The Elbert County tribune., 1913-08-29

IS6c @ ington street, Ma
RE Louise F,resse
Bazes long and wistfully down a broad
avenue of palms, and queries "WHl
he?"
Blocks distant, In magnificent apart
ments, where the waves lull out a
Of sand and beach, Prince August
Stanislaus Sulkoweh. lieutenant OF the
Second Austrian dragons, frets his
hours away and asks the same ques-
ton.
Betrothed are the dashing Prince
August and the olive-tinted, petite
Marie. He 1t is whose father battled
with the legions Of Italy and Hungary
In 1S49; she the petted and pam
pered child of rich Spanish house
hold known for its lineage from the
Nations Garden Spot" to the sun
Singed palms of Tampico
They wait the word of the grand
Did Francis Joseph that they may wed
or an imperious forbidding order and
the all too familiar summons that
should whiek the adoring dragoon Of
dcer on about his business to the Vi
snna barracks.
But VIII the Prince obeyf
But will Prince August go, should
his ruling lord decree? No answer
comes from his lips; only a sharp
shrug of the shoulders. a flash of the
light blue eyes and heightening of
his facial pallor. He may-and he
MI no lxx1a
he pleases.
The luster of love CLEANS from be-
neath the dropping eyelashes when
you ask Miss Marie to unfold the Sc
cret of an international betrothal that
may or may not eliminate in the hap
piness of life that is nature to young
hearts.
They are big. wistful brown eyes
she turns upon you. Reproach is half
a mind to burst forth. but the Ian
guorous disposition of the warm
blooded Latin creeps over her and she
murmurs: I'VE can only hope. Why
shouldn't he? What are title and sta
don in life when love-the sort of af-
lection l am willing to bestow upon
my prince-is at stake?
I'VE hoped to be welded this June"
sh& continued as she settled into a
cuShion-banked porch seat and toyed
with the brilliant jade necklace that
heightened the color of her graceful
neck
But June came and went and never
ternal ancestor.
May Defy the Emperor.
It's the stoical mien of the soldier
that greets the visitor who penetrates
the privacy of Prince Augusts quar-
ters. His hope is none the less strong,
but fighter-born that he is, a reverse
only would kindle his anger and per-
haps cause him to cast of the shackles
Of position and comparative wealth.
He doesn't say SO In as many words.
but he gives, none the less. the i'm
preston that forbidding word from
the emperor would signal an uprising
In his soul
True, he admits his severance of
relations with the house of Francis
Joseph. because of his insistence upon
claiming this HANDSOME girl as his
brtdn. would leave him penniless. But
here are ways to get along. he inti-
nates-
Came Wooins Two M nths Ago.
Prince August care ACQUIRING two
.ontks ago. He arrived to press his
suit after obtaining a leave of abb
sence from his regiment 1t is con-
iessed he didn't take the trouble to
inform his august relative of the OBJ
lect OF his mission over the Atlantic
and then on across the entire Ameri-
can continent. One is-1ed to surmise
this handsome dragon lieutenant
deep down in his heart cherished the
thought 1t was nobody's business.
Once he set foot on American soil,
the swiftest train was none too fast
to carry this dashing Romeo westward
to the family bower of the girl whose