Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-07
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But It was not love that Humberts

But It was not love that Humbert
and the Fraulein talked.
Herman Spier was busy in those
days and making plans. Thus, day by
day, he dined in the restaurant where
the little Marie, now weary, Of her
husband, sat In idle intervals behind
the cashiers desk, and watched the
grass in the place emerge from Its
winter hiding place. When she turned
her eyes to the room,. frequently she
encountered those Of Herman Spter,
pale yet burning, fixed on her. And at
last, one day when her husband lay
lame with sciatica, she left the desk
and paused by Herman's table.
''You come frequently now" she OBJ
served. 1T is that you like us here,
or that you have risen in the shop?"
Il have left the shop" said Herman.
staring at her. Flesh, in moderate
amount, suited her well. He liked
plump women. They were, If you
please, an armful. "And I come to see
you"
LEFT the shop!" Marie exclaimed.
sand Peter Niburg-he has left also2
I never see him."
NO." said Herman noncommittally.
""He is Ill, perhaps7"
He is dead" said Herman, devour-
ing her with his eyes.
"Dead" She put hand to her
plump side.
AYE. Shot as q spy" He took an
other piece Of the excellent pigeon pie.
Marie, meantime, lost all her looks,
grew pasty white.
"Of the-the teEroristsr she de-
manded, in a whisper.
"Terroristsl No. OF Karnia. he
was no patriot"
So the little Marie went back to her
desk, and to her staring out over the
place in Intervals Of business. And
what she thought Of no one can know.
But that night, and thereafter, she was
very tender to her spouse, and put
cloths soaked In hot turpentine water
on his aching thigh.
+, On the surface things went on a.
usual at the palace. Karl's visit had
been but for day or two. He had
met the council in session, and had
had, because of their growing alarm.
rather his own way with them.
i But although he had pointed to tho
kings condition and theirs-as an
argument for immediate marriage-he
failed. The thing would be done, but
properly and In good time. Karl left
them in bad temper, well concealed
and had the pleasure Of being Kissed
Through the streets.
But he comforted himself with tha
thought of Hedwig. He had taken her
in his arms before he left, and she had
made no resistance. She had even, in
view Of all that was at stake, made .,
desperate effort to return his kiss, and
found herself trembling afterward.
! In two weeks he was to return to-
her, and he whispered that to her.
( On the day after the dinner party
Otto went to a hospital with Miss
.Braithwaite. It was the custom Of 'thel
palace to send the flowers from its
spectacular functions to the hospitals,
and the crown prince delighted mi
these errands.
/; So they went, escorted by the func-i
tlonaries Of the hospital, past the mill
itary wards, where soldiers in shabby
uniforms sat on benches in the spring.
sunshine, to the general wards beyond
The crown prince was almost hidden
behind the ar1nful he carried. Miss
;Braithwaite had all she could hold.j
"A convalescent patient, in slippers
many sizes too large for him, wheeled
the remainder in a barrow, and almost
upset the barrow in his excitement.
! Through long corridors into wards
fresh scrubbed against his arrival,
with white counterpanes exactly
square, and patients forbidden to move
and disturb the ge6metrical exactness
:of the beds, went Prince Ferdinand
William Otto. At each bed he stopped,
selected q flower, and held 1t out;
Some there were who reached out, and
took it with smile. Others lay still,
and saw neither boy nor blossom.
"They sleep, highness." the nurse
would say. \
"But their eyes are open."
"They are very weary, and resting"
;; In such cases he placed the flower
on the pillow, and went on. I
One such, however, lying with va4
cant eyes fixed on the ceiling, turned;
and glanced at the boy, apd into his
empty gaze crept faint intelligence.
1T was not much. He seemed to ques.'
ton ;s : :s!!tth. bic eues That was all. Al.
the little procession moved on, how,
ever, he raised himself on his elbow.
"Who was that?'
The ward, which might have been.
interested, was busy keeping It's cov.i
ers straight and In following the pro-,
gress Of the party. For the man had,
not spoken before. :
1.-THE crown prince"
The sick man lay hack and closed
his eyes. Soon he slept. His comradG
In the next bed beckoeed b I eetetss