The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-15
Copyright, 1906. Bobbs- Merrill Coz
SYNOPSIS.

STNOtSIS.
Arthur Warrington, American consul
20 Barschelt. tells how regnlng Grand
Duke attempts to force his neice, Prin.
kim, an old wldower Warrington does
not know the princess even by sight
While horseback riding In the country
modations in dllapidate1 castle. Here
he finds two women and an old man
servant One woman Is Princess Hide
Moore, OF England. They detain him TO
witness mock marriage between the
princess and disgrace, army officer,
the grand duke. Stelnbock attempts to
kiss the princess and she ls rescued by
Warrington. Stelnbock disappears for
good. Max Scharfensteln, an old Ameri-
can friend OF Warrlngton's reaches Bar
scheit. Warrington tells him of the prln-
cess. Scharfenstein shows Warrington
locket with n picture OF n woman in
side. II was on his neck when he. as n
boy, was picked up and adopted by his
foster father, whose name he was given,
He believes II to be n picture of his
mother. The grand duke announces to
the princess that she Is to marry Dopple-
kim the following week.
CHAPTER VI.
The princess rose at dawn the fol.
lowing day. She routed out Hans, the
head groom, and told him to saddle
Artemis. the slim-limbed, seal.brown
filly which an English nobleman had
given her. Ten minutes later she was
In the saddle, and the heaviness on
her heart seemed to rise and vanish
like the opal mists on the bosom Of
the motionless lake. A pale star
blinked at her, and the day, flushed
like the cheek of a waking infant, be-
gan drowsily to creep over the rolling
mountains.
How silent all the city was, Only
here and there above the chimneys
rose a languid film of smoke. The
gates of the park shut behind with
clang. and so for time she was alone
and free. She touched Artemis with
spur, and the filly broke into canter
toward the lake road. The girls nos
trils dilated. Every flower, the thou
sand resinous saps of the forest, the
earth itself, yielded up cool sweet
perfume that was to the mind what
q glass of wine is to the blood, exhil.
aration.
She would never marry Doppelkinn
never. That horrible Steinbock!
She was glad, glad that she had struck
him, again and again, across his lying
eyes and evil mouth. She had believed
that she knew the world; 1t was all
yet mystery; the older she grew the
less she understood. Wasn't anybody
good? Was everybody to be distrust-
ed? Which way should she turn now?
The world was beautiful enough; II
was the people In II. Poor Betty! She
had her troubles, too; but somehow
she refused to confide them. She acted
very much as II she were In love.
She would never marry Doppelkinn
never.
But how should she escape-how?
On Wednesday night she would be
given her quarterly allowance of
thousand crowns. and on Thursday she
must act. Yes. yes, that was It!
How simple! She would slip over into
Doppelkinn. where they never would
think to search for her. She knew a
place In which to hide. From Doppel.
kim she would go straight to Dresden
and seek the protection of her old gov
erness. who would hide her till the
duke came to his senses. II only she
had an Independent fortune, how she
would snap her fingers at them all
She was distracted by the sound OF
jangling steel. Artemis had cast
shoe. How annoying! II would take
ten minutes to reach old Bauer's
smlthy, and ten minutes more to put
on shoe. She brought the flly down
to walk.
II only she were Betty, free to do
what she pleased, to go and come at
will! She wasn't born to be a prin.
cess she wasn't commonplace
enough; she enjoyed life too we'll. All,
II only she might live and act like
those English cousins of hers with
whom she went to school! They could
ride man-fashion, hunt man-fashion,
shoot. play cards and bet at the races
and nobody threatened |
them with Doppelkinns. They might |
dance. too, till the sun came into the |
and the rouge on their faces |
But shell q use the EN-.
Dhasis TO illustrate the decided mods OF |
her pretty head) Why, every sweet |
lad TO be stolenl
Presently the smithy came into view,
emerging from a cluster of poplars.
She rode up to the doors, dismounted
md entered. Old Bauer himself was
It the bellows, and the weird blue
light kissing up from the blown Goals
discovered another customer. She
urned and met his frank glance OF adj
or she hadn't turnedl II
lis admiration hadn't been entirely
rankD Instantly she sent Bauer a
glance which that old worthy
eemed Immediately to understand.
Tho alranger Was tall we'll NADIA |