The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-11-12

cdrrIage drove up to the palace where
dwelt the princess amid SalvOs of ar
tlllery he was received by the princess
pcrsonator, the princess herself stand
ing back and enjoying the farce that
was being enacted.
What joke it would be- she said
20 herself, IF these two could be
brought TO marry. each thinking the
other to be of princely blood. AS soon
as the prince arrives l shall propose
the plan to him"
She did propose the plan when her
tiance arrived the same evening and
was admitted through a rear door of
| the palace. The prince was evidently
much struck with the proposal and
said he would think it over. He ex-
pressed a desire to see his man, Shus-
ter. with a view to giving him further
Instructions, and the representative
was introduced to his apartments
/ What passed between them was not
known, but after the meeting the
prince told the princess that he had
proposed her plan to Shuster.
1t had been arranged that the pre-
nuptial festivities should last week
then the wedding. after which there
should be another week of rejoicing"
The princess was much interested in
her matchmaking between the two rep
rcSentativcs and was quite pleased to
find every evidence that the two had
been violently smitten with each other
The prince and his representative had
conferences occasionally. and the for
mer reported to the princess that the
latter had agreed to her plan of pass
ing through the ceremony Of marriage
with her who was enactiug the part
OF bride expectant, though he feared
to get into trouble by marrying prin
cess while pretending to he a prince
But Adolf declared that he would make
that all right. assuring the man of his
personal protection.
The conspirators could not. of course
90 so far as to have Il public marriage
celebrated between the two. so it was
arranged that ShuSter and the princess
Representative should be married pri-
vately-that is. if the spurious princess
would consent to the match. The day
before the royal marriage was cele
brated Sinister announced that he had
won the lady's consent ana the prince
and his tiancce agreed that the mar
riage should be celebrated that same
evening in the private chapel of the
palace.
\ few Of those most intimate with
the princess were admitted to the Sc
cret and to the ceremony. All watch
ed the proceedings with great GuSto.
Nothing could be more interesting than
a marriage between two commonerS,
each thinking the other to be of royal
blood. Many comments We're passed
on the pair. the most frequent of
which was that. though commOnerS
each possessed the carriage and digni-
ty of person Of the blood royal
The groom had stipulated that i'm
mediately after the ceremony he
should take his bride whittier so ever
he pleased and no questions asked. SO
when the pair had been congratulated
they stepped into one of the royal car
riageS and were driven away.
That night the prince disappeared.
On the dresser in his apartments was
found Il note stating that his lame
was Herman Shuster. He had per
sonated the prince till just before his
arrival at the capital. when his royal
highnesS had suddenly decided to en-
in,
whom the princess had taken for Il
dummy was the real prince He had
fallen in love with the princess repre-
sentative and married her.
The princess. astonished, mortified.
gave orders to cease the preparations
for the wedding that was to take place
that day at high noon and shut herself
up in the palace. There was but one
matter Of comfort for her-if her be
trothed had Tilted her he had married
a commoner This would insure in
Vulnerable troubles for him in the In
ture and might cost him a crown.
But within a few days strange news
came from neighboring kingdom
The king Of this country had recently
died and left the throne TO his daugh-
ter. The young queen was much be-
loved by her subjects. being given to
charity She was used to going among
the poor and the institutions for the
poor incognita for the purpose of
studying the needs of the former and
correcting abuses in the latter She
had found these incOgnitas so pleas
ant, relieving her. rs they did, from
the gaze of curious crowds, that she
had adopted them when travelling. In
one of her journeys she had been sum
mOned to the palace of the reigning
sovereign and had been assigned a
duty by the princess royal. the latter
thinking her to be a commoner. While
in the palace she had happened to
meet the heir apparent of another
kingdom, love affair had resulted
and the queen had been privately mar
ried.
When the princess heard this news
she was more aStOmiShed than before.
What an imposition had been practiced
upon her and what IN extraordinary
coincidence, the queen and the prince
meeting under such circumstances.
But what excited the wrath Of her ia
ther, the king, was that two kingdoms
being near his own would now be unit