The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-13
THE Man
Who Stole
The Earth"
BY W. Holt Whits
CHAPTER Lxxl.-(contlnusd.)
The Princess sMen

the Princess to Won.
The heroic mood In which Strong
left Diana soon Left her like an eD-
bipg tide-left her weak and with d
sense OF utter helplessness
But reaction followed reaction, and
after her first misery at his departure
she became 10 a certain extent her
own strong self again.
But the days were long-how long
she never knew until afterward-and
the trials sore and many.
Fl he-ktng,- herfathgr. seemed 70
have lost all sense OIL love and even
honor. He set about in the most cold
and casual way playing a fendish
game with Dianas health and sanity.
1t was then that he decided TO rent
a forlorn, forSaken, weatherbeaten
and mouldy mansion at Chatou
Diana never forgot the journey. 1t
was like going into the world again TO
witness the surprise and the anxiety
and the interest OF the crowd in the
ytstibule of the hotel as she was hur-
ried through the throng to the motor
car which was to. convey her TO what
vas practically her prison.
Till they passed the Notifications Of
Paris Diana felt the eyes OF the world
upon her and upon her father. She
/ was not vain. but 1t seemed to her thai
the battle OF the world ceatered upon
her.
And so they came TO Cantou-a
pleasant village enough beside the
Seine-and reached the large and for
Kidding villa which the kin had hired
10 house her.
IL was one OF those plain. square
built cid mansions OF France. with
long. slit.like windows covered by
green shutters and bounded at each
corner by a round, red-iled tower.
which are as familiar landmarks in
the country OF France as are wooden
sailed windmills In Kent.
AT first one or the other of the Bal
kanian doctors logged her footsteps,
but this irritated her to such degree
that she-Seat- fer them and teid them
frankly that IL they did not cease their
espionage she would refuse tn go out.
They decided, therefore, 10 let
Diana have her way, and she walked
henceforth unmolested in the gardens:
Tut there were guards stationed at the
gates and without the walls.
Diana, was unaware Of this, for the
simple reason that she had almost
ceased to care. The time, indeed,
hung heavily on her hands. and at the
end OF ten days, being still sufficiently
collected TO think Of her peril. she be-
came alarmed at the mental apathy
into which she was falling.
All one forenoon. therefore, she rea-
soned with herself. pitting her sense
against her inclinations. and her pride
against her better judgment She had
told Strong that she would not go
back to Bomberg until she returned
as queen. From what scraps OF news
she could gather from Felice. whose
mind was hardly of the order to fol.
low the running Of political events
she knew that Strong was rough-hew.
ing his way to the throne he had prom.
ised her.
And 80 she set aside her pride and
resolved 10 humble herself to the ex-
tent OF calling on him for help, and re-
turning 10 Bomberg before the dawn
OF Armageddon.
She was puzzled however. TO dis
cover means OF communicating with
Strong, for the king had taken away
the wireless instrument which had
been her one consolation I'm tribula.
ton. II was then that she thought OF
Jimmy Cloud. Accordingly she called
Felice to her and told her briefiy-al-
most curtiy--of the decision to which
she had come.
ito Bo Continually