The Washington times., 1924-09-22

Six years out Of the twenty
spent In Burgundy, fighting un-
der the banner OF Duke PhiIiD the
Good, father to Charles the Rash
NY mother was q Burgunilian "a
WAIloon land to her love for
things German Lowe my name.
. Karl, During my service uhdelv
Duke Philip met my Lord
d'Hymbercourt, and won that
most valuable of all prizes,
trusted friend.
Fifteen years before the open.
ing Of this story ] grew tired OF
fighting, How drifted, sort of
human flotsain. against the crags
OF Styria would be 81 long. unin-
teresting story. BY a curious
combination OF events s.ssumcd
the duties of tutor to the small
Count Macmillan OF Hapsburg,
then Eaxen-haired little beauty
Of three summers. II taught him
all that was; needfui from books.
and grounded him fairly well III
church lore. but gave my best ef-
forts to his education IN nrms.
Max took readily to the use Of
arms, and by the time he was
eighteen, which was three years
before our now famous journey to
Burgundy, a strong. time.harden-
ed man might well beware of h!l1
When the boy was fourteen or fie.
teen u began to see in him great
possibilities.
To Max the people of the wor!i
were Of two conditions: A very
small class to whom he must
kneel, and very large. number
who must kneel to him. Even
his mother addressed him publicly
>ras my Lor6 Count" On rare
occasions, In the deep privacy OF
her closet, mother love would ge.
the. better of her and breaK
through the crust Of ceremony.
Then she INDUCED herself and
him in the ravishing, though
doubtful, luxury of calling hin.
Little Max"
When the boy approached man
hood grew troubled lest this
straitjacket existence in Syria
should dwarf him mentally and
morally. So began to stir eau
tiously in the matter Of sending
him abroad into the world. My
first advances met with rebuff.
1T is not. to be thought off,
said the duke.
"Send the. count out into the
rude world to associate with
underlings? Never!'' cried the
duchess, Mortified and alarmed.
| did not cease my lay; and es-
pecially was the fat lard of Bur
gundy my theme, for knew it
well Max would listen in enrap.
tured silence. When he was
eighteen, j wrote, with deep seated
purpose. several letters to my
friend Lord d'Hymbercourt, who
was at the time one Of the coun.
cilorS of NCharleS the Rash, Duke
of Burgundy. In those letters I
dwelt on the strength and manly
beauty Of NY pupil.
knew, that Charles often nego.
tiated with other states the mar
rage Of his only child and
heireEs, Princess Mary. This
form of treaty appeared to be al
most a mania with the rash
Burgundian. also knew that
in no instance had he ever in
tended to fulfill the treaty. His
purpose in each case was prob
ably to create a temporary al
lance with that one state while
he was in trouble with another.
His daughter would inherit a
domain richer than that Of any
king in Europe, and the duke
certainly would be contented
with nothing less than the hand
of an heir to a crown.
A few broad hints in my letters
to d'Hymbercourt produced the
result / so much desired. One
bright day. our castle was stirred
to Its foundation stones by the
arrival OF messenger from Duke
Charles of Burgundy bearing the
following missive:
40 his grace. Duke Frederick
Of Syria, elector Of the Holy Ro-
man Empire and count of Austria,
Charles, Duke of Burgundy and
Count Of Charlois, sends greeting:
1.-THE said Duke Charles< recon-.
mends himself to the most puissant
Duke Frederick, and bearing in
mind the great antiquity and high
nobility of the illustrious House
of Hapsburg, begs to express his
desire to bind the said noble
House of Burgundy by ties OF
marriage.
"To that end. His Grace of Bur-
gundy, knowing by fame the many
virtues Of the young and valiant
Count Of Hapsburg, son to his
grace Duke Frederick. would, II
1t pleases the said illustrious Duke
Frederick, suggest the appoint
nlent of commissioners by each
OF the high contracting parties for
the purpose Of drawing a treaty
Of marriage between the noble
Count Of Hapsburg and our daugl-
ter. Princess Mary Of Burgundy.
The lady Of Burgundy sends
herewith q letter and Jewel
which she hopes the noble Count
OF Hapsburg will accept as tokens
of her esteem. A
May God and the Blessed Vir-
gin keep His Grace OF Syria in
their especial care"
Signed with a flourish.
CHARLES"
FL This letter did not deceive me. !,
] did not think for a moment
that Charles meant to give his
daughter to Max. But it an.
swered my purpose by bringing
Max to realization OF the
nothingness Of life In Styria, and
opening his eyes to the glorious
possibilities that lay in the great
world beyond the mountain peaks.
Burgundy's rnissive produced
several effects in the household
Of Castle Hapsburg. though none
were shown on the surface. 1
was glad. but. of course. care
fully concealed the reasons for
my pleasure from His Grace.
Duke Frederick was pleased to
his toes and got himself very
drunk on the strength Of It.
Otherwise he snnothered his de.
light. He ''was not sure was