Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-12


Thurley smiled little YEARLY. "He probably pre-
fers to come alone, like all the Others"
"You poor dear child! said Alice and kissed her IN
sympathy and love-
Chapter XLvIII. Climax
THE something boyshy honest in the Duke-a
charming quality that Thurley had previously en-
joyed-beset her she faced him Candldly, re-
solved to win him to the plan that she felt would make
for the happiness of ALL He dressed Colonel of
the Baron's Regiment Seydlitz, and was splendid
and good to She found the matter difficult in the
light of his repeated protestatons that he would not
return to Hertzegotha without her and that Kingdoms
"You see you haven't been fair" she said, smiling to
take away the sting when you knew was not the
Princess but the merest America, you treated
quite as if you had never met your ancee and were
ready to let think you thought was She You'll
admit to me that you knew it all from the rst?"
He nodded. "And that was your slave also, from
the first
She laughed at his gravity. But nobody wants a
little cheat.
1T is true; yet everybody wants little Princess"
but I'm not!''
But you are!'
ooh, we're wasting such lot of tme!" she said.
81 Just know YOU ashamed of the way you treat
ing Princess Thirvina! know that deep in your heart
of hearts your of duty to your country out
love could cry, that you know you must CO. and
you wish go-and take the Princess with you your
bride! shouldn't like you in the least If you were any
other way And you want me to like you little?'
''Oh, God of Lowell he answered. only tragic
youth may answer. "But surely you like me
little for myself?
She was very much in earnest. "Not particle if you
abandon your aianced Princess your distracted King
DOM the nobler self wish much to admire
But when l love you'll! he protested. is that
nothing
NO. she laughed; it's nuisance-to everyone but
But the love of a who deserts his country and
his honor OH
His sense of shame, only little narcotized by the
briance and appeal of her beauty, struggled in his
heart. |" But-Prncess, l helpless, he declared
"What do?'
Shake hands and say goodby," she answered readily
Promise you'll make your genuine Princess happy
and your land and let call the Baron here and
tell him how greatly admire you.
THE Baron?" he echoed He is not here?"
"Of course said Thurley. Il wrote him to come
I'll ask him now"
Her sentence completed.
"A dows thclest curtains flashed from without, in the
snowbound park. terrifying detonation, shattering
glass and rocking the house, instantly followed with
jar and shock as If OF some world disaster Shr1eks
and screams from the avenue ones cry within the
building, and heterogeneous medley of alarms
the second of lu that followed the thud and impact
of the explosion
Then the door flung open and Alice there,
wild eyed and gasping Mortified by the dreadful things
she had fully expected to discover in the room where
Thurey had been left.
"Deary!" she cried. Thank God thought"
"Karl cried the voice of the Baron at her heels and
he after Alice certain she that here this
room dynamite bomb had been fired.
What was it" cried Thurley abruptly possessed of
dread that seemed to cast her back to her recent
frights and perils. What has happened"
oh, thought should die before could reach the
door,! said Alice, pale and fearfully shaken. 1t must
have been out in the street,"
The Baron had fastened at to a window
Wenck had been instantly ordered outside to what
might be done.
'Ah, in the park" said Hochhaus, enormously re-
Geved, and the others fastened to
crowd had gathered in the street below with prompt
ness truly amazing. A swarmng, excited mass of be-