Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-04-25

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DO yes IKE .Aaess- Inquired u.
eoSn princa. mach interested.
Doesi Why. ysa have quits a.
uonber a doeAs
7 should think It would b. p,c..
to have Just one dog. and be yerv
food At It But ! suppose they womb
eat Q great deal. Do you believe IN
love at 6fst sightf'
~OttoI" said the archduchessL er.
tremely shocked.
He turned to her apologetcally. ~
was only trying to iind out how mapv
things he and Milky agreed about"
he explained. "Nikky believes in love
at first sight. He says 1t il the onlv
real kind Of love. because love isn't
. thing you think out You only feel
Il" ~
The archduchess met Karis eyes.
"You see" she said.
But It II sound doctrine" Karl Oh,
served, bending forward and with |,
slanting glance at Hedwig. II quite
agree with him again. And this friend
Of yours. he thinks love is the onlv
thing in the world. I dare say1"
SWELL. he thinks q great deal of !,
But he says that love of country comes
drst, before anything else"
The archduchess glanced at Hedw,,
furiously. The girl had closed he,
eyes, and was sitting detached and
pale. She would have liked to box her
ears. Karl was no fool. and there wss
talk enough. He would hear 1t, Of
course.
Tell us about your pilgrimage.
OTTO" she suggested.
well. I went," said the crow,
prince refectively. I'VE walked n l.,o
time, and 1t was very wa~'n. l have
quite a large blister. vi the arch.
bishop had to take Lns e :, Off asa
walk In his stockings, be {. .se his feet
hurt. No n saw. 1t was on a coun.
try lane. But I'm afraid it didn't do
very much good" He drew a long
breath.
nor" Karl inquired.
Suddenly the boys chin qulvered.
lie was terribly afraid he was going
to cry, and took a large sip Of tea,
which cleared his voice.
MY grandfather is not any better"
he said. perhaps some one else
should have gone. I am not very
good" he explained to Karl. 81,
ought to be u very good person. He
is very sick"
Perhaps" suggested Karl knocking.
ly, with u glance at Hedwig, 'they
should have sent this Milky Of
yours"
Annunciata stirred r~estlessly. She
considered this talk of Milky In
execrable taste.
He is not particularly good"
"Oh. SO he Is not particularly
good?"
well, he thinks he isn't. He says
he doesn't find 1t easy to love his
country more than anything In the
world, for one thing. And he smokes
a great many cigarettes"
Another taste In c0mmon!' jeered
Karl, In his smooth, carefully ironlt
tones.
Annunciata was In the last stages
OF Irritation. There was no mistakins
the sheer in Karl's voice. His smile
was forced. She guessed that he had
heard Of Milky Larisch before, that
indeed. he knew probably more thar
She did. Just what, she wondered,
was there to known A great deal, II
n could judge by Hedwig's face.
= hope you are working hard al
your lessons, Otto" she said, in the
severe tone which Otto had learned
that most people use when they refer
to lessons.
I'm afraid I'm not doing very well,
Tante. But I've learned the 'Gettys.
burg address, Shall l 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 sil.
ence. A little back from the family
circle, she had watched the whole
scene stonily, and knowing Karl as
only a woman who loves sincerely and
long a know a man, she knew the
inner workings of his mind. She saw
anger In the very turn Of his head
and set Of his jaw. But she saw more,
Jealousy, and was herself half mad
with It.
She knew him we'll. She had her.
self, for years, held him by holding
herself dear, by the very difficulty Of
attaining her. And nov this indifer'
ent, white.faced girl, who might be
his, indeed, for the taking, but who
would offer or promise no love, was
rousing him to the instinct Of posses,
sion by her very indifference. He had
told her the truth. that night In the
mountain Ian. It was Hedwig he
wanted, Hed,dg herself, her heart, all
Of her. And, II she knew Karl, he
would move heaven and earth to get
the thing he wanted.
She surveyed the group. How little
they knew what was In store for them!
She. Olga LOschek, BY the lifting OF