Putnam patriot., 1909-08-06

parentiy lost as II was Tn the custer of small units which went to make up q certain empire. one of the world powers. The Grand Duke Michael dis dained the world at large He had but little in common with anything that moved beyond the confines of his narrow domain. His court was sleepy. laekadaisieal. unemotional impregna- ble to the taunts of progression. His people were thrifty. stoIid and abso- lutely stationary in their loyalty to the ancient traditions of the duchy. His army was q mere matter of taxation and not thing of pomp or necessity.
 The precise location of the grand duchy in the map of the world has lit tie or nothing to do with this narra- tive. Indeed. were it aot for the fact that the grand duke possessed charming and most desirable daughter the Thorberg dynasty would not be mentioned at all. The grand dukes peace of mind had been severely dis turbed-so severely. in fact. that he was transferring his troubles to the emperor. who, in turn. felt obliged to communicate with the United States ambassador. who. in his turn. had no other alternative than to take sum mary action in respect to the indiscre- tions Of q fellow eountryman. Ghase's conscience was even and serene. and lie WAS resigning his post with the confidence that ba had bss obligations SIS an American gentleman should. even though the performance had created an extraordinary eommo- tion. Chase was new to the old world and it's customs. especially those fig orous ones which surrounded royalty and denied it the right to venture into the commonplace.
 Chase had been the representative of the American government at Therberg for six months. The American flag foated above his doorway in the Fried riehstrasse. but in ali h's six months of occupation not ten As..ericans had crossed the threshold He was wig orous. healthy young man. and it may well be presumed that the situation bored him. He was not politician: no more was he an office seeker. He was a real soldier of fortune in search of affairs-in peace or In war. on land or at sea. Possessed of small in come sufficiently adequate to sustain life if he managed to advance it to the purple age. but wholly incapable of supporting him as a thriftless dipio- mat. he was compelled to make the best of his talents. no matter to what test they were put He left college at twenty-two. possessed of the praise worthy design to earn his own way without recourse to the S4.J0o income from a certain trust fund. His plan also incorporated the hope to save every penny of that income for the possible rainy day" He was now thirty. Tn each of several New York banks he had something like S4o0o drawing per cent interest. while he picked his biithe way through the world on S2. 300 year. more or less. IS chance ordained.
 When I'm forty" Chase was wont 10 remark to eBvious spendthrifts who couldn't understand his philosophy. I'll have over a hundred thousand there. and If 1 live to be ninety just think what I'll have. Moreover. I may get married and have to maintain a poor wife with rich relatives, which is a terrible strain. you know. You have to live up to your wife's relA- lives. if you don't do anything else"
 He did not refer to the chance that ae was quite sure to come In Tor arse legacy at the death of his ma sernal Srandfatber. .a millionaire ranch swner 10 the far west
 After leaving college he drifted ,peftv much over the world. taking sot siuca with fortune .and eiasping the naad of circumstS There had been hard roads B travel as we'll az ,asy ones. but he never complained 1le swung on through life with the heart of soldier and the confidence If a pagan He ioatheG business. and he abhorred trade.
 He was an orphan and 'bounden 10 no man No one had She right to uuestiop shis actions after his twenty first anniversary. He went in for law at Yale and then Practfced restlessly- vaguely. for two years is Baltimore apder the patronage of hss fathers aidesf friend. lawyer of distinction.
 Firing of the law books anS reports tn the old judges office. he suddenly abandoned his calling and set sorfh to see the worM. Almost befnce his fr,eads knew rsat he had left ise was heanA of in Tunkestan- In coaree Of lime he served as q war correspo0dent for one of the great newspapers. Actsd as srent for great semp dealers sn see pbtltopisee. carried rife with fhe Roers ia South Africa. hunted wild beasts in Asia and is Hottentot iaSd- took suapsAots in St- Petersburg aud .lmosf got to sthe norft pole with ose of thp expedfuona E6 in . months tourney would you meet fruer thor oughbred. a more agreeable chap. | more polished vaRabon1- than Holiings wor,h Chsse. fnsf lieutenant tn Dame rorupe's army. Tall. goad looking. rawboned. cheerful. gallant ne was the true comrade of tbose merry. reck- loss volunteers from ali lands rho ind commissions In Fortunes army and serve her faithfully
 He was nearly thirty when the dipio- taatie service began ts appeal fo nim as pleasing variation from the fisof- a,,s xrx-upatioux he mad followed heic- tof..xs One of his ancles was q coz .-ressuaxfa. aud anofhrr was ID some xav connected with raiiroads He nrss sought fss influence of the iaffer and ,a.c iss recommendation of the Tor