Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-25

reach Spandau till nightfall when he sought
out his friend and told him of the happiness store
for him. Henry could not leave the castle till morn
ing; the friends up all night and the Margrave
recited in detail the marvellous events OF the last
week
Henry at first thought that Adolphs mind had
been touched by gentle frenzy; but he was soon
convinced that the honest fellow speaking the
truth and his joy great that for time it was
almost benumbing.
Next day, Henry obtained leave of absence and
started horseback for Berlin the Margrave follow
ing in a carriage. Henry delayed on the road
and did not reach the palace until an hour before
dark. He quickly found Sonnsfeld and told her that
affairs of the greatest Importance made it lmpera-
lively necessary for him to the Princess as soon
possible. He supposed the Margrave had told
Wilhelmna that Captain Henry was the hereditary
Prince of Bayreuth. He did not know certainly that
Adolph had told her; SO he intended to inform the
Princess of that interesting fact and expected to tell
her that he, Henry, was returning to Bayreuth to
complete arrangements for their marriage. He did
not, however, intend to impart either piece OF in
formation to anyone but the Princess.
He said to Kate, II will go to the doorway at the
foot of the stairs, and hope the Princess will come
to me at the earliest possible moment after dark.
HENRY had been waiting perhaps half hour
- when the Princess came from the door and ran
to his Under such conditions, persons are apt
to forget what they had most desired and that
is just what happened to Henry. After few mo-
ments of incoherent ecstasy, he said:
Il hear you to be married to the hereditary
Prince of Bayreuth can hardly believe it is true.
1t is almost too good to be true.
Wilhelmina not prepared for such enthusiasm
on Henrys part over her prospective marriage: but
she supposed his joy of negative quality, grow
ing out of the fact that she was not to marry August
of Saxony. The hereditary Prince of Bayreuth was
SO much the less of evils that she supposed Henry
reoiced because of her escape from the greater
Still his very evident happiness seemed an excess of
Joy and hurt her.
Henry continued his congratulations mingled with
fervd love- and forgot that the Princess did not know
he was the hereditary Prince Of Bayreuth. In
the urgent press OF more important business, he
failed to tell her. and the Princess taking alarm from
approaching footsteps, hurredly reentered the pal
ace without learning that interesting fact. Henry
had also neglected to tell her that he going at
once Bayreuth and the omissions did not occur to
him until he saw his father two days later.
HENRY also forgot another important matter
II when he left Berlin that evening, accompanied
by private in the Grenadier Regiment, and taking
with him two of the Kings horses He failed to ask
in the circumstances, and the wonder is that he
remembered even his hat
The day. six months before. when Henry
captured by PruSSian recruiting officers, might
after all prove to have been the luckiest of his life
The ride from Berlin to Bayreuth was hard one
because of rains and ntolerable roads; but Henry
happy and regretted only one fact that he
could not fly. He was anxious to reach Bayreuth be
fore Frederick Williams ambassadors had left; but
he failed by day.
The Margrave of Bayreuth filled with joy
and surprise when Henry into the castle and
embraced him. Henry had already learned that
the Prussian ambassadors had arrived and de-
parted.
"Ah father it is almost good to be true!" said
Henry holding his father at arms length. You will
not believe my story: Sit here in the window seat
and listen while l tell you.
The Margrave and his took their seats in the
window and Henry began his story.
After left here was captured, as Peter prob
ablyhas told you, by brigands,
who turned out to be Fred
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