The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-03

re DeeplnR (pOs9iDly c,rruptlng O
Middle Deeping) and Lltt,, Deepins
we're stirred 70 the very depths of theii
yeing when the news came that IL hat
been let 10 a German Princess. Tn,
women at any rate. awaited her com
ing With the llvelitst Interest and
curiosity emotions dashed someway
from their fine height when thel
learned that Princess Elizabeth oi
Cassel- Nassau was only thirteen years
and seven months cid.
The Twins did not share the excited
curiosity Of their neighbJrs. They re-
sented the fact that the tenant of
Muttle Deeplng Grange was German
Princess, Erebus was more resentful
than the Terror; and II is TO be sus-
pected that the high patriotic spirit
sue displayed In the matter was I'm
some degree owing TO the fact that
Mrs. Blenklnsdp, the chief gossip Of
the neighborhood. who came one after
noon TO tea gushing information about
the grandfathers. grandmothcrs. un-
Giles. cousins. and auats of the prln-
cess, ended by saying. with meaning.
what model she win be to the little
girls Of the neighborhood 90
The spirit of Erebus was high. not
by any means one to brook the
thought Of a model nearly two months
younger than herself she did MT
hide from the Terror her dark ccavlc-
tion that the coming of the Princess
was but q phase Of the German inva.
sion which Yves presently TO sweep
England from sea to sea with fire and
swpTt
when presently the Princess came to
(the Grange. the lively curiosity of her
neichbors was gra,i!icI By b1t an In
perfect vision Of her. SHE did not. "a
they had expected. attend ANY II IN,
three churches. for she had BROUGHT
with her her own Lutheran pastor.
They only saw her ON her afternoon
drives. stln little figure. thlcl;ly
yelled against the sun. sitting holt up-
right In the victoria beside the erin
son baroness (crimson in face: she
wore black In whose charge she bad
como TO England
They had learned presently that the
Princess had come to Muttle Dccpin-
for her health: tAat sho was delicate.
and her doctors feared lest she should
develop consumption: they hoped that
summer and autumn In the excellent
Deeplng air would strengthen her.
The news abated little the cold hos.
tilIty OF Erebus.
But the fact that che was one Of the
people which was going 10 sweep Eng
land with fire and sword was not with
out lts influence on the Twins resolve
TO raid the famous peach-garden Of
Muttle Deeping Grange. Their mother
was out of sorts and DR.. Arbuthnot
had ordered her to eat plenty Of fruit
Peaches were the best fruit I'm season :
and the peaches In the Grange garden
were said TO be finer than any peaches
grown In q dollhouse. The Twins had
never been able 10 believe that the
laws OF MeHm and rum applied to
fruit.
IL was in the afternoon. q sweltar-
ing afternoon. after the doctors visit I;
and the Twins were about 10 set forth
ON their bicycles, without ans goal In
mind, when Il sudden CLEAN came into
the deep blue eyes Of the Terror, and
he said
i've got an id-a."
An answering light cleaned In the
brown eyes Of Erabus; and she cried
Joyfully THANK goodness. 1 was be-
ginning 10 think that n.thing was ever
going TO occur 20 us again. Ii must
be the hot weather"
Those Germans" said the Terror
slowly. why shouldn't we make n
raid on the Grange peachcs?'
Rather" cried Erebus; and her
piquant face was all allght with stir.
ring spirit Then after a pause she
added reluctantly, But II the Prin-
cess IL an invalid, perhaps she wants
them herself"
"She can't want all of them. Why
ace couldn't There are hundreds. Z.
said the Terror And they're the
very thing for Mum. Plums are all
very well; but Cne gets tired Of them.'
But how are we going % get int
the gaISlen? The door IN the wall only
OPENS on the inside" said Erpbus
thOughtfully
We're not" said the Terror. "IIurrJ
up aud get some leaves h. put between
the peaches. Mum Will Ike them bet
ter with the bloom on. though Il reall,
doesn't make any difference to I'll,
taste"
Erebus ran into the Kitchen garden
and when she came back she fount
tile Terror tying small landing net T.
the backbone Of his bicycle. She pu
the leaves into her bltycle-bnsket; nnt
they rode slowly to Muttle Deeping.
The Twins knew the country rounC
thoroughly; aud they came unseei
along the screen Of the home wood {,
the fringe OF trees which runs alon.
tue walled garden behind the Grange
That fringe OF trees was indeed use
full: standing on low branch Of Ont
OF them. the Terror raised his head
cautiously above the wall and surveyed
the garden A dancing simmer oil
heat rose above the fruit trees. trained
low. II was empty aud silent save fol
a curious snoring sound which dis
quietcd him little. since he ascribed II
10 some distant pig
He stepped on 10 n higher branch
leaned over the wall and surveyed the
golden burden of the tree below him
He chose his peach, the ripest he could
see. slipped his net under II, clicked II
lifted the peach In II over the wall
aud lowered 1t down to Erebus
The garden was not as empty as the
Terror believed On garden chair II
the little lawn 10 the middle Of Il sal
the Princess I.izabeth hidden from
him by the thick wall Of trained
poaftreel and IN a chair beside hen
sat, or rather sprawled, her guaI-.an