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Show (IrOM THE EMBASSADOR'S BOX. K, BY A. M. DAVIES OGDEN. KjyriEhU to' A- M- Navies Ogden.) Ill Ho bis, flower-flllcd drawing room was "'MP' ' ' wlth iftcrnoon sunshine. ' 'BfeuEh (ho open window came the An Ed of tlio trot of liorscs feet aa they B-L on tlio broad "Unter der. Linden." if vKsome Prentlco looked about him with 0)Krh of f attraction. It was good to ho A M in Berlin. Than ho smiled at the )0 Fwlio was banding him a cup of tea, W Ka hpre I am at Inst," ho said. "And, E tell mo the news. You loft America EUlonlv that 1 nad 1,0 -lianco to como felt, left hid you good-bye. How do you like tttK dausbtr? And has anything ex- E? happened thus far. You sec, 1 hud IC2 telbw Just to hear It all." Tho girl itatffd. playing Willi inu siuu3 un uiv not' much to tell," sho au-' au-' llKed slowly "A"d yet there Is one fi Kk." Kimclng across at him. "J think yJlK illl bo pleaded, as It Is largely due Krour instrumentality. I should never Hk-have known him bo quickly hud it " been that owing to your old frlund-L. frlund-L. already felt as if ho wcro no Brer whon wo mot. Of course you can Ei whom I mean It Is not announced Shout I am going to marry Max von Knan'fl cup cLatterod to its saucer, fmj-to marry Max," ho repeated, then wyou-do you care for him so much?" belted. S a moment Miss Freeman frowned. fj was only Ilansome. Ho and she I" alrcavs teased and questioned and jlhal iii each othor. Yet sho paused tithe answer, ill do not think that I nm the kind to i very deeply for any one." she said jflv "I admire Max You havo al-PB'.'loId al-PB'.'loId mo how noblo ho wan, how foe. And I adore bravery. My Idea of character Is really drawn largely n your letters." rentlco's Hps twisted into a smile. L was an enthusiastic chap In those s," ho commontfd dryly. "I hope- ou e somo better foundation for your action ac-tion than letters written by a hoy In university. Biu I am forgetting what i partly my errand this afternoon. Talo Bill Is to open In Berlin tomor-'afternoon tomor-'afternoon ond I thought perhaps you jld, like to go- It Is only patriotic for Americans to turn out. Should you s " Miss Freeman nodded. ; euppos'3 it would bo thr proper thing to," she agreed "I havo not seen J3uf-wjni.Blll J3uf-wjni.Blll since I was a child. They sent tier a box, but ho does not care to go p5 1 I had not thought about It. Suppose i. come with us 1 will ask Max and IM Ccan take Frauleln." Wf fcw minutes later Prentice rose to ,1 b his lave and It was not until after If3t departure that Miss Freeman remom-ipfl remom-ipfl sdLthat be had forgotten to congratu-m congratu-m b iihor For the rest of lhi day tho fita' l' was decidedly absent-minded. Jikn ut the next afternoon, Heated In the 'J a :. o( honor In the big open-air arena, 7Ct.it b Irctman appeared to have cjulto repeal re-peal ried hr normal spirits, chutterlng esI - ly with both men Von "Weltzlcben fcrfis: else, no it, with parted hair and )ir P hted mustache, sat on her rit;ht and ' w (Bill glanced critically from his some-J some-J lal it Impassive face to that of the Amer-R. Amer-R. with Its keen dark eyes and steady, , in-cut mouth. The study of tho two t..'i- B was more absorbing than the show. TJl r, attention had wandered from the E and the nourish of trumpets, which ilded tho Deadwood conch, caused her lt.- rtart The next moment a man pushed :wiv to their box and bowed. r - :o) Cody would be honored If any of 'American Embassador's guests would Ei fc to rldt In the Deadwood coach," the u ll. suggested courteously. Miss Free-suJu"m Free-suJu"m mischief. looked at her u!5 ' d0 you ra' to It?" sho queried !Je v- Tne German gazed hack in te Tificil dlrapproval. - aroim in that coach and pIH n 8PWlacc of yourself," he gasped 'tnlKir,01rt' al1 these peonle. Aber. whnt a - "ckliiF Idea I could not allow it." 35 i eirls cycs there enmo a sud-,1ui sud-,1ui W Rlfam. Sho had not meant to do J,R s- But evcr sl,lcc "or apollt ba-n.ooa, ba-n.ooa, a dare had been to her spirit llko - iK.l0 "Powder. Sho lifted her head. :SJJKThank you. wo shall bo glad to K? u ; 8, sa,d 10 lne man who still M, hat In hand, awaiting her decision R: i0," ar", afraid. jray remhln here." Km al "eflnltely to Von VVitzloben. npKi 11 '?,u,comc, Ransomc?" KrAbiJe,?an I10 0no e'anco at her iiUjnouth showed the futility of romon-iSRwnAn(1 romon-iSRwnAn(1 .werover sho called he DiEPi.! . 00 tne consequences what rfiXEi. In18llenco hp lot her procede P own the steps, von Wltzleben brlng- . MAnS LnV".on rcr- Tno Frauleln left EtctWIr wcPl ,a unheeded protest. 5RtSMii1n).t -K??111 i10 oouch lia1 fairly i fftrc i wI,8a ,Frccnan realized ail LM ewlihd rQi upon herself. From 0llEi2LUmo.nd1sho hal alwavs doteated oaU.Ct wtfhnnf' lu t,h.Me rursu,n-' Indians! fi K Ki . H1? srnoko which choked 0 10"!' 1,10 flenu'sh yells. Then iftfih h.e b.ecasi,e conscious that the A man H"K llniS "TW strange- Ioathn filtt,nff opposite her suppressed Jl1!11 B,"1 t0 exorcise them horse " SlIStT'w nAn(l th, Warned ring lias jlttlLht"-' C,?,0,rs You boiler hold 'KfcJ... ' added to tho girl "ir thi'q i&mFmA Ull"e does brc&c 'loose o? jgn orer- oxpreaalvely. Mls Freeman felt her hcartbeatH quicken. Thero was danger then, real danger. From tho box camo tho driver's volco ln frantic abjur-gutlon abjur-gutlon to tho now thoroughly frightened animals. Miss Freeman turned toward von Wltzleben. "Max." sho whispered. But tho German, Ger-man, his face ashy, his eyes fixed and stating, sat with strained lingers clutching clutch-ing at tho wooden door. Ho had quite forgotten tho slrl. A llttlo sob broko from her parted lips. Wore they going to die? A strong hand closed ovor hers, and, opening hor eyc3, through tho smoko she saw Rnnsome, steady, calm, self-controlled Wo shall pull through all right," ho said. "Don't bo frlchtcned. dear." Tho girl, conscious only of the word which had slipped inadvertently from his lips, caught her breath In tho sudden shocks of a rcat revelation. Ransomcr loved her, Ransomc' All at once she comprehended why It was that she hod hesitated to announce her engagement until Ransomo should learn of It, wliy It was that she had Judged von Wltzleben from Ransomo's standpoint rather than hor own. appreciated appre-ciated that It had been the fact of his Intimacy In-timacy with Ransomo which had been his chief attraction. And how near she had been to never knowing. Now at last, In this supremo- moment, she grasped the truth, knew that even as Ransomo loved her, so she loved him. And whether death or life lay before them with that knowledge in her heart, that touch on her hand, sho Was content And then with ono strong, mighty pu'l from above, the horses trembled down to quiet1 For a day or yo, tho Berlin papers were rather sharp In their criticism of the girl who had rendered herself so conspicuous. No equally woll-born German ;cirl would over havo dono such a thing, they declared. de-clared. But Miss' Freeman, utterly glad In her new found happiness, only smiled In undisturbed thankfulness. |