Pleasantville weekly press., 1910-08-06

IlSHt, dS DtCdue one OIL the mousse OL
Ehrenstein?
What Is he like?" she asked
THAT no one seems to know He
has been to his capital but twice III ten
years. The young king has been in
Paris most Of the time. That's the
way they educate kings these days.
They teach them all the vices. Your
father loves you, and if you are incln-
ed toward his majesty, if it is in your
heart to become a queen, | shall not
let my prejudices stand i'll the way"
She caught up his hand with a.
strange passion and kissed it.
Father, do not want to marry any
one" wistfully. But a queenw she
added thoughtfuIly. Would it be for
the good Of the state?"
Here was reason. Yes; my objec-
tions are merely personal said the
duke.
For the good Of my country | am
ready to make any sacrifice"
VERY well, but weigh the matter
carefully. There is never any retrac-
ing a step Of this kind" He paused
and then said:
you are all / have, girl" 4
"My fatherr' She stroked his p
The restoration Of the Princess 3
garde Of Ehrenstein had been the
sation of Europe, as had been in
earlier days her remarkable abduc
For sixteen years the search had 4
on fruitlessly. In a garret in Dre4
the agents of Herbeck found her
singer in the chorus of the opera. 4
newspapers and illustrated week.
ragged about her for awhile, elabora
the story of her struggles, the mystic
GUS remittances which had from TIM
to time saved her from direst poverty
her ambition. her education which by
dint of hard work she had acguiPeds
The duke accused Franz Of Jugendheit}
Search as they would, the duke and
the chancellor never traced the source
of the remittances. The duke held
stubbornly that the sender Of thess
benefactions was moved by the inn
pulse of a guilty conscience and that
this guilty conscience was in Jugend-
heit.
And was the girl happy with all her
new grandeur, with all these lackeys
and attentions and environs? Some
times she longed for the freedom and
lack care of her Dresden garrett, her
musician friends, the studios, the
frif 1f ha
She was lovely enough to inspire
fervor and homage and love In all
masculine minds. She was witty and
talented Carmichael said she was one
of the most beautiful women in all
Europe.
She was still in the window seat
when the chancellor was announced
"Your highness," he said, Il am.
come to announce to you tll4 the5e
waits for you a high place in the af-
fairs of the world"
The second crown In JugendheIt?
"Your father
"Yes. He leaves the matter wholly
in my hands"
1T is for the good of the state. A
princess like yourself must never wed
an inferior"
"WouId a man who was brave and
kind and resourceful, but witlnatu y
title would he be an inferior Z"
"Assuredly politically. And =
to say that your marriage could
be else than a matter Of politics
Il am. then, simply eerti6c|
exchange?" -
The king Of Jugendheit is yot
do not see how he can help loyin|
the moment he knows you. Who
And the chancellor smiled.
"But he may not be heart whd
HE will be politically"
politics, politics-how nbatd
word Sometimes l regret
ret"
The chancellor wrinkled b
"Will you consent to this
"Would it do any good to
"On the contrary. it won
renstein great HARM"
Give me week. wearily
a week. There was jd
\ chancellor's face now. unm4
concealed "Oh, when the
comes that 7 see the crown d
heit on your beautiful heaA
work shall not have been
There is one thing more, ~
! ness"
"And thatT'
"There must not be so mTnS
the morning with his exeelle
I Carmichael"
There was a sinister note OF
in the chancellor's voice.
The Black Eagle Gam SCH
Adler in the Adergasse was 2
old and had been in the Bauel
all that time.
Had the manager. Frau Ba
Frau Wirtin, as she was ia ~
called. been masculine she woulfka
been lightly dubbed Bauer VII.
was a widow She was thirt5-eis
plump, pretty and wise.
Tonight the main room of the tavcs
swan in a blue haze Of smoke. VIII
rose to the blackened rafters, hu 3
with many and various sausages.
cheeses and dried vegetables Dishes
clattered, there was a buzzfas Of
voices, a scraping of feet and chairs,
a banging of tankards.
Gretchen came in. a little better
dressed than in the daytime. the
change consisting of coarse stockings