The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-06

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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. I'll
stake my life even he didn't dare to
say Miss Mowbray."
"He said Miss Brett, the actress, It's
true, but when he called upon her at
her hotel, where he and | met to dis
cuss a matter which Is no secret to
your majesty, he asked for Miss Now
bray. And the message that came
down | heard 1t was that Miss Now
bray would be delighted to see his
royal highness. This left no doubt In
my mind that after giving out that she
would leave today the lady had re-
manned In Kronburg for the express
purpose of meeting her dear friend the
prince, the handsomest and best dress
ed young man in Europe-after your
majesty, of course. And 1t was quite
natural for her to hope that, as she was
supposed to be gone and you were fol-
lowing her, this evenings escapade
would never be discovered"
'Please spare me your deductions,
chancellor" said the emperor CURLY,
"and pray understand now, II you
have not understood before that ! am
with you In this expedition not to
prove you right, but wrong, and moth
ing you can say will convince me that
the princes actress and Miss Mowbray
are one If we find woman at the
hunting lodge 1t will not be the lady
we seek unless she has been kidnapped,
and as you will presently be obliged
to eat every word you've spoken the
fewer such bitter pills you provide for
yourself to swallow the better"
Thus snubbed by the young man
whom he had held in his arms, an i'm
perious as we'll as an imperial infant,
the old statesman sought sanctuary In
silence. But he had said that which
had been In his mind to say, and he
was satisfied Weakness was not his
meter, yet he could play the part OF
| the faithful servant, humbly loyal
through injustice and misunderstood
ing, and he played 1t now, because he
knew 1t to be the one effective role
He sat beside the emperor with bowed
head and STOPPING shoulders which
suggested the weakness of old age, his
hands clasped before him, and from
time to time he sighed patiently.
AS they glided under the dark arch
of the Buchenwald Leopold spoke
again.
"You have led me to suppose that
our call at the hunting lodge will be a
surprise visit to the prince. That Is
the case, isn't it?'
Count Won Breitstein would have pre-
ferred that the question had not been
asked. He had intended to convey the
impression which the emperor had re-
ceived, but he had not clothed 1t In
actual statement Luckily the prince
was as clever as he was good looking,
and he could be trusted as an actor;
otherwise the old man would have
been still more reluctant to commit
himself.
"Were our visit expected we should
not be likely to find the lady," said he.
"The prince and | are on such friendly
terms, your majesty, that he didn't
mind confesslng he was to have pref
ty. actress as his guest. He also an
swered a few questions l asked con
corning her freely and frankly, for to
do so he had to tell me only what the
world knows. How could he dream
that the firtations or the visits Of q
Miss Jenny Brett could be of the
slightest Importance to the emperor OF
Rhaetia? Had he guessed, however
that the entertainment he meant tc
offer her might be interrupted natural
ly he would have taken some means tc
protect her from annoyance"
"This nights work will give him
cause to pick a private quarrel with
me If he likes" said the emperor, con
WINGED of the chancellor's good faith.
II don't think he will choose, youl
majesty. You are in a mood to be glad
II he did, fear. But, no; | need moi
fear. You will always remember Rhae
tia and put her interests before youl
own wishes"
"You weren't as confident of that {
few hours ago"
Even then | knew that when the
real test should be applied your maj
esty's cool head would triumph ovel
the hot impulse Of youth. But, see
we're passing through the village Of
Inseleden, fast asleep already every
window dark. In six or seven minutes
at this speed we shall be at the lodge
The emperor laughed shortly. "Adt
another seven minutes to your frs
seven and we shall be out of the Lodge
again, with Chancellor Won Breitsteii
sadder and wiser man than h,
went in"
Weakness was once more the par
for the old man to play, and, raisin,
his hands, palm upward, In a gestur
of generous indulgence for his younl
sovereign, he denied himself the pleas
ure of retort.
The hunting lodge In the wood, nov
the property Of the chancellor's &C
commodating young friend, had unit
recently belonged to Rhaetian semi
; royal prince who had been compelled