The evening world., 1915-01-27

Aiss butnerb Donboo Report.
Signed Statement Mystsriousiy Re-
ceived. American HERES not to wed
Prince Of Qraustar1k."
The following card Appeared at the
head Of the column, and was supple
mented by . complete resume Of the
acknowledgements muddle:
Miss Blithers desires to corroot an
erroneous report that has appeared In
the newspapers. She u not sneaesd
TO be married to the Prince Of 0rau-
stark. nor IL there even the rsmotest
probability that such win ever b the
case. Miss Blithers regrets that she
has not the honor Of Prince Robins
acquaintance. and the Prince has
specifically stated In the public prints
that he does not know her by sight.
The statements of the two persons
most vitality affected by this disturb.
Ing rumor should be taken - anal.
sufiicient pain and annoyance al
ready has been caused by the mali.
cious and utterly groundiess report"
The name of Maud Apologize Blith.
ers was appended to the statement,
and II was dated Paris, Aug. 20.
Thereafter followed q lengthy de-
scription of the futile search for the
young lady In Paris. and an inter-
view with the local represent tives
OF Mr.. Blithers, all Of whom declared
that the signature was genuine, but
refused to commit themselves further
without consulting their employer.
They could throw no light upon the
situation. even going so far as to
declare that they were unaware of the
presence of Miss Blithers in Paris.
1t appears that the signed state
ment was left In the counting rooms
OF the various newspapers by a
heavily yelled lady at an hour agreed
upon as about ten o'clock" There
was absolutely no clue to the identity
OF this woman.
Il suppose you will now admit
that 1 am right about the letter ri"
said Dank sullenly az the Prince read
this news.
when see Miss Guile I shall AK
point blank II she Ia Maud AppieRate.
Dank, and II she says she Isn't mi
take her word for it," said Robin,
And II she says she isr'
WELL" said the Prince. ruefully.
'1'll still take her word for it,!
And then3"
Then 1 shall be equally frank and
tell her that am Robin Of Graustark.
That will put US all square again. and
We'll see what comes Of II In the end"
You don't mean to say you'll
your! continue a. you were7" gasped
ct, That depends entirely on Mis-.
But you wouldn't dare to marry
Maud Apologize Blithers. sir. Your
people have declared they win not
tolerate such an alliance. You would
be driven out Of Graustark and
Il think that would depend Q good
deal on Miss Guile. too, old chap"
said Robin coolly.
Dank swallowed very hard. II
want to be loyal to you. your high
ness" he said as IL he did not think
It would be possible to remain so. I,
Il shall count on you. Dank." said
Robin earnestly.
But began the lieutenant,
and then stopped short.
Let me finish 1t for you. You
don't feel as though you could be
loyal 70 Miss Blithers, Is that III"
Il think that would depend on Miss
Blithers," said Dank. and then begged
to be excused. He went out Of the
room rather hurriedly.
well. Hobbs" said Robin, after
his establishment had abated. what
do you think Of TT"
Il think he's in love with her. sir. /"
said Hobbs promptly.
&C. Coed @: Lordl with-with Mis-
Precisely %. SIR"
well, Ill be darnedi" said the
American half Of Prince Robin with
great fervor.
"Tut tut, sir" reproved Hobbs,
who. as has been said before, was a
privileged character by virtue of
long service and bis previous calling
as a Cooks Interpreter. Are you
YES. i'm going out to search the
highways and byways for Bedelia,"
said Robin. a gay light In his eyes.
Tho day was warm and clear. and
Paris was cleaning. Robin stretched
his long legs in brisk walk across
the Place Vendame and up the Rue
dc Ia PAX to the Boulevard. Here he
hesitated and then retraced his steps
slowly down the street of diamonds.
for he suspected Miss Guile Of being
Suddenly inspired. he made his way
to the Place de Ia Concorde and set
tied himself on ono Of the seats near
the entrance to tho Champs Elysees.
It was his shrewd argument that II
she planned . ride on that exquisite
morning II naturally would be along
the great avenue, and In that event
he might reasonably hope to catch
her coming or going. A man came
UP ana look seat D0Slu0 nun.
Good morning. Mr.. Schmidt" said
tho newcomer, Baron Gourou. and
Robin somewhat gruffly demanded
what the deuce he meant by follow
Ing him. ~ saw Miss Guile Just now.
In the Rue de la Paix."
Tho deuce you say! But how dc
you know that II was Miss Guile
You've no means of knowing"
1T Is a part of my profession "a
recognize people from given descrfp-
tons. In this case. however. the iden-
ufcation was rendered quite simple
by the actions OF the young lady her.
self. She happened to emerge from
a shop just a. you were passing and
I've never seen any one. criminal OF
otherwise. sock cover as quickly al
she did. She darted back into the
shop like one pursued by the devil
Naturally / hung around for a few
minutes to sec the rest OF the play
Presently she peered forth. looked
stsalthily up and down the street. and
then dashed across the pavement 10
a waiting taximeter. It affords me
pleasure to inform your highness that
| took the number Of the machine
He glanced at his Gun band.
Where did she go from the Rue
de la PaixT" asked Robin tmpa-
tiently.
ITO the Rits. was there almost
an soon AZ she. She handed An en- =