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| The
I Princess
Elopes
By HAROLD McGRATH |
Author of
"Th© Mar\ on lh« Box," |
"H«arts and Masks," Etc. H
(Copyright, IMb, liubbt-MerriU Co.)
SYNOPSIS.
Arthur Warrington, American consul
to Harscheit, tells how reigning Grand
Puke attempts to force his neice, Prin-
Hildegarde, to marry Prince Dopple-
Jitnn, an old widower. Warrington does
not know the princess even by sight.
While horseback riding in the country
night overtakes him and he seeks accom
modations in a dilapidated castle. Here
he linds two women and an old man
servant. One woman is Princess Hilde
garde and the other a friend. Hon. Betty
Moore, of England. They detain him to
.fitness a mock marriage between the
princess and a disgraced army officer,
Steinbock, done for the purpose of foiling
the grand duke. Steinbock attempts to
kiss the princess and she is rescued by
Warrington. Steinbock disappears for
good. Max Scharfenstcin, an old Ameri
can friend of Warrington's reaches Uar
scheit.
CHAPTER IV.
He came straight to the consulate
and I was so glad to see him that I
sat him down in front of the sideboard
and left orders that I was at home to
no one. We had been classmates and
roommates at college, and two better
friends never lived. We spent the
whole night in recounting the good
old days, sighed a little over the de
parted ones, and praised or criticized
the living. Hadn't they been times,
though? The nights we had stolen up
to Philadelphia to see the shows, the
great Thanksgiving games in New
York, the commencements, and all
that!
Max had come out of the far west.
He was a foundling who had been
adopted by a wealthy German ranch
man named Scharfenstein, which name
Max assumed as his own, it being as
good as any. Nobody knew anything
about Max's antecedents, but he was
eo big and handsome and jolly that no
one cared a hang. For all that he did
not know his parentage, he was a gen
tleman, something that has to lie bred
in the bone. Once or twice I remem
ber seeing him angry; in anger he was
arrogant, deadly, but calm. He was a
god in track-linen, for he was what
few big men are, quick and agile. The
big fellow who is catlike in his move
ments is the most formidable of ath
letes. One thing that invariably
amused me was his inordinate love of
uniforms. He would always stop when
he saw a soldier or the picture of one,
and his love of arms was little short
of a'mania. He was an expert fencer
and a dead shot besides. (Pardon the
parenthesis, but I feel it my duty to
warn you that nobody lights a duel in
this little history, and nobody gets
killed.)
On leaving college he went in for
medicine, and his appearance in the
capital city of Barscheit was due ob
viously to the great medical college,
famous the world over for its nerve
specialists. This was Max's first ad
venture in the land of gutturals. I ex
plained to him, and partly unraveled,
the tangle of laws; as to the language,
he spoke that, not like a native, but
as one.
Max was very fond of the society of
women, and at college we used to twit
him about it, for he was always eager
to meet a new face, trusting that the
rew one might be the ideal for which
he was searching.
"Well, you old Dutchman," said I,
"have you ever found that ideal wom
an of yours?"
"llah!"—-lighting a pipe. "She will
never be found. A horse and a trusty
dog for me; those two you may event
ually grow to understand. Of course,
I don't say, if the woman came along
—the right one—l mightn't go under.
I'm philosopher enough to admit that
possibility. I want iier tall, hair like
cornsilk, eyes like the corn-flower, of
brilliant intellect, reserved, and digni
fied, and patient. I want a woman,
not humorous, but who understands
humor, and I have never heard of one.
So, you see, it's all smoke; and I never
talk woman these times unless I'm
smoking,"—with a gesture which ex
plained that he had given up the idea
altogether. "A doctor sees so much
of women that he finally sees nothing
of woman."
"Oh, if you resort to epigrams, I
can see that It's all over."
"All over. I'm so used to being
alone that I shouldn't know what to
do with a wife." He puffed seriously.
Ah! the futility of our desires, of
our castles, of our dreams! The com
placency with which we jog along in
what we deem to be our own particular
groove! I recall a girl friend of my
youth who was going to be a celibate,
a great reformer, and toward that end
was studying for the pulpit. She is
now the mother of several children,
the most peaceful and unorative wom
an I know. You see, humanity goes
whirring ov«r various sidetracks,
thinking them to be the main line, till
fate puts its peculiar but happy hand
to the switch. ScharfeiisteiU had teen
plugging away over rusty nails and
grass-grown ties —till he came to Bar
echeit.
"Hope is the wings of the heart,"
said I, when I thought the pause had
grown long enough. "You still hope?"
"In a way. If I recollect, you had
an affair once," —shrewdly.
I smoked on. I wasn't quite ready
to speak.
"You were always on the hunt for
ideals, too, as I remember; hope you'll
find her."
"Max, my boy, I am solemnly con
vinced that I have."
"Good Lord, you don't mean to tell
me that you are hooked?" he cried.
"I see no reason why you should use
that particular tone," 1 answered stiffly.
"Oh, come now; tell me all about it.
Who is she, and when's the wedding?"
"I don't know when the wedding's
going to be, but I'm mighty sure that
I have met the one girl. Max, there
never was a girl like her. Witty she
is, and wise; as beautiful as a sum
mer's dawn; merry and brave; rides,
drives, plays the 'cello, dances like a
moon-shadow; and all that," —with a
wave of the hand.
"You've got it bad. Remember how
you used to write poetry at college?
Who is she if I may ask?"
j "The Honorable Hetty Moore, at
present the guest of her highness, the
Princess Hildegarde,"—with pardon
able pride.
Max whistled. "You're a lucky beg
gar. One by one we turn traitor to our
native land. A Britisher! I never
should have believed it of you, of the
man whose class declamation was on
the firey subject of patriotism. Hut
is it all on one side?"
"I don't know, Max; sometimes I
think so, and then I don't."
"How long have you known her?"
"Little more than a month.'*
"A month? Everything moves swift
ly these days, except European rail
way cars."
"There's a romance, Max, but an-
"Max, There Never Was a Girl Like Her."
other besides her is concerned, and I
can not tell you. Some day, when
everything quiets down, I'll get you
into a corner with a bottle, and you
will find it worth while."
"The bottle?"
"Both."
"From rumors I've heard, this prin
cess is a great one for larks; rides
bicycles and automobiles, and general
ly raises the deuce. What sort is she?"
"If you are going to remain in Bar
scheit, my boy, take a friendly warn
ing. Do not make any foolish attempt
to sec her. She is more fascinating
than a roulette table."
This was a sly dig. Max smiled. A
recent letter from him had told of an
encounter with the goddess at Monte
Carlo. Fortune had been all things
but favorable.
"I'm not afraid of your princess; be
sides, 1 came here to study."
"And study hard, my boy, study
hard. Her highness is not the only
pretty woman in Barscheit. There's a
raft of them."
"I'll paddle close to the shore," with
a smile.
"By the way, I'll wake you up Thurs
day."
"How' —lazily.
"A bout at Mueller's Rathskeller.
Half a dozen American lads, one of
whom is called home. Just fixed up
his passports for him. You'll be as
welcome as the flowers in the spring.
Some of the lads will be in your
classes."
"Put me down. It will be like old
times. I went to the reunion last
June. Everything was in its place but
you. Hang it, why can't time always
goon as it did then?"
"Time, unlike our watches, never
has togo to the jeweler's for repairs,"
said I owlishly.
Max leaned over, took my bull-ter
rier by the neck and deposited him on
his lap.
"Good pup, Artie —if he's anything
like his master. Three years, my boy,
since I saw you. And here you are, do
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, *907.
ing no-hing and lallygagging at crrtft
with the nobility. I wish I had an
uncle who was a senator. 'Pull' is
everything these days."
"You Dutchman, 1 won this place on
my own merit," —indignantly.
"Forget it!"—grinning.
"You are impertinent."
"But truthful, always."
And then we smoked a while in'
silence. The silent friend is the best
of the lot. He knows that he hasn't
got to talk unless he wants to, and
likewise that it is during Ihese lapses
of speech that the vine of friendship
grows and tightens about the heart.
When you sit beside a man and feel
that you need not labor to entertain
him it's a good sign that you thorough
ly understand each other. I was first
to speak.
"I don't understand why you should
go in for medicine so thoroughly. It
can't be money, for heaven knows your
father left you a yearly income which
alone would be a fortune to me."
"Chivalry shivers these days; the
chill of money is on everything. A
man must do something—a man who
is neither a sloth nor a fool. A man
must have something to put his whole
heart into; and I despise money as
money. I give away the bulk of my
income."
"Marry, and then you will not have
to," I said flippantly.
"You're a sad dog. Do you know,
I've been thinking about epigrams."
"No!"
"Yes. I find that an epigram is pro
duced by the same cause that produces
the pearl in the oyster."
"That is to say, a healthy mentality
never superinduces an epigram?
Fudge!" said I, yanking the pup from
his lap to mine. "According to your
diagnosis, your own mind is diseased."
"Have I cracked an epigram?"—with
pained surprise.
"Well, you nearly bent one," I com
proaised.
lUen we both laughed, and the pup
started up and lickod my face before
I cculd prevent him.
"Did I ever show you this?"—taking
out a locket which was attached to
one end of his watch chain. He passed
the trinket to me.
' What is it?" I asked, turning It
over and over.
the one slender link that con
nects me with my babyhood. It was
around my neck when Scharfenstein
picked me up. Open it and look at the
face inside."
I dfd so. A woman's face peered up
at me It might have been beautiful
but for the troubled eyes and the
drooping lips. It was German in type,
evidently of high breeding, possessing
the subtle lines which distinguish the
face of the noble from the peasant's.
From the woman's face I glanced at
Max's. The eyes were something alike.
Who do you think it Is?" I asked,
when I had studied the face sufficient
ly to satisfy my curiosity.
"I've a sneaking idea that it may be
my mother. Scharfenstein found me
toddling about in a railroad station,
and that locket was the only thing
about me that might be used In the
matter of identification. You will ob
serve that there Is no lettering, not
even the jeweler's usual carat mark to
qualify the gold. I nothing; life
with me dates only from the wide
plains and grazing cattle. I was born
either in Germany or Austria. That's
all I know. And to tell you the honest
truth, boy, it's the reason I've placed
my woman Ideal so high. So long aa
I place her over my head I'm not fool
ish enough to weaken into thinking I
can have her. What woman wants a
man without a name?"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Life Insurance Figures.
Statistics show that there are now
in the United Kingdom 27,940,260
persons carrying life insurance for a
total amount of nearly £2,000,000.000.
The total amount of premium* paid a
about £37,000,000.
THE PEACEFUL SUBURBS.
"Sort of an endless chain war with
your neighbor, eh?" said the visitor
from the city. "How is that?"
"Well," replied the suburbanite, "his
chickens flew over the hedge and ate
all my garden seed. I got even by
getting a big tomcat and the cat ate
the chickens."
"Ah, an 'eye for an eye,' eh?"
"Yes, but it wasn't long before he
got a bulldog and the bulldog finished
the tomcat."
"Great Scott! I suppose that end
ed the feud?"
"Not at *ll. I borrowed a cata
mount from a wandering circus- and
that killed the bulldog. Now, if he
don't get an elephant to finish the cat
amount before 1 can return it to the
show I guess I'll come out winner."
In the Forest.
"1 must spruce up," said Dame Na
ture, as she took a glance at the
woods about her.
"Well," returned the West Wind,
"you needn't pine to a waste about it
with all those new firs." —Baltimore
American.
PAT'S LOGIC.
Squire—l say, Pat, that's the worst
looking horse I ever saw. Why don't
you fatten him up?
Pat —Fatten him, is it? Shure, the
poor baste can hardly carry what lit
tle flesh he's got now.
The Method of Indolence.
De lazy man sits in de sun
De bes' part of de day.
An' braga of work he hasn't done
An' kicks about de pay.
—Washington Star.
Sure Cure.
"You will never break up automo
bile speeding by timing the automo
biles," bantered the stranger in the
big goggles.
"Maybe not, neighbor," drawled the
rural constable with the huge star,
"but we have broken up a lot of speed
ing by timing the chauffuers."
"Timing the chauffuers?"
"Yes, giving them sixty days' time
in the county jail."—Chicago Daily
News.
The Art of Milking.
Suburban Resident—Yes, I want a
useful man about my country place.
Can you milk?
Applicant—Yis, sor.
"Which side of a cow do you sit on
when milking?"
"Wull, sor, Oi never milked but wan
cow, AO' she wuz a kicker; an', bedad,
a good dale av Uae toime Oi was on
both sides av her, sor." —Washington
Star.
Sufficient Credentials.
Careful Parent—Before I can give
consent to your proposed marriage to
my daughter, I must know something
about your character.
SuffSr —Certainly, sir, certainly.
Here is my bank-book.
Careful Parent (after a glance)—
Take her my son, and be happy.—N.
Y. Weekly.
Sounded Familiar.
Eva—Uncle Tom made millions with
his mines. When he went over to
Europe he could offord a private cabin
for himself.
Edna —Gracious! How funny!
Eva —What is funny, dear?
Edna —Why, it must have been
"Uncle Tom's Cabin." —Chicago Daily
News.
Not for Doggie.
Mrs. De Stile —Are you going to
take your poodle to the country with
you?
Mrs. LeGrand—Mercy, no! They
have such miserable food there.—
Cleveland Leader.
The Inevitable Result.
Stage Manager—l got the leading
man to run over his lines in that au
tomobile part.
Manager—Well ?
Stage Manager—He simply mangled
them. —Baltimore American.
Sweets or Meat.
She —Before we were married you
used to bring me chocolate every time
you came.
He —Yes, dear, and It cost a good
deal less than the meat and potatoes
I bring you now.
Rural Music.
Country Boarder —For heaven's
sake, listen to those mosquitoes!
The Landlord —Skeeters nothin'—
that's my darter playin' the mandolin.
—Cleveland Leader.
Only Then.
""loes yocr husband snore in his
* - >, madam?"
Veil, doctor, 1 have never noticed
hiai snoring at any other tims. —Balti-
I more American.
FIVE MONTHS IN HOSPITAL.
Discharged Becaues Doctors Could Not
Cure.
Levi P. Hrockway, S. Second Ave.,
Anoka., Minn., says:"After lying for
live months in a hos
df ~ iiitai I was dis
charged as incurable,
S.gZ&. and Kiven only six
"j| rnonths to live* My
j heart was affected, I
r liad smothering
spells, and some
times fell uncon
soious - 1 e°t so i
'WlftSlFw cou ' ( ' n 't use my
arms, my eyesight
was impaired and the kidney secre
tions were badly disordered. I was
completely worn out and discouraged
when I began using Doan's Kidney
Pills, but they went right to the cause
of the trouble and did their work well.
I have been feeling well ever since."
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WHEN MILESTONES CHEER.
They Always Gladden the Heart of
the Pedestrian.
In a walking trip a milestone along
the way is the most companionable
fellow in the world; your spirits rise
as you near him as though you were
about to greet a human friend, and
they keep almost consistently on his
high level till his brother a mile dis
tant advances to meet you.
And when you overlook one of this
friendly company because of an en
croaching bank or screening boughs,
says the Travel Magazine, his neigh
bor further on comes to you doubly
welcome. At the latter end of this
passage in the journey your spirits
flag a trifle as though oppressed by a
sense of desertion. You may even
scowl at the overhanging bank which
is more than a party to this conceal
ment.
Those worthy persons who attend to
the roads should see to it that every
milestone within their province stands
out frankly from its leafy background.
Observance of this, however, would
rob the wayfarer of that leap of the
heart which is his when the stone
tells the story of two miles done rather
than one. For however much the land
scape and the minute world at his feet
may claim the footfarer's admiration
he is still keenly alive to the virtue
of decent distances covered in his
day's journey.
Saw It Come Out of a Cow.
A little city boy and his sister
Dorothy were taken to the country
for the first time.
The two children were happy as the
day was long.. In the late afternoon
they watched the cows come home,
heard with delight the tinkling cow
bells, and the little boy even went to
the barns to see the milking done.
At supper, just as Dorothy was lift
ing her glass to her rosy lips, the boy
cried out:
"Oh, Dotty, don't! You musn't drink
that milk. It's not fit to drink. It
came out of a cow; I saw it."
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Says It's Not So.
Report to the effect that electric
lights are detrimental to the eyesight
are pronounced unfounded by an elec
trical expert in the London Times.
He says that the trouble arises from
too direct exposure of the eye to the
light, and that effect would be the
same or worse with any other light.
The shortest and surest way to live
with honor in the world'is to be in
reality what we would appear to be. —
De Scales.
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IN LIFE'S BRIEF SPAN.
Experiences, Joys and Sorrows of the
Human Existence.
The loves and friendships of indi
viduals partake of the frail character
of human life, and are brief and un
certain. The experience of a human
life may be shortly summed up: A
little loving and a good deal of sor
rowing; some bright hopes and many
bitter disappointments; some gor
geous Thursdays when the skies are
bright and the heavens blue, when
Providence, bending over us in bless
ings, glads the heart almost to mad
ness; many dismal Fridays, when the
smoke of torment beclouds the mind
and undying sorrows gnaw upon the
heart; some high ambitions and many
Waterloo defeats, until the heart be
comes like a cliarnel house filled with
dead affections, embalmed in holy
but sorrowful memories; and then
the chord is loosed, the golden bowl
is broken, the individual life—a cloud,
a vapor, passes away.—Matthew Hale
Carpenter.
Only Royal Doctor.
The only royal doctor in Europe is
Duke Carl Theodore of Bavaria. Few
German princes have had a more ro
mantic career than Duke Carl Theo
dore. He recently completed, with
his wife as his assistant, his flve-thou
sandth operation for cataract.
Poor people flock to his hospital,
where they are treated free, the duke
asking payment only from those who
can easily afford it. He it was who
successfully treated the kaiser, when,
eight years ago, he was temporarily
blinded by a swinging rrtpe when
cruising on the Hobenzollern in the
North sea.
Delicate Shade of Meaning.
A keen retort is credited to the late
Dr. Haig-Brown, master of Charter
house.
His brother-in-law, Dr. Porter, the
master of Peterhouse, another famous
English school, wrote him, inquiring
his precise meaning in a certificate
that a boy's character was "general
ly" good.
"When I say generally," he replied,
"I mean not particularly."
Fair Warning.
"Well, I see that slim girls will be
the style this winter," remarked the
harmless idiot.
"Yes," responded his sister, "and if
any of my girl friends suddenly get
slender over night 1 don't want yon to
ask any fool questions. Hear me?"—
Pittsburg Post.
Old Church.
The one thousandth anniversary of
the founding of St. Peter's church,
Chester, England, finds the structure
; in good condition, portions of it hav
: ing been rebuilt in 1440 and 1673.
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