The Washington times., 1937-09-04


Gas a matter Of fact" he re-
iterated, cit is true that my people
are very little interested in my
wanderings. My mother would
very much rather I stayed at
home and my brother-in-law,
Stephen Hennerly, thinks it is the
duty of every Englishman to be
proclaiming his country's danger
either from the hastings or from
one Of the Houses. Ann, little
hussy, thinks I ought to stay at
home and keep the house filled
with amusing guests. and Mar
garet and His Reverence are con-
WINGED that the Kingdom Of
Heaven lies somewhere in the
diocese Of Norwich"
She laughed quietly.
Poor Lord MatreSSer! No won
der you are not encouraged to
talk about your wanderings."
you yourself" he reflected,
"are not altogether a stay-at-
home"
Explain that. please" she
begged.
"Well, you entertained for your
uncle when he was in Rome and
your aunt was i'll. Before that you
Travelled with him when he under
took certain mission for his
country. And that, y-the-by,
brought me my first glimpse of
you"
$50 you remember"
$50 remember. You are
not a person, Mademoiselle, whom
one easily forgets. Apart from
that, those were stirring moments.
I have heard it said that but for
your uncle's intervention at that
time all Morocco would have been
in a blaze"
ut is curious that you should
say that" she murmured.
"Why?"
Because I heard another
story"
"And that WASP"
"That If a certain Englishman
had not taken a very daring risk
and presented an ultimatum from
his country to that mailman who
had suddenly collected about a
hundred thousand tribesmen, the
work Of twenty-five years would
have been swept away in one
whirlwind campaign and heaven
knows how many lives lost. My
uncle was there as neutral. He
had no definite authority behind
him or if he had, diplomacy for
babe his using it. He is not one
who takes risks"
"Those days are past" Matres.
ser replied, "but it is queer to
meet you again, MademoiSelle."
"Why?"
because then the world was
more or less in peril. Today one
| hears-I am no politician-one
understands that there are even
greater dangers still threaten,
ing"
"Tell me about them," she
begged.
He shook his head.
"It is I who should ask you for
news" he replied. II have been
away for over two years. I have
not even seen a copy Of The
Times for many months"
CHAPTER w
Mile. Stamier leaned back
among her cushions and there was
a very sad light in her eyes.
"AS for me-" she sighed, there
has been nothing for years but
suffering and distress. am, after
all, an Austrian, and whatever
faults we may have as a nation
we love our country.
IF your wanderings had ever
led you to visit Vienna, and if you
gave yourself the trouble to COM
pare the present with the past,
you would realize the bitter suffer
! ings and humiliations through
which we have passed"
But you still have hopes"
She looked at him with a swift
intensive glance of inquiry. His
face, as it always seemed, was like
a mask.
you mean" she said under her
breath. IF we, the only nation
which has preserved it's arts
tocracy, were to throw in ou1
weight with the brown shirt god
the German leader Hellstern?"
II do not believe" he protested
that any one Of your statesmen
would lend himself to such a Sug
geStion."
She leaned towards him.
What other hope have we?"
OUTSIDE HELP
"Why ask me? I only know, as
many others must, that Hellsterr
has created a FrankenStein anc
must have outside help or bt
crushed himself.
Tell me about your uncle. He
was always my idea Of a great
statesman. I hear, by-the-by, thai
he is very popular indeed at court
here"
"It is a pleasant thing to know,
she said, "but alas, where will tha'
lead to? He is almost an old man
you know, Lord Matresser.
HE has not the force or thu