The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-11-29
Copyright, 1905, Bobbs- Merrill Col
SYNOPSIS.


SYNOPSIS.
Arthur Warrington. American consul
to Barsrheit, tells how reisning Grand
kim. an OLD wiiower. Warrington does
While riding horseback in the country.
night overtakes him and he seeks accom-
modations In a dilapidated castle. Here
servant. One woman is Princess Hide
garde and the other a friend, Hon. Betty
Moore. of England. They detain him to
princess and a disgraced army officer,
Steinbock, done for the purpose of foiling
the grand duke. Steinbock attempts to
kiss the princess and she Is rescued by
Warrington. Stcinbock disappears for
can friend of W~arrington's reaches Bar
cess. Scharfenstein shows Warrington
a, locket with n picture of a woman in
boy. was picked up and adopted by his
foster father, whose name he was given.
He believes 1t to be q picture OF his
the princess that she is to marry Dopple-
kim the following week. During a morn
ing's ride she plans to escape. She meets
Scharfenstein. He finds a purse she has
dropped. but does not discover her iden-
ny. Warrington entertains at a public
r msdisai stud fen a Nam srr,S of American 1nie saa
relates an interesting bit of gossip to the
effect that the princess has run away
a native officer and subjects himself to
certain arrest. Max Is persuaded to take
one OF the American Students passports
and escape.
CHAPTER vil.-continued.
whats thin for?" Max asked curl
ously.
Ellis" said l, ut is very good Of
you. Max, take those. Mr.. Ellis wishes
to save your hide. Take them and get
to the station as quickly as you can.
And for the love of mercy, do not turn
around till you're over in Doppelkinn's
vineyards"
We'll, I'm hanged IT, understand"
he cried. I'm a peaceful man. A
beggar walks up to me and slaps me in
the face for nothing at all, and now I
must hike, eh? What the devil have l
done now?"
Then, as briefly as I could. 1 ex.
planned the enormity of his offenses.
To take a chair from a table, as he
had done, was q gross insult; to re-
ceive a slap in the face and not to
resent 1t, was another insult; to tear
up an opponents visiting card, still
another; to take out a revolver in Bar
scheit, unless you were an officer or
had a permit, was worse than an in
suit; 1t was a crime, punishable by
long Imprisonment. They could &C.
cuse him of being either an anarchist
or a socialist-red, coming to Barscheit
with the intent to kill the grand duke.
The fact that he was ignorant of the
laws, or that he was an alien, would
remit not one particle of his punish
ment and fine; and weeks would pass
ere the matter could be arranged be-
tween the United States and Barscheit.
Good Lord!' he gasped; "why
didn't you tell me?"
why didn't you tell me that you
carried a amor in your pocket?
Take Ellis papers, otherwise you stand
pat for a heap of trouble, and I can't
help you. Go straight to Dresden, tele-
graph me, and I'll forward your lug
gage"
But I came here to study" Max
argued.
1T will be geology in the form of
prison walls" said Ellis quietly. Don't
be foolish, Mr.. Scharfenstein; it is not
a matter of a mans courage, but of his
common sense. Take the tickets and
light out. / have lived here for three
years, and have seer men killed out.
right for less than you have DONE"
but you don't expect me to leave
this place without punching that beg
gar's head?'-indignantly. What do
you think I'm made OFF,"
You'll get the chance to
punch his head" said /. we are
wasting valuable time. Those officers
have gone for the police. You have
about 20 minutes to make the train.
Come, for heavens sake. comet"
He finally got 1t into his head that
we knew what we were talking about.
How we got him to the station I do
not remember. but somehow we got
him there. He %sputtered and fumed
and swore, as all brave men will who
feel that they are running away in a
cowardly fashion. He wasn't con.
WINGED, but he thanked Ellis for his
kindness and hoped that he wouldn't
get into trouble on his (Max's) &C.
count.
60 straight to Dresden; say you've
been studying medicine In Barscheit
for three years. refer to me by tele-
graph II there is any question as to
your identity" said l. You're the
only man In the world. Max, that I'd
lie for"
He stumbled through the gates, and
we saw him open the door of a car
riage Just as the train began to pnll
out. A guard tried to stop him, but he
was not quite quick enough. We
watched the train till 1t melted away
into tho blackness beyond the termi-
Aus covering; then we, | and my fell