South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-11-25
ARomdlG Of Extraordinary Distinction
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Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
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I'm not going to tell YOU" she said.
At least not till l have to-not till to-
morrow at all events But all today,
as you visit your patients you may
think that you are saving the Prince
from his epemies-and tomorrow you
may know how. GOodby Doctor"
and puzzled and pleased, the physi-
cian was gone.
send Fritz to me-" the Queen or
dereG, and a moment later the young
man who was for years the cOnfiden-
tial servant of HOrtense, who knew
more of the history of her middle
years. perhaps, than any other, stood
before her. Fritz, when does
packet sail for Corfu ?" she demanded.
Fritz Rickenbach considered it his
business TO know everything. To
night your Majesty" he answered un-
hesitatingly.
You viii see that the luggage of
Prince Louis is on board and that
carriage is ready to take him there"
she ordered
But yes, your Majesty" Fritz still
stood regarding her seriously. 1T is
a great happiness to me, your Males
ty, that his Highness is well enough
TO travel"
Fritz knew perfectly that there was
complication somewhere, and he
wanted 10 know what it was. His
curiosity was patient. but his deep in
terest in the affairs of il-s people could
not be an impertinence, and the
Queen smiled at him.
you shall know about it, Fritz
she said. '"The AuStrians are corning.
The Prince cannot be moved. If they
take him, ii means death. They must
5c. f..r.
YOU and men to make them believe it,
Fritz. You must get passport
signed by all of the authoritieS-that
is easy today; you must engage his
place in the packet for tonight; you
must tell the SerVants-teU everyone
that the Prince goes TO Corfu. and
YOU must see that the proper luggage
is on board 1t Will be known that L
stay, but they will not modest an i'll
woman. Do You understand the plan,
Fritz?"
But yes. your Majesty" Fritz an
swered with his face alight.
And so the packet sailed for Corfu,
and all day before the sailing the ser
wants OF HOrtense moved busily be-
tween the palace and the boat, carry
ing luggage and making arrange
ments And only one or two knew
the secret that Prince Louis Bona
parte had not sailed in the packet.
but lay tossing with fever in a little
room beyond his mothers, carried
there for greater privacy 10y Fritz and
the doctor.
Two days later, as the Queen sat
quietly by her boys bedside, she heard
that the vanguard of the Austrians
had entered the city, and almost at
once Fritz came to tell her that the
palace in which she was staying had
been chosen for the residence of the
general commanding. The prObabill-
ties Of this had not entered her mind;
it seemed the last straw The Aus
TRAN officer demanded the Queens
own chamber for his chief but when
the stewards wife told him the name
OF the lady who was in the rooms
which had not been given up he
bowed deeply and said not word. 1t
was another of that brotherhood scat
tered over Europe-the friends of
Hortense; il was an officer who had |
protected her years before at DiJou.
So for a week they lived side by
side with their enemies and only a
few feet lay between the Prince and
capture, for his room was next that
of the Austrian general with but a
double door between. 1t was n life
of momentary anxiety, for the Queen
feared each time the invalid spoke
that they might recognize a mans
voice: when he coughed she turned
white. But at the END OF the week
Louis was at last well enough to go.
He was to leave Ancona disguised as
one Of his mothers lackeys, the young
Marquis Zappi was to put on another
livery. and over the frontier they
were both to change and be the sons
of Hortense travelling on the English
mans passport.
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(To be continued.)