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Princess Virginia
By C. N. and A. M. WILLIAMSON,
Authors of "CV Lightning1 Conductor," "Roe
mary In Search of a Father," Etc. J J
COPYRIGHT. 1007. OY McCLURE. PHILLIPS O- CO.
Tho Indies of tho court, who. with
their husbands, hnd been waiting to
congratulate Leopold, crowded round
the girl ns tho emperor turned to then)
with 11 look nnd gesture of Invitation.
A scut was given her, and the arm In
Its blood stained sleeve was hastily
bound up. She was tho heroine of the
day, dividing honors with Its hero.
There was scarcely a grnrule dame
among the brilliant nsscmblngc on thv
emperor's platform to whom Lady
Mowbray and her daughter had not
tetter of Introduction from their lnvrd
liable friend. But no one knew at
this moment of any title to their recog
nition possessed by tho girl other than
tho right she had earned by her splen
did deed. All smiled on her through
grateful tears), though there were some
who would have given their ton flu
jrers to have stepped Into her place.
Thus Virginia sat through tho cere
monies, cnreless that thousands of eyes
Were on her face, thinking only of one
pair of eyes, which spared n glance for
hor now and then, hardly seeing tho
Btatuo of Rhactla, whoso glorious mar
ble womanhood unveiled roused a
storm of enthusiasm from the crowd,
hearing only tho short, stirring speech
made by Leopold.
When everything was over and tho
people had no excuse to linger save to
see tho emperor ride away aud tho
great personages disperse, Leopold
turned again to Virginia.
All the world was listening, of
course; all tho world was watching,
too, and, no matter what his Inclina
tion might have been, his words could
be but few.
Once more he thanked and praised
her for her courage, her presence of
mind; thanked her for remaining as If
Bho had been granting a favor to hlni
and nslccd her where she was staying
In Kronburg. as he promised himself
tho honor of sending to Inquire for her
health that evening.
Ills desire would be to call at once In
person, ho added: but, owing to the
programme arranged for this day and
several days to follow, not only each
hour, but each moment, would be of
ficially occupied. Those birthday fes
tivities were troublesome, but duty
must be done, and then, Leopold re
peated, when ho had Miss Mowbray's
name nnd address, tho court surgeon
and physician would be commanded to
attend upon her without delay.
With these words dnd a chivalrous
courtesy at parting, the emperor was
gone, Bnron von Lyndal. grand master
of ceremonies, and his baroness having
been told off to take care of Miss Mow
bray. In another mood It would have prick
ed Virginia's sense of humor to see
Baroness von Lyndal's almost shocked
surprise at discovering her to be the
daughter of that Lady Mowbray whom
she was asked to meet. Luckily all
tho letters of Introduction had reached
their destinations. It merely remaining,
according to tho etiquette In Rhaetla.
for Lady Mowbray to announce her ar
rival In Kronburg by sending cards to
the recipients. But Virginia had no
heart for laughter now.
She had been on the point of forget
ting until reminded by a dig from the
spur of necessity that she was only a
musqucrador acting her borrowed part
iu a pageant. For the first time since
she had hopefully taken It up that part
became dctastuble. She would havo
given almost anything to throw It off
and be herself, for nothing less than
clear sincerity seemed worthy of this
day and the event which crowned It.
Nevertheless. In the vulgar language
of proverb which no well brought up
princess should ever stoop to use. she
had made her own bed. and she must
lie In It. It would not do for her sud
denly to give out to the world of
Kronburg that she was not, after all.
Miss Mowbray, but Princess Virginia
of Baumenburg-Drlppe. That would
not bo fair to the grand duchess, who
had yielded to her wishes, nor fair to
her own plans. Above all. It would
not be fair to the emperor, handicap
ped as ho now was by a debt of grati
tude. No; Miss Mowbray she was, aud
Miss Mowbray she must for the pres
ent remain.
Naturally the grand duchess fainted
when her daughter was brought back
, Tltc mm fa Its hiool sUilncd Wiivc trit
j Itiiatlljj bound tip.
V '
3n
with ominous rod stnlns upon tho gray
background of hor traveling dress. But
tho wound was neither deep nor dan
gcrous. The court surgeou was as
consoling ns he was complimentary,
and by tho time that messengers from
the palace had arrived with inquiries
from the emperor and Invitations to
the emperor's ball the mother of the
heroine could dispense with her sal
in! !!(.
St c had fortunately much to think
u.' "I here was the Important question
of dress for the ball tomorrow night:
there was the still more pressing ques
tion of the newspapers, which must
not be allowed to publish the borrow
ed name of Mowbray lest complica
tions should arise, and there were the
questions to be .asked of Virginia.
How had she felt? How had she
dared? How had the emperor looked,
and what had the emperor said?
If It had been natural for the grand
duchess to faint It was equally natural
that she should not faint twice. She
began to believe, after all. that Provi
dence smiled upon Virginia and her
adventure, and she wondered whether
the princess' white satin embroidered
with seed pearls or the silver spangled
bluo tulle would bo more becoming to
wear to the ball.
Next day tho Rhaetlan newspapers
devoted columus to the attack upon
tho emperor by an anarchist from a
certain province (onco Italian), who
had disguised himself ns an olllelnl In
the employ of the burgomaster. There
were long paragraphs In praise of the
lady who, with marvelous courage nnd
presence of mind, hnd sprung between
tho emperor and the assassin, receiv
ing on the arm with which she had
shielded I'liser Leo a glancing blow
from the weapon aimed ut the Im
perial breast: but. thanks to a few ear
nestly Imploring words written by
Lady Mowbray to Baron von Lyndal,
commands Impressed upon the laud
lord of the hotel and the fact that
Rhaetlan editors are not ns modern us
Americans In their methods, the lady
was not named. She was u foreigner
and n stranger to the capital of Rhae
tla. She was. according to the papers,
"as yet unknown."
TVtlV'A-
J.V
fCHAPTEE
EIGHT
12M.
OT n window of tho four
teenth century yellow
marble palace on the hill,
with Its famous garden
of the nlno fountains,
that was not ablaze with
light, glittering against a faraway back
ground of violet mountains crowned by
snow.
Outside tho tall bronzo gates where
marble lions crouched the crowd that
might not pass beyond stared, chat
tered, pointed and exclaimed without
jealousy of their betters. Unser Leo
was giving a ball, and It was enough
for their happiness to watch the slow
moving line of splendid stato coaches,
gorgeous automobiles aud neat brough
ams with well known crests upon their
doors; to strive good naturcdly for 11
peep nt tho faces and dresses, tho
jewels aud picturesque uniforms; to
comment upon all freely, but never
Impudently, asking one another what
would be for supper and with whom
the emperor would dunce.
"There she Is there's tho beautiful
young foreign lady who saved hlml"
cried a girl In tho throng. "I was
there and saw her, I toll you. Isn't
she un angel?"
Instantly a hearty cheer went up,
growing in volume, and the green coat
ed policemen had to keep back tho
crowd that would have stopped tho
horses and pressed close for a long
look Into a plain dark blue brougham.
Virginia shrank out of sight against
tho cushions, blushing nnd breathing
quickly as sho caught her mother's
hand.
"Dear peopledear, kind people!" she
thought. "I love thorn for loving him.
I wonder, oh, I wonder, If they will
over see mo nnd cheer mo driving by
his side!"
Sho lind chosen to wear the white
dress with the pearls, though up to tho
last moment the grand duchess had
suffered tortures of Indecision between
that and the blue, to say nothing of a
pink chiffon trimmed with crushed
roses. Before the carriage brought
them to tho palaco doors the girl's
blush had faded, and her face was ns
white as her gown when nt her moth
er's side sho passed between bowing
lackeys through the marble Hall of
Lions, on through the frescoed Rlttcr
saal to the throne room, where tho
emperor's guests awaited Ills coming.
It was etiquette not to arrive a mo
ment lator than 10 o'clock, and n few
minutes nfter the hour Huron von Lyn
dal In his cfllcial capacity as grand
master of ceremonies struck the pol
ished lloor twice with his gold knob
bed wand of ivory. This signaled tho
approach of tho court from the Im
perial dinner party, aud Leopold en
tered, with a stout, middle aged royal
highness from Russia on his arm.
Until his nrrivnlthe beautiful Miss
Mowbray had held all eyes, and cveu
when he uppenred she was not forgot
SsSJ-
ten. ISvery one was on tenterhooks
to see how sho would be greeted by
Ihe grateful emperor.
The Instant that his dark head tow
ered above other heads In tho throne
room It was observed oven by those
not usually observant that never hnd
Leopold been bo handsome.
Ills was n face remarkable for Intel
lect nnd firmness rather than for clas
sical beauty of feature, though his fea
tures wore strong and clearly cut. But
tonight tho sternness that sometimes
marred them In tho eyes of women
was smoothed away. Ho looked young
Aid nrdeut, almost boyish, like n man
who has suddenly found an absorbing
new Interest In life.
Tho llrst dance ho went through with
tho Russlnn royalty, who was tho
guest of the evening, and, still rigidly
conforming to the lino of duty, which
obtains In court ballrooms as on bat
tlefields, tho second, third and fourth
dances were for the emperor penances
Instead of pleasures. But for the fifth,
a waltz, he bowed before Virginia.
During this long hour there had been
hardly a movement, smile or glance of
hers which he had not contrived to see
since his entrance, lie know Just how
well Baron von Lyndal carried out his
Instructions concerning Miss Mowbray.
Ho saw each partner presented to her
for a dance the emperor might not
claim, nnd to save his life or n national
crisis he could not have forced tho
snmo expression In speaking with her
royal highness from Russia ns that
which spontnncoiiRly brightened his
face when at last ho approached Vir
ginia. "Who Is that girl?" asked Count von
Breltstcln In his usual abrupt maimer
ns the nrm of Leopold girdled tho Bllm
wnlst of tho princess and tho eyes of
Leopold drank light from another pair
of eyes lifted to his In laughter.
It was to Buroass von Lyndal that
tho old chancellor put his qucstlou,
nnd sho fluttered a tiny diamond
Bpaugled fan of lace to hldo lips that
Would smllo as she answered, "What,
chancellor, ure you Jesting, or don't
you really know who that girl Is?"
Count von Breltstcln turned eyes
cold aud gray as glass away from tho
two figures moving rhythmically with
tho music to tho face of the onco cele
brated beauty. Long ago ho had ad
mired Baroness von Lyndal as passion
ately as It was iu him to admire any
womun, but that day was so far dis
tant as to be remembered with scorn,
mid now such power ns sho hnd over
him wns merely to exclto n feeling of
Irritation.
"I seldom trouble myself to Jest,"
he answered.
"Ah, one knows that truly great men
arc born without a sense of humor.
Those who have It are never as suc
cessful In llfo as those without,"
smiled the baroness, who was by birth
n Hungarian and loved laughter bet
ter than anything else except compli
ments upon hor vanishing beauty.
"How stupid of mo to havo tried your
patience! 'That girl,' ns you so un
compromisingly cnll hor, bus two
claims to attention at court. She Is
the English Miss Helen Mowbray
whose mother has come to Kronburg
armed with sheaves of Introductions
to us nil. She Is also the young wom
an of whom the papers aro full today,
for It Is she who saved the emperor's
life."
"Indeed!" said tho chancellor, a gray
gleam In his eye as ho watched the
white figure floating on tho tide of
music In tho nnns of Leopold. "In
deed!" "I thought you would havo known,
for you know most things before
other people hear of them," went ou
tho baroness. "Lady Mowbray nnd her
daughter are staying at tho Ilohcn
laugcuwuld hotel. That's the mother
sitting on tho left of Princess Neu
fried the pretty Dresden china per
son. But the girl Is a great beauty."
"It's generous of you to say so, bar
oness," replied tho chancellor. "I
didn't see the young lady's face at all
clearly yesterday. I was stationed too
far away. Aud dress makes a great
"Who is that girl t"
difference. As for what Bho did," went
on the old man, whoso coldness to wo
men and merciless justice to both sexes
alike had earned him tho nickname of
"Iron Heart" "as for what she did, if
it had not been sho who Intervened be
tween the emperor uud death It would
have been tho fate of another to do
so. It was a fortunate thing for tho
girl, wo may say, that It happened to
bo her .arm which struck up tho
weapon."
"Or sho wouldn't bo hero tonight,
you mean," laughed tho baroness.
"Don't you think, then, that his majes
ty Is right to single her out for bo
much honor?" Her eyes were on the
dancers, yet that mysterious skill
which most women of tho world havo
learned taught her how not to miss the
slightest change of expression, If thero
were any, on the chancellor's square,
lined face.
"Ills majesty Is always right," ho re-
"in invitation to
9 teyWrW
idled diplomatically, i.
a ball, n dance or two, a few compll
picnts, a call to pay his respoctH n
gentleman could not bo less gracious.
And his majesty Is one of the first gen
tlemen In Europe."
"He has had good training what to
do nnd what not to do." The baroness
flung her little sop of flattery to Cer
berus with a dainty ghost of a bow for
tho man who had been ns n second
father to Leopold since the Into em
peror's death. "But we're old friends,
chancellor" she was not to blame that
they had not been more in the days
before she became Baroness von Lyn
dal "so, tell me. can yon look nt the
girl's face nnd the emperor's nn l still
sny that everything will end with an
Invitation, a dance, some compliments
nnd a call to pay respects?"
Iron Heart frowned nnd sneered,
wondering whnt he could have neon
twenty-two years ago to ndnilrc In thli
flighty woman. He would have es
caped from her now If escape had ho"n
feasible, but he could not be openly
rude to the wife of the grand master
of ceremonies nt tho emperor's ball,
and, besides, ho was not unwilling per
haps to show the lady that her senti
mental nnd unsultnblo luuucndos wero
ns the buzzing of n fly about his ears.
"I'm close upon seventy nnd no long
er n fair Judge of n woman's attrac
tions." ho returned carelessly. "A look
at her face conveys nothing to me, but
wero sho Helen of Troy Instead of
Helen Mowbray tho Invitation, tho
dnnce, tho compliments and tho call,
with the present of some Jowolcd sou
venir, nre all that aro permissible In
the circumstances."
"What circumstances?" nnd tho bar
oness looked ns Innocent as an Inquir
ing child.
"The lady Is not of roynl blood, nnd
his majesty, I thank heaven, Is not a
rouo."
"He has a heart, though you trained
hlni, chancellor, and he has eyes. He
may never have used them to much
purpose before, yet there must bo n
tlrst time, nnd, the higher and moro
Btrongly built tho tower, once It begins
to topple the greater Is tho fall thereof."
"Is It tho sense of humor, which you
Bay I lack, that gives you pleasure In
discussing tho wildest Improbabilities
as If they wore events to bo consider
ed seriously? if It Is I'm not sorry to
lack It. In any case, It's well that
neither of us Is tho emperor's keeper."
"Wo'ro nt least his very good friends,
you as well as I In my humbler way,
chancellor, aud you nnd I havo known
each other for twenty-two years. If It
amuses 1110 to discuss Improbabilities,
why not? Since you call them Im
probabilities It can do no harm to dwell
upon thorn ns Ingredients for romance.
Not for worlds would I suggest that
his majesty isn't an example for nil
men to follow nor thnt poor, pretty
Miss Mowbray could bo tempted to In
discretion, but yet I'd be ready to miiko
n wager, tho omporor being human nnd
tho girl u beauty, thnt nn ucqunintanco
so romantically begun won't cud with
a ball and a call."
"What could thero possibly bo more,
or whnt you hint nt ns moro. In honor?"
The chancellor's volco was angry nt
last ns well ns stcru, for he could not
bear persistence In other people unless
It wero to further porno causo of his
own. To tho delight of tho woman
who had onco tried In vnln to melt his
Iron heart. Count von Breltstcln began
to look somewhat like a baited bull.
Really, said the baroness to herself,
there wns na actual resemblance In
feature, and Joyously she searched for
u few moro little ribbon tipped ban
derlllos. What fun It wnu to ruflle the tem
per of tho surly olU brute who had hu
miliated hor woman's vanity In days
long past, but iut forgotten! Sho
knew tho chancellor's deslru for the
emperor's marriage as poo:i as a suit
able match could bo found and, though
she was not In the secret of his plnns,
would have felt little surprlce at learn
ing that some eligible royal girl had
already been selected. Now how amus
ing It would bo actually to make
tho old man tremble for the success
of his hopes, even If It should turn out
In the cud to bo impossible or unde
sirable to upset them!
"What could there bo more in hon
or?" sho echoed lightly nfter an lu
stunt given to reflection. "Why. the
emperor and the girl will see u great
deal of each other unless you banish
or Imprison the Mowbrays. There'll
bo many dances' together, many calls
in fact, n serial romance Instead of a
short story. Why shouldn't his majes
ty know the pleasure of a platonlc
friendship with a beautiful nnd charm
ing young womun?"
"Because Plato's out of fashion, If
ever ho wns In. nmong human beings
with red blood In their veins uud be
cause, as I said, tho emperor Is nbovo
all else a man of honor. Besides, I
doubt thnt any woman, no matter how
pretty or young, could wield a really
powerful Influence over his life."
"You doubt that? Then you don't
know tho emperor and you've forgot
ten some of tho traditions of his
house."
to be continued.)
Poetry Defined.
George P. Morris, tho author of
"Woodman. Spare That Tree," was n
gcnernl of tho New York militia nnd n
favorite with all who knew him. Mrs.
Sherwood In her reminiscences tolls
how another poet nssoclnted the gener
al with a definition of poetry.
Onco Fltz-Greeno Halleck. the author
of "Mnrco Bozzaris," called upon her In
New York In his old age, nnd she asked
him to define for her what was poetry
uud what was prose.
Ho replied; "Wheu General Morris
commands his brigade and snys. Sol
diers, draw your swords!' he talks
prose. When he snys 'Soldiers, drnw
your willing swords!' he talks poetry."
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