The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-07-23

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carefully nursed-but to move him
would be madness"
gether. what can l do? What can l
do2" she demanded, and the doctor
stood gravely regarding her, helpless,
with all his devotion to the house Of
Bonaparte, to suggest q way out, IF
he stays he will viii be taken-they will
execute him. IL he goes he will die on
the way" she cried in an agony of In
decision. Doctor, tell me. think for
mellow can I save him?"
And the doctor stood silent. suffer
ing with the impotent desire to help
her. Tiff only the Austrians might
think that the prince was gone" he
stamTnered, and hated himself for the
futility OF the words. But the queen
stood with a hand half lifted. arrested.
Her blue eyes We're alive with the cross
Ing and weaving of swift ideas and then
with a catch of her breath she laughed
at him like a pleased child. Doctor,
you are a very clever man" she said.
Together we are going to ave the
prince"
The vivacity of the schoolgirl OF
Madame de Campan flashed for a mo-
ment into her manner. warmed to sud
den life by the JOY of hope. The doc
tor waited, enchanted. bewildered. to
H'bi IA tISfbi HESS TN iliIlcu, DuI IlUE-
tense did always the unexpected thing.
She shook her finger at him.
Tn not going to tell YOU she said.
A least not till 1 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 enemies-and tomorrow you
may know how. Goodbye. doctor" and,
puzzled and pleased. the physician was
gone
Send Fritz to me-" the queen or
defed. and a moment later the young
man who was for years the confiden-
tial servant OF H~ortense, who knew
more OF the history of her middle years,
perhaps, than any other. stood before
her "1'ritz. when does a packet sail
for Corfu" she demanded.
Fritz Rickenbach considered 1t his
business to know everything. Tonight,
your majesty" he answered unhesitat-
ingly.
You will see that the luggage of
Prince Louis is on board, and that a.
carriage is ready to take him there"
she ordered.
But yes. your majesty" Fritz still
stood regarding her seriously. at is a
great happiness to me, your majesty,
that his highness Is we'll enough to
travel"
Fritz knew perfectly that there was
a complication somewhere, and he
wanted to know what 1t was. His Gu
rlosity was patent, but his deep inter-
est In the affairs OF his people could
not be an impertinence, and the queen
smiled at him.
You shall know about 1t, Fritz" she
said. The Austrians are coming. The
prince can not be moved. If they take
MIN It death. They must be-
iieve that he is gone. and it is for
you me to make them believe
III. irlfZ wL Yn11 ~ ypt1Sf caf - -a-s
port 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-tell every one
that the prince goes to Corfu, and you
must see that the proper luggage is on
board. 1t will be known that I stay.
put they Will not modest an i'll woman
DO you understand the plan. Fritz p,
But yes, FOUR majesty Fritz an
sWered with his face alight.
And SO the packet sailed for Corfu.
all day before sailing the servants
palace and the boat, CARRYING luggage
and making arrangements. And onIy
one or Two knew the secret that Prince
Louis Bonaparte had not sailed In the
packet. but lay tossing with fever in
a little room beyond his mothers. car
lied Inere FOR greater privacy by Fritz
n the doctor.
Two days later, as the queen sat
quietly by her boys bedside, she heard
mat the vanguard of the Aistrians had
entered the city, and almost at once
FRITZ came to tell her tina the palace
IN which she was staying had been
chosen for the residence of the general
ofumandlng The probability Of this
mad not entered her mind; it seemed
the last straw. The Austrian officer
demanded the queens own chamber
Ior ms 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 a word. 1t was another of that
brotherhood scattered over Eurone-
the friends of Hortense: it was an Of
Ilcef who had protected her years be-
fore at Dijon.
so for g week they lived side hv
slde with their enemies and only a few
Ieet Jay between the prince and can
ture. Tor his room vas next that Of
the Austrian general, with but a double
door 1t was q life Of momen-
tary anxiety. for the queen feared eacb
Tune the invalid spoke that they might
a mans voice; when he
oughe she turned white. But at the
end OF the week Louis was at last vel
enough to go. He was to leave Ancona
as one of his mothers lackeys
the young Marquis zappi was to put on
announcer livery, and over The frontier
tney We're both to change and be the
sons OF Hortense travelling on the Eng
iishman's passport.