Show CIA RY The princess to d Elopes e4 By HAROLD McORATH Author qf Tho Man on the Dos jfirU And HAaJu Eta 4N N iCWtlfbt 1 BobbiUirrlU CoO et in SYNOPSIS lip Varrnston American consul sk Anhaf rschrlt tolls how reigning Grand altenipts to force his nelce Prln e IIIldrgllrde to marry Prince Dopple re L old widower Wurrlneton does X an the princess oven by sight know ttt Knl horseback riding In the country liht hila overtakes him and ho seeks accnm ISiUoM In a dilapidated castle Hero two women and an old man ° Bnds Ono woman 10 Princessdlit doe k Lint Ono woman Is Princess Hllde Siind the other a friend Hon Dotty of KnKlnnd They detain him to rt t oore a mock marriage between the mess and n disgraced army officer It ienbOCk aceS done for the purpose of foiling etl I grand duke Stelnbock attempts to fter la c the princess and she Is rescued by frirrUton Stelnbock disappears ford zh 1 for-d Max Sclmrfcnsteln an old Amerl friend of Wnrrlnirtona reaches Bar helL a Warrington tells him of tho prln i t1 Scliarfensteln shows Warrlngton m locket with n Picture of a woman In h It was on his neck when he as a tea a was picked up and adopted by his Sir father whose name ho was given c beievcs it lto Lea aoplcttrwresoffvlele m other CHAPTER IVContlnued ta tr You poor old Dutchman you You buy a genealogy with your In ion e And a woman nowadays mares aa mar-es the man the man Its only td irses dogs and cattle that we buy nCh IT their pedigrees Come you ought hale a strawberry mark on your an rm I suggested lightly for there na ere times when Max brooded over ntl his birth tot mystery which enveloped In reply he rolled up his sleeve and ared > a mighty arm Where the vac tan nation scar usually Is I saw a red I ua n itch like a burn I leaned over and Inn imlned It It was a fourpointed iie4 u with a perfect circle around it 0 ath a mehow It seemed to me that this u not tho first time I had seen this des altar mark I did not recollect over n m ilng It on Maxs arm Where had I n It then dIe I y Its a curious scar Hang me but ve seen the device somewhere be IWn are rom areYou harP You haveeagerly Where here r est I dont know possibly I saw It on rut our arm In tho old days rom He sank back In his chair Silence ling dog which the smoke thickened and t ci ie pup whined softly in his sleep nak stapes the night the cathedral bell oomed the third hour of morning par sIde If you dont mind Artie said Max It1Ilng Ill turn In Ive been trav ped ante I g for the past fortnight Take a ride on Dandy In the morn n1 t I Hell hold your weight nicely I el It go with you as Ive a lame kle tt Ill l be In the saddle at dawn All I t cs the ecl Is a couplo of hours between ad rets d ih CHAPTER V and That same evening the grand dukes vhf et t knocked on tho door leading into der e princess apartments and when RTC e door opened he gravely announced ntiy sit t his serene highness desired to I rom ak to the Princess Hlldogarde It u i a command For some reason aoil own best to herself tho princess last ose to obey It I be ISay that I shall be there present 000 T she said dismissing the valet tort I As she entered her uncles study at T called because of its dustladen lelil kahehes though tho duke some lies disturbed their contents to of cady the leg of an unbalanced chair the r table ho laid down his pipe and I to t MBlsjed his small company of card lIt1 trers D aJ LI I did not expect to see you so soon rek f began A womans curiosity some It b met has Its value It takes little to flat It but a great deal to allay It rUn You hae not summoned me toe efa to-e smart speeches simply because Ilho have > been educated up to them rUn culenUy to kemarttaw not summoned you to hIS k ord smart n word much In evidence In the Intbelt since your return from Eng d P For nnco I am going to use a 111 scans prerogative I have changed rep 1 Mud lad The Princess Hlldegardo trembled tat th P delight She could put but one sort I tnlng to his words per ibg p marriage will not take place see I It month Uncle rapturously 11 J Wait alt met In ke u moment grimly It shall f lace next week peer 1 the tar Warn you not to force me to the cried the girl trembling this ned ma with oeD II cold satIl fury y ens I child you are too young In tdtand and tou old in mind to bo nl red II be gateless pasture In harness avlll the PC do Wry wellV Ho took up his pett rr and 1 Pnined It It was rather em asslng to look the girl In the s ell 0 eye ll shall feD e wed Doppolklnn next Irle ta + r YoU to will I and It rather embarrass fY d all m ° to the altar evenly NIII replledcr not ho lenlled create a v scandal of such magnitude You are untamable but you are proud When these two talked without fixedness pnront heat of purpose It was with unalterable ap They Were of II common race The duke was doter mined that she should wed Doppel Ielnn situ was equally determined that with she the should algebraic not The gentleman bump may figure this out to suit himself Have you no pity My reason overshadows it You do not suppose that I take any especial Pleasure In forcing you But you leave me no other method You loved my aunt oncea broken note In her voice I love her stlllnot unkindly but I must have peace In the house Observe what you have so far accom Wished In the wnttdr of creating tur moll The duke took up a paper My sins contemptuously Let us call them your transgres sloe Listen You havo ridden a horse as a man rides it you have rid den bicycles In public streets you have stolen away to a masked ball you ran away from school In Paris and visited heaven knows whom you have bribed sentries to let you in when you were out lute you have thrust aside the laws as If they meant nothing you have trifled with the state papers and caused the body po title to break up a meeting as a conso quenoo of the laughter The girl as she recollected this day to which ho referred laughed long and joyously He waited patiently till she had done and I am not sure that his mouth did not twist under his beard Foreign education Is the cause of all this he said finally Those cursed French and English schools have Poor foolish hu I What a torn ble thing this might have turned < out to hal What do you mean 7 I Mean Do you suppose anything llk like this could take place without nr hearing i of It And such a dishonest unscrupulous rascal I Some day I shall thank the American consul per sonally for his part In the affair I was waiting to see when you would produce this You virtually placed your honor and reputation which I II know to bo above reproach into the keeping of a man who would sell his soul for a thousand crowns The girl felt her knees give way and she sat down Tears slowly welled up in her eyes and overflowed blurring everything The duke got up and went over to ma desk rummaging among the pa 1 pers HO returned to the girl wlth a letter Read that and learn the treachery of the man you trusted The letter was written by Steinbock In It he disclosed all It was a venomous venom-ous Insulting letter The girl crushed It In her hand Is ho dead sho asked all tile bit terness In her heart surging to her lips To Barschelt briefly Now what shall I do with thlstapplng the bogus certificate Give It to me said the girl wear Ily She ripped It into halves into quarters Into Infinitesimal squares and tossed them Into the wastebasket I am the unhappiest girl In tho world I am sorry replied the grand duke It Isnt as If I had forced Doppelklnn on you without first letting you have your choice You have rejected tho e 1 t 1 I I s v g bpski b t tdf 0 Is He Dead 7 She Asked ruined you And I was fool enough to send you to them This Is 1 the end Or the beginning rebelllously Doppelklnn Is mild and kind Mild and kind One would think that you were marrying me to a horse I Well I shall not enter the cathedral How will you avoid Itcalmly I shall find a way wait and see She was determined I shall wait Then with a sudden softening for he loved the girl after his fashion I am growing old my child If I should die what would become be-come of you I have no son your Uncle Franz who Is but a year or two younger than I am would reign and ho would not tolerate your madcap ways You must marry at once I love you In spite of your willfulness But you have shown yourself Incapable Incapa-ble of loving Doppelklnn Is wealthy You shall marry him uncledecldedlY I will run away uncle I have notified the frontiers tranquilly From now on you will be watched It is the Inevitable my child and even I have to bow to that Sho touched the paper In her bosom but paused Moreover I have decided went on the duke to send tho Honorable Betty Bet-ty Moore back to England Betty Yes She is a charming young per but she Is altogether too sympathetic son sympa-thetic Sho abets you In all you do Independence does not English Her Ideas After the with my conform wedding I shall notify her father Everything everything My friends liberty the right Cod gives to my womanto love whom sho will every uncle rob me of these And you my that things What if I should tell you marriage with me is now impossible growing thin her ting I should not be very much surprised sur-prised Please look at this then and you understand why I can not marry will Doppelklnn She thrust the bogus certificate Into his hands carefully not a duke read It Tho face disturbed Finally muscle In his smile Booked uu with a terrifying princes of a dozen wealthy countries Wo are not as the common people we can not marry where we will I shall announce that the marriage will take place next week Do not send my friend away sho pleaded apparently tamed I will promise to give the matter thought Good night She turned away without a word and left him When he roared at her she knew by experience that he was harmless harm-less but this quiet determination meant the exclusion of any further argument There was no escape unless un-less she ran away She wept on her pillow that night not so much at tho thought of wedding Doppelklnn as at the fact that Prince Charming had evidently evi-dently missed the last train and was never coming to wako her up or if he did come it would be when it was too late How many times had she conjured I con-jured him up as sho rode In the fresh fairness of the mornings I How manly he was and how his voice thrilled her Her horse was suddenly to run away he was to rescue her and then demand de-mand her hand In marriage as a fitting reward Sometimes ho had black hair and eyes but more often ho was big and tall with yellow hair and tho bluest eyes In all the world I TO BE CONTINUED |