South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-11-19
CONTINUED from Tuesday,

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The prince looked at him. narrowing
his eyes again. Then And am
Louis" he flashed back. 1T is a good
thought. Why not leave out the titles
for this afternoon? We are all young
lit is summer-it is a holiday. We
have an ancient castle and an ad-
venture to play with; what use have
we for titles? We shall never see
one another again, it is likely. So,
shall we not be Alike and Pietro and
Francois and Louis, four children to-
gether for this one day OF our friend
ship ?" And the others laughed and
agreed.
For two hours more they told
stories and played games through the
soft OLD ruins OF the savage OLD
stronghold, as light-heartedly. as
carelessly as if there were no wars or
intrigues or politics >or plots which
had been and were TO be close to the
lives Of all of them. Till. as the red
round sun went down behind the
mountain Of the Rose. Francois quick
eye caught sight of a figure swinging
rapidly down the mountain road
where the prince had come
But look, Louis" he called from
behind the rock where he was pre-
pairing, as a robber baron. TO swoOp
dow on Prince Louis conveying
@hhAfAN a cill tcNdltu nun 10 ltllO :
monastery in another corner. Look.
Louis! Some one is coming whom 1
do not know. Is ii danger for you?"
And the boy prince, suddenly grave.
shaded his eyes with his hand and
gazcd up the mountain. Then his
/ hand fell and he sighed. The ad-
venture is over" he said "I must
30 back 20 the prince business. 1t is
( Monsieur Lebas"
AInngfarrr ~. =
/ shortly in anything but a playful hu-
NOR The boys mother, Queen HOr-
| tense. was in Rome. and he was re-
sponSible. he had been frightened To
/ the verge of madness by the prince
/ escapade. IL was. in fact as serious
an escapade as one may think. or it
might have been. The movements Of
/ the Bonapartes were watched at that
! time by the authorities of France
and all other countries as well with a
| cIoseness and jealousy out of pro-
( portion. Europe having been turned
( upside down lately by that name, that
! name was hedged out by barriers as if
! the combination of letters in itself
was a peril to "A government. Louis
! Napoleon at Is was twice removed
/ from the headship of mis- house: the
Duke Of Reichstadt, son Of Napoleon
! l., was still living in Austria and
! Louis own brother the older son of
| King Louis and Hortense, was with
| his father in Rome: so that this run
away lad was not the heir 10 any
! thing, even 10 the professions of a
! dethrOned and eXiled family Yet he
! was "a prince OF the BOnapartes, and
| the magic OF the name and of the
/ legend was about him. It was a dan
! ger to France To have his footsteps
on her soil so the laws decreed; II
would mean for him prison and per
| haps death if he were captured in
France. No wonder poor Monsieur
Lebas was frightened almost to ex-
tinction.
! The playmates were separated
| swiftly. Monsieur Lebas refused with
/ something like horror the eager sug-
gestion of the children that he and
his charge should spend the night al
the chateau. The prince must be got
! ten off French ground without a mo.
| ment's delay; Fritz Rickenbach the
steward Of Arenenberg. was waiting
! for them with a carriage over the
| mountain. to race them back TO Swift
zerland; ii was through Fritz indeed
| and a discussion of the prince WITH
him as to distances and directions
! that the distracted tutor had known
how to follow his quarry