The Marshall republican., 1908-07-10

seiSeu tn1s very moment Tor his FIRST
%liaison. 7 tell you neither she nor her
people are likely to accept the state
ment meekly. She's half German-on
her fathers side n cousin not too dis
tant OF william II. She's half Eng.
lisbon her mothers side relnted to
TIE king through the line OF the Stu.
arts, And In her there's n dash OF
American blood which comes from a
famous grandmother who was de.
sceuded from George Washington. n
man as proud and with the right to
be as proud as any king. All three
countries would have reason to re.
sent such an ungallant slight from
Rhaetin."
The little affair must be husbed
up." said Egon.
at must he stopped. and at once"
said the chancellor.
"Acb!" sighed the young man. with
a. much meaning In the long draw n
breath rs the elder might care 10 rcnd.
And " II did not discourage II ~ least
irritated him. 60 on he exclaimed
sharply. Go on with your sorry tnie!''
After all. when one comes to the
telling. there isn't a very great deal
one can put into cut aud dried words"
Explained Egon. AT table the emperor
hns his hostess on one side and his fulr
preserver on the other. The two talk
o. much together during meals as etl.
quette allows and Derhaps II little
more. iinen. ar inc emperor has bccu
often NJ Is ndnlberg. he n net rs
cicerone for n stranger. He has shown
Miss Mowbray all the beauties Of the
place. He gathers her roses In the rose
garden: he has guided her through the
grottocs: he has pIloted her through
the labyrinth; he has told her which
are the best dogs In the kennels and
has given her the history OF all the
horses In the baron's stables. I know
this from the table talk. lie has ~
plored the lake with Miss Mowbray
and her mother In n motor boat. Fer.
hHps You saw the pnrtyf And. whether
or No he brought his automobile to
| l.yndalbeig on purpose. In any case
he's Ind the Mowbrays out In II sew.
crnl times already. One would hardly
think he could hive found n chance to
do Nc much In such a short time, but
our emperor IL n mar OF action. Yes
ierdny we had a picnic nj the seebach.
fall to nee T~horwaldsen's Undine. Leo
pold and Miss Mowbray. being splendid
climbers. reached the statue on the
height over the fall long before the
rest Of rs. At starting. however. I was
close behind with the baroness and
overheard some Joke between the two
about q mountain and n COW The en-
peror spoke OF milking as q nnc art
and said he'd lately been taking les
SONS. They laughed a great deal at
this. and II was plain that they were
on terms Of comradeship. When Q
young man and a girl have a secret
understanding, even the most limo
cent one. II puts them apart from
others.
Last night there were fireworks on
the lake. The emperor and Miss Now
bray watched them together. for every
thing was conducted most Informally.
Afterwsrd we had IN impromptu CO
tillon. with three or four pretty new
figures invented by the baroness. The
emperor gave Miss Mowbray several
favors. and one was a buckle of en-
ameled f~orgetmenots. This morAing
there was tennis. The emperor and
Miss Mowbray played together. They
we're both so skillful II was a pleasure
to watch them. At luncheon they ate
a double almond out Of shell. had
a game over It. and Leopold caught
Miss Mowbray mapping. That brings
us to the moment Of my coming to
you. For the afternoon fancy the
baroness was getting up a riding party,
and this evening, unless they're too
tired, she'll perhaps get up an ama
teur concert at which Miss Mowbray
VIII sing. The girl has a delicious
| voice."
THE creature must be a fool or an
adventures" pronounced the chancel-
Tor. III she has kept her senses she
| ought to know that nothing can come
Of this folly-except sorrow OF scan
dal."
Egon shrugged his stiniy padded MIL
itary shoulders. II have always found
that a woman in love doesn't stop -
count the cost"
80! You fancy her In love- with the
eInperorr"
with the man rather than the sn-
peror. II I'm a Judge Of character"
(which you're notr Iron Heart
b~rusquely disposed Of that sugsestioa.
"The merest schoolgirl could pull the
wool over your eyes II she cared -
take the trouble"
"This n doesn't care q rap. She
hardly knows that I exist"
"Humphw The chancellor's cyO
appraised his young brothers features.
'That's q pity. You might have trte0
cutting the emperor out. Her affair
with him have NO happy ending
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