Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-04-25

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disorder. He at with folded arms.
magnl6cent In his unlfoem beside Kari.
who wore civilian dress and looked
lsss royal than perhaps be felt.
And Kari, too watched the crowd.
feeling tn temper and feigniug IN In
dilfereocs 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 10 ten years since I have been
here" he observed. but there are few
changes"
I'VE have built no great buildings"
said Mettlich bluntly. "Wars have left
us no money. majesty. for building"
That being q closed road. SO to
speak. Karl tried another. 'The
crown prince must be quite a lad" he
experimental. HE was q babe In
arms. then, but frail. I thought"
HE Is sturdy now" The chancellor
relapsed into w%atchfulness.
Before I see the Princess Hedwir.~
Karl made another attempt, ut might
be we'll to tell me how she feels about
things. I would like to feel that the
prospect is ut 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
gr: ped at the brides by hostile hands
| ahead.
Karl half rpse from his seat.
sit still, majesty" said the chancel.
lor. ut Is 80 students. They will
talk, that is ALL
But 1t came perilo.s.- near to be-
ing a riot. Led by som. students,
pushed by others, the crowd sur
rounded the two carriages, first NUT
tering, then yelling. A stone was
hurled, and struck one of the horses.
Another dented the body Of the car
riage itself. A man with a handker-
chief tied over the lower half Of his
face mounted the shoulders Of two
companions, and harangued the crowd.
They wanted no friendship with Kar-
mia. We're they to lose their national
existence? He exhorted them madly
through the handkerchief. A babel of
noise, of swinging back and forth. of
mounted police pushing through to
surround the carriage, Of cries and the
dominating voices Of the student
~demagogues. Then at last a semblance
of order, low m%uttering. an escort Of
police with drawn revolvers around the
carriage, and 1t moved ahead.
Through 1t all the chancellor had sat
with folded arms. Only his livid face
told OF his fury. Kari, too. had sat i'm.
passive, picking at his small mustache.
But, as the carriage moved on, he
said: "A few moments ago l observed
that there had been few changes. But
there has been, I perceive, after all, a
great change"
zone cannot judge the many by the
few, majesty"
But Karl only raised his eyebrows.
I In his rooms, removing the dust of
his journey, broken by the automobile
trip across the mountains where the
two railroads would some day meet,
Karl reflected on the situation. A dual
monarchy, n portion of 1t restless
and revolutionary, was less desirable
than the present peace and prosperity
of Karnia. And unrest was contagious.
He might find himself In q difficult
position.
He glanced about his rooms. In nj
Of them Prince Hubert had met his
death. It was we'll enough for Nett.
Itch to say the few could not speak for
the many. It took but one man to do
a murder, Karl reflected grimly.
But when he arrived for tea In the
a~rchduchess' white drawing room he
was urbane and smiling. He kissed
the hand Of the a%rchduchess and bent
over Hedwig's with a fash Of white
teeth.
Then he saw Olga Loschek, and his
smile stiffened. The countess came
forward, curtsied, and as he extended
his hand to her, touched It lightly
with her lips. They were quite cold.
For just an instant their eyes met.
It was. on the surface. an amiable
and quiet tea party. Hedwlg had
taken up her position by a window,
and was consplcuously silent. Behind
her were the soft ring Of silver against
china, the countess gay tones, Karl's
suave ones, assuming gravity, as he
inquired az to his majesty's health: