Show KM OS O l OO ol O 0 K KM m ROYALTY Sc SHADOW by frank II 11 lm by blui S S waturs Q OW WOWs he stumbled down the steps ha almost ran into the i ostrau lah a muttered apology he tt is brushing past alien tho postman touched his arin V letter for you sir he mid the young man took it mechanically and it into hla pocket noticing as he did 0 o that it biad been forward cd from the Ilal elgh tiro weeks before lie had been a guest at tho ra leagh now he was leaving a small back room on C street lacause he could no longer pay the rent nut aa he turned the corner and went up the avenue his laco legan to slacken lie hid nowhere to go so there was no biste 1 recently resent ly he took out lie letter for want of beatr acu and carelessly tore off one end I 1 DO OT UKE TO TAX cut lefore he had read a dozen lines his indifferent gaze had become eager and he hurried on to the end then he gave expression to a low whistle in which were mingled relief exultation and dismay the concluding para graph read so gh up your washington project and come back to texas cry likely your an did own the land but it was a hundred veara ago and a mountain of rival hs piled up and covered proof areni ny bellof but your own louve already been there six months and be bound chent a lot 0 money and where have sou got tou might con jnue it for a lifetime other haveard have and then et nowhere so what a the use there s plenty of land here that ou have unquestioned title to and some day it will a lot of money and you know I 1 a good point tor a racer alk you another ahlner I 1 gaw atmar uie other day and from the way he aad after you I 1 knew that whatever there had been wai so with all due re I 1 ay you are a fool it you stay in washington twenty four hours longer rom the letter waa crumpled and thrust back into alc pocket lieburn to texas it only he the washington project as tom called it had long elace been relegated to a place in the background of his future and he had only clung to it because there seemed nothing ige for him to do and because he was not ready to go back to texas aut the reference to miss umar did away falth that his fingers sought the throe remaining halt dollars in the depths of bis trousers pocket ten minutes before be had been dell berat ing B nether to expend them for hodg and trust to his finding vork tor meals or to take them to some good i restaurant and let chance or luck provide the lodging isow food and hodg inac were both forgotten they must take him back to texas lie was ou the unfashionable elde of the avenue where there was usually little passing but aa lie moved tor ward again he noticed that iloilo in increasing numbers were and takli if positions as near the curbstones curb stones ie already they wire three or four lines deep he glanced across to the other bide that was packed with pool ie as were the above U hat w as it a i arada then he remembered why I 1 rance henry iras of course ho had lost eight of bew arks en thuR laem in his own concerns lien it he 1 ad but three bait dollars to set back to texas with the world wag fetell able to go on about III own affairs he walked on more eflowly gazing nt lie ie but alg acs unseeing and full of thought suddenly he turned and rushed vay through tho tines of spectators shout cd and started toward him but ie strode across the without 1 ced ing tl em and forced a i through the denser crowd upon the opposite side A few minutes later he entered a cos turner s shop on I 1 street can you furnish roe a german form i he asked I 1 do not wish it to be deiy elaborate or conspicuous but suitably for meeting the rance and his ault you ece les yes I 1 understand sir bowing and ire had buch calls already private theatricals or maybe the vaudeville juat now yes sir I 1 TO got the very thing you ant one of tho embassy had a suit mis fitted by hla tailor and t take it iho tailor turned it ovir to me perfectly new and just your it sir I 1 ive dollars for the night oil I 1 only it for an hour tl c y in g man wald quickly I 1 II 11 alvo i and a half for its use aal will it ba b 1 r limido of an hour ua I 1 son t kno narn 1 ihn fO that jsn t much for such a suit and you re atran it Is i lenty for only one hour a use firmly and as I 1 am a stran per I 1 will leave my natch aa security until I 1 return the suit lou would hardly let it during the next hour no I 1 not it oure sure to get it BO I 1 can ut it for to night I 1 wouldn t mind still iou leave security les I 1 guess you may take it there was a large crowd about the sew vallard but it opened readily to lit texo i ranc s suit pass through and not a few admiring glances rested upon the tall sol figuro which walked at some distance behind his companions ins ie the hotel ho loitered for some moments tin door gazing at the 1 cople outside ettor his comi a ions had registered and been asi lowd to their apartments ho seemed to awak en to ills and went forward to tl c desk signing the ame mme I 1 altz in 1 round characters tl on ie raided his giai 1 lini to a corn placing looking who stood near the clerk and who appeared to be alie manager or proprietor 0 tl e 1 oua you be so kind as to direct me to some bank in the neighborhood where I 1 can obtain exchange he ask ed I 1 neglected the man staci pod in front of the clerk ills face wreathed in smiles any finnk would be itera r I 1 aro i 1 ie answered with a low bow but it sou would permit me the accommodation I 1 w be only too to the advance ills royal highness baron aritz rals ed his hand dei ills royal hoehness or rat er our ambassador would to all such matters of course but this Is n arl rate affair of my own lou amerl cans hai e been so kind tl at I 1 do not like to tax your courtesy hut I 1 isaure ou baron it will ghe me the greatest pleasure asure in the world eagerly I 1 am delighted to have the opportunity how much shall it be a thousand two thousand 0 o no kierr 1 you are too generous I 1 will soon get my ex change into your money aut just now to we the inconvenience of going out I 1 will accept er er lt Is BO hard to reckon in your money say fw thank you iso no more as the money was counted and i assed to him and more offered for his accept ance now it you will tell me the way to the er cr what you call barber shop certainly this boy w show you ben he left the barber s ten minutes later the soldierly figure in resplendent german uniform did not return to the office but passed directly to the street three days later the manager of the sew hotel received a certified check for ia from a bank in texas and with it was a short explanatory note from a man who signed himself arltz batt iatt i att |