Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-02

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Karl glanced up quickly. Perhaps
+. If you will describe this-gentle'
{ man"
| Nonsense" said the chancellor test
lily. "You have him. We have traced
him here. Although by what authority
/ you hold him l fail to understand.
/ am here to find out what you have
/ done with him"
Done with him?" echoed Karl. ST
! as Captain Larlsch you refer to mad
| man who the night before last"
81 Go, sire. Mailman is the word"
Gle is a prisoner" Karl said, in c
new tone, stern enough now. Gle as
saulted and robbed one Of my men,
/ He stole certain documents. That he
! has not suffered for it already was be.
| cause-well, because l believed that
the unfortunate distrust between your
country and mine, excellency, was
! about to end"
A threat that, undoubtedly. Let the
| arrangement between Karnia and Lii.
vonia be made, with Hedwig to seal
LIZ DGLS dIbg ubh 4NlhhJ wac H'iAN
| enough. But let Livonia demand toe
much, or not agree at all, ana Milky
was lost. Thus did Milky Larisch play
his small part in the game Of nations
Suppose" said Karl unctuously
that we discuss FIRST another more i'm
| portant matter. l confess to a certain
| impatience." He bowed slightly.
The chancellor hesitated. Then he
| glanced thoughtfully at the paper in
| his hand.
Through a long luncheon, the two
! alone and even the servants dis.
rlisscA thror~h lon@cr afternoon
! negotiations went on. 1s::-s;::..::sssn fought
/ hard on some points, only to meet da
feat. Karl stood firm. The great fort
resses on the border must hereafter
! contain only nominal garrisons. Fo!
the seaport strip he had almost dou,
'bled his price. The railroad must be
completed within two years.
| "The Princess Hedwig," Kari said
suddenly. "She has been told, OF
| coursep
I "Not officially. She knows how.
ever"
| GLOW does she regard it?"
The chancellor hesitated. ''LikC
! most young women, she would prefer
making her own choice. But that,
he added hastily, SIS but . whim. Sh,
/ is a lovable and amiable girl. WheL
| the time comes, she will be willing
| enough"
Karl stared out through one Of the
heavily curtained windows. He was
not SO sure. And the time had gone
by when he would have enjoyed the
tanning of a girl. Now he wantot
pcuce-was he not paying price To-
| it?-and children 20 inherit his well
managed kingdom. And perhaps-wht
knows "a little love. Before him rosr
q vision of Hedwig, her frank eyes, hel
color that rose and fell, her soft, rounC
body.
'Ycu have no reason to believe tina
she has--looked elsewhere?
None, SIRE" said the chancellor
stoutly.
by late afternoon MI was arranged
papers signed and witnessed, and III:
two signatures affixed, the one small
and Cramped--a soldiers hand; th(
other bold and flowing-the scrawl O.
a king. And IIedwlg, save for the cere
mony, was the bride Of Karl of har-
MIA.
It was then that the chancellor rose
and stretched his legs. "And now
sire" he said, "since we are friends
and no longer enemies, you will,
Enow, release that mad boy OF mine
"When do you start bacE?"
"Within an hour"
Before that time" said Karl, "yor
shall have him, chancellor"
And with that Mettlich was forced
to be content. He trusted Karl ~
more now than he ever had. But he
made his adieus with no hint of trou
bic in his face.
Karl stood for moment in the oper
air. II was done, then, and well done
| II was hard to realize. He turned tC
the west, where for SO long behind tho
mountains had lurked an enemy. A
new era was opening; peace, disarma
mont, d quiet and prosperous land. He
had spent his years Of war and women
That was over.
When he returned to the study the
agent Kaiser was already there. But
Earl, big with plans for the future
would have been alone, and eyed the
agent with dIsfavor.
"Well?' he demanded.
eve have been able to search tht
chonccllor's rooms, sire" the agent
said, "for the articles mentioned last
uight--a card case, gloves, and a silk
handkerchief, belonging to the pris.
.oner upstairs. He is Captain Larisch,
aide-dc-camp to the crown prince of
LivCria."
! He had expected Karl to be I'M
| pressed. But Karl only looked at him.
81 know that" he said coldly. "You
are always just little late with your
information, Kaiser"
Something like malice showed in the
agents face. "Then you also know,
sire, that it is this Captain Larisch
with whom rumor couples the name Of
the Princess IIcdwig." He stepped back
: q pace or two ut sight of Karrs face,
: You requested such Information, sire"
For answer, Karl pointed to the door