The silver messenger., 1908-10-27
Copyright, 1905, Bobbs- Merrill Cos
SYNOPSIS.

Copyright 1905, Bobbs-Merrin Coz
SYNOPSIS.
| Arthur Warrington. American consul
| 20 Barscheit tells how reigning Grand
| Duke attempts to force his neice Prin-
! cess Ilildegarde, to marry Prince Dopple-
! not know the princess even by sight
1 While riding horseback in the country
! night .overtakes him and he seeks accom-
| mouatons in dilapdated castle. Here
| ne hnds two women and an old man
| servant. One woman Is Princess IIilde-
| garde and the other a friend. Hon Betty
| witness mock marriage between the
princess and disgraced army officer,
| Stelnbock, done for the purpose of foiling
| the grand duke Steinbock attempts to
| Elss the princess and she is rescued by
warrington. Stelnbock disappears for
| good, Max Soharfensteln, an old Amerl-
| pan friend of Warrlngtons reaches Bar
bcheit. Warrington tells him OF the prn-
cess. Schartenstein shows Warrington
u locket with picture of a woman in
side. II was on his neck when he, as a
| poy, was picked up and adopted by his
tqster rather, whose name he was given.
lie believes 1t to be a picture of his
mother The grand duke announces to
| the princess that she is to marry Dopple-
klnn the following week. During a morn
dlg Ilde she plans to escape. She meets
| 5charfenstein. He finds a purse she has
iropped, but does not discover her iden-
| W Warrington entertains at a public
restaurant Tor a number of American
medical students Max arrives late and
| relates an interesting bit of gossip to the
| effect that the princess has run away
| from Barscheit He unwittingly offends
4 native osicer and subjects himself TO
| certain arrest Max is persuaded to take
one OF the American students passports
and escape.
CHAPTER VII.-contlnued.
whats this for?" Max asked curl
ously
ELLIS" said l. "it 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 II understand"
he cried. I'm peaceful man. A
beggar walks up to me and slaps me in
the face for nothing at all, and now
must hike, eh? What the devil have |
done now?"
Then. as briefly as l could, | ex-
planned the enormity of his offenses.
70 take a chair from a table, as he
had done, was gross insult; to re-
eeive a 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
lad permit, was worse than an in
Iult; 1t was a crime, punishable by
ong Imprisonment. They could ac-
;use him of being either an anarchist
T a socialist-red. coming to Barscheit
With the intent to kill the grand duke,
The fact that he was ignorant OF the
avs, or that he was an alien, would
emit not one particle of his punish
nent and fine; and weeks would pass
ere the matter could be arranged be-
:ween the United States and Barscheit.
Good Lord!" he gasped; why
didn't you tell me?"
why didn't you tell me that You
carried cannon in your pocket?
fake Ellis papers, otherwise you stand
pat for heap Of trouble and can't
ielp you. Go straight to Dresden, tele-
graph me. and I'll forward your lug
gage
But came here to study" Max
argued
1t will be geology in the form of
prison walls" said Ellis quietly. Don't
20 foolish, Mr.. Seharfensteln; It is not
matter of mans courage. but of his
common sense. Take the tickets and
light out. have lived here for three
years, and have seen men killed out.
light for less than you have done"
But you don't expect me to leave
his place without punching that beg
gar's headg"-indignantly. What do
you think I'm made Off"
"You'll never get the chance TO
punch his head" said /. I'VE are
wasting valuable time. Those officers
nave gone for the police. You have
about 20 minutes to make the train.
Come, for heavens sake. comel"
He finally got 1t 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 sputtered and fumed
and swore, as all brave men will who
feel that they are running away In a
cowardly fashion. He wasn't con.
vinced. but he thanked Ellis for his
kindness and hoped that he wouldn't
get into trouble on his (Max's) ac-
count.
Go straight to Dresden; say you've
been studying medicine In Barscheit
for three years, refer to me by tele-
graph il there is any question as to
your identity" said l. You're the
only man in the world. Max, that I'd
lie for"
He stumbled through the gates, and
! saw him open the door of a car
riage just as the train began to pull
out. A guard tried to stop him, but he
was not quite quick enough. We
watched the train till 1t melted away
into the blackness beyond the termi-
nus covering; then we, l and my fell