Gunnison news-champion., 1909-02-12
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.s,h. tn. Jsvy.arstsS0s are all ussAlR-
huxhcd Fritz. Eve sccn 10 that
&aJs turned 10 rue and saia 10 .
aharp. decisive voicr:
.yon mus; make pse ~ ksr teuieist.
ysu know"
Il think it vssy kkeiy sas~n Il ! 80
hsr alone" sntA l. Hang n. xayss. pee
AOa I SUPPOSE Z aaA II aa0cusr'
Fritz whi~slsd . bas - twe: thea ~
cid '-Ncs'N - " snly 80 sasV
LsUk her~. Z AaAe ss,atas Pc Mis-. BOT
nnrt The Csan4ass lssaga soaA M
aAst the priacss - hscosse uss~t ut
oasss~d To IT, kiAg aasce ~ css~sa-
sisa her Ses,sH0s have usAeesoee n
aarked deveaaeOsot. Its qsite true
cat size In As~y'ay w"~sssied by The
hsngs apparent peGlest"
Here's kettle u fish, groaned-
tut. tut" said Sapt. Il suVrpase
you've made vsrctty speeches to = girl
kefore now That's all she wants"
Fritz. himsef a lover. understood ls-t
~ rs distress. lie laid his hand on
my shoulder. hat said nothing
Il think. though pursued that cold
h,ooded old sapt. that you'd better
nake your offer tonight"
"Good heavens"
'.Or. at auy rate. go near to it, and I
shall send a semiofiicial to the papers p"
"I'll do nothing Of the sort--no more
will YOU" said T. Il utterly refuse to
take part ia making fool Of the prin-
Spss
kapt looked at me with his small
keen eyes. A slow. cunning smile pass
81 over his face,
An right. lad: all right" said he
We mustn't press you too hard.
soothe her down a bit If you can, You
know Now for Michael.'
"Oh. hang Michael said 1. Hell
do tomorrow. Here. Fritz. come for n
stroll In the garden"
| kapt at once yielded. Ills rough
manner covered wonderful tact and.
- I came to recognize more and more.
| q remarkable knowledge Of human ma
ture Why did he urge me So little
about the princessf Because lie knew
carry me further than all his arlsu-
menfs and that the less I thought
about the thing the more likely was I
10 do it. lie must have seen the I'M
happiness lie might bring on the prin-
| cess but that went for nothing with
AiAs. Can I say confidently that he
was wrong? II the king were restor-
| I'd. the princess must turn to him.
either knowing or not knowing the
change. And IL the king were not re-
stored to us; II was a subject that
we had never yet spoken of. But 7
had an idea that in such case Sapt
meant I, seat me on the throne of
RurtaRia for the term of my life He
world have set Satan himself there
SOONER than that pupil Of his. Black
Michael.
TIE NALL was a sumptuous affair. I
oPesAed IL by dancing a quadrille with
F1avia. Then ] waltzed with her
Curious eyes and eager whispers at
tended us. We went in to supper. and
halfway through 1. half mad by then.
foe her glance had answered mine and
hef asick breathing met my stammer-
- seRtences. I rose in ny place before
81 ~ brilliant crowd and. taking the
eed reae that I wore. dung the ribbon
win it, 5eweled badge round l,ef neck
IN . tuDult Of applause l sat down.
I saw 0apt smiling over his wine and
Ff1ts fFSWning. The rest Of the meal
$4,000 In silence: neither rlavia nor
I esaA speak. Frits touched me on
the GAeuodef. and I rose. gave her my
am and walked down the hall into a
Attle reem. where coffee was served to
tenaance withdrew. and We were
absoe.
TIE little room had French windows
openlng on the gardens The night
was fine. cool and fragrant Flavia
sat down, and stood opposite her. l
was struggling with myself II she
had not looked mt me. l believe that
even then I should have won my fight.
but suddenly involuntarily she gave
me one brief glance-a glance of qucs
ton. hurriedly turned aside. n blush
that the question had overcome spread
over her cheek. and she caught her
heath
An. il you had seen her. forgot
the king in Zenda. forgot the King
h strelsau. She was a princess-and
IN impostor. DO you think l remem-
bsred that? I threw myself on my
knee and seized her hands in mine. l
said nothing. Why should I? The soft
sounds of the night set my wooing to Il
wofdlees melody as pressed my kisses
O. her lips.
She pushed me from her. crying sud
denly:
"Ah. IL 1t true. or is ii only because
yea must?"
ITS true I said in low. smothere,l
/ tsoes-.true that love you more than
Me q truth or honor
/ oAe st no meaning to my words
treating them rs one Of loves sweet
! >~H>~~~~n Rh> ma <.l<vua IN VIZ