Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-25
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and impersonally of his adventures In
the hills and of his illness.
II didn't know. Miss Claiborne, that
was going to lose my mind that morn.
/ ing at the bungalow or should have
! asked your brother to conduct you to
the conservatory while tainted. From
what they told me must have been Il
little light headed for a day or two. II
f. had been in my right mind should
not have let Captain Dick mix up III
my business and run the risk of getting
killed in Il nasty little row. Dear old
Dick! | made mess of that whole
business. ! ought to have telegraphetl
for The Storm Springs constable in the
beginning and told him that If he
wasn't careful the noble house of
Schomburg would totter and fall"
Yes. and Just imagine the effect on
our constable of telling him that the
fate OF an empire lay in his hands It's
hard enough to get u man arrested who
beats his horse. But you must go back
TO your keepers. You haven't your
Init
Neither have you. You shan't Guido
me i'll recklessncss. inspected your
hat as came through the pergola.
liked !, Immensely. came near sciz-
ing il as spoil of war--thc loot of the
lleagol:."
There would be cause for another
war. have rarely liked any hat So
much. But the baron will be after you
in a moment. can't be responsible
for yot.'
Tho baron annoys me. He hos
given me Il lot of worry. And that's
what l have come to ask you about"
Then should say that You oughtn't
to quarrel with II dear old man lie
Baron Won Marriott Besides, he's your
uncle"
NO, no. don't want him to be my
uncle! don't need any uncle!"
He glanced about with an anxiety
that made her laugh.
Il understand perfectly! My fathe:'
told me that the events of April III
these hills We're not to be mentioned
But don't worry. The sheep won't tell
and won't"
He was silent for moment rs he
thought out the words of what he
wished to say to her. The sun was
dipping down into the hills; the mel
low air was still; the voice of Il negro
singing as he crossed distant fled
stole sweetly upon them.
Shirley"
In tnurbn1 j,o,. bop,J
shirley! And his fingers closed
upon hers.
81 love you, Shirley! From those
days when l saw you in Paris before
the great Gettysburg battle picture /
loved you. You had felt the cry of the
old world. the story that is In its bat
tlefelds. Its beauty and romance, Just
as had felt the call of this new and
more wonderful world understood
knew what was in your heart.
knew what those things meant to YOU,
but had put them aside. | had chosen
another life for myself. And the poor
life that you saved, that is yours If
you will take it. have told your
father and Baron Won Marhof that l
would not take the fortune my father
left me. would not go back there to
be thanked or to get Il ribbon to wear
In my coat. But my name. the name
bore as Il boy and disgraced iii INV
fathers eyes-his name that he made
famous throughout the world, the name
cast aside with my youth. the name
] flung away in mger-they wish me
TO take that
She withdrew her hand and rose and
looked away toward the western hills.
"The greatest romance in the world
is here. Shirley. | lave dreamed ii al.
over-in the Canadian woods, OH TIL,
Montana ranch as | watched the herd
at night. My father spent his life
Keeping Il king ,...,al lii; t,iroae. but
believe there a:c higher things and
finer things than steadyin. Il sinking
throne or being IL king. And the name
that has meant nothing TO me except
dominion and power-it can serve NJ
PURPOSE for me to take 1t now. | learn
ed much from the poor archduke. He
taught me to hate the sham and shame
Of the life lie had fed from. My ia
Their was the last great defender of the
divine right of kings. but believe in
the divine right of men. And the dome
of tile capitol III Washington does no:
mean to me force or hatred or power.
but faith and hope and mans right tc
live and do and be whatever lie can