The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06

Ing out the guard. As the carriage
drawn by its four chestnut horses,
moved slowly along the streets, MS
ewes anGer their ovcrhangins thatCh
were watching ahead, searching the
crowd for symptoms of unrest.
Anger he saw in plenty, ana
suspicion. ScoWling faces and froWn-
ing brows. But as yet there was no
disorder. He sat with folded arms
magnificent in his uniform beside Kari,
who wore civilian dress and looked
less royal than perhaps he felt.
And Karl, too, watched the crowd,
feeling its temper and feignlng an IN
difference he did not feel. olga Los
chek had been right. He did not want
trouble. More than that, he was OF
an age now to crave popularity. Many
of the measures which had made him
beloved in his own land had no higher
purpose than this. the smiles OF the
crowd. So he watched and talked OF
Indifferent things.
1T Is ten years since / have been
here" he observed, "but there are few
changes"
ave have built no great buildings"
said Mettlich bluntly. "Wars have left
US no money. majesty, for building!
That being a closed road. so to
speak, Karl tried another. THE
crown prince must be quite lad" he
experimental. "He was a babe in
arms, then, but frail. thought"
| "He Is sturdy now" The chancellor
relapsed into watchfulness.
| Before I see the Princess Hedwig."
Karl made another attempt, at might
be we'll to tell me how she feels about
things. l would like to feel that the
prospect is at least not disagreeable to
her"
The chancellor was not listening
There was trouble ahead. 1t had come
then, after all. He muttered some
thing behind his gray mustache. The
horses stopped, as the crowd suddenly
closed in front of them.
"Drive on" he said angrily, and the
coachman touched his whip to the
horses. But they only reared, to be
grasped at the brides by hostile hands
ahead.
Karl half rose from his seat.
"Sit still. majesty" said the chancel
lor. ut Is the students. They will
talk, that Is all"
But It came perllously near TO De
ing a riot. Led by some students
pushed by others, the crowd sur
rounded the two carriages, first NUT
tering, then yelling. A stone wa
hurled, and struck one of the horses
Another dented the body Of the car
rage itself. A man with handker
chief tied over the lower half OF III
face mounted the shoulders Of tw
companions, and harangued the CROWD
They wanted no friendship with har
MIA. Were they to lose their nat1ona
existence? He exhorted them madl
through the handkerchief. A babel o
noise, of swinging back and forth, Q
mounted police pushing through t
surround the carriage, of cries and tn
dominating voices of the studen
demagogues. Then at last semblanc
Of order, low muttering, an escort 9
police with drawn revolvers around tn
carriage, and 1t moved ahead.
Through it all the chancellor had SO
with folded arms. Only his livid fac
told of his fury. Karl, too, had sat In
( passive, picking at his small mustach
n But, as the carriage moved on, b
!. said: "a few moments ago observe
that there had been few changes. BIZ
there has been, perceive, after all,
!, great change"
d zone cannot judge the many by tt
e few, majesty"
d But Karl only raised his eyebrows
d In his rooms, removing the dust {
h his journey, broken by the automobi
d trip across the mountains where tt
two railroads would some day NEE
t. Karl reflected on the situation. A du
It monarchy, one portion of 1t restle
d and revolutionary, was less desirab
than the present peace and prosperi
e of Karnia. And unrest was cOntagiou
If He might find himself in a difficu
IS position.
,r He glanced about his rooms. In OF
le Of them Prince Hubert had met b
ID death. 1t was well enough for Met
Itch to say the few could not speak f
the many. 1t took but one man to
le murder, Karl reflected grimly.
r, But when he arrived for tea In Il
lg archduchess' white drawing room
he was urbane and smiling. He kiss
IS the hand Of the archduchess and be
Ut over Hedwigs with q flash Of viii
teeth.
er Then he saw Olga Loschek, and /
Is smile stiffened. The countess car
forward, curtsied, and as he extend
his hand to her, touched it light
e, with her lips. They were quite co
For just an instant their eyes met.
m 1t was, on the surface, an amiat
h. and quiet tea party. Hedwig h
~ taken up her position by a windo
and was conspicuously silent. Behi
he her were the soft ring of silver AGAR
n china, the countess gay tones, har
a suave ones, assuming gravity, as
he INQUIRED as to his majesty's healt
We the Archduchess Annunciata prefer
ing a solicitude she did not feel. A
all forced, all artificial.
UCroDdmother" HedWig whisper