The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1918-07-13

W,n MS arms uViuTt uc itit, uuu Slt nu'i
made no resistance. She had even, IN
4 n view of all that was at stake. made n
/ 8desperate effort to return his kiss, and
I found herself trembling afterward.
4 In two weeks he was to return to
2her and he whispered that to her.
j On the day after the dinner party
E0tto went to hospital with Miss
. HBmithwaite. II was the custom of the
! &mlace TO send the flowers from It's
tspectacular functions to the hospitals,
Hand the crown prince delighted In
fthese errands.
so they went escorted by the func-
! Idonaries of the hospital, past the MILL
. Imry wards, where soldiers In shabby
Uniforms sat ON benches In the spring
.mnshine, TO the general wards beyond
= DThe crown prince wns almost hidden
behind the ar1nful he carried. Miss
HBralthwaite had ull she could hold.
IA convalescent patient, In slippers
many sizes too large for him, wheeled
I lthe remainder In barrow. and almost
- upset the barrow in his excitement.
Through long corridors into wards
i fresh scrubbed against his arrival.
. with white counterpanes exactly
| Equare, and patients forbidden TO move
i Isud disturb the geoimetrical exactness
4 IN the beds, went Prince Ferdinand
\ fWTllam otto. At each he'd he stopped,
j {slected flower, and held II out.
i sSome there were who reached out, and
4 took ii with a smile. Others lay still,
4 esnd saw neither boy nor blossom.
"They sleep, highness," the nurse
would say.
"But their eyes nre open"
They are very weary, and resting"
y I In such cases he placed the flower
. bn the pillow. and went on.
4 One such, however. lying with va
liant eyes fixed on the ceiling, turned
fand glanced at the boy. and into his
tmpty gaze crept faint intelligence.
III was not much. He seemed 10 ques-
dcn with his eyes. That was all. As
ahe little Procession moved on. how
EVER he raised himself on his elbow.
"Who was thatT'
The ward, which might have been
Ip,erested was busy keeping It's COW
7ers straight and in following the pro-
sress of the party. For the man had
bot spoken before.
"The crown prince"
The sick man lay back and closed
|hIs eyes. Soon he slept. His comrade
|n the next bed beckoned to q sister.
"He has spoken" he said. EITHER
De recOvers, or--he dies"
But Haeckel did not die. He lived
10 do his part in the coming crisis.
Il No prove that even the great hands OF
Black Humbert on his throat were
bot so strong as his own young spirit
Ilyed, indeed, TO confront the terrorist
Is One risen from the dead. But that
g bay he lay and slept, by curious irony
he flower from Karls banquet In
rlp Of water beside him.
On the day before the carnival He'd
Eig had Il visitor. none other than the
Countess Loschek. Hedwig. all her
splor gone now, her high spirit crushed.
aer heart torn into fragments and
beatty distributed between Milky, who
bad most Of IT, the crown prince. and
he old king. Hedwig having given
Per permission TO come. greeted her
Politely but without enthusiasm.
-Highness I" said the countess sur
'eying her, "may / speak TO you frank
Xsy'
N "Please do" Hedwig replied.
Everybody does, anyhow. Especially
Ehen 1t is something disagreeable."
Olga Loschek watched her warIly. |
fhe knew the family as only the out
sder could know IL; knew that He'd |
PIG, who would have dlsclaimed the !
aet was like her mother In some
hings, notably In disposition TO be
MD until a certain moment. submls- |
I've even acquicscent, and then sud.
enly TO become. as II were, royalty |
~ grow cold. naughty. But II He'd
Y was driven in those days, so was
ae countess, desperate and driven TO
sperate methods.
am presnming, highness, on your
p'hers Kindness 10 me, and your
Nn."
Wei 20 on" said Hedwig resign
TX But the next words brought her
IN her chair.
are you going TO allow your life
oe rulnedF' was what the countess
ID.
ureful! Hedwlg had thrown mp her
"u ahd looked at her with hostile
~ But the next moment she had !
rsotlrn she was a princess, and the |
HDddaughter to the king, ana remem-
Hed only that she was woman, and
'ror-slricken. She flung out her
hem.
now can help itf" she said.
now can you do III" Olga Loscbek
untered. after all, 1t is you who
ust DO this thing. No one else. II
4 you they are offering on the altar
lheir ambition"
-Ambitlonf"
ambition. What else is III Surely
Pa 90 not believe these tales they