Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-11-21

tarv of the League of Lost
ID causes, was not in Paris.
N Paul Lane could not find
- him. The Leagues Offices
i: !: :" :: !: !: !: : :
KA&@S were closed and abandon
EAsA B ed. while on the window
IIsME was displayed a sign ad-
III gEk yertising that they were
IS for rental. The landlord
NO could give no information
as to Rosny's whereabouts.
He had paid his rent and
,.,tod five or six days before;
o'p sa than that he did not know.
D' ,,5or a maddening search through
O. " for nearly week Paul saw a
Fal .o,snh in a newspaper which threw
a sood Of light on his perplexity.
n nt is rumored," said the writer,
a,.t the Princess Clothilde will short
,D No married to His Highness, Arch
.,to Stepan. The match, which
:, ua+ much liked by the Emperor Franz
r,sanb was it will be remembered,
s so some time ago on account
= bsr bighness' prediction for what
wow he called, without lese majestic,
so,sign travel. 1t is said by the scan
islorslv inclined, in fact, that her
sigbnpss has been the heroine Of
nora than one runaway escapade, in
roving America, the Tripolitaine-
ghere it is stated, she was present
# the Italian army maneuvers-and
India"
pauls heart leaped when he read
his paragraph, obscurely tucked
auay in a column Of society gossip.
How little that meant to the writer
Or the casual reader! To him it was
everything. For it was at her petit
linn that he had left America to place
his fortune and his services at the
leagues disposal He loved her, and
knew that his love was returned,
though a world of tradition kept them
suuder. He must find her.
She came to him with a suddenness
that was startling. For that same
afternoon, lingering as he had be-
come accustomed to do, in the vicinity
Of the abandoned league offices, In the
hope that Rosny would return, he
was suddenly aware Of a woman, heav-
lily yelled, who stood beside him and
whispered his name. Paul started
and fell to trembling. He could not
form the words that rushed to his
lips.
1T is still closed!" she said with a
gasp And l have travelled here at
such risk and all in vain. / must
soc ROsny, for events of the utmost
Importance are Transporting at home.
The league is divided; all are afraid;
the kaiser himself is afraid, and Spain
too far away for help to come from
that quarter. You must help me, mon
sieur" she said, turning suddenly
upon him. Where can we speak?"
Paul led the way to little cafe
not fifty feet distant.
." must tell you something about
myself she said. Il am, as you
Know, one Of his majesty, the Aus
aal emperors, many nieces. I was
brought up in the sitting atmosphere
u tae most ceremonial court in Eu-
luR | was betrothed to the Arch
luxe Stepan. | had never even seen
lN' | hated him; I ran away and en-
F'ea Prague University, where 1
zane under the influence of Dvornak,
l' real founder and inspirer of the
league / went to America to So
u''' Your aid-and the rest is known
you Won Holzrath is the emper-
VS. trusted adviser He found me
~ Iflpoh, where the interests of the
'aSue had called me. He carried me
oa'A 10 Vienna, whence l escaped
~'sV DAYS ago at imminent peril, to
SUMMON the League to fight for the
s''gu principle of monarchy. If Aus
va VecomeS republican"
iau leaned forward and took her
a., love you, ClothiIde," he said.
A anu you love me. That much
ANY, ea'' nom your own lips, and prin-
~ w o. the house of Hapsburg does
si n usay ner word. Leave these af-
mig mig 10 older and more intriguing
AUS come back to America with
.o S-s sasped and looked at him in
5,. @s,lllAg like admiration for his au-
a1s .9, her face softened. Then she
answered .ed frankly,
Ny feelings Paul Lane. count with
h.. 'OF nothing at all. Whether I
MAJ VI VI. nate you, whether my word
bsD s uaIy spoken or nothing more
b5oph lIy for you when you lay dying
potb,. uOt sands of Tripoli-all that is
5ct % me now. l will never go
@lsa, upon our cause nor seek for
II 81. happiness by such an act
vort ~ttS"onegation. There is great
aons,o"'O Oe done; will you help me.
geta ~. Lane, in a spirit of COM
. Of tbo sTTii-iorgetfulness, for the sake
self n teasue? Either pledge your
ne as ~ ;uls or leave me and never see
esster.N ue" then that he had met his
spirit - d cooler, yet more ardent
had il @l his own. He bowed his
negt n,o. sOAeh of agreement, and the
arer 6a 0iaeAt startling change came
esearl,. lace and she began speaking