Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-11-15

CHIHB Oh a IOOl-Lney 90 not SAY
SO, but l car read it in their faces
My father thinks me a total fool
and does not hesitate to say So"
HE must be a terrible mani
"He is" agreed the prince, will
conviction.
Kasia looked at him to see if he
was in earnest; then turned away
her head for an instant, until she
could control her lips.
How does it happen that you
speak English so well7'' she asked
"My father required it. 1t is
the result of many weary hours, ]
assure you. However," added the
prince, 81 ought not to complain
si1fce it has secured for me the
present hour"
1t was the first time Kasia had
ever been made the mark of a
royal compliment, and she flushed
a little in spite Of herself.
ct is nice of you to say SOP
she murmured. $50 you have had
your bad times, too2"
Dad times, Miss Ward! Why
the life that [ have led has been a
dogs life. There were so many
things that | must know-that we
all must know-so many things
we must not do. / have often
gazed from the windows of the
palace and envied the boys in the
gutter!"
"Not really!"
ooh, not really, of course. l
would not change. What I en-
We'd them was their liberty, their
freedom to come and go as it
pleased them"
"But since you are Of age?"
Even yet, each moment must
be accounted for. [ am now a lieu
tenant in the navy, and am sup
posed to employ each hour profit
ably. My father is a very great
man; there r few things that he
does not know; and he expects his
sons to know as much. Even of
pictures, which bore me; even of
music, which distresses me. Every
thing is arranged. At such a time,
l am to be with my ship; again, l
am to attend the opera; again, I
I'M to be present at the opening of
a museum; again, l must listen to
a long address which 1 do not un-
derstand. / may not even choose
my own wife. All that is ar
ranged"
"But no doubt" Kasia sug-
gested, amused at his forlorn as
pect, "your father will choose
more wisely than you would"
II do not know" said the
prince disconsolately. II fear that
he will consider birth and position
Of more Importance than youth
and beauty. Besides, there are
some things a man likes to do for
himself. My poor sister, now"
He stopped, for, under the slim
illus of Miss Yards sympathy,
he found himself about to betray
a family secret.
Eyes, | can understand that"
said Kasia, with more tenderness
than she had yet shown. "You
don't mind my talking frankly to
your"
81 love to be talked frankly to-"
protested the prince.
This was very far from the
truth, only the prince didn't know
it. What he really loved was flat
terry disguised as frankness. In
this, he resembled most other hu-
man beings.
well, then," said Kasia, eff
you don't like it, if you find it in
tolerable, why don't you cut and
rum"
"Cut and runf"
Yes; go away by yourself, be
a free man, and marry the woman
you love. For of course there is
such a womanf"
ooh, yes," and the prince
thought of the blue eyed daughter
of the shopkeeper in the Friedrich
strasse, just off Inter den Linden;
however, he had never thought of
marriage in connection with her.
but suppose l should do that"
he added, chow should / live?"
How do other men live9 BY
work."
"But that would be a dis
grace!"
Disgrace! 1t isn't half SO dis
graceful as to live by the work of
other men,"
your father said something of
the same sort to me. But I fear
that neither Of you understands.
A prince cannot do such things,
Kasia threw up her hands.
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