Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-07-03

do so much in such Il snort time, hut
our emperor is n man of action. Yes
terday we had n picnic at the Seebach-
fall to see ThOrwaldsen' Cndine. Leo
pold and Miss Mowbray, being splendid
climbers, reached the statue on the
height over the fall long before the
rest of us. At starting. however. | was
close behind with the baroness and
/ overheard some joke between the two
I about a mountain and Il COW. The en-
/ peror spoke of milking as fine art
! and said he'd lately been taking les
sons. They laughed n great deal at
! this. and it was plain that they were
on terms of comradcship. When a
young man and girl have a secret
understanding. even the most limo
cent one. it puts them apart from
others.
Last night there were fireworks on
the lake The emperor and Miss Now
bray watched them together, for every
thing was conducted most informally.
Aftcrward we had an impromptu Co
tillon, with three or four pretty new
figures invented by the baroness. The
emperor gave Miss Mowbray several
favors. and one was a buckle of en-
ameled forgetmenots. This morning
there was tennis. The emperor and
Miss Mowbray played together. They
We're both so skillful it was pleasure
N t..b Thorn lnnahnnr IN,
n double almond out Of one shell, had
a game over it. and Leopold caught
Miss Mowbray mapping. That brings
US to the moment of my coming to
you. For the afternoon | fancy the
baroness was getting up a riding party,
and this evening, unless they're too
tired, she'll perhaps get up an anna
teur concert at which Miss Mowbray
will sing. The girl has delicious
voice"
THE creature must be fool or an
adventures. pronounced the chancel-
lor. IF she has kept her senses she
ought to know that nothing can come
of this folly-eXcept sorrow or scan
dal"
Egon shrugged his stifliy padded mil
itary shoulders. Il have always found
that a woman In love doesn't stop to
count the cost"
$50. You fancy her in love with the
EMPEROR
with the man rather than the en-
peror, if I'm a judge of character"
which you're notw Iron Heart
brusGuely disposed Of that suggestion.
THE mcrest schoolgirl could pull the
wool over your eyes If she cared to
take the trouble"
This one doesn't care rap. She
hardly knows that exist"
"IIumph!" The chancellor's eyes
appraised his young brothers features.
THAT'S pity. You might have tried
cutting the emperor out Her affair
with him can have no happy ending.
while you. In spite Of all your faults,
with your good looks, our position and
my money. wouldn't be a bad match
for an ambitious girl
Your money!"
Il mean should l choose to make
JOu 10y AAu ! WOulu CIlOOce III
you married to please me- Who are
these Mowbrays"
Il haven't had the curiosity to In
quire into their antecedents," said
Egon. II only know that they're Ia
dies, that they must be Of some conse-
Quence In their own country or they
couldn't have got the letters of intro
duction they have and that the girl is
the prettiest OH Garth"
"Mechtilde talked to me, l remem-
Der. good deal about those letters of
introduction" the chancellor reflected
aloud. But Rhaetia is a long cry
from England, and letters might lie
forged. I've known such things to be
done. Fetch me big red volume
you'll find on the third shelf from the
floor at the left of the south window.
You can't miss 1t. It's Burkes Peer
age"
Egon rose with alacrity to obey. He
was rather thoughtful, for his brother
had put an entirely new and exciting
idea into his head.
Presently the red volume was dis
covered and laid ON the desk before
the chancellor, who turned the leaves
over until he found the page desired.
AS his eye fell upon the long line Of
Mowbrays his face changed. and the
bristllng brows came together in a
grizzled line. Apparently the women
were not adventuresses. at least In
the ordinary acceptation Of the term.
There they were. His square tipped
finger pressed down upon the printed
names with a dig that might have sig
nified his disposition toward their rep
resentatives.
1.-The girls mother Is the widow Of
Reginald. sixth Baron Mowbray," the
old man muttered half aloud; "son,
Reginald Edward. fifteen years of age;
daughter. Helen Augusta. twenty eight
Aha! She's no chicken. this young
lady. She ought to be a woman Of
the world"
Twenty -eishtw replied Egon. "I'll
eat my hat II she's twenty eight"
Doesn't she look 1t by daylight"
mot an hour over nineteen; might
prised to learn woman's age! BY
the bye, I heard her telling Baron Won
Lyndal last night. upropos of our great
Rhaetian vi .ory. that she was eleven
years old Oh the day it took place
That would make her about twenty
now. When she spoke remember she
gave a look at her mother across the
room as though she were frightened.
I suppose she was hoping there was
no copy of this big red book ut Lyndal-
berg"
THAT thought might have been in
her mind" assented the chancellor, cor
else She He left his sentence IN
finished and sat with unseeing eyes
fixed in an owllsh stare on the open
page of Burke.
II should like to know II you really
meant what YOU said about my mar
riage little while ago"-Egon VEN
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