| Show Es SERIA e t seo li L S TORY t the P of elope by HAROLD mcgrath author tf of the th mr men on the he box an nd 1 I masks ex etc copyright dobbs bobbt bir barrill rill to SYNOPSIS A arthur rt hur warrington am I 1 loan 4 ansul 0 I 1 Harsi arst hilt fit tells how reigning giand dulie duhe attempts to forte force hit his acice prill icess cear I 1 ildea ir to marry pi ince 1 dippon ap kinn an 1 ol 01 I I 1 widower nv lower war ington pp d docs ie not know tie pil P pin I 1 by biglia 1 1 L while elding coimo bak in n tile the yn country u j j t r y it allt 1 takes lit him n I 1 an 1 lie met beli I 1 ac abin n 0 9 in g dilapidated castle hera h lia ervant fina in it two women ant an I 1 an old man st arvant ono one woman Is in Prin teits hahie gaide and the other it a friend lion betty moore of I 1 angland akland they deain him to lines a mock marriage between tile princess and a army lone tie for the purpose stI of foiling the brantl ranu dike Stein lock ock attempts to kiss tie princess and she to a rescind td hy by warrington disappears disa pars fir good max an oil anitori lan an arl end of agton s R reat lies to ehe I 1 t arvington NV te tetla Is him of the he prin c cess ess shows warrington a locket with a it ture of a woman in side it mas on ills nek ahon w lien lit in as a bo boy y we wan picked up and adopted by rila his fanter r far falar I 1 I 1 r whose name lie he v was as given he beli it to be a latture of his the grand duke announces to ih ilia princ princess esq that she alie Is to marry coppla kinn tho the toi lowing week eek during a mot a ings rile she lie pla plans no to Pc ap she meet maeta lie ile finds a 11 purse she ahe has haa droppel dropp cl but does not dac discover her iden idan ity ina warrington warring ari agton ton entertains at a public restaurant 11 t for a number of Ameil can md al I 1 students max arrives late lata and nn an interesting bit of gossip to tie ibert efat t tl at tho the lia has run away froni from Bar barthelt shelt lie he unwittingly offends n U native officer 0 an aal I 1 su ejects himself to certain arrest max li 19 persuaded to take one ona of the american students s passports pis sports and escape the grand duke discovers the scapa of the she elie leaves a note saying bl PIP lias has elope CHAPTER VIII continued the valet hurt led to the dresser and returned with wilh the dukes duke s state eyeglasses these thesa the duke perched de upon the end of his noble nose ile he opened the letter and read its contents the valet watching him slyly saw him grow pale then red and finally purple wrath has its rainbow ilia his hands shook the glasses slipped from his palpitating tating nose and I 1 grieve to relate that his serene highness swore something marvelous marve loua to hear bear damnation he said or some such buch word ord the little fool I 1 I 1 then sud lenly remember ilg his dignity and the phrase that no man is a hero to his bis valet lie pointed to his glasses at the same time returning the letter to its envelope this letter which had caused this momentary perturbation call the minister of police you will find him in the smoking groom room off the con atory make all haste the valet flow flew out of the door while the auke began pacing up and down the room and growling and balling his fists and jingling his bis shin ing medal i 3 ile he kicked over an inot hassock bassock and his fan fa or oil ite te hound and I 1 dont know how many long wind ed german oaths he let go it its s a hard language to swear in especially when villen a mans man a under high pressure tile the silly billy little fool and on a night like 1118 this curse it ahn I 1 what comes of mixing spanish blood with biti Goi gentian naan of oe letting her aunts wishes overrule mine in the matter of education but she shall be brought back bach even if 1 I 1 haie to ask the assist ance of e eveia sovereign in icove tills this Is the end and I 1 had planned such a pleasant evening at cards the duke was not wholly unselfish in less than ten minutes time the balet returned with the min titer of police the duke immediately its dla missed the valet your serene highness sent for me asked the minister shaking in ills his hoots boots hod had been four ministers of police in deais yes read head this the minister took the letter 11 he e lead it with bulging eyes good beav ens it must be ono one of hel hei highness jokes I 1 it will be a sorry joke for you it she ciossek ci oases any of the frontiers dut but nut but roared the duke don dont t you dare bring up that word woid Bc scandal andall seek her turn everybody out the aim the police everybody A lien hen ou on locate liei bei telegraph and have a special engine awaiting roe me at the sta eta tion and if on play a pool pooi game of cards to tonight III take away your put t folio remember if she labda the he frontier off goes our official head I 1 and the fellow who aho la Is he the good lord only knows that girl I 1 witness these gray hairs rut the rascal in irons irona III attend to ills his case when villen I 1 arrive where is lie ho was arrested this morning in berlin I 1 have already applied tor for his extradition good I 1 now be off with you I 1 leave no stone unturned the expense la Is nothing I 1 will gladly pay it out of my private purse I 1 III if flud find her said the tha minister grimly ills his portfolio hung la in the hal bat alia 1 A 11 A 1 a 3 ank alc struck hla his landd Lo together gether jubilantly what Is ita if abken the AL A clew I 1 nothing nothing be gone you are wasting time the i of police dashed out ot of th tie room loom as if pursued by a thousand devils lie he knew tho dulces dukes mood it was not oue one to cross ot 01 fril in kate tate no sooner was as lie he gone than tile hie duke left ills his apartments arid and sought those of his niece it maht IB be a joke it 11 would do no harm to ind out posit lel nut but the beautiful suite was empty even tier her highness mald maid N waa as lie he then knocked on oil the door m hit it led into bett is boidoli not wry nta nt 1 either opell I 1 lie he bellowed bel loed who ho la Is it if demanded d ernan bied a maids frightened voice the duket duke open instantly it is quite sid anothy r voice from within it waa as calm and flim it 1 I am diersing dieb sing I 1 mut see sou this instant open or I 1 shall force foice the door I 1 is s our serene highness mad all 3 ou open this duct booi you command if A hundred times yes since you command it the voice i was no longer calm calin it vas ivas and angry the wait seemed art an hour to his se jene highness serene no longer langei at length the bolt blips ed and the irate hike duke shouldered his nay in the tab ab leau which met ills gae embarrassed him for a space lie he w wais as even as ashamed hamedl the hetty stood behind a laich tail hacked icken chair oil an opera cloak thrown hastily ovir tier her bare shoulders I 1 her fer hair was wa partly down to n A beautiful won woman an in a rage Is a fascinating sight the duke stated at tier her nill 3 bour our highness explain this ex 41 N I 1 W fill 5 the duke stared at HT her irresolutely traci binary intrusion she bhe demanded you have literally Ite rally forced our way into my room while I 1 am di casing diersing it is utterly outside my understanding I 1 am old enough to be your father I 1 that Is the weakest mea liest excuse iou ou could give me at youl age ono one a blood ought to be cooled to a certain diacre tion at ml fataei it lie he had bad had bad any thing important to wy say would have remained on oil the other side of the door I 1 am not inot deaf your explanation la Is in order the duke had never been tallied talked to 0 o so plainly in all his life for a while he was without voice but had bad glenly of colo it Is easily explained ie e finalli bawled out to her ller her high ness lias eloped I 1 the girl stared at him with falde ide ebes eloped she breathed faintly yes yea eloped betty wondered it if she heard aright or it the duke were out of hla mind and then she recollected her converse conversa tion with the pilm ess her mouth opened as it if to speak but instead she closed hei lips that wilful girl whatever would become of her berl give this letter to your mistress I 1 said eald the duke to the mald maid 1 I will sta tion ion myself tn in the window while she leada eads I 1 it ile he strode over to the window and drew the curtains cm bains about him below the night crowds were viander wandering till about the streets the band was waa play ing in the garten carriages were rolling roiling to and from the opera the fountain in the center of the square sparkled merrily in the glare of the ac a c lights but the duke saw none of these things rather he saw the tole tele gi fling to the four ends ot the globe telling the peoples that he be the grand duke of bauschelt Bar Par had beer outwitted by a girl that the princess hildegarde degarde Hll 1111 had eloped with a mar mai who was not the chosen one in other words he saw himself laughed at from one end of 0 the continent to the other t there Is something very tunny funny tn in domestic troubles when they occur in aniber mans fam family llyl 1 no the duke saw not the N auty of the night instead of stars he be saw asterisks that abominable astronomy of the lampoonists ile he had never doubt ed the te girl a 0 courage but to elope I 1 and who the devil had eloped alth ith her he knew th girl H x natural tride pride hoever the fellow fello v might he could be no Is less a than a hut but who aho who your palled called a quiet 1 I ight say auy deceptive noice I 1 llie he d duke uke catu cania 0 for foith th I 1 our high rieba hilll vi ili 10 lo do tire ine the lie honor bonor to 0 o make inake out nut my passport to to tonight night I 1 ashe to leave the palace immediate IN h the affront ou aae liae put upon tile ine nen en under hie file la is chol IN v noti lion imply that I 1 havo have had something to 10 to lo with nith her highness art act you yon will ai excuse tile ine to her serene highness whom I 1 love and i aspect my aly dignity demands that I 1 leave at once A but onia a nicker hicker ot of ad inflation lighted the dukes ees cies was A as a plucky U little atle baggage I 1 vill nill assie out om pub sports upon one condition besold he slid and that condition conditions 1 pi oudia tell me md everything here has hag oro guile eone and with hoium I 1 know absolute nothing t allence ce the duke gnawed his mus the tache en while his oes ets in vain to beat down doan tier libia a thank 3 aiom oil I 1 believe you then giving way to his wi ath I 1 you rn ang 9 lish people aon ii ate aie all the samel same you never under understand stand I 1 have brought up tip this girl and still sui rounded surrounded her with w ith every luxury against my will nill a and aid id reason reagon I 1 have let her become educated in top for eign lands I 1 have given tier her the utmost ti tiec dom this is how bow I 1 am I 1 I 1 i kou 0 forgot one important thing out om hight highness less what haught haughtily fly affection you have neier neer given hn that fhe duke felt himself beaten into silence and this did not add to hla his still ability your passports ras sports shall be made out immediately but I 1 beg of you to reconsider your determination and arad to remain here as long as you please for the sake of appearances I 1 desire our pie at the dinner table 1 I shall leave as soon as the dinner is avei this girl B s mind seemed ira movable the duke shrugged there was no use in beating against this wall wal 1 41 1 I nish you know knew whither she ehe has gone frankly Fian kly it if I 1 knew new I should not tell bour our highness my father taught me nener neer to betray a confidence As you will I 1 beg your pardon for tho the abruptness ot of my entrance he be said choking iowa down hla his wrath lie he could not allow himself to bo be outdone in the matter of coolness by this chit of an english girl I 1 grant it you the duke then or I 1 should say retreated ted ile he wandered aimlessly about the palace waiting for or news and making wretched all choie with whom lie he came in contact the duchess was not feeling well ell a wrangle with her ber was out of question besides he would make himself hoarse so be he waited and waited and reread the princess letter at dinner he bo ate nothing his replies were curt and surly the lion ilon or 01 able betty also ate nothing she sat wondering it if her mald maid could pack live alvo trunks in two hours I 1 had quite a time of it myself that night As I 1 predicted I 1 received rec elied a visit from the police in regard to mr Scharf scharfenstein enstein I 1 the matter the best beat I 1 knew how bow and confessed that he had bad birri hurriedly edly left the city tor for parts unknown I 1 did not con consider it absolutely essential that I 1 should declare that I 1 had seen him enter a rail way carriage for dresden besides this abla I 1 had bad to stand sponsor for foe the tha other boys boya and explain at length that they were la in no wise concerned with mr Scharf scharfenstein enstein a 8 great offense the police were courteous and deferential admitting that max was the he culprit lie ile had drawn a revolved vei in a public restaurant he had broken a grave law the tor wrote a dozen telegrams and dispatched therra them from the con I 1 had at his bis request offered him the blanks blacks 10 ra IO I O BE |
