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might be revolut onists. consplretors.
counterfeiters.
Heaven knows how long I waited.
Soon I heard a laugh. light. infec-
tious. feaiiesst Then I heard a voice.
soft and pleading
Don't go; in mercy's name. don't
go. Gretchen, You may be killed,
English, I had actually heard a
voice speak my native tongue.
Nonsense. Betty. ! am not afraid
OF any ghost that ever walked, rode.
or foated-"
"Ghost9 It may be burglar
.-Or steInbocki We shall find moth
ing"
Indeed,
Nothing but rat bungling aocut
in the armor." The laugh came again.
You are not afraid. Betty
only cautious But how can YOU
laugh? a rat2~ cried a voice rather
Ar xiously. why. they are as big as
dogs
But arrant towards
So, one OF these voices spoke Eng
nsh as its birthright; the other SPOKE
with an accent. that is 10 say. my
ssontion. Into what had I fallen?
Whittier had my hunger brought me-
/ was soon to learn
There came a faint thread Of light
on one side Of the haU, such as may
he I1J-ened TO that which filters under
5oorsiU. Presently this was fol-
lowed by the sound Of janglins brass
riras heavy velvet portiere-
vbIc1 I being In darkness. had not
discovered-slipped back Ny glance.
rather blinded. was first directed
toward the fame OF the candle Then
I lowered u-and surrendered for ever
and for ever,
I beheld two faces in profile. as II
v-era- one side in darkness. the other
tinted and glowing Ike ancient ivory
7 honestly confess TO you that IN all
my wanderinrs-anG they have been
FREQUENT and many-I never saw such
an enchanting picture or two more
excuisite faces One Peered forth with
tesitant bravery; the othe--she who
held the candIe-wIth cold. tranquil
inquiry
All mx fears. such as they were,
left me instantly. Besides, was not
without a certain amount Of Sallantry
and humOr I stepped squarely into
the light and bowed
Ladies. 7 am indeed not a ghost
bu promise YOU that I shall be il
am not offered something to eat al
oncei"
Tableau,
what arc you doing here?" asked
she with the candle. her midnight
eyes drawing down her brows into q
frown of dispIeasure.
I bowed. ITO begin with. find g
gate unlocked. and being curious,
open II: then I find a door unlatched
and I enter Under these unusua
circumstances am forced TO ask tn,
same question of you: What are yOl
doing here in this ruined castle? L
1t isn't ruined. it is deserted. which
amounts 10 the same thing" Thi
was impertinent. especially on III
part OF self-invited guest
That is my affair. sir. 1 have
right here. now and at all times
Her voice was cold and authoritative
There is an inn six miles farthe
down the road; this is a private resi-
derce. Certainly you can not remain
here over night"
Six miIes2" I echoed dismally
Madam. II I have seemed imperti
nent. pardon me. have been IN tn
saddle six hours. I have ridden nearl,
thirty miles since noon. am dea'
with fatigue. At least give me tim
TO rest a bit before taking up tn
way again 1 admit that the name
Of my entrance was informal; bu
how was l to know2 There was no
even a knocker on the door by whic
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meeting happened during the great
hubbub Of which l have Just writ
ten: and at the same time met
another who had great weight in
my future affairs.
The princess and I became rather
we'll acquainted. / was not a gentle
man, according to her code, but, in
the historic words of the drug clerk,
was something Just as good. She
honored me with a frank, disinter-
ested friendship, which still exists.
l have yet among my fading souve-
Mrs of diplomatic service half a
dozen notes commanding me to get
I'D at dawn and ride around the lake,
something like sixteen miles. She
was almost as reckless a rider as
myself She was truly a famous
rider. and a woman who sits well
on a horse can never be aught but
graceful. She was, in fact, youthful
and charming, with the most mag
nificent black eyes l ever beheld in
Teutonic head; witty, besides, and a
songstress of no ordinary talent. II
I had been in love with her-which !
soIemnIy VOW l was not-I should
have called her beautiful and ex-
hausted my store of complimentary
adjectives.
The basic cause of all this turmoil,
about which l am to spin my narra-
tive. Law in her education. l hold
that a German princess should never
be educated save as German. BY
this l mean to convey that her edu-
cation should not go beyond Ger
man literature, German history, Ger
man veneration Of laws, German
manners. and German passivfty and
docility. The Princess Hildegarde
had been educated in England and
France. which simplifies everything,
OF. should say, to be exact, com
plicates everything
She possessed q healthy contempt
for that what-d' ye-call-it that
hedges in a king. Having mingled
with English-speaking people, she
returned to her native land. her
brain filled with the importance of
feminine liberty of thought and ac-
ton. Hence, she became the bram-
Bile that pTodded the grand duke
whichever way he turned. His days
were filled with horrors, his nights
with mares which did not have box
stalls in his stables.
Never could he anticipate her in
anything. On that day he placed
guards around the palace, she wrote
verses or read modern fiction; the
moment he relaxed his vigilance, she
was away on some heartrending es
capsde Didn't she scandalize the no,
bility by dressing up as a hussal
and riding her famous black Neck
lenburg cross-country? Hadn't she
firted outrageously with the French
attache and deliberately turned he
back on the Russian minister, at tn,
very moment, too, when negotia
tions were going on between Rus
sia and Barscheit relative to a small
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IT.
AS ! have already remarked. used
frequently 10 take 0ng rides into the
country, and somatime es I Id aot re-
turn till the following lay. Ny clerk
was always on duty, and the work
never appeared 70 make him round
shouldered.
I had ridden horses for years. and 10
throw a leg over a good noun w2s
TO ne one Of the greatest plSasUr - In
the world ! delighted in stopprtS at
the old feudal inns. Of studying ihe
stolid German peasant, Of drinking
from stems uncracked these hundred
years. OF inspecting ancient armor
and gathering trifiing romances at
tached thereto. And often have had
the courage 10 stop at some quaint.
crumbling Schloss or castle and ask
for nights lodging for my self and
horse. Seldom, II ever, did / meet with
a refusal
1 possessed the whimsical habit Of
picking out strange roads and riding
on till night swooped down from the
snow-capped mountain 1 had a bit
of poetry I'm my system that had never
been completely worked out. and l
was always imagining that at the very
next Schloss or inn I was 70 hit upon
some delecta BILE adventure: I was only
twenty-eight. and inordinately fond
of my Dumas.
7 rode in gray whipcord breeches,
tan boots. a blue serge coat, white
stock and never a hat or cap till the
snow blew. used TO laugh when the
peasants asked leave to lend me a
cap or to turn back and find the one
r,ros7yrr7- 11lv lost
one night the delectable adventure
for which 7 was always seeking came
my way. and I was wholly Unprepar-
ed for it.
l had taken the south highway; that
which seeks the valley beyond the
lake The moonfilm lay mistily upon
everything; on the far of lake. on
the great upheavals Of stone ana
glacier above me. on the long white
road that stretched out before me,
ribbon-wlse Hish up the snow on the
mountains resembled huge opals set
in amethyst. I was easily twenty-five
miles from the city; that Is TO say. !
had been in the saddle some six hours.
Nobody but a kings messenger will
ride a horse more than five miles an
hour. I cast about for a place 10
spend the night. There was no tavern
in sight. and the novels I had passed
during the last hour offered no shelter
for my horse. Suddenly. around a
bend in the road, saw the haven
was seeking. 1t was a rambling. tot
tering old castle, standing in the
center of a cluster of frs; and the
tiles OF the roofs and the ivy of the
towers were shining silver with the
heavy fall OF dew
Lady Chloe shifted her kind. whin
MED, and broke into a trot. She knew
sooner than 1 that there was life be
yond the turn We rode up TO the
gate. and I 6ismounted and stretche,
myself. / tried the gate. The loci
hung loose. like a paralytic hand
Evidently those inside had nothing
10 fear from those outside. I graspe'
an iron bar and pushed in the g>te
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ing on the cAprices OF the girl, while
the grand duchess, half blind and half
deaf. openly worshiped her wilful but
wholly adorable niece, and sbetted her
IN all her escapades. SO far as the
populace was concerned. she was the
daughter OF the favorite SON. dead
these eighteen years. and that was
enough for them. Whatever she did
was right and proper. But the hard
headed duke had the power TO say
what should be what and he willed Il
that the Princess Hndegrade should
marry his old comrade IN arms, the
Prince Of Doppelkinn.
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-06-19

Variety t. The spice Of vaudeville.
"a OF nfa. and this weeks Bill as
ths star theateF IL. In that ernne.
aplcy. one of the best laughing
acts shoWu az the star sincr ts vas
turned lnto a vaudeville house u
the "Exqfrsaman- kktt II Arm.
strong 4 Holly. tho sketch bctnz a
combination ~ dancing. sinEsex.
handsome gownH. showers Of nsonaf
and storms Of fsn This two plst
aF# had 10 hop again and again
yesterday before ther could rims
down tho curtain
bert Levy. the cartpanlat. 4 hsek
axaia ufth Rsw drawings. ~ the tAbs
rrty stAtae In Mes roFk harhor and
% Western Indian types Lauain-
Rowan Rnd Harry Fahrney. reeeni.
~ seen here az the head Of their
own company AZ one ~ the bic
theatsvs. appear IN a sketch called
"A Matrimonial Advertisement
Dracuis. the Daman. II a good con.
tortisniat. the moving plcturva are
81 interest: Theodore DcianrY sings
Tits Neok and In . highly Aceept.
atlc manner and a boy and girl
dancer Of merit complete a btil that
tAken as a whole Is 81 unusual
atreugth II viii be repealed at
three performances ever day this
week.
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CONWAY SENDS
IN REPEAL
ORDINANCE PROPOSING TO 90
AWAY WITH NIGHT CLOSING
rs INTRODUCED IN CITY
COUNCIL AND REFgRREo TO
aoMMlrrEg.

Councilman ConNay'a ordinance
providing Tor the repeal II the
night closing ordinance was intro.
duoed Ia the council last nlght aud
referred TO the iiccHse aud revenue
COMMITTEES. The committee viii hala
is first meeting Tor the oonaidera
tion Of tho ordinance GA next Mon.
day afternoon az o'clock
While there appears "a BE- little
probability that the ordinance will
pass there n a chance that u wtil
be recommended Tor passage b. the
llecuss committee or the Eve mem.
hers II the committee thorc ara
knovn 10 b. two and perhaps thrvo
members WIN are Ia favor Of a.
Ia Yies Of thia attitude of the
license committee Il il anticipated
that thote will he many and siraf.
Gus protests brought l.afnre Il
against approval Of the ordinance
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aIh. TaIl,r.- q, the Thlra.

The TolIers" has proved to BE-
the bcs, play The Ayiessorfh com.
panF has given AZ the Third Ave-
naa theater. II runs all ueek with
matinee Saturday. As James
Brandon. tho foreman 81 the iron
mills. Mr.. Tedd Bracket has a con.
genial character. Mr. III. kimbaii.
"a Gilbert Fonileroy. the owner u
the mills. and Frederick Clarke. as
bis son. Walter. are all characters
above the ordinary meiodrsmatic.
Grace AyieNwoFth. es the bankers
daughter. Who loves the honest man.
her fathers foreman. furnishes a
good life picture. All the chafact.
ers IN The ToilsEs" are ctosn cut.
interesting people from life
Next week. starting Sunday aft.
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WORK ON oRlLLtA RANGE.

Work ON the Improvement OF the
National Guard ranges az Onillia
will hcgln today. The funda for
this work ate furnished by the
state, and the work IL under the
supervision Of Major Case, Compa.
mics 4. . and 1. are called 60 as
semblu this evening az z IS AZ Vol
unteer park for battalion drill.
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The Inconvenience 10 which he had
been subjected. aud the eondaetof
maintaining that hin orders we're
tu collect fares ftum all passengers
Tho recaicitraat passenger. how
ever. won she day
The refusal Of the company.
which is owned hY Stone q Web
stsF. Of Hoaion. "a place enough cars
on the line 10 prevent croNdins
has besn the cause ot continued
complaint
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TIGHTLY SQUEEZED PASSENGER
REFUSES To PAY HIS CARFARE

TACOMA. June 10 What may
be ta- beginning Of serious Trouble
between the patrons and manage
ment OF tho ruYailup line occurred
yesterday. when one IT the paNsaa
ksta refused to pay hls fare
The car vas held up faf half an
hour durtnk the controversy. the
passenger asserting that the ear
waa ao crowded that there eaa no
reason Shy be should pay q farc for
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sorANsoN WHO'S TOMORROW.

Carl =. 1ehansou the well known
rzlfkAnks business man. will tefuor-
re- ktcans a benedict Al Colorado
sprlnxa Ne val mary Miss Edith
rrghe Ths bridal couple win came
- Seattle immediately after the
sssiinx and 50 uaFth 60 heir IA
nnrs Al4skaa hasue
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COUNCIL ON
RECORD AGAIN
rxpAs RIVER PLANS Arc
ADOPTED AND WILL &c suB.
Nlrrgp TO PEOPLE WITH
rHH MUNICIPAL STREET
RAILWAY QUESTION.

AZ lasf nishts meeting Of the
..ty council thar hody again placed
sseif On rceofd as Intending Ia the
.ssl, fature to submit 90 a vote 90
,Ns people a plan Tor a municipal
xreet railway ay0tcm.
The action vas taken In eonner
,san with the approval OF City
raslnecr rbums0ns plans for the
~ Cedar river water main and
sIAer additions 70 the water sya
teal
Recommended Plans.
The committee recommended
sAat The plans 81 the city engineer
y adopted aud carried out. aud
ths council adopted the recon.
rsnaatiou without debate The ~.
port 81 the committee concludes
I'm The words To be submitted
has vote AZ the same time the spe
sai election Is proposed 60 be held
A. the adoption OF the municipal
nll~ay system
Ar Being Prepared.
fhe street railways plans are be
ma prepared by City Engineer
fhansoa. who has promised them
% tbs council committees on oF
shoa. Juls 4 Gieiag the council
I've weeks for their consideration
saa ADDING 50 DAYS for the publisa
sion q the san FOR the special cleo.
non. this would hTinx the election
sssst August 20.
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CONFER VITA LEAGUE.

At the meeting 81 the King conn
q Ministerial association yester
day a committee waa named to con.
Ter With the Worhiugmen'a League
lOeklnx toward the organisation Of
civic federation wherein the
church aud the lsboriug class shall
work tnsether.
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MISSIONARY TO SPEAK.

Rev Arthur Smith. formerly a
nissionarY In Chiaa. viii address
a meeiing q the members ~ the
congregational churches IN Seattle
n PIynaouth church this evening on
rissionary work ia chlna and the
tnxNr naAen.nnf
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The subcommittee Of the Alaska,
Yukon exposition examined three
OF the proposed sites Yesterday
The sitea Investigated we're Mag.
n0iia Bluff. Bailey peninsula and
Mount BAKER park "Wednesday
afternoon the university campus
aud Woodland park will he visited
The committee viii report 10 tho
executive committee Friday night.
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THE THEATERS

Tonight viii ses the farewell per.
formanee OF The NiKhtiaEale" al
the Grand Opera house II II a
splendid comic opera BIN Ia the
hands % the san Francisco Opera
company and has made more
friends for that clever organization
than ali the previous bills pet TO
Kuthnr. The Mascot will so Or.
tomorroa niEht for = run u slx pr.
formancnH The management prom
tssn that u viii eclipse any thlng
yet given here b. thls truape
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INDIANAPOLIS. fnd.. june H.
Tbs pssttlsat and woaithiest June
briie Ia Indianapolis will be Miss
Gail f,dNin Mason. daughter OF
iiughwa Mason. millionaire wholesale
shoe and leather goeda desirr Miss
MAsan u 81 the petite style Of
beauty She u accomplished in AT
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and music and ia highly educated
ticr hushand-tosbe - J Robert
craig. member Of real estate firm.
Mf craig has been quite successful
az magazine writer
The wedding viii take place a. the
Central Avenue A. D. ehafrh un
tuns 20 and will be quite the SWEET
eat church wedding % tho summce
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Moonlight Dance at
AIki Point

Fsnerrus night An exceptionally
eza musical program wtil b. rem.
1srvd Take boat II tho FLYER
AL sss
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ernoon. tho AYlesworth company
gives "a the firs, minins play seen
here sor some time. A Struggle
Tor Cold
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AAWNINs ooGs wIrA rAg .. ?

=. G Hawkins. the nsau whs built
tha Waite Pass a Yukon route. has
been appointed chief engineer Of the
HaFrtwau lines IN this state,
rsleO, for patents. sos Mutual lite.
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caslln. Crawford. Baker, Jonne.
Coates aud Hancock went 10 Ever
EFT 10 attend the monster meeting
Of the Masons there
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MISSIONARY SOCIETY nEsrs

The wofnen's Missionary society
81 the Westminster Presbyterian
church met his aflarnon AZ : 30
o'clock
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AT covpsvlLls.

CoupEYlLtE. June i9..-tieri A.
Arnold aud Miss Elizabeth Howard
we're married at the home Of the
brides parents In Eant Everett
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Klein. the shoemaker. 2i7 james st.
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LAKE WASHINGTON CANAL is NOW A CERTAINTY
WE ARE ASKING NOW.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-06-27
ICEMEN REMAIN IN JAIL
OF TOLEDO (o.) COM.
BINE UNABLE TO SECURE
THEIR RELEASE.

Toledo, o., June 27.-The managers
of the five ice companies sentenced to
pay fine of SIS 900 each and to serve
one year in the workhouse are locked
up in the county jail. Papers commit
ting them to the workhouse are not
ready and the attorneys of the sen
fenced men will hold conference to
determine on a plan of action against
the Imprisonment sentence. The men
are not locked in cells but are con-
fined in that part of the jail occupied
by the sheriff Their meals are sent
in to them and they are not permitted
to leave the building. The fact that
all but one pleaded guilty makes it
impossible for the managers to secure
their release on bond or on an appeal.
The price Of ice, which was increased
Is to 100 per cent by the combine, has
dropped from 80 to 40 per cent.
Late in the afternoon the ice COM
panies' managers and their attorneys
had failed to devise any plan by
which the convicted men could escape
sentence and they are still in Jail
awaiting the papers committing them
to the workhouse. It was found diff
cult to arrange a scheme by which
oyercharges can be paid and thus Sc
cure communication of sentence.
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RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT MAY DIS.
PLACE MINISTRY IN REPLY
TO PUBLIC DEMAND.
REYoLuTIONlST ELEMENT. JUBILANT
GREATLY PLEASED AT THE PROG
RESs MADE BY THE MILL.
F.; TARY PROPAGANDA.

st. Petersburg, June 27-The gov
ernment, taking advantage of the eff
feet produced by the franlzness and
sincerity of Interior Minister Stoly,
pins declarations in the lower house
OF parliament, has taken prompt steps
to prevent further anti-Semitic ex.
cesses. But this effect is waning and
the impossibility of the present situa-
tion is daily coming more to the FORE
The sentiment in favor of a change in
the ministry is not only shared by the
lower and upper houses of parliament
and voiced by the entire press, but is
supported by strong faction at court,
with which, the Associated Press is
informed, General Trepoff, the former
head of the police, is allied. Trepoff,
who Is probably the best informed
man on popular sentiment, has been
opposed by all the instincts of his
lifetime to Premier Goremykin's pol
icy of drift, but it is reported that the
general has found the temper of the
army and peasantry to be such that he
recognizes that it would be better to
bow to the storm than to adopt the
dangerous last resort of repression
under dictatorship.
Military Troubles Numerous.
The revolutionists are jubilant at
the progress made by the military
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propaganda. The conservative Novoe
Vremya devotes leading editorial to
the subject and the radical organs
print columns of accounts of military
troubles, some of which undoubtedly
were invented for suggestive effect,
but the majority are based on fact.
Agrar1an disorders at Kharkoff, Pol
tava and Tamboff have led to conflicts
with the troops. Four peasants were
killed near Poltava and many were
wounded, including an officer and sol
dier, in fight between dragons and
plunderers, armed with scythes, on
the estate of Princess Yusopova, near
Kharkoff. The estate of Prince Vol
konsky, a member of the lower house
of parliament, at Morshansk, has been
plundered and his residence burned
A general feeling of terror prevails
among the petty administrative Off
cials in various parts Of the country,
many of whom have resigned to save
their lives.
A deputation of idle workmen in
vaded a session of the city council
here, demanding relief. The session
was suspended and troops were sum-
moned before the men would depart.
The bakers strike continues and the
railroad and market porters have
struck
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subcommittee to visit the isthmus
and on this he obtained the support Of
the Democrats present, Senators Nor
gan, Taliaferro, Carmack and Culber-
son. Against the resolution were Sen
ators Millard, Hopkins, Ankeny, Dry
den, Platt and Knox. The two latter
we're not present, but they left prox-
les. By agreement no testimony will
be taken in Washington until next
session and therefore the disposition
of William Nelson CromWell's refusal
to testify concerning canal matters
prior to government ownership of the
property will be postponed until next
December The action of the commit
tee carries with, it an adjournment
until next December, which will post
pone action on the nominations of
canal commissioners. It is expected
the commissioners will be reappointed
during the recess of congress.