Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-26

Let vs. nave no more retroSpectiOn. il
YOU please. Moreover. shall be obliged
to you il you will summon at once the
carriage which is to take us to the from
tier. The situation has been amicably
and satisfactorily explained. I see no
reason why we should be detained any
longer"
Nor L. added Prince Ludwig IT am
rather weary of these tatters. I should
even like q bath"
The three of them were Immediately at
tracted by singular noise outside in the
corridor The door swung in violently,
into atoms the Venetian mirror. The
king, the prince and the chancellor were
instantly upon their feet. The king
clutched the back OF his chair with a grip
was Gretchen doing here? All. could he
have flown! He muttered a curse at the
chancellor for the delay. But happily
Gretchen did not see him.
till the others were inside: then he shut
the door with lesser violence and rushed
over to the chancellor.
Herbeck you villain
The chancellor stared at the gypsy, at
Won Arnsberg, at Grumbach.
"Herbeck. you black scosindrelr' cried
tht. duke. Can you realize how diff
cult it is not to take you by the throat
and stfangle you here and now?"
He is mad! said Herbeck. bracing
Yes. / am mad. but 1t is the sane
madness Of a terribly wronged man.
Come here, you gypsy! The duke seized
Herbeck's hand and pressed it down
tell me II it is not the hand of a
Judas!'
THAT is the hand, highness," said the
gypsy, without hesitation.
The duke hunx the hand aside. AS he
did so something snapped In Herbeck' 8
brain. though at that instant he was not
conscious Of II.
1T was you. you! It was your hand
that wrecked my life. yours! All. IL there
such vfllainy7 Are such men born and
do they liver My wife dead, my own
heart broken, Arnsberg ruined and dis
Is mine?"
To the King Of Jugendheit the ceiling
reeled and the floor revolved under his
feet.
Villain. what have you to say? What
was your purpose?''
How many years. thought Herbeck. had
ne been preparing for this moment2 How
long had he been steeling his heart
against this very scene? Futile dream!
He drew himself together with a supreme
EFFORT. He would face this hour as he
had always planned to face it. Found
out! He looked at his finger. touched 1t
with an fmpersonal curiosity. He had
forgotten all about such q possibility.
:" AOIc Ndu ne TcdQ Cndt IAof0 Is no crime
but leaves some evidence, infinitesimally
small though it be. which shall lead to
the truth? After all, he was glad. The
strain. borne SO long. was gradually kill
Ing him. A little finger. to have stopped
the wheel OF so great q scheme! Irony!
Your highness." he said. his voice soft
and strangely clear. IT have been waiting
for this hour. So I am found out! How
little we know what God intends!'
You speak OF God? You blasphemer'
Bear with me for space. I shall not
bold you long"
But why? What have I done to you
that you should wreck all hold dearT
For you ] have always had q strong
anection, strange as 1t may sound" Her
beck fumbled with his collar, which was
Tightening round his throat like a band
of hot iron. II have practically gov
erned this country for sixteen years In
that time I have made It prosperous and
happy: I have given you a substantial
treasury; I have made you an army; ]
have brought peace where YOU would