Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-08-17

k1nnt" said the duke droIly.
"Oh, do not doubt that I have the
courage and the recklessness. / would
not care If he were young, but the
prince is old enough to be my father"
You are not Obliged to call him
husband" The duke possessed a spar
klea tonight which was unusual in him.
Perhaps he had won some Of the state
moneys which be had paid out to his
ministers that day. Let us not waste
any time" he added.
Il shall not waste any,"-ominously.
Order your gown from Vienna. or
Paris, or from wherever you will.
Don't haggle over the price; let it be
a good one; I'm willing to go deep for
it
You loved my aunt once,"-a
broken note in her voice.
Il love her still,'-not unkindly;
but | must have peace in the house.
Observe what you have so far accom-
plished in the matter of creating tur-
moil." The duke took UP a paper.
MY sins?'-contemptuously
Let us call them your transgres-
sions. Listen. You have ridden a
horse as a man rides 1t; you have rid
den bicycles in public streets; you
have stolen away to a MASKED ball;
you ran away from school in Paris
and visited heaven knows whom; you
have bribed sentries to let you m
when you were out late; you have
thrust aside the laws as IL they meant
nothing; Q have trified with the
state papers and caused the body Do
little to break up a meeting as a conse-
| quence Of the laughter"
The girl, as she reeoIlected this day
to which he referred, laughed long and
joyously. He waited patiently till she
had done, and | am not sure that his
mouth did not twist under his beard.
Foreign education is the cause of all
this" he said finally. Those cursed
French and English schools have
ruined you. And I was fool enough to
send 0 to them. This is the end"
"Or the beginning, "-rebelliously
~"Doppelkinn is mild and kind"
mild and kind! One would think
that o were marrying me to a horsel
Cils 4 oudlA uOb GItGt LuG CdIDtuTdl. rs
How will you avoid it?p-calm1y.
Il shall find a way; wait and see."
She was determined.
II shall wait" Then, with a sudden
s%oftening, for he loved the girl after
his fashion: Il an growing old, my
child. If | should die, what would be-
come of you? / have no son; your
Uncle Franz, who is but a year or two
younger than | am, would reign, and
he would not tolerate your madcap
ways. You must marry at once. I
love you in spite of your willfulness.
But you have shown yourself incapa-
Bile of loving. Doppelkinn is wealthy.
You shall marry him.
Il will run away, uncle, decidedly.
81 have notified the frontiers,''-
TRANQUILITY. From now on you will be
watched. 1t is the inevitable, my
child, and eve | have to bow to that"
She touched the paper in her bosom,
but paused.
Moreover, l have decided" went on
the duke, ito sem the Honorable Bet
ty Moore back to England
"Betty?"
Eyes. She is a charming young per-
son, but she is altogether too sympa-
thetic. She abets o in all you do.
Her English independence does not
conform with my ideas. After the
wedding I shall notify her father"
Everything, everything. My friends,
my liberty, the right God gives to
every woman-to love whom she will!
And you, my uncle, rob me of these
things! What If | should tell you that
marriage with me is now ~impossfhle?"
her lips growing thin.
Il should not be very much sur
prised."
please look at this, then, and you
will understand why ! can not marry
Doppelkinn." She thrust the bogus
certificate into his hands.
The duke read it carefully, not a
muscle in his face disturbed. Finally
he looked up with a terrifying smile.
Poor, foolish child! What a terri
BILE thing this might have turned out
to bel"
What do you mean?"
mean! 10 you suppose anything
like this could take place without my
hearing of it? And such a dishonest,
INSCRIPTIONS rascal! Some day I
shall thank the American consul per-
sonally for his part In the affair. I
was waiting to see when you would
produce this. You virtually placed
your honor and reputation, which |
know to be above reproach, into the
keeping of a nan who would sell his
soul for a thousand crowns"
The girl felt her knees give way, and
she sat down. Tears slowly welled up
in her eyes and overlooked, blurring
everything.
The duke got up and went over to
his desk, rummaging among the pa
pers. He returned to the girl with a
letter.
Read that, and learn the treachery
OF the man you trusted