The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-11-21
Copyright. 1906. Bobbs- Merrill Coz
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
to Barscheit. tells how reigning Grand
Duke attempts to force his neice. Prin-
kim. an Old widower Warrington does
not know the princess even by sight
While horseback riding in the country
night overtakes him and he seeks accom-.
modations in a dilapidated castle; Here
he finds two women and an old man
garde and the other a friend. Hon; Betty
Moore. of England. They detain him to
witness mock marriage between the
Stenbock. done for the purpose OF foiling
the grand duke. steinbock attempts to
ss the sse ah khe is for
good. Max Scharfensten. an old Amerl-
can friend of Warrington's reaches hes I Bar-
cess. Scharfenstein shows warrington
u locket with picture of woman In
side 1t was on his neck when he. as a
boy. was picked up and adopted by his
foster father. whose name he was given.
He believes it to be picture OF ms
mother The grand duke announces to
the princess that she is to marry Dopple-
kim the following week.
CHAPTER vi.
The princess rose at dawn the fol
lowing day. She routed out Hans. the
head groom, and told him to saddle
Artemis, the slim-limbed, seal-brown
filly which an English nobleman had
given her. Ten minutes later she was
in the saddle, and the heaviness on
her heart seemed to rise and vanish
like the opal mists on thu bosom OF
the motionless lake. A pale star
blinked at her, and the day. flushed
like the cheek of waking infant. be-
gan drowsily to creep over the rolling
mountains.
How silent all the city was! Only
here and there above the chimneys
T, rose q languid film of smoke. The
gates of the park shut behind with
!. clang, and so for time she was alone
and free. She touched Artemis with
spur. and the filly broke into canter
toward the lake road. The girls nos
trils dilated. Every flower, the thou
sand resinous saps of the forest, the
earth itself, yielded up cool sweet
perfume that was to the mind what
q glass of wine is to the blood. eXhil-
aration.
She would never marry Doppelkinn
never. That horrible Steinbock!
She was glad, glad that she had struck
him, again and again, across his lying
that she knew the world; 1t was all
yet mystery; the older she grew the
less she understood. Wasn't anybody
good? Was everybody to be distrust-
ed? Which way should she turn now?
The world was beautiful enough; 1t
was the people In it. Poor Betty! She
had her troubles, too; but somehow
she refused to confide them. She acted
very much as If she were in love.
She would never marry Doppelkinn
never.
But how should she escape-how?
On Wednesday night she would be
given her quarterly allowance of
thousand crowns, and on Thursday she
must act. Yes. yes, that was it,
How simple! She would slip over into
Doppelkinn, where they never would
think to search for her. She knew a
place in which to hide. From Doppel-
kim she would go straight to Dresden
and seek the protection of her old gov
l erness, who would hide her till the
duke came to his senses. II only she
had an Independent fol tune, how she
would snap her fingers at them all!
She was distracted by the sound of
jangling STEEL Artemis had cast
shoe. How annoying! 1t would take
ten minutes to reach old Bauer's
smithy, and ten minutes more to put
on a shoe. She brought the filly down
to a walk.
II only she were Betty, free to do
what she pleased, to go and come at
will! She wasn't born to be prin-
cess: she wasn't commonplace
enough; she enjoyed life too well. All,
II only she might live and act like
those English cousins of hers with
whom she went to school! They could
ride man-fashion, hunt man-fashion.
shoot, play cards and bet at the races
man-fashion, and nobody threatened
them with Doppelkinns. They might
dance, too, till the sun came into the
windows and the rouge on their faces
cracked. But she! q use the en-
phasis to illustrate the decided mods Of
her pretty head) Why, every sweet
had to be stolen!
Presently the smithy came into view,
emerging from cluster of poplars.
She rode up to the doors, dismounted
and entered. Old Bauer himself was
at the bellows, and the weird blue
light kissing up from the blown Goals
discovered another customer. She
turned and met his frank glance Of ad
miration. Uf she hadn't turned! II
his admiration hadn't been entirely
frankly Instantly she sent Bauer
warning glance which that old worthy
0keemed Immediately to understand.
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