Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-03-01
SYNOPSIS

old. taken by his aunt to the opera, tires
Of the singing ana slips away to the park
ana there makes the acquaintance OF
Bobby Thorpe, little American boy.
| CHAPTER H-Returning to the palace
at night the crown prince finds everything
n an uproar as a result OF the search for
him. The chancellor impresses ON the old
Sing, the boys grandfather. who is very
crown prince and suggests that the friend
ship OF the neighboring king of Karnia
De cemented by giving the Princess He'd
wig IN marriage to him. The old king
dnally agrees.
: CHAPTER III-Hedwig herself who
loves Milky Larisch, Otto's aid de camp,
ci3ion.
| CHAPTER Iv--Countess Loschek lady
| In waiting to Annunciata, In love with
| Karl of Karnia, is jealous of Hedwig. She
| plots TO start revolt in Iivonia by send
! ing a code letter to Karl telling him of
conditions in the country. Peter Niburg
WHO was to deliver the message, is be-
trayed BY fellow clerk. Herman Spier.
| CHAPTER v--Niburg Is robbed of the
| nissive. and O dummy letter substituted;
| captain Larisch, unaware of the substt-
sution, holds up KarPs chauffeur and Sc
cures the envelope.
CHAPTER vI--Black Humbert, promi-
nent among. the Terrorists decides Coun-
tess Losche|Ss message with the aid of a
student named Haeckel. police spy,
whom the Terrorists are holding prisoner.
CHAPTER vII-Captain Larisch imper-
sonates KarI's chauffeur and exchanges
the sheet within the letter for some eiga-
Tette papers: On delivering the note 70
Karl. Larisch Is made prisoner when the
deception is discovered. Hedwig's consent
to the marriage. forcibly. obtained, Nett
itch, chancellor Of Liyonia. concludes the
arrangements for the marriage and leaves
COR Wedding, King Karls hunting lodge.
| CHAPTER WILTON the way to Wedel-
nS Chancellor Mettlich's party finds karl's
hauffeur, with whom Larisch had changed
clothes, bound and gagged. They release
aim and proceed with him to the kings
hunting lodge. The chauffeur escapes.
Mettlch and King Karl reach satisfac-
DRY arrangement as to the marriage, apd
Karl releases Larisch after telling him OF
he coming wedding.
CHAPTER Ix-old AdeiSe-t. crippled
seteran, long an attendant at the opera
house. loses his position and becomes EN-
Uttered against the King and the chan
sellor.
CHAPTER x-Ccuntess Loscfek finds
her room in the palace searched and
discriminating documents stolen. she
also find summons to appear before the
Committee OF Ten, revolutionary tribunal.
Size goes, and is ordered to assist in the
kidnapping of the crown prince. under
threat of having her. duplicity revealed
to Chancellor Mettlich. She is given q
week to consider.
CHAPTER xI-TIedwig. in desperation
urges Larisch to elope with her. He points
out the imposslbilty Of the scheme and
leaves Hedwig In despair.
CHAPTER XII ettlich, knowing of
the attachment between Hedwig and Cap
tain Larisch. points out 70 the latter tne
lmpossibility OF his marrying the princess
and secures from him a promise never 10
desert the crown prince.
CHAPTER xIII--The American boy,
Bobby Thorpe, finds the secret passage.
way from the palace, by Winch the court
| light necessary, and takes old Adelbert,
now a revolutionist, into the secret
7 CHAPTER XIV Adelbert informs the
| Committee OF Ten of thes findng of the
| secret passage The Terrorists NIX the
| carnival as the time for kidnapping the
| crown prince.
CONTINUED from yesterday
I'm afraid I'm not doing very well
Tante. But I've learned the 'Gettys
burg address, Shall / say it?"
Heavens, mol" she protested. She
had not the faintest idea what the
Gettysburg address" was. She
suspected Mr.. Gladstone.
| The countess had relapsed into sill
ence. A little back from the family
| circle, she had watched the whole
| scene stoDily, and knowing Karl Al
! only woman who loves sincerely anC
long can know a man, she knew tht
inner workings of his mind. She saw
anger in the very turn of his heat
and set of his jaw. But she saw more
| Jealousy, and was herself half mac
| with it.
She knew him well. She had her
self, for years. held him by holtlin:
herself dear, by the very difficulty O
| attaining her. And now this ihdiffer
emit. white-faced girl, who might b.
his, indeed, for the taking, but wht
would offer or promise no loye, wal
rousing him to the instinct Of posses
sion by her very indifference. He hat
told her the truth, that night in tn,
mountain i'm. 1t was Hedwig h
wanted, Heds5ig herself, her heart, al
| of her., And, if she knew Karl, h
| would move heaven and earth to &c
the thing he wanted.
She surveyed the group. How littl
they knew what was in store for them
She, Olga Loschek, by the lifting 0
finger, could turn their SNUG superb
GRITTY into tears and despair, could ruiz
them and send them flying for shelte
to the very ends Of the earth.
But when she looked at the littl
crown prince. legs dangling, eating hi
thin bread and butter as only y hun
| CRY small boy can eat, she shiveree
BY what means must she do all this
BY what unspeakable means
Karl saw the King that evening,
short visit marked by extreme formal
itya and, on the kings part, by tn
keen and frank scrutiny Of one wh
is near the end and fears nothing bu
the final moment Karl found til
meeting depressing and the kings eye
disconcerting.
1T will not be easy going for Otto,
said the king, at the end Of the shor
interview ssT shouId like 10 feel tina