River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-12-18

their stations. The man with tho
case, half between the two, raised 9
white handkerchief
"One!" he counted.
Suddenly Paul saw a third carriage.
driven at a furious pace, dash down
the drive and come to a halt fifty
yards away. A middle-aged gentle
man and lady, primly dressed, de-
scended, and, perceiving what was
taking place, began running wildly to-
ward the combatants.
Two" shouted the man in the mid
die.
Paul bounded from TIE underbrush.
Put up your weapons!" he yelled in
French. And the five. startled by
this sudden appearance and still more
unceremonious command. obeyed.
Monsieur" exclaimed the man
with the handkerchief. as Paul stun
bled toward him, this is most un-
seemly. If YOU"
We'll done! Well done," shouted
the middle-aged man. finding his voice
as he staggered into the middle of the
group, leaving the lady toiling in the
rear Just in the nick of time Ed
ward"
But if the others were disconnected
the middle-aged man WIS more dis
comfited than they He seemed to tot
ter backward; his eyes stared through
their heavy fringes, and his mouth
opened and remained open. The lady,
who joined the group at that moment,
seemed paralyzed with fear. She sank
to the ground sobbing. The gentle
man raised her in his arms and, turn
ing upon the group with an expression
of sternness, said:
THAT man is not my SON"
Round the bend OF the drive came
a fourth carriage, and before it stop
ped a young man leaped from it and
came bounding, 1.-THE as deer, across
the grass, shouting as he advanced.
He burst into the midst OF the as
sembled company and clasped his
mother in his arms. And the rest, en-
tirely overcome by the crescendo Of
these unparalleled circumstances, only
looked wildly at one another. They
could not find their tongues.
1t was really astonishing how little
| they resembled each other-the true
prince and the false. II clothes make
| the man, they had certainly made the
prince in the minds of the Parisians.
For. save that each wore a trim Eng
| lish coat and patent leather boots
and spats, and carried cane with a
| dogs head, there was astOnishingly
| little resemblance between the true
| Prince Edward, with his arms round
| his sobbing mother and the false
| Prince Edward, still holding the duel
| ing pistol.
II heard that you had come here to
! look for me. father" exclaimed the
prince. What does it mean? They
sent telephone message to the mar
| quis' house"
Who sent it,
The Daily Star They told the
marquis that 1 had been out all night
| in cafe, that | was to fight a duel
that you had come to Paris and had
been warned to be in the Bots, and SO
what does it mean?"
Queen Mary picked herself up and
came forward, her eyes boring like
steel augers into Clothildes face.
"Who is that woman, masquerading
as my son, the prince?" she asked.
Then, rising to the occasion, Paul
stepped forward, doffing his hat with
his politest smile.
"It means, Madam" he said, that
cinematograph picture was to OF
taken in the Bots, and that one of the
chief actors unfortunately adopted q
dress too similar to your sons"
"Ha!" snorted King George incred
ulously. Where is your camera, sir?'
Il left it in the cab" replied Paul
deferentially. "The cabman took 1t in
charge because | had forgotten my
money"