THE CENTRE REPORTER, CENTRE HALL, PA. ong Live the King By MARY ROBERTS RINEHART All Rights Reserved AT IPG “1 feel in the mood,” was the some what sullen reply. “4 work hard palace, | enough, God knows, to have a little Peter was calm, He had carried | pleasure now and then” Danger was many such letters as the one now hid- | making him shrewd. He turned away den in his breast pocket. No con- | from Peter Niburg, then faced him stirred in him, If he did |again. “If you care to come,” he sug- not do this work, others would. Les “Not a under. He had until midnight, At that { hour a messenger would receive the | letter from him in the colonnade of | Peter Niburg the eathedral., On this night, each! chan week, the messenger waited, Bome- | times there was a letter, sometimes k of his none, That was all, It was amazing- | ver his forearm. ly simple, and for it one received the | az difference penury and mass across, shot with small Hghts | from deep windows, which was the sclence ted, supper you of wine, he added. was fond and, but a glass talian champagne,” of aswe:t ipagne, Quietly he pushed his hat to the head, and hung his stick After ull, why not? Let the make the first {let him, Peter, make the cond inked arms with his “A fine night,” he said Copyright, 1917, by the Ridgway Company Copyright, 1917, by Mary Roberts Rinehart ¢ was gone, past die, between If Herman could COI. ni r ve A move, He with the lips and scowls with the eyes, | ¢,r¢ that speaks pleasantly quite awful | guaing Peter settled, a things, although it was Peter Niburg | platter before him, who did most of the talking. { and hurried through And Herman hated Peter. The ecash- | which fer was gone, had married a restaurant | thing, too big for him : : : oe Se | sense of relief. Only when the papers | keeper, and already she waxed fat. | heads were better than o ~ Synopsis.—The crown prince of Livonia, Ferdinand William Otto, | were destroyed had realized the | But Herman's hatred grew with the | would take advice. ten years old, taken to the opera by his aunt, tires of the singing and | weight they had been. She summoned | days, And business being bad, much | Off the main avenue into a slips away to the park, where he makes the acquaintance of Bobby | Minna, her maid, and dressed for the | of the time he stood behind his linens | smart trot. The to his Thorpe, a little American boy. Returning to the palace at night, he street. Then, Minna accompanying |and thought about a i pale cheeks. A cold sweat broke out finds everything in an uproar as a result of the search which has been her, she summoned her carriage and | which was this: over him, He was short of made for him. The same bight chancellor calls to consult the went shopping. How did Peter Niburg do it? many But boy's grandfather, the old king, who is very iil. The Chancellor do She reached the palace again in They were pald the same scant ! reached the house, gests that to preserve the kingdom, which is threatened by plots of to dress for dinner. Somewhere wage Each Monday they to- Black Lv not the terrorists to form a republic, the Friendship of the neighboring on that excursion she had left the let- | vathor, Peter smiling and he frowning, reau, behind the grating. kingdom of Karnia be secured by giving the Princess Hedwig In mar- ter, to be sent to its destination over |,nq received into open palms exactly familiarity Herman riage to King Karl of that country. | the border by special messenger that |a.nongh to live on, without extras. And beyond and night. ench Monday Peter pocketed his cheer- | TOO, it i Prince Otto, at| fully, and went back to his post, twirl- | the moment pre- ting his mustache as though the { | ti | dull red to smoking gray. The code | book she hesitated but at last, COUNTESS LOSCHEK PLOTS T0 FRUSTRATE THE MAR- | wie a shrug of her shoulders, she re- RIAGE OF KARL AND HEDWIG [ny it to ue Biting plate:te the Coupled with her bitterness was a over, steaming Herman turned the night, This he had happened on was a big | old enemy CHAPTER Two | He alone, The Right to Live Dinner was over in the di The Arch lighted the she he fell came } ng room, color incinta 10] across certain matter, wind from the I cigarettes, at last he She ha meal. | time as in his bn- | With to a dirty little with the On the bars of beer, and veal. The stove making gravy stood Cary turned door entered. A littered WHS HOW preparations for a meal. table were a loaf, a jug of fried the Ferdinand William of her return, for bed. Oskar soft CHAPTER 11l.—Continued. | maid away with a sharp word, and pi. | now she was pacing the floor. The chancellor strode around the | Hedwig, of all people! screen, scratching two tables with his She hated her, She had sword as he advanced, and kissed the her. For her youth, first; later, | hand of the Princess Annunciata. They | saw how things were going, | teeth, and had drinks of water, | But there was more t 1 were old and therefore al- | for the accident that had made her a | .quse a stiffish feeling in his throat | his Ty oo I Cl g I ways very polite to each other. The | granddaughter to the king. persisted. And at last Tata 1 ‘ BY Aa La IT archduchess offered him ip of tea,{ And Karl! into the high bed that before th un . 30 § ine poate? which he took, although she Even this last June, when Karl had |, biz for him, and had to crawl out { had © . od . wi 8 —_ en 5 3 way made very bad tea. And for a made his looked-for visit to the sur | again, because he his wd opened to the public, with much moments they discussed things. Thus: | mer pal where the court had been |, prayers. 1 an vo king's condition: » replanting of n residence, he already had the | ’ ] the king's condition; the rej t it eside ) e, h had ready had ©! When everything was done, and the mind. Even when his he place with trees; and the date of | thing in y the place with 2a as hour of putting out the light could no been about her, Olga Loschek, he |, - 1¢ t was all dish was paring He washed himself, | money of the realm Jjingled in his [8 with standing by, holding a | trousers. Even the towels | To were too large. And he brushed his | ver one's poverty, concierge i ut in always | oro yl . ; great towel, emile | Ir¥ing pan-—a huge man, bearded and thing. Peter made hated accept the nevi able, to ih t stepping lightly man and revealed d, pale and between is one 1 } ¥ wien she we 1 ) : two called full fis + a them. enemies Was on he crawled up | much Peter, i was So always | had forgotten crossing of flags d the stars and = had invited of thrill Ce i who arms 8 on have discovered sor said. “AS nothing, : nger be delayed, he sald good night |, 1 been looking over her shoulder, | : Le Y There at Hedwig. He had had it | 1 «| great bowing in Otto's wicked head, even then. For |, - | She loathed finite sum p bowed, 10 o Oskar, who the good en, made deal of ' © Ww ho tt 3 rum and fol wore hen, whisk! It wi i flothe 04 § him |, oon. tase of the : i clothes ane id ne loved him ea Moh are 9 a patched, who went ; . . for company. And was would marry Karl ab } \ old Aan went ninutes pa seven, the two » on wou, hat r »d until it looked like a | mouth, and ive his boots | wr said, to the | OW | BOW | opera now and then his own b lowed the be troubles i with ‘roel was | countess To ally very poor company. himself the two sentries, v valye Oskar, having bowed into we corridor and past eported to a very great across the hall that his re we Crown Ferdina And —— a a Prince - hak at bed. a fancy walstcona oy h . “© nee hen ™ Me inauyired Peter Niburg's ow? Since Whe juired You Frequented the Hungaria?” “Have efaced tear shamed of them, circum an ther have and se ured for the on the crown | © ther viewp prince had . uld happen, wi WOrs done the 1 1 a shoe, of the royal ling a paper to « somewhat of drawing and did not stop. and | ne act in the center of the frame, | __iri1v than u floral border of daisies, ex : geometrical, because he had vn them in first with a compass. may a kine? ww king? hi seemed until He took on { out g : and to revolution. aswell for her throne, « further than she eared | ° She would finish cer | lor. of 1 boy, however, gave the pictures a hasty glance and proceeded, In usinesslike manner, to carry a traight chair to the cabinet. On the shelf sat the old cloth dog. Its She shoe-button eyes looked glazed with sleep, but its ears were quite alert Very cautiously the crown prince un the door, stepped precariously lower shelf of the cabinet, ‘a thoneand deaths in one, if hung there by one royal hand, and had | they were found on her. She lifted the dog down, the | get them out of her hands at once. | At nine o'clock the under It was still but little after five, She | off his gword in another 0 "ligt hronght together on her | leaned it against a chair. Then he ; small mahogany desk, from such hid- | examined his revolver, in accordance | and ordered 8 ing places ns women know--the linings | with a formula prescribed by the old ih ! ands but of perfumed sachets, the toes of small | KiDE. Then he went in and examined To i 1 iy yan. r all. It the secret pocket In a muff; the room with a flashlight, and lis- | Si ET | t of cot .. it and having locked her doors, put tened to the crown prince's breathing. | them In order Hier hands were | He had been a croupy baby. And, at trembling, but worked skillfully. Inst, he turned the flashlight on to the | free until the dinner hour, bed. A pair of shoe-button eyes | she had a great deal The | stared at him from the pillow. { papers in order, she went to a panel i “Well, I'm ~1" sald the wet nurse. | in the wall of her dressing room, and. | And went out, looking thoughtful, * | something else. not to sliding it aside, revealed the safe in |» . - y . » . 1/1] | Suddenly Herman 1 which her jewels were kept. Not that | In a shop where, that afternoon, the | ; ; ‘ | Calm with hate. He. is arrogant and her jewels were very valuable, but the | countess had purchased some Lyons | And, after all, it was ail, one marriage or another—what safe was there, and she used it. | silks, one of the clerks, Peter Niburg, | Peter Niburg was lonely. The burden | ye once does it make? Men are was free at last. At seven o'clock, of the letter oppressed him He ven. ¥ aoe does ool % mukes having put away the last rolls of silk wanted the comfort of human conver- the things they do unimportant.” on the shelves behind him, and covered gation and the reassurance of a | “But surely “ Hedwig gasped, them with calico to keep off the dust; familiar ce. When the two met at |... ge 1 shall be consulted? having given a final glance of disdain the rack by the door which contained Annunciata head. They at the clerk In the linens, across; their hats, his expression was almost |, 4 risen Olga Loschek having reached under the counter for friendly. They went ont together, Sew : re . sts had set out to do, No longer grip her in the sthers “1 have som put in Herm But now he wdge tudents over | lid not | of his hand. ack went end his earlier route His craven knees 1 Fresh not of of fear, broke out over him was brave enough of 4 tinge. who was « was through. an 1d terror SOnse 0 mn. shook young essary. 1 deo him rose, olt out of a clear sky. wo finish. Karl should ! oP nes y she had failed him. had in her possession papers for which he walted or pretended to walt: data socured hy means she did not to | locked remember: plans and figures carefully sweat, probably ROO ngue anyhow, for ths patter.” She affection non a ole ceording med a and threw he care to heights “It is unnecesser ferocity wh to remind you not yourself. But it that 18 certain plans for mind awa) ly boy, soon enough.” stands on | then 3 Karl f mob, make a fool o y not be out of your grandfather hi that will take your tor he real purp of Karnla had, unoffi oposed | compiled coward alone place to say Hedwig the However, the sight of the restaurant, and of his fellow clerk ea calmly, quieted him. Peter Niburg still Herman took a table near him, of His wil revived would wet nurse took you room and | to {ing 5 vas from this Hedwig very this sil and was her plang, mother?” had risen ing. white the “What “He will tell you entirely on “Not—I am not to accom-| The Archduchess not all hard. She could her children their father | was eating, but eves were fixed | wore her children, and {on Madame Marie, at her high desk. | 1 that she was not. gentle There was speculation in them, and | 4 coung. Suddenly Triumph, perhaps. | most like regret stirred in her, became calm. | “Don’t look like that, child” leald., “It is not settled. And, after her papers lone, bowl the hot {i was simple enough. soup with hands shook table, “Aranda $ { Man ame, i TT 1 3 of inde pendence w r w face § rigis we which CHINO me . Mwriieve me, 1 United, orld. ut a disloyal and dis- spelis the end.” hinged agreeing slippers to be marrie Al 1 vy KI mciata was never forgive But they Hedwig was and ronnd ing al spenk, we t) 5 iae 15) wy divi ghe fn OTOSK Peter Niburg hes HD his contented pos ple She Yas pa And at last because hut to do, But, contrary he convinced her. built of a ah oi Karl gometh was LAIR voiced but an to tion, himself, she eme, hit, Very oeagRy. powerful, madame. And-— se is there to do?” There The countess took out a jewel-case, ~ | emptied it, lifted its chamois cushions, and took out a small book. It was an indifferent hiding place, but long im- munity had made her careless, Re- ferring to the book, she wrote a letter {in code. It was, to all appearances, care wa ise, and she to broach nothing « knew it. But she refused the matter to Hedwig. And It ended ng most shook her As for still, He Lurked in the Shadows and Watched. Qutside with the chancellor, ferocious but inwardly . : i ahi y, undertaking to put, as one may - was very but her eyes and | “A fine night,” sald Herman, un flea into the Princess Hedwig's ear, Az he strode ont, the door into the next room closed quietly. CHAPTER IV, The Letter. The Countess Loschek Alone and storming, was alone, She had sent her n friendly letter referring to a family in her native town, and asking that the recipient see that assistance be sent them hefore Thursday of the fol- week, The assistance was specified with much detail-—at her ex- pense to send so many blankets, =o many loaves of bread, a long list. finished, she destroyed, by hig stiff black hat of good quality and hig siiver-topped cane; having donned the hat and hung the stick to his arm with two swaggering gestures; having prepared his offensive, so to speak, he ndvanded, Between Peter Niburg and Herman Spler of the linens, was a feud, Its source, in the person of a pretty eashier, had gone, but the feud re mained. It was of the sort that smiles restaurant, one which faced over the palace. And there he settled himself in a window and ordered his dinner. From the outside Herman stared in. He lurked In the shadows outside, and watched. Peter sat alone, and stared out, Herman took sheller, and watched, But Peter Niburg did not see him. His eyes were fixed On the gloomy cast an eye at the sky. “Fine enough.” “Too good to waste in sleep, thinking.” observed Herman, hour or two at the Hungaria" i mocked his fellow clerk. “Since when,” he inquired, | you frequented the Hungariat” “a The message of the countess to King Karl is stolen and causes a lot of trouble for sev. eral people. Read about it in the next instaliment. (TO BS CONTINUED,
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