The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-03
Copyright, 1905, Bobbs- Merrill Coz
SYNOPSIS.

arthur warrington. American consul
to RarSrhcit, tells how reignng Grand
Duke attempts to fore" his nece, Prin-
cess Hiidrgardc, to marry Prince DOppe-
kim. an old widow"r. Warrington does
not know the princess even by sight.
While riding horseback in the country
night 0vertakcS him and he seeks accom-
mOdatiOns in dilapidatcd castle Here
he finds two women and an old man
servant. one woman IS Princess Hide
Bafde and the other friend. Hon. Betty
Moore, Of England. They detain him to
witness a mock marriage between the
princess and a diSgraced army officer
SteinbOck. done for the purpose of folling
the grand duke. SteinbOck attempts to
kiss the princess and she is rescued by
Warrington. SteinbOck disappears for
good. Max scharfrnsten. an old Ameri-
can friend of WarrngtOns reaches Bar
scheit. Warrington tells him Of the prin-
Eess. Scharfenstein shows Warrington
iockCt with picture Of woman in
side. 1t was on his neck when he, as q
boy, was picked up and adopted by his
foster father. whose name he was given.
He believes it to be a picture Of his
mother. The grand duke announces to
the princess that she is to marry Dopple-
kim the following week. During n morn
lng's ride she plans to escape. She meets
SchartenStein. He finds a purse she has
dropped but does not discover her iden-
ity. Warrington entertans at a public
restaurant for number of American
relates an interesting bit of gossip to the
effect that the process has run away
from Barscheit. He unWittingly Offends
a native officer and subjects himself to
certain arrest. Max Is persuaded to take
one of the American students passports
and escape,
CHAPTER Vl!.--Continued
"What's this for?" Max asked curl
ously.
ELLIS" said I, 1T is very good Of
you. Max, take those. Mr.. Ellis wishes
to save your hide. Take them and get
to the station as quickly as you can.
And for the love of mercy, do not turn
around till you're over in Doppelkinn's
vineyards"
We'll, I'm hanged il | understand"
he cried. I'm a peaceful man. A
beggar walks up to me and slaps me in
the face for nothing at all, and now
must hike, Ell? What the devil have
done now?"
Then, as briefly as I could, ex.
planned the enormity of his offenses.
To take a chair from a table, as he
had done, was gross insult; to re-
ceive slap in the face and not to
resent 1t, was another insult; to tear
up an opponents visiting card, still
another; to take out revolver in Bar.
scheit, unless you were an officer or
had a permit, was worse than an in
suit; 1t was crime, punishable by
long Imprisonment. They could &C.
cuse him OF being either an anarchist
or socialist-red, coming to Barscheit
with the intent to kill the grand duke.
The fact that he was ignorant of the
laws, or that he was an alien, would
remit not one particle Of his punish.
ment and fine; and weeks would pass
Gre the matter could be arranged be.
Neen the United States and Barscheit.
'Good Lord!" he gasped; why
idn't you tell me-"
why didn't you tell me that you
carried a cannon N your pocket
& Take Ellis papers. otherwise you stand
q pat for a heap of trouble, and | can't
h help you. Go straight to Dresden, tele-
IL graph me, and Iii forward your lug.
lgage."
But l came here to study" Max
argued.
4 1T will be geology in the form of
prison walls" said Ellis quietly. Don't
be foolish. Mr.. Scharfenstein; 1t Is not
matter of mans courage. but of his
common sense. Take the tickets and
s. light out. nave lived here for three
years. and have seen men killed out
right for less than you have done"
81 But you don't expect me to leave
this place without punching that beg.
e gar's head ?"-indignantly. What do
you think I'm made OFF,"
81 You'll never get the chance to
3 punch bis head" said |. I'VE are
wasting valuable time. Those officers
have gone for the police. You have
about 20 minutes to make the train.
Come, for heavens sake. comet"
He finally got it into his head that
we knew what we were talking about.
How We got him to the station | do
not remember. but somehow we got
him there. He suffered and fumed
and swore, as all brave men will who
Eel that they are running away In a
5wardly fashion. He wasn't con.
inced. but he thanked Ellis for his
Kindness and hoped that he wouldn't
get into trouble On his tMaxs) &C.
count
Go straight to Dresden; say you've
Been studying medicine in Barscheit
or three years. refer 20 me by tele-
Haph If there Is any question as to
bur Identity" said l. You're the
his man in the world, Max, that Id
for"
He stumbled through the gates. and
saw him open the door of a car
age just as the train began to pull
bic. A guard tried TO stop him. but he
as not quite quick enough. We
atched the train till 1t melted away
10 the blackness beyond the termi-
ID covering: then We, and my fell