The evening world., 1912-11-19
The Princess and the Yankee.


CHAP
The Princess a
AVTHONY HAMILTON HAwTI
right to be. And he knew II.
u But, TO do him Justice. he
to be where he was.
He was lounging beside a n
esA near Oberon. capital Of the tiny Bal
taSees did not run to solitude nor to m,
eheFs the stranger.
Kicked out of a snug political job \
AAsrfoa and, with a,1s friend. Rodney
Dosope. The two chums had paused .
freak Of luck and by carefully backing
0erne had annexed a sum of something
The Continental papers were fu
Sssoksn the bank at Monte Carlo. They
md - several other laudatory but OBJ
ssotionab,e things. And to escape no
tortety he had packed his winnings In
. suitcase and. with Blake, had mo-
esrsd to Borrovina until the sensation
should evaporate. There. under an as
sunnsd name, he had registered at OBJ
sron's defunct Casino, which was also
NE city's only hotel.
On the first day Of his stay in the
aown-at-heel. bankrupt little capital
Hawthorne had gone for q stroll in its
0uourbs. Curiosity had led him to climb
D garden wall. What he had seen there
hAd brought him back every afternoon,
- the disgust Of Blake, who was sick
~ Chs dsac-and-eEvs little kingdom and
VINO wanted to see what would happen
WAsn Hawthorne and himself and $780,
90 should strike Psrls simultaneously.
4 few minutes before the stroke of
h che afternoon Hawthorne had
uain1bed the wall. The sound Of steps
On the path from the house beyond sent
him into hiding behind a dnapidated
DsAunsr house just as . very young and
vsry pretty girl entered the garden. The
Crl moved forward eagerly as II ex-
psot1ng some one. A shade of wistful-
rsss crossed her face as she found the
place seemingly deserted. Reaching tho
sun-dfal she leaned down and kissed Its
numbered face. Then. turning quietly,
shs discovered Hawthorne coming out
Of his hiding place.
II hope didn't frightsn you." ne
stammered, "You-you were expecting
me, weren't your"
why should be expecting your she
ksksd. with an EFFORT at aloofness.
! II can't imagine" he returned, meek
u, "except perhaps because / said I'd
b here. Why-why were you kissing
mat sun-diaar'
''Bsoause 1t said II was o'clock" was
thU odd reply.
~oeei" he murmured. Tn my time
Tvs wished was a lot Of things. But
this is the first time I ever wished I
was 8 o'clock. But why does that
especial hour make sure . hit with
your
"Oh," evaded the girl. "Its-,ts as
5000 IN hour a. any. isn't 81
"A million times better. I've known
that ever since you told me you walk m
this garden every afternoon at o.
Over In our country We oall . sun-d!al
Towers clodk.' You see. when lovers
meet they forget there's such a thing
as rams. And q sun-d.als too sympa-
thstio to bawl out the hours at them the
way . regular clock does. It doesn't
tlck . piouA warning that the seconds
hrs passing. 1t never wakes lovers
from a loves dream. Good old sun dial I"
'sThen," laughed the girl. Tn glad I
kiassd It I hate to hear It's time to
20 Don't your
It's the one thing do hate-to-day.
Dsv-not that ATS any business Of mins,
a. you were about to repartee-why
were you standing by the sun-diaa the
nrst day I came here? Were you kiss
ing At 8 o'clock then7"
no. was giving audience"
"0iving whichT'
"Audience It's a foolish little game
! ptay sometimes. Don't laugh at me.
I was pretending this was my court.
! was giving audience to a hero-a
prcssrver Of our country. Then I looked
up and saw"
'Me. You looked like a princess out OF
a story book. wondered why you spoke
AZ You did Say, It's dandy game.
Let's play It again. You can pretend
you're a royal princess-the Princess OF
Borrovina-df there is one)-and I'll be-
I'll be-Let's see! What sort of face
card shall be7''
THE Minister Of Foreign Affairs" she
crssd. delightedly, entering into the
spirit of the game. i've sent you
around the world to report on other
nations and you've tust returned. Now,
enter the royal presence"
Hawthorne started forward with as
much OF an anlbassadorial air as he
could summon.
"Hello, Princess" said he. How are
they running? I'm Just back from
around the world. Thought I'd drop In
TO report
mol MOI" laughed the girl In comic
despair. THAT isn't the way at all,
You must advance and kneel before me
and kiss my hand and-no, no! Not
<ke that" she broke off, as Hawthorne
promptly fung himself on his knees and
covered her little outstretched hand
ut<h kisses
That's all wrons.'
.Is tt?" he sighed. What pity!
Nlxed that part best OF all. What do
DO next?"
You have our gracious leave to make
your report" she said in pretty state!s-
ness.
'sWen," detained Hawthorne. "at your
rSysl command I've encircled the globe
I've sure travelled some. And ] have tc
SseWs stAa@ from xamsohatka to Kala