Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-02-13

wa u gs the rank of the persons
su Ultimately concerned. Now to
o" lind that is the best guarantee
m for our undertaking. You
'a .tr;Ee at kings and queens where
y ' ' with impunity attack those
,.~or rank. Why? Because these
Sr being themselves outside the
D'' ara Iosth to have recourse to it.
=. t.ke our lives in our hands, it is
', b,t we revert to the old condi-
=. =. when each man was a law unto
~.oF think we can succeed just
, ,-'r Of the improbability of such
'a sttempt And we can hold her to
'ry ransom for the cause"
'Brt a princess!" I urged. Where
an We hold herr"
~ once we get her into our auto
.,bile" said Nikolai, mo power on
.,h ran hinder us. We take her
arct to the old castle that we have
~rtod for the summer; it is two miles
nam any habitation and escape would
impossible.
uput admit" he added, meditative-
shat an accomplice within the cas-
4 would help us materially" He fell
nhinkng and would speak no more.
rnr plans were as follows: The
Princess Of Cassel-Wexel was to be
mried to the Polish Prince Ponia-
uvsti. The marriage was viewed
fh great aversion by the subjects
d The tiny principality of eastern
Germany, while the princess herself
TS rumored to cherish no unkindly
tsing toward a handsome but impe-
aniuus guards officer, whose aspira-
ions we're, OF course, destined to re-
main unfulflled. Possibly, in these
ag Of democracy, the king might
ID the end have given his consent;
but the Polish marriage was necessary
b The interests of state, and car and
nber had set their hearts on it. So
seemed improbable that anything
Gould avert the approaching nuptials.
But two weeks were to intervene
aOTe their consummation. Niko1ai's
Eheme was to obtain adrnittance to
be CaStle in the glise Of an andersen
rant or Of an American chauffeur, the
supply Of whom, for the many royal
automobiles, was constantly beneath
hdemand. Then, with me as his as
dant, We we're to entice the prin-
as for ride, to kidnap her, and to
arete her in our castle, twenty-four
niles away, and we'll within the Dor
GE Of an unfriendly state, until a ran
SON could be arranged.
Weput up at the little capital town,
animated by the castle Of the king
aCaSSelWexel, which seemed entire
y TO OVeTshadow the narrow streets
nat engirdle it. In spite Of the popu-
a prejudice against the marriage,
doca CasSel was en- fete, and flags,
earring the Russian and German arms,
Jung from every window. Neverthe-
as, scraps of conversation that we
NelheaTd contemptuous references to
ae POlak,' whose carriage driven by
agnlhcept bays, raced through the
@eetS at all hours to the imminent
anger Of worthy citizens necks, bore
'lleSS to the condition of the public
rad.
A chauffeur and mechanician!"
a'almed our landlord, when we
Ioached to him the fact that we de-
IW a position. And Germans born,
cunning from America to the father
4la' Young men. your fortunes are
4Oe His Highness Prince Rudolph
4'eS all Americans since his return
avn mat country last spring Ard
!, installing innumerable automo-
~s IN place of his old carriages. Go
% the castle at once and ask for
herr Chamberlain; he will take
~aOn On, the salary is liberal; two
>,.AS day and everything found"
i, .la' morning we succeeded in OBJ
.Ills an interview with the Cham
, nan Both of us were thoroughly
IN sVuV'eht IN the running of automo-
~ and We were Immediately as
s Ts positions in the royal stables
'NAOiai as chauffeur, I as a clean
-@Sa OF the chauffeurs had two au-
NJ h'uNeS IN his charge; it was his
ny W nave them always in good re-
;s, -, 'Iu when any of the royal family
Nh Seu u 10 ride, the chauffeur went
NJ Tue vehicle that was selected.
m, Uuef men were of the mechanic
s, =. aaa regarded us with animosity.
sn. ~ Young Schmidt a splendid spe-
sb;. u a man, and of a bearing
IN ~ would have consorted rather
hpm,, patrlclan stock than with the
s,TS ".e family from which he had
Tss We three roomed together
b ESuaiht. old-fashioned apartment at
hog U az OF the stable, and all night
eSi. suea our confidence had been es-
Sools 1Iu ne raved of the princess. 1t
soton.. nave become exceedingly mo-
a0s but for the fact that Niko-
b ~ | saw in him a possible tool
ya Iulhilment of our design.
Simo1s nave not seen herr" he ex-
Sigs,s, as he got into bed. "Ah, the
4da was not completed until God
al = uef. Such eyes-they would
b Cue Ie candles upon our lady's al