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Princess Virginia
By C N. and A. M. WILLIAMSON,
Authvr of "flV LUhtnln Cb6u -," "R
tnmry In Search of FMhor,' Bt. J J
COPYRIGHT. 109T, BY MeCLURB. PHILUM fc CO.
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CHAPTER TWELVE,'
T wns for refuge that the
priueess fled to her own
room.
A boudoir shared by
the grand duchess ml
joined It, and, entering
there, to her dismay the girl saw her
mother lying on a sofa, attended by
Ernestine, the French maid.
Virginia's heart sank. Sho had sup
posed the grand duchess to be in the
whito drawing room with tho baroness
and the other guests of the house.
Now there was no hope that she might
be left alouo and unquestioned. And
the girl had longed to be alone.
"At last!" exclaimed n faint voice
from the sofa. "I thought you would
never come."
Tho princess stared, half dazed, un
able to tear her mind from her private
griefs. "Are you ill, mother?" sho
stnmmered. "Had you sent for mo?"
"I came very near fainting In tho
drawing room," the grand duchess an
swered. "Ernestine, you may leave us
now."
Tho Frenchwoman went out noise
lessly. Still Virginia did not speak. Could
It be that there had been nuother spy
besides Egon von Breltsteln and that
her mother already knew how the cas
tle of cards had fallen? Was It tho
news of defeat which had prostrated
her?
"Have you did any one tell you?"
tho girl faltered.
"I've had a telegram a horrible tele
gram. Oh, Virginia, I am uot young,
as you are! I am too old to endure all
this. I think you should not have sub
jected mo to It"
The grand duchess voice was plain
tive and pried among tho girl's sick
nerves like hot wire.
"What do you mean, dear? I do not
understand," sho said dully. "I'm so
sorry you arc 111. If It's my fault In
any way I"
Her mother pointed toward a writing
table. "Tho telegram Is there," she
murmured. "It Is too distressing too
humiliating."
Virginia picked up a crumpled tele
graph form and began to read tho mes
sage, which was dated London and
written In English:
Soma one making inquiries here about
tho Mowbrays. Beg to advlso you to ex
plain all at at once or leave Kronburg to
avoid almost certain complications.
LAMBERT.
Lady Lambert was the wife of tho
ex-ambassador to the court of Ithactla
from Great Britain. .
The princess finished In silence.
"Isn't It hideous?" asked the grand
duchess. "To think that you and I
should have deliberately placed our
selves In such a position! Wo are to
run away, like detected adventuresses,
unless unless you are now ready to
tell the emperor all."
"No," said Virginia hopelessly.
"What! Not yet? Oh, my dear, then
you must bring matters to a crisis
Llnstnntly tonight oven. It's evident
that some enemy, perhaps some jeal
ous person, has been at work behind
our backs. It is for you to turn the
tables upon him, and there Isn't an
hour to waste. From tho first you
meant to make eoruc dramutlc revela
tion. Now the tlmo has come."
"Ah, I meant I meant!" echoed Vir
ginia, with a sob breafclug the lco In
her voice. "Nothing has turned out
as I meant. You were right, dear; I
Was wrong. We ought never to have
come to Rhaetla."
The grand duchess grew paler than
before. She had been vaguely dis
tressed. Now sho was sharply alarm
ed. If Virginia admitted that this
great adventure should never have
been undertaken, then indeed the earth
must be quaking under their feet.
"Ought not to have come?" she re
peated plteouBly. "What dreadful
thing has happened?"
The princess stood with bent bead.
"It's hard to tell," she said, "harder
almost than anything I ever had to do.
But it must bo done. Everything's at
nn end. dear."
"What you've told him, and ho has
refused to forgive?"
"He knows nothing."
"For heaven's sake, don't keep mo
In suspense!"
Virginia's lips were dry. "lie ask
ed me to bo his wife," sho said. "Oh,
wait wait! Don't look happy. You
don't understand, and I didn't at first.
Ho had to explain, and he put the
thing as little offensively as he could.
Oh, mother, ho thinks me only good
enough to bo his morganatic wife!"
The storm had burst nt lust, and the
princess fell on her knees by the sofa,
where, burying her face in her moth
er's lap, sho sobbed as if parting with
her youth.
There had always been mental and
temperamental barriers between tho
Dresden chlnu lady and her daughter,
but they loved each other, and never
had the girl been so dear to her moth
er as now. The grand duchess thought
of the summer day when. Virginia had
knelt beside her, saying, "We are to
Jng to have an adventure, you and I '
THE
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Alas, tho adventure was over, aud
summer and hope wcro dcadl Tears
trembled In tho mother's eyes. Poor
little Virginia, so young, so Inexperi
enced and, in splto of her self will and
recklessness, eo sweet and loving with
al! "But, dear, you are making tho
worst of things," the grand duchess
snld soothingly, her hand on the girl's
bright hair. "Why, instead of crying
011 ought to be smiling, I think. Ix?o
pold must love you desperately or he
would never linvo proposed murrlago,
oven morganatic marriage. Just nt
first the Idea must have shocked you.
knowing w ho you are. But. remember,
If you were Miss Mowbray It would
hae been u triumph. Many women of
high position have married royalty
luorgiiiuitlcnlly, and every one has re
spected them, You seem to forgot that
the emperor knowB you only as Helen
Mowbray."
"He ought to have known that Helen
Mowbray was not the girl to consent
no, not more easily than Virginia of
Baumenburg-Drlppe. He should have
understood without tolling that to n
girl with Anglo-Saxon blood In her
veins such an offer would bo like n
blow over the heart."
"How should he understand It? Ho
Is Rhuetlan. Ills point of view"
"Ills point of view to me Is terrible.
Oh, mother. It's useless to nrguo! Ev
erything Is Bpolled. Of course if he
knew 1 was Princess Virginia ho would
be sorry for what he had proposed,
even If ho thought I'd brought It on
myself. But then It would be too late.
Don't you understand? I valued his
love because It was given to mo, not
the princess. If ho said, 'Now I know
you I can offer my right hand Instead
of my left to you as my wife,' that
would uot be the same thing at all.
No; there's nothing left but to go home,
and the emperor of Rhuetla must be
told that Virginia of Baumenburg
Drlppe bus decided not to marry. That
will be our one revenge, but u pitiful
one, since he'll never know that tho
princess who refuses his right hand
and the Helen Mowbray who wouldn't
take his left are one and tho same.
Oh, mother, I did love him so! Lot
us get out of this hateful houso as soon
as wo can."
The grand duchess knew her daugh
ter and abandoued hope. "Yes, If you
will not forgive him wo must go nt
once and save our dignity If we can,"
she said. "The telegram will glvo us
our excuse. I told tho baroness I had
received bad news, nnd she asked per
mission to knock at my door before
going to bed nnd iuquiro how I was
feeling. She may como at any mo
ment Wo must say that the telegram
recalls us Immediately to England."
"Listen!" whispered Virginia. "I
think there's some ouo at the door
now."
Baroness von Lyndal stood aghast on
hearing that she was to be deserted
early In tho morulng by tho bright
particular star of her houso party
nfter tho emperor. Sho begged that
Lady Mowbray would reconsider; that
she would wire to Euglaud Instead of
going, or, at nil events, that she would
wait for one day more until Leopold's
visit to Schloss Lyudalberg should bo
over.
In her anxiety sho oven failed In tact
when she found arguments useless.
"But tho emperor?" sho objected. "If
you go off early In the morning before
ho or any one comes down, what will
ho think? What will ho say at being
cheated out of his au revolr?"
Tho grand duchess hesitated. But
Virginia answered firmly: "I snld good
by to him tonight. Tho emperor will
understand."
SrT"
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REAKFAST at Schloss
Lyudalberg was an In
formal meal under the
reign of Mechtllde.
Thoso who were socia
bly Inclined appeared.
Those who loved not their species un
til the day waB older ate In their
rooms.
Leopold had shown himself at tho
able each morning, however, nnd set
the fashion. And the day after the
parting In the garden he was earlier
even than usual. It was easy to be
early, as ho had not been to bed that
night, but he had an extra Incentive.
He could scarcely wait to see how
Helen Mowbray would meet him
whether she would still be cold or
whether sound advice from her mother
would have made her kind.
This was his last day at Lyndulberg.
By his special request no programmo
of entertainment had been arranged,
nnd before coming down to breakfast
Leopold had been turning over In his
mind plan after plan for another
chance of meeting tho girl alone. He
had even written n letter, but had
torn It up because ho was unablo to
say on paper what was really In his
heart.
Breakfast passed, however, and when
sho did not appear Leopold grew rest,
less, ne did not ask for her before
the others, but when he nnd tho baron
ess had strolled out together on tho
terrace, where wjilte peacocks spread
their Jeweled tails', the emperor sought
$Srv''w
somo opportunity of bringing In tho
name that filled his thoughts. ,
"I see the red October lilies tiro open
ing," he said. "Miss Mowbray will bo
Interested. Sho tells me there's noth
ing like them In Euglaud."
"Ah, sho has gone just too soonl"
sighed tho baroness.
Tho emperor glanced quickly from
tho mass of crimson flowers to his
hostess' face. "Gone?" ho repeated.
"Yes," tho baroness answered. "They
must havo reached Kronburg beforo
this. You know, they left their com
panion there. Perhaps your majesty
did not rcalleo that they wcro leaving
hero quite so early?"
ne turned so whlto under tho brown
tan tho mountains had given that tho
baroness wns nlarmed. She had taken
Virginia's words ns Virginia had
meant her to take them aud therefore
supposed that a formal farewell of
B01110 sort had leon spoken. This Im
pression did not prevent her from
guessing that thero muBt havo been a
misunderstanding, nnd sho was tin
gling with a lively curiosity which sho
was obliged carefully to hide.
Tho romance which hnd been enact
ed under her eyes sho believed to Iks
largely of heriwu making, nnd, uot
being n bad hearted woman, she had
grown fond of Vlrgluln. Sho had even
had pangs of conscience, and, though
sho did uot see tho way for n happy
ending to tho pretty drama, It dis
tressed her that tho curtain should go
down on sadness.
"I did not know they were going nt
all," Leopold answered frankly, will
ing to sacrifice his prldo for the sake
of coming quickly nt tho truth.
"Oh," exclaimed tho baroness, "I am
distressed! Miss Mowbray distinctly
said when I begged that they would
wait, 'The emperor will understand.' "
"I do understand now I know they
have gone," ho admitted. "But Miss
Mowbray thinks sho has somo cause
of complaint against me, and she's
mistaken. I can't let such n mlstako
go uncorrected. You say they must bo
nt Kronburg before this. Are they
slaying on there?"
"I'm nfrald not, your majesty. They
leave Kronburg for England toduy by
the Orient express."
"Do you happen to remember nt
what hour the train starts?"
"I bcllcvo at 12."
Leopold pulled out his watch. It was
twenty minutes past 11. Forty times
sixty seconds and tho girl would bo
gone!
Tho blood rushed to his face. Bar
ring accidents, ho could catch her If
ho ordered his motor car and left at
once. But to cut short his visit at
Schloss Lyudalberg would bo virtually
to tako tho world Into his secret. Let
him nllcge Important stuto business nt
the capital if he chose, gossip would
still eiiy that tho girl had fled; that ho
had pursued her. The baroness knew
nlready. Others would chatter as If
they knew. That was Inevitable If he
weut.
A month ago, when yielding to In
clination meant humbling his pride as
emperor and man, such a question
would havo answered itself. Now It
nnswered Itself nlso. tho only differ
ence being that tho answer wns exact
ly opposite to whut It would havo been
n month earlier.
"Baroness, forgive mo," he said
quickly. "I must go. I can't explain."
"You need not try," sho answered
softly.
"Thank you a hundred times. Mako
everything ns straight for me as you
can. Say what you will. I glvo you
carte blanche, for we're old friends,
and I trust you."
"It's for me to thnnk your mnjesty.
You wnnt your motor car?"
"Yes."
"I'll telephone. Your chauffeur will
havo It here In six minutes. And your
ald-do-camp. Will you"
"I don't wnnt him. thanks. I'd rather
go alone."
Seven minutes Inter tho big white
motor enr was at the door which was
tho private entrnnco to the emperor's
suit, und the emperor wus waiting for
It; having forgotten all nbout tho sable
lined coat which had been a present
from the czar. If It had been midwin
ter he would have forgotten, Just tho
same, nor would ho hnvo known that
it was cold.
There was plenty of tlmo now to car
ry out his plan, which was to catch
tho Orient express at tho Kronburg
station and present himself to tho
Mowbrays in tho train later. As to
what would happen nfterward. It was
beyond planning, but Leopold knew
that tho girl had loved him, and ho
hoped that he would have Lady Mow
bray on his sldo.
The only way of reaching Kronburg
from Schloss Lyndalberg was by road.
Thero was no railway connection be
tween the two places. But the town
and the castlo were separated by a
short eight miles, nnd until checked by
traffic In tho suburbs the Blxty horse
power car could cover a rallo In less
than two minutes.
TJnfortunntely, however, police regu
latlons were strict, and of this Leo
pold could not complain, as he had ap
proved them himself. Onco he was
stopped and would certainly not hnvo
been allowed to proceed had he not re
vealed himself as tho emperor, the
owner of tho ono unnumbered car In
Rhaetia. As It was, ho had suffered
a delny of five minutes, nnd Just ns
he was congratulating himself on tho
gooducss of his tires, which had mado
him no trouble for many weeks, n loud
report as of a pistol shot gave warn
ing of n puncture.
But there was not a moment to waste
on repnlrs. Leopold drovo on on the
rims, o"ly to acknowledge presently
the truth of nn old proverb, "Tho more
haste the less speed."
Delayed by a torn and flapping tire,
the car arrived nt tho big central sta
tion of Kronburg only five minutes be
fore 12. Leopold dashed In. careless
whether he were recognized or uot,
and was surprised nt tho absence of 1
tho crowd which usually throngs the
platform beforo tho departure of tho
most Important tratn of the day.
"Is tho Orient express Into?" he osk
ed of nn lnsjwctor to whom ho was
but n man among other men.
"No, sir. Just on tlmo. Went out
Ave minutes ago."
"But It Isn't due to start till 12."
"Summer time table, sir. Autumn
tlmo tnblo takes effect today, the 1st
of October. Orient express departure
changed to 11:50."
An unreasoning rngo against fate
boiled In tho emperor's breast. lie
ruled this country, yet everything In It
seemed to conspire In a plot to wreck
his dearest desires.
For a fow Bcconds ho stood speech
less, feeling ns If he had been dashed
against a blank wall aud there were
no way of getting around It. Yet tho
seconds were but few, for Leopold wns
uot a mnu of Blow decisions.
His first step was to Inquire tho
nnmo of the town at which the Orient
express stopped soonest. In threo
hours, ho learned, it would reach Fcl
garde, tho last station on tho Rhaetlan
side of the frontier.
Ills llrst thought on hearing this was
to engage a special and follow, But
oven In theso days thero Is much red
tapo entangled with railway regula
tions In Rhaetln. It soon nppcarcd
that it would bo quicker to take tho
next train to Felgnrde, which was due
to leave In half an hour and would ar
rive only nn hour later than tho Orleut
express.
Leopold's heurt wns chilled, but ho
shook off despondency nnd would not
be discouraged. Telephoning to tho
holol where the Mowbrays hnd been
stopphig, ho learned that they had
gone. Then ho wroto out u telegram:
Miss Helen Mowbray, TrnvollnK From
Kronburg to I'nrls by Orient Kxpresa,
Caro of Station Master nt Felgnrdo-
1 imploro .ou leavo tho trnln at Kel-
garde and wall for mu. Am following In
nil haste. Will nrrlvu Felgnrdo ono hour
nfter you nnd hopo to (lnd you at Leo-
poldhof.
So far tho wording wns simple. Ho
had signified his Intention nnd express
ed his wish, which would hnvo been
lie wrote another, uhich lie hfyncd "Leo,
the CliamoU Ilunter."
more than enough to assure tha accom
plishment of his purpose had he been
dealing with a subject Uufortunntoly,
however, Helen Mowbray was not a
subject nnd hnd exhibited no sign of
subjection. It wns therefore futile to
prophesy whether or no sho would
choose to grant his request
Rovolvlng the pros and cons, ho wns
forced to eoncludo that she probably
would not grant It unless he had somo
new nrgument to bring forward. Yet
what had ho to urge that ho had uot
nlready urged twlco over? What could
ho say at this eleventh hour which
would uot only Induce her to nwnlt his
coming nt Felgnrde, but Justify him
In making a innt appeal when he came
to explain It in person?
As lie stood pen in hand suddenly ho
fdund himself recalling a fnlry story
which ho had" never tired of rending In
his childhood. Under tho disguise of
fancy It was a lessou against vacilla
tion, and ho had often snld to himself
ns u boy that when he grew up ho
would not, like the prlnco of tho story,
miss a gift of tho gods through weak
hesitation.
Tho pretty legend In his mlud hnd
for n hero a young prlnco who went
abroad to seek bis fortuno aud receiv
ed from one of tho fntes to whom he
paid a visit threo magic citrons, which
ho must cut open by tho side of u cer
tain fountain. He obeyed his Instruc
tions, but when from tho first citron
sprang an exquisite fairy maldeu. de
manding a drink of water, the young
man lost his presence of mind. While
he sat Btnrlng the lovely lady van
ished, and with a second experiment it
was the same. Only the third citron
rcmatucd of the fate's squandered
gifts, and when the prince cut It In
half the maiden who appeared was so
much more beautiful than her sisters
that In adoring wonder he almost lost
her ns ho had lost the others.
"My knife Is on tho rind of the last
citron now," Leopold said to himself.
"Let mo not lose tho ono chance I havo
left."
Last night he had believed that there
would not bo room In n man's heart
for more lovo than his held for Helen
Mowbray; but, realizing to tho full
how great wns the danger of losing
her, ho found that his lovo had grown
beyond reckoning.
to be continued.) I
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