' J.T.-I ?a'-' i7VEJn SCTWrS 1"l."1 as ,i ' .. 1 j r Jj . u .J '..?' l:" ' T'TTr-r Jt' t"l' " " l w r .' ''" ', til? W . ?f,-?rt EVENING PUBLIC !IiEi)(5EI-'I,HII;ADEI,l?HA,, BfONDAY, 'AUGUST 8, 1921 THE vagrant duke By GEORGE GIBBS ' ...- 0f "The Splendid Outcast," "The Yellow Dove" "The Secret AtWT "' Wltneat," Etc. CorvlpM. Ittt, lv D. AeaUttm A Co. xinnr.nnUE .i.. n man t playing tho K uTonnrr Etudo'' of Chopin. 3ET" mnncent In It. pro KlSTlti furnishings wcro maHlve. 2li oak wMU were h. -with y; . ni men ana tok " tW of b bygone .lay. Through the Jme.' ? " Vh. casements of which ?" !n7n to the evening sky, there . C of forest nnd meadow-land Vr Interminably to tho setting fihentcue-Jlbecupolaofayll. "Aurch, to wwta dla,nnt' R,lm" J like PrMn the dusky setting TU3 hills, nnd close by It. here rfie ttny "Plrnl of opalescent V SwW the dwellings of Zukovo "tf. v. man at the piano woo uc .WiSm apart from this scene ? .hiorbfd In his piano, which i the turbulence which had I"' , VtT. mil of the great composer. Bf SnSiten upon the dark face of ft ?,Sl musician was rapt nnd oncer, ffio'cK" the chords to tfielr rJh.nt conclusion when he sank ffifbU chair with n gasp, 1. s head KiJinril urton his breast, his dark WWZ the keys which still l .Ui.i. A. tumult. ?!'... thi. moment that a door nt .lf r. " mom was opened nnd n Site-Wred man In purple livery en fiSf Si ?Moil in silence .regarding iE. wistfully the man at tne pinno, ?Kcd Mn head abruptly like one ttTit?Vaslli?" asked tho mu 'iS' servant appronched softly n few 'Tdi(l not wish to intrude. Highness, hAs"tne old rervunt hesitated , the W. .trai 'Vrfigurerclad in a'davk An I blouse, looi-e trousers nnd brown &ti lb 'rally bespattered with mud. X g "of the sun which ..hot across (b (ice i be camp forward into the IliM shoncd swarthy footur.'S level En, a straight nose, a well-turned chin, a small mu-tnclie nnd a generous Sir which revealed a capacity for humor. He w nuitc calm now, nnd the t" of "l" vofc" wor,c n,m03t boy" lh In their coiuwmt aim i., w 'Well, what I- It. Vnsill'" ho re- TMtcd "Vou Hive me uir oi one wiiu noch on your conscience. Out with it. nu Pacba been fighting with you "No Master, not Snclm," said tho eld ma clearing his throat nervously, "It Ij something worse much worse ''Impossible !" said the other with n liaih as be took up a cigarette from the table. "Nothing could be worse thsa a Rus'lnn cook when she gets Into I rate " "Bit It is. Master something worse -much worse "Ileally! inu ainrm me. me CrindDukc threw himself Into on nrm thilr and inhaled luxuriously of his cterette. And thcil with n shrug, "Well?" The old man came n pace nr two iwrer, muttering hoarsely, "They've troken out in the village again," he THE GUMPS A Delayed Letter From Min By Sidney Smith M l!Pd. Tilt contracted ho Grand Duke's brow nddtnly. "Il-m. When did this happen?" "Last night. And this morning they kreed the htnblcs of Princo tlnlitziu mi looted the castle." The young mrfd sprang to his feet. "You arc sine of this?" "Yes, Master. The word was brought I; jitrge Amlrlev less than ten min utes ago." He tool: a few rapid paces up and dona the room, stopping by the open tlndow and staring out. "Fools!" he muttered to himself. Then turning to the old servitor, "Hut. ViiiU why is it that I have heard aothlng of this? Today Conrad, the forester, said nothing to me. And the dt; before yesterday in the village the Nople swept off their caps to me as In the old days. I could have sworn m;thlng would be peaceful at Zukovo -st least, for the present " lie added as though in an afterthought. "I pray (od that may be true," mut tered VoslH uncertainly. And then lth unction, "In tliulr hearts, they Kill love you, Illfihncas. They arc chil dren your children, their hearts still fall of reverenco for the (Sraud Duke Peter Nleliolucvltch In whom runs the suae blood ns that which ran in the sicred being of the I.lttle Fnthcr but their brains ! They are drunk with the Suon poured into their minds by the ramltteemcn fioin Moscow." "Ah," eagerly, "they returned?" Last night." replied the old mnn Klng his head. "And your people fwgot all that you had said to them ill that they owe to you. They nrc Dd," he finished .lesunlrlnulv. "ninil !" The, Grand Duke had folded his nrms aa was sturlng out of tho window to ward thn lhltft ilmnn nt (tit. .hn.Mi i.mi ad red like n globule of blood in the unset. The old man watched him for n mo tt'rit, nil the fealty of 4iis many years of service in his ruzu and attitude. J do not like the look of things, WjhnesR. whnt docs it matter how Rd ,'lii'lr henits are if tlicir brains nrc - "I must go and talk with them, .railll," Btti,i t, (riUHl uukc quietly. iitf tW mn" ,onk n RtcI' forwnrd. K I might make so free " 'Speak ." m,,".1 tonight, Mnstcr " ;jVhjr not?" rt.i wi'" be dangerous. T.nst nlglit joi,'VQ wcro rniseJ cvcn nga'nst .ii'?1': W1,v? Have I not done every -u'. i M.M ,0 lu'lp them? I nm wr frieiid-becnusi' I hollcve In their J""5 nnd they l Ket their rights, .bat not by burning and looting n ','A,mi'rder, Master. Two of I'rinco waiiuin is foresters Vcro killed." "That's He (licked ic his Tt, n'"Y"iY'? -- tirnnu lJUKe i llvtiml :?" .UUnitT In 7.llVnnl IL"""!''1'"1 cigarette out of tli gnaov, nnd made a gesturo with hi ,'ce. Vnsill want to think. ' . ''ns if I need vn.i.' .J' !!' ' jy111 not go to Zukovo tonight?" i It n,,,, -tie servnV' nnoler Returo he waved ;ani nwnv. r.'aeu Vnsil fuai i had gone, the Oram! titullHf; llls1,,,,KH nemi-H tho chair by tok -mi'. ,u ."" fded along Its ?nd thi. lSMA t'Jt'H liecr(,(' out' Wdeni ,i ,,llls .an.d loreHN, be.vond tho the na,t ?ilne 0,,,ho vllln ""h into Nichols Y.',ere ,tl! ,nnKniIlcent father, "i ? all tl h.etirov tclV .,eW fomlftl Bwn: il'fatnlr LeIl,.'.ul withl" ,,iB vlKin and Wer7. ,f8,her? r(l" t,, tl, f ''Is louow of their inmi8, 4 brhn'Vl ""ko'H cy-H were hard 'iwk bSnLn,,?,ve ,ho ""Kbtly prominent 1" orl, n .t"1;. vestiges of his Orion. l! Kn Li, . ,cro WHB ""''"'H'lng f t.,..n".""h mother, eon. I., n, .".,. I Wt llSM.t?ni,? of ''is expression. HYW inkVL-. "" ",0"'' wcro t the Jlf & ftVii"" Vr ,ho vengeful- '-ilil'i'N the Pitiless JH' thiy li ."I velnsJ but Mtlr a ""y lines of dUnppoitltmcnt, ot perplotltr at the problem that con- :?Hti,Mh,ni' ,nn(1 )lfy for bl people) who did not know where to turn for guidance. Ho still believed them to bo bin people, n , heritage from hit lordly Pnfent. hU children, who woro respon sible to him nnd to whom he woo re sponsible. It was, n habit of thought, inalienable, tho product of the? ngei. gut It wan tho calm phlloMphr of his Kngllsh mother that had first given him ds roil sense of obligation to them, her tench ngu, even before the war began, that lift! shown him how terrlblo were tho problems that confronted his future. His aervlce In the army had opened hi eves atill wider, nnd when Rusila had deserted her ftllles ho had returned to Zukovo -to begin tho work of re construction in tho wnyt his nwakened conscience had dictated. Ho had visited their homes, offered them counsel, given them such money oh he could spare, and hod, ho thought, become thoir friend n.Vy.cl aH thoir hereditary guardian. All had gone well ot first. They had llsten-d to him, accepted his odvlco ami his monry nnd renewed thoir fealty under the new order of things, vowing that whatevor happened elsewhere In Ktissln, blood nnd agony and starvuthm should not visit Zukovo. . But the news that Vnsill brought was (llMmilctlncr. It monnl thnt tlu hiIm.Im of his people were again disturbed. And the fact that Pilnce C.nlluln had al ways been hated made tho problems tho Grand Duke faced none the le?u diffi cult. Tor his people had burned, pil laged and killed. They hud betrujed him. And lie had learned in the nrmv whnt fire and the smell of blood could do. With n quirk nod of resolution lie rose. He would go to them, lie knew their lenders. They would llston to him, They must listen. lie closed th.i piano carefully, putting nwny the loose t-hoets of music, picked up his cap and heavy riding crop from the divan, on hit) way to the door, paus ing, his hand on the bell-rope na n thought brought n deeper frown to his brow. Why had Coiund (irnbur, h!s chief forester, snid nothing today? He must have known for newt, such ns this travels from leaf to leaf through the forest. Conrad ! And yet ho would have bworn by tho faithfulness of his old friend and hunting companion. Por tions Conrad hnd nut Known. The Grand Duke nulled the hell-rone. then went to the window again ami ytooil ns thcvugh listening for the voh-es of the woods. Silence. Tho sun hnd sunk, n dull red hall, and the dusk was fulling swiftly The nopens below his window quivered slightly, throwing their white leaves upward ns though In pain. The stately pinbs thnt ho loved, mute, solemn, changeless, tilled tho nir with balsam, but they gave no answer to his problem. It woh difficult to be lieve that, there, in the restless souls of men war could rage. And yet He peered out more intently, lteyond the pine forest, n murky cloud was ris ing. A storm? Hardly. For the sun had Kt In n clear sky. But there whs a e'.oud surely, growing in darkness and intensity. lie coi.ld k-c it more clenrly now, billowing upward in grim por tent. The fSrnud Tuke started and then tared again. The cloud wns of sintke. Through the woods tiny lights were 'Minrkllng. picked out with ominous bril liancy ngninst tho velvet dusk, l'etcr Xicholaovifh leaned far out of tho win dow, straining Ills rnrs to listen. And now he teemed to hear tho crackle of Humes, the distent sound of hoarse wiiccs. tdiotitin; mid singing. And while he still listened, nwnro that a great crisis had come into his life, there wns a, commotion just below him, the hound of voices close at hand, and he saw a mnn come running from the woods, approaching the gateway of the en1 tie. He recognized him by the grny beard nnd thickset figure. It wns Boris Byiov, the huntsman, nnd ns he ran he shouted to some one In the courtyard below. The (Irnnd Duke made out the words: "They're burning the Hunting Lodge where Is the Mnster ?" Peter Nlcholncvltch waited at the window no longer, but ran out of tho room nnd down the flight of stairs into the grent holl below. For he knew whnt happened now. The Red terror hnd come to Zukovo. He went out to the garden terrace, crossing quickly to the courtyard, whero he met the frightened group of fcorvuuts thnt hnd assembled. Boils, the huntsman, much out of bieath, was waving his nrms excitedly toward the cloud of smoke rising above the plno. trees, now tinged a dirty oiaugc color from benpnth. "They came from nil directions, Mas ter," ho gasped, "like tho black flics upon n dead horse hundreds thou sands of them from the village and all the country round. I talked with the tlrst that came, Anton Lcnsky. Gleb Saltvkov, Michael Kuprin and Conrad Grnbar " , . , "Conrad 1" gasped the Grand Duke. "Yes, Highness," muttered Boris, his hend bowed. "Conrad Grnbnr. They tiled to restrain me. Michael Kuprin I struck upon the bend with n stick and then I lied to warn your Highness that they mean to come hither." Tho face of the Grand Duke, a trifle pale under Its tun, was set in stern lines, but there was no fear In his manner us he quickly questioned, ills eyes eagerly serutlnUIng the filghtcnud men and women about him while he spoke to them with cool decision. "Thanks, Filend Itjlov you have done me n service I shnll not forget." Then to tho others, "If there are any of you who fear to remain with me, jou may go. I cannot believe that they will come to Zukovo Castle, hut wo will clo-c the gnte to the courtyard at once. I will talk with them from the terinco wall." "Master! Highness!" broke In the huntsman violently, "jou do not mi deistnnd. You cannot stny here. They are mad. They will kill you. It is for thut they come " "Nevertheless i mean 10 siuy "It Is death " "Go thou, then, and Vaslli, nnd Ivan, For before thev burn Zukovo, I mean to talk with them -" "Jt Is madness ! "Come, Highness," broke in Leo GartJiln, the heudgroom, engerly. "I will put the saddle upon Vera, and jou can go out of the Iron gnte from the stable-) aril Into the forei-t. Nothing enn catch you and jou uiu reach the I river " "No, Leo," put in the urnnu uuuo kindly. "I shall stay." The servnnti glanced at one another, appalled at the Master's attitude. Borne of them lint nlrendy disappeared Into the castle, but others, less timorous, had already rushed to close tho courtyard gate. , , "You say they are many, Ijricnd Itjlov?" he nsked ngnln. "As tho hnlM of your head, Master frnm ivuiiuvim. .Taroslav everywhere and women, Highness, more tcnlble than, tho men "And the leaders ?" Dmitri Slilorov, of the Zcmstvo, and Michael Kosltzln and Anton Lensky. 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