Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-11-27
I were on the spot. II you VIM honor

mN pour COuNGydu -
Don't let us delay our business for
explanations or compliments. IL you
please. chancellor" The emperor cut
him short hrusquely. II counted OH
your being here with your carriage.
Now for the hunting iot}ge In the
woo,ls."
AS he spoke his eyes were on the old
mans face. which he hoped to see fall
OF change. hut there was no visible
sign Of discontinue. and Won Brett
stein made 40 attempt to excuse him
self from making the proposed visit.
! Evidently nothing had happened dur
ing the loE::> since the message by tele-
phone to change the chancellor's mind
"Ycs. your majesty" came the
prompt response. ''Now for the hunt
ing lodge in the woods. am ready to
so with YOU there, as l always have
been and always shall he ready to
| serve you when I am needed"
1t was on l.eopold's tongue to say
that 1t would III. we'll If his clancellor's
readiness conld he confined to those
occasions when it was needed. but lie
shut his lips upon the words and walk
eel by til" old mans side in frozen ST.
lence
Th" carriage was waiting Just out
side the station, and the moment the
two men We're seated the chauffeur
started n0isclnssly and swiftly.
Both windows We're closed to keep
OIL; the chill Of the night air, hut soon
I"orn!d imlmiently lowered one. For
getting the cllancellors old fashioned
latle;! of drafts. aud stared into the
night. Already they were approach
ing the outskirts of the great town.
aud, !iyin" past the dark warehouses
aE,l factories Of the neigAborlood. they
sped toward the open country.
The weather. still warm the evening
befo:e-t'ia' evening Of moonlight not
to TIC for.!"ttcr-had turned cold with
morning. ami tonight there WAS
pun~cnt scent of dying leaves in the
air 1t snote Leopold in the face with
the wind o motion. and 1t seemed to
him the essential perfume of sadness
Never again would he inhale that fra
GRANGE Of the falling year without re-
calling this hour.
He was half mad with inpatience to
reach TIE end of the journey and con
found the chancellor once for all. vet
as the swift electric carriage spun
smoothly along the white road and
landmark after landmark vanished be-
hind tree branches laced with stars
something within him would at last
have stayed the flying moments had
that been possible. lie burned to ask
questions Of Won Breitstein. yet would
have died rather than utter them.
1t Was a relief to the emperor when
after Ion. silence his companion
spoke. though n relief which carried
with it u prick of resentment Even
the chancellor had no right to speak
first without permission from his SOW
ereign
"Iorsive me. your majesty" the old
man said. Your anger is hard to bear,
get | bear II uncomplainingly because
If my confidence that the reward is
not far off. look for It no further in
the future than tonight
II. too. believe that YOU won't miss
your reward" returned the emperor
sharply
II shah have it. l am sure. not only
in your majesty's forgiveness. but. in
your thanks
III forgive you when you've asked
my pardon for your suspicious and
when you've found Miss Mowbray for
me-
II have already found her and am
taking YOU to her now
Then YOU actually believe In Your
own story? You believe that this sweet
and beautiful young girl is a fast ac-
tress. schemer. friend of your no.
t'fiously gallant friend and willing to
risk her reputation by paying late
lit nncllareroned to him ut his hunt
il. lodge in the woods? You are. after
I'LL Il very poor Judge of character IL
sou dream that we shall see her there"
II Shall see her. your majesty. and
you will see her unless the madness
you call love has blinded the eyes Of
your body as we'll as the eyes Of your
mind. That she is now ut the lodge |
know. for the prince assured me with
his own lips that she had promised to
motor out alone with him and dine
You mean he told you that his
friend The actress had promised. Ill
stake my life even lie didn't dare to
say Miss Mowbray."
lille said Miss Brett. the actress, it's
true. but when he called upon her Mt
her hotel. where lie and met to dis
ctlSs a matter which is no secret to
Your majesty. lie asked for Miss Now
bray. And the message that came