The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-12
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- q oDan Nay lsve . vseasaa.
No1W1g cane to tea t1A& aeuseneen.
~ cans n spftly. and de0a1k3y, Tor
- Was doing . forbiddea thaAg. but
Rx1Acs yEdinand Wuliaw Otto had
yut away the 1fame against such
esnk11e0cy. He had. a. q matter o6
1Ack besn patting cold cloths on 4iss
1saatAwaits's forehead.
Il aaWays do It" he informed He'd.
NJ. r IKE doing It It dives mo
es0stAlAg b do. Ehs likes them
sakAR DRY. % the water doean't run
a0un hse neck.s
HAd Alss BFalthwaits not been m.
4s4wig wsaA have talked things ovse
ullA Ase thsn. There was no one elss
b when sAs could 60. Hllda refused
- esnaldr ths prospsct Of marriage
- anything but plsasurable. and b.
eWoeo her mother and Hsdw1g thsrA
Id nsvse been any close Eolat1oa-
aA1H
! But Mn Bsaithwaits lay uaotionless,
~ fAcs set In linss of suffering. and
nftR time HedWig rose and tiptoed
Saf a ths room
Prince HsrdlnAAd william Otto was
Gne1tsd. Tea had already come. and
- The rare occaaonA when the goveE>
asD was ~. II was his privilege to
psur The tsa.
.1nkky - coming" hs said rapidly.
sand the three oe ~ win have q party.
Please don't tan me how you like your
~. and sss Il / can remember"
VERY wen. dear" Hsdwig said
Dsatly. and vsnt 10 the window.
Milky catered almost Immediately.
A. q matter of faef, although b
Ghowed no tFaes of II. Milky had been
having IN. sxtrsmsly bad dine s1nee
~ return he eAancsalor. who may q
ny not Aavs Known that his heart
vas breaking, had Owen him q vsry
ssvsFe seelding - IL way back from
Ws6sains. lf di1 Nlk1u good. too. for
= ruuss1 hin - Ads own defense. and
nlads him forsst for . few minutes
anyhow. that life WAS over for him.
aAd that the chancellor carried bis
dsafA sentence IN hin old leather dis.
patch case.
| After that. arriving In the capital,
tAsy had driven to ths little once
b back street.. and there Milky had
ro1ssd hlmse2f again enough to glvs
. description of Peter Niburg. and 10
sivs the location Of the house whlrs
- hvsd. But he slumpsd again after
that, ate % dinner: and spent Q Long
ish dine In the place. staring mp at
Annundata's Windows, where hs had
saes ssea Hsdwig q The balcony.
Thsn. late In he evening. NfkH
was samnoned b the kings bedroom.
and came out pale. with his shoulders
WY square. Hs had received q real
W1egdng this time. and even con
eemplatsd throwing himself In the
s1vsF. Only hs could swim % cam
nebly welli
But b had tie natural elasticity of
ysuth. and . sort Of persistent belief
b his own luck, rather like the chan
eslloes confidence In seven a. Q num-
bse-a confidence. By the way. which
the countess could easily have shaksn.
% b. had wakened the next morning
rnther cheerful than otherwise. and
ever q breakfast Of broiled ham had
refused TO look ahead farther than the
aay.
That afternoon. in the study, Milky
heeltated when he saw HsdwaG.
Thsn he came and bent low over her
Annd. And HsdWig. because every In
stinct ysarnsd 70 touch his shining
bent bead, spoke 10 him very calmly.
vas rather distant, . little cold
sYoQ have beea away, thinkT ehs
said.
sToe q day o. two, hishnssA
.And today" he added. repfoacA-
fully. ~today you did not ride"
Il did not feel Ike riding" Hedw1s
rssponded listlesaly. IT am tired ]
think am always tired"
.Iemon and two lumps," muttereo
ths crown prince. that's Nikky'A
Hedwie. Give It to him, please"
Milky went . tribe pale - tne0
fingers touched. But b tasted AZ
tse. and pronounced It excellent.
Prince Ferdinand william Otto enae
tAred excitsdly. He told Of the do9.
dilstine on its cisvernsss, but passing
nolitely over the manner of its return
lgov and thea Hsdwig glanced at
Nnhfv. when hs was not looking. ana
sfv.ya when thsy dared, the yeung
soldIers syss wses o. hsc.
.Ab~ vfu take some - M0o8
sr,,rs anne1need IL crown pfaneA
Wnils h pssfsd 4, Hsdwig wae
sAinkfne. Was Il pecshss snas Naky.
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