a union of our peoples al
ready one in heart, your brother |