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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.
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(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,
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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.
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