Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-05-04
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on the partleS occupying the Cnlru DOA
ON the right in this row. And do you
take a good look at them yourself 1t
may be well for you to know their
faces
Then the bells rang for the last act,
and the RadnorS and Courtney were
announced.
To those who have never been to
Dornlitz 1 may say that the hanging
garden is the name for the great bal
cony of the Hotel Metzen. 1t is the
peculiarly fashionable restaurant and
is always thronged in the evening with
the aristocracy of the kingdom. To
night the extreme end of the balcony
had been reserved for me, and a very
slight bank of plants was arranged to
separate US from the general crowd.
Just before the final curtain his high
ness of Lotzen had strolled into the
royal box. To my surprise he congrat-
ulated me very heartily upon my APP
pointment as governor of DornlitZ, and
perforce l invited him to join us at
supper.
He hesitated a moment, and I urged
him to come. In fact, felt bit sorry
for him. He had just lost the princess
and with her likely his chance at the
throne as well. And 1 had won the
one and very possibly the other also.
| could afford to be generous.
The supper was deliciously cooked,
the wine was excellent, the service be-
yond criticism. / had given the two
ambassadors to Dehra and had put
Lady Helen between Lotzen and my
self, with Lord Radnor on the dukes
left.
We We're a merry party. Dehra was
fol md
simply fascinated. He could scarcely
| take his eyes from her, even when ad-
dressed by Lotzen, which was very
little, for the duke devoted himself
| very assiduously to Lady Helen So /
was RENTED to Lady Radnor, who
was about the most tireSOmely amin
teresing mortal it had been my mis-
| fortune to know. My only solace were
| the occasional smiles that Dehra gave
me-smiles that Courtney noted in
| stantly and, 1 fancied, understood and
that Lotzen intercepted, but what he
| thought 1 did not know and did not
| care. Who ever cares what his de-
| feated rival thinks?
We had been there for possibly half
an hour when, happening to glance out
ward, 1 saw Madeline Spencer and an
elderly woman, and the man who had
been in the box with her, coming slow
/ ly down the garden. 1t CHANGED that u
table near US had just been vacated
and they were shown to it by the head
| waiter, whose excessive obseQuious-
/ ness proved the size of his tip.
Mrs Spencer gave our party n sim
| gle quick glance, as she drew off her
| gloves, and then fell to conversing
| with her companions.
| fbiS I had noted Ol1f of thQ cOrnQr
of my eye, as it were. l had not the
| least doubt she had recognized me at
! the opera, and 1 did not intend to give
| her q chance to speak to me-which /
| knew she would try to do, the Pitts
burgh experience Notwithstanding, if
she thought it might further her pres
| ent plans or pleasures.
| Lotzen, however, had been drinking
rather freely and was not so chary
with his glances- Indeed, he stared so
| frankly that Lady Helen did not hest
| tate to prod him about it.
Il would take her to be an Ameri-
J cam" heard him say.
without doubt" Lady Helen an
swered.
InwarCfly, L consigned the Spencer
| woman to perditfon- They would be
| interrogating me about her next, and
| L did not know just now TO answer
| 1 would have to admit knowing her;
that would only whet their curiosity
and bring further questions.
/ could feel LotZen's glance, and l
knew he was waiting only for break
in Lady Radnor's discourse 1 gave
him as much of my back as possible
and encouraged her to proceed She
| was on the tenement house problem,
but / had no idea what she was advo-
eating in particular. 1 did not care.
All wanted was talk-talk-talk- And
whenever she showed signs Of slowing
on again
And she responded nobly, and mar
veled at her staying powers-at Lord
Radnor's fortitude through so many
years-at Lady Helen being the child
of such a mother But all the time 1
was conscious of Lotzen waiting-wait-
| ing-waidng.
To my horror, Lord Radnor heard his
| wife talking and 1 saw him frown-
Lord bless usr' he exclaimed to the
princess and Courtney. 1--WE must res
cue his highness-Lady Radnor is on
the tenement problem
/ 1 tried to signal Courtney to keep
Radnor occupied, but he did not under
stand and only smiled and whispered
something to the princess Then Lord
| Radnor caught his wife's eye. and the
old lady's discourse ended abruptly.