Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-11-22


mind me that you are a Hohen-
zollern, a prince of the blood, a
scion Of the house to which /, a
petty member of the inferior no.
bility, owe allegiance. That | do
not permit myself to forget. But
in this affair, by virtue of this pa
per, | stand in place Of your royal
father. He would not hesitate to
rebuke you, and neither shall I.
What was it you were saying to
Miss Vard?"
And the prince, after a mo-
ment's inward struggle, repeated
the conversation, while Pachmann
listened frowningly.
"You have been most indis-
Greet" he said severely, when the
prince had finished. "How much
harm you have done | cannot say
but | must hasten to undo it. /
do not understand you. You know
how important this affair is-you
are a good Germanl--and yet you
go about talking in this fashioni
1t is enough to drive one mad II
your father learned Of it, I fear
he would think it necessary to
punish you with great severity. l
shall not report it-but on one
condition: you must give me your
word to discuss affairs of state
with no one, to make no chance
acquaintance, and to see this girl
or her father only in my pres
ence."
And SO deeply grounded was the
habit of obedience, so profound his
respect even for his fathers sig
nature, that the prince promised.
Besides, he had no wish to spend a
year or more in some second rate
fortress and he resolved to watch
himself most warily, until this an
noying business was at an end and
he was back again in Berlin.
So Kasia saw him no more. She
had a little struggle with herself
before she finally decided that it
was her duty to outline the
princes confessions to her father,
and she was. deeply relieved when
he waved them aside as of no i'm
portance.
Every one knows he said,
that Germany dreams of nothing
but humiliating England; that is
no secret-it has been the talk of
Europe for 10 years past. But it
is one OF those dreams which never
come true-or go by contraries! r.
By noon of Monday, Pachmann
had completed his scrutiny of the
passengers, and sought an inter,
view with the captain.
have discovered nothing" he
said; absolutely nothing. At one
time, | thought that i had the
man, but l caused his story to be
investigated, and found that il
was true. There remains only one
thing to be done. At what hour
shall we land9'
That will depend upon the de
lay at quarantine. Two of our
Storage passengers are ill. We
may not be able to dock before
evening""
Pachmann considered this for d
moment.
In the first place." he went on.
at last, following out his thought
you must secure for me two land,
ing tickets-one for Yard and one
for his daughter. The immigra
ton officers must not see them
There must be no evidence that
they ever reached New York"
Hausmann's face clouded.
That is a very serious of.
fense," he pointed out.
We must take the risk.
What will you do about theil
b~aggagef"
Will have it claimed by some
one from the consulate"
The captain hesitated yet a mo
ment.
will secure the tickets" he
agreed, finally. "a considerabl,
outlay will be necessary.
you will be reimbursed. Fur
thermore, Pachmann added, IS
will myself explain to the emperor
how greatly you have assisted u.s.
Hausmann bowed coldly.
II there anything elsei" h,
asked.
Yg have watched the wire
lest
7 es.
Il must be watched even NOR,
closely. No message ii cipher
nor any that i: at al questionable
Unjust Be sent or delivered. If ther,
are complaints afterwards, I'll,
failure can. be explained as a
overnight:
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