| Show LONG LIVE THE E KING S Roberts by mary minehart 0 il copyright 1917 by the ridgway company ALL RIGHTS RESERVED copyright 1917 by mary roberts rinehart CHAPTER XV CAt continued mad 14 it will not b he easy going for otto eald aid the he king at the end of the short interview I 1 should like to feel that lis hla interests will be looked after not of only here but by you and ad yours your we he have a certain C indent element here that le troublesome and harl burl with hadwig I 1 in his abts mind led had ad promised his I interests tast bell be ad mine ade e air ar be had said he had bad bent over the bed then hen and raised A ased the thin hard hand to hla his lips the lot interview was as over in the anteroom the kings muster ot of the horse the ell chamberlain lo and add a sew few other gentlemen A stood waiting talking toli together ether I 1 in low tones tone but I 1 the a chancellor ali who led had gone ID with fib earl and ad then than re elres tried stood by a window with hs is arms folded over his I 1 chet chest and ad waited ile he put resolutely out of at his mind the fee face of the dying man on his abts pillows pillow ami and thought only of this thing which I 1 he C Mett lich had brought about there was no yielding 1 in his face or in his heart no doubt of his course R he saw instead of the lovers 11 loitering oft ering ing in the place a new and ad grant greater king ing doro doin anarchy nor Y held down low by an iron asu b shod had heel best peace and the fruits fruit there of until i out of ery cry prosperity the people gr grew t R f fat and ad content amend Us he saw A a boy kill king carefully taught desp growing into be his responsibilities until big with the vision of the cand country rv s welfare he should finally abend ascend the throne he be saw the river filled with ships ship carrying merchandise over 11 the w world till and returning with the ath wealth of the world great buildings building too carld ili lifted t ad th their ef head beada a 0 on A his horizon a dream decide city it with race order for disorder and citizens instead of inhabitants when n at last he be stirred and sig big sighed ed wh it was a because his old friend 1 in his bed in the next tom room would see noth notch hudz ing ot of all this and ad that tha i I 1 he himself mald not cut hope for far in more w than the beginning gh mg before his time CS came also tile first I large ac at r for months we was g eivin t that be night bight at the pulses palace id to do king eling karl kari all possible honor the sold gold bervice ice which bleb had bad bes been pro presented led JA to the king hg h g by v the true czar of russia was ras wed used the anticipatory glou globa I 1 of the en court A was laid aside and jc jewels als lit brought go 9 h IRS 1 from vaults aits nits R were ere war worn tor far th the first tat time t in months U uniforms uniform of arlois ima sorts but at all gorgeous touched one floe aad ad came ancy Y bed bear ing white pody pod y tell traces ol og the meet set ing the ce at ithe the summer bummer palace had bad been sacked tor for flowers chimers and plants th the C corridor idor from the great ealon to the dining hall ball MARY always a dreary p passage mong had bad suddenly become a S fairy balry path of if early spring bloom aled AD 2 hung now with cup ropes of poor pearls her all hair dressed high for a it ot of di diamonds oad s her cameos co exchanged for far PC pearls r I 1 s looked roial proving ly that dollar clutter as to these I 1 is entirely a matter of 0 lalue miss mis braithwaite R who an had begun recently to think a palace the dreariest drea riest place in the world borla and the most c corn a compi mon place te found the preparations ahm rather exciting tug beld being she bhe de deadly ay I loved id d the meto crary rod and bagged hat bar shoulders at any family which took oil H less lesa than a pae jobe in tile the deluge she resented deeply tile the in tru iou or the commoner into british politics and considered lloid lloa gem leois e ble and an interloper that evening she took the crown prime to see bee the preparations fur for the fe festivities the flowers appealed to him and he asked for and secured a to rose mabob he held raully rl ully but BIT the sma magnificence of the table only faintly built impressed eased line him unit and abe hea ile he heard beard that bilky mould would not be present be lost interest entirely will they w wheel b j my grandfather in in a a chair f be inquired 11 he 1 Is too ill iff miss eaid he hd II 11 be rather lonely when to re all at the party you don t suppose I 1 CD could lit go and git it with him do youa you it will be long after your bed tj time bedtime being the one rule which was never under and circumstances brol broke ii he did a not it lo 10 how have insisted A might lit have base mount at it five marks mark off 1 in mag braith lite ate S book and his hia lee ord ras bas very cry good that week much together 1 alth the C elderly I 1 dery englich woman old and the boy went buck back to the abool room the countess countes L lolk who bad ireland dressed with a heavy built van me easily costly the most beautiful of the maull women that C might A little court paid tribute to I 1 gilr beauty and bom boned ad the dl defor and fluttered fettered the more mor as a she prody openly and ad a flouted died thaul she mutha once a flicker dicker ot of admiration in LAOS fees and add although tier h head bead went his hilch b her bar heart hear beat stormily under it hidalg was like a flower that required the eun ann only her on BUB ras aa happiness sho was waa in soft white chiff cha rouls oua her ber halt suit and fk sajihe like girl gill I 1 sh lh and A unpretentious ap teat lu 11 mother coming into to her d dressing dbrig brig loom had eyed cyd her with diet disfavor vor van tu took k iam uk a schoolgirl she he bald and ad had bad bent at top for rouge range and ad with her own one royal bands applied it bcd wig stood allent and allowed ile bor to geoe her ber any uy without protest had wood to ton to 10 a diamond pin in her halt hair and a string of her but mother pea pearls als there said eald A annunciata A ban clate standing off and ad surveying alg her bar you look less like a baby she did indeed hol dilt 1 it took heddi quite otto live five minutes to wash rush the rouge mass a off ir her face and there was one might S aa well confess fee a S moment sat when rho a part parl of the crown a J jewels 1 of the kingdom toy lay in a corner comer of the room mom whence Str a trembling embling 1 road maid salvaged them and erma examined ined t them hem for damage the bu P princess ine i hedweg appeared that ze e evening ting without rouge and was the there said annunciate annunciata you look less like a baby only IY woman in the room thus thua uno ano adorned d road also asbe wore her coming coining out string silica ol of modest pearls and add a slightly defiant some somewhat Ahat frightened express to on the dinner was en endless diess which was necessary since nothing was to follow but C conversation there could under th the a clemmo circumstances stances he be on no dancing and the tale tala it at we toe table through course after course was somewhat hectic two even under the constraining presence of king I 1 larl I 1 there were two rell reasons a for or this karl burls a presence and his hia pur loes lo poe es as yet unannounced A lit but sur im wised and ad ere even kw known and d the bit in la ae the city athe ahat was bad the papers had been ordered t to I 1 make no mention of the occurrence currence ic of the afternoon but it was well aboon there were many at the ible who felt the whole rhode attempt fool lardy hardy the setting of a mate match h to inflammable lam mable material T there her R were ere am e TS to who rs resented doted carls presence in livonia lavonia Lt vonia and ad all 11 that it implied and perhaps there were too among the guests one or wore more who bad but re centle sat in less august and more awful company compan beneath all the brilliance and chatter the and gayety gaiety there we was then uneasiness wretchedness bod and leea cien treachery and outside the pat find are held back by the guards there still stood food a part pact if ft the ullen sullen crowd which aided had bad watched matched the arrival of the carriages and automobiles had traded craned lot forward sri to C catch id a glimpse a of 0 mill uniform do or brilliant brilliantly shrouded all ailed figure entering the palace and muttered as tt it looked dinner was ras over at last the parts moved red bulk back to the s1 sa salon a vast I 1 suit and empty place piece hung with mith tape stiles and gayev lighted lure elm the se semblance of any enyedy ty persisted and karl kari affability itself spoke a few words to each of the guests then it was mas over the guests guesta left the in members embers of the coun ell well each with a wife bre on his arm arin frowsy drowsy a overdressed over it teased dressed women most of the them th the to council ell was chosen base for ability and not tor for birth A at last only tile the suite remained add const constraint arit vanished the family withdrew shortly after to a ormill it said salon off the its large one a and add th there at last at karl car cornered dered and drui demanded an cd speech where llie rel she aked glancing around the crowded room 11 1 1 I 1 beall it be hae a to less leave that to you ile he said mid unless there Is a but bal but do you think it Is necessary athy IN by TIATI not bes because be s what but I 1 have to say bay do doca not ot matter it mattera it very innon to pair me he be replied gravely hedmeg went firth first way away quietly A and unnoticed ed karl asked kea the archduchess pern permission to follow her and found flood her waiting the there alone rather desperately calon calm now and with a tinge of at excited cited color lot I 1 in her cerks because he fared it a great deal bad and b because as an kings jonas RO go he be was neither opeland lo bd bad nor net hard his first field words were kind hind and ad genuine and almost brought her hep to tests tears poor little girl to 1 he be said ald do be had dropped the curtain cartel behind him and they food alone alona don I 1 0 sold said hedmeg 1 I 1 wool want to be very ry sam nod and I 1 am sorry for myself already then you think tt it la is all very I 1 ter slie she did not at reply bad and be drew drear a chair tor far her to the toil rail when she was ras armed he took up his hia position beside her bar one arm aria against a pillar 1 I wonder ad hadady he said it if it Is not terrible because it la 1 new to you and because you do not know me very cry well not he be added hastily that I 1 think your knowing me well would be A an advantage I 1 I 1 ano aia not t so idiotic BA but t you do I 1 not it k know now me at all and for a good many years I 1 must haie hae stood oil O la L the a light fight of if As an C enemy C Y it is not eniy easy to readjust such ell things the ro reception cep tio I 1 had bad today why oust it we sm talk about RV tt hed hd R demanded demand e d looking A up at him add ig it denly y mit etith h a flush flash of her old spirit it will not got change anything pe perhaps haps not Per perhaps halle yes you yoa ra as see a I 1 am in not quite sats satisfied fied I 1 do not of R fant you on unless you are A willing illin it would be a poor bargain for me and oil not of quite i fair 1 anew A new turn this with a vengeance ancel 1 hedwig stated stared up with startled eyes fredwin tt it we was not enough to be sacrificed it and as she realized realised reali sed all the that hung on the situation the very life of the kingdom kingdo do perhaps the safety of her farally family everything she closed he hep eyes tor for fe fear rhe he might a see C a the fright in them karl ra bent over and took one mm of 0 her cold bands as between bet eu his two ones little hedal he be said aid 1 I want y bod to come TraI willingly higlY because I 1 care a great deal I 1 would like you to car care to too do adno t you join think thick yon would old oft after baleo time after a I 1 tamel I 1 me isaid if hedweg dwig drear r fly ty There what Ahat they all say after after a i time it down I 1 matter marriage la is always the a time inay hy should guarri 9 be always the some sams after a time I 1 he inquired this sort of marriage with walthou W love a 1 it is 19 hardly that la is it I 1 love you 1 I wonder runder how much you I 1 love mo me karl earl smiled ITS he was waa 0 on hla his own ground here the cirit girlish all question put him at ease enough fut foe us both at first he h said bald after that but said eald hedw hidalg ig desperately suppose u 1 I I 1 shall never to care for you the way you will want me to you talk ot of being job fair I 1 want to be fair to boft you have a right 0 she checked herself abruptly after all h tie e kal ier alfo might have a right to know about t nikky larisch but there were others who had rights right M mott too ott Otto to 10 hta his throw throne her but mother and ad hilda and M all the others to safety her bar grandfather jr to die in pence peace the only gift she could gi give him what bathing I 1 bank you want at to tell me e is som something J I 1 al already isa dy know 0 karl said g rarely gravely suppose I 1 am willing to take ta he that cb chance sam suppose I 1 am vain enough or tool fool enough to think that I 1 can make you von forget forest certain things certain people what thear then 1 I do not target forget easily mut but Y you a A would try 1 I wa would lit try bald bud air elm almost A at in i a karl earl bent over and teung her hard hands ral raised sit her bet to her ber feet oz darling arling he be sank eaid and suddenly drew drem her to him ile he covered her with 01 1 q A I 1 IN now he ha said lilt have you forgot IS ten V hot kiss tishea iea her seek neck he her As face the soft ort angle below her ear thenie held her art ay from rum him triumphantly now baby he abaid bald have you forgot forgotten teal but bue hedwig scarlet ich ili bloode IS faced ced him steadily etea dlly IN no ahe bald later la in the ae evening the old king received a present a rather that wilted rose to was a card with best mashes front ferdinand william otto printed on it in careful letters lettera it W was tho the only flower the king had bad received during his bla when that night he be tell fell asleep it was hit clasped 1 in he hia old head hand and ad there was ras a look ot of grim tenderness on as the face OR on the pillow turned toward his hia itself dead son B picture 0 troubled times now with the carril carol val only a duy day or ta two off and ad the shop win windows dons gay with be banners r with the committee ot 0 too ten 1 ID bt cor constant session and olga boschek summoned before it to be ig told id of the pas passage mg and the thing she was to do with till the old ling very close to the open door and hedweg bet being fitted for far her bar bridal robe be and for somber black at one fitting filling troubled times indeed th the city we was smoldering and ad 5 from some strange image source had bad come a new r rumor N nothing ild less than that the rily royalists ma alsa headed by the chancellor doli despairing miria of crowning the boy bay prince wo would old on th the e kings king death make away with him thus thas p putting hedwog on the throne hodwig hedweg queen ot of retain perhaps al ad ready by secret marriage the city wh which h aed adored the b boy balf we was S seething the r rumor had originated with mall olga Lol loshek hek who had bad given it to the committee as B useful weapon cap thus would she be hare her revenge on those of the palace and ad at the same time secure her hep own dan safety bevenage Be indeed for far she knew the way of such rumors hurt how they fly from house h a to house street to street how IA 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