New-York tribune., 1909-12-12

viSed her not TO understand when spoken to-
and relieved her manifest distress bv the state
ment that the hotel would see the last of them
IN a day or two.
Then anxious himself 20 be nd OF Pauline he
strolled out INTO Furst Michaelstrasse. entered
the hotels public restaurant by another door,
and sat there musIng and alone.
Thus lar loan and he had passed through the
simple vicissitudes that might beSet any other
strangers IN the capital of kOsnOvia- Though
the little man expected developments when
Alec heard OF Joan 8 presence, he certainly did
not look for squalls forthwith: vet he had not
been smoking and humming and slipping cup
Of excellent coffee more than minute before
he became aware that the sunlit street was
curiously alive.
THE hottest hours Of a hot dav might we'll
have driven the citizens OF Delgratz indoors;
but some powerful InduCement drawing
loiterers % Furst Michaelstrasse. IL was evi-
dent that the attraction. whatever II might be.
was not supplied by the thoroughfare itself.
Men lOunged along the pavernents OF gathered
in groups and PoluSki noted that few women
were present. soon a regiment OF soldiers
marched up, formed into two ranks. and lined
the street on both sides
Felix betook himself 70 the door, where MS
cOmpatriOt was busting the marble topped
tables with an apron that. under other con-
dItIOnS, would have sOiled them.
Does the King arrive earlier than four
o'clock, he asked
he answered " No" said he IN d low tone the
crowd Is gathering 10 see the regicides Their
trial ended to-day and they are being taken 10
the Old Fort 20 await sentence"
Pound guilty.,
81 should think so. indeed. monsieur They
glOrled IN their crime. They claim that thev
cleared the way for Alexis III bv rernoving
Ferdinand Some people say the King cannot
really be severe on them. though II was he who
brought them 70 Justice.
- Have they many sym rl4 hfzerSs
The waiter. a pallid creature. fiicked a table
loudly 70 cover his reply. ~S Some Of our Gus
TONERS talk big; but II Is a strange thing that
the authorities allow the men of the diSbanded
seventh Regiment % remain IN Delqratz.
There are hundreds OF them IN the streets al
this moment
1t reminds one Of Warsaw"
4 sudden moisture gllstened IN John Sobie-
/ ever see my beautiful city agains But IL is
different here. monsieur. Even though they
quarrel among themselves. they have al least
got nd OF their conquerors.
a QUICkENING Of interest on the mart If
the mob. general craning of necks. and
"a sharp command 20 the soldiers showed thar
the criminals We're en- route from the law courts
4 squad oi cavalry trotted INTO sight followed
on clght closed carriages An armed policeman
sat near every driver. and another stood on tbs
step outside each door. Mounted soldiers I'm
single hle surrounded the dismal PROCESSION
ana a second strong detachment guarded the
rear
IL was a doleiul spectacle. and Felix wss
puzzled 10y the absence ot anything IN the M
ture OF a popular demons tratiun He had beer,
ed 70 believe that Delgratz abhorred these rrt1r-
ders committed IN the name of progress. and he
naturally expected an emotional people 10 b..
tray their feelings. He listened IN VAIN for "a
yen ot eNccratlon. \ queer murrnur ran througb
the crJWd-that was ALL a murmur that vs.
omlnous. almost sinister. He scanned the facs.s
OF the crowd TRYING 10 pierce their stolif
aspect. Some ot the bvstanders obviously b.
longed o. the mutInous regiment. bur b.
looked m vain Tor any sign OF anger or rcqret
Skilled conSplrator that he Wa. P1lusLi
seemed rather % discern a deep Land ptirnose
oehnd their unnatural phlegn; vet his S1ls
picions dlcd away when the street began m
empty AS soon as the prisoners vehicles and the
escort had clattcred past The foot regiment
mari he'd of. and within ten minutes Feiix -
bdck IN ms nook. smoking and coffee eirinkino
and thanklng the chance that left loan uncon
~cious of tins grim episode. since her beiroor,
windows looked out on the garden IN the rear
ot the hotel '''
III sat there quietly. sternlv REFRESHING his
musical instincts when ne caught h,r,ss1f