Arizona republican., 1911-12-29

| paths of the wood (the main paths of woods were not affected by the Twins), and the narrow path they were on came to an abrupt end at the I foot of steep and painless bank. The 1 Twins started up it as if it were neither here nor there to them; as in- deed it was not
 But the Princess stopped short and said in a tone of dismay: Am l to 1 climb this"
 The Terror stopped, looked at her dismayed face, set his bicycle against the trunk of tree, and said, "I'll help you up."
 With that, dismissing etiquette from his mind, he slipped his arm round the slender waist of the Princess and firmly hauled her to the top of the bank. He relieved her of most of the effort needed to mount it; but none the less she reached the top painting a little.
 You certainly aren't in very good training" he said rather sadly. A faint flush of modification man. tied the pale cheeks of the Princess {: and the faintly contemptuous compass sion in the eyes of Erebus deepened it.
 'I could get quite strong. if I wanted" she said with some heat.
 Then I should. It's much nicer to be strong said Erebus iu tone of finality
 The Terror went down the bank and hauled up his bicycle. They went a little deeper into the wood and reached ha nf They sat down in row; and the Princess looked at its cool water. in the cool green shade of the tall trees. with refreshed eyes.
 This ix different" she said.
 Yes, this is the real open air" said the Terror.
 But I do get lots of open air" pro- tested the Princess. "Why 1 sleep with my windows open-at least that much" She held out her two fore fingers some six inches apart. "The Baroness did not like it. But Dr. Ar buthnOt insisted. I think l sleep bet ter"
 We have our bedroom windows as wide open as they'll go and then they're not wide enough" said Erebus in tone of superiority
 ''I think if you took off your hat and jacket, you'd be cooler still" said the Terror rather quickly.
 The Princess took off her hat and jacket and breathed another soft sigh of pleasure. She had quite lost her air of discomfort and boredom
 1t is by no means improbable that the Twins, like all we'll brought up children, were aware that it is not eti- Quette to speak to Royal PerSonages unless they first speak to you. If they did, they did not, In the free green wood, let that knowledge stand in the way of their healthy curiosity. And since their healthy curiosity was of the liveliest kind, the series of searching questions about the life of d royal child at a German Court which they put to the Princess, was q long one But she enjoyed answering them. for 1t was seldom indeed ghat she found herself on intimate terms with her fellow-creatures. She had neither brothers nor sisters. Moreover the manner of the Twins was pleasant change for her. They were polite but quite unconstrained; and the obsequl- ous people by whom she had always been surrounded had never displayed that engaging quality. save when. like the Baroness, they were safely asleep in her presence.
 But Erebus' summing up of their cOlloquy was not greatly to her liking.
 Thank goodness, I'm not Prin- cess. It must be perfectly awful" ." she said with heartfelt conviction.
 The Princess stared at her with parted lips and amazed. incredulous eyes. The words had given her the shock of her short lifetime. As far as memory carried her back she had been assured frequently and solemnly that to be d Princess, German Princess. IlOhenZollern Princess. was the most glorious and delightful lot female human being could enjoy, only little less glorious and delightful than the lot of d German Prince
 "B-b-but it's sp-p-plendid to be a Princess. Everybody says sor' she stammered
 They were humbugginC you. You've just made it quite clear that it's horrid in every kind of way. Why, you can't do any single thing you want to- There's always somebody messing about you to see that you don't" said Erebus with cold decision.
 "B-b-but you're P-p-priHceSS." stammered the Princess with some thing of the wild look of one beneath | whose feet the firm earth has suddenly gi'eI.
 The diplomatic instinct of the Ter TOT stirred; and he came to her aid:
 You're forgetting the food" he said slowly tO Erebus. "I don't suppose she ever has to eat cold mutton: and she can have all the chocolates and ices she wants.''
 The Princess tried to get back to the moral splendor of her lot: but he would not have it: with gentle firm- ness he kept her to the less personal matters of German cookery ana games The Princess. used to having informa- tion poured into her by many elderly but bespectacied, gentlemen and la dies, was presently again enjoying her new part of dispenser of information Her cheeks were faintly flushed; and her eyes were sparkling in an animated face. The time slipped away; and there came the sound of a distant voice crying out.
 It first caught the keen ear of the Terror; and he said, They've missed you. l suppose you'll have to be get ting back