Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1910-11-03

his finger tips, sometimes touching his
chin with his thumbs. His face was
cheerful.
His royal highness, still IN the guise
Of a mountaineer, sat stif1y in his
chair. the expression on his face hard
" translatable; that on the kings not
at all. He was dressed IN the brilliant
uniform of a colonel ID the Prussfan
uhlans, an honor conferred upon him
recently by King William. Prior to
his advent into the grand duchy Of
! Ehrenstein he had been to Berlin A
whim for which he was now grateful
had cozened him into carrying this
uniform along with him on bis adven-
/ lures. 1t was only after be met
Gretchen that there came moments
when he forgot he was king. He
was pale From hour to hour his
heart seemed to grow colder and small
er and harder, till it now rested in his
| breast with the heaviness Of a stone,
out Of which life and the care of living
had been squeezed. He rarely spoke.
leaving the burden of the conversation
to rest upon his uncle's tongue
$50 your royal hfghness will under
stand" said Herbeck, that it was the
simplest move could make and the
safest. Were it known or had it been
known this morning that the king Of
| Jugendheit and the prince regent had
entered Dreiberg in disguise and had
been lodged in the Steinsch1oss there
would have been a serious riot IN the
betty. SO had you arrested as spies
Presently a closed carriage will convey
you to the frontier and the unfortu-
nate incident will be ended And when
you cross the frontier it would be wise
to disperse the troops waiting there
for you.
Prince Ludwig smiled 1T was only
an army OF defense The duke had
nearly 10000 men at the maneuvers. I
have no desire for war; but, on the
other hand, am always ready for it."
There will never be any war be-
tween u.s. prophetiea1ly The duke
grows impatient at times, but can al
ways rouse his sense Of justice You
will, Of course, pardon the move |
made, There will be no publicity
There will be no newspaper notoriety,
for the journalists will know nothing
Of what has really happened
For that consideration your excel
lency has my deepest thanks replied
Prince Ludwig,
Il thought it best to let you go with
out seeing the duke. The meeting be-
tween you two might be painful
That also is thoughtful Of your ex-
ceIlency," said the king. II have no
desire to see or speak to his highness.' y
There is, however, one favor |
should like to ask said the prince.
"Can / grant it,"
Easily. | wish to leave a sum Of
money in trust to be paid to one
Gretchen schwarz, who lives in the
Krumerweg. She is ambitious to be-
come a singer. Let nothing stand be-
tween her and her desires"
stGranted'
The heart OF the king at the sound
of that dear name suddenly expanded
and stifed him The stiffness went
out OF his shoulders.
"Ah. this little world Of ours. The
mistakes and futile schemes we make
upon it!'' The chancellor dallied with
his quill pen. 1T was a cynical move
Of fate that your majesty should see
the goose girl first"
Enough cried the king vehement
". Let US have no more retrospee-
ton. If you please Moreover, shall
be obliged to you If you will summon
at once the carriage which is TO take
US to the frontier The situation has
been amicably and satisfactorily ex-
planned. see no reason why we
should be detained any longer
Nor l., added Prince Ludwig. st
am rather weary Of these tatters. ]
should even like BATH
The three Of them were Immediately |
attracted by q singular noise in the
corridor. The door swung in violently,
against the wall and SILVER
ing into atoms the Venetian mirror.
The king, the prince and the chancellor
were instantly upon their feet. The
king elutched the back Of his chair
with a grip Of iron. Gretchen? Her
highness2 What was Gretchen doing
here2 All, could be have flown!
The duke came 10 first. and he wait
ed till the others we're inside. Then
he shut the door with lesser violence
aud rushed over to the chancellor.