The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-04-14


one can put into cut and dried words.
explained Egon. "At table the emperor
has bis hostess on one side and his fail
preselyer ION the other. The two tall
as much together during meals as Ell
querie allows and perhaps a little
more. Then. as the emperor has been
often atsLyndalherg. he can act as
/ cicerone for stranger. He has. shown
Miss Mowbray all the beauties of the
place. He gathers her roses In the rose
tgarden; he has guided her through the
!. grottoes; he has piloted . her through
the labyrinth. he has told her which
are the best dogs in the kennels and
has given her the history of all the
horses in the baron's stables. ! know
this from the table talk. He has e1-
! plored the lake with Miss Mowbray
and her mother in motor boat. Per
! haps you saw the party? And. whether
or no he brought his automobile to
Lyndalberg on purpose. in any case
he's had the Mowbrays out IN 1t sew
eral times already. One would hardly
think he could have found chance to
do so much in such short time. but
our emperor is a man of action. Yes
| terday we had a picnic ut the Seebacil
fall to see ThorwaldSen' Undine. 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
! about Il mountain and COW. The en-
peror spoke of milking as fine art
and said he'd lately been taking les
sons. They laughed great deal at
this. and it was plain that they were
on terms of comradeship. When a
young man and girl have 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.
/ Afterward 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 buckle of en-
amecd forgetmenots. This morning
there was tennis. The emperor and
Miss AIowbray played together They
were both so skillful it was a pleasure
to watch them. At luncheon they ate
a double almond out of one shell, had
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 q 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 4 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 stiffly padded mil
itary shoulders. 81 have always found
that woman in love doesn't stop to
count the cost.
$50! You fancy her fn love- with the
EMPEROR"
with the man rather than the en-
pcror, if I'm judge of character"
(Which you're notr' Iron Heart
brusuucly disposed of that suggestion.
"The merest schoolgirl could pull the
wool over your eyes if she cared to
take the trouble"
This one doesn't care a rap. She
hardly knows that exist"
"Humphw 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 bad match
for an ambitious girl"
"Your money"
81 mean should l choose to make
you my heir, and l would choose if
you married to please me. Who are
these MowbraysT
81 haven't had the curiosity to in
auire into their antecedents," said
Egon. 81 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 on earth"
"Mechtilde talked to me, remem.
Der, a good deal about those letters Of
Introduction" the chancellor reflected
aloud. But Rhaetia is long cry
from England, and letters might be
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 it. It's Burke's Peer
age"
Egon rose with alacrity to obey. He
was rather thoughtful, for his brother
had put an entirely new and exciting
idea in;u 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
bristling brows came together in a
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