Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-15
father and composed Of the six repre-

father and composed of the six repre-
sentatives Of the noblest houses Of
Guelders, the chancellor of the duchy
and Adolph Of Egmont, the marshal
The chancellor voiced the general
FEELING when he put it to Count An
thony that 1t was his duty to the state
10 make some personal effort to con-
ciliate the Duke Of Burgundy, to seek
to mollify his wrath by some act of
establishment or reparation.
might walt upon him in my shirt,
barefooted, and with q halter about
my neck. That is the sort of self
abaSement he loves to see, especially in
cold weather. He has more than once
imposed it upon the representatives of
his Flemish subjects. Would that con-
tent you?"
His levity in such a matter shocked
them. Adolph, feeling that the coun-
Gil would support him, expressed him
self strongly upon his brothers. lack of
grace. Anthony bowed to the rebuke,
but his lips smiled.
II have an alternative to Offer" he
said. ut is that abdicate my rights
OF succession in the duchy. That
should give a full effect to the Duke
Of Burgundy's desire to see me suffer
for what he accounts my misdeeds.
1t Is a punishment that must entirely
satisfy him and so restore the harmony
between himself and the state Of
Guelders."
Adolph's eyes cleaned. The old
duke, who was entirely under the
sway of his younger son. sat very still.
But the others. beginning with the
chancellor, dashed Adolph's hopes by
repudiated any such suggestion.
After all, they were very far from
reposing full trust in Adolph; and his
father, they knew, had ceased seriously
to count. Anthony might have his &C.
centricities, but they knew that they
could build upon his honor as upon a
rock, and they had received proofs Of
his considerable abilities, not only at
home, but in the activities in Burgundy
to Duke Charles.
Protest as they might, however.
Count Anthony showed them that
what he had put forward as a Sugges-
ton was already deliberately weighed
resolve.
1T was not born" he told them
quietly, Ito fill the office of ruler in a
state. My endowments are not those
for which the ONCE calls, and, If I am
to be frank with you, that is with me
no matter for regret. I have seen lit
tie to admire in those same endow-
ments. My brother Adolph possesses
them in a high degree. OF this" he
continued more briskly, IT have long
been aware, and what now propose
to do, I should have done before but
that I conceived 1t to be against the
duty which my birth imposed upon me.
From the moment that it becomes
clear, as clear 1t has become, that. in
consequence of the circumstances
which have arisen, my abdication will
actually benefit the state, my last
Qualm vanishes. My abdication be-
comes a duty, the highest service can
render Guelders."
To this Count Anthony firmly ad-
hered, in spite of arguments which
we're protracted for some days. In the
end, seeing him mistaken in his deter
mination, and since no faintest oppoSi'
ton to it came from either his father
or his brother, the chancellor and the
mobiles bowed to his wishes, conSolinG
themselves with the immediate advan-
tages to Guelders In a reparation to tho
Duke Of Burgundy beyond anything
that he could have demanded or ex-
pected.
Indeed, when the news reached
Charles that the abdication of his
cousin Anthony's rights of succession
to the 'Duchy of Guelders was the