The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-28
Copyright, 1915. by the Star Company.
Foreign Rights Reserved.)
CHAPTER Nv.
THE HIDDEN PRINCE.

la inc invitation, and stared
" again. II 1t had come to him in
-, his palmy days, he might no,
nt peeh thus blankly amazed: but
hspest VINO was Christopher Race that
ne should be hidden to a reception al
tne foreign office. to meet royalty?
" course, Christopher said to him
ne would not 10. Before the day
me country with Scarlet Runner, trail
ing a tat and vulgar Australian mil
mpaire. with his fat and vulgar mil
HYnairess. about rural England.
But there was another letter I'm this
mornings mail and he suddenly changed
MS mind. 1t covered no more than a
page. and was signed "Eloise Dauvray. -
ihat name had wrung in his ears.
nnysterlous and sweet as the music OF
pels floating over the sea from a CITY
OF mirage. since the masked ball, where
ne mad been lucky enough to serve the
iur Southerners purpose. Now his
nehrt gave leap az he read the sum-
life. "''o he'
Her letter had no conventional begin
ring Since 1 have been grown
two Real Men. and you are one of those
TWO. want You to meet the other.
something great may come OF the meet
ing and this time You would be with
ny me INA ~, an adventure Of which neither OF
n IL deeply, heart and soul. II you will
throw in your fortune with mine. come
tomorrow night to the foreign office
EhTc w Tor which l will see that you
Tor the past hopefully for the future
BILOISE DAUVRAY."
Christopher stepped out of his car into
blaze OF light and color; and indoors
the luscious perfume OF flowers, mingled
with the thought that he was about to
see Eloise Dauvray, went TO his head
like some rich Spanish wine.
MI. Race, murmured n voice that
no man who had heard II once could
forget; and. turning. he was face to
race W th Eloise Dauvray-an astonish-
ingiy changed Eloise Dauvray.
Mr. Race" said Eloise Dauvrny
again. WANTED you 10 come and meet
him about you"
u am here with my grandmother, 4"
said Miss Dauvray. You have not met
hsr. but she Is an old friend of the for
eign secretarys wife. Prince Mirko and
you and ! must talk together"
They found quiet corner. out of the
way OF the crowd. Now, / am going
to tell you a secret" the girl went IN.
You see how / trust you-how we both
trust you? For it's a secret that, IL
known. might spoil n plan whose sue
cess means everything to the Prince
everything. therefore. to me-"
such a request was n command, and
EloIse smiled permission to co.
That Is the Dalvanian ambassador"
she murmured. as the tall, youthful fig
ure and the short. middle-aged one
moved away together.
III" III" looks clever" said Christopher;
we believe-hc Is on our side. Not for
mel don't mean that. | hope and pray
he knows nothing, and may guess moth
ing until too late to interfere. | mean
something OF more Importance TO Dali
vania than a love afYa'r. Perhaps, after
all, it's just as wei that can tell you
alone, First, I thanH you for coming.
and-isn't he gloriOus?"
yes" said Christopher. III 7 were a
soldier should like to fight for him"
"How strange you should say that"
half whispered the girl 1T is exactly
what want you to do. VIII you be
both? But no; It isn't fair to ask you
that until you know the whole story.
So she told him the story briefly as
she could, keeping down her own eX-
element which would grow with the
tale. -Qhristppher knew little or nothing
of DalvanianE affairs, except that the
people of that turbulent country had
risen some years ago against their king
md killed him; that the queen and her
children had been saved only by flight;
that distant relative Of the dead man
"A person favored by Turkey-had been
raised to the throne; and that the Dali
vanians. who ought to have been elated
et their success, had been more or less
dissatish ever since,
Now. Prince Mirko's errand in the
most important island OF the world was
To enlist sympathy for his cause among
those who would lend him their money
or their help in organizing q secret RAID
and the adventure, as Eloise Dauvray
eagerly explained to Christopher Race
was not IN homeless sit might seem.
The Dalvanan ambassador, who had
Just called the Prince away, had been
put in his place by Turkey, like all
other Dalvanlan diplomats of King
AleXander's day; nevertheless, he had
private reasons for being at heart Mir
kos friend. Damiello Rudovics knew
what was Mirko's mission In Eng land;
knew that he was trying to get to-
Rethcr n hundred thousand pounds to
buy arms and feed small army; knew
that he was inviting adventurous or
rich young Englishmen to Join him
secretly Mt the Montenegrln frontier of
Dalvania, for Il certain purpose; yet