Show iI 11 l THE TRE PRINCE 0 OF F GR ARK By GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON f 11 NEW YORK DODD MEAD MAD AND AlID COMPANY 1014 1914 t I 1 The uThe inte integrity rity of the cabi cabinet ct is is not uotI noto notto 1 I to O be questioned Mr r. r Blithers Blither Jt IU Its It embers have o never uever failed Graustark l' l i a n any an- an 1 ii I be bee your pardon prince said Mr gr r. r Blither firmly but I certainly f I inspect that the they failed bor hor when they this debt to Russia Ruin You will roB I y forgive me ule for saying it it but it va as theIn the II a asinine bit of abort bort I In over ever beard heard of or My Iy office boys hoys jl i ld have bays seen farther than your hon hon- Jabe j rable ministers H To his hill utter amazement Robin t umed a pair aix ir of beaming excited eyes him bin I M Do you real really mean that Mr mt he be cried ta eagerly i J S m I Ji CB certainly do I I By Jove I I-I I I cant can't nt tell ten you IOU how Chappy 1 I am to hear bear you av ay it You lj Bee eo it is exactly what John Joh Tullis 8 said id idI I from th the tho rit He He waa we-s bitterly opposed Ifo ti to o the loan Ho no tried his bis best to con con- the prime minister that it was in- in f M advisable I granted him the special eci 1 privilege of addressing the full house bouso of tJ oble D bles on the question stion an honor that teat 1110 ao alien alion had bad known up to that time ot Of 9 our oure I I. was was was' wasa a boy hoy when all this hap hap- J Mr M. Blithers or orI J I might t ha havo 0 pu put t i Ha I. I stop flop to the the but but Ill I'll J. J ii 11 not go o into that I n The bous bouse of nobles went against his bis and aud voted in favor lavor of ot accept accept- if tl nar Rn loan Now they realize that dear deir old John Tullis was wae ri right ht Somehow it gratifies graties mo me to hear you vou sjay ay that they wore sh ibort ahem short short- rt ll i What you need in in Groo tock is a rf more good ocd American blood I anI an In I Bounced Mr tr Blithers pointedly pointed I If If jI you ou are going oin to cope with the world youve I you ve lot got to tackle the job with brains and aad not with that idiotic thing feith Theres therea no such thing in i. i these days as charity ty among men mon Rood good 1 iU and all that t nonsense nonsense- l' l o ow You ve got ot a. a splendid start in the right Prince You Youve You've 0 got ot American q in your veins and that means a I. I good deaL Take my advice ad and in in- the proportion In a couple of or I generations you you'll 11 have havo something to lo bra about Take Tullis as your cx ox ample Beget sons sois that will think tinh and t. t i. i et r ve IU ho IS capable ot of doin doing J- J Weed out nt the thin blood and give e the crown e something that is thick a d red It will be the making of ot J Cour I I you are advising ad roe rue to 3 arry an q American woman Mr Blithers eTI ers s said sald R Robin biD dryly ij l Mr r. r Blithers directed a calculating gU into the treetops I I am m elm elm- ply 11 ahead for my fly myown own protection protea- protea j tion ion prince eaid said be If j H In in n Wh what t respect El li i. i Ie Well I t am Iun putting a lot of money to the bands of your people Isn't it 5 tural that I should l look ok ahe ahead d to toti ti tome t ome extent II I But my zy people axe are honest bonet They I l' l I understand all aU that but at the i ane time I do not ot relish the idea of I Some dl day being obliged to squeeze Ibo blood lo d from a 8 turnip Now is the time for or you to think thin for the future Your people p are honest honett Ill I'll grant rant But they 2 lIEo are poor And why 1 B Because aue no lone e has been able to act Mt for th them tD as our friend Tullis is capable of ot acting day will Trill come when they ther will have to settle Lettie Ue with me met and wilt will it be bo any ealer Ju to pay ay William Wilham W. W Blithers thai thad Pat it i Is 11 to pay jay 2 Not a a. bit of it I 5 As you ou have baye h ve said eaid I i am not a e. philan I eh shall all exact full ulI and prompt I prefer to collect from the however and not from the I It goes a against ain t th the grain nin That's 1 why I want to t-o eee see you rich and power- power I as ulaB ul- ul aB well as honest I I I grant you rou it is sj splendid philosophy t phy said Robin Bobb But are you not notI I forgetting that eV even ll the best of Amen Amen- nl 1 cans os-es a are sometimes failures allures when iti it i comes nas to laying hying up treasure ti As individuals yes yO but not as es a aJae at t el clae Jae You Yon will not deny that we ar are L the richest people in the world corid On the theother thet t j I other hand I do not to say tT tb-t tb t l' l we are a a. people of one strain of blood We represent a e. mixture of many it strains but underneath ath them then all aU runs runs' tb the oil tull stream that makes u uj what we weare wel L l ue are Americans American You ou cant can't get away i from that Yes I do advise ise you to marry varry rJ a an American girl rl I 1 III II a ID In other words word I 1 am to nake a ai i of ot it t I said Iud Robin tolerantly It isn't beyond the range of possibility that you should fall in love with v. v an American n girl irl is it lt You wouldn't call that mak making a a. business of it would 1 you you I Ir r You may mav rest a assured sure Mr Blithers Blithers j that I shall hall marry to please myself and I. I no o one else I eaid said Robin rc regarding arding 41 him bim wits with a a. coldness that for Loran an fin instant t t affected th tU th millionaire un uncomfortably 1 I Well WeI said Mr Blither aster after a fJ m t of hard bard thinking it it nay may interest in in- 1 1 terest yea yoa to know that X t married for love lava tl It HIt does dou interest me me aid uld Robin Bobin i 1 If I lam I ani am glad that you yoi ia I HI Iwas was a a comparatively ely poor man manir ir If I when I married rrie The Tho girl rl I married was well ll o ol ot in in her lien own ri right ht She had hadi i I brains as well We Wt worked to together ther to toJ toUy J l Uy ly y th the foundation fo for a a a well for the i f Tt 1 c we now pOe possess 9 A fortune I Imay m may a- a add idd dd that is to go o every dollar of ot ott t 1 i to it-to to 0 my y daug daughter ter It tt r represents pre nb nearly Dearly Ii The he greatest king in the world o d t today is poor or in comparison to toi i that vast estate My daughter will one i d. d day be the richest woman in the world it Why are you taking tho the pains to enlighten en P-n. i lighten me as to our your daughters daughter's fuI fu I tote ture Jar r. r Blithers Because I regard you as a sensible 4 young yonn man prince Thank you you And I suppose you regard re- re gard ara Ja your daughter as a sensible young woman Certainly exploded Mr Blithers I 1 Well W 11 it ae seems seem to me she ehe will bel bo be l t capable of taking care of her her fortune a a. il great greit eat deal more successfully than thon you I i Mr Blithers She will doubt doubt- r t leu ItU marry an ex excellent chap who ha has baa the capacity to increase h her r fortune rather t than to let it stand at a 0 fig l figure tb that t some fome day may be bo surp surpassed ed by bv the pompons ions of an ambitious king There was fine irony in the princes prince's tone but bot no trace of pf I N Mr ir r Blithers turned a I abade de more purple urple than before and not 1 from the th violence of ot exercise Ho Re waa having some pome difficulty in controlling h s tamper per What manner of ot fool tool was this fellow who could sneer at five hundred million dollars Ho managed to choke choko back something that rO rose to toLis toLis Lis his lips and very ery b remarked 14 I I am sure suro you will like her prince If It I I-do I do ea say eay it myself sho ho is as liand haDd acme as thoy they grow I IU U So So I ha havo bavo 0 been bocu told II You You will will see iee b her r toni tonight ht I Really l ir tr Blithers i 1 cannot V VIll Ill fix Lix it with Mrs Irs King Dont Don't I you on worry May 4 fa I I bo be pardoned for observing that Mrs r KiD Kinc greatly as I lovo love her is h not invested with the power to gov go- govern o ern era my actions 9 said Robin haugh tily And may ma I b pardoned for suggesting sug suggesting gesting gestin that it i is your Jour duty to your people cople to completely understand this I roan loan of mine batorA you agree to acco accept t tiU it iU said Mr Mn r Blithers compressing his lips Forgive me Mr but bat it is not altogether improbable that Graustark Graus tark may secure the tho money elsewhere It It is not only but impossible im isa- possible said Mr Blithers flatly Impossible J JI I the millionaire Absolutely AbsolutelY said aid so 50 significantly that Robin would have ha been beon a a. dolt olt not to grasp tho situation Nothing could have ha been cl clearer than the fact that Mr Mn r. r Blithers believed it to tobe tobo tobo bo be in his power to blo block blok k any effort Graustark mi might ht mako make in other directions directions to secure fecura tho the much needed money mOloy Will you canoe corno to the point Mr ir Blithers Blithers' 3 said th the young oun prince stopping stop ping pine abruptly in t the middle of the road and facing 1 Ills His i companion What are you trying to get et at aU Mr Blithers was not lon long in getting to o the point In tho the first place ho no was hot lot and tired and his shoes were hurting hurt hurt- iD lug lug- lugin ing in the second place he be felt that lie ho 10 knew precisely bow to handle handlo these mono money seeking scions of nobility Ho planted himself squarely In front of the prince prince and jammed his bands deep into hI his coat pockets The day my daughter i w is married to the he man of my ray choice I 1 will hand overto over o overto to that min man exactly twenty million dollars ho eaid said slowly impressively Yes go o on Tho The solo Oe object I have in life lIt is to see my girl happy and at at- the came time timo at tho the top of oi the heap Sho She is worthy of any nty m mans man's ns n's love She be is as good as gold old She She Sho- Tho The point is this then You would like ike to have havo me for a son in Yes said Mr r. r Blither Robin grinned grinne He was amused in spite of himself You Y 1 0 take it for granted that I can be bought I have not made nude any such euch state state- ment mont And And how bow much will you hand h over o overto to p the man of her choice when she mar Ties ies him inquired inq the young yount man lYon lYou will win be her bel choice said aid the othor other without tho the quiver of an evela b. b How can you be sure aure of that than J Has she no mind of her own t It in isn't t incomprehensible that she should fall faU in love e with you is it It mi might bt be possible of course provided provided pro pro- provided vided she ehe is is not already in love with someone else else Mr rr Blithers started Have Ha Hav you beard heard anyone say that that but but that's non sense ensel She's not in l love ve venith with n anyone take ake it from me And ADd just to show you how jow fair air I r am to hor hon her and to you you you- Ill I'll stake my head you fall faU in love with each ch other before you youva youve been together cr a we week But 4 But were we're not Dot going to b be together to gether for a week week- H I I I should have ha said before you youve you've I known each other others a a. week You will win fi find find- d- d Just tJust a moment please W We can cut all nIl this very en short and go SiO about our business Ive I've never seen sean your dau daughter nor nor to my knowledge has hus over ever laid eyes ayes on me Prom From what Ive I've ve heard beard of her bet he she he has bas a mind of ot fr u r own wn You Yon win will wili Tint ha nA able to tn force foro her ber into a n marria marriage e that doesn't app l 0 to her and you yoa may be bo quite sure Mr Blithers Blither that you cant can't force mo me into on one I do not went want you to feel that 1 I have a a. sin single l di disparaging thought eon con con cernin coming Miss Blithers It ls l's possible that I could fall faU in love with her inside pf a a. week or even sooner But I d di- di d t t intend to Mr Blithers any more tha than she abs intends to fall in love with mth me You say Bay that twenty millions will go 0 goto goto to the ma man she marries if he be is your choice Well I don dont don't t give vc a a. hang bang sir if you make it fifty milli minions millions ns The chap who gets Zeta it will not be na so 80 what's the odds odds' You You You- Tn To h be nfl continued tomorrow |