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to so large that you will hardly be in
danger of meeting my wife."
"Your Royal Highness is extraordinat lly
kind."
"I trust that you will take advantage
of it."
"I shall permit myself to use the privilege
occasionally."
That will please tne."
Tho most polite of obeisances on my part,
the, most correct of bows on hers, and wo
patted in the most polite and correct man
ner. Tet I am dissatisfied with myself once
more.
..-
The fickle mob!
The young king s popularity has paled as
quickly as it grew. My brother Is begin
ning to tweome as unpopular as king as he
was as crown prince. And since the sweet
mob misses no opportunity to let the king
fee its exalted dissatisfaction, he knows it
well. The king knows and the king suf
fers. He suffers unceasingly, heavily.
And this rabble begins once more to flirt
ami coquette with me! I observe it, do not
notice It. despise It. For since I know what
kind of thing this "people" Is I nm nau
seated by It. I think that a monarch could
die from this nausea of the "people" as a
consumptive dies from his sick lungs. Ood
preserve a ruler from this worst of all
rulers' maladies.
1 am hurrying the building on the Sea
Alp with all my might. I first doubled and
then trebled the number of workmen, offer
rewards for quick work, suffer from the de
lays and am In a perfect fever of restless
ness and Impatience. In my new house I
deirc all possible splendor and pomp, flam
ing colors, gold and radiance. It must bo
like a fain' palace. In the midst of rocks
and wilderness I wish to live In a fairy
palace.
My dream of a Orull Burg could be ful
filled only if I were king. Ht even with
out it I propose to transform my life more
nd more Into a fairy tale.
Sorretimes I seem to notice that mv talis
man is losing its strength, that the presence
of my child is not so powerful as it was
against demons, that I begin to lose my de
light even in Judiea's smile.
Can that be possible?
I will not believe It. light against believ
ing It. I spy on myself to discover whether
or not the suspicion rests on truth or self
deception. I fear and suffer day nnd night.
For I have evil, evil nights again. When
the torture becomes too great I flee Into
the depths of the park. There must be
things within me, after all I imagine that
I can see our splritus familaris chuckle
and rub his hands.
This night I dreamed of the Countess.
I said to her In my dream:
"You and I. we lelong together. You.
too. are a Royal being."
And she replied:
"We shall be chained together yet."
I asked: How?"
"Through guilt! Or are you too cow
ard!?" "No! N'o!"
I screamed it and awone.
Judica slept through It. If she should
wake and listen to my dream-1 must
ruard myself better, even in my dreams.
Within me there Is something that I
cannot name, and that threatens to break
a. I,,EN 1 toltl rnv hostess I'd had
such a lovely time," said the
wife who had ppent the night
jffiSH. with an out-of-town friend, "I
" 1 'felt like adding, 'but I'd have had
a perfectly lovely time if you hod not for
gotten to equip the guest room with several
of the requisites of the toilet.' "
Many a housewife, careful In all things
else, grows lax when she prepares a guest
room for the advent of an occupant she
frequently neglects to place In it tho small
things that really mako for the comfort
of the "stranger within the gates."
If the guest is supplied with all tho
needfuls for making a toilet half the
pleasure of Iilt visit is Immediately In
sured. On the toilet stand there should be
placed a knitted wash cloth, a complexion
t-ponge, a pocket powder puff of chamois
skin, the small bag at the lower end filled
with talcum powder; a soap shampoo,
waters of all sorts for bathing and ier
fumcry purposes, bath towels, etc In
case of ear or toothache, waterbags as
small as the palm of the hand, yet quite
large enough for holding a pint of hot
water, should be handy.
Thr- guest should find In the room cl03et
a diilnly trimmed kimono, and lad slippers,
the color of these being of the same tint
as the prevailing color scheme of the
room. This lounging robe can also be
made of pure white crepe cluth aad finished
with a ribbon In any tone desired.
On the door of the closet place a 6hoo
bag and umbrella case, both made ot
gray denim.
To make a closet a convenient place for
hanging gowns, fit a pole of ash, walnut
or mahogany lengthwise of the closet.
On this dress waists put on hangers
THE ILLUSTKATKD IlKE.
out of my soul like
cage. I wrestle wit
a wild beast from Its
h that thing in my
soul. Words cannot
express how I wrestle
and suffer.
I must hide this
book carefully. For
should I ever leave
it where Judica could
find It I will put It
has a cunning loch,
key constantly on
good care and watch
Into my casket, that
and I will curry the
i chain. I will take
well.
How could It happen? Weary, useless
question! It had to be. Only it happened
too late.
What did I say to the beautiful woman?
Words, words, words! Hut that she listened
to my mad words! She did not turn away,
did not forbid my senseless speech, listened
to me with her triumphant mien!
As she stood there In the black shadow
of the trees with her while face, listening,
motionless, to my wild words, she was as
beautiful as a devil.
If I remember rightly I said the same
words that I had spoken to her in ray
dream:
"You and I, we two belong together!"
Hut she did not answer as sho did in my
dream: "Wo shall be chained together
yet."
1 am chained to her already. Chained
am I through guilt that cannot be uudono.
Sho listened to me, motionless, silent.
Hut her eyes llamed In the white face.
Wliat did my mother once say to me of
her?
"The young lady is beautiful, knows
that beauty is power and desires to wield
it."
On me she desired to wield it and she
did. Sho conquered me.
Before sho turned away and passed she
said something. They were two words:
"Too late."
Then If it were not too late she would
love mo again? This word between her
and me Khali not be!
It must not be too late!
Day after day I rc?k that d.irk place in
the park; day ufter day 1 wait and hope;
day after day she lets me wait and hopo
in vain.
I have written to her and there Is no
answer.
No answer!
I have not been near my mother in weeks.
Today I shall drive to t he capital with a
face that was unrecognizable to me myself
when I louked into the mirror.
With what a tone she said: "Too late!"
She had asked for a furlough and had
gone away to the old relatives who brought
her up and with whom sho felt so unhappy
that she exchanged their lonely castle for
the most unblessed spot on earth.
And why has she gone? To increase my
madness by her proud flight. Ajid why
does she wish to increase it, eiuee It is too
late?
We shall see.
When they told mo at dinner that the
countess had gone uway I had to battle
with myself to say with tho utmost Indif
ference. "Really?" and then to ask with
still more indifference; "And when will she
return?"
They told tne In fourteen days, nnd at
once I felt as if reJeased from a curse, for
Trifles Count for Guest Room Comfort
always keep their shape. At the back
of the pole place a number of hooka for
holding skirts and petticoats.
Tho desk in the guest chamber should
be well furnished. Among ueful and
novel objects is a perpetual calendar and
memorandum slate. It is made of dark
green leather and is easel in shape. The
lower part is fitted with a pencil and case.
To accompany this Is "a hasty liner." It
hi a red leather-covered pad In which aro
New Degrees
0 minrp is a certain scnooi or tech
I I nology at the east which now
1 1 1.'' 1 1 1., i . . . . . .
.. . . u v., nuincu who curapieio
the course of household science
the degree of bachelor of science
In domestic engineering.
Although some American Institutions have
been charged with conferring: degrees too
bountifully and carrying academic distinc
tions to hasty extremes, no one will object
to this new variety of degree a variety of
the sort that gives spice to life.
In human values the bachelor of science
in domestic engineering holds the most im
portant position in the world. What is the
mere bridge builder, or naval architect to
the engineer in the kitchen, solving the
chemical problems of hot bread and making
geometric cakes? Food is the fundamental
thing; in life and the home is the basis of
the state.
Consider, too, how dignified It would be
fur a man to ask a woman to be his do
mestic engineer, with the Implication that
Bhe be a civil engineer as welt The toil
of the household takes on a new aspect.
The wife ia do longer cook, but chemist.
I had lwen prepared to hoar:
"Never. She demanded her Immediate
release."
And then 1 would have bad to ask:
"Why?"
And they would have given roe to under
stand, discreetly:
"Because a noble gentleman was seized
with a mad passion for the lady, nnd such
scandals are not permitted at this Court."
And then 1 would have had to laugh In
their faces.
She had gone nnd I cannot follow. I
must wait.
Wait for what?
That she shall stand attain, motionless
and wordless, with her white face In the
mystic forest-gloom; that, wordless and
motlonlesn, she shall let me kiss her?
It is not. it must not be ton late.
Hereafter I shall laugh with scorn when
I hear them prate over love. Love Is a
toy for children. Olve man passion and
you give him the flame of life. What mat
ters that it Is an unholy blaze that do
vours him?
CHAPTER XXill.
On the Sea-Alp autumn.
We are living In the Cavaliers' House.
More than a hundred workmen are toiling
at tho new house. A part of it must lm
finished before the first snow. Next wivk
Italian decorators will arrive; the wholo
army of artisans is coming. 1 am mak
ing the men work at night by torchlight.
We will winter on the Sea-Alp.
I would like to drive the men with whips.
But tho great time of the Iniperators,
when armies of slaves built a golden
house for Nero, ha.s gone by. Tt was
worth while to be. a Caesar and tho master
of the world then.
All around the house I am going to have
conservatories with groves of oranges, with
orchids, violets and lilies. When the lake
is frozen stiff, the Alps are Iced up and
the whole world sinks Into snow, spring
shall breathe on us lure. In the spring
the conservatories will be razed and great
fields of flowers shall take their place. I
would like to change the very glaciers to
flower meads and redden the peak of the
Whlto Emperor with roses.
Kitchen and other rooms and buildings
may not be visible. At the first frost
giant firs must be transported
here and planted to form a vast green
wall to hide all these ordinary things from
me an evergreen wall between me and
the common place, eveiyday world.
I would like to erect a memorial for my
father here. I wish that I could have the
wild walls of tho White Emperor ground
smooth, and on that gigantic tablet I
should like to grave tho flaming letters:
"To the memory of a true King."
For If I nm my father's true son, then
he must hnvo been a true King, such as I
would be now if my mother had not gone
to my brother In his cell. For that pil
grimage I shall never forgive her.
Tony and Sllgel are both gone. I had
to send them away. Everything tins
changed, so much. I hardly know how It
was once. And that Is good.
Today I had a scene with the Count. He
forgot himself. He warned me, made rep
resentations to mo. Warned me of whatT
Of myself! Made representations about
good sized envelopes and paper combined.
The envelope opens and Is quite large
enough for a short message to be written
on the inside. It is then refolded ready
for mailing.
Two additional comforts are a leather
box filled with elastic bands and a twine
receptacle forming a pincushion, at the
lower end of which Is a narrow case for
the holding of a small pair of scissors.
A amall tray with a tiny silver candle-
for Women
with kitchen laboratory. Her education,
especially her original research, goes on
after she leaves school Just the continuity
that educators recommend.
If the young wife of 22 Is bachelor of
science, her mother should be candidate
for the honorary degree of master of
science In domestic engineering. She is
like the self-made, experienced bridge
builder who has not had a college educa
tion. And for grandmother nothing- will
do but the highest honorary degree. Just
as universities honor men who have made
their mark, even If they are not college
graduates, so grandmother should be sum
moned to the university on commencement
day, dressed in academie gown and lace
cap, and be made a D. D. B. doctor of
domestic engineering.
The need of efficient helpers In house
keeping is urgent. In most Industries de
sirable situations are scarce; Indeed, In
some sections they axe almost unattain
able. But in housekeeping the supply never
exceeds the demand, while the desire to
secure skillful, intelligent help is well-nigh
hopeless.
11
whatT About my behavior toward my
wife.
She is on the Alpine furnt, where I sent
her some time ago, and 1 have not been
there to see her.
But to make representations to me! This
fellow to me! I would have given him his
dismissal at once, but ho has something In
his eyes that reminds me of his sister. X
conquered myself, held myself together,
did not even say to his face: "You lov
my wife, lovo her as madly as I love your
sister, you fool!"
I achieved It to remain perfectly calm,
even friendly. Oh, I can dissemble well.
My father could do It. too, that true King-.
He dared, too. to reproach mo with toy
senseless splendor. He did actually dare t
use the word "senseless." And he satd that
he would have to remonstrate to the King,
because my allowances, splendid us they
were, would not tx-cln to suffice, and I was
hurling myself irretrievably Into debt. But
1 contained myself because of his eyes.
Tomorrow I will go up to tho Alpine farm,
however.
"Once upon n time."
The w bs of the spiders tilt through the
sir in silvery threads and long chains of
wild fowl sail hiuli overload toward the
south, toward the sun. It is autumn, tt
will be winter and the spring was "one
upon a time."
All around on the Alpine farm whs the
glory of autumn. Hut 1 thought not of It;
only of the fact that 1 must dissemble and
that It whs not so dlltlcull after nil. F.veB
tho wise, clear eyes of the mistress of the)
farm must be deceived by tne, and 1 was)
almost glad to think of It.
I sent ni .iillut.iiil Into the houso to seek
the mistress. Whore to linil Judica I knew.
1 went through the garden, guy with lu-tnra
ami dahlias, and reached the hawthorn
hedge. There I saw her sit on the little)
green bench under the wilil apple tree;
she who had been my good genius- through
one single rapturous spring night, as It
seemed to me now
Hut she did nut sit motionless, bowed
w ith soi row, iih 1 had feared. She waa
merry, as 1 had never seen her, and had m
child on her lap. a tiny thing with a
tangle of golden curls. She held It hlghl
In the ail', and child and Judica both
laughed merrily.
Then 1 stepped forth. With the child la
her arms Judica ran toward me.
I saw it, saw that it was charming and
poetic, but could nut feel It. And 1 WU
not even sorry.
Sim did not complain because I had not
written, because I had not come before?
nor dlil she weep with Joy because I had
come ut last. She was all Joy over th
strange child. liver and again she held
It toward me, ns if it were a wonder, ad
Incredible wonder.
"Yes, and think! I find that the child
looks like you!
"IJke inc.! This strange boy?"
"I know that It is foolish. Hut look at
him!"
"Whose child Is It?"
"Lolsls."
I had to leap up and turn away. My
face must have been frightfully distorted.
And I felt a fierce desire to tear tho boy,
out of her ai ms ami
What Is this that happens to me noHI
an! then?
A red mist spreads before my eyes like)
Bmoking blood.
(To Ho Continued.) J
stick for the heating of wax in maM.ng let
ters Is another guest room requb-ite.
An exceedingly attractive affair is thai
guest book. It Is of dark red or black
leather, long and of medium width. At
the head of each page are the captions,
"Name." "Residence," "Arrival," "Uepar
ture," "Remarks." A guest book makes In
teresting reading, for under the title of
remarks come complimentary messages
pretty quotations and original verses and
epigrams.
Small dressing mirrors should be hung la
a convenient corner, and the pincushions)
should be kept well filled. A pretty Idea,
for tho guest chamber pincushion is to
take an old-fashioned napkin ring of silver,
stuff It tightly with hair covered with white
satin, and embroider a gilded spider's web)
In the center. For Jewel pins there ar
fruit cushions of every sort.
As the last touch of comfort have always
ready a small work basket filled with sew
Ing materials for the stitch taken In time.
The guest, too, can do much to make th
hostess feel that her visitor has appreci
ated the hosepitality extended her.
"I always make It a point to leave torn
trifle boli I ml me as a souvenir," said ou
woman who recently returned from a visit
at a country house. "This time I made at
bed fan, a aatln affair, edged wtlh silk?
lace. It waa in the form of a palm leaj
and of the same shade of the tint which
furnishes the guest chamber. In the center
were the Initials of the hoBtees In a pretty;
monogram of silver letters. The hamlla
was wound with satin ribbon of the plnk
lnh tone, and had a long loop and ends by
which to hang It, On the day of my going
I hung it to the bedpost with a two-vers
Jingle."
