Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-11-19

host. q keen-eyed, bearded pan,
of middle age, who scanned NV ''uaa
inquiringly, then looked At ~ ~ card
broke into an unintelligibla aad
which was totally incompreban.;;ss' SOa
me. 'Oie 70
tried him in French and ~.
without avail. And was sn.o ' y
he had received no commnnio 'aat
concerning me, and had no idas v ~
was or what my business was "uO l
He offered me wine and ciga,,
cused himself and left me '' eS
Suddenly. far away, beo,s
music of a band. NJ. Pasicb e. 10
back and began to speak Ta4s
not know what he said, for ., =. 10
moment the band stopped playins 'aas
in place of it, confused clamor aua'
Suddenly the whole town seo,n ~,Vse
go mad. Men rushed along the atra.. .
screaming in Seryian, Croat and =,
guages that resembled the bono, 'au'
beasts. My host ran from his wv u
followed by half his retinue 7 IN tSss
wake, forgotten. Far up the sIroa ,'I
saw soldiers on horseback. galIoU,st
and, behind them, a running SaAI
mob, surrounding a carriage LING
the stream that surged toward thas
We met the oncoming mob 90 -
tides meet. Instantly the stro0. WV
1ammed. the rearing horses nn. %S'
to proceed, stood like rocks lasbod s, ~
whirlpools. The carriage halted
I saw bloodstains upon the cn,,
ions. I saw a dead man nronDa,
against them, and the body of a ve en.s
woman bowed over his own Tbs
sassins' shots had found their mns.
too well; there was no need to liat.S
to the death-wail of the multitude
My friend the aide was staggo,,,
when we met at the funeral ceromo0
les in Vienna. He glared at me and
clapped his hand upon his sword.
then, with a violent effort at seltcoD
troll, he passed as though We had
never met before. Yet, knowing tbs
impulsive nature of the Vienness
know that some day, if ever We meat
again, we will discuss the matter and
understand each other.
Here is my view: That the arch.
duke, fearful even of his best.truStea
friends, had sent spy to follow mo
home from the palace who had seen
me in brief conversation with the sUy
Macchio, and had reported the incident
Franz Ferdinand, growing alarmed
and believing me in the pay Of his
enemies, had instructed his aide not
to call for me, and mad sent no mes
sage to M. Pasich at Sarajevo.
Furthermore, at the last moment, he
had changed his plans. He had re-
NAMED quietly in Vienna and had sent +
his cousin, whom | shall call Won
Behring still, together with his wife
to read his speech at the town hail.
By the time the train reached Sara,
jevo he was already in flight, with the
duchess of Hohenberg, to some IN.
known destination.
Perhaps the intrigues against which
he had fought so long had at last
shattered his nerves and made him re-
solve on shaking off the burden Of bis
inheritance without delay. Perhaps
my little friend had managed to con-
vey to him some supreme warning
which he had needed for his Wifes
sake, unnerved by my supposed de-
lection.
Certainly the spy Macchio had done
his work too we'll
And somewhere in the world an
convinced, Franz Ferdinand and his
wife, freed from the cares OF state
are living as they have long wanted
to livn, unknown, absorbed in tnef
domestic life, to be rejoined later Oy
their children.
Because the faces that l saw IN Ins
collins at the solemn service in vienna
were those of the man and woman
whom I must still call by the nsM'
Won Behring.