Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-06-01
take this one SO complacently."

SQ. cautioned the COuQt-anQ tuS1
in time, for the young man was on the
point of enlarging upon his original eff
fort. Calm yourself, Bobby, my lad. u
you needn't caution me-" murmured
the prince. IF had the tongue of a
pirate / couldn't begin to do justice to
this" and he slapped his hand re.
soundingly upon the crumpled mes
sage from William w Blithers.
The message had been sent by Mr..
Blithers that morning, evidently Just
before the sailing of the fast French
steamer on which he and his wife were
crossing to Havre. 1t was directed to
August Totten and read as follows:
Tell our young friend to qualify state
ment to press at once. Announce recon-
sideration of hasty denial and admit en-
gagement. This is imperative. ! am not
in mood for trifling. Have wired Paris
papers that engagement is settled Have
also wired daughter The sooner we get
together on this the better Wait for my
arrival in Paris. W. B.
There is still another delectable
communication for you, Robin" said
the count. 1t was directed to R.
Schmidt, and took the liberty of
opening it, as authorized. Read it,"
This was one of the ordinary "petits
bleu," dropped into the pneumatic tube
letter box at $3.50 that afternoon,
shortly before Robin ventured forth on
his interesting expedition in quest of
tea, and its contents were very crisp
and to the point:
Pay no attention to any word you may
have received from my father. He cables
a ridiculous command to me which shall
ignore. If you have received a similar
message l implore you to disregard 1t al
together. Let's give each other a fight
ing chance. MAUD BLITHERS.
Mr.. Blithers received a marconi-
gram from the Jupiter when the ship
was three days out from New York.
1t was terse, but sufficient.
Have just had a glimpse Of Prince |
Charming. He is very good looking Love |
to mother. MAUD. |
He had barely settled into state of
complete satisfaction with himself |
over the successful Inauguration of
shrewd campaign to get the better of
the recalcitrant Maud and the incom-
prehensible Robin when he was
thrown into panic by the discovery
that young Chandler Scoville had
sailed for Europe two days ahead of
Maud and her elderly companion.
Newspaper reporters in New York
,amped on the trail of Mr.. Blithers.
He very obligingly admitted that
here was something in the report
hat his daughter was to marry the
Prince of Graustark, although he
couldn't say anything definite at the
ime. 1t wouldn't be fair to the par
les concerned, he explained Then
anne the disgusting denials in Paris
~ his daughter and the ungrateful
'rince. This was too much. He {
ouldn't understand such unfilial be- {
Iaviour on the part of one, and he
ertainly couldn't forgive the ingrat-
tude of the other. {
Instead OF waiting until Saturday to :
all. be changed ships and left New 2
'ork on Friday, thereby gaining
othing by the move except relief q
rom the newspapers, for it appears {
hat he gave up a FIVE day boat for n
ne that could not do it under six.
"There will be something doing in f
Europe the day land there, Lou" a
e said TO his wife as they stood on Y
eek and watched the statue of Lib d
rty glide swiftly back toward Man d
attain Island. dive got all the Il
rings working smoothly. We've y
0t Groostock where it can't peep h
ny louder than a freshly Matched G
licken, and We'll soon bring Maud nj
her senses. By the way. did tell Of
~ that I've ordered some Dutch ar b,
litects from Berlin to co. to
THE Dutch are from Holland" she hi
i'd YEARLY. ca
Ito go over to Growstock and give ri
e a complete estimate on repairing hs
ID remodeling the royal castle? | co
re say Wen have to do a good deal th
the place. It's several hundred /
airs old and must require a lot of a
such as bathrooms, it
sctric lights and steam heating. ad
obably needs refurnishing from top wi
bottom, too, and a new roof. ch
yer saw ruin yet that didn't leak. ne
those castles on the Rhine? va
III you ever forget how wet we got
2 day we went through the one at Bl
They were abandoned. tumbledown eai
stiles" she reminded him. tic
There isn't a castle in Europe that's CIR
y good in a rainstorm." he pro-
lined.
1t is time you informed yourself del
1ut the country you are trying TO /
lex to the Blithers estate" she said an
castically. Il can assist you to WI
ne extent If you viii be good enough Clip
listen, In the first place, the royal wa
tile at Edelweiss is one Of the most ON
'stantial in the world. It has not 81
n allowed to fall into decay. In u
{, il is inhabited from top to bottom ZEN
members Of the royal household 3
the court AS for the furnishings, NV
IN assure you that the entire Blith- owl