The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1916-06-08

rather pityingly. 1T appears TO be 49,
way OF pulling the strings, my boy.
He has loaned US something like $751;
100000. We have agreed to deposit
our public service bonds as security
/ against the loan, so that practically
equalizes the situation. 1t becomes a
| purely business transaction, but he
sees far ahead. This loan of his ma
lures at practically the same time that
our first series of government bonds
are due for payment 1t will be ex-
/ tremely difficult for a small country,
such as Graustark, to raise nearly
4 S40,000,000 in, say ten years. The Eu-
4 ropean syndicates undoubtedly would
be willing to renew'the loan under
new issue. | think il is called refund
/ ing or something of the sort. But Mr..
no to any such arrangement. He holds
the whip hand and
But. my dear count" interrupted
the prince, what II he does hold 1t?
/ Does he expect 10 wait ten years be-
| fore exercising his power? You for
get that marriage is his ambition. Isn't
he taking desperate risk in assum-
ing that ! will not marry before the
ten years are up? And, for that mat
ter, his daughter may decide TO wed
some other chap who
That's just the point" said Quin-
nox. He is arranging it so that you
can't marry without his consent"
The deuce you sayi"
You shall not marry into the Blith-
ers family, my lad. if we can help It,"
said the count, pulling at his mus
taches.
Il should say not" said Dank, feel
ing for his.
81 should as soon marry a daughter
of Hobbs" said R. Schmidt, getting
up from his chair with restored
sprightliness. 'lf he had one, !
mean
"The bonds of matrimony and the
bonds of government are by no
means synonymous" said Dank, and
felt rather proud of himself when his
companions favored him with a stare
of amazement. The excellent lieuten-
ant was not given TO persifiage.
Shall we send a wireless TO Bllth-
ers congratulating him on his COUP"
inquired the prince gayly.
NO." said the count Congratulate
ing ourselves on his coup is better"
Good And you might add that we
also are trusting to luck. 1t may give
him something to think about And
now where is Hobbs?" said royalty.
"Here, SIR" said Hobbs, appearing
II the bedroom door.
Thank you. Hobbs. You may or
der luncheon for us in the Ritz res
taurant. The head waiter has been
instructed to reserve the corner table
for the whole voyage"
In two minutes Hobbs was back with
the information that two ladies had
taken the table and refused to be
dislodged. although the head waiter
had vainly tried to convince them
that it was reserved for the passage
by r. Schmidt and party.
81 am quite sure, sir, he put 1t to
them very hagreeably and politely,
but the young lady gave i'm the
'aughtiest look I've ever seen on NOR
tai fee. sir. and he came back to me
so 'umble that l could 'ardly believe
he was the cad waiter"
~ hope he was not unnecessarily
persistent" said the prince, annoyed.
att really is of no consequence where
we Sit
Ladies first, world without end"
said Dank. Especially at sea"
Twenty minutes later R. Schmidt,
seated in the Ritz restaurant, hap
pened to look fairly into the eyes of
the loveliest girl he had ever seen,
and on the instant forgave the ex-.
traordinary delinquency of the hith-
erto infallible Hobbs.
Later on r. Schmidt sat alone in
sheltered corner of the promenade
deck, where chairs had been secured
by the forehanded Hobbs. The thin
driZZle now aspired to something more
definite in the shape of a steady down
pour, and the decks were almost de-
serted save for the few who huddled
in the unexposed hooks where the
sweep and swish of the rain failed TO
penetrate. There was a faraway look
in the young mans eyes. as of one
who dreams pleasantly with little eff
fort, but excellent effect His pipe
had gone out, so his dream must have
been long and uninterrupted. Eight
bells sounded But what is time to a
dreamer? Then came one bell and
two, and now his eyes were closed.
Two women came and stood over
him, but little did they suspect that
his dream was of one of them-the
one with the lovely eyes and the soft
brown hair They surveyed him, whsS-
pering. the one with little perpleXed
frown on her brow, the other with dis
tinct signs of annoyance in her face.
The girl was not more than twenty.
her companion quite old enough to be
her mother, considerate if not COM
plimentary estimate, for a girls moth
er may be either forty, fifty or even
ffty-fve when you come to think of it.
They were looking for something.
That was quite clear. And it was de-
plorably clear that whatever ii was r.
Schmidt was sitting upon it. They
saw that he was asleep, which made
the search if not the actual recovery
quite out OF the question. The older
woman was on the point of poking the
sleeper with the toe Of her shoe, be-
ing a matter of fact sort of person,
when the girl imperatively shook her
head and frowned upon the lady in a
way to prove that, even though she
/ was old enough to be the mother of
/ girl of twenty she was by no means