The Marshall republican., 1908-09-04

'o vi ihN ihoN tIlpNlo III ~ Wy lhB hlC'
Upstairs" said he, "is a pretty WON
nm, n beauty. She claims the name Of
Helen Mowbray, though her right to II
Is more than disputable. Her love az
fairs threaten n public scandal"
"Ah,, you are not the first one who
has spoken of this pretty lady since I
crossed the frontier this morning" ex-
claimed the young man, flushing. He
paused and bit his lip before going on,
as If he wished to think or regain self
control, but at last he laughed not al
together lightly. $50 the lady most
talked about for the moment In all
Rhaetia is under the same roof with
me-"
Fortunately she Is close at hand"
said the chancellor. ITO you more
than to any other l can open my heart
In speaking of our great peril. This
girl hns drawn the emperor into q At
Of moon madness. 1t Is no more serf-
II than that, and were she out u
the way he would wake rs from q
dream. But this Is the moment of the
crisis. lie must he saved now or he IL
lost forever and all our hopes with
him. Blessed would be the man who
brought my poor master to his senses
] have tried and failed. But you could
do it,"
"I?"
'"The sword of justice is ready for
your hand"
That sentence has a solemn ring.
! don't see what you want me to do.
But what sort OF woIran Is this who
has bewltched your grave LeopoldT'
Beautiful and clever as women are
clever, but not clever enough to fight
her battle out against you and me-"
The prince laughed again. at isn't
my meter to fight with women. pre-
fer to make love to them"
"Ah, you have said Il! That is what
! beg your royal highness to do"
"IIow am | to get at her when Lee
pold stands guardf"
'He will not be on guard for SOUS
hours"
"Ha, ha! You mean me to undse-
stand that there's no time to waste"
mot Il moment"
what Is the girl liker'
"Tall and slender, pink and white %
a flower, dark dashed and yellow haig-
cd, like an Austrian beauty; ego
gray or violet, II would be heard 30
say which for n man Of my years. bat
| can assure you that when tho
lady looks down, then suddenly up
again under those dark lashes. it's
something to quicken the pulse of any
under sixty"
1T would quicken mine only to hear
your description II you hadn't just put O
magSot In my head that tickles ME to
laughter Instead Of raptures." said tho
prince. Tell me this-hns this girl a
tiny black mole just over the left eye
brow. very fetching. and when she
does her mouth point upward q
bit on the right side, like a fairy sign
post showing the way to a small round
scar almost as good MS a dimpleY'
The chancellor reflected for q few
seconds aud then replied that unless
his eycsight and his memory had de-
him both these marks were te
he met with on Miss Mowbray's face
He did no add that he had seen her
but once and at the time had not taken
interest enough to note details. for q
was plain that the prince had u theory
rs to the lady's real identity and 10 20.
tablish 1t as . fact might be valuable.
lis It possible that you've already
met this dangerous young ~persOn?" he
asked eagerly.
swell, ] begin to believe 1t may he
%. I'll explain why later. Thereby
hangs a confession. At all events,
certain Indy exactly answering the de-
scriptlon you've given is very likely In
thh neighborhood. I've heard that she
was shortly due In Kronburg, and Il
was In my mind when deciding sud
denly to spend a few days In the woods
the sake of seeing you that l
might see her also before | went home
again. As a matter OF fact. the lady
! have had a misunderstanding
ut q rather unfortunate moment, as I'd
Just imprudently taken her into my
confidence concerning-er-some family
If 1t Is she who is masquerade
Ing In Rhaetia as Miss Mowbray and
your emperor's head, II may be
that she's trying to revenge herself on
She's pretty enough to begulle st. /
Anthony, let alone n st. Leopold. and
clever enough to have thought
such a scheme. Our small quarrel
happened about four weeks ago. and
rye lost sight Of the lady since, She
expecting probably to be
followed, but she wasn't. The only |
is. II she's playing Miss Now
bray, where did she get the mother? |
I've heard there is a Mowbray mother" |
There's a faded Dresden china shep- |
herdess that nswer to the name" |
said the chancellor dryly, "But these
nantelplece ornaments are easily man |
ifactured."
The prince was amused. "No: she
wouldn't stick at a mother II she
one" he chuckled. "And. while
she was about 1t, she has apparently |
a whole family tree. The |
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