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Show h rw $fjgJ2F''f "" ""Sty p!HiALl STORY I The I I Princess j I I Elopes J H I By HAROLD McGRATH i m I Author of fl H I "Tlio Man on tlio Uox," M H I "Hearts and Manlo," Etc. flj H ICipfrUht IWB, llobba-VtrrrlllUi) I H SYNOPSIS H Arthur WiiriltiKtnn Vtiirrlitin -nnmil' H to llnrntlu It, tolls Ikih nlmiluK (hand H Uuki- utlitnplH tn forio IiIm nilii ir n H i cm Mild) Kiinli tn mum I'llim Dnnpli M klnn. mi iilil lilrmir While rlillnit i M horsrlmrk In Hie (niintrv nl(,ht niitiil(.i H him nml ho m-i k in (iiiiiiiiihIiiIIomk In u ! 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Khn iiko x H Sohnrfeiixtiln lie llmlx a puran rlu liux H drnppeil but does not illmnicr lit r hi'" H Ity. WnrrlnKton entertains lit a public H rextaurant fur u niunher of Aimrluin H medical HtudentH Max nrrhex Inti nml H n Intcx nn Ititi nxtlng hit nf coxxlp tn thn H elTect thnt tlio prlmexx luix run nwn H from lliimi In II He utmlttliiElv nfTenilri H u niilhe olllci r nml xuhjectx hlmieir In H certain arrixt Mu Ix peixumhil In tike H mm nf the Aimiliiiu xluih nt'x nxxpirlx H uml rxiape Tin Klllld iluke iIIhimviih H tlio rxcnpo nf the inlnnxx Hhe lenex u H note xa)VnK xhe hax elnpul KfTmix hid H niailn tn ntnp the prlnnxx ill the from ir H , Hetty Moore nkx for hi I puxxpon Silo H nxkx WiirrltiKlon for mtxlxtiinii In lem- H Inir ltiirxchi It, mid Invllex him tn mil on H her In London Mn tltidx the iirlnnxx In H tlio rnllwit) inrrlJKe Hlio aiiuxix him H of follouliiK her H CHAPTERTx-ContlnuccJ. 1 "I lmwn't tlio hIIrIUphI lilfii of what H v you nm tnlUliig nliont," ho snlil, mli:!it- B tly (llKC(iiititi;i(l, "I tioor haw this M country till .Monday, and nuvpr unnt H to 8cl It iiRnln," B "From what nro on running anny H t lien ?' Bkcpt lonlly. M "I am rtmnliiK away from a man who B Kin j) pod mo In tlio faco," bitterly; and H , all Mb wrongs returned to him. H "Indeod"' dcrlHhcly. -- "Ych, I" Ho tlinifit out both his H Rrent nrniH mlrerably. "I'm a healthy H looMiiK individual, nm I not, to bo run- H nltiR nnny from nn)tliliiK?" H "lpeclnlly uftur having been n boI- H dlor in the Spanish war Why did ou tell mo that our uuiiio was Schnrfon m H "IleaM'n on earth, It Ir Schnrfon-1 Schnrfon-1 ' stein! I'm simply taking my chnnco M on nnntlier miin'A passportH " 1 "I am unconvinced." uiiKraclously. M Shn was, however. Inordinately happy; M at tlio night of thu picture of woo on B Ills face all her trurt In him returned. B Sho believed every word he pnld, but B alio wanted to know civet) thing. H "Veiy well; I boo that I must tell H you everything to get back Into our H good graces I'rnuleln von Heldcloff " H "If you over worn In my good H Oraphlcnlly ho recounted tho adven H turo at Mullcr'8. Ho was a capital BB story teller, and ho made n very good B ImpreHblon H "If It hadn't boon for tho princess' B eloping 1 should not luivo been hero," H ho concluded, "for my friend would H have had n waiter brln mo that M H "The princess' eloping'" nglinst H "Why. job It seems (lint Bhe (doped M tonight, so tho report enmo fioiu tho B H Tho girl sat tight, as thoy sn , then H suddenly she buist Into uncontro'lablu H hitightor. It was tho drollest thing sho t had ever heard Rh s.ivv tho iluku 1 tearing around tho palace, ordering thu H lioliro hither anil thltliui, Bending telo M griinib, waking his advlsets uml dr.ig- H ging them from their hods My! what H u hubbub! Sudtlenl sho grow smlous. H "Have ou thu revolver still?" M M "Toss It out of tho window; quick'. ' M H "Do na I say Thoy will naturally H search mi at tlio frontier." M Ho took out tho revolver and g.i7cd H ( regretfully at It, whllo tho girl could M not repress a fshtidder H "What n horrid-looking thing!" H "I cnrrlod it nil through tho war." B "Throw It away nml buy a now one." "Uut tho nssoclalluns!" H "Thoy will lock sou up as a danger- H ous person." Blio let down the win- H dow nml tho cold night nlr rushed In. H "(ilvo it 'o me." Ho did m. Sho Hung H It far Into tho night M "Thero, thnt Is bettor. Rome day B on will understand." M "I shall uover understand nnythlng H In this count r) What are ou run- M ulng nwn from?" H "A man with a red noso." H "A red noso? Aro thoy so frightful H hero as thnt?" H "This one H Uc wants to many M "Marry vou!" H "Yes; rnthor remarkablo that any H man should dcslro ma as u wlfo, Isn't m MfHinxiiiwTCwvMrawMMMMaapi I He Raw thnt she was Ironical. Having Hav-ing nothing to hii, he xuld nothing, but looked longlugl) ut tho vacant . Kpjco beside hei I She testi-d bet chin upon the sill of die window uml gazed at the stnis A t wild iiihIi of tho wind btdt tiron her face bringing it thousand vngue heavy perfiimex and u pleasant uuinbliig How cleveteh xhe had eluded the duke's polUe' What a hillllant Idea II had lieeu to use her private carriage kev to nic.il lulu the carriage compart-ini'til compart-ini'til long bcfoic the train was made till' It had been some trouble- to light the lamps but In doing so shn had. avoided the pnpslble dutiful guard He hid peeied In, but. seeing that tho lamps wete lighted concluded that one of his f' Mows 1 (id been the toiiuds I he police would untdl all those who enteied or left the station, but novel would thev think toseutdi n car-iiago car-iiago into whlih no one had been seen to i'ii t r nut oh, what a rtlghtfiil pio-d pio-d liuniit she w.u In' All she os-xexsrd os-xexsrd in the world v,ns a hulferowti, scarce enough for hoi lucal.fasl. Anil If she did not Mini hot goveriicsK nt once she would be loxt utterl), at.il In Diexili'ii' She choked t!,icK tho sob I Mu couldn't thev let her be" Sho didn't want to mnriv ,ui one Unit Is. Just jet She dliln t want her wings (lipped bofoie she had learned what n Hue thing It was to II. . She was MMIlr Ob' ' "What Is It?" she hiilil. tiiinlng. 'I have something of jours," an-swetoil an-swetoil Ma, fiuubllng In his pocket, giatofiil foi Home oxciiso to break tho tdlenee ' You diopped jour purse this morning I'ouiilt mo to return It to win I hadn't tho lemotest Idea how I was going (o tetiiin It In truth, I had Just made up mj mind to keep It as a souvenir." Sho lltoially snatched It from his ccteudral baud, "Mj purse! My ptirRo! And I thought It was gone foiovor!" hugging It hys- " 1 " hiiiihiimmmiihi i,munlMf miili his clothes nt the ron3iiat( Wiud left his money, ntul all ho had with hlnMvu some poeke -hange. V The girl saw his action nml rdl tho secret In tho look or dlsniaj w'nlch spiead ovor Ills fuee, "You have no money either'" sho crlod, She sepal ateil tho packet of notes Into two equal parts, "Hero!" Ho smiled wenklj, "Tnko them!" "No, n thousand limes, no! I have a wnteh, and thero's alv.nj'U n pawn-bioket pawn-bioket liitndv, oven In Kuroiie " "You offered to help mo," sho Insisted In-sisted "It Is not quite tho name." "Take a quarter of It." "No Don't you understand? I reallj couldn't " "Ouo Just on then!" hIio pleaded An Idea came to him. "Vory well, I will tnko one" And when she gn'.e It to him ho folded It reverently nml put It nwn "I understand!" sho cried. "You nro Just going to keep it; jott don't Intend to spend It nt all. Don't bo foolish'" "I shall notify my friend, when we reach Doppclklnn, thnt I nm without funds, and he will telegraph to Dres den." "Your friends vvcro very wise In sending jou nwny ns they did. Aren't j ou ulwnjs getting Into troub'o"'" "Yes. I Jut I doubt tho wisdom of ni) friends In Bonding mo away ns they did,' with n frank glnncu Into liur eyes How beautiful thoy were, now that the sparkle of mischief had left them! 3ho looked awnj'. It only Doppclklnn Doppcl-klnn wore joung like tills! Sho sighed "Can they force ono to marry in this country?" ho nsked abruptly. "When ono Is In my circumstances " Ho wanted to nsk vvhot thoso circumstances cir-cumstances wore, but whnt ho said was: "la thoro anjthlng I can do to belli jou'" "You nro cvon moro helpless than I am," softly, "if you nro caught you Pi "Permit Me to Return It to You.'" lerlcally to hor heart. Sho fovorlshly tiled to unlatch tho clasps. "You need not open It," ho said quletlj, even proudly. "I had no thought of looking Into It, oven to piovo jour Identltj." "1'ardou1 I did not think. I was so einzy to see It again." Sho laid tho put so Ix'sldo her "You seo," with an hjstoricnl cntcli In hor voice, "nil tho money I had in thu world was in thnt purse, and only heaven known what inlsroi tunes woro ubout to befall mo. There were, and nro, H thousuud crowns In tho purse." "A thousand eiowns?" "In banknotes. Thank jou, thank you! I nm bo happy!" clasping hor hands. Then, vvitlt n smllo as warm as tho Hiimiuor's sun, she added: "You may come and sit close bosldo mo. You may oven Hinoko" Max glow light headed This was ns near heaven us ho ovor expected to got. "Open jour purso nml look Into It," ho Bald. "I'm a brutu, jou nu djlng to do so." "May I?" shjly. Thou it came Into Max's mind with nil tho billllancy of a dynamo spntk, that this was tho ono girl In nil tho vvurld, tho Ideal ho hud been searching for; n'ul ho wnnted to full at her feet nml tell her so 'Look'" sho cried gleofully, holding up the packet of bank notos. "I wUh," ho said boyishly, "that jou ' didn't have any money nt all, so I could help ou and feel thnt jou dopendud upon me " She smiled. How a woman loves this siiuplo kind ot llattoiyl It tolls j hor bettor what sho may wish to know 1 than it thoiiMiud hjmns sung In praise of her bcaut) Uut oven as ho spoko a chill ot horror hor-ror went over Mnx. Ho put his hand hurriedly Into his vest pocket. Pool I Ana! How llko a man! In cliaualng will bo Imprisoned. I shall only suffer n temporary loss of liberty; my room will bo my dungeon keep" How big and handsome and strong ho looked! Whnt u terrible thing It was to bo born In piuplo' "Tell mo nbout yourself." His hniid st ajed absently townrd his upper vest pockot and then foil to his side. Ho licked his lips. "Smoke1" sho commanded Intuitively. Intuitive-ly. "I said that jou might." "1 can talk better when I smoko," ho advanced lather lamely. "May I, their" gratefully. 'I command It'" Wasn't It lino to bo ordered nbout In this fashion? If only tho train might go on and on nml on, thousands ot miles! Ho applied u match to tho cud of his cigar and leaned back against tho cushion. "Whoro shall I begin'" "At tho beginning I'm not ono ot thoso novel readers who open n book ul inudom. 1 do nut nppreclato effects till I havo found out tho causes. I want to know over) thing about you, for you Interest mo " Ho began. Ho told hor that ho vvus a Ciunnan by birth and blood Ho had been born either In Oorninny or In Austria, ho did not know which. Ho had been found In Tyrol, in a rullwny station. A gu ird had llrst picked him up, then a kind heat ted man named Sehnrfensteln hnd token him in cliargo, advertised for ills parents and, hearing nothing, had taken him to Amorlca with him. "If they catch you," sho Interrupted, "do not uudor any consideration lot thorn know that )ou weio not born In tho United States Your frlond, tho American consul, could do nothing for jou then." (TO HIS CONTINUED.) |
