The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-03-02

Inle TtiukNu 10 make loans under the
rather exasperuting circumstances. pre-
fcrring to take no chances. Money was
not cheap In these bitter days. neither
no Europe nor America. Caution was
the watchword vast European war
was not improbable. despite the sin
ccre efforts on The part OF the various
nations 10 keep out Of the controversy.
Nor was Mr. BiIthers far from right
IN his shrcwd surmlse. that Prince
Robin mud his agents were not without
hope To- coming 10 America nj this par
ticuur time Grlustark had laid by
barely half the amount required TO lift
'hc debt to Russia. II was not beyond
'hc bounds IT reason 20 expect her
prince 90 secure The remaining 1900.
~ through private sources In New
York city
Six weeks prior 10 his arrival In
New York the Young prince landed IN
san Franelsco lie hnd come by way
If 'hc orient accompanied by the chief
lf ,f1a ui Tie Guusiark army. Count
yuuuoy hereditary watchdog 10 the
royal family and a Young lieutenant
ut ihc guard Boske Dank Two men
were they who would have given
thousand lives 10 the service Of their
prince SO less loyal was the body
servant who looked after the personal
wHuts OF the eager young traveller. an
EUgl-hmuu of The name Of Hobbs
gDrr poor valet was he but an excep-
fi.ull.y capable person when II came
'u 'hr he. king of luggage aud the di.
rnug " railway timetables. lie had
been q guide Tor tourist agency. IL
Nu. quite Impossible 10 miss O train
fhai Hobbs suspected Of being the right
Yuc
Prince Robin came unheralded and
.u'ur~ci tlic breadth NJ the continent
without attracting more than the atten
u.l that Is bestowed upon good looking
u.ur men Like his mother. nearly
quarter of % century before. he Travelled
loo. mtD But where she had used the
somewhat emphatic name Of Guggen.
-'a.spr be- was known 10 the hotel
register, as MIR 4 Schmidt and ser
.nut"
There was romance In the eager
,ouns soul of Prince Robin Tie rev.
clri zoo the love story " his parents
lio beautiful Princess Yctlve Hrst saw
Grnfc.i I.orry IN nm express train go
Hs eastward from Denver. Their
wonderful romance was born. 80 10
sr.t in pulIwW compartment car
iiil IL thrived So splcudldly that II al
mu. upset a dynasty. fur neyer-in all
81 nine ccntur'es-had a ruler Of Grau.
star, stopped 10 marriage with a com
m0ucr
and So when the farsightcd minis
Try uul house of mobiles Ia Graustark
set about 90 select wife FOR their
| yOuu- ruler they made oyertures to
The vr.n.e OF Dawsbergen. whose do
main adjolucd Gaustark on the south.
The Crown Princess of Dawsbergen.
then but lfte,L. was the unanimous
choice OF the amlablc matchmakers In
secret conclavc. This was when Robin
was seventeen aud just over being
fatuously IN love with his middle aged
lnstructrcss IN French.
The Prince Of Duwsbergen dispatch
cd an embassy OF nobIemen to assure
his nclshbor that the match would be
highly acceptable TO him and that in
! PROPER season the bytrolhal might be
| announced nut ulack, both courts
overlooked the fact that there was in
dependent American blood In the two
| young people Neither the Prince nt
! GUustarh nor the Crown Princess OF
! DawsbersCu-wAuS mother was a
Miss Beverly Calhoun u Nircinia-was
disposed 10 listen TO the voice u eX.
pedlenc,. IN fact. nj safe distance OF
three or four hundred miles the young
stcrs nsurauyely turned up their noses
NJ each other aud frankly confessed
that they hated each other aud
wouldn't be- bullied into getting mar
ried. no matter what anybody said, oi
something Ut the sort
"Sposc I'm going 10 say I'll marry d
girl I've never SEEM demanded sew
cutcen yearold Robin. full of wrath
Not J.. my lords. I'm going to looh
about BIZ, II you don't mind. The
world l. FUN Of girls I'll marry the
uuc happen 10 want or III not marry
10 all"
Bat. highuess,' they protested, 'yoI
must listen 10 reason. There must h'
"A successor to the throne ct Graustnrk
You would not have the name die will
you. The young princess is
lis fifteen. you say" he interrupted
Intuy. Come around in ten year
b and wen talk It over again. But In
. not going to pledge myself TO marry
I child In short frorks. name or M
name. l. she pretty
The lords did not know. They ha'
not seen the Young lady
III she Is pretty you'd be sure Il
know e.. my lords. so well assume sh,
isn't saw her when she was ihre
year, old. and she certainly was
fright when she cried. aud. my lords
she cried an the time No. TIL no
marry Der. Be good enough to say 4
the Prince ot Dawsherecn that In
YER, much obliged 10 him. but It's quit