Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-06
IONG LIVE THE KING"
story Intrigue and Love the Latest Novel
BY MARY ROBERTS RINEHART
copv,r 1918 sy Mary Roberts

lessness rave her an added dignity, q
n.,v charm. Karls eyes namcd as ne
watched her. lie was a cohlo'HSeu
IA, ,,o,,eu. he had known many VINO
,ycrc nerhaps more regularly bealtiui'
but none. he felt, so lovely iier it,,',,,, itr3m,
moss and youth made olGa, peauiIlu,lI
dressed superbly easy look sophlst,,s,.'..i
and n trinc hard, Even her LII Go ,ho /,
onnealcd to him. lie hau lcuI,.e ,r,r,,s
tho caldness was ohF ES,I, n,s.
-. Wv. ,ha, uuder II was deeply pas,
nri'o, , ,'nwan The thought OF seeing
her come 10 u''P
'"i,iV" Yneu r1 he carried hcr tea TO h'r r ne n,
','' ~. Nor please" he said Try
l" ,,t',,, eorry." Hedwir said dui'"F
n,tn,rcr has forgotten tho lemon -,
t.,J sn,ilcd and Struggling ms Snouc'
1,rs retrhcd the lemon. "tlght' W."
~. ira,ucd "Nnd aren't we E"'"s ~
have = talk together? .o .n,u,
"tr ynu wish IT, dar" say we s"',
oIofc-ty," said llilda ifoWt.lnF wv.
,. lem az see marriage for you,
she ignored her mother STOW 10 '''' WV
cd her cup to examine IT,
e., marriage" Harl joined hSr' an am'
rocrad with noel, an.letN Ht inc '1, wn,
crounds "Strang" NAV MY l'','' l''
hc confined in SO small g'nop''S' rap -
"'arI aTI. Iong yellow leaf Yes, 1t look,
l,' 'HT pmT You may u" rather shocked
when I tell YOU
~ I"2" link" said IIda. grimning. "tha
vou arc going to marry me-
"Dclirhtful!"
| "A,d ~, are goiuS to have
! nina, 80 ,ricd the Archduchcss fre'
/ r,,,y "Do ctop that nonsense anu w.
;,l. vas trying 10 recall thl
.,,,,,.,,'ns.o she said to Karl when yol
,nst yisIted us" She knew II duItc wen
t,", che prrfrrrrd having Kari think sh'
ia,l rnrgo,tcr ~ waa. ! hoIl"N"' Jus
before Hilbert
yes" said Karl gravely' 'JNst ne
fore
"a very small child. Irmemoer Una
! was afraid 10 handle him.
"uc h a curious boy old beyond w
yc,rs Rather q rii,lc rrig think, W.
has an Eugl' II Euy"IroS-. ana Si" "'
,,,,,I,. hin, ouitn q little woman.
Kari laughed, but ll"dwig flushed.
"un f. mot that sort nt ALL sh" de
clared stuutly He is ioucIN--ih'
rather pathetic Th" truth Is that n
ono really cares for him. cxC"pt----
"Ex,cpt Captain LariE"h' said IN
Archduchces smoothly "Nou and H.
ucdwig. hav" doIc Your best by hin
surely
The bit ur byplay was not lost I"
Karl--thc sudden stiffcning OF llcdwig
back. Oga's narrowed eyes olga ha
bccn right, then. Trust her for kuo"
ing facts when they were disagr"cahl'
Ills eyes became set ana w1tchiul, marc
too. had any noticed, Thcr" w"r" way
TO deal with such a situation, Of courS'
They were giving him this girl to -
cure their own safety, and sh" hnc'
: il. had he not been so mad abol
her he might have piticd her, but !
felt no pity, only II deep and rescntf'
determination to get rid Of Milky. an
then 20 warm her by his own fire. IT
, might have to break her first. Aftt
, that manner had many queens of karnI
! come to the throne. lie smiled benin
his small muStache.
when tea was almost over, the Crow
Prince was announced. Vie came u
, rather ncrvously. with his hands thru
I'm his trousers pockets. lie was ver
shiny with soap and water and his ha
s was still damp from parting In h
I taillesS back jacket. his long sra
/ trousers ana his round f.ton collar
looked like "A very anxious little Scho0
b, hoy. and not royal at AL,
CONTINUED TOMORROW