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f sagi t ? -, i- r "Box T&wftfc JLosWaV "SoTboWvKUuAC&V au&, SAXTcaV Cases GbsUVrUs a. SperAsWrj &trruae S. CvvoYi, ttr. Miss Mary E. Smalley TEACHER OF VOICE Hiss Edith H. Swan TEACHER OF PIANO .STUDIO 424 Laramie Avenue Phone - - 220 DR. G. W. MITCHELL, Physician ano Snrgoon Day and night mUb Office over Doguo Store. Phono 150. L. W. BOWMAN, r PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Offlce In First National Bank block. Alll anco Nebraska. H. A. COPSEY, M. D. Physician and Surgeon Phone 300 Calls answered promptly day and night from oflllco. Olllces: Alliance National Hank Unlldlng over tho PostOIUcu. RTcrUSrErSLAQLE" WITH DR. BELLWOOD Special Attention Paid to Eye Work GEO. J. HAND, HOMEOPATHIC YSICIAN'AND SURGEON Formerly Interno Homeopathic Hos pital University of Iowa. Phone 251. Offlce over Alliance Shoo (Store Residence. Phone 51. Churchill & Thornton PHYSICIANS AND SUHGEONS (Successors to Dr. J..K, Moore) OFFICE IN FLETCHER BLOCK Office hours U-12 a.m., 2-4 p.m. 7; 30-0 p.m. Office Phone 62 Res. Phone, Dr Thornton, 187 Night calls, Phone 62 or 1S7 W.P. (Successor to Drs. Froy & Balto) OSTEOPATHIC, PHYSICIAN. Graduate and Post-Graduate of the Amer ican School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Mo. May be found at his residence, 2i6Toluca Avenue Drs.JCoppernoll & Petersen OSTEOPATH PHYSICIAN ' (Successor to Drs. Frey St Ba fe) Office in Rumer Block Office Phone 43, Residence 20 Examination at Office Free Mr. and Mrs, B. F. Lockwood r UNDERTAKING AND EMBALMING Funeral Director and Embalmer Phones Office 214. Res. 205 ALLIANCE NEBRASKA GUY H. LOCKWOOD Graduate Chicago School of Embalming WITH b Chicago School of Emt WITH B. F. LOCKWOOD. AUG. F. HORNBURG Private Nurse Phone 492 WILLIAM MITCHELL, ATTORNEY AT HW. ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA. EUGENE BURTON Attorney at Law Office iu rooms formerly occupied by R. C. Noleman, First Nal'l Bank blk Phone 180. ALLIANCE, NEB, F. H.' BROOME LAW AND LAND ATTORNEY. I Long experience in state and federal courts and as Register and Receiver U. S. Land Office is a guarantee for prompt and efficient service. Office In Land Office Building. ALLIANCE, - - NEBRASKA. H. M. BULLOCK, Attorney at Law, ALLIANCE, ISXCB. SMITH P. TDTTIiK. IRA K. TAB II TUTTLE & TASH, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. REAL ESTATE, North Main St., ALLIANCE. XKH Princess Virginia i By C. M and A. M. WILLIAMSON, Authors of"ffl LUhtnln Co4tctor,"'no mary In Scireh of Fathcc" De. J J COPTRtCKT, 1007, BY Eootmiivsix "I rton't understand," Bho faltered. "You nro the emperor, nnd I nm no moro than" "You nro my wife If you love mo." In tho sliocfc of bor ecstatic surprise she wns helpless to resist him longer, nnd ho held her close and passionately, hlB lips on hor hair, her face crushed against his heart. Bho could hear it beating, foel It throb under her cheek. Ills wife? Then ho loved hor enough for that Yet how was It possible for him to stand ready for her sake to overrido tho laws of his own land? "My darling my wife!" he said again. "To think that you love me!" "I have loved you from tho first," tho princess confessed, "but I was afraid you would fool, even if you cared, that wo must say goodby. Now" And In an Instant the whole trutli would have boon out, but tho word "goodby" stabbed him, and ho could not let It pass. "We shall not say goodby, not for an hour," ho cried. "After this I could not lose you. There's nothing to prevent my being your husband, you my wife. Would to God you wero of royal blood and you should bo my em pressthe fairest empress that poet or historian cvor saw but we're prison ers of fate, you nnd I. Wo must take tile goods the gods provide. My god dess you will alwnys be, but tho em press of Rlmctla oven my love Isn't powerful enough to mako you. If I am to you only half what you nro to me you'll bo satisfied with the empire of my heart." Suddenly tho warm blood of Vir ginia's veins grow chill. It was as If a wind had blown up from tho dark depths of tho lako to Btriko like Ice lu to her soul. An instant moro and ho would bavo known that she was a princess of the blood, and through his whole life sho could hnvo gone on wor shiping him boeauso bo had been ready to break down all barriers for her love before ho guessed there noed be none to break. Now hr warm Im pulse of gratitude was frozen by tho biting blast of disillusionment, but still there was hope left. It might be that she misunderstood him. She would not Judge him yot. "The empire of your heart!" she echoed. "If that wero mine I should be richer than with all tho treasures of the earth. If you wero Loo, tho chamois hunter, I would love you as I love you now, because In yourself you nre tho one man for me, and I'd go with you to the end of the world as your wife. But you're not the chamois hunter; you are the man I lore, yet you nre tho emperor. Being the em peror, had you talked of a hopsleas love and a promlso not to forget, hav ing nothing else to giro me because of your high destiny and ray humbler one, I could still have been happy. Yet you speak of more than that You speak of something I can't undertcad. It seems to me that what a royal man offers tho woman ho loves should be all or nothing." "I do offer you all." said Leopold, "all myself, my life, tho heart nud soul of me all that's my own to give. Tho rest belongs to JthncUa. "Then what do you mean by" "Don't you understand, my sweet that I've nsked you to be my wife? What can n man nsk more of a wom an?" "Your wife, but not tho empress. How can the two be npnrt?" lie tried to take her once more In his arms, but when ho saw that sho would not bavo It so he held his love In chock nnd waited. lie was sure thnt he would not need to wait long, for not only had he laid his lovo at her feet, but bad pledged himself to a tre mendous sacrifice on love's altar. The Btep which In a moment of pas sion ho had now resolved to take would create dissension among his people, alienate ono who bad been his second father, rouso England, America and Germany to anger because of the prin cess whose namo rumor had already coupled with his and raise In every di rection a storm of disapproval. When this girl whom he loved realised tho Immensity of tho concession he was making because of his reverent love for her sho would give her life to him now nnd forever. Tenderly he took her hand and lifted It to his Upa. Then when Bho did not draw It nwny, lecauso he was to have his chance of explanation, he held it between both his own as ho talked on. "Dearest one," he said, "when I first knew I loved you loved you as I didn't dream I could lovo a woman for your sake and my own, I would have avoided meeting you too often. This I tell you frankly. I didn't seo how In honor such a love could end ex cept In despair for mo nnd sorrow even for you If you should come to care. Had you and Lady Mowbray stayed on nt tho hotel iu Kronburg I think I could have held to my resolve. But when Baroness von Lyndal suggested your coming here my heart leaped up. I said In my mind: 'At least I shall have the Joy of seeing her every day for a time without doing anything to darken her future. Afterward, when she has gone out of my life, I shall have that radiance to remember. And bo no harm will be done Iu the end. exVnt that I shall have to pay b.- ruf- THE McCLURB, PHILLIP l CO. ferlng.' Still I hnd no thought of tho future without n parting. I felt that In evitable. And tho suffering camo hand in hand with tho Joy, for not a night hero at Lyndalberg havo I Blept If I hnd been weak I should havo groaned aloud In tho agony of renunciation. "My rooms opon on n lawn. Moro than once I've come out Into tho dark ness when all the household wns sleep ing. Sometimes I havo walked to this M..&& ivS.i' v WrfCniAsTT" wiww ' ' -J . iMvxfrttii' f v:f 3iri&fflM Mcc'i I'tCi Yrfl vSrfl Ml MA 'Kl "Hover I" she exclaimed. very spot where you and I stand now heart to heart for the first time, my darling asking myself whether there were any way out of labyrinth. It was not until I brought you hero nnd snw you by my side, with tho moon rays for n crown, that h flash of blind ing light seemed to pierce the clouUs. Suddenly I saw nil things clearly, and, though there will be dllllcultios, 1 count them us overcome." "Still you haven't answered my ques tion," said Virginia In n low, strained voice. "I'm coming to that now. It was best that you should know first all that's been troubling my heart and brain during these few bittersweet days which have taught me so much. You know men who have their placo at tho head of great nations can't think first of themselves or even of those they love bettor than themselves. If they hope to snatch at personal huppL nees they must take the one way opon to them and be thankful. "Don't do me the horrible injustlco to believe that I wouldn't be proud to show you to my subject as their em press, but Instead I can offer only what men of royal blood for hundreds of years havo offered to women whom they honored as well as loved. You must have heard even In Englaud of what 1b called a morganatic marriage. It la that I offer you." With a cry of pnln tho cruel pain of wounded, disappointed lovo too prin cess tore her hand from his. "Never!" Bho exclulmed. 'It's an In sult." "An Insult? No, a thousand times no. 1 we that even now you don't under stand. " "I think that I understand very well, too well," bald Virginia brokenly. Tho beautiful fairy paiuco of happiness that she hnd watchod aH It grew lay shat tered, destroyed, Iu the moment which ought to liuvo seen its triumphant com pletion. "I tell you that you cannot under stand or you wouldn't say you wouldn't dare to say, my love that I'd Insulted you. Don't yon seo, don't you fcno.v, that you would bo my wife lu tho eight of all men as well as In the sight of God." "Your wife, you call It!" Tho prin cess gave a harsh little laugh which hurt as tears could not hurt. "You seem to havo strange Ideas of that word, which has always been sacred to me. A morganatic marriage! That Is n mere pretense, a hypocrisy. I would be 'your wife, you sny. I would give you all my love, all my life. You In return would give me your left hand. And you know well that In a country which tolerates such a ono sided travosty of marriage tho laws would hold you free to marry another woman a royal woman, whom you could moke an empress as free as If I had no existence." "Great heaven, that "you should speak so!" ho broke out. "What If thp law did hold mo free? Can you dream do you put mo so low as to dream that my heart would hold mo free? My Boul would bo bound to you forever." "So you may bellevo uow. But tho knowledgo that you could chango would bo death to me a death to die dally. Yes, I tell you again, it was an Insult to offer a lot so miserable, so contemptible, to a woman you profess to love. How could you do it? If only you had never spdken the hateful words If only you had left mo the Ideal I had of you noble, glorious, abovo tho whole world of men! But, after all, you are selfish, cruel. If you had said, 'I lovo you, yet wo must part, for duty stands between us,' I could But, not I can never tell you now what I could have answered If you had said that Instead of breaking my heart" Under the fire of her reproach he Btood still, his lips tight, his shoulders braced, ns If ho held his breast opon for tho knlfo. "By heaven, It Is you who nro cruel!" ho said nt last. "Uow can I mako you see your Injustice?" "In no way. There's nothing more to bo said between us two nfter this except goodby." "It shall not bo goodby." "It must I wish It" Ho hnd caught her drees as sho turn ed to go, but uow ho released her. "You wish It? It's not truo that you love me, then?" "It was true. Everything every thing lu my whole life Is changed from this hour. It would bo hotter If I'd never seen you. Goodby." r sra JB'CHAPTER ELEVEN: U affl &. ,1110 rmt frfitu til lit n1.ttv fcK tho moonlit path. Ono step ho took ns If to follow nnd keep her, but checked himself' nnd let her go. Ouly his eyes went with her, nnd In them there wns more of pain than auger, though never before In nil his llfo per hnps had ho been thwarted lu any strong desire. Passion urged him for ward, but pride held him back, for Leopold was n proud man, nnd to hnvo hl3 lovo thrown iu his faco wns to re ceive nn ley doucho with tho blood nt fever hent For this girl's snko ho had In a few days changed the habits of a lifetime. Pride, reserve, self control, the wish uot only to nptour but to bo n man above tho frailties of common men, tho nmbltiou to be placed nnd worthily placed on u pedestal by his subjects all these ho had thrown nwny for Helen Mowbray. Ho was too Just n man not to admit thnt If one of his royal cousins of younger branches had contemplated such folly us this ho would havo done his best to nip that folly while It wns In bud. "He Jests nt scars who never felt 11 wound." nnd until Leopold had lenrnod by his own unlookod for ex perience what love can mean, what men will do for lovo while tho sweet madness Is on thorn, ho would havo becu utterly unable to understand tho state of mind. A cousin Inclined to act nB ho wns now bent on noting would but a mouth ngo have found nil tho emperor's Influ ence, even forco porhups, brought to bear lu restraining him. Leopold saw tho change lu himself, wns startled nnd shamed by It. Nevertheless ho would havo persevered, trnmpllug down every obstacle thnt rose In his way, If only tho girl had Been things with his eyes. Shu had accused him of Insulting her, uot stopping to consldor that oven to miiUo her morgaiiatlcally his wife ho must give great causo for com plaint not only to his ministers, but to his people, for ho wus expected to marry a girl of royal blood that the country might hnvo nn heir. If Helen Mowbray had accented tho position ho offered her, ho could never havo bro ken bee heart by making auother mar riage. Not ouly would it bo difficult In theso days to find n princess willing to toler ate such a rival, but It would have been ltnpoydblo for him to desecrate the bond between himself and the ono adored woman. This being tho case, with nelon Mowbray as his morganatic wife, there could be no direct heir to tho throne. At his death tho son of his uncle, the Archduke Joseph, would Bueooed, nnd during his life the popu larity which was dear to him would be hopelessly forfeited. Rhuetla would never forgive him for selfishly prefer ring his own prlvato tinpplness to tho good of tho nation. lie could fancy how old Iron Heart von Bivitsteln would present this polut of view to him with fierce eloquence, temples throbbing like the ticking of a watch, eyes netted with bloodshot veins. But on tho other hand, he could picture himself standing calmly to faco the storm, steadfast In bis own lndomltabto will, happy with lovo to uphold him. But now tho will which had borno him through llfo In n triumphal march had been powerless against that of this young girl. Sho would have nono of him. A woman whose faco was her fortune, whose placo in life was hard ly as high as the first step of a throne, had refused on emperor: Hardly could Leopold bellevo the thing that had happened to him. Ho had spoken of doubting that he had won her lovo, and he had doubted. But he had allowed himself to hope, because he had confldcnco lu bis star and becauso perhaps It had scarcely been known In the annals of history that an emperor's suit should bo re pulsed. Besides, ho had loved tho girl bo pas siouately that it seemod she could not remain cold. And he hoped still that when she had passed a long night In reflection, In thinking over tho situa tion, perhaps taking counsel with that comparatively commonplace yet prac tical little lady, her mother, sho might be ready to change her mind. For the first few moments after tho stinging rebuff ho hnd endured Leo pold felt that if she did It would bo her turn to Buffer, for ho could never hum bio himself to Implore for tho second time. But ns he stood In tho soft still ness of tho night, gazing toward the lights of tho house, thoughts of Vir ginia her youth, her sweetuess, her beauty dimmed with grief overwhelm ed Urn. Could ho have reached her ho would have fallen on his knees and kissed her gown. By nnd by n vast tenderness breath ed Its calm over tho thwarted passion In his breast, and plans to win her bnck enrno whispering in his car. Ho would wrlto a letter nnd Bond It to hor room. But no: pcrhnps It would bo wlso to glvo her a longer Interval for reflection nnd. It might bo, regret. To morrow ho would see her nnd show nil tho depths of thnt grent lovo which Bho hnd thought to throw nwny. Sho could not go on withstanding him for evor, and, now that ho hnd burned his boats behind him, ho would Dover think of turning back. Ho would per severe till sho should yield. Meanwhile Virginia hnd hurried blludly toward tho house, nnd it wns Instinct rnthor thnn Intention that lent her to U10 open window of tho music room, by which hIic hnd come out. Tears burned her eyelids, but they did not fnll until sho stood onco more In tho room whore sho and Leopold hnd been hnppy together. There sho hnd snt nt tho plnuo, nnd ho had bent over her, lovo In his eyes honest lovo. sho had thought, her heart full of thanksgiving. How llttlo she had guessed then the humiliation In store for her nnd tho end of nil her hopes! How could she lenr her pain, nnd how could sho go on living out her llfo? Sho paused In tho window niche, looking Into tho room through a mist of tears, nnd n sob choked hor. "Cruel, cruel!" she whispered. "What agony, what an Insult!" Then, dashing nwny her tears, Bho pushod back tho dark curtains nud would hnvo passed on Into tho room had not tho quick gesture brought her arm into contact with tho buttons nnd gold braid on u innn's breast Instantly sho realized that some one was hiding there, some one dressed In a military coat, and her first Impulse was for flight, anything to escape un recognized. But on second thoughts Bho changed her mind. Whoever It was had In all probabili ty hidden himself for tho purpose of spying nnd was already nwnro that Miss Mowbray had rushed Into tho house weeping after n tcte-n-tete with the emperor In the garden. Perhaps ho had even caught 11 word or two of her Robbing ejnculntlon. No; bIio must uot run nwny nnd lcnvo tho outcomo of this nffnlr to chnnce. Sho must boo with whom she hnd to deal thnt sho might know what was best to do. Sho had taken n step Into tho room, but quick ns light sho turnod, pulled nwny tho screen of curtains nnd faced Captain von Brcltstcln. It wns n trying moment for him, nnd the girl's look stripped him of nil his light nudaclty. Sho had como to tho window by n different path from tho ono ho had watched; therefore Bho hnd tnken him unawares before ho had time to escape, ns ho hnd planned, no wns cnught fnlrly nnd must snvo him self as best ho could without prepara tion. If hor reproach forestalled his ox cubo he wns lost. Ho must step Into tho breach at whatevor risk. There was no tlmo to weigh words. Ho must let loose tho first that Bprang to his lips. "I seo what you think of me." ho sold. "I see you think I was watching you. I swear I wasn't, though I know you wero In tho garden with the em peror. Walt you must listen. You must hear my Justification. I was scut to this room to fetch you. For your Bake, how could I go back and say you had disappeared together? I looked out. Into tho garden and saw you with hlni. I saw from your man ner thnt lie had mnde you suffer. I wns half mnd with rage, guessing guessing something which one word you lot drop ns you enme In told me had happened. He Is my sovereign, but ho hoB Insulted you. Lot me hi your knight, ns In dayH of old. Let mo defend you, for I love you. I waited here to toll you this as you came, so that If you would wo inlht announce an engagement" If Virginia's eyes hud boon daggers ho would have fallen at her feet pierc ed to tho heart. For one loug second bho looked at him without speaking, her face eloquent. Then she went by him with the proud bearing of a queen. Egon was btrlcken dumb. Dully ho watched her move across the room to 11 door which led Into a corridor. Ho heard tho whisper of her satin dress and saw tho changing lights and shad ows on its creamy folds under the crystal chandeliers; ho saw the white reflection, like a spirit, mirrored deep under tho polished surface of the floor. Nover bad she been more beautiful, hut she was beautiful In his eyes no longer. Ho had hurt her pride, but Bho had Btabbed his vanity, and to wound Egou von Breltstclu's vanity was to strike nt his life. He hated the girl, tinted bor bo Bhurply thnt his nerves uched with the intensity of his hatred, and tho only relief ho could havo would bo through reprisal. Ho had not been able to deceive her. Sho knew that he had been spying, and It wns fortunate for his future, ho realized already, that sho had broken with tho emperor. Ho must do all he could, and do It quickly, to prevent n reconciliation lest sho should work him Injury. As for his hastily stammered pro posal, it was a good thing that the girl had not taken him at his word, for tho chancellor hnd not given him permission to Bpenk, and If sho had accepted him he might have bad to wriggle out of his engagement Still, ho could not forgave her scorn of him. "Lorcnz shnll help mo to pay her for this!" ho Bald furiously to himself, too ungry to mourn over lost hopes, lost opportunities. "Ho will know how to punish her. And between us she shall suffer." to be conttnubd.) 1 "In. love with that penniless youna ecamp. are you?" said old Roxley. "Well, I propose to cure you of that." "You cau't," retorted the willful young girt. "I'm determined to marry him." Tbafs it exactly. I propose to let you do it." Exchange., WE WANT TO SELL OUT our stock of high-grade Groceries, because we are in business and want to buy m6re. Try our High-Grade New York Fruits and Vegetables Three Brands Livingston Revere Lily of the Valley Have you tried Morning Glory Flour? It is Best We carry a full, clean, up-to-date stock of GROCERIES Save your cash coupons. 1 For $20.00 in these tick ets we give a solid silver spoon, or redeem them at 5 per cent in trade Phone 128 J. A. ilallery Money Laid Out On Groceries in our store li always well spent. You get your full money's worth, besides the satis faction that you are consuming only pure goods. Even all the Canned goods that are so much consumed during the summer season are bought by us from the moat reputable packing houses, with their guar antee that we can warrant the purity ot each article to our customers. Our Pickles, Soup, Sardines and Fruits are the besf manufactured today. JAMES GRAHAM Deuel's Laundry Family Work a Specialty Satisfactory Service and Prices Phone 6122 Rings KALDAL BROTHERS Contractors, Builders AND Brick Manufacturers ALLIANCE, NEB. Try My Flour and you won't have any more worry about your bread. 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