Show L i l b. b THER I i I Continued Moreover ho he was wa still stU too lant last over his play to feel depressed for long over anything the warm and constantly constanty manifested enthusiasm asin of his hiS friends had kept his is am natural spirits spiris from suffering any his reaction Their demand for companionship was almost peremptory peremPtory tor tory and his thoughts turned to them as ho stood on his balcony looking down on the tho the waning throngs the tho great stone stono buildings were humming like Uke hives and figures figures fig fig- ures uros were passing busily to and fro behind the tho open windows It I as astonished astonished astonished as- as him a little otte True Tre it was his first play and he was very very- popular pop pop- ular But he had a ver uney uneasy Idea they were wro overdoing It f. f They talked of nothing else lse his play his brilliant future his suro in the tho crack regiment it lf I h he hung on and they ho must also express himself himsel at least once through the medium of the novel novel The great New York novel had pad yet yetto yetto yetto to be geat written They fairly fairly- dinned his gifts into his hla ears ers until he ho was yas I almost sick of them arid and wondered wondered won won- dered tIered If it Mary were not also I She had seen a good deal of the Sophisticates lately and from wh what she had let drop he Inferred that even when he ho had not been present present pres pres- ent they had talked of little else They had by no means waited for his play ilay to be finished and read to toa toa a Q select few Hogarth and Scores had assured them them long before it was finished that that that-It It would be bo a great play Once or twice there thero was a rustling rs- rs rus ius in the tho back of ot his mind They were not given to wild wid enthusiasms of this sort They thought too highly highly highly high high- ly of themselves He lie realized how genuinely fond they hey were of or him but he had not hoped for more than critical appreciation from the men at least least Could it be possible But he was still sti In the first flush of his triumph his brain hummed wih with pleasant memories of or those hours at Gora Dwight's three nights ago He lie had cleared tho the base of the pedestal on whose narrOw narrow nar liar row and top ho he was soon o 0 have his foothold and it was not in human nature at his stage of or his hla progress to suspect the sincerity of or the tho adulation so generously poured at his feet And Mary during this past fortnight fortnight fortnight fort fort- night when he had been present at least had seemed to bask bak contentedly contentedly contentedly con con- in reflected glory and smiled while they talked of the many Clavering ring first nights they would attend in the sure anticipation of that class cas of entertainment up to which the LittIe Lit Lit- Little Lite Li- Li tIe tle te theatres and the Theatre Guild Guld were striving to educate the public They took It as a matter of course that he was waa wa to abide In the stimulating stimulating lating atmosphere of New York for forthe forthe forthe the rest of his days And they In Invariably Invariably invariably In- In variably insisted that Madame Maame must always sit in a stage box and be a part of or tho the en en- They were veU well bre bred l and too astute to to- hint at atthe the the engagement they were positive existed but hoped she would be willing to add to the prestige of one who was now as much her friend as theirs It I was waa a curious position in which to place a woman like lee Mary Iary but bur Sophisticate New NewYork NewYork NewYork York was not Diplomatic Europe and he thought he ho saw her smile smie deepen Into humor once or twice no doubt she was wa reflecting that she had ha lived long enough to take people as she found them His reverie was interrupted by a buzzing at the end of or his hall hal and he went to the door quickly wondering wondering wondering won won- dering who could have sent him a special delivery delvery letter leter or a note at this hour It I proved o to be a cable cable- gram He read it i When he lie returned to his living room It I was dated Rome Italy IalY and read Ill Il have you OU yet Janet Janet Clavering swore then laughed He the message into strips and sat down to read his newspapers pets pers he had merely glanced at the I headlines and and his column His eye ere was waa arrested by the picture o oman of ot d a man at the top of the first frs page or of oj his own newspaper Although smooth shaven and very Ve regular oJ ot of feature with no pronounced meta racia characteristics It was nevertheless less a foreign face tace aim cult to place From Its distinction It might bo be Austrian but tout the tho name name nanu below Prince er might as easily ally be German still it I was was not a German facA fO and Clavering studied it I for tor a moment before reading the news text wondering faintly at his interest IntErest It was unmistakably tho the face gi gia ofa ot of ota wa I a a statesman and reminded him little of a picture of ot Prince prime minister when Franz Fran Josef Joset ascended tho the throne he d seen lately In a history of ot Austria There was wa the tho same samo broad placidity of ot brow tho the long oval face fae th the thin long slightly curved cured nose th the heavy lids the slim erectness th tiE same suave repose But this man mans man's large arge beautifully cut mouth wal walmore was more firmly set set had a a faintly satine s sa- sa P tine expression and tho the eyes a powerful and penetrating gaze li lt t was tho the face race of a n man who wasI was ws complete completo master master of or himself and a to 10 the te mastery of men SJ Clavering read the story stor under unde the headlines Prince Arrives In New York Goes at Once to Washington Prince a distinguished distin- distin political factor factor under the ithe th old oid Austrian empire empire arrived yes ye cs morning on the tho Ho refused to be interviewed b bu buIt t It Is understood he has a large larg of or money Invested in th the United States and has haa come ti to New York at the request of or h hi hJ s lawyers to attend to certain necessary sary formalities He was fn n f fa t met at Quarantine by Judge Trent one of or the most distinguished mem members members bers of the New ew York bar since I KT s retirement from the bench ah and they went vent at once to the prince princ i stateroom and remained there un until until til tn it was time to o leave leavo the ship 51 Il Ilis Is significant however that tK th prince after engaging a suite the Ritz Carlton Riz and lunching there with wih Judge Trent took th thi the afternoon train for Washington As he recently left lef his estate Ii Switzerland to return TO o Vienna and accept a a. position in the tue te cabin t j and as aa it is well wel known that tat A Au Autria Aus stra s- s tria tra desires the backing of or th tte American government to 10 enable he her herto h heto r to overcome the opposition 2 jj r Fance France to her alliance alance with wih Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many or it I Is whispered whisper d I a kingdom farther south It is not no unreasonable unreasonable un un- reasonable to Infer that he ho has ha com conic cre creto to the United States on a a. a spec special i if secret secret mission The Te prince was wa the tho to subject o ot ci lively interest on the ie boat ad ando and o much speculation but he took hi his meals In his hla suite suie and th the deck only in the company of ot hi his his' secretary I He is a man of ot striking appearance appear appear- ap appearance ance quite quie six si feet in height rith wih ritha a spare erect figure figr fine features and hardly looks look his hla sixty years year in spite of his white hair hi v Then followed a brief bief biography which illustrated tho efficiency ol of o othe the newspaper morgue morge for tor thi th statesman's reputation was so BO f fal fai r wholly European A Prince Moritz Moriz Franz Ernst Est Fell Feix FelI von was waa wa born bor October 6 1862 on his ancestral estate In li what was then known as as GaU Galici la i His mother was a a princess of thi 1 house of Schwarzenberg He Ho h ha has been the head of his hla own historic house for the last forty years a an and d dhas has One ne son and two daughter His Hs wife wie a member of ot the Kalnok 1 family died tiled several years ago ago age was one of or those almost 11 aT al- most unbelievably vast estates estates estates' o sixteen million acres possessed possessed b by bya b a few of the Austrian noblemen un under under der del the old regime In spite spie of ot tn me fact that Prince waS wai t ono of or the greatest landlords In al all l Christendom h he was a politics from the first and the au author thor of several of the reform refon lawsIn laws v lawsIn In behalf behal of the people which fi from fron time to time timo were forced upon the thi most conservative monarch in Eu E rope He lie was in sympathy the revolution and offered his s se services ser ser- vices at once to the new government govern govern- ment They were declined am and he retired to Switzerland where when he lle has an estate near St. St Moritz Moriz and it is understood considerable money invested His vast estates in what is now Poland were conn but he was one of or the tIe th wealthiest men in the empire ad adIs andis and andis is Is' said to have transferred IS i im mense sums to the United States before the war a Clavering dropped the per Liberal in politics Immense sums suma Invested in tho the United States Judge Trent There could be ben n possible doubt as aa to who the man roan was The floor foor see seemed mea unsteady Y for for for-a a moment Continued tomorrow |