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Emm the II
Princess Virginia
By C. N. and A. M. WILLIAA1S0N,
Authorsof'SfeLUhtnlnf Conductor," "Rose
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"Are you trying to warn me of dis
aster, baroness?"
Sho laughed. "Oh, dear, no of noth
ing disagreeable! But I should be sor
ry to think, ns you seem to do, that our
emperor has no youth In his veins."
"I think nothing of the sort. What
I do think Is that my teachings have
not boon In vain and that ho has grown
up to put his duty to his country nud
his own self respect above everything.
He's n strong man too strong to be
trapped In the meshes of any pink and
white Vivien. And If ho admired a
young woman not of royal blood ho
would keep his dlstnnco for her sake.
You say this English miss Is with her
mother at the principal hotel of Krou
burg. If Leopold constantly visited
them there we should have n scandal.
On the other band, to suggest meeting
the girl outside or Incognito would bo
an Insult. Either way ho would bo
but poorly rewarding a woman who
saved his life."
Baroness von Lyndal'a color rallied
to the support of her rouge, and her
smilo dwindled to Inanity, for she had
Insisted upo. the argument, and It was
going against her.
In her haste to vex the chancellor
she had not stopped to study from ev
ery side the question she had raised.
So far sho had merely succeeded In Ir
ritating him, nnd sho owed him much
more than a pin prick. Such infinitesi
mal woundB sho had contrived to give
the man in abundance during her twenty-two
years at the Ithaetlan court,
but now, if she hurt him at all, she
would like the stab to be deep and
memorable.
To be sure, In beginning the conver
sation she had thought of nothing mora
than a momentary gratlllcatlon, but
tho very heat of the argument Into
which she had thrown herself had
warmed her malice nnd sharpened tho
weapon of her wit. She could Justify
her expressed opinion only by events,
and it occurred to her that she might
be able to shape events In such n way
that she could say with eyes if not in
words, "I told you so."
Her fading smilo brightened. "Dear
chancellor, you do well to have faith
Jn your imperial pupil." said she.
"You've helped to make him what ho
is, and you're ready to keep him what
he should be. I suppose even that If,
being but a young man and having tho
hot blood of his race, he should stray
Into a primrose path you would take
advantage of old friendship to cr
put up signposts nnd barriers?"
"Were there the slightest chance of
such necessity arising." grumbled the
chancellor, shrugging his shoulders.
"It's like your integrity nnd courage.
What a comfort, then, that the neces
sity is so unlikely to arise!"
Tho old man looked nt her with level
gaze, the ruthless look that brushes
away a woman's paint and powder nnd
coldly counts the wrinkles underneath.
"I must have misunderstood you, then,
a moment ago," ho said. "I thought
your argument was all tho other way
round, madam."
"I told you I was amusing myself.
What can one do at 11 ball when ouo
has reached the age when it would bo
foolish to dance? Why. I believe thnt
Lady Mowbray and her daughter are
not remaining long In Krouburg."
At last sue was able to Judge that
sho had given tho chancellor a few un
easy moments, for his eyes brightened
visibly with relief. "Ah," he returned,
"then they are going out or Uhaetla?"
"Not exactly that." said the baroness
slowly, pleasantly nnd distinctly. "I
,hear that they've been asked to tho
country to visit one of his majesty's
oldest friends."
Leopold was not supposed to caro for
dancing, though he danced as It was
his pride to do all things well. Cer
tainly there was often n perfunctori
ncss about his manner in a ballroom,
n suggestion of the soldier on duty In
his unsmiling face nnd his readiness
to lead a partner to her seat when a
dance was over.
But tonight n new Leopold moved to
the music. A girl's white arm on his
that slender arm which had been
quick and firm as a man's In his de
fense the perfume of a girl's hair
and the gold glints upon It, the shadow
of a girl's dark lashes and the light In
a pair of gray eyes when they were
lifted, the beating of a girl's heart near
him. the springtime grace of a girl's
sweet youth lu Its contrast with tho
voluptuous summer of Ithaetlan types
of beauty, the wnrm rose that spread
upward from a girl's childlike dimples
'to the womanly arch of her brows all
these charms and more which rendered
one girl a huudrcd times adorable took
hold of him and made him not an em
peror, but n man. unannored.
When the music ceased he fancied
for nn Instant that some accident had
iwjfallen the musicians. Then when he
realized thnt the end of the danco had
come In lis due time ho remembered
with pleasure a rule of his court estab
lished In tho days of those who had
been before him. After each danco an
Interval of ten minutes wns allowed
before the beginning of unother. Ten
minutes arc not much to a mnii who
has things to say which could hardly
'be said in ten hours'. Still, they are
Eomethiug, and to waste even one
,would be like spilling a drop of pre
cious elixir from a tiny bottle contaiu
'inc but ninn other drons.
iSxi
They had scarcely spoken yet, ex-
v.wf t ji vwiuuivii;iu,;a i ui.u ttaj vrti
might havo overheard, since tho day
on the mountain, and in this first mo
ment of tho ten ench wns wondering
(Whether or no thnt day should bo Ig
nored between them. Leopold did not
feel that It should bo spoken of, for it
vns possible that tho girl did not recog
nize the chamois hunter In the emper
or." and Vlrginln did not feel thnt Bhc
roil M ppcnk of It. But, then, few
thl-.un turn out as peoplo fool they
should.
Next to tho throne room was tho
ballroom, and beyond wns another
known as the waldsaal, which Leo
pold had fitted up for the gratification
of 11 fancy. It was named tho wald
saal because It represented a wood.
Walls and celling were masked with
thick growing creepers trained over In
visible wires, through which peeped
istnrs of electric light, like the check
erlngs of sunshine between netted
branches. Trees grew up, with their
'roots in boxes hidden beneath tho
moss covered floor. There were grot
toes of ivy draped rock in tho corners,
nud hero and there, out from leafy
shadows, glittered the glass eyes of
birds and animals eagles, stags, cham
ois, wolves aud bears which tho em
peror had shot.
This strange room, so vast as to Bcem
empty when dozens of peoplo wan
dcrcd beneath Its trees and nraong Its
rock grottoes, wns thrown open to
iguests whenever n ball wns given at
'the palace, but tho conservatories nnd
palm houses were more populnr, and
iwhen Leopold brought Miss Mowbray
to the waldsaal after their dance it
Iwns in the hope that they might not
be disturbed.
She was lovelier than over In her
white dress under the trees, looking
up at him with a wonderful look in
her eyes, and the young man's calm
ness wns mastered by the beating of
ihls blood.
j "This la a kind of madness," he said
to himself. "It will pass. It must
rmss." And aloud, meaning all tho
iwltlle to say something different nnd
commonplace, the renl words lu his
Unhid broke through the crust of con
ventionality. "Why did you do it?" ,
Virginia's eyes widened. "I don't
understand." Then, In nn Instant, she
found thnt sho did understand. She
knew, too, thnt the question hnd nsked
itself In spite of him, but thnt once it
had been uttered ho would stand to his
guns.
"I menu the thing I shall havo to
thank you for nlwnys."
If Vlrginln had had tlmo to think
sho might hnve prepared some pretty
answer; but. there being no time, her
response came, as his question had.
from the heart, "I couldn't help doing
Jit."
"You couldn't help risking your life
to" lie dared not finish.
"It was to save" Nor wns there
inny end for her sentence.
Then perhaps It was not strange that
he forgot certain restrictions which a
royal man in conversing with n com
moner Is not supposed to forget. In
fact, he forgot that he was royal or
that she was not, nnd his voice grew
unsteady, his tone enger. ns If he had
been some poor subaltern with the girl
of his first love.
"There's something I must show
you." ho said. Opening n button of the
military coat blazing with Jewels and
orders, lie drew out a loop of thin gold
chnln. At tho end dnngled n small
bright thing that flashed under a star
of electric light.
"My ring!" brenthed Virginia.
Thus died the emperor's Intention to
Ignoro the day that had been theirs to
gether. "Your ring! You gave it to Leo.
Ho kept It. lie will always keep It.
Havo I surprised you?"
Virginia felt It would bo best to say
"Yes," but instead she answered "No,"
for pretty white fibs cannot bo told
under such a look In a man's eyes by
a girl who loves him.
"I havo not? When did you guess tho
truth yesterday or"
"At Alleheliigen."
Silence fell for n minute, while Leo
pold digested tho answer and its full
meaning. He remembered tho brend
and ham, tho cow he could not milk,
tho rucksacks ho had carried. Ho re
membered everything nnd laughed.
"You know nt Alleheliigen? Not on
tho mountain when"
"Yes, I guessed even then, I confess.
Oh. I don't mean that I went there ex
pecting to find you. I didn't. I think
I shouldn't havo gone had I known.
Every one believed you were at Me-
llnabad, but when I tumbled down and
you saved mo I looked up and of
course I'd seen your picture, and ono
rends In tho papers thnt you're fond of
chamois hunting. I couldn't help guess
ing. Oh, I'm sorry you nsked mo this!"
"Why?"
"Becauso ono might hnve to be afraid
of an emperor If ho wero angry."
"Do I look angry?"
Their eyes met again, laughing at
first, then each finding unexpected
depths In those of the other which
drov'o away laughter. Something in
Leopold's breast seemed alive and
struggling to bo freo from restraint,
Mko a fierce wild bird. Ho Bhut his
il.i tluliMv hronthlntr hard. Both f'.u
got that a question hnd been nsKcu,
but It was Virginia who spoko first,
Klneo It Is easier for n woman than a
man to hide feeling.
"I wonder why you kept tho ring
nfter my lmpertlncnco."
"I had 11 good reason for keeping It"
"Won't you tell mo?"
"You're quick nt forming conclu
sions, Miss Mowbray. Can't you
guess?"
"To remind you to bownro of strange
young womeu on mountains."
"No."
"Becnuso your own picture Is in
side ?"
"It wns a better reason thnn that"
"Am I not to ask it?"
"On that day you asked what you
choso. All tho moro should you do so
now, since thero's nothing 1 could re
fuse you."
"Not the hnlf of your klugdom, llko
the roynl men In fairy stories?"
As soon ns the words wero out Vir
ginia would havo given much to have
them back. Sho hnd not thought of n
meaning they might convey, but sho
tried not to blush lest ho should think
of it now. Nevertheless ho did think
of it, and tho light words, striking a
chord they had not aimed to touch,
went cclwlng on nnd on till thoy
reached that part of himself which tho
emperor know lenst about ids heart
"Half his kingdom?" Yea, ho would
give It to this girl If ho could. Heav
ens, whnt It would bo to shnro it
with her!
"Ask anything you will," ho said ns
n man speaks in a drenm.
"Then tell mo why you kept tho
ring."
"Becnuso tho only woman I ever
cared to make my friend took It from
her linger and gave It to me."
"Now the emperor is pleased to pay
compliments."
"You know I am Blncero,"
"But you'd Been mo only for nu hour.
Instead of deserving your friendship,
I'm nfrnid 1"-
"For ono hour? That's true. And
how long ago is that ono hour? A
week or so, I suppose, ns timo counts.
But then enmo yesterday nnd tho
thing you did for mo. Now I've
known you always."
"If you had, perhaps you wouldn't
want mo for your friend."
"I do want you."
Tho words would come. It was truo
already. Ho did want her, but not ns
n friend. His world a world without
womeu, without passion fiery enough
to devour principles or traditions was
upside down.
It was well that tho ten minutes
grace between dances wns over and
the music for the next nbout to begin.
A young oillcer, Count von Brcltsteln's
half brother, who wns to bo Miss
Mowbray's partner, appeared In tho
dlstnuco looking for her. but stopped,
"Mil rlu" hrenthrd Vtralnla.
EPoIng that sho wus stlP with tho em
peroi. "Goodly," said Virginia whllo her
words could still bo only for the ears
of Leopold.
"Not goodby. We're friends."
"Yes. But we shan't meet often."
"Why? Are you leaving Kronburg?"
"Perhnps soon. I don't know."
"I must sec you again. I will bc-o
you once more, whatever wwci "
"Once more, perhaps. I bopo bo,
but"
"After that"
"Who knows?"
"'Onco more once morel" Tho words
echoed In Virginia's cars. She heard
them through everything, as one hears
tho undertone of a mountain torrent,
though a brass band may bray to
drown Its deep music.
Once more ho would seo her, what
ever might come. Sho could guess
why It might bo only once, though bo
would fain hnve that once again and
again repeated, for this gamo of hers,
begun with such a light heart was
moro difficult to piny than sho bad
dreamed.
If she could but bo suro ho cared, if
ho would tell her bo In words and not
with eyes alone, tho rest might be
easy, although at best sho could not
see the end. Yet how in honor could
ho tell Miss Helen Mowbray that ho
cared? And If tho telling were not to
bo in honor how could sho bear to live
her life?
"Once more!" What would happen
in that "onco moro?" Perhnps noth
ing save a repetition of grateful thanks
nnd courteous words akin to n fare
well. To bo sure, Lady Mowbray aud her
daughter might run n.vay and tho ne
gotiations between tho emperor's ad
visers and tho Grand Duchess of Bail-menburg-Drlppe
for tho Princess Vir
ginia's hand might be allowed to go
on as If no outside Influence hnd ruf
fled tho peaceful current of events.
Tl" ' ! nil n unrnrleu wnnlii
If? f iJF
como for Leopold. Willful Virginia
would hnve played her llttlo comedy. .
and nil might be said to end well. But
Virginia's heart refusod to bo satisfied t
with so tame a Inst chapter, n finish !
to her romance so conventional ns to 1
bo distastefully obvious, almost If not I
quite a failure. !
Sho hnd begun to drink a sweet nud !
stimulating draft she who hnd beeu
brought up on milk nnd water nud
Rho was reluctant to put down the
cup, still half full of sparkling nectar.
"Once more!" If only Hint once could
bo mngulficd Into many times. If she
could hnve her chance, her "fling,"
like tho lucky girls who were not
roynl!
So sho wns thinking In the enrringo
by her mother's side, and the grand
duchess had to spealc twice before her
daughter knew their silence had been
broken.
"1 forgot to tell you something, Vir
ginia." "Yo-es. mother?"
"Your great success has made 1110
nbseutmlnded, child. You looked llko n
shining whlto Illy among nil those
hnndsomo, overblown Rhactlnn wo
men" "Tlinnk you, dear. Was that what
you forgot to say?"
"Oh, nol It wns tills: Tho Baroness
von Lyndnl has been most kind. She
urges us to glvo up our rooms nt tho
hotel on tho first of next week and
Join her houso party at Schloss Lyn
dalborg. It's only n few miles out of
town. What do you think of the
plan?"
"Leave Krouburg?"
"Sho's asked a number of friends to
meet the cuijwror."
"Oil! Ho didn't speak of it when
wo danced."
"But she hns mentioned it to him
since, no doubt beforo giving mo tho
Invitation. Intimate friend of his ns
she Is. sho wouldn't dnro ask people to
meet him If ho hadn't first sanctioned
the suggestion. Still, sho can afford to
bo moro 'or less informal. The baron
ess was dancing with tho emperor, I
remember now, Just beforo she came
to me. They wero talking together
quite earnestly. I cnu recall tho ex
pression of his face."
"Was it pleaBed, or"
"I was wondering whnt she could
have said to mnko him look so happy.
Perhaps"
"What answer did you glvo Bnroness
von Lyndnl?"
"I told her I thought you wouldn't
mind. I told her wo would go."
CIILOSS LYNDALBERG
towers high on n prom
ontory overlooking a
lake seven or eight
miles to tho south of
the Ithaetlan cnpltal.
The castle Is comparatively modern,
with pointed turrets nnd fretted mina
rets, and, being built of white Carrara
marble, throws a reflection Buowy as
n submerged swan Into tho clear green
water of tho Mommelsee. All tho sur
roundings of the palace, from Its broad
terraces to Its Jeweled fountains nnd
well nigh, tropical gnrdens, BUggcst
luxury, gnyoty, pleasure.
But on the opposite bank of the
Mommelsee Is huddled tho dark shape
of nn nnclcnt fortified stronghold, be
gun no one knows how many centuries
ago by tho first Count von Breltstelu.
Generation following generation the
men of that family completed tho work
until nowadays it Is dll'iclut to know
where the rock ends and the casllo be
gins. There, llko 11 dragon squatting
on tho colls of its own tat!, he dark
mass is poised, its deep set window
eyes glaring across tho bright water,
at the whlto splendor of Lyndalberg
like the malevolent start: of the mon
ster waiting to spring upon and dhMnir
a fnlr young maiden.
TO UE CONTINUED.)
EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO
City of Chllapa Reported Destroyed,
but No Lives Lost.
Mexico City, March 28 Governor
Flores, the chief executlvo of the
state of Guerrero, who Is at present
in this city, has received the first of
ficial advices from tho town of
Chilapa, said to have been destroyed
in the heavy earthquake shock which
occurred Thursday night. The mes
sage to the governor says that while
a number of tho buildings of the town
were levelled to the ground, no lives
wero lost. The police quarter and
tho mayor's ofllco wero destroyed and
the Jail badly damaged. Great fissures
wero mode In the streets nna open
fields. In the neighboring town of
Ometepec, the Jail was destroyed and
thirty prisoners made their escape.
Troops are guarding the public build
ings that are standing In Chllapa, but
perfect order prevails.
Later returns from Chllapa Bhow,
however, that the dispatch received
by Governor Flores was ultra-conservative.
The town was practically de
stroyed, though no lives were lost.
Most of the buildings that were lev
elled were residences.
Thirty-four shocks were recorded
during the past twenty-four hours by
the seismograph at the national ob
servatory at Tauuyaca.
Two Drown In Meremac River.
Pacific. Mo., March 30. A wagon In
which Henry Gllhouse, his wife and
two infant children were attempting
to ford the Meremac river, three
miles west of hero, was overturned by
the swollen stream and tho four were
swept away. Gllhouse and one child
were drowned. Mrs. Gllhouse and the
other child were saved' by fishermen.
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