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P 3ot HA.KUuAca "N awu, SuvcjUoX Cases StrvruAt S. CVum&, S. s 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 one Sargcou Day and nlgUtcells Ofllco over Uoruo Htore. Phono ISO. L. W. BOWMAN, PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Ofllco In First National Dank block. Alli ance Nebraska. H. A. COPSEY, M. D. Physician mid Surgeon Phone 300 Calls answered promptly clay and night from oBlIco. Otllces: Alliance National Uank Untitling over tho PostUlUce. "DRrCrTSsTErSLAQLE WITH DR. BELLWOOD Special Attention Paid to Eye Work GEO. J. HAND, HOMEOPATHIC YSICIAK AND SURGEON Formerly Interne Homeopathic Hos pital University ot Iowa. Phono 251. Olllce ovur Alliance Shoe Store Itesidonco Phone 51. Churchill & Thornton PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS (Successors to Dr. J. E, Moore) OFFICE IN FLETCHER BLOCK Office hours 11-12 a.m., 2-4 p.m. 7)30-0 p.m. Office Phone 62 Res. Phone, Dr Thornton, 187 Night calls, Phone 62 or 187 W.P. (Successor to Drs. Troy & Balfo) O8TEOPATHIO1 PHYSICIAN. Graduate and Post-Graduate of the Amer ican School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Mo. May be found at his residence, 2i6Toluca Avenue Drs.Coppernoll & Petersen OSTEOPATH PHYSICIAN (Successor to Drs. Frey & Uafo) Office in Rumer Block Office Phone 43, Residence 20 Examination at Office Free Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Lockwood UNDERTAKING AND EM1IALMINQ Funeral Director and Embalmer Phones Office 214. Res. 205 ALLIANCE NEBRASKA GUY H. LOCKWOOD Graduate Chicago School of Enibnlining WITH B. F. LOCKWOOD. AUG. F. HORNBURG Private Nurse Phone 492 WILLIAM MITCHELL, ATTORNEY AT HW. ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA. EUGENE BURTON Attorney at Law Office in rooms formerly occupied by R. C. Noleman, First Nal'l Bank blk Phone 180. ALLIANCE, NEB, F. il. BROOME LAW AND LAND ATTORNEY. I Long experience in state and federal courts and as Register and Receiver IJ. S. Land Office is a guarantee for prompt and efficient service. Orflco In Land Office Ilulldlng. ALLIANCE. - - NEBRASKA. H. M. BULLOCK. Attorney at Law, 8UITH P. TUTTLE. IRA I. TABU TUTTLE & TASH, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. REAL ESTATE. WorthMaln St... - ALLIANCE, 2 Eh. &NWHNWW Princess Virginia By C N. and A. M. WILLIAMSON, Authon of "GfeUf htnintf Conductor," "Roe mry In Search of a Father," Etc J J COPYRIGHT, 1D07. BY CONTINUED. Ho had thought It n sacrifice to sug gest a morganatic uuirrlngc. Now a voice seemed to say In his ear: "The price you offered wns not enough. Is love worth nil to you or not?" And ho answered: "It Is worth nil. 1 will offer nil, yet not count It n sacrifice. Tlint In love, nml nothing less Is love." A white light broke before his eyes like a meteor bursting, and the voice In his enr spoke words that 6ont n flame through his veins. "I will do It," he said. "Who Is there nmong my people who will dare say 'No' to their emperor's 'Yes?' 1 will make a new law. I will bo n law unto myself." His face, that had been pale, was flushed. He tore up the unfinished telegram and wrote another, which ho signed "Leo, the Chamois Hunter." Then, when lie had handed In the message nud paid, there was but just time to buy his ticket, engage n whole first class compartment for himself and dash Into It before his train was duo to start. As It moved slowly out of the big station Leopold's brain rang with the noble music of his great resolve. Ho could see nothing, think of uothing, but that. His arms ached to clasp his love. Ills lips, cheated last night, al ready felt her kisses, for she would give them now, nnd she would give herself. lie was treading the past of an empire underfoot in tho hope of n future with her, and every throb of tho engine was taking him nearer to tho threshold of that future. But such moments of supremo ex altation come rarely In n lifetime. Tho heart of man or woman could not beat on for long with such wild music for accompaniment, nnd so it was that as the moments passed tho song of tho emperor's blood fell to a minor key. He thought passionately of Virginia, but ho thought of his country ns well nnd tried to weigh the effect upon oth ers of tho thing that ho was prepared to do. There was no ono on earth whom Leopold of Rhaetla need fear, but there was ono to whom ho owed much, ono whom It would bo grievous to offend. In his father's day ono man, old even then, had built upon tho founda tions of a tragic past a grent nnd pros perous nation. This man had been to Leopold what his father had never been and, without tho magic power of Inspiring warm affection, had instilled respect and grntitudo In tho breast of nn enthusiastic boy. "Poor old Von Breltstelnt" the em peror sighed. "Tho country Is his Idol the country with all tho old tradi tions, no'll feel this break sorely. I'd spare him If I could. But I can't llvo my life for him." Ho sighed again and looked up, frowning, at a sudden Bound which mount intrusion. Like n spirit callo from the deep, there stood tlie chancellor at the door between Leopold's compartment and the ono adjoining. i-:' ' -;v v. (mPTEaFOURTEEM I jm RON HEART was dress ed in the long doublo breasted gray overcoat nnd the soft gray hat in which nil snapshot photographs (no others had ever been taken) showed the chan cellor of Rhaetla. At sight of the emperor off came tho famous hat, baring tho bald dome of tho fine old head, fringed with hair of curiously mingled black nnd white. "Good day, your mnjesty," ho said, with uo sign of surprise In his voice or face. Tho train rocked going around n curve, nnd it was with difficulty that the chancellor kept his footing. But he stood rigidly erect, supporting him self In tho doorway until tho emperor, with more politeness than enthusiasm, Invited him to enter and be seated. "I'm glad you're well enough to trav el, chancellor," said Leopold. "We had nono too encouraging nn account of you from Captain von Breltstelu." "I travel because you travel, your majesty," replied tho old man. "It Is kind of you to tolerate mo here, and I appreciate It." Now they sat facing each other, nnd tho young mnn, fighting down a sense of guilt, fnmlllnr to him In boyish days when about to be taken to task by tho chancellor, gazed fixedly at the hard, clever faco on which tho after noon sun scored the detail of each wrinkle. "Indeed!" was the emperor's only answer. "Your majesty, I have served you nnd your father before you well, I hope faithfully, I know, I think you trust me." "No man more. But this sounds a Dortentous preface. Is it possible you Imagine it necessary to 'lead up' to a subject If I can please myself by dolus you a favor?" "If I have seemed to lead up to what I wish to say, your majesty. It Is only for the sake of explanation. You are wondering, no doubt, how I knew you would travel today and In thltctrali" Xi, alti jfe&M' THE McCtRB, PHILLIPS & CO. also why I havo ventured to follow. Your Intention I learned by accident." Tho chancellor did not explain by what diplomacy that "accident" had been brought nbout "Wishing much to talk over with you n pressing mat ter that Bhould not bo delayed, I took this liberty nnd seized this opportu nity. 'Some meu would In my plnco pre tend that business of their own had brought them and that the train had boon chosen by chance. But your maj esty ..nows me as a blunt man when I serve him uot ns diplomat, but as friend. I'm not one to work In the dark with those who trust me, nnd I wj:t your majesty to know tho truth." "Good day, your majesty," ho said. (Wfcich perhaps he did. but uot tho whole truth.) "Your raise my curiosity," said Leo pold. "Then have 1 your lndulgenco to speak frankly not entirely as a humble subject to his emperor, but ns nn old man to n young mnn." "I'd have you speak ns n friend," said Leopold. But a slight constraint hardened his voice ns he prepared him self for something disagreeable. "I've had n letter fronv tho crown prince of Iluugarln. It has come to his ears that there Is a certain reason for your majesty's delay in following up the first overtures for nn nllinnco with his family. Malicious tongues havo whispered that your majesty's atten tions are otherwise engaged, and tho young Adalbert has addressed me In a friendly way, begging that the rumor mny be contradicted or confirmed." "I'm not sure that negotiations had gone far enough to give him tho right to bo Inquisitive," returned Leopold, flushing. The chancellor spread out his old veined hnnds In n gesture of appeal. "I fear," he said, "that In my anxiety for your mnjesty's welfare and tho good of Rhaetla I may have exceeded my Instructions. My ono excuse Is that I believed your mind to be defi nitely made up. I still believe it to be bo. I would listen to no ono who should try to persuade mo of tho con trary, and I will write Adalbert" "You must get yourself and mo out of tho scrape as best you can, slnco you admit you got us into It," broke In tho emperor, with nn uneasy laugh. "If Princess Virginia of Raumcnberg- Drlppc is ns charming as she Is said to bo, her difficulty will be In choosing a husband, not In getting one. For once, my dear chancellor, gossip has told the truth, and I wouldn't pny tho princess so poor a compliment as to ask for her hand when I've no heart left to give her in exchange for It Thero's some one else" "It Is of that some ono else I would venture to speak, your majesty. Gos sip has named her. May I?" "I'll save you tho trouble, for I'm not ashamed that the common fato has overtaken me common because every mnn loves once before ho dies, nnd yet uncommon because no man ever loved a woman so worthy. Chan cellor, there's no woman In the world like Miss Helen Mowbray, the lady to whom I owo my life." "It's natural you should bo grate ful, your mnjesty, but" "It's natural I should bo In love." "Natural that a young man Inex perienced In affairs of the heart should mistake warm gratitude for love. Im possible that tho mlstako should be al lowed to continue." Leopold's eyes grew dark. "In such a connection," ho said, "It would bo better not to mention tho word 'mis take.' I'm glad you are here, for now you can learn from mo my Intentions toward that lady." "Intentions, did you say, your majes ty? I fear I grow hard of hearing." "At least you will never grow slow of understanding. I did speak of my Intentions toward Miss Mowbray." "You would glvo the lady some mag nificent estate, some splendid acknowl edgment" "Whether splendid or not would bo a matter of opinion," laughed tho em peror. "I shall offer her a present of myself." The old man had been sitting with his chin sunk into his short neck, peer ing out from under his brows In a way he had, but he lifted bis bead sudden ly, with a look In bis eyes like that of an animal who scents danger from an unexpected quarter. "Your majesty," he exclaimed, "you vMiiii' nre your father's son, you nro Rune tlan, and your standard of honor" "I hopo to tnnrry Miss Mowbray," Leopold cut him short. The chancellor's Jaw dropped, and ho grew pale. "1 had drentned of nothing ns bad ns this," ho blurted out, with no thought or wish to sugar tho truth. "I feared n young man's rnshness. I dreaded scandal. But, forgive me, your majesty. For you n morganatic mar riage would bo madness" "A morganatic marriage I did think of at first, but on second thoughts I saw It would bo ungrateful." "Ah, yes, to the couutry which ex pects so much of you." "No, to tho woman who has tho right to all or nothing. I will ninko her empress of Rhaetla." With n cry tho chancellor sprang up. Ills eyes glared like tho eyes of a bull who receives tho death stroke. Ills working lips nud tho hollow sound In his throat alarmed tho emperor. "No, your majesty, no!" ho pnnted. "But I say yes," Leopold answered, "and let no mnn glvo mo nny. I've thought It all out. I will make her n countess first. Then she shall bo made my empress." "Your majesty, it Is not possible." "Tako care, chancellor." "She has been deceiving you. Sho has neither tho birth, tho position nor tho name sho claims to have, and I can prove It." "You are mad, Von Breltsteln," tho emperor flung at him. "That caliche your only excuse for such words." "I imi not mnd, but I nm old nud wise, your mnjesty. Today you havo made mo feel that I nm very old. Punish mo ns you will for my frank ness. My work for you nnd yours Is nearly done. Cheerfully wjll I sub mit to my dismissal If only this last effort In your ncrvlco may savo tho ship of state from wreck. I would not make an accusation which I could not prove. And I can prove that tho two English Indies who have been staying nt Schloss Lyndalberg nro not the persons they pretend to bo." "Who has been lying to you?" cried Leopold, who held between clinched hnnds tho temper ho vowed not to lose with this old man. "To me, no one. To your majesty, to society In Kronburg, two adventuress es havo lied." Tho emperor caught his breath. "If you wero n young man I would kill you for that," ho said. "I know you would. As it is, my life Is yours. But before you tako it for God's sake, for your father's sake, hear mo out!" Leopold did not apeak for n moment but stnrcd nt tho vanishing lnndscnpe, which ho snw through n red hnzo. "Very well," ho said nt last; "I will hear you, because I fear nothing you can say." "When I heard of your majesty's ad miration for a certain lady," tho chan cellor began quickly lest tho emperor should change his mind, "I looked for her namo and her mother's In Burke's Peerage. There I found Lady Mow bray, widow of n dend baron of thnt Uk, mother of a sou still n child and of ono daughter, a young woman with many names and twenty-eight years. "This surprised me, ns the Miss Mowbray I had seen nt tho birthday ball looked uo moro than eighteen nnd. I wns told, confessed to twenty. Tho Mowbrays, I learned by a little further research In Burke, wero dis tantly connected by mnrrlngo with tho family of Baumenburg-Drlppe. This seeuied nn odd coincidence In tho cir cumstances. But, nctlng ns duty bade mo net, I wired to two persons Baron von Sark, your majesty's nmbassndor to Great Britain, and tho crown prince of Hungarla. tho brother of Princess Virginia." "What did you telegraph?" asked tho emperor Icily. "Nothing compromising to your maj esty, you may well believe. I Inquired of Adalbert If ho had English rela tions, a Lady Mowbray and daughter. Helen, traveling in Rhaetla, and I beg ged that If so ho would describe their appearance by telegram. To Von Sark 1 said that particulars by wire concern ing the widow of Lord Mowbray and daughter, Helen, would put mo under personal obligation. Both these mes sages 1 sent off night before last. Yes terday I received Adalbert's answer, this morning Von Snrk's. They are here." And tho chancellor tapped tho breast of his gray coat "Will your majesty read them?" "If you wish," replied Leopold nt his haughtiest nnd coldest The old mnn unbuttoned his coat and produced n coroneted pocketbook, a souvenir of friendship on his Inst birth dny from the emperor. Leopold saw it and remembered, ns tho chancellor hoped ho would. "Hero nro tho telegrams, your maj esty," ho said. "The first ono la from tho crown prlnco of nungaria." "Havo no idea where Lady Mowbray and daughter are traveling; may be Rhaetla or north pole," Adalbert had written, with characteristic flippancy. "Have seen neither for eight years nnd scarcely know them. But Lady M. tall, brown old party, with noso like hobbyhorse; nelen dark, noso llko mother's, wears glasses." With no betrayal of feeling, Leopold laid tho telegram on the rod plush seat nnd unfolded the other. "Pardon delay," the Rbaetlan am bassador's message began. "Have leen mnkjng inquiries. Lady Mow bray has been widow for ten years. Not rich. During son's minority has let her town and country houses. Lives much abroad. Very high church, intellectual, at present In Calcutta, whero daughter nelen, twenty-eight, uot pretty, is lately engaged to marry middle aged judge of some distinction." "So" and the emperor threw aside the second bit of paper "it is on such slight grounds as these that a man of the world can label two ladies 'ad venturesses.' " Tho chancellor wns bitterly disap pointed. He hnd counted on tho Im pression which these telegrams must make, and unless Leopold were act ing it was now certain thnt lovo had driven him out of his senses. But If the emperor wero mad ho must bo treated accordingly, nud tho old statesman condescended to "bluff." "There Is still more to tell," ho said. "If your mnjesty has not heard enough, but I think when you have reflected you will not wish for more. It Is clear tliat tho women calling themselves Mowbrays have hnd the audacity to present themselves hero under false colors. They havo either deceived Lady Lambert, who Introduced them to Rhaetlan society, or, still more like ly, they havo cleverly forged their let ters of Introduction." "Why didn't you telegraph to Lady Lambert while your hand was In?" sneered Leopold. "I did, your majesty, or, rather, not knowing her present address, 1 wired n friend of mine, nn ncqualutuuce of hers, begging him to mnko Inquiries without using my nnme, but I have not yet received an answer to thnt tele gram." "Until you do I should think that even n cynic llko yourself might give two defenseless, inoffensive ladles the benefit of tho doubt." "Inoffensive," echoed Von Brelt steln "Inoffenslvo when they camo to this country to ensnaro your majesty through tho girl's beauty! But, great heaven, It Is truo thnt I nm growing old! I hnvo forgotten to nsk your mnj esty whether you hnvo gone so fnr ns to mention the word mnrrlngo to Miss Mowbray?" "I'll answer that question by another. Do you really believe that Miss Mow bray camo to Rhaetln to 'entrap' me?" "I do, though I scarcely think that even her ambition Hew ns high ns you nro encouraging It to soar." "In enso you're right she would hnvo been overjoyed with nn offer of mor ganatic mnrrlage." "Overjoyed Is n poor word. Over whelmed might bo nearer." "Yet I tell you sho refused me last night nnd Is leaving Rhnetln today rather than listen to further entrea ties." Leopold bent forward to launch this thunderbolt, his brown bauds on his knees, his eyes eager. The memories, half bitter, half sweet, called up by his own words caused Virginia to ap pear moro beautiful, moro desirable, ever than before. Uo was delighted with tho expres sion of tho chancellor's face. "Now, what arguments have you left?" he broko out In tho brief silence. "All I had before and many now ones, for whnt your majesty has snld shows the lady moro ambitious, moro astute, thorcforo moro dangerous, than I had guessed. Sho staked everything on tho power of her charms, and sho might havo won had you not nn old servaut who wouldn't bo fooled by tho witcheries of n fnlr nelen." "Sho has won," said Leopold, then quickly: "God forgive mo for chiming In with your bitter humor, as If nho'd played n gnme. By simply being her sclffeho hns won me, such ns I nm. She proved that If she cares at nil It's for the mnn and not the emperor, since she called tho offer you think so magnificent nn Insult. Yes, chancel lor, thnt was tho word sho used, and It was almost tho last she said to me. which Is the renson I'm traveling to day. And none of your boasted 'proofs' can hold me back." "By heaven, your majesty must look upon yourself from the point of view you credit to the girl I You forget the emperor In the man." "Tho two need not le separated." "Love indeed makes men blind and spares not the eyes of emperors." "I've pledged myself to bear with you, chancellor." "And I know you'll keep your word. I must speak for Rhaetla and your better self. You are following this lady to glvo her your empire for a toy." "She must first accept the emperor as her husband." "A lady who has eo poor a namo of her own that she steals one which doesn't belong to her tho nation won't bear It" "You speak for yourself, not for Rhaetla," snld Leopold. "Though I'm not so old ns you by half your years, I believe I can judge my people hotter than you do. Tho law which bids an emperor of Rhaetla match with royal ty Is an unwritten law, a law solely of customs handed down through the gen erations. I'll not spoil my life by sub mitting to Its yoke, since by breaking It the nation gains, ns I do. I could go to tho world's end nnd not find n woman ns worthy to bo my wife nnd empress of Rhnctla as nelen Mow bray." "You hnvo never seen Princess Vir ginia." "I've no wish to seo her. There's but one woman for me, and I swear to you if I lose her I'll go to my gravo un married. Let tho crown fall to my uncle's son. I'll not perjure myself even for Rhaetln." Tho chuncellor bowed his bend nud held up his hands, for by that gesture alone could he express his despair. TO BE CONTTNtrKD.) J Offite Boy's Llttlo Coup. 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