The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-09-09

Helen Mowbray, though her right to 1t
Is more than disputablc. Her love af-
fairs threaten public scandal"
"Ah, you are not the first one who
has spoken of this pretty lady since
crossed the frontier this morning." eX-
claimed the young man, flushing. He
paused and bit his lip before going on,
as If he wished to think or regain self
control, but Mt last he laughed not al
together lightly. $50 the lady most
talked about for the moment in all
Rhactia Is under the same roof with
me-"
"Fortunately she is close at hand"
said the chancellor. "To you moro
than to any other ] can open my heart
in speaking of our great peril. This
girl has drawn the emperor into fit
of moon madness. 1t is no more Seri-
Gus than that, ana were she out OF
the way he would wake as from Il
dream. But this IS the moment of the
crisis. He must be saved now or he IS
lost forever and all our hopes with
him. Blessed would be the man who
brought my poor master to his senses
| have tried and failed. But you could
do it,"
"IT
'Thc sword of justice is ready for
your hand"
"That sentence has solemn ring.
| don't see what you want me to do.
But what sort of woman IS this who
has bcwltchcd your grave LcopoldT
Beautiful and clever as women are
clever, but not clever enough to fight
her battle out against YOU and me-"
The prince laughed again. at isn't
my meter to fight with women. 1 pre-
fer to make love to them"
"Ah, you have said It! That is what
beg your royal highness to do"
"IIow am to get at her when Leo
pold stands guard?"
''IIe will not be on guard for some
hours"
"Ha, ha! You mean me to under
stand that there's no time to waste"
mot moment"
What Is the girl lilic?"
Tall and slender, pink and white as
flower, dark dashed and yellow hair
ell, like an Austrian beauty; eyes
gray or violet, it would be heard to
say which for man of my wears, but
even | can assure you that when the
lady looks down, then suddenly up
again under those dark laShcs, it's
something 10 quicken the pulse of any
man under sixty"
at would quicken mine only to hear
your description if you hadn't lust put a
maggot In my head that ticlllcs me to
laughter instead of rapturcs," said the
prince. "Tcl me this-1EOs this girl a
tiny black mole Just over the left eye
brow, very fetching, and when she
smiles does her mouth point upward a
bit on the right side, like fairy sign
post showing the way to small round
scar almost as good as n dimplc?"
The chancellor reflected for Il few
seconds and then replied that unless
his eyeSight and his memory had de.
ceived him both these marks were TO
be met with on Miss Mowbrny's face.
lie did not add that he had seen her
but once and at the time had not taken
interest enough to note details, for it
was plain that the prince had n theory
as to the lady's real identity and 10 es.
tablish it as fact might lie valuable.
"ls 1t possible that you've already
met this dangerous young persona" he
asked eagerly.
"Wcll, | begin to believe it may be
so. I'll explain why later Thereby
hangs confession AT all events n
certain lady exactly answering the de-
scription you've given is very likely i'm
this neighborhood. I've heard that she
was shortly due in Nronburg, and it
was In my mind when deciding sud.
denly to spend few days in the woods
for the sake of seeing YOU that !
might see her also before / went home
again. AS matter of fact the lady
and | have had a misunderstanding
at rather unfortunate moment. as Pd
just imprUdcntly taken her into my
confidence conccrning-cr- some family
affairs. If it Is she who is masulcrad.
ing in Rhactia as Miss MOwbray and
turning your cmpcror'S head. it may he
that she's trying TO revenge herself on
me. She's pretty enough TO bcguilc st.
Anthony, let alone Il st. Leopold, and
she's clever enough to have thought
out such n scheme. Our small quarrel
happened about four weeks ago, ana
I've lost sight of the lady since. She
disappeared, expecting probably to be
followed, but she wasn't. The only
question IS, II she's playing Miss Now
bray, where did she get the mother?
I've heard there is n Mowbray mother"
There's faded Dresden china Shcp.
hcrdcSs that answers to the name"
said the chancellor dryly. "But these
mantelpiecc ornaments are easily man
ufacturcd."
The prince was amused. $50; she
wouldn't stick at mother if she