Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-25


If you say that, | Shan't believe YOU
Besides. there arc my feelings to be con.
sidered, and | mean to consider them.
Sooner than have a scandal III break
oil the match and send the princess to
Il convent, tnlcSs you cam suggest some
way of recovering those letters"
Ii was Challenge. and Prince Erie
took it up.
Very Well he said II will recover
them. They shall be one OF my welding
gifts to the princess"
But YOU don't even know the writer's
name. She doesn't know herself
Ills publisher shall tell me Ii he
doesn't "
tie frowned ferociousy. as ii there
We're no need to be more explicit
And when You have found him."
asked the grand duke.
Then will appeal 70 ais better feel,
ings."
And il he has none9"
Then | will try other means
This. with another ferocious irowu.
which seemed to inspire the grand duke
with a certain amount of confidence
DO your best then" he said. But
you quite understand that, ii YOU fail.
the match will have to hc broken off"
Il shall not fail" replied Prince Eric,
and he sailed forth-~a magnificent
yone 40. them g,ait VIC loo, cd a. il
he would make but mouthful of all
the Poets in the grand duchv while the
grand duke sent again for his daueitcr,
and told her in his abrupt way, ON
what issue her fate hung.
She spent an anxious, and even
fearful. afternoon in consequence. 1t
was romantic. OF course TO know that
rivals would presently be lighting for
her hand but then. if there should be
bloodshed if the combatauts should
hurt each other
The prince can take care of himself
said her father. "aud rs for that poet
fellow why. surely. my child. you don't
mean to say you care what happens to
him?"
lie could not understand this lnecr
my tenderness ion a love whicn NOR,
suitable love had superseded. Still less
could he understand anyone caring
whether II poet was run through the
body or not Poets, indeed!
Don't be such a sympathetic little
goose" he said, II daresay the prince
won't hurt him more than he can lclp;"
bu- Il vas, nevertheless, a relief TO Eim
when he received a message, and could
report that the quest for the letters had
boon successful.
Poets are gentlemen" ran the note
which he received, "and they feel conf
dent that grand dukes are gentlemen
too"
Good gracious! What is the world
mcut when he read that, and having
let off steam through the safety valve
of intersection he read on:
The poet will only consent to part
with the letters on the condition that
he be permitted to kand ;ham back per-
sonaIly to the writer. Having no means
of asccrtaining whether the writer is,
or is not, acting under coercion. he alb
solutely declines to entrust them tC any
intermediary. Subject to that one stip-
ulation, he places himself Unreserycdly
at his serene highness' disposal"
'lloity toity!" was his serene high
ness first exclamation on reading that
! but he felt. as he uttered IL, that it was
not an exclamation which advanced
matters in the slightest.
| Talk of poets behaving like gentle
mcul Why, here was n poet who had
| the audacty 20 90 farther and behave
| like grand duke! So he sat at his
desk and dipped his pen in his ink pot
Tell the man" he wrote. that / viii
! give him an audience at 9 tonight and
that Princess Isolde will be present,
| Warn him, in case he is ignorant of
court etiquette, to ask. in the first N
stance for the cqucrry-in- waiting
Then, having dispatched the note, he
told the princess what had been ar
ranged. and babe her come to his apart
ment five minutes before the appointed
! hour.
Her heart. as will readily be believed
went pit.a-pat and conflicting emotions
tore her. What meeting! And what
surprises it might have in store for her,
Suppose this poet to whom she had
cOniidcd the secrets of her girlish heart
| turned out TO be an ugly snufIy old
mau-how very intentionally foolish
she would feel thenl Suppose, on the
other hand. he turned ont to be even
| handzomer and more gallant in his bear
| ing than Prince Eric himself could she
| then trust hcrsclfT Suppose
again IN truth there was no end to
! the suggestions. and it was an i'm
mcnsc relief when steps were at last
! heard in the corridor.
The visitor whom your serene high
ness expected awaits yonr serene high
ness convenience" announced the groom
| in waiting
Send him to me-" said the grand
duke
The groom withdrew, and there was a
pause The grand duke, like a soldier
coming to attention. assumed his
! haughticst manner, and called severely
upon his daughter to assume hers.
More dignity, my dear! More dig
nifty! Don't look like stuffed owl, q
was his way Of putting it.
I'm doing my best, papa said the
princess. biting her lip and trying hard
to TOOL, frozen, impassiyc and indifTcr.
cnt; and then the door was thrown open
once again, and then!
What YOU Prince Fricl And
where's the poet? Haven't you brought
him? You don't mean to say he re-
| fused to come after all2"
Prince Eric laid his hand upon his
| heart and bowed low