The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1908-06-27

iiut hlU must we'd the Prince OF bulreF |
linn uu ugly old widpWtr. and rulef
~ the prluUlpality nf uuppylkinn. ThOugh /
UH huu been ln the country six months /
the American consul had never seen ne
princess. and when ut last thUN mot u \
was very much of "a surprise Co both.
CHAPTER l.-contlnued.
The one picture Of her which I wdn
lucky enough TO see had been takchI
when she was six. and meant nothing
10 me In the way Of Identification. Fur
all knew ! might have passed her 90
the road. She became To me the
Princess In the Invisible Cloak. pass
ing me often and doubtless dcridlnE
my efforts 10 discern her Ny curt
osity became alarming couldn't
sleep for the thought Of her. Finally
we met, but the meeting was a great
surprise to us both. This meeting
happened during the great hubbub Of
which ! have just written. and at the
same time / met another who had
great weight In my future AFFAIRS.
The princess and became rather
well acquainted. was not a gentle.
man, according 10 her code. but. in
the historic words Of the drug clerk.
was something Just AZ good. She hon.
Orcd me with frank. diBlnterostod
friendship. which still exists. have
yet among my fading souvenirs OF
diplomatic service half dozen notes
commanding me TO get up at dawn and
ride around the lakes. something like
10 miles. She was almost as reckless
a rider as myself She was truly IA.
nous rider, and Il woman who sits
well on a horse can never be aught
but graceful She was, in fact. youth.
ful and charming. with tina '.."-s sss~r
nlncent black eyes | ever behold In u
Teutonic head; witty besides. and n
songstress Of no ordinary talent. II |
had been in love with hor-whlch |
solemnly vow was notl-l should
have called her beautiful and exhaust.
cd my store OF complimentary adiec.
tlves.
The basic cause OF all this turmoil.
about which ! am 10 spin my nara.
tive. lay In her education. | hold that
n German princess should never be
educated save as a German. by this
mean to convey that her education
should not go beyond German lltera.
ture, German history, German venera.
ton OF laws, German manners and
German passivity and docllity. The
Princess Hildegarde had been odu.
Gated In England and France. which
simpllnes everything, or. should say.
10 be exact. complexities everything.
She possessed n healthy contempt
for that what-d'.ye-call.lt that hedges
In king. Having mingled with Eng.
disappearing people, she returned 10
her native land. her brain filled with
the importance OF feminine liberty Of
thought and action. Hence. she be
came the bramble that prodded the
grand duke whichever way he turned.
His days were filled with horrors, his
nights with mares which did not have
box.stalls In his stables.
Never could he anticipate her In
anything. On that day he placed
guards around the palace she wrote
verses or read modern fiction; the mo.
ment he relaxed his vigilance she was
away on some heartrendlng escapade.
Didn't she scandalize the nobility by
dressing up a hussar and riding her
famous black Mecklenburg cross-coun.
try7 Hadnt she firted outrageously
with the French attache and deliber.
ately turned her back on the Russian
minister. at the very moment, too,
when negotiations were going on be.
tween Russia and Barscheit relative
TO n small piece of land In the Bal.
kans? And. most terrible OF all 10 re.
late. hadn't she ridden a shining bicy.
Gle up the Konigsstrasse. In broad day.
light. and In bifurcated skirts, be.
sides? shall never forget the indig.
nation OF the press at the time OF this
last escapade, tho stroke of apoplexy
which thleateneC the duke. and the
room with the barred window which
the princess occupied one whole week,
They burned the offensive bicycle In
the courtyard OF the palace, ceremo-
niously, too, and the princess had wit,
messed this solemn auto da fe frQE
her barred window, II Is no SUI
upon the imagination to conjurC'a
the picture of her fine rage. her IN
oning hands. her compressed lips, her
fearless, flashing eyes, as sine saw her
beautiful new wheel wriiho and twist
on the blazing fagots. But what the
deuce was a poor duke to do with n
niece like this?
For a time / feared that the United
states and the Grand Duohy OF Bar.
scheit would sever diplomatic rcla.
tlons. The bicycle was. unfortunately,