The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-09-30

because I liked him. He has very enc
ideals. He has become . Eood king.
and In time win become . great oaA
It was in HIM all NE time: but -
needed some one whom he trusted -
give him plain horse sense, and shape
him to practfcability. I don't really
see how 1 could have acted differ
entity"
"He gives you far more credit than
you take" she said. Il think some-
times l am a little jealous of you. He
talks of you so much. His enthusi-
asms are so great, He has changed
so much. You and his work have
absorbed him, and I am neglected.!
Treated like child. No longer ad-
vised with or consulted. They all
treat me that way. now! Not even
Baron Won Glutz or Paulo can spare
me minutes time. 1 want to be
something more than a doll baby in
the affairs of Marken!"
You are" he assured her, earnest
ly. "They recognize the part you
have undertaken. They believe it as
important as anything they are doing.
You must not bother them. Keep a
stiff upper lip and hoe your own row
Well"
The princess gasped. 1t was the
lirst time she had ever been told to
keep a stiff upper lip. And, strangest
OF all, she enjoyed it. She began to
understand, dmly, that in his attitude
was no disrespect, but a mere intol-
ORANGE for forms to which she had
been accustomed, and that he bent
his neck to no one, not through stub
bornness but because it was habitu-
ally held in complete independence.
Once she heard him remark that he
was just a plain American. and that
the woods We're full of his kind over
there Perhaps that accounted for
his fearlessness, she thought, as she
ming through primeval forests and
fighting red Indians.
She was annoyed when her duties
as hostess called her back to the bril-
liantly lit palace from which the mu-
sic of the guards band came seduc-
lively through the windows, and
where she must appear and talk
court piatitudes with very gallant
gentlemen in uniforms, who somehow
never seemed to have much worth
while to say.
1t was nearly two weeks later when
she again sought Kent, and this time
she was in a state of angry alarm.
She did not wait to be announced, so
urgent was her haste to speak to him.
She scarcely took time to respond to
his friendly greeting.
Tive got news, Terrible news!"
she exclaimed despera te!y. 'II: was
told me by three different women.
wives OF men who work in the mines.
Provarsi is stirring up revolt on the
new lines. He is encouraging the
men to demand a share in the profits
Of the mine, and leads them to believe
that if they can win this step, they
can get anything they want"
She paused for breath and was
surprised that her news had so little
effect on the American.
THANK you" ne said, "for coming
to tell me about it. but knew it al
ready"
"And you are calmly letting him
go ahead with thfs vile campaign"
She could not understand such
complacency.
yes" he said. TN fact I am sur
reptitiously encouraging him. Want
tn ace Just how far he can go. Things
have been rather dull around hero
lately. Provarsk promises some en-
tertainment."
He stared at the floor and his face
softened by thought
It's great" he declared before she
could find speech. POSITIVELY great!
I knew you had it in you. BY Jove!
I knew it,
She feared that something had
gone wrong with his mentality and
with an anxious, bewildered question
strove to bring him back to realities.
what do you mean? Great? I
was talking of ProvarsS's treachery."
II mean" he said, slowly and I'M
reasonably embarrassed, that you
are great. Why Just think OF it, Prsn-
cess Eloisc! You were told the news
by the wives Of three men who work
in the mines! Don't YOU see how
you have wen them-the wives OF the
mon who work in the mines? Would