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Show THE CITIZEN NEW BOOKS (Continued from Page 9.) The lovers had gone on an excursion to Flesole. It was a beautiful spring day and they sat on the steps of the old church of Flesole, looking at the splendid landscape stretched out before their eyes, with the spires of the many churches and domes of Florence glistening In the sun In the distance. A little mongrel dog came crawling towards the Princess Ceclle, evidently attracted by her winning countenance and manners. She bent down to caress It, when the prince, furious at seeing her touch the dirty animal, gave him a kick which sent him reeling ten or twelve pases off, whining pitifully. "How could you? How could you do such a brutal thing?" exclaimed Ceclle. "What has the poor little beast done to you? She ran and caught the dog up In her arms and began to pet and console It as best she could. "Drop the mongrel. Drop him Instantly, called the Crown Prince. "I wont have you touch every filthy animal that comes up to you. Drop him I tell you! And he was about to snatch the dog from the princess' arms, when the animal evi- dently feeling himself protected, snarled furiously at his aggressor. "I shall do nothing of the kind, said Ceclle, "and, what Is more, I am going to buy him. If I can find his owner, and to take him home with me. "I will never allow you to do so, cried the prince, white with rage. "You have not the right to forbid me anything yet, replied his fiancee, furious in her turn. And she walked away, leaving him standing on the steps of the old church, with the dog still nestling in her arms. The kaiser grew fond of her, more so than of any other member of his family, and on more than one occasion he took her part against the crown prince. Cecile had a better mind than the empress and was more competent than she to discuss affairs of state with her father-in-law- : She was witty also, had a keen sense of humor, and knew how to amuse the emperor and to bring a smile to his lips when others failed to do so. But whilst she succeeded In winning the heart of William II, she also discovered that the fact of her having done so exasperated the Crown Prince, who. Instead of rejoicing that his consort had so quickly made herself at home in her new family and had contrived to do away with the which the Kaiser had entertained in regard to her, became jealous of her, and reproached her with Intriguing against him. He had wearied of her almost Immediately after their marriage, and his sneaky, underhand character had seen a danger to himself In the popularity which the Princess Cecile was acquiring pre-udic- es so rapidly. The estrangement grew rapidly, and, moreover, Cecile found that she was unpopular at the court. She bought her dresses in Paris, and among them a gown that had an unmistakable slit, and she wore it at a state ball: But what got Ceclle Into serious trouble was her entire recklessness In regard to money matters. Though she had ample means of her own, her grandfather, the old Grand Duke Michael of Russia, having liberally added to her dowry out of his private fortune because of his delight at her marriage, she never reckoned what she spent, and her different dressmakers' and milliners' bills were always growing and growing, so that at last even these long suffering Individuals be gan to get restless, and threatened their Imperial customer. Once a complaint was sent to the Kaiser, with the result that he flew. Into a passion and severely repnevertherimanded his daughter-in-laless he paid the outstanding account, but with the remark that it would be the ,. last time and that If the princess got into trouble again she could get out of it herself. Ceclle did get into trouble again, but this time It was to her mother she appealed, and Anastasia Mlchaylowna had to pay up, so as to prevent any more disagreeable consequences. 15 AMERICA! w; More Than a Theatre A Salt Lake Institution SUNDAY AND MONDAY . She Was Signed Sealed and Sold FOR A MILLION CORINNE GRIFFITH and MAURICE COSTELLO And now the author brings her mysterious American once more on the scene. Cecile went on a trip to Egypt, and one night Bhe slipped out of her room and made her way alone to the Sphinx. She was so absorbed that she did not notice a man who was coming rapidly toward her: "Princess, Is it you? What a surprise! I never thought I would find you here. And Cecile recognized the young American who had warned her so seriously against marrying the Crown Prince, at Cannes, so many years before. "You! she exclaimed In her turn. "How do you come to be here? If you only knew how often I have thought about you, all through these years! "Have you? he exclaimed, "have you really thought about me? I had believed myself forgotten, and yet God knows how often I have thought of you. He stopped. He could not trust himself to say anything more. She was here before him, the creature of, his dreams, more lovely, more beautiful, more charming than ever. And yet, and yet . . . Cecil stretched out her hands toward him, and made him sit down on the sand beside her. "I am so glad to meet you again. I have so often wished I could see you, and tell you how right you were In all that you said to me then, at Cannes. Oh, if I had but listened to you! "You are unhappy, he murmured. "Yes, she frankly replied, "more unhappy than you can think or Imagine. And I am so lonely, so entirely lonely. Later on we find Cecile visiting her mother at Cannes. She was now so unhappy that she formed the resolution not to return to Berlin, but her mother dissuaded her from this course and offered to escort her back to the capital, a project vetoed by the emperor, who detested Anastasia. And then Cecile received a letter from her American admirer: One morning1 the Crown Princess found in her mall a letter, the envelope of which was typewritten. She opened it with a certain curiosity, wondering who could be writing to her in that way, type-ritte- n communications not being consid- ered proper to send to royalty, according to the etiquette prevailing at European courts. She found within this envelope a small sheet of paper on which were the following words, also carefully typed: "In your own Interest, I urge you to return to Berlin. You would commit an Irreparable mistake if you delayed doing so. In remembrance of the Sphinx, I entreat you to follow my advice. That was all. There was no signature, and the post stamp on the letter only showed that it had been sent from Paris. Otherwise there was no clue as to the Identity of its writer, but Ceclle knew at once who he was, and, after having shed many a tear, she told her mother at last that she was ready to obey her, and to go back to her dreary German palace. She did not add that the mysterious letter that had reached her so unexpectedly had been sown into a little silk bag; which Ceclle hung around her neck, attached to a gold chain which she was never to take off until her husband, In umm COLLATERAL In which a beautiful girl is given as human bond for a debt The man she loved seemed willing to buy her with dollars i HER PRIDE WAS HURT A Thrilling HE COULDNT EXPLAIN Drama Full of Action and Suspense PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA COMEDY, ALL LIT UP PATHE REVIEW I5llIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIHIIIIIII1llllinilllUllllllll1IMIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllll!llllMlllllllllllllllilIIIIIllliIIIIll ? 5 1 1 S Thomas Insurance & Investment Company I s I Insurance Of All Kinds m 1 B 3 s ? Telephone Wasatch 3164 Boyd Park Bldg., Salt Lake City iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiriiiiiiiriiiiiMiiiiiiiiii'iiinaiirii''i'tiiiiiiinnMiiiiiiiiiiiiriiiiiii!iiiii:iiiiiiiitiiiiiiii.. 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