New-York tribune., 1909-11-28

A Son of the ImmOrtals
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ernment and not for yourself. That fact rem
derS easy the favor have TO ask.
"Anything that lies IN my power Your Maj
estv-'
Oh, this Is a simple matter. y friend Of
mine, Lord Adalbert BeaumanOIr, who was
coming here from Paris 20 visit me, was arrested
at Semlin this morning There Is. OF can be. no
charge against him Some of Your Jealous
agents have blundered, that Is al. Now, !
want YOU % 60 10 Semlin IN a special tram i
Will provide and bring his LOrdshlp here be-
fore Alec looked al his watch. IL Is now
nine. Shall we say by eleven O'Clock sharp,
Won RothStein was startled. and he showed
II. But this Is the first ! have heard II. he
Exactly. That Is why I came in person TO
tell YOU"
&c | fear l cannot interfere. YOUR Majesty"
" Is that so: Why. then. Herr Baron are
YOU Minister for Austria at Delgratz."
mean that this matter Is not within my
province"
Surely II must be. cannot allow my
friends 70 be collared by Austrian police for no
reason whatsoever. This passport question CON
Germs kosnovld, not Austria. The action of the
Semln authorities Is one OF brIgandage. II can
be adjusted dmicably by YOU. Herr Won Roth
stein. Do YOU refuse"
'' fear l cannot do what YOU desire, YOUR
Majesty
"Ah' That is pity, In that event must
60 10 Semlin myself and Ilhcrate Lord AdaI-
bert"
Co. don't quite understand"
Alec.
d" I mean. of course"
" You think / am blutfng. Do YOU know the
word, IL Is american for pretense that Is not
backed 10y action. / intend nothing of the kind
Either YOU or must start for SemlIn forth
with. II 60. / take with me "a bodvguard Sufi-
clently strong 20 insure my friend freedom.
am not declaring war against AUSTRIA. II anV
jack IN office IN kosnovia acts like these Semlin
policemen, and "a kosnovian official refuses 20
put matters straight 10y al means let Austria
teach the offenders sharp lesson. She VIII
have my complete approval. as / hope / have
yours on the present occasion
" But, Your Majesty. such action on vOur
part does really amount 20 declaration of
war"
Ridiculous Austria seizes an inotfcn,ive
British gentleman merely because he travels
from Paris 70 Delgratz l appeal 70 you the
Austrian Minister, 20 60 and release him. and
YOU refuse; vet YOU tell me / am making war
on YOUR country If / rescue him. The notion Is
prepoSterouS. Vt any rate II can be argued
later. | have sufficient cavalry and guns as
Sembled near the station, and hope 10 be IN
Semln IN twenty minutes Good morning
Baron"
Your Majesty, impIore YOU to forego this
rash enterprise"
" IL Is YOU OF | for il 80
" Let me telegraph.
" Useless That spells delay. You or must
go 20 Stinlln-nOW W hlCh u 10 % be-
The Austrian diplomat, pallid and bewil-
dcred Vet had the wit 10 believe that this
quiet voiced Young man meant every word he
said He reasoned quickly that the freeing of
peStlferous EngliShman AZ Scnlin could have
no possible effect on AuStria'S subsequent ac-
ton She might please herself whether or not
the threatened invasion of her territory should
be deemed cause of war while to Weld for the
hour robbed this extraordinary adventurer OF
the prestige that would accrue from his bold act
viii 60. your Majesty" said he. after "a
fateful pause
Goodt Permit me To- congratulate YOU on a
wise dccIsIon, said Alec. 90 / shall await vour
return m Patience until eleven"
And them
oh, them follow YOU, OF course"
RARON Won ROTHSTEIN Thought silence
was best. He drove to the station and did
not i1ll to note the military preparations His
special quilted DelgrItz AT uinc-twcntv A. NJ
W ten-iorty a. NJ, II came back and Alec met
nm and Lord Ad,lbert Bcdumanoir ON the
platform.
~ Sorry YOU were held up old chap was the
NlhS greeting. some of these frontier DO
nee are fearful asses; hut Herr Won RothStcin
ruNhvd on the instant he heard of Your prc,lica-