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EVENING PtJBLIO LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, ATOTJST 10, 1921
THE VAGRANT DUKE
By GEORGE GIBBS
Author of "The Splendid Outcast," "The Yellow Dove," "The Secret
" Wltnese," Etc.
Copvrleht, Hit, bv D. AccUton d Co.
THIS nEGINS THE STOKY
Peter Nkhohevltch, Russian
arand Duke, cousin of the U:ar,
driven from homo hy insurrcotioti,
&r?i the Urittih refugee ship,
Phrvain, d thcrc mect ;,r'"co
nMtsin, a former court sycophant.
"Prince ," flii the Grand lhiicc, "I
.L minti to do that which may
Irinj-thc Mush of shame to pour
iroio. doing to troifc." ''tut,
Your Highness,'' protests the Prince,
,chat of vour higher destiny t you,
' prince of the royal olood of Holy
Russia!"
AND HERE IT CONTINUES
mllDHFJ in no Holy Russia, my friend,
i until she Is born again. Russia Is
rotri than trnltor, worse than, liar,
worse than murderer nnd thief. She
It a 'fool."
"All will come right In time. o go
to England to wait."
"I have other plans."
"Then you will not Join us? Prin
ce Anatfaslc, my daughter. Is here.
General Scmlnoff "
"It Is useless. I have made up my
mind. Leave me, If you please."
prince (lalltaln disappeared (illicitly
Mow to spread the information of his
discovery among the disconsolate
refugees, and It was not long before It
ws known from one end of the
l'hrygln to the other that the fellow
nho called himself l'ctcr Nichols was
none other than the Grand Duke Peter
Klfholacvltcli, n cousin to his Into Ma
Jcfly Nicholas and a Prince of the rojnl
blood. Peter Nichols Nought the Cup
tain In his cahiu, putting the vfhole
case before him.
"H-tn," chuckled the Captain,
"found jc out, did they? There's only
t few of jou left, that's why. Hetter
etay 'ere In my cabin until we reach
Constantinople. I'd be honoied. 'Iglt
aess, to say nothin' of savin' you a
bit of bother."
"You're very kind."
"Not at all. Make yourself at 'ome.
There's cigarettes on the locker nnd a
nip of the Scotch to keep the chill out.
Here's a light. You've been worrying'
me some. 'Ighncss. Pact Is I didn't
Inow Just how big n bug you wete until
today, when I asked some questions.
You'll forgive me, 'Ighuess?"
"I tn'c it that you don't want any
body as'ioro to know who ye nieV"
"Exactly. Most of thoc lefugees
tre going to I'ngland. I lm" icasons
for not wishing to go with them."
"vt'lier?, then, do you propose- to
o?"
"To the United States," Mild the
Grand Duke eagerly.
"Without money?"
"I'd have no money (f I went to
England unless I subsisted on the char
ity of my friends. My branch of the
family Is not rich.
ns noorsr. sudi securities as l nave are
in a vault in Kiev. It would be sui
cide for nic to attempt to reclaim them
now. I'm goinj to try to mnUe my own
way."
"Impossible!"
The Grand Duke lunched at the Unc-
lMuun'i's cxpu-Ssion.
"Yer 'nnds, 'Ighncss."
The Giund Duku shrugged und
grinnid.
"I'll rislc it. I m not wmiout le-
tources. Will you Help me to a Mill)
tailing for America?"
"ies but "
"Oh. I'll wirk my pnssnge over if
nobody bothers me."
"By George! 1 lika jour erit. (live
me your 'and. sir. Ill do what I can.
it the Ucrimuiian Imsn t suilul fiom
the Horn jet I think I tan manage it
for ye."
"Anil keep me clear of llic rest of
your passengers?" added his Iligh
ntss. "Rlght-o. They'll go on the Scnin
rbore. You stav rieht ere und mum's
the word." And Captain lilashford
went out on deck, leaving Peter Nichols
to hlj cigarettu and his meditations.
Manv times hnd tbp. (ii-niiil Duk!
Peter ghea thanks that the blond of hi
mother flmvpil s.trm,r?lv In his veins.
He ns more British than Russian nnd
oo could rcnieinber things tlmt had hap
ECned since lio hnd pv..ivn to iiiloli'('onei
which had made the half of him that
was Enslith ieolt against the Russian
yitem. it was perhaps hW musical
education rather tlian bis university
tralnhis or his travels in England and
Franco that had turned him to the in
telllgeutsia. In the nst lepublle of
ft nnd letters lie had imbibed the phi
losophy that was to threaUn the ery
existence of his own elan. The spread
o! the resolution had not illsiuned
him, for he believed tlim In time thn
rendulum would swing back and bilng n
constitutional goeinmcnt to Russia.
Hut In the weeks of sti tingle, privation
nu passion n new Peter Ntcholaevitch
was born.
Thn fnllmn -,( 1, .,ln,, :.. il,.. o,,.1
- - wt urn jiiuin lil tin nun-
oen Hood of annichj which had swept
Wer Zukoo, the treachery of those
hnd thought faithful and the ul
lemnt mum i,iu itr., i,.,.i .i.,,..wi i.iu
viewpoint It fikes a tiuly noble spiilt
JmWi o l.K the finder that has pulled
km iT'r of !l "solver, the bullet fioiii
Dleh 1ms gnno thiouh one's lint.
rrom dUappolntmciit and dismav
"ter Miholnevitch had turiud to
scr. iney hadn't nlnved the lriimu
""Il Ililll. It w.iHii't IM-Ielint. Ills
thoe long nights of his escape along
U'.i .Ml.cl,cr' IIe lla'l chosen. Peter
rxJeliolff I The name amused' him. If
Captain IJInshford wnH n man of his
word, tonight would be the end of the
Grand Duke Peter NlcliolneVIttli. and
the Pilncess Annstnsle might llnd some
more nrdent suitor to her grace nnd
beauty.
She did not seek him out. Perhaps
the hint to Onlltaln had been sufficient,
nnd thei Grand Duke from his hiding
place saw her pretty figure set nsluue
among the nnVcellnny of martyred
ryalty." He turned away from his
porthole with a catch of his brtath as
the last vestige of his old life passed
from sight. And then quietly took up
n fresh cigarette and awaited the Cap
tain. The details were easily arranged,
ninshford was n man of resource and
at night returned from n visit to the
Captain of the Rcrmudlnn. with word
thnt all was well. Ho hnd been obliged
to relntc the facts, hut Captain Arini
tage could keep a secret and promised
the refugee n Job under his steward,
who was short-handed. And so the
next morning, nftcr shaving nnd diet
ing himself In borrowed c'othce, Peter
Nichols shook Captain Hlnshford warm
ly by the hnnd nnd went aboard hi
new ship.
Peter Nichols new job wns thnt of
a waiter at the tobies In the dining
p!iioii. There were English office) s
hound for Malta. Frenchmen for Mar
seilles and Americnns of the Red Cross
without number, bound for New Y'jrls.
(Hi Is. too, pleor-eyed, bronzed and
l.i'titi. whfr tn'kfd war and politlrs
beneath hid very nose, challenging bl
own theorii'i.
They noticed him. too, nnd whispered
among themselves, but trim to his am
bition to do every task at the best of
his bent, he pre-'cved au immobile coun
tenance and pocketed his fe", which
would be useful eie long, with the grate
fill appreciation of one to whom shil
lings nnd franc pieces come as the gifts
of God. Mnnv were the nttemnts to
draw him from a conversation, but
where the queries could not be answered
by n laeonle "Ye, sir." oi "No, sir,"
thta paragon of waiters maiiituiuid a
smiling silence.
"I'm sure lie's n Prince or some
thing," ho heard one joung girl of a
hospital unit say to a young medico of
the outfit. "Did you ever sec such n
noe and brows In your life? And Ills
hnnds ! You can never mistnke
hands. I would swear those hands hnd
never done menial work for a thousand
enrs."
lie t,lcpt forward, mesicd nhnft the
gal'cv. enriched his vocabulary and
broadened his point of view. There is
no leve er like a shin s fo c sle. no bet
ter school of philosophy than that of
men upon their "b--nin ends." There
were many such Poles. Slovaks. Ru
manians, nn Armenian or two. refugees,
iwhonturers from America, old. young.
dissolute, making n neccssltv of virtue
under thnt successful oligarchy, the
Willi h budge.
In the Americans Peter was inter
ested with an EnilMimuu' point ol
i lew. He had much to learn, nnd ho
Invented a tale of bu fortunrs which
let him into their confidences, especially
Into that of lm ('oust, wa'tcr like
liiive f. whose bunk adjoined his own.
Jim Const was n citizen of the world,
intiml to prlwition under many flags.
IT.. l..l 1 I ... T . -. r,
mi,. , i. ,n,i "i"i """ iiitii in .rw .lersev. u.
The war lias made S- A of ,jCC01t peon,0 ,.,, wo ,. ,
in the cranbeirj boi;s, farmed in Penu
hjlan!n, "punclied" cattle In Wyo
ming, "prospected" In the Southwest.
looted rnnclie In Mexico, fought ntrninst
Dla? nnd again with the lnsui gents in
Venei-ueh, woiked on cattlesh'iis, anil
so. bv easy stng-i. had dilfted iiciosm
the luenr'tli of Kuiope living bv his wit
nt the expense of the credulous and
the unwary. And now. for the first
time in mnnv i finis. In, u-nn uniim
home thougli just whnt that meant he
inn not Know, lie hnd missed great
tortune twice "bv the skin of his
teeth." as he picturesquely desciibed
it. once in u mine in Arizona and again
In n land deal In the Argentln . There
were reasons why he hadn't dared to
return to the I'nlted States before. He
was a man with a grievance, but, how
ever tree In his (oiifldenci's In other
lespecf, gave the Interested Peter no
inuiiiig as to what that grlcwmce was.
o mor- curious acquaintanceship
iniiiu iiiisMuiy uu imagined, out priva
tion, like po'ities, makes .strange bed
fellows, and, from tolerance nnd amuse
ment. Pete, as the other called him,
found himself yielding, without .stint,
to the fantastic spoil of Jim CoastV
multifarious attractions. Ho seemed
lo have no doubts as to the possibility
nf making n living In America and re
fened darkly to possible "coups" that
would net a fortune. He wns nn agree-
nolo villain, not above mischief to gain
iiib vhhi, nun i-fiiT. who cnerisned nn
ineai. mauo sure that, once sife nsliore.
It would be best if they parted company.
Rut he didn't tell Jim Const fo, for the
ronversntlnnal benefits he derived from
that gentleman's ncquaintnnco were a
liberal education.
We are admonished that they are
blessed who lust stand and wait, nnd
Peter Nichols, thiee dns out fiom New
York harbor, found himself the posses
see of $-10 in tips from the oynge. with
SCO coming to him as w-agcs mt so bad
for a first venture upon the high sens
of induitry. It was the first real
money he hod eer made in his life nnd
he wns proud of It. jingling it content
edly In his pockets nnd rubliine tlio bills
luxuriously our ajnlnst the other. Rut
his plans requited more than this, for
he had rend enough to know that in tin
I'nlted States ojie is often taken nt one's
own estimate, and that If ho wasn't to
find a job as a ditch digger, he must
make a good nppeniance. And so It wns
now time to mako use of the one Grand
Dueal possession remaining to him, a
I'oM i Ins set with a gorgeous ruby thnt
had once belonged t his father This
i hi he had alwajs worn and had re
moved fiom his fin","T at T'shan. in
tlie fear that Its magnificence inieht be.
Inn lihu. lie had licit It caiefullv tied
THE GUMPS The Happy Homecoming
By Sidney Smith
jl bwm Tutyv THE S)R.PE OU WorTT "RND TH. "FOLKsC
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VoDR VJIFE AMt 0)K. AOTHER.
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,,i,L1ivin 'Pon the proceeds of her
;2?'1?.? Other's Amerlenu nnd Ilrltlsh
Wlun!;;M',w,nH of r0,rH0 the enblest
W'utlon of 1,h dlflicultlcs. A life of
mfnrrm.'i : K?'L wportsmansblp. the
S.,n'0rt that only Um-lnn.l lfiin.
mokeii" rmely. too hlonil. petite, and
ffl L"1r CB'n-ette very prettily.
moer marr hiL'i m.i ,. i....... .n., i
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wi; 2'cicd I1'8 clgaretto through the
twiriik"' .ri0'. Oo iIoch not ,nass
Hi si ,t sn Buc,n woments of struggle
t'commiiaion at h Jttul iuul lu
excuse to
blilp.
Through the head steward he man
nged a message to Captain Armitngc nnd
wns bidden to the officer's caiiln. where
ho explained the obfect of his visit, ex
hibited Ills tunsuro and estimated Its
Milne.
The captain opened his eyes a bit
nldcr ai. he gazed into the sanguine
depths of the stone.
"If I didn't know something of your
history. Nichols," he raid, with n wink,
"I might think 'ou'J bten looting the
strong box of the Sultan of Turkey,
l'lgeou'fl blood nnd as big aH mj thumb
nail! You want to sell It?"
"I need capital."
"What do jou want for it?"
"It'a worth ii thousand pounds of
Kngllsh money. Perhaps more. I don't
Know. I'll tnko what I can get."
"I sea. You're afraid to negotiate
the sale asboio?"
"IJxoetly. I'd bo arrested."
"And jou don't want explanations.
H'm lenvo It v. tlh me overnight. I'll
nee the purser. He'll know."
"Thanks."
The result of this arrangement wns
that the ruby ring changed owners. Tie
purser liousht It for two thousand in
cash. lie knew a good thing when he
huw it. Hut Peter Nichols was initia
lled.
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