Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-06
Copyright 1909, The Bobbs-MerrtH Company.

| king. baron, is a young colt. A few
| months ago he gave his royal uncle carte
/ blanche to seek wife for him. Pol
| tics demanded an alliance between Ju-
/ been too many years of useless antag-
onism. On the head of this bolt from
heaven comes the declaration of his
majesty that he will marry any other
princess on the continent"
They will pull this place down, brick
by brickr
Let them! We have ten thousand
more troops than Ehrenstein-"
You young men are q pack Of fools.''
softly. baron"
| You would like nothing better than
| war
| Unless 1t is peace
"Where is the king?''
The carter smiled. He is hunting,
| they say. with the Crown Prince of Ba-
varia.'
But you, why have you come dressed
| like this?"
That is a little secret which 1 am
| not at liberty to disclose
+, But. great God. what's to be done?"
| Lie. urbanely.
What good will lies do?"
/ They will suspend the catastrophe till
| we are ready to meet 1t. The marriage
is not to take place till spring. That
/ will give us plenty of time. After the
coronation his majesty may be brought
1 to reason. This marriage must not fall
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care TO become the laughing stock of
| Europe. The princes advice is for you
| to go about your affairs as usual. Only
one man must he taken into your con-
/ fidence, and that man is Herbeck. II
any one can straiGhten out his end of
i the tangle it is he. He is big man, of
I fertile invention. he will understand. Ii
] this thing falls through his honors will
| fnll with IL. He will work toward peace.
though from what | have learned the
< duke would not Shun war
Whore is the prince"
| Wherever he Is, he is working for
the pest interests of the state. Don't
worry about his royal highness. he's a
man
when did YOU come
This morning. Though ] have been
| here before in the same guise."
| There is the Bavarian princess re-
/ ''Ha! A good thought! But the king
is romantic; she is older than he, and
ugly
! you are not telling me everything .
| intuitively.
Il know it. 1 am telling you all that
is at present necessary"
| You make me the unhappiest man in
the kingdom. l have worked so hard
and long toward this end. When did the
| king decline this alliance?'
| Evidently the moment he heard of it.
| l have his letter In my pocket. / am
requested to read 1t to you. Listen:
| My IlluStrlouS and Industrious Uncle
! regret exceedingly that at this late
| day | should cause you political embar-
\ rassment: but when / gave my consent
!, to the espousal of any of the yariou.
| princesses at liberty. surely it was un-
/ derstood that Ehrenstein was not to be
| considered. ! refuse to marry the daugh-
| ter OF the man who privately strove to
cover my father with contumely who
| dared impute TO him crime that was
| any mans but my fathers. ! realize
| that certain policies called for this stroke
| on your part. but it cannot be. My dear
uncle. you have digged fine pit, and |
| l refuse to marry the Princess Hide
garde- This is final. 1t can be arranged
| without any discredit to the duke or to
\ yourself. Let IL be said that her serene
/ hishness has thrown me over. / shan't
go to war about II. FREDERICK
/ observe My illustrious and industri-
Gus uncle" laughed the carter without
mirth. Our king. you will see. has a
i graceful style"
| Your tone is not respectful" warned
the ambassador.
Neither is the state of my mind. Oh,
my king is a fine fellow: he will settle
down like his father before him; but to-
day The carter dropped his arms de-
| jcctedlt.
There is something going on
/ What, YOU are likely To learn at any
| moment. Pardon me. baron, but il
l dared | would tell YOU all. But his high
! obey them. 1t would be a mental re-
lief to tell some one"
| Curse these opera dancers
I The carter laughed. AYE. where kings
| arc concerned. But you do him injus-
! ticc. Frederick is as mild as Strephon.