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he handed the paper back.

tlnued, replacing it in his pocket,
"forcsaw that some difficulty
such as this might arise. AS YOU
know, his confidence in you is not
great"
The prince flushed and opened
his lips angrily; but closed them
again without speaking.
Pachmann smiled unpleasantly.
81 can guess what you wish to
say he said. "You would re-
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 l.
What was it you We're 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. GLOW much
harm you have done l cannot say
but | must hasten to undo it. l
do not understand you. You know
how important this affair is-you
are a good German!-and yet you
go about talking in this fashionl
1T is enough to drive one mad! If
your father learned of it, | 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 OF 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
prince $ confessions to her father.
and she was deeply relieved when
he waved them aside as of no i'm
p~ortance.
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 60 by contraries!"
By noon of Monday, Pachmann
had completed his scrutiny of the
passengers, and sought an inter-
view with the captain.
II have'discovered nothing" he
said absolutely nothing. At one
time, l thought that I had the
man, but I caused his story to be
investigated, and found that it
was true. There remains only one
thing to be done. At what hour
shall we landi"
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 y
moment.
lin the first place." he went on,
at last, following out his thought,
"you must secure for me two land
ing tickets-one for Ward 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 q very serious Of
fense," he pointed out.
I'VE must take the risk.
"What will you do about their
bagoage9"