6 s The 1 I Princess I Elopes i By HAROLD McGRATH I Author of I "The Marx orv the Box," "Hearts and Masks," Etc. (Copyritjhl, 1805, llobbs-Meirill Co.) SYNOPSIS, Arthur Warrington, American consul to liarsehelt, tolls how reigning Clrand Duke attempts to force his nelce, Prin i-i'ss I iildcgarde, to marry I*rinc<■ Uopple lclnn. an old widower. Warrington dots riot know the princess even by sight. While horseback riding in the country nisht overtakes him and he seeks accoin -I:l.ulatlons in a dilapidated castle. Here 7 finds two women and an old man servant. One woman is Princess Hllde j-urde and the other u friend. Hon. Hetty floore, of England. They detain him to witness a mock marriage between the princess and a disgraced army officer, Kteinbock, 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 Scharfenstein, an old Ameri can friend of Warrington's reaches Bur se licit. Warrington tells him of the prin cess. Scharfenstein shows Warrington a locket with a picture of a woman in side. It was on his neck when lie, us a boy, was picked up and adopted by his foster father, whose name he was given. He believes it to be a picture of his mother. The grand duke announces to Hi" princess that she is to marry Dopple kinn the following week. During a morn ing ride she plans to escape. She meets Scharfenstein. CHAPTER Vl.—Continued. "Oh, I am curious to know. Bauer ■will tell it to every one in Barscheit that you overpay for tilings, and from uow on you will have to figure living on a basis of crowns." It Is worth any price to hear a pretty woman laugh. What a fine beginning for a day! "May misfortune be kind enough to bring you this way again, Ilerr!" Bauer cried joyfully, not to say ambig uously. "Listen to that!" laughed the girl, her eyes shining like the water in the sun. "But he means only to thank your generosity. Now," —with a se vere frown, —"how much do I owe you? Take care; I've only a few pieces of silver in my purse." "Why, Fraulein, you owe me noth ing; I am even in debt to you for this very crown." Which proved that Bauer had had his lesson in courtier ship. The assistant soon brought forth the girl's restive filly. -Max sprang to her aid. How light her foot was in his palm! (She could easily have mount ed alone, such was her skill; but there's the woman of it.) "I am going toward the Pass," she said, reading the half-veiled appeal in his blue eyes. v "Which way is that?" he asked, swinging into his own saddle. "That way," nodding toward the south. After all, tliere could be no harm! in two or three hours their paths would separate for ever. "Why," delightedly,—"l am going that way myself." Old Bauer watched them till they disappeared around a turn in the road. He returned to his forge, shaking his head as if confronted by a problem too abstruse even for his German mind. "Well, he's an American, so I will not waste any pity on him. The pity is that she must wed old Red-nose." It would have been if she had! So the princess and Prince Charm ing rode into the country, and they talked about a thousand and one things. Had she ever been to France? Yes. To England? She had received part of her education there. Did she know the Princess Hildegarde? Slight ly. What was she like? Site was a madcap, irresponsible, but very much abused. Did she know Mr. Wat ring ton, the American consul? She hail seen him on his morning rides. Wasn't it a fine world? It was, indeed. "Follow me!" she cried suddenly, even daringly. A stone wall, three feet high, ran along at their right. The foreground was hard and firm. Pressing the reins on the filly's withers, she made straight for the wall, cleared it, and drew up on the other side. Now, Max hadn't the least idea that the horse under him was a hunter, so I might very well say that he took his life in his hands as he followed her. But Dandy knew his busftiess. He took the wall without ef fort. A warm glow went over Ma* when he found that he hadn't broken his neck. Together they galloped down the field and came back for the return jump. This, too, was made easily. Max's admiration knew no bounds. It was a dangerous pastime in more ways than one. At eight o'clock they turned toward home, talking about another thousand and one things. "It has been a deligTitful ride," sug gested Max, with an eye to the future. "I take Ibis road nearly every morn ing," said she, looking out upon the water, which was ruffling itself and quarreling along the sandy shores. Max said nothing, but he at once made tip his mind that he would take the same road provided he could in any reasonable manner get rid of me. "Did you enjoy the ride?" asked the Honorable Betty, as her highness crime into breakfast. There were no formal ities in the princess' apartments. "Beautifully!" Her highness guilt ily wondered if there was any logical way to keep Hetty in the house for the next few mornings. She sat down and sipped her tea. "The duke talked to me last night. Steinbock played dou ble." "What!" "Yes. He sold us to the duke, who patiently waited for mo to speak. Betty, I am a fool. But I shall never marry Doppelkinn. That Is settled." "1 suppose he will be inviting me to return to England," said Betty shrewdly. "Not. for the present." "And I have just grown to love the place,"—pathetically. "Mr. Warring lon has asked me to ride with him afternoons. His ankle prevents him from taking the long morning jaunts. If it will not interfere with your plans, dear —" "Accept, by all means," interrupted her highness. "He is a capital horse man." She smiled mysteriously. Hap pily her companion was absorbed in thought and did not see this smile. Max came in at a quarter of ten, went to tub, and came down in time for the eggs. "Have a good ride?" I asked. "Bully! Beautiful country!" He was enthusiastic. "How these healthy animals eat!" I thought as I observed him occasion ally. "Wish I could go with you," I said, but half-heartedly. "I'll get the lay of the land quick enough," he replied. The rascal! Not a word about the girl that morning, or the next, or until Thursday morning. If only I had known! But Fate knows her business better than I do, and she was handling the affair. But long rides of a morn- M'§ '' J!! "Hang You, Who's Talking About Get ting Married?" inj* with a pretty girl are not safe for any bachelor. Thursday morning he fame in late. He dropped something on the table. On inspection I found it to be a wom an's handkerchief purse. "Where the deuce did you get that?" I asked, mighty curious. "By George! but I've been enjoying the most enchanting adventure; such as you read out of a book. I'm inclined to believe that I shall erijoy my studies in old Barscheit." "But where did you get this?" If there was a girl around, I wanted to know all about it. "She dropped it." "She dropped it!" I repeated. "What she? Why, you old tow-head, have you been flirting at this hour of the morn ing?" "Handsome as a picture!" "11a! the ideal at last," —ironically. "Blond, of course." "Dark as a Spaniard, and rides like Diana." His enthusiasm was not to be lightly passed over. "N'ever heard of Diana riding," said I; "always saw her pictured as going afoot." "Don't be an ass! You know very well what I mean." "I've no argument to offer, nor any picture to prove my case. You've had an adventure; give it up, e*ery bit of it." "One of the finest horsewomen I ever saw. Took a wall three feet high the other morning, just to see if I dared follow. Lucky Dandy is a hunt er, or I'd have broken my neck." "Very Interesting." Then of a sud den a thought flashed through my head and out again. "Anybody with her?" "Only myself these three mornings." "H'm! Did you get as far as names?" "Yes; 1 told her mine. Who is Hildegarde von Hewleloff?" "Heideloff?" I was puzzled. My sus picions evaporated. "I can't say that 1 know any one by that name. Sure it was IleideJoff ?" "Do you mean to tell me," with CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1907 blank astonishment, "that there Is a petticoat ou horseback in this duchy that you do not know?" "I don't know an*- woman by the name of Hildegarde von Heidelpff; on my word of honor, Max, I dou'l " "Old Bauer, the blacksmith, knew her." Bauer? All my suspicions returned. "Describe the girl to me." "Handsome figure, masses of black hair, great black eyes that are full of good fun, a delicate nose, and I might add, a very kissable mouth." "What! have you kissed her?" I ex claimed. "No, no! Only, I'd like to." "H'm! You've made quite a study. She must be visiting some one near by. There is an old castle three miles west of the smithy. Did she speak English?" "Yes," —excitedly. "That accounts for it. An old Eng lish nobleman lives over there during the summer months, and it is not im probable that she is one of his guests." In my heart i knew that her highness was up to some of her tricks again, but there was no need of her shattering good old Max's heart. Yet I felt bound to say: "Why not look into the purse? There might lie something there to prove her identity." "Look into her purse?"—horrified. "You wouldn't have me peeping into a woman's purse, would you? Suppose there should be a box of rouge? Her cheeks were red." "Quite likely." "Or a powder-puff." "Even more likely." "Or—" "Goon." "Or a love letter." "I have my doubts," said I. "Well, if you do not know who she is, I'll find out," —undismayed. Doubtless he would; he was a per sistent old beggar, was Max. "Do not let it get serious, my boy," I warned. "You could not marry any one in this country." "Why not?" "Have you been regularly baptized? Was your father? Was your grand father? Unless you can answer these simplest of questions and prove them, you could not get a license; and no priest or preacher would daro marry you without a license." "Hang you, who's talking about get ting married? All 1 want to know is, who is Hildegarde von Heideloff, and haw am Ito return her purse? I shall ask the blacksmith." "Do so," —taking up my egg spoon. Max slipped the purse into his breast pocket and sat down. (TO BIS CONTINUED.) Red Cans for Kansas. St. Louis. —Kansans have always been noted for doing curious things, but the story to the effect that Gov. lloch has signed a bill requiring the use of red cans for gasoline reaches the lovely limit. The law makes it unlawful for dealers to sell gasoline in any but red receptacles, and is en titled, so the correspondent of Au tomobile Topics states, "An act to pro tect hired girls and absent-minded men." Development of Bruges. Bruges is hotter known to Ameri cans through Longfellow's poem on its famous belfry than in any other way. The romantic pageantry of tho past which the poet calls to mind ap peals more to the imagination than modern statistics of commercial ex pansion. But Bruges has more than a belfry. The other day its new sea port, Heyst, was formally opened. Heyst is connected with Bruges by a new canal, which ends in an artificial harbor created by a breakwater two thirds of a mile long. It is designed to make Bruges a competitor with Antwerp for ocean trade. —Youth's Companion. HOW TO MAKE SILHOUETTES. Another Use to Which the Amateur Can Put His Camera. Photography in all branches is truly a most absorbing occupation. Each of _________ us who own a cam f experimenting, and every one of us is something new is suggested for such To use a camera houettes select a window facing north If possible, or if used only at times when the sun in not on it, any window will do, says the Photographic Times, liaise the window shade half way, remove any white curtains there may be, and in the center of the lower pane of glass paste by the four corners a sheet of tissue paper that is perfectly smooth and quite thick, as shown in the sketch at B. Darken the rest of the window, shut ting out all light from above and the bides. Place a chair so that after being seated the head of the subject will be before the center of the tissue paper, and near to its as possible, and THE PROPER USE OF NAILS. One of the simplest dotails in cor ! rectly driving a nail is almost ignored ! by tho ordinary workman. When a llooring or sheathing board is drawn in place the nail is set slanting and uriven as shown in Fig. X. If the board | be lifted from the support about three | fourths of an inch, drive the nail through until it strikes tho studding or .^ri. ry<'• I -A Mefticd IWo «*> .N.IU b*t**.-O UM j | <rf NfcJHriji j ttow« of Fiber. lo >lUtcr bamt& .* . MCTC^CT Fig. 2 pv-q moo im fats B&4 Method of NaUa A be tier Way | I A MM tUki^< ""is "r?- ' fc M <ML grinr FJg. 10 Fig. 11 Fig. 12 Advantages of Locating Nails. | joist, then finish driving the nail, tak ! ing along with it the board, as in Fig. ; 2, and the results are much better, i says a correspondent in Wood Craft. To drive a nail in a confined place where a full swing of the hammer can j not be obtained the full force of the j hammer can be obtained by moving ; the arm ahead at the time the blow is S being struck, as in Fig. 3. The location of nails should be | placed staggered or zigzag, so as to be A HANDY OAL BIN. One Suitable for Small Quantity of Coal Can Be Easily Made. "Where small quantities of coal are purchased at a time the usual way is to put it in a corner of the basement, a stall in the barn or on the ground. Combination Coal Bin. A good plan is to make a bin con structed as shown in the illustration. The dotted lines show how the bot tom of the bins are made sloping to ward the doors, says the Popular Me chanics. One bin may be used for hard coal and the other for soft coal, while the space beneath the bottoms of the bins will make a place for wood or kindling and a door can be pro vided for. A spout of suitable size is made on each coal bin door, which prevents the coal from dropping on the lioor and still have a supply in the spout. Asphalt from Trinidad. During 1896 the United States im ported 77,194 short tons of asphalt from Trinidad. This material is ob tained from a pitch lake, and as it is removed the supply is replenished from subterranean sources. A Record Month. \ugust broke the 3907 shipment ree- I of the lakes by the movement of 16,810 tons. This is at the rate of uver 50,000,000 tons for a season of eight months when looking straight before hfm his face will be In clear jirollle to the earn era. Draw the shades of all other win dows in the room. Focus the camera carefully, getting a sharp outline of the profile on the screen. Do not stop down the lens, as this makes long ex posure necessary, and the subject may move. Correct'exposure depends, of course, on the lens, light and the plate. But remember that a black and white neg ative is wanted with as little detail in the features as possible. The best plate to use Is a very slow one, or what is called a process plate. in developing get all possible densi ty in the high lights, without detail In Getting Ready to Make Silhouettes. the face, and without fog. Printing ia best done on contrasty development paper with developer not too strong. The ideal silhouette print is a per* fectly black profile on a white ground. With a piece of black paper, any shapa in stopping off print may be made aa shown at C in the sketch. out of th« lino of the same liber ot wood. The Illustrations Figs. 4 to 10 show some examples of incorrect nail ing and some methods that are mora nearly correct. Another point In locating the posi tion for the nails, especially near tha end of the hoards, Is this: It should ba remembered that the danger of splU- ting the board is limited to a woll-de fined field, the extent of which varies with different kinds of wood, but the general shape is about the same as in dicated by the dotted line in Pig. 11, which is supposed in this case to apply to a board one inch or less in thick ness. A represents the area of risk, B the field of safety—so far as the split ting of the board is concerned. Fig. 12 shows a variation to tit another condi tion. ALUMINUM POPULAR. Production of Metal Dofta Not Keep Pace with Increasing Demand. Aluminum is increasingly used in machine construction, as in crank cases and gear boxes for motor cars, for paneling inside of underground rail way cars, for electric wire, and for new alloys, pigments, and metal plat ing; and the aluminum cell as a light ning arrester has proved to be a val uable addition to lightning protecting devices. During recent years the price of tin has been very high, and since adequate new supplies of ore have been discovered, substitutes for tin must be used in manufactures. Aluminum is regarded as probahly the most available substitute for tin in the great majority of uses to which that metal is put, owing to the di« minut.ion in the price of aluminum, the practically limitless supply of the raw material, and the favorable physical properties of the metal. As the pro duction of aluminum is cheapened, says Scientific American, so will the uses for it increase. The demand steadily keeps ahead of the supply. The Hotel Age. The multiplication of hotels in New York has not resulted in an oversup ply of accommodation, as many old line hotel managers have feared. The latest notable building is the new Plaza hotel, which opened on Septem ber 23. A few years ago a largo modern hotel was erected on this site, but the owners saw possibilities for improvements, aud so the old Plaza hotel was razed to the ground and the new one built; the cost, including the scrapping of the former building, is about. $12,500,000. The Buceess of the investment seems assured. The cars which run through the new tunnels connecting Manhattan with Long Island will have doors en the sides, thus insuring quick loadlatf anc unloading. 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At last, one of our friends recommend ed to us Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. A few days afterwards im : provement could be noted. Since then | we have used nothing but Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, and now the baby is six months old and is quite cured. All that we used was one cake of Cuticura Soap and two boxes Cuti cura Ointment, costing in all $1.25. C. F. Kara, 343 East Gsth Street, New ifork, March 30, 1906." THE FACULTIES OF JUSTICE. Blind, Perhaps, But No Reasonable Proof of Deafness Also. Judge Harlan, who lives up on the hill, was a passenger on a Fourteenth street car the other day and was seat ed next to a couple of clerks who were deeply interested in some discussion, which caused one of them to raise his voice to quite a high pitch, says the Washington Star. This appeared to make the other man rather cautious, as he glanced warily around to see If any one was listening to the talk of his friend. At this moment he dis covered the presence of the dignilied justice and turning hastily to his loud talking comrade, he said: "For heaven's sake, lower your voice; you may have heard that justice is blind but that doesn't necessarily mean that it's deaf also." Whether Judge Harlan heard the remark it is im possible to state, yet, all the same, a calm smile flitted over his face at the conclusion of the young fellow'® admonition to his friend. Prizes for Inventions. With a view to encouraging officials and workmen on the Imperial German railways, the government have es tablished a fund from which awards are made to *ien who Invent any ap pliance which may be useful in rail way practice; $3,750 was paid to em plove- ULst year from the fund. PLEA6A.V* WJWMER, Right F«od the Cause. A Wis. woman ■«ys: "I was run dim »nd weak, troubled with nervousness *nd headache for the last six years. The least excitement would make me nervous and cause severe headache. "This summer I have been eating Grape-Nuts repularly and feel better than for the six past years. "I am not. troubled with headache nnd nervousness, and weigh mor<» than I ever have before in my life. I gained 5 lbs. In one week." Name given by .Postnm Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Itead the book, "The Road to Wellvllle," in pkgs. "There's a Reason."
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