Putnam patriot., 1910-09-16

He would wiring the viatuer,s neek lie was not in an amlaale mood. Some one hammered oa the door GrumhteA entered.
 ~Yon are angry about something he said.
 50 am But you are always wei. come
 ~Yeu have osersleats@ sNos on the contrary"
 -You are disturbed. I'd Ike te know what's going CD in that bullet head of yours" T have resigned the eeusulship."
 And fer what reasons" earmichael silently drew un his coat ~Aeh. Sc you have one teoT' "One what!"
 .One secret" .Yes. But its the kind we can't talk about
 T understand. Have you had break. faste-
 Nc" Neither have l. Let us go togeth. err
 There was large crowd outside the palace that night. which was clear and starry. because of a great ball. X troop of cavalry natrolled the fence. Carriage after carriage rolled In through the gates. coming directly from the opera
 And close by the sentry box Car michael saw Gretchen and her vintner Carmichael could not resist stopping moment. He raised his hat to Gretchen 10 the wonder of those near cst.
 Do you know where the American consulate iss" he asked low. so that none but Gretchen and the vintner heard.
 sYes." said the yintner. blushlng with shame. T live above the agen cy.s
 Good shall expect to see you in the morning"
 Hut the sintner was determined that he shouldn't He would be as work in the royal vineyards on the morrow
 Tomorrow r repeated Gretchen. 10 whom this byplay was a blank. Why should he wish to see sou2e
 sNhe knows? Let Us be going It Is half after lo.. he added. as If to put forward some logical excuse for leay. ing at this moment
 4 man followed them all the way to the Krumerweg.
 Carmichael threw himself eagerfy into the gayety of the dance. He was an accomplished waltzer. after the manner of thai day. when one went round and round like some mechan. ica. toy wound up. This would be the last affair ef the kind for hlm. and he wanted full memory of It. Between times he exchanged jest or two with the chancellor or talked battles with old Duewitz Thrice while on the floor was never smile. never a glance. He became careless and reckless. He would seek her and talk to her and smile at her even if the duke threw n regiment in between. He saw Grum. bach fin the gallery.
 Now. what the devil Is the Dutch. man doing with pair of epern glassesf"
 Later her highness stood before one of the long windows in the conservn tory listlessly watching the people in the square. Was that some one com. Ing for her. She turned.
 It was Carmichael
 What an opportunity for scandal. She laughed inwardly The barons and their wives. the ambassadors wives and their daughters. would miss them both And the spirit of deviltry lay also upon her heart. She smiled at the man and with her fan bade him be seated at her side.
 You have mol asked me to dance to. night" she declared.
 T am neither prince nor an ambas- sador"
 But you have danced with me"
 "les. l have been to heaven now and theu."
 And do you eject yourself thus easi- lyr
 By turning myself out my self es- teem remains unrufiied."
 Then you expected to be turned Out.'
 As l have said. 1 am not prince. l am oniy n consul. not even diplo. mat. simply business arm of my government. My diplomacy never as cends above the quality of hops and wines imported. 1 am supposed to