The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-09-23
THE UNKNOWN
MIR. KENT
GEORGE II. DORIAN co.. 1916 coryE,cr.

&lG; Cine king lessons in finance that
made that dreamer take a new in
tersssf m life. The state automobile
no ftssyger hocted over the drives. be-
s.auae the king was too busy porting
oyer tho books which Kent had
caused to DO opened for him. Kent
assured the king that in due time he
would be made into a first class &C
Gonntant. lie also suggested at times
that it would be a fine thing for her
royal highness to study stenography
and typewriting so she could assist
I'm confidential matters; but at this
Che hing drew the line. Paulo had
already succumbed and become as
busy an office man as any concern
might wish, Won Glutz had been
burdene& with the department of
highways and railways, and could be
daily seen inspecting steam rollers
sr,d consulting with traffic officials,
< and the chancellor was the only man
about. tho paiacs who wa.s entrusted
with nothing at all. 1t began to be
ruInored that the king of Marlen was
duo in time to make the distin-
guished Prince of Monaco look like
a deuce spot in the financial world.
MEANWHILE Richard Kent, hustling
achen1ing, sat like spider in den
and pulled webs from morning to
nfght, and remained the best known
on hn Mo- lyo
liked him and called him. Familiarity,
the Kings Errand Boy. a title to
which he made not the slightest OBJ
lection. But the Princess Eloise was
troubled.
Prior to that day in the palace
when the throne seemed rocking on
sts stately legs, the American had
ofriven for her friendship. She had
disapproved of him with an intensity
That she could not now understand.
lie had dashed her with gentle ironi-S
cal raiiiery; he had dared to COM
nand and subdue her; and then,
after The day of her brave champion-
ship, when she had wished to be his
friend and ally, he had cultivated a
sfudious and aloof politeness. She
could not decide which of her actions
had caused this change Surely the
man was big enough to fathom her
distress and mental harassments in
1hose times of upheaval! f rom a de-
liant dislike, she had been won to a
1rudgjng respect for his rough, direct
0ncthods. She felt that she merited
4nrgfveness for the natural ignorance
Of one who had never before come in
contact with an American, and par
6tcular5y with such one. She had
come to forget that he was not of her
own nationality, which but increased
nor resentment She had learned to
understand that this alien who came
and went, obscure, unobstrusiye. IN
assuming, had in him some marvel
bous quality OF leadership and organ
1zafion that needed no trappings to
Ems & dignity and power. And as
GSlo Aurocess of his methods became
positive in realization, she regretted
opportunities, lost, for better
3ffenfiship and understanding. with
and OF such a character. There was
eznb0died in him strange, new and
viriie life, capacity for achieve
Ment. that she decided must have
haen born Of that strange, new and
Ntr1Ie country from which he had
sprung. All her life had been i'm
bncd with contempt for such q coun-
try. a country of crudities colossus
with nothing to recommend it save
RESOURCES and wealth, and now, in
the presence Of this man from that
country, who adroitly twisted all
y things to his purpose, she felt pecul-
larry WexK and useless. What was
there about him, what mysterious
quality, that enabled him to set
king at work like bookkeeper, a
1Drmer chancellor to hurrying over
dusty roads to inspect public work.
md an ardent young soldier like
Captain Paulo to the dry task of
manipulating funds? She had, with
= sense of shame, made pretexts to
seek kim in those offices that had
0ecDaya driving centers of effort, and
! sometimes she had surprised him at
mis- work and, observed. seen him
hitting stockily before a desk where
there was a battery of telephones.
batteries Of push buttons. and com
! pacf reference cards. and noted with
sfimiration the crispness of his com
H,andia. and the ordered intelligence
g his methods. Her brother had be-
como this mans admiring slave. and