The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-07-16
cHAPTER xn-tcon,inued).

e3SerneSS to set the case right WITH
Alike. he went on. Francois always
That is not my fault. l believ l
should not have been afraid to do that
-out-Francois did it"
1t is always So" said Alike IN deep
disgust. Francois always does it. If
YOU would only prove once hat you
Eave-cour2ge,"
And at hat the stranger broke in,
smiling his faint smile. 'Mademoiselle
Alike Is severe he said gently. NO
one can doubt II courage of a Marquis
Zappi" He faced with q quick move
EIent 70 Francois, and his look
mat the controlled cold features could
- show warmth, Il ave to thank you
Ior my life, Monsieur the peasant he
said, and held u his hand. Moreover,
II IS seldom that a prophecy is so
quickly fulfilled" They gazed at him.
fascinated by q dignity in him which
seemed new.
He went on. You said a few min
mes 8 taat You should one day do q
taiHg worth while for a Bonaparte.
You have done il You have saved nay
Bewlldered, the children stared, re-
'Gctant 10 comprehend something which
seemed out OF possibility; Francois
hand crept TO mis- cap and he pulled it
az and stood b~areheaded.
Monsieur. who are you?" he brought
The strange boys vanishing smile
Frightened his face a second. II am
Louis Bonaparte,' ne said quietly.
The little court OF three stood about
the young prince. silent. And in a mo-
r1eat, In g few sentences. he had told
them how, the day before, he had been
seized with a hunger for the air of
france which he had not breathed
since. as 3 boy Of Z. his mother had
escaped with him from Paris during
the Hundred Days. He told them how
t2e desire to stand on French soil had
possessed him till at last he had run
away from his tutor and had found the
TaLn o his exiled home. the castle
q Are7eaberg. in the anton of Thur
gcTie. IN Switzerland. over the noun
tains into the Jura valley.
n IS 5Enprudent-F he finished the tale
almly. The government would turn
N all is big engines in an uproar to
latch one ~schOolboy. If fl was known.
8Hr 7 had TO do it, He threw back
us head and filed his lungs with a
Eeat breath The air OF France" he
whispered in an ecstasy. The romantic
spirit Of this boy always flashed out as
! surprise from beneath his calm self
contained exterior. Then, in his usual
1uiet tones Il am fortunate" he said. 81
have fallen into the hands Of friends.
AaGamoisells Alix-the pretty name"
and he smiled his evanescent smile
{ ~s almost of my family because of her
father; Monsieur the peasant has
proved hts loyalty with his life. and
he turned 70 the tail Pietro-"a Bona
parte Es safe with Monsieur the Mar
gufs ZappL-"
Z an Pietro" stated the boy shyly.
The prince looked at him, narrowing
His eyes again. Then And 1 am
Louis he flashed back. TT is a good
thought Why not leave out the titles
for this afternoon? We are all young
ii fs aumEner-it IS a holiday. We
hare an ancient castle and an adven-
E1re 70 play with; what use have we for
tHtias2 We snaIl never gee one another
again, It is likely. so, shall we not be
Altze and Pietro n Francois and
Louis, four children together for this
Gle day OF frfendahip2" And the
Others laughed and agreed.
For two hours more they told stories
and played James through the soft old
Tuins OF the sayage old stronghold, as
Hghr-heartediy. az carelessly as IL there
were no ware or ~intrfgues or politics or
plots which q been and were to be |
close to the ilves OF all OF them. Till, |
81 the red round gun wevt down be-
hind the mountain Of the Rose, Fran
eoIg quick eye caught sight of a figure
swinging rapidly down the mountain
o where the prince had come.
But look Louis" he called from be-
bind the rock where he was preparing,
- a. robbsr baron, to swoop down on
Prince Loaig conveying Alike as an
eaxssped nun to Pietro's monastery in
another corner Look. Louist Some
one To- coming whom / do moi know. Ia
III a danger for your"
And the boy prince, suddenly grave,
shafed his eyes with his hand and
fell and he sighed. THE adventure is
over he gald. II must go back to the
prince business, 1t III Monsieur Lcbas."
Monsieur Lebas, the tutor, arrived
shortly in anything but b playful
hfiEnor, The bOy's mother, Queen Hor-
spDDgabIes he had been frightened to
fae verge u madness by the prince's
eseapade. IL a in fact, as serious an
sseaDads az one my think, or II might
been, The movements Of the
ESnapartes we're watched at that time
~ ne authorities OF France and all
ether eo1Jnfr1ss ~ well with q cIoseness
and q 5eaIousy out OF proportion.
Europe having been turned upside
form lately ~ that name, that name
WIS., hsdged out by barriers as IL the
combination Of letters In itself was a
peril ~ u government. Louis Napoleon
~ 10 Wab twice renewed from the
1lssdsfip of hfs house: the Duk of
It4fchgtaAt, son Of Napoleon /. was still
J1ping III Austria, and Louts' own
brother, the older son OF King Louis
af,d HortGrige, was with his father in
fkoTns, 80 that this runaway lad was
not the heir To anything, even to the
pf@tensioBs Of a dethroned and exiled
family. Yet he was q prince of the
E0rapartfs, and the magic Of the name
ayid of this legend was about him. 1t
Haa D. danger te france to have his
foCtateDs on her soil, 50 the laws de-
creed II would mean for him prison
and perhaps denth IL he were captured
IN Erafees No wonder poor Monsieur
4 <bse was frightened almost to ex-
tfHetion,
Tfse piaymates were separated swift
W. Monsieur Lebas refused with some-
thing Ike horror the snggestiont
81 the children that he and his charge
should spend the night at the chateau
The prince must be gotten off French
ground without q moments delay;
Fritz HickenbachJ the steward ,of
Arsnenbsrg. was waiting forathem WITH
d carriage ever the mountain. to race
them back to Switzerland: It q
through Fritz indeed. and q discussion
OF the prince with him MS to distances
and directions that the distracted tutor
had known how to follow his quarry.
So the three hours friends were