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Princess
Elopes
By HAROLD McGRATH 1
Author of fl
"The Man on tho Box,"
"Hearts and Masks," Etc. 0
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SYNOPSIS.
Arthur Warrington, American consul
to Barscheit, tolls how reigning Grand
Duke attempts to force Ills noire, Prin
cess Hildegarde, to marry Prince Dopple
kinn, an old widower. Warrington dors
not know the prim-ess even by sight.
While horseback riding in the country
night overtakes him and he seeks accom
modations in a dilapidated castle. Here
he finds two women and an old man
ftervant. One woman is Princess Hilde
farde and the other a friend, lion. Betty
loore. of England. They detain him to
-witness a mock marriage between tlie
princess and a disgraced army officer,
Bteinbock, done for the purpose of foiling
tin; grand duke. Steinboek attempts to
Kiss the princess and she is rescued by
Warrington. Steinboek disappears for
good. Max Scharfenstein, an old Ameri
can friend of Warrington's reaches Bar
scheit. Warrington tells him of the prin
cess. Scharfenstein shows Warrington
H locket with a picture of a woman in
nide. It was on his neck when he, as a
boy, was picked up and adopted by his
foster father, whose name lie was given,
lie believes it to be a picture of his
mother. The grand duke announces to
the princess that she is to marry Dopple
kinn the following week.
CHAPTER VI.
The princess rose at dawn the fol
lowing day. She routed out Hans, the
head groom, and told him to saddle
Artemis, the slim-limbed, seal-brown
.tilly which an English nobleman had
Riven her. Ten minutes later she was
in the saddle, and the heaviness on
her heart seemed to rise and vanish
like the opal mists on the bosom of
the motionless lake. A pale star
blinked at her, and the day, flushed
like the cheek of a waking infant, be
gan drowsily to creep over the rolling
mountains.
How silent all the city was! Only
here and there above the chimneys
rose a languid film of smoke. The
gates of the park shut behind with a
clang, and so for a time she was alone
and free. She touched Artemis with a
spur, and the filly broke into a canter
toward the lake road. The girl's nos
trils dilated. Every flower, the thou
sand resinous saps of the forest, the
earth itself, yielded up a cool sweet
perfume that was to the mind what
a glass of wine is to the blood, exhil
aration.
She would never marry Doppelkinn
—never. That horrible Steinboek!
She was glad, glad that she had struck
him, again and again, across his lying
eyes and evil mouth. She had believed
that she knew the world; it was all
yet a mystery; the older she grew the
less she understood. Wasn't anybody
good? Was everybody to' be distrust
ed? Which way should she turn now?
The world was beautiful enough; it
fc'as the people in it. Poor Betty! She
had her troubles, too; but somehow
she refused to confide them. She acted
very much as if she were in love.
She would never marry Doppelkinn
—never.
But how should she escape—how?
On Wednesday night she would be
given her quarterly allowance of a
thousand .Towns, and on Thursday she
must act. . . . Yes, yes, that was it!
How simple! She would slip over into
Doppelkinn, where they never would
think to search for her. She knew a
place in which to hide. From Doppel
kinn she would go straight to Dresden
and seek the protection of her old gov
erness, who would hide her till the
duke came to his senses. If only she
had an independent fortune, how she
would snap her fingers at them all!
She was distracted by the sound of
jangling steel. Artemis had cast a
shoe. How annoying! It would take
ton minutes to reach old Bauer's
smithy, and ten minutes more to put
on a shoe. She brought the filly down
to a walk.
,If only she were Betty, free to do
what she pleased, togo and come at
•will! She wasn't born to be a prin
cess; she wasn't common-place
enough; she enjoyed life too well. Ah,
if only she might live and act like
those English cousins of hers with
whom she went to school! They could
ride man-fashion, hunt man-fashion,
shoot, play cards and bet at the races
man-fa"fchion, and nobody threatened
them with Doppelkinns. They might
dance, too, till the sun came into the
windows and the rouge on their faces
cracked. But she! (I use the em
phasis to illustrate the decided nods of
her pretty head.) Why, every sweet
had to be stolen!
Presently the smithy came into view,
emerging from a cluster of poplars.
She rode up to the doors, dismounted
and entered. Old Bauer himself was
ac the bellows, and the weird blue
light hissing up from the blown coals
discovered another customer. She
turned and met his frank glance of ad
miration. (If she hadn't turned! If
his a imiration hadn't been entirely
frank!) Instantly she sent Bauer a
warning glance which that old worthy
immediately to understand.
"i ;• was tall, well-made.
handsome, with yellow hair, and eyes
as blue as the sky is when the west
wind blows.
He raised his cap, and the heart of
the girl fluttered. Wherever had this
seemly fellow come from?
"Good morning," said the stranger
courteously. "I see that you have had
the same misfortune as myself."
"You have lost a shoe? Rather an
noying, when one doesn't want a sin
gle break in the going." She uttered
the words carelessly, as if she wasn't
at all interested.
The stranger stuffed his cap into a
pocket.
She was glad that she had chosen
the new saddle. The crest and coat
of arms had not yet been burned upon
the leather nor engraved upon the sil
ver ornaments, and there was 110
blanket under the English saddle.
There might be an adventure; one
could not always tell. She must hide
her identity. If the stranger knew that
she belonged to the House of Barscheit,
possibly he would be frightened and
take to his heels.
But the Princess Hildegarde did not
know that this stranger never took to
his heels; he wasn't that kind. Prin
cess or peasant, it would have been all
the same to him. Only his tone might
have lost half a key.
Bauer called to his assistant, and the
girl stepped out into the road. The
stranger followed, as she knew he
would. It will b'e seen that she knew
something of men, if only that they
possess curiosity.
"What a beautiful place this is!" the
stranger ventured, waving his hand to
ward the still lake and the silent,
misty mountains.
"There is no place quite like it," she
admitted. "You are a stranger in Bar
scheit?" —politely. 11a was young and
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"I'm Hildegarde von—von Heideloff."
seen in a month of moons. If Doppel
kinnn, now, were only more after this
pattern!
"Yes, this is my first trip to Bar
scheit." He had a very engaging smile.
"You are from Vienna?"
"No."
"Ah, from Berlin. I was not quite
sure of tho accent."
"I am a German-American," —frank-
ly. "I have also spoken the language
as if it were my own, which doubtless
it is."
"America!" she cried, her interest
genuinely aroused. "That is the coun
try where every one does just as he
pleases."
"Sometimes." (Whatbeautiful teeth
she had, white as skimmed milk!)
"They are free?"
"Nearly always."
"They tell me that women there are
all queens."
"We are there, or here, always your
humble servants."
He was evidently a gentleman; there
was something in his bow that was
courtly. "And do the women attend
the theaters alone at night?"
"If they desire to."
"Tell me, does the daughter of the
president have just as much liberty as
her subjects?"
"Even more. Only, there are no sub
jects in America."
"No subjects? What do they call
them, then?"
"Voters."
"And do the women vote?"
"Only at the women's clubs."
She did not quite get this; not that
it was; too subtle, rather that it was
not within her comprehension.
"It is a big country?"
"Ever so big."
"Do you like it?"
"I love every inch of it. I have even
fought for it."
"In the Spanish war?" —visibly ex
cited.
"Yes."
"Were you a major or a colonel?"
"Neither; only a private."
"I thought every soldier there was
either ti colonel or a major."
He looked at her sharply, but her
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certainly the best-looking man she hat
eye was roving. He became suspic
ious. She might be simple, and then
again she miKhtn't. She vu worth
studying, anyhow.
"I was a cavalryman, with nothing to
do but obey orders and, when ordered,
light. I am visiting the American con
sul here; he was a school-mate of
mine."
"Ah! I thought I recognized the
horse."
"You know him?" —quickly.
"Oh," —casually,—"every one here
about has seen the consul on his morn
ing rides. Ho rides like a centaur,
they say; but 1 have never seen a cen
taur."
Tho stranger laughed. Sha was
charming.
"He ought to ride well; I taught
him." But the gay smile which fol
lowed this statement robbed it of its
air of conceit. "You see, I have ridden
part of my life on the great plains of
the west, and have mounted every
thing from a wild Indian pony to an
English thoroughbred. My name is
Wax Scharfenstein, and I am here as
a medical student, though in my own
country I have the right to hang out a
physician's shingle."
She drew aimless figures in the dust
with her riding-crop. There was no
sense in her giving any name. Prob
ably they would never meet again.
And yet—
"l am Hildegardo von—von Heid
eloff," giving her mother's name. He
was too nice to frighten away.
The hesitance over tho "von" did
not strike his usually keen ear. He
was too intent on noting the variant
expressions on her exquisite face. It
was a pity she was dark. What a fig
ure, and how proudly the head rested
upon the slender but firm white throat!
After all, black eyes, such as these
were, might easily rival any blue eyes
he had ever seen. (Which goes to
prove that a man's ideals are not built
as solidly as might be.)
"Do you speak English?" she asked
abruptly in that tongue, with a full
glance to note the effect.
"English is spoken to some extent
in the United States," he answered
gravely. He did not evince the least
surprise at her fluency.
"Do you write to the humorous pa
pers in your country?"
"Only to subscribe for them," said
he.
And again they laughed; which was
a very good sign that things were go
ing forward tolerably well.
And then the miserable fellow of a
smith had to come out and announce
that the stranger's horse was ready.
"I'll warrant the shoe." said Bauer.
"You haven't lost any time," said
Max, his regret evident to every one.
The girl smiled approvingly. She
loved humor in a man, and this one
with the yellow hair and blue eyes
seemed to possess a fund of the dry
sort. All this was very wrong, she
knew, but she wasn't going to be the
princess this mbrning; she was going
to cast off tho shell of artificiality, of
etiquette.
"How much will this shoe cost me?"
Max asked.
"Half a crown." said Bauer, with a
sly glance at the girl to see how she
would accept so exorbitant a sum.
The princess frowned. "But some
times," added Bauer hurriedly, "I do It
for nothing."
"Bauer, your grandfather was a rob
ber," the girl laughed. "Take heed
that you do not follow in his foot
steps."
"I am a poor man, your—mm—Frau
lein," ho stammered.
"Here's a crown," said Max, tossing
a coin which was neatly caught by the
grimy hand of the smith.
"Are you very rich?" asked the girl
curiously.
"Why?" counter-questioned Max.
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As conscience becomes atrophied
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THE FINISHING TOUCH.
The Puritan fathers were stead
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He Didn't Care.
A boy was slouching along the
street with his father's breakfast in
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kick.
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"Do you now?" giving the can an
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Was a Chestnut.
They sat at the edge of the wood,
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let poppies that glowed among the
golden grain, and at each other.
"Darling," he cried, "I swear by
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Mrs. Haymow (home from church)
■ —Half-past one! Goodness gracious!
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