The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-06-03

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* whole truth at one time
since waste Is sinful,
was one Of the maxims by which tn,
chancellor guided his own actions
though he did not give 1t away for Ii,
benent Of others. and he had made tn,
most of that prudent policy today.
He had told bis emperor no lies. ever
through the telephone, where forget
fulness may be pardonable, but he hat
arranged bis truths as skillfully as hs
arranged his pawns on a chessboard.
1t was said by some who pretended
to know that Count Won Breitstein had
had Jesuit for a tutor; but. be this
as 1t might, It was certain that when
he had a goal to reach he did not pick
his footsteps by the way. A flower
here or there was apt to be trodden
down, a small life broken. reputa.
lion stained, but what of that when
Rhaetia's standard was to be planted
upon the mountain topl
Supposing he had said to the EN-,
peror after his promise of plain speak
ing: your majesty's journey today is
wild goose chase. I happen to know
that those you seek are still at their
hotel In Kronburg. When heard from
my brother Egon that they were leav-
ing Schloss Lyndalberg suddenly and
secretly / went Immediately to Kron-
burg and called upon the ladies. My
intention was to brighten them away
by telling them that the fraud was
found out and they had better disap-
pear decently of their own accord I'M
less they wished to be assisted over the
frontier. They actually dared refuse
to see me, alleging as an excuse the
sudden illness Of their companion,
which had prevented their leaving
Kronburg, as they intended. While Iwas
awaiting this answer / learned that
some person was telegraphing from
the railway station to the hotel man
ager inquiring If the Mowbrays had
gone. guessed this person to be your
majesty and ventured to use my In
nuence strongly with the manager, so
successfully that | was permitted to
dictate the reply and obtain his prom
ise that the matter should be strictly
confidential. judged that your maj
ssty had meant to take the Orient ex-
press, but had missed 1t, and. as you
telephoned from the station. had no
doubt that you intended to follow
either by the next train or by special.
Soon learned that no special had been
ordered by any one. | ascertained the
time OF the next train and sought your
majesty In It. Had my eloquence then
prevailed with you should have urged
your return with me, and thus you
would have been spared the useless
journey to Felgarde. As you remained
obstlnately faithful, however, con-
sidered myself fortunate to have you
out of the way, 80 that l could hurry
back, and, unhampsred by your gus-
picions, set about learning still more
facts to Miss Now bray's discredit or
inventinE few II those which un-
doubtedly existed could not BE- unearth-
ed In time"
Surprising that Count Won Brett
stsin's boastsd frankness had led him
to make these statements, 1t 10 proba-
BILE that Rhastia would not hong have
rejoiced In q chancellor 10 wise and 80
self sacrificing.
II was well enough for the old man
to declare his willingness to retire II
his master desired II, but he had count
ed, as people who risk all for great
ends do count, on not being taken at
his word. He loved power because he
had always had It, and without power
life would not be- worth the living,
but 1t was honestly for the country's
sake and for Leopold's sake rather
than his own that he desired to hold
and keep bis high position. without
his strong hand to seize the helm
should Leopold's fail for some careless
instant he conscisntiously believed that
the ship Of state would be lost.
He had done his best to disillusion |
4 young man trtcked into love for an |
Now neither AZ chancel-
Tor nor friend could he make further
open protest unless favored by fate |
with some striking new development. |
There were nevertheless other ways |
Of working, and he had but taken the |
drst step toward interference. He
meant. since worse had come to worst,
to 80 on rslentlessly, and BE- would
hardly have considered 1t criminal to
destroy q woman Of the type to which
hs assigned Helen Mowbray, provided
no means less stringent sufficed to
snatch her from the throne Of Rhastia.
There were many plans seething In
the chancellor's head. and Egon's help
might be necessary, He might even
have to 20 70 far as to bribs Egon to
kidnap the girl and sacrifice himself
by marrying her out Of hand before
she had chance to learn that the
was ready to meet her do
mands. Egon had been attentive to
Miss Mowbray. 1t might well be be-
|ieved even by the emperor that the
Touns man had been madly enough in
love to act upon his own initiative, un-
nnsspcsd by hts hsVthss.
Ths chancellor's nrst act on parting
with Leopold was to telegraph Captain
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