Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-04-10

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 "Oh, I am practically certainp
 'Then the more pieces in the puzzle which I fit together the more likely does it seem that your Leopold's Miss Helen Mowbray and my Miss Jenny Brett are one and the same"
 Miss Jenny Brett?"
 "Did you never hear the name?"
 If have I've forgotten it.
 Chancellor, you wouldn't forget If you were a few years younger Jenny Brett is the prettiest If not the most talented singer ever sent out from Australia, the fashionable home of singers. She is billed to sing at the Court theater of Kronburg in fort night, her first engagement in Rhae- tia"
 You are right It may we'll be that she's been having a game with us-a game that we can prevent now, thank heaven, from ending in earnest
 "Oh, yes; we can prevent that"
 Your royal highness met the lady in your own country?'
 "N-o. It was in Paris at first, but I'm afraid I induced her to accept an engagement at home. We were great friends for awhile, and really she's a charming creature. I can't blame my self. Who would have guessed that she'd turn out so ambitious? By love, I can sympathize with Leopold. The girl tried to twist me round her finger and, verify believe, fancied at one time that would offer her marriage"
 Ut must be the same girl. And the emperor has offered her marriage"
 What? Impossible But-with the left hand, of course though even that would be unheard of for man in his"- e..r=-...
 "I swear to your royal highness that if he isn't stopped he will force her on the Rhaetian people as empress"
 "Gad-little Jenny Brett. I didn't half appreciate her brilliant qualities. ?
 "Yet I would wager that she appre- ciated yours''
 The prince shrugged his shoulders. T believe she really cared something for me-a month ago."
 ''Then she still cares. You are not a man whom woman can forget, though pique or ambition may lead her to try. tell you frankly I believe that Prov idence sent your royal highness here at this moment, and my best hopes are now pinned on you. You-and no one as well as yOu-can save the en- peror for nobler fate. Even when supposed you stranger to this lady who calls herself Helen Mowbray I thought that if you would consent to meet her and exercise your fascina. tions there might be hope of averting the danger from my master. Now I hope everything. I beg, entreat, that your royal highness will send up your name and ask the lady to see you with out delay. She will certainly receive you, and when the emperor learns that she has done so it may go far to disil- fusion him, for, pardon me, your royal highness has great reputation as a lady killer. Still more valuable would be- however-lndeed, he would be cured of his infatuation forever-if-if''--
 If what?" inquired the young man, tired of the chancellor's long winded- ness and beating about the bush.
 If you could persuade her to go out to your hunting lodge Then Leopold and Rhaetia would be saved by you. What could be better? What could be more suitable?'
 "What, indeed" echoed the prince, "for every one concerned except for Jenny Brett:' ..-
 Considering the havoc she has work ed among us all, need she be consld- cred before the interests of a great country and, perhaps I may hint, an innocent and lovely royal lady whom this girl is doing her best to humili- ateY'
 "Im hanged if she need be so con- sidered. Anyhow I'll do what you ask. I'll send up my card, and then we'll see what happens"
 The prince took from his pocket a small gold case sparkling with jewels. a trife which advertised itself as the gift of a woman. Out of this came a card. with crown over the name in the fashion of his country and some others. An equerry waiting in an ad- joining room was summoned, the card given to him, passed on to hotel serv. ant, and then for five minutes. ten min utes, the old man and the young one waited, talking of a subject very near to both their hearts.
 At last, when they had no more to say, word came that Lady Mowbray and Miss Mowbray would see his royal highness.
 ''The value of a we'll regulated moth- er"' laughed the young man. who had not troubled 10 inquire for Lady Now bray. Well. whatever comes of this interview. chancellor. shall presently have something to tell you"
 The suspense will be hard to bear" said Count von Breitstein. but have perfect faith in you. We understand each other completely now. but I'm growing old. and the past few days have tired me sorely. Remember. pray you. all that's at stake and do not hesitate for an instant. Have no false scruple with such a person as this. The emperor will soon arrive in Kronburg. He'll lose no time in trying 10 find the girl. and once they've had
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