The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-09-21

! u tue 400 SAL 6oMn together over
pers aud maps.
NOW. Herman Won GratZ had been
mt on this mission lie, ause lie was a
wonder in the game of diplomacy. The
so princiDaii, tes We're to him but
cAeSsboarlS. Ii he gave up a town
;lud gained an island. if he. left out Il
| province for future consideration and
ssiced OF Il peninsula. il was all for a
final checkma,e of his enemy's king.
During this first morning. when pre-
| liminarieS for the struggle were alone
taken up. his mind was upon differ
ent matter. lie was thinking OF
Bertha and that If he possessed her
she must be given him by his oppo,
nent in the diplomatic game. But the
| next day. when the battle began, lie
| temporarily forgot his love. and the
! older man was surprised to learn that
he had genius for an antagonist.
Let us proceed said Won Gratz.
''methodically. When | grant you a
province for n town or an island we
will mark the same on our map. and
the agreement shall ADe immutable. If
we do not proceed thus we shall make
no treaty and both suffer the penalty"
Thee count saw the necessity, but
acquiesced reluctantly. The boundary
ran for u distance Of some 500 miles.
ut times the natural division being a
mountain chain. ut times river. The
field OH which the game was played
was SO broad that only one who had
head fitted for the purpose could re-
tain at one time its different parts.
The players sat down to work at 10
in the morning and never ceased even
for meal till 10 at night. Then OH
the concessions Of both parties they
drew the treaty. When it was finish
ed it must be signed. for every step
in 1t was irrevOcable
Won Gratz put his signature to it
without reading it. The count dread
ed to do the same. but there was no
escape. Then his antagonist leaned
back in his chair while Won Steinwitz
finished it when he paled. His enemy
had secured an overwhelming advan-
tage.
For few moments the count gave
himself up for lost. Then suddenly
he remembered his Instructions to his
daughter. He had given them with a
view to providing for such Il contin
gency as this and had observed the re-
suits. Retaining his presence of mind.
he expressed no dissatisfaction with
the treaty. The seals Of both principali-
ties We're attached. and the instrument
was de facto.
'You will remain as my guest few
days longer" said the count. while
engrossed copies are being made. then
l suppose l shall be obliged to part
| with you
"And your head" added Won Gratz.
For the first time the two looked at
each other. not with duplicity. but in
their true relations.
"Yes," replied the count in a tremu-
lous voice. with my head"
Had l not played better game
than you 1t would have been my head
to drop under the Az"
ut surely would"
| "a boundary line equitable to both
sovereigns could not pertain to this
treaty. For centuries both have spill
ed blood over it. and now that an adj
vance has been made in the method
of settlement one Of us must get the
better of the other. and the one that
Is beaten dies"
'How can it be otherwise:''
"What may come in future times l
know not. Perhaps it may be Il grow
ing sense of justice when diplomacy
will not mean an intellectual battle
with armies looking on to give moral
support to the players. In the case
before us love comes in to abrogate
that treaty we have just made and
construct another. In striking you
strike your daughter. whom love
That cannot do"
Taking up the treaty. he tore it into
bits.
"NOw let us make a compact. in
spired not by armies. not by ships. not
by intellectual superiority. but by
love-"
The old count looked at his younger
victor in establishment. Then beads of
perspiration stood out on his face. and
he trembled. Lastly he folded Won
Gratz in his arms with the words:
"My noble son.
It was the lover who made the new
draft Of the treaty. while the old man
sat giving his faculties time to regain
their equilibrium. For an hour Her.
man jotted down memoranda. making
erasures and adding new data on the
map. then wrote out the articles of
agreement. When the statement was
finished he handed it to the count. re-
marking:
"There is no war in that: there is
peace. There is no victory gained by
intellectual supremacy: there is pros
perity. 1t is not based ON justice. for
human justice is seldom determinable
1t is based on the one simple word
love-"