Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-08-30
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Goose Girl
By HAROLD MaCGRATH
Copyright. 1909. by the Bobbs.
Merrill Company
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The restoration Of the Princess Hide
| garde of Ehrenr tein had been the sen
| satiou of Europe. as had been In the
| earlier days her remarkable abduction
For sixteen years the search had gone
on fruitlessly. In garret In Dresden
the agents Of Herbeck found her.
singer in the chorus Of the opera. The
newspapers and illustrated weekliel
ragged about her for awhile, elaborated
tue story of her struggles, the mysteri
ous remittances which had from time
to time saved her from direst poverty
her ambition. her education which by
dint of hard work she had acquired
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 these
benefactions was moved by the i'm
pulse Of 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
aud attentions and environs? Some.
times sue longed for the freedom and
lack care of her Dresden garret, her
musician friends. the studios. the
crash and glitter Of the opera.
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 al!
Europe.
She was still in the window seat
when the chancellor was announced.
Your highness." he said. Il am
come to announce to you that there
waits for you high place In the al
fairs Of the world"
THE second crown in JugendheitT
"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"
Would Il man who was brave and
kind and resourceful. but without a
tille-would he be an inferior"
"Assuredly politically. And l regret
to say that your marriage could never
be else than matter Of politics"
II am. then. simply certificate OF
exchange"
"The king Of Jugendheit is young. ]
do not see how he can help loving you
the moment he knows you. Who canT'
And the chancellor smiled.
But he may not be heart whole"
He will be politically"
Politics. politics-how hate the
word. Sometimes l regret my gar
ret"
The chancellor wrinkled his lips.
will you consent to this. marriageT
Would 1t DO any good to reject it?'
"On the contrary. it would do En-
renstein great harm."
Give me week." wearily.
"a week" There was JOY on the
chancellor's face now. unmasked. un-
concealed. "Oh. when the moment
comes that | see the crown OF Jugend
heit ON your beautiful head all my
work shall not have been In vain.
There is one thing more. your high
ness"
"And that?"
"Therr aust not be so many rides in
the morning with his eXcellency Herr
Carmichael"
There was sinister note Of warning
In the chancellor's voice.
The Black Eagle Gum Schwartzen
Adler, in the AdlergaSse was 200 years
old and had been In the Bauer family
all that time.
Had the manager. Frau Rauer. or
Frau Wirtin. as she was Familiarity
called. been masculine she would have
been lightly dubbed Bauer VII. She
was a widow. She was thirty-eight,
plump. pretty and wise.
Tonight the main room Of the tavern
swan In blue haze Of smoke. which
rose to the blackened rafters. hung