E N TORY STORY ST the pa aman 0 em s 1410 P by MCGRAT 11 A e rh of the man on the M arts and masks eto ayr juht til bobbi awu 3 SYNOPSIS arthur Anie american rIcan consul to Barselie barsc lipat lt tells tella lio how reigning giand dulie duke attempts to foree force his blics biln ceh cens Hild clairde to marry I 1 rini e dopple kin glnn n un an oil toia dols toi a not t k know tie lie even by sight N V alle lini back riling rhene in the country mah avii v I 1 takes h him ani an aal I 1 lie lia bocks act oin n in a d I 1 castle here he finds two woin ii and an oil man anan burvant ono woman Is in t hilda karde garde an aal I 1 the th ther r a friend lion ilon hetty BLUY more M lore of lalind d 1 ahey hey d tain hlin hirn to a modi m a ariage between t the 1 0 grinte s aal an 1 a disgraced army officer r t iab 0 k done for the purpose durpos i of tolling foiling th the grand brand duke Sui attempts to 0 hiss k 10 the princ m and she bho Is res rem u d hv hv warring t 1 I k clapp ara for good max M ax S harf an oil ammi tan can filand of Warring tone readies bar CHAPTER IV lie ile came straight to the consulate and I 1 was so glad to see him that I 1 sat him down in front of the sideboard and left orders that I 1 was at home to no one we had been classmates and roommates loom matea at college and two better belter friends never lived we spent the whole in recounting the good old days sighed a little over the de parted ones and praised or criticized the living haan hadn t they been times though the nights we had stolen up to philadelphia to see the shows the great thanksgiving games in new york the commencements and all that max had come out ot of the far west ile he was a foundling who had bad been adopted by a wealthy german gennan ranch man named Scharf scharfenstein enstein which name max assumed as hla his own it being as good as any nobody knew khow anything about maxs antecedents but he was so EO big and handsome and jolly that no one cared a hang for all that he dia not know his bis parentage he be was a gen aleman something that has to be bred in the bone once or twice I 1 kemem her ber seeing him angry in anger he was arrogant deadly but calm ile he was a god in track linen for he be was what few big men are quick and agile the big fellow who is catlike in hla his move ments is the most formidable of ath letes one thing that amused me was his inordinate love of uniforms lie he would always stop wh when en he saw a soldier or the picture of one and his love of arms was little choit of a mania ile he was an expedit fencer and a dead shot besides pardon the I 1 arent hesla bests but I 1 feel it my duty to warn you that nobody fights a duel in this little history hl atory and nobody gets killed on leaving college he went to in for medicina and his appearance in the capital city of 0 was due ob to 0 o the gibat medical college famosa tile the world over tor for its nerve special ste this was maxs first adventure in the land of gutturals guttu rals I 1 ex to him and partly unraveled the tangle of laws as to the language he spoke that not dice a nativo native but as one max was very fond of the society of women omen K and at college we used to twit him about it for he was always eager to lo meet a new face trusting that the new one might be the tha ideal tor for which he be was searching well uell sou old dutchman said eald 1 I have you ever found that ideal worn wom an of yours bahl bah lighting a pipe she ft will never be found A horse and a trusty dog for me those hose two aou ou may event bally grow to understand of course I 1 dont say it if the woman mornan came along the he light one I 1 go under im philosopher enough to admit that I 1 want her tall hair like cornsilk ees like the coin lower of 0 brilliant intellect reserved and dagni fled and patient I 1 want a woman not hii humorous but who understands humor and I 1 have never heard beard of one so bo you yon see it its s all smoke and I 1 never talk woman these times unless im I 1 m str inking with a gesture which ex that he had given up the ilea hea altogether A doctor sees so much of women momen that he finally alna lly sees nothing of woman oman a oh it if you resort to epigrams I 1 can see that its it s all over I 1 all over I 1 im rn so used to being alone that I 1 dat t know what to do with a wife ile he puffed ahl ah tho the futility of our desires ot of our castles of our di eams cams v the corn com ency with which we jog along in what we deem to be our own particular grooved groove I 1 recall a girl friend of my youth who was ging to be a celibate a great reformer and toward that end as studying for the pulpit she is now the mother of several children the most moat peaceful and unora tive worn an I 1 know you see humanity goes whirring over various sidetracks thinking them to be the man main line till fate puta its ita peculiar but happy hand to the switch scharfenstein Scharf enstein had been plugging away amay over rusty nails and grass grown ties till he came to bar echert hope Is the wings ings of the heart said bald I 1 when I 1 thought the pause had giboin long r enough you still hope la in a way it if I 1 recollect you had an affair once shrewdly I 1 smoked on I 1 anan t quite ready leady to 0 speak 1 lou ou v ei a alm always a s on the hunt for ideals deals too as I 1 remember hope you 11 find her max my boy I 1 am solemnly con can placed that I 1 have good loid loi d oil don t mean to tell me that you are hooked lie he cried 1 I see no reason why ou should sheild use that pat nicular tone I 1 answered stiffly oh come now tell we rne all about it who what is s she and when s the wedding I 1 don t know w m hen the wedding a going to bp be but I 1 m mighty sure that I 1 have met the one girl max there never was a girl like her witty she Is and wise as beautiful as a sum mers dawn merry and beave rides drives plays the cello dances like a moon shadow and all that ich with a wave of the hand you ie e got it bad remember how bow ou cu used to write poetry at college who ho Is she it if I 1 may asli ask the honorable hetty ilett moore moo at the guest of her highness the princess degarde with pardon able pride max A you r re a lucky beg gar on one by one we me turn traitor to our native land A 0 I 1 never should hould P have believed it of you of the man whose class acclimation was as on the firey subject of but Is it all on one side 1 I dont know max sometimes I 1 think so and then I 1 don t how long have you kanom a her little more than a month A month ever thing moves swift ift ly these dais except european Eui Bui rail I 1 m way ay cars thebes a rc romance mance max but an ain III i R I 1 k r max there never was wa a girl like her other besides her Is concerned and I 1 cin not ull till sou some da when everything quiets down III get aou ou into a coiner edth a bottle and you will find it worth while the bottle 9 both aiom riom rumors lye ive heard beard this princess Is a gibat one for larks rides bicycles and automobiles and general ly raises the deuce what sort Is she it if ou are going to remain in bar my boy take a friendly warn ing do not make mahe any foolish attempt to sei se her she is more fascinating than a roulette table this was a sly dig max smiled A recent from him had told of an encounter with the goddess at monte carlo fortune haj bad been all things but favorable 1 I im in not afraid of your princess be I 1 came here to study and study hard bard my boy study hard bard her highness Is ia not the only woman oman in darschell Bar Dar there theresa s a raft W f them 1 I it paddle close to the shore share with a smile by the way III wake you up thurs day I 1 ilow how lazily A bout at mueller a halt a dozen lads ads one ole of whom Is called home just fixed up lip his bla passports for him you 11 II be as welcome as the flowers in the spring some of the lads will ill be in your classes put me down it will be like old times I 1 went to the reunion last june jun Every everything think was mas in its ita place but ou hang it why by cant time always go on as it did then time unlike our watches never has to go to the jewelers for repairs paid fali I 1 owlishly max leaned over took my buelter bull ter iter iler by the neck and deposited him on hla his lap good pup artle artie if he a liny thing like his roaster master ti iee ice years my bos boa since I 1 saw you and here you are do ing notah and lall hallvar vaR it ing g at court with the nobility I 1 m ami ih I 1 had i im an uncle who mho was a senator pull la Is everything these days lou OM dutchman I 1 won mon this place on my own merit indignantly forget it gi inning you aie impertinent gut but truthful always and then we me smoked a while bile in silence the silent friend is the he best of the lot at lie ile knows that he h chasn t got to talk he be wants to and likewise that it la is during these lapses of speech that the une alno of 0 friendship grows anil and tightens about the heart hen sou sit alt beside a man and feel that ou need riot not labor to entertain him it a a good sign that ou thorough thoi ough ly understand each other I 1 was first to speak I 1 dont don t understand why by sou ou should go in for medicine so BO thoroughly it ran can t be money for heaven know a your father left vou a yearly early income which alone would be a fortye to me chivalry shivers these dais the chill of money lson everything A wan man must do something a man who mho la Is neither a sloth nor a fool A man must have bom something ething to put hla his whole heart into and I 1 despise money as I 1 inc 0 rcy y ilive I 1 give away aay the bulk of my income marry and then you will m III not have bavo to I 1 said flippantly you re a sad log dog do yiu know I 1 ve been thinking about epigrams nol no 11 yes igind I 1 find that an epigram is pro deuced by the same cause that produces the clio pearl in the ouster oster that hs to say a healthy mentality never super induces an epigram pudge ru lse said eald I 1 lansng the pup from his lap to mine according to your diagnosis 5 our om own n mind Is diseased have I 1 cracked an epigram epigrams 9 m with ith pained surprise well aou nearly bent one I 1 corn com promised ilien we botti both laughed and the pup started up and licked my face bedora I 1 could pi event him did I 1 ever show this taking out a locket which was attached to one end of his m watch atch chain lie ile passed the trinket to me what Is lt it I 1 asked turning it avei and over up ji n tile the one ab ndel unit link that con me wl throy babyhood it was wall around my neck when picked me up lip open it and look at the face inside I 1 ild did so BO A woman a face peered up at me line it might have been beautiful but tor for the troubled eyes and the drooping lips HIB it was german la in type evi evidently evidente denti of high breeding possessing the subtle lines which distinguish the face of the noble from the peasants from the woman a face I 1 glanced at max a the eyes ayea were something alike who do you think it isa 1 I aided when I 1 had studied the face sufficient 13 ly to satisfy my curiosity I 1 i ie e a sneaking idea that it may be my mother found roe me toddling about in a railroad station and that locket was wae the only thin thing about me that might be used in the of identification you will ob seive ahat there is no lettering not even the jewelers usual carat mark to qualify the gold I 1 recall nothing life with me datos dates only from the wide plains and grazing cattle I 1 was born either in germany or At austria istria all I 1 know and to tell you thy taj honest truth boy it a the reason I 1 ve placed my woman ideal so high so long as aa I 1 place her over my head bead im not tool fool ish enough to weaken into thinking I 1 can have her what woman wants a man maa without a TO BE BB CONTINUED