Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-09

dreamed that the king would rebel All
my heart and all my mind have been
working toward this end. toward great
er peace and prosperity. The king has
been generous enough to leave the public
| ity in our hands; that 10 to say, he agrees
| to accept the humiliation of being
jected by her serene highness.'
That II very generous of him. said
| the duke. sarcasticAlly. Send for Due
| WITT"
'Ducwitz your highness?" cried the
chancellor. chilled.
.Immediateiyr'
| Father
| Must / give an order twice.
| Your highness if you call DucwitZ L
shall surrender my portfolio to YOU.
| The chancellor spoke without anger.
DO so. There are1others to take up
your work" The duke, for the moment.
had thrown reason to the winds. Re-
venge. the clamor of revenge, was all the
| The chancellor bowed. turned TO leave
the room, when Hildegarde flew to the
dukes side and snatched at his sleeve.
Father. you are mad
AT least / am master in Ehrenstein.
| Herbeck, you WI have the kindness to
summon Gen. Ducwitz'
Your highness.' replied Herbeck. Il
have worked long and faithfully in your
/ service. l cannot recollect that | ever
| asked one personal favor. But ! do SO
now. Do not send for Ducwitz tonight.
| See him in the morning. This is no time
| for haste. You will throw the army into
Jugendheit and there Uill follow a bloody
| war. For l have to inform you that the
prince regent recognizing the false posi-
/ ton he is in. has taken the ram by the
horns. His troops are already bivouacked
| on the other side of the pass. This |
| learned today. He will not strike first:
| he will wait for you"
Il will have my revenge" stubbornly.
| Father. listen to me- ! the af-
Fro tod oil lfn1~ -ffrt4f
| to say what shall be done in the matter.
| And | say to you if You do these cruel
| things, dismiss his excellency and bring
| war and death to Ehrenstein. will never
| forgive you, never, never, You are wrong.
/ wrong, and |. your daughter. tell you 50
| frankly. Leave it to me. There will DO
neither war nor humiliation"
! AS the duke gazed at her the wrath
gathering i'm his throat. Enceded and his
admiration grew His daughter. She
was a princess indeed as sic stood there.
! fearless. resolute. beautiful. And her
very beauty gave recurrence to his wrath.
A fool of king he was, fool of
king.
My dear child he said. Il have suf-
| fered too much at the hands of Jugend-
heit. 1t was my daughter the first time;
it is my honor now. proudly
will it balance war and devastation"
the girl asked quietly. rs il not pride
rather than honor? The prince regent
made pardonable blunder. Do not you.
The king is without blame, for you APP
peal to his imagination as man who
deeply wronged his father | harbor no
il-feeling against him or his uncle be-
cause / look at the matter from inn
personal point of view; it was for the
good of the state. This blunder can be
undone: therefore, it is not. wise to dou-
bic it. make il irreparabre.
"A Portia to the Judgment said the
chancellor. his eye kindling. Let 1t all
rest upon my shoulders. alone am 10
blame 1t was | who first suggested the
alliance. We all have Dreams active OF
passive. futile or purposeful. Ny ambi-
ton was to bring about real and last
ing peace Your highness. ! have failed
signaly. There is nothing to do now
,, but to appoint my successor All the
chancellor's force and immobility of coun
tenance gave way and he looked the
broken man.
Notwithstanding that he was generally
hasty, the duke was a just man. In hiS
heart of hearts he understood. He Of
fered his hand. with half a smile: and
when he smiled lie was handsome old
man.
You are bidding me farewell, your
highness?" said Herbeck.
NO, count. | would not let you go for
half my duchy. What should j do with
out your solid common sense? No. re-
main: we are both of us too old TO quar-
rel. Even duke may be fool some
times.
Herbeck laid his cold hand upon the
duke $. Then lie went over To Her Hlsn-
ness and kissed her hand gratefully for
il was truly at her feet the wreath OF
victory lay.
"Highness' he said. softly. you are
the fairest finest prn, the world,
and you shall marry when you will
And where?'
Il would that | could make ii So But
there is a penalty for being placed 50
high. We cannot change this unwritten
law"
(To be continued tomorrow1