The Washington times., 1924-09-22

By JANE Mel EAN
This Remarkable Novel in Film Form VIII
Be Presented to Washington Audiences
at the RialtO Theater, Beginning the
Week Of September q Read It
Here See II Next Week
in the Movies.

30 e a . "
food to eat or place to lay our
heads? Absurd Our purses
would soon be 80 heavy they would
burden us; we should soon need
squires to carry them. II It were
not for our desire to remain in
cognIto, we might presently col
lect = retinue and travel with
herald and banner. But at the
end 81 all was sweet Mary of
Burgundy waiting to be carried
Off BY Macmillan, Count OF HapH-
burg.
Eager 10 Win Her.
Just what the boy expected to-
do In Burgundy, ! did not know.
For the lady'e wealth believe he
did not care a straav-@he wanted
herself. He hoped that Charles,
for his own peace, would not
force q desperate person to take
extreme measures; but should this
rash duke be blind to his own
!. interests-w let him beware!
Some one might carry off his
daughter right from under the
ducaI noses Then let the Bur-
gundian follow at his peril. Cas-
tie HRpsburg would open his eyes.
He would learn what an Inn
pregnable castle really Is. II Duhu
Charles thought he could bring
his sOft.foOted WalIoons, used only
to the mud roads Of Burgundy,
up the stony path to the hawks
crag, why, let him try!
Harmless Boosting is q boys
vent. Max did not really mean
to boast. he was only wishing: and
to a flushed, enthusiastic soul, the
wish Of today Is apt to look the
fact Of tomorrow.
BY the time we had finished
half our journey to Basel, Max
liked the life we were leading, and
learned to love the personal lib
erty Of which he had known so
little. Now he could actually do
what he wished He could even
slap a man on the back and call
him ''comrade." OF course, IL the
process were reversed--if any
one slapped Max on the back
well. dignity is tender and not to
be slapped. On several occasions
Max got himself in trouble by
resenting familiarity, and his diff
ficulties at times were ludicrous.
Once a fist fight occurred. The
heir Of Hapsburg was actually
compelled to fight with his fists.
He thrashed the poor fellow most
terribly. and believe he would
have killed him had not stayed
his hand. Another time a pretty
girl at Augsburg became familiar
with him, and Max checked her
presumptions. When he grew
angry, she laughed, and saucily
held up her lips for a kiss. Max
looked at me in half-amazed won.
der. ,ar re
Take It, Max; there is no harm
in It," suggested.
Max found 1t so. and iInmediA
ately wanted more, but the girl
said too many would not be good
for him. She promised others
later on, IL he were very, very
good. Thus Max was conquered
by a kiss at the wayside.
The girl who had won a kiss
from Max was pretty and helped
him wonderfully In reducing his
superfluous dignity. Her name
was Gertrude, and we spoke of
her afterWard as Gertrude the
ConQueror. She was a most en-
ticing little individual. and Max
learned that persons of low degree
really may be interesting. That
was his first lesson. I had some
trouble after leaving Augsburg TO
keep him from taking too many
lessons OF the same sort.
Our contract with Franz pro-
vided that we should receive no
compensation until after his nler.
chandise had safely reached Basel,
but then our remuneration was to
be large. Max had no doubt as to
the safe arrival Of the caravan at
Basel, and he rejoiced at the, pros
pect. tried to reduce the ROSY
hue OF his dreams. bat failed. I
suggested that we might have
fighting ahead of US harder than
any we have known. though we,
had given and taken some rough
knocks on two or our expeditions.
Max laughed and longed for the
fray; he was beginning TO live.
The fray came quickly enough
after we reached the BLACK Forest
and the fight was sufficiently
warm to suit even enthusiastic
Max.
We hoped to find the caravan
ready to leave Linz, but we were
disappointed. so we journeyed by
the Danube to the mouth OF the
--1-.------,--------