The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-02-15

cause 1t was warm. The palace rooms
were mostly large and chilly. She had
Il fire there on the warmest days in
'pring. and liked to put the Goals on.
herself. She had them wrapped in
pieces Of paper so she would not soil
her hands.
This afternoon h was not alone.
Lounging at a window was the lady
who WAS waiting at the time. the
Countess i.0schek. just now she was
getting rather u wigging, but she was
remarkably calm.
"The last three times" the arch
duchess said. stirring her tea, you
have had "A sore throat. In my opinion,
you s:noke too many cigarettes"
Tn" Countess LOschek was thirty.
and very handsome, in an inso!ent
way. She was supposed TO be the best
dressed woman at the court. and to
rule Annunciata with an irot. hand
although it was known that they
qNarreied Il great deal over small
things. especially Yer the coal Are.
Som" said that the real thing that
held them together was resentment
that the little crown prince stood be-
tween the Princess Hedwig and the
throne. A%nnunciata was not young,
but she was OUNCE than her dead
brother Hubert.
The countess yaWned.
"Where is Hedwis!" demanded the
archduchess.
"!tcr royal hlglness Is in the nurs-
cry, probably"
"Why probably?"
She goes there a great deal"
The arcilduchess eyed her. "Well.
out with it," she said. There is
something seething In that wicked
brain of yours"
The countess shrugged her shoulders.
Not that she resented having a
wicked brain. She rather fancied the
idea. "She and young Lieutenant Lar
iSch have tea quite frequently with
his royal highness."
Little fool :" said Annunciata. But
she frowned. and sat tapping her tea
cup with her spoon. She was Just a
trife afraid of Hedwig. and she was
more anxious than she would have
cared to acknowledge. "How far do
you think the thing has gonew
"He is quite mad about her"
And Hedwig-5ut she il silly
enough for anything. Do they meet
anywhere eise2'
"At the riding %sc,iool,' I'be,.eve. At
least. +"
Here u maid entered and stood
waiting at the end of the screen.
"His excellency. General NettlIch,''
said the maid.
r The arc'i1lcAess nodded her august
hend, and the maid retired. SEQ
away. Olga" said the srchduchess.
"And you might" she suggested grim
iy. 'gorgle your throat"
The chancellor had passed a trou-
bled night. BEING old, like the king,
he required little sleep. AAd for most
of the time between one O'Clock and
his rising hour Of five he had lain In
his narrow camp bed and thought. He
had not cOnided all his worries to the
king.
Evidences OF renewed activity on the
part Of the terrorists were many. In
the past month two of his best secret
agents had disappeared. One had been
found the day before. stabbed in tho
back. The chancellor had seen the
bOdy-an unpleasant sight. But it
was not Of the dead man that General
MettAch thought. 1t was OF the other.
The lead tell nothing. But the living.
under torture. tell many things. And
this man Haeckel, young as he was.
knew much that was vital.
AT five General Mettlich had risen,
IN old pair Off iron dumb bells. had fol-
lowed this with Il cold bath and hot
coffee, and had gOne to early mass at
the Cathedral.
He entered the boudoir OF the Arch.
duchess ~Annunciatn, and the countess
behind her, Immediately opening 1t
about an inch.
| The chancellor STROBE around the
screen, scratching two tables with his
sword as he advanced. and kissed the
hand of the Princess An"nunciata. They
were old enemies and therefore al
ways very polite To each other. The
a%rchduchess offered him a cup Of tea,
which he took. although she always
made very bad tea. And for II few
moments they discussed things. Thus {:
the kings condition; the r%eplanting OF
the place with trees; and the date of
bringing out the Princess Hilda, who
was still in the school room.
But the archduchess suddenly came
to business. She was an abrupt per-
son. "And now. general" she said.
"what Is It'll"
81 am In trouble. highness." replied
the chancellor simply.
"We are most Of us In that condition
at all times. l suppose you mean this
uhsurd affair ~ Yesterday WhV such