The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-10-24

naiA away Win . sAaEp word. a.a
NV ~ Was Daslng ~ 1sR.
UsdWfG q an Dospasl
RAs hats1 -. n I'D alvayU
hatsd hsr. Toe Asr ysetA, Akst; latae.
whsn - saW hsw tAinP were eueae
1se the aeuldsnt tAat ~ nads Ase .
stan0dnughnR - tAe ing
And Xaxli
Dvsa tbs last JsnA wAsA Kaaa I'D
naAe Ais looaed1oe Wit . ~ 0uM-
mee palace Wheee ~ eosst Aad been
n reBlAmea, - AaA alea1y bad tAe
thing In mind. 1vsn WAsa LII aEuD
had ben about Asr. 0aea LaseAsk ~
had bssn loeains ovse ~ shoullse.
- II .Wsre. st Hsdvf9. He bad bad it
m IN ~ wteksd head. svsa tAn.- Toe
Kari w1S W1eksd. she loathed him
Wtile ~ loved A1h.
Hsdwts woald narzy Kari n
mlght BE- troubleooma, would indeed
alEost esgtaanly b t01o1eDeDe
et1anesly snoagA, tAs ee1nbsos hatsd
19 tAa meee f1e tAaI 10 valve -
liSA11y ths tAanS npe which Ola
LoecAsk would have e1vsa hse ssu1,
tbs in itDsn was hatscui. But thsre
was more. The countess saw mucA
with Asf es1feusly Wi6s. afmose eAdld-
ishly bland syes; Il was ooly BOW that
Il occurred to hse b t1En what -
knew Of Hedwig and Mkky 10 aeesont
0hs stopped pacing The 6oor, and
aat Down. Suppose Hsdwig and Nikky
LArisch. went away togsthsrf He'd
WIG. she felt, would have he courage
sven Tor that. That Weald stop thinsa
But Hsdwig did not trSst hsr. AnA
tAsge vas about Nnkk dog-uks Qual.
ity ot devotion, which warned hse
thot, the dsepsf his lovs for Hsdwi&
the more unlikely hs would b. to
bring hef 10 Alapaee. Milky might
- df0eulk.
~ nase ~ 1oe HsdwiGs con
A0sossI Due EAyll How b FsaeA
~ Mtt WttA repDooeAeA ~ WeeA
aaeoe. 8ho h0W h0nn W. n
Aold him - w0 IL Arst ding n
pesepons IL fuEnal proposal. and gafn
tfDe. n tAe eAanesllae bad ben riS1e
ana tAana1 weeo o. bed - thsy -.
peasUd, ths lingS 0sotA Wsab6 uDodps-
tats crisis. AIgAk fn1ss6 ovsstufn
tie throne.
Ths hing was v9y feeble. This
affaif Of yeetsrday had toad On him.
The sossap q the court was that tie
day had sesn Q change for the wosse.
HIs heart was esntsfsd On The crown
peincs.
An, hers vas alether viewpoint
Suuooes the crown prince had not
cone baek1 What would happen, with
the kfng dead, and No kingf Chaos.
Of euurss. 4 trss hand to rsvolut3oo.
Hedwis nshting for her throne. and
Inevitably Losing It
But that was further than she cared
10 no Just then. SAs would finish car
tain work that she had sst out to do.
and then she WAS through. No Longer
would dread and terror gr1p hef In the
night houra
But she would finish. Kari should
nsver say shs had failed him. She
had In her possessfoa papers Tor which
- waited or prstsadsd TO walt: data
| saeured BY means ~ did not care to
rsapembef; plans aDd 6gctes CAREFULLY
co1ptled- thousa1d deaths in ode. Il
thsy were found On heF. She would
est them out e hsf hAn6s af oncA
| Il WAS sun but little sitter i've. Sha
brousht her papers together on hsr
mail mahoeany deok, from such hid
inr places a. women know-the Innings
a nerfumed sachets, the toss Of small
sfippsrs, the secret pocket In mum !;
and having locked her doors. put
tAem in order. Her hands were
tremblins, but she worked skillfully.
ahe was free until the dinner hour.
but she had q great deal to do. Ths
papers In order. Ghe went to panel
in me wan Of her dressing room, and.
aiding It aside, revealed the safe In
which her 3swsls wsre kept. Not that
her Jewels were vssy VARIABLE. but tAs
safs was there, and she uood It
The countess took out 3swel-ease.
emptisd Il, lifted III chanoas csshloas.
and took out q small book. Il was m
indifeersnt hiding place. but loaS In
uunity had mado ~ careless. Re-
fefrine to the book, she wrote Isttse
In cods. Il was. b m avpsaraAess.
1a ftiaadty isttse rscsEFing to . fanaily
In her native tswn. end esldng that
tAs recipient - that as1lstanes b
ssat thsm bsHbes IAaEsday a ~ fol
loWing woek. Ths a1g10l1Ds0 was
poclned with mueA 6eeail-At hse en-
psass - ssuA - 1aay AaaAketS. -
0any lsavss Il benA, . Isag nDt.
HaviAg fn4sAs4. - Aos6sssd hy
burning . nu.bef e papa4 wsAeA-
iAg 0tN the laot - I'D tnEDed no0