New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-01-17
CHAPTER XIV.
The Crown Princes Pilgrimage.

The day when Olga Loschek SHOULD
have returned to the city found hel
too i'll to travel. No feigned sickness
this, but real enough, q matter Of fever
and burning eyes, and Of mutterings
In troubled sleep.
Minna was alarmed. She vas fond
of her mistress, in spite Of her Oc
casional cruelties. and lately the
countess had been strangely gentle
She required little attention, wished
to be alone, and lay In her great bed
looking out steadily at the bleak noun
tain tops, to which spring never
climbed.
"She eats nothing" Mlnna said
despairingly to the caretaker. And
her eyes frighten me. They are al
ways open. even in the night, but they
seem to see nothing"
On the day when she should have
returned, the countess reused herself
enough to send for Black Humbert,
fretting in the kitchen below. He had
believed that she was malingering I'M
til he saw her, but her flushed and
hollow cheeks showed her condition.
you must return and explain" she
said. II shall need more time, after
ALL"
When he hesitated, she added:
There are plenty to watch that l do
not escape. l could not, If l would.
l have not the strength"
"If madame wishes, l can take a let
ter"
She pOndered over that, interlaclng
her fingers nervously as she reflected.
II will send no letter." she decided,
"but I will give you a message, which
you can deliver"
"Yes, madame"
Say to the committee that I have
reflected and that I will do what they
ask. AS far" she added, las lies in
my power. I can only try"
"That is all the committee expects"
he said civilly, and with a relief that
was not lost on her. with madame's
intelligence, to try is to succeed.
Nevertheless, he left her we'll
guarded. Even Minna, slipping off for
an evening hour with a village sweet
heart, was stealthily Swallowed. Be-
fore this, fine ladies had changed gar
ments with their maids and escaped
from divers unpleasantnesses.
At the end Of two days the countess
was able to be up. She moved
languidly about her room, still too
weak to plan.
And on the fourth day came the
crown prince of Livonia on a pill
grimage.
The manner of his coming was this:
There are nor ways than one of
reaching the hearts Of M uneasy peo-
pie. Remission of taxes is a bad one.
1t argues q mistake in the past, in ex-
acting such tithes. Governments may
make errors, but must not acknowl-
edge them. There is the freeing Of
political prisoners, but that, too, is
when such prisoners
sedition to the very prison
walls.
And there is the appeal to sentiment.
The government, pinning all its hopes
one small boy. would further endear
nm to the people. Willy statesman
hat he was, the chancellor had hit
IN this to Offset the rumors of He'd.
marriage.
"a pilgrimage" said the king, when
he matter was preached to him. "FOr
What? My recovery? Cannot you let
our servant depart in peace?"
"Pilgrimages," observed the chancel-
or, "have had marvellous results, sire.
do not insist that they perform
Miracles, as some believe,"-he smiled
aintly-'but IS a matter Of public
and a remedy for discord. they
re sometimes eficacious."
II see" said the king. And lay still,
at the ceiling.
"Can 1t be done safelyT he asked
{ last
''The maddest traitor would not
hreatsn the crown prince On q Pill: