The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-07-07

! 'oNulu MS NNau son picture,
Troubled times now, with she cnrnl
val oiily day or two off, and the shol
| windows gay with banners; with th'
committee of ten In almost cdflStan
session and Olga Loschck suinniont,
before II, 10 be told OF the passage an,
the thing she was to do; with the ol,
king very. close 70 the open door, .ap,
lIedwlg being fitted for her bridal rob'
aud for somber black at one fitting.
Troubled tines, indeed The Ell,
was sm0ldering, and from som,
strange source had come new rumor
Nothing less than thnt the royalists
headed by the chancellor, dcspnlring ol
crownlng the boy prince, would, on tn,
kings death, make away with him
thus putting lledwIg on the throne
lledwig, queen Of Karnla perhaps al
ready by secret marriage.
The city, which ndored the boy, wns
seethIng. The rumor had originated
with Olga Loschck, who had given II
To the committee ns Il useful weapon
Thus would she have her revenge on
those of the palace, and at the same
time secure her own safety. Revenge
indeed, for she knew the way OF such
rumors, how they fly from house "a
house. street to street. How the In.
nocent, proclaimlng their innocence
look even the more guilty.
NNha,. ala. had ,.In...I xt,.. ...l.a.... n
fore the committee of ten, had seen
the eagerness with which they grnsped
tin this wny." she had said. In her
scornful. inclsive tones, "the onus Of
the boy is not on you, but on them.
Even those who have no sympathy
with your movement will burn at such
rumor. The better the citizen, the
more n lover OF home and order, the
more outraged he will be. Every man
In The city with child OF his own will
rise against the pnlace."
MADAME" the leader had said.
you should be Of the committee"
But she had ignored the speech con
temptuously, and gone on 10 other
things.
Now everything was arranged.
Blnck Humbert had Pat his niece to
work on carnival dress for small
boy, and Ind stayed her curiosity by
hint that II was for the American
lad.
"Thcy arc comfortable tenants" he
had said. Not lavish, perhaps, as
rich Americans should be. but orderly
and pleasant The hoy has good man
uers. II would be well 10 please him"
So the niece, sewing In the back
room watched Bobby In and out, with
pleasant mysteries In her eyes.
Now aud ihcn. in the evenings
when the Americans were AWAY. and
Bobby was snug In bed. with Tucker
on the tiny feather comfort nj his
feet. the fraulein would come down,
stairs and slt IN Black Hunbcrt's
room. At such times the niece would
be sent on an errnnd, ana the two
would talk. The niece, who, although
she had no lover, was on the lookout
for love suspected romance OF The
and smiled IN the hnlf
darkness of the street; smiled with
touch Of malice, as one who hns
pierced the armor of the fortress, and
knows It's weakness.
Hut II was not love that IIumbert
aud the Frnulein talked.
Herman SpIer WIS busy In those
days and making plans, Thus, dny by
a. L..
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
those of Herman Spier,
Dale yet barning, fixed on her. And at
asst. one day when her husband lny
anne with sclatica. she left the desk
ind paused by lIermnn's table.
lyon come frequently now,' she oh
served. 1T Is that you like us here,
" TINT you have risen In the shopT'
II have left the shop" said Herman,
staring NJ her. Flesh, In "a moderate
lm0unt, suited her well. lie liked
plump women. They were, II You
Dlcase, nn arnful. "And l come 10 see
'Ou."
Left the shop!" Marie exclaimed.
And Peter NIburg-he hns left alsof
never zee him."
mo" said Herman noncommittally.
''IIe is III, pcrhapsf'
"lIe Is dead" snid Herman, devour.
ng her with his eyes.
Dead" She put hnnd 10 her
lump side.
AYE. Shot MS n spy He took IN
ther piece OF the excellent pigeon pie. |
iarie, meantime, lost all her looks, |
rev pasty white. d
"of the-the terrorists?" she de-
In n whisper.
"rerroitsts! No. or Knrnia. lie
ias no 'pnirlot."
So tile 'Iittle Marie went back TO her
csk, and 10 her staring out over the
lace III Intervals of business And
hat she thought of no one can know.
ut that night, ana thereafter, she was