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Show r ' SYNOPSIS. Revolution d-wecriH Orodnlo The kins It killed by mob nd hli daughter. Pnnocw SaWdo mcm In the curb of a peasant An &fnd prlcat, Father Pokoff --.- mpanlej her In flu-hi The two moot n J Amrrlrjvn newipuper corrwipondeu;. Bob Hllam. who bribe puardt to permit them to cro Iho bor- !, 1er. Narouib Dvipchinaky. a bolheTlt, it aaslffned to trek and kill the prtn.T. He take piMHI tor Amrrlca no the tarne boat with the PnnceM Sabina. who Is paatlnfr a a peasant rirl. Sophia QoroT. Struck by the- rlrl a beauty. Dup.hJnjky make love-to love-to her. mueh to hrr dlslroM Chaos relirn In Grolnl. and Coufft Jan In ient by leaders of the old regime, lo find the prince that a marriage between the. two mar be arranttcd and the queen put upon her throne H meet Hallam en route home, confides hiK minion, and ak hl aid. The pnnrrsa roar-hea New York an.) gap Into hldinc Duprhlnsky annoy her. He boast to her hit miatloo. and aha finally rromlira to marry him when ho has killed tho rrlnrett " Kaatla, the boltberlst's forsaken eweeV iuart trails him to New York. Jan and NarUa both discover tho prince, cautlnr her ire-at alarm. NINTH INSTALLMENT. A COUNT REJECTED. I TlrR day Kob Hallam had known the H whereabouts of Princess Sabina. Tho X rigniflcance of Dupchinsky's activities. percolating through tho sparkling brain of I f the keen reporter hud generated a com lction that the anarchist s business could not be dissociated dis-sociated from the princess' affairs Hallam J had not forgotten, cither, the cry of the revo- j iutionlst pack In Grodnla. baying for Sablna's blood. He knew that were she In her homo land her life would' scarcely run an hour. i He was not entirely readv to hold the soviet j guilty of so atrocious a felony as deliberately I ' ' sending across an ocean to have her mur-I mur-I dered, but such a possibility was not beyond I plausible conjecture. The royalists had dis patched their man to 6cek her In furtherance ! of their purposes; why not the bolshevlkl? I He knew, long before he had narrowed tho j big circle of the city down to the house In which eho dwelt, that she was In New York. The article ho bad written, at his editor's request, re-quest, about Sabina CI Grodnla had reached i her eye. In the mall on the following day ) he had received a copy of It In an envelope posted on Manhattan Island, at a downtown 1 receiving station. The closing paragraph, In Which he had Imparted to tho world his willingness will-ingness at all times to erve tho royal exile, had been ringed In Ink. and beside it had been wi itten in a hand unmistakably feminine, cultured, cul-tured, but foreign, these words. "Thank you. There Is no nobleman eo gallant aa an American gentleman." The sentiment was a trifle extravagant, he modestly reasoned, to bo the expression of , Sabina. but the thanks could have come from jione other, because his public declaration i made, her its only beneficiary. M Mil ' 1 But the pretty notation estopped mm rrom searching for her. She know where he was, had written him. had not Invited him to discover dis-cover her. had not told him where to find her. It would have been rude, Indeed, for him to disregard tho expressed wish in her unexpressed communication. Yet ho felt 111 nt ease for her comfort, even for her safety, in the circumstances, and counseled w ith his mother, to whom ho coniideu ail his thoughts, that he ought to "locate" her and keep an ye, toward her protection, even if he could not in propriety come to her when he had found her and presume on their brief relations rela-tions during her flight to reestablish social terms. .Satisfied that Sabina would be somewhere among the Grodnlans In the city, he had thrown out his preliminary feelers in tho district where they abounded, and had early run across Dupchinsky's flaming trail, He was immediately alarmed After his cross-quizzing cross-quizzing of the bolshovist he had set himself to unmask Dupchinsky's American undertakings. under-takings. The uncouth foreigner discounted tny need for subtlety in the chaso by his hobnailed hob-nailed maneuvering Hallam a trained and perceptive senses could have heard, him in a crowd. For a day or two Bob gleaned little of value, along the path of Dupchinsky's shadow. Ho learned that several webfooted detectives, apparently part of Count Jan's crew, wero jrlued to Dupchinsky's wake, day and night, but all that tho fellow had been seen to do was within tho conventional routine of his seemingly pointless dally existence alter nate periods spent in his lodgings and at the coffee house largely. No one ever called on him at home. In the basement den ho sat, for the most, openly with tho other undesirables. unde-sirables. Not until It became time for Naroush to pay one of his periodical Melts to Sabina, the girl whom ho knew as Sophia, did Hallam get a thrill. On this occasion ho was a few paces behind Qrogan, the detective, who was a scant dozen feet behind Dupchlnsky, and the single fllo trio, guided by the air treading Dupchlneky hurrying on his soft mission, pulled up near the house which Hallam was to learn was the sanctuary of the fugltlvo royal heiress. He did not Identify her that I evening, did not see her. But next day, when he again saw Dupchlnsky lazily gurgHng bad coffee for hours In his retreat. It possessed pos-sessed him that the man must have a pronounced pro-nounced object In making the evening call, since he had departed from his regular program pro-gram to do It. In any event. Hallam wanted to know who Inhabited that house, who received re-ceived this mysterious agent of the red handed hand-ed revolutionists. So he left the object of hie scrutiny guzzling coffee while he strolled to the little residence smong the tenements, looked It over In daylight, day-light, ventured a few discreet Inquiries in tho vicinity, learned that a Grodnlan woman had the place and kept two roomers, a girl and a priest, lately landed from " the old country." Almost before ho saw her, an hour or so later, through a window from tho walk, Hallam Hal-lam knew that Princess Sabina was In that house and that Father Pokoff was with her. But hers he was truly and sorely perplexed. What could Sabina want with Dupchinsky? Had lie scoured tho world he could not have named a man v horn she should logically have boon more eager to avoid. He strained for very reconcilable theory. Was It bl- kmalP Could Dupchlnsky have ferreted out her presence and demanded money to buy hl silence on a secret that his brethren would doubtless have seized avidly? Had he learned who she was and notified his principals at home to send another of the faithful to kill her? Was this, perhaps, tho secret of his remaining on in New Tork without seemingly having anything to do? Could It be that Sabina was using him to betray his associates in some manner to further a far fetched plot aiming at tho . overthrow of the bolshevlkl and her own capture of the throne? fllsrht. tho generously straightforward message mes-sage in his signed Sunday story, had told her of his sentiments toward her. And she moro than believed she divined that his espionage espion-age upon her, now proven, was In the Interest Inter-est of her safety and well being, not repor-torlal repor-torlal work or Idle interference. As she fastened her glance upon hl3 clean cut Yankee profile, a light seemed to break through the IndlgO of her woes BOfllds her stood the young outlandcr, who, while his spirit was undoubtedly loyal to her. was not only constitutionally Inefficient, tied to an unpromising cause and pitifully unpractical, but crystallized an added peril of notnegligible proportions at the very moment Father Pokoff, hor guardian and adviser, was an old man. unaharpencd to the ways of the world by grinding against its emery abutments, palpably pal-pably not equipped for long victorious . battles against odds In trained ad- fijy vcnsarles who were ycung, armed HRilj with mighty weapons and weighty (wBft ambitions In the athletic young American, who could send home a punch with ono hand while he pointed out tho way to tho only gap Into safety with tho other, who could arrange for her unhampered un-hampered passage Into a guarded Might It be that these two had gotten together to-gether without either suspecting the identity of tho other, both being Incognito" If Dupchinsky was blackmailing Sabina, would she not escape from him at the first chance? And she surely had had many chances If Dupchlnsky had cornered her, why should he wait for some one else to do the deed of assassination 7 He had not hesitated hesi-tated to participate openly in tho killing of her roal father If she was conspiring with him to outwit the revolutionists, why did ho linger here, where he could be of little use? If neither knew tho other what crazy coincidence coinci-dence could have brought them together, and what could Induce ft girl of such extraordinary extraordi-nary refinement, with everv potent and cogent co-gent reason for avoiding strangers, to have any dealings with this transparently coarso fellow? None of his tentative theories held water. His brief rub with Dupchinsky had apprised ap-prised him that tho Grodnian was no slmplo-ton. slmplo-ton. even though at times his methods wero wanting in finesse He had scarcely had a chance to estimate the capacity of tho princess' prin-cess' brain. A fear settled In his heart that in this elusive situation, whatever its basis, thcro was ground for apprehension on behalf of Sabina For days he breathed upon the back of Dupchinsky's neck without expanding tho circle of his knowledge In such actions of Sabina and tho father as ho was ablo to glimpse meanwhile he found no further clews, either. When Nnstia crossed the horizon of events into the focus of tho myatery Hallam got no enlightenment, for he did not know the girl. Seeing her In a heated scene with Dupchln-fky, Dupchln-fky, then following him to sabina house, then coming there alone the next morning, he had food for countless new complications, complica-tions, since tho relations among the three Sabina, Dupchlnsky, and this stranger wore Inexplicable from any conclusion of deduction or even guessing. As Hallam stood across the street, observed by Sabina and Jan, racking his reason for an explanation, certain only that tho girl whom ho so strangely loved was imporiled by the circumstances, whatcvor they might be, he did not surmise that In truth .iho was tho only prominent player in the puzzlo play who really knew what it was all about. To her alone the motives of all the others wero clear Dupchlnsky did not know who she was. Nastla Knew who she was, but did not know that she was the ono whom Dupchlnsky loved, nor that Dupchlnsky had come there to kill the one who Nastla knew Sabina was. J.in knew who all tho Individuals were, but knew none of Dupchlnsky'a personal or om-clal om-clal motives, nor did he fathom the attitude of Hallam, nor did he realize Nastla's dan gerous. double sided position. Sabina knew what was In the heart of each of them, all She understood even Hallam his boyish candor during the hour of her V' m You have given your love to tome vile nonentity? ' J country and out of a madhouse, who guessed her identity when those who should have known her let hor push past them unknown, who wasn't afraid or ashamed or lacking In astuteness when he choso to pen a prlvato message In a public document, who had tho tenacity and ingenuity to find her and tho delicacy not to confront her In him Princess Sabina saw tho ally who seemed able, who she felt was willing, to battle her battles and to down her enemies. That was why she had cried " Thank God! " when Count Jan. with troubled visage, had pointed out tho man whom he took for an intruder, a hostile vulture hovering over tho little princess tribulations to peck her to death when she was already sorely beset. Jan swung his look to her. first amazed, then quizzical, then querulous. "Your highness Is pleased?" ho asked. " Distinctly delighted " " And may I ask why? " " You may not ' Jan bowed. "What is jour highness' pleasure?" he Inquired. In-quired. " That you go forthwith. " And when may I return? " Never " "But your hlghnes.s tha council of no-blllt no-blllt your throne " " I have no throne The council of nobility riay do as It chooses without any sanction, authority, or even knowledge, of mine Their cause, grateful as I am for their centering it about mo, is hopeless, sir. Take that back to the council with the compliments of Sabina, former princess of Grodnla's royal lino." " O, your highness, surely you do not realize real-ize what you aro saying. If I may be so bold, a throne kl not a trifle to bo eo lightly filliped aside. You aro the solo survivor of the direct descent." " Direct descent to what? To something which has ceased to be, which is extinct It la a hard thought for you, who still cling stubbornly stub-bornly to empty titles, to swallow, but I. who was a princess of the blood, bred to be a queen and the mother of a king, have read the handwriting indelibly Inscribed in blood upon tho wall of eternity. Royalty la dead. With royalty perishes tho minor nobility. Knit,' and queens lled only by the indulgence indul-gence of the people. Now the people have ceased to be indulgent Tho people have, far more, become tyrannical persecutors of thoo whom they had so long perhaps too long pampered and elevated above their own head with their own upraised, wearying arms. " Thrones are becoming obsolete. That one which was to have been mine has been expunged. And if my royal father could not hold It when he had It, when ho held It with the sway of power and the unflutterlng stability sta-bility of centuries of custom akin to religion If e y s toning It, little chance is there that hi lowly daughter, a fugitive and a vagrant, will recover It and rebuild It from the shattered, crumbled rubbish of Its debris. " I. whose baby plaything was a scepter, whoso Infant headdress was a coronet, whoso childish feet romped over the anointed steps of an omnipotent throne, have abandoned tho ermines which my rhoulders were to Bear, the crown which was to glisten on my brow. My God! This consequence wa.s Inevitable. Can you not understand?" Jan stood trembling. "But your lilghnO'S W nre exercising powerful propaganda In Grodnla. Tho people peo-ple are already violently dhrsatlsflcd with tho upstart regime. Wc " " You bah! You can do nothing. Yes, tho people are dissatisfied. The too radical and roughshod rule of the bolshevlkl will not long be suffered, cither. As royullsm was unnatural, un-natural, strained beyond human endurance, so Is this false phantasmagoria of hoodlum freedom untenable and doomed. " T have learned the lesson of the futuro and interpreted the will of destiny here In this blOSSOd republic which is as nearly tho consummation of communal Ideas as human ity. In Its refining process through the centuries, cen-turies, has yet been ablo to evolve. In it Is the sane and happy mean between the equally deadly extremes of less freedom than man must have and more freedom than man may exercise. "Grodnla will never again be ruled by a monarch, though you muster the armies of the world about any who might bo bold enough, presumptuous enough now to aspire to epitomize In one body tho reigning force over a nation. " Grodnla will not long continue under tho lash and heel of tho rabid nihilists, though they carry their monstrous movement to a pitch where It shall embrace and embroil the whole world "Wrong has lived and thrived many generations gener-ations too long Fools' airy visions, whllo they had power to destroy tho established systems of wrong, will burst by the pressure of their own air. "The era of readjustment, so long promulgated promul-gated by prophets, so long fought and withstood with-stood by tho Intrenched profiteers of the old s stems, so far overshot by the bloody disciples disci-ples of the new consciousness, has begun has come "The civilized universe today is Immersed In meditation and consultation toward tho working out of the new relations with rea eonable Justice toward all all nations, all classes, all colors, all conditions The large countries now know that the defenseless smaller ones cannot be denied their rights even though they cannot defend those rights. Capital no longer locks horns with labor, which demands added prlvllegea: labor no longer butchers and devastates the property proper-ty - "f capital; compromise a meeting of op-poslto op-poslto minds and an averaging of opposite Interests that Is the spirit of 1919 " The whole world stands back of this resolution reso-lution " Germany was powerful, powerful enough to destroy any other nation. It refused to believe be-lieve that a whole world would rise and combine com-bine against It. But nations not menaced threw tnelr billions and thrlr blood Into the hosts of humanity, standing solidly against tyranny, which had pushed too fax "You and your royalist brethren my good Jan. dream of fighting tho victorious bolshevlkl bolshe-vlkl of Grodnla, who already outnumber you many to one oa tho frantic gambler, having lost all but one gold coin of his fortune ut the roulette table, stakes the last on the double O, hoping to recoup In one miraculous stroke all that has been whittled from him, piece by piece. But you have not even the gambler's remote chance. It Is not enough that you rout the usurpers of our country's power to achieve what you crave. You must fight the whole world, which is arrayed against tho theory of royalty, which will not long tolerate toler-ate it where It still hangs precariously on, which will surely not countenance restoring It by cannon and diplomatic mind poisoning where it has already been eradicated, "You ma take my words back to my bo-loved, bo-loved, misguided kinsmen They are final." Count Jan stood limply attempting to collect col-lect his thoughts. He had anticipated many difficulties In his undertaking. But this had never prompted itself to rlso In the moment of his most pessimistic dejection, that the royal g'rl, sired by a kingll mob robbed of earth s superlative distinction and life' mortal mor-tal apotheosis, should renounce all claims or desires for restitution of her rights which millions, through aeons, had called divine; this abdication, this abnegation, self-imposed. In capitulation to dubious theories. " This this Is unheard of." he said faintly. " I should never have believed it." " No? A few weeks ago you would not have believed that his majesty, my father, could bo torn to death by his vassals, his palaco razed, his domain In the grip of those whom he regarded so Impersonally as soulless Insects. In-sects. This Is an age, my conservative young countlet. when one learns much which one could but lately not have understood or Imagined. Imag-ined. " Whenever a great, historical leaf Is turned, revealing verities which had lain there written and recorded, to be read when human eyes should grow to assimilate tho sight of strong, white truths, those who cannot can-not yet sco and those who will not look, ex claim, ' I should never have behoved it.' In the retrospect of after years those novel developments de-velopments In the proc ess of mankind seem logical, orderly, self -evidently proper. Twenty years from now, should history count so pusillanimous a thing as my decision as of sufficient Importance to observe ' and Princess Prin-cess Sabina declined to make a contest for the throne, none, I make bold to say will shake their heads and muKe, 1 1 should never have belleed it ' Princesses by that time will have taken on tho mythical haziness hazi-ness of Grecian gods and those other superstitions super-stitions of a past difficult to vlzuallze In tho newer light of advanced condition. "Greed was the first motive Impulse of man after self preservation. Greed fattened on larceny. Through tho ages tho pluckei have surreptitiously, sullenly, but ste lly strengthened their resistance against vreed v.t its myriad weapons of casto, woalth. organization, or-ganization, bribes, and threats. From father to son tho mulcted havo handed down the bitter trust, with poverty and Injustice to keep tho bearers of the hentugo mindful of It. It was the vastest secret order ever formed, this union of the poor of all lands, the downtrodden of all races. Justice was Its watchword. Revenge was Us battle cry, for only through revenge could It destroy In its powerful hands the vested barona of Injustice, and only through their destruction could come the nucleus of Justice. Only by assassinating my poor father God receive and rest his soul' could the people of Grodnla Grod-nla havo carved a way to their present opportunity oppor-tunity for working out their human salvation. salva-tion. He would never havo surrendered, never have admitted that the times had passed his convictions. " I have the tragic example of his fate and the advantage of having come upon this 6phero one space of existence after him to guide mo toward clearer vision I have moro past to gaze Into for knowledge than he had; I can see further into the futuro than he could now My determination was made today, to-day, here, while with you An hour ago I was pallid and distraught, tugging to discover dis-cover a solution for my many angled difficulties. difficul-ties. "The sight of Mr Hallam brought it to me with a rush of simultaneous, synchronizing synchroniz-ing elements. "There he stands, a citizen of a republic. He has liberty, opportunity, 'ho wide world under his feet, the broad seas to sail If he will, the good will of men, pcaee, happlnOSSi plenty for tho physical needs of terrestrial tenancy, spiritual solace In the consciousness that he deprives no one na ho earns what he Lakes. What moro than that Is there to live foi ? What grander estate could a queen enjoy? " No one molests him, no one despises him, no ono thirsts for his blood. His birth added to the riches of the world, his death could ben'-flt no one. All this Is so because he stands upon tho little space ho occupies, wherever he may choose that to be, by right: he need not guard It or fortify It no one grudges It to him. "There are things about my circumstances which you do not know, which you need not Jcnow It Is sufficient for mo to say that I am at the moment hemmed in among combined though disordered forces which. hhoulJ they close in but a little more tightly, will crush me to death. " My plan for dispersing these concentrating concen-trating colla la now defined, absolute and Irrevocable. Ir-revocable. "I propose, as soon as you take your de-p:u de-p:u lure, to Summon Mr. H.illam. Through him I Intend to make a public pronuncla- , mento to the world of my unqualified resigns- , tlon from any prolenslons toward the Grod , ni.in throne.' "This will automatically eradicate the necessity ne-cessity which coitaln Interests have decided. i a n te served only by my death. It will at the same time leave me fre or the first time to deal with other less Imposing but none tho less Important Impedimenta which stand between me and that which I feel is mine by right of birth tho only right of birth which I feel Justified 1n maintaining and defending the right of an Individual to Individual happiness hap-piness commensurate with Individual worth, capacity, and caliber " " T am dumfounded, your highness. I be eeCh you, since you confess that this is but tho temptation of a sudden moment, that you give it grave consideration." "Right needs no consideration. Only wrong requires mental gripping, becauso wrong requires so many artificial twists, swings open to so many selective methods of accomplishment. Right has only one way, and It Is a simple one to find " " But this Involves others " " The others, like myself, must take their places without further clinging to their poppycock pop-pycock titles and absurd superiorities. If tho royal heir can proclaim herself a commoner, I take it those who have not so far to step down to the flat o" the earth may negotiato the descent without tho breaking of bones." " But there Is more than even the restoration restora-tion of tho rights of nobility, your highness. I had not meant nt this interview to speak of this, near as It Is to my heart, but you have mado me desperate, compelled me to clutch at the last feeble straw of well nigh hopeless hope. " When T accepted thin mission which I now see I have so pitifully misdirected. It was, not alono my loyalty to the royal lino which prompted me, not alono my committed faith, In the eternal sacredness of kings which gave me courage and will to strive ' There was another emotion, a sweeter and yet deeper vibration, which led m overseas, over-seas, drew me to you. Need I name It more bluntly, your highness?" A flash of petulance which she could not repress was dismissed with an effort, and a portrait of sympathetic sincerity framed her finely chiseled features I am sorry, Jan. that you still carry In your heart that which you laid before me at home. " I am flattered that so proud and patrician a gentleman as you snouu huh narnor sucn sentiments for mo, now that I am, by my own estimato of my own status, a wearer In my own right of tho red shawl of tho masses. " I made It cruelly clear on the occasion of your other demand for my hand that while 1 admired your excellent qualities and hon ored you for vour many splendid eligibilities. I had never felt toward you that romantlo leaning which. I learn from books and fh grandmothers' tales. Is called love. I deem It now moro than ever an essential to my choice of a husband. Princesses, by custom, are expected to make matches of brilliant tac tlcal and diplomatic vantage. But a poor girl should, I feel, give herself In marrlago to ono whom she truly loves, one besldi whom she can work and fight and suffer, if she needs to, yet thrill with Joy In the wonder-throbs wonder-throbs of that ineffable heart purifying, mind compelling, body deifying Inspiration, love " Beyond such love I now have nothing to offer as a dowry to him who Is to be my husband " "To whom?" shrieked Jan "You have found some one? You have given your lov to tome vile nonentity?" "Calm yourself, my good Jan I have surrendered sur-rendered to no one It is highly problematical problemat-ical whether I over shall. I spoke merely In the potential mode. But this I already know: i r the man whose wife Sabina of Grodnla shall bo, whoever he shall bo, will have a hand of Just tho right size to hold her heart In Its hollow, will havo eyes that will read Into her Inner soul without searching, will speak to her In the words of a man which shall ring In her ears as tho music of an angel. That man to me will bo of all men tho most wonderful, won-derful, the bravest, tiio gentlest, the Tightest. Can you bo that man, Jan? Do you think that you can fill Ideals so chlmerlcally expansive"'" expan-sive"'" " I I can make you a fitting and suitable t husband. This wild talk of your marrying some low born yokel, mingling the bluest blood of Europo with the coarse sewerage In the veins of a casteleas beast from the gutters. gut-ters. Is preposterous sacrilegious." " Red blood and blue." she answered, half exalted, " is a perfect blend. The same blood flows In us all. But If mine bo blue, as you would have It. and the blue bespeaks nobility, what more magnificent than the mingling in tho future's children of tho nobility of the blue with tho courage, the honest simplicity of the red? " Then you mean to have mo understand have me accept that the royal princess of Grodnla Intends to ehuffle herself Into tlto obscurity of tho herd, marry a man of plebeian ple-beian breed, forget who she Is. dishonor the memory of her murdered father " " All but 'he last, Jan, In my resolves I shall consecrnte tho namo of my dead father. It shall b said of him that he died for what he thought was right, and that his daughter lived for what she thought was right. As j sincere as be was In giving blfl llfo for roy- J lty, and fur royaltio's traditions, so sincere ihall I bo In giving my life to democracy nd to democracy's tenets, -quaIlty charity, olerance, and the greatest of these, love." To bo continued tOrrrtrht: fjf: et Jek Llt J I |