Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-03

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II The church doors closed behind
them.
Il Olga toschek fen on her knees. She
twas shaking from head to foot. And
because the religious training Of her
early life near the shrine had given
/ her faith In miracles, she prayed for
one. Rather, she made q bargain with
God:
K saaJ word came &c !Assss :s:e::::: Gar!
any, no matter to what 1t pertained,
she would take 1t for sign, and at
tempt flight. Il she was captured, she
would kill herself.
But, II no word came from Karl BY
the hour Of her departure the next
morning, then she would do the thing
/ she had set out to do, and let him BEL
warei The king dead, there would be
no king. Only over the dead bodies
Of the Livonians would they let him
marry Hedwig and the throne. It
would be war.
Curiously, while she was still on her
knees, her bargain made, the plan
came to her BY which, when the time
came, the terrorists were to rouse the
people to even greater fury. Still
/ kneeling, she turned 1t over in her
mind. It was possible. More. 1t could
be made plausible with her assistance.
4 IA "a - <ks ~vssirv, a. nvo1,~d- Mot<l;ch,o
!; horror and rage. Hedwigs pulling
tears, her own triumphshs took .
deep breath. Revenge with a ven
geance, retaliation for old hurts and
fresh injuries. these were what she
found on her knees, while the bell In
the valley commenced the mass, and
Z small boy. veu rapt and very earn
est, prayed for his grandfather's life.
Yet the bargain came very close to-
being made the other way that day,
and by Karl himself.
! On the day Of the pilgrimage Karl
found himself strangely restless and
uneasy. Olga Loschek haunted him,
her face when he had told her about
the letter, her sagging figure when he
had left her.
Something like remorse stirred on
him. She had taken great risks for
him. OF all the women he had known.
ishe had most truly and unselishly
loved him.
- Very nearly did he swing the scale
In which Olga Loschek had hung her
bargain with God-so nearly that in
the intervals Of anixing his sprawiing
signature to various documents, he
drew sheet Of note paper toward him.
Then, with shrug, he pushed 1t away.
so Olga Loschek lost her bargain.
At dawn the next morning the
0Icountess, still pale with illness and
burnins with fever, went back to the
ycity.
a. A. n = =
IA 'Thuas said ths concierge. frying
,Eonions over his gtove-''thus have
Ethey always done. But You have been
lEblind. Rather. you would not see."
u Old Adelbert stirred uneasily. $50
dong as I accept my penaon@
'Why should you not accept your
Ipension1 4 hihs In exchange for what
You gave. Tor them. who now III uss
illsyou, you have gone through life but
half Z man. But one u.s. they have
Tor .us, you and me. my friend-to tax
1.us.
II .Ths taxss are not heavy" quoth
Hold Adelbert.
Y .Thsre are some who md them so."I
NThs concierge heaped his guests plate!
with onions.
n Old Adelbert played with his steel
fork n Was Z good patriot" he OBJ
:tiserved nervousiy, until they made me-
|lotherwisAs
Il will make you better. A patriot!
b one who II jealous for his country!
Rands its welfare. That means much.
llQt means that when the established;
order is bad for country, it mustl
i be changed. Not that you and may
sbenefit God knows, we may not live
ITO benefit. But that Livonia may free
her neck from the foot Of the oppres-
/ sion and raise her head among ma,
ions."
U; From which 1t may be seen that old;
HAdelbert had at last Joined the revo-ll
|g1utionary party, an uneasy and UNI
|aappy recruit, It is true, but-a recruit.
}Is.If only some half measure would SUI
4 Ace,n he said. giving up all pretensei
~ eating. s.This talk Of rouEng the;
4 mob, Of rioting and violence, do not:
IKE them"
~ then has age turned the blood in
lUour veins to water !" said the con-
}fiSrHe contemptuously. Half meas
|5&f&0 Since when mas q haif measure
abee6 useful1 Did half measures win
Va x6uk heaste4 battles7 And whats
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