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SERIAL
STORY
The
Princess
Elopes
By HAROLD McGRATH
Author of
“The Man on the Box,**
“Heart* and Masks.** Etc.
(Copyright. lUU6, Bobbs-Merrlll Co.)
BYNOPBIB.
Arthur Warrington, American conaul
to BarMchelt. tells how reigning Grand
Duke attempts to force ills neicc. l'rln
c.ess llildegarde, to marry Prince Doppk
kinn, an old widower. Warrington does
»v>t know tlie princess even by sight.
While riding horsebuck in the country
night overtakes him and he seeks accom
modations in a dilapidated custle. Here
he finds two women and an old man
fwrvnnt. One woman is Princess Hilde
gsrde and the other a friend. Hon. Betty
M«»ore. of Englund. They detain him to
witness a mock marriage between the
princess and a disgraced army officer.
Steinbock, done for the purpose of foiling
the grand duke. Steinbock attempts to
ktss the princess and she is rescued by
Warrington. Steinbock disappears for
■uou. Max Scharfenstein. an old Ameri
can friend of Warrington's readies Bar
scheit. Warrington tells him of the prin
enwk Scharfenstein shows Warrington
a locket with u picture of a woman in
side. It was on his neck when he, as a
boy, was picked up and adopted by ills
foster father, whose name he was given.
He believes it to be u picture of his
mother. The grand duke announces to
the princess that she is to marry Dopple
klnn tlie following week. During a morn
ing’s ride she plans to escape. She meets
Scharfenstein. He finds a purse she lias
dropped, but does not discover her iden
ity. Warrington entertains at a public
restaurant for a number of American
medical students. Max arrives late and
relates an Interesting tilt of gossip to the
effect that the princess has run away
from Barschelt. He unwittingly offends
a native officer and subjects himself to
certain arrest. Max is persuaded to take
one of tlie American student's passports
and escape.
CHAPTER Vll.—Continued.
"What's this for?" Max asked curi
ous! j .
"Ellis,** said I, "it is very good of
you. Max, take those. Mr. Ellis wishes
to save your hide. Take them and get
to the station as quickly as you can.
And feifthe love of mercy, do not turn
around till you're over in Doppelkinn’s
vineyards.”
“Well, I’m hanged if I understand!"
he cried. *Tm a peaceful, man. A
beggar walks up to me and slaps me in
the face for nothing at all, and now 1
must hike, eh? What the devil have 1
done now?"
Then, as briefly as I could. I ex
plained the enormity of his offenses.
To take a chair from a table, as he
had done, was a gross Insult; to re
ceive a slap in the face and not to
resent It, was another insult; to tear
up an opponent’s visiting card, still
another; to take out a revolver in Bar
scheit, unless you were an officer or
had a permit, was worse than an in
sult; It was a crime, punishable by
long imprisonment. They could ac
cuse him of being either an anarchist
or a socialist-red, coming to Barschelt
with the Intent to kill the grand duke.
The fact that he was Ignorant oi the
laws, or that he was an alien, would
remit not one particle of his punish
ment and fine; and weeks would pass
ere the matter could be arranged be
tween the United States and Barschelt.
“Good Lord!” he gasped; “why
didn’t you tell me?”
“Why didn’t you tell me that you
carried a cannon in your pocket?
Take Ellis’ papers, otherwise you stand
pat for a heap of trouble, and I can’t
help you. Go straight to Dresden, tele
graph me, and I’ll forward your lug
gage.”
"But I came here to study!” Max
argued.
••It will be geology in the form of
prison walls,” said Ellis quietly. "Don’t
be foolish, Mr. Scharfenstein; it is not
a matter of a man’s courage, but of his
common sense. Take the tickets and
light out I have lived here for three
years, and have seen men killed out
right for less than you have done."
"But you don’t expect me to leave
this place without punching that beg
gar’s head?" —Indignantly. “What do
you think I*m made of?”
"You’ll never get the chance to
'punch his head," said I. “We are
wasting valuable time. Those officers
have gone for the police. You have
about 20 minutes to make the train.
Come, for heaven’s sake, come!"
He finally got it into his head that
we knew what we were talking about.
How we got him to the station I do
aot remember, but somehow we got
him there. He sputtered and fumed
jand swore, as all brave men will who
feel that they are running away in a
cowardly fashion. He wasn’t con
vinced, but he thanked Ellis for his
kindness and hoped that he wouldn’t
get into trouble on his (Max’s) ac
count.
“Go -straight to Dresden; say you’ve
been studying medicine in Barschelt
for three years, refer to me by tele
graph if there is any question as to
your identity," said I. “You’re tho
only man in the world. Max, that I’d
lie for.”
He stumbled through the gates, and
we saw him open the door of a car
riage just as the train began to pull
out. A guard tried to stop him, but he
was not quite quick enough. We
watched the train till it melted away
into the blackness beyond the term!-
bus covering; then we, I and my fel
low diners, went soberly Into the
street. Here was a howdy-do! Sud
denly Ellis let out a sounding laugh,
and, scarcely knowing why, we joined
him. It was funny, very funny, for
every one ‘but poor old Max! The
American spirit Is based on the sene**
of humor, and even in tragic moments
Is irrepressible.
We did not return to Muller's; each
of us stole quietly home to await the
advent of the police, for they would
rout out every American In town in
their search for the man with the gun.
They would first visit the consulate
and ascertain what I knew of the af
lair; when they got through with the
rest: of the boys Max would be in Dop
pelkinn. The police were going to be
very busy that night: a princess on
one hand and an anarchist on the
other.
There were terrible times, too, in
the palace. Long before we watched
Max's train and the vanishing green
and red lights at the end of it the
grand duke was having troubles of his
own. He was pacing wildly up and
down In his dressing-room. Clutched
in his fist was a crumpled sheet of pa
per. From time to time he smoothed
it out and reread the contents. Each
time he swore like the celebrated man
in Flanders.
“You forced me and I warned you
that I would do something desperate.
Do not send for me, for you will never
find me till you come to your senses.
I have eloped. HILDEGARDE."
CHAPTER VIII.
Shortly before six o'clock—dinner
in the palace was rarely served until
half-after eight—the Honorable Betty
sat down to her writing desk in her
boudoir, which opened directly into
that belonging to the princess, to write
a few letters home. A dinner was to
be given to the state officials that
night, and she knew from experience
“Why, Gretchen, Where Are You Going?"
that after that solemn event was con
cluded it would be too late for the de
parting mails. She seemed to have
no difficulty in composing her thoughts
and transferring them to paper. There
were times when she would lean back,
nibble the end of her pen and smile
in a dreamy, retrospective fashion. No
doubt her thoughts were pleasant and
agreeable.
She had completed addressing three
envelopes, when she heard the door
leading into the princess’ boudoir open
and close. She turned to behold the
princess herself.
“Why, Gretchen, where are you go
ing?"—noting the gray walking-dress,
the gray hat, the sensible square-toed
shoes.
“I am going to visit a sick nurse,”
replied her highness, avoiding the oth
er’s eye.
"But Bhall you have time to dress
for dinner?"
"That depends. Besides, the official
dinners are a great bore.” Her high
ness came forward, caught the dark
head of the English girl between her
gloved hands, pressed it against her
heart, bent and kissed it. “What a
lovely girl you are, Betty! always un
ruffled, always even-tempered. You
will grow old very gracefully.”
“I hope so; but I do not want to
grow old at all. Can’t I go with you?”
—eagerly.
"Impossible; etiquette demands your
presence here to-nigbt. * If I am late
my rank and my errand will be my
excuse. What jolly times we used to
have in that quaint old boarding school
In St. John’s Wood! Do you remem
ber how we' went to your noble fa
ther’s country place one Christmas? I
went incognita. There was a children’s
party, and two boys had a fisticuff
over you. Nobody noticed me those
days. I was happy then.” The prin
cess frowned. It might have been the
sign of repression of tears. Betty,
with her head against the other’s
bosom, could not see. “I shall be
lonely without you; for you can not
stay on here forever. If you could, it
would be different. I shall miss you.
Somehow you possess the faculty of
calming me. I am so easily stirred
Into a passion; my temper is so cur
face-wise. Some day, however, I shall 1
come to England and spend a whole
month with you. Will not that be
fine?"
"How melancholy your voice is!”
cried Betty, trying without avail to re
move her highness’ hands;
“No no; I want to hold you Just so.
Perhaps 1 am sentimental to-night. 1
have all the moods, agreeable and dis
agreeable. ... Do you love any
body ?’’
“Love anybody? What do you
mean?” —rising In spite of the pro
testing hands. “Do I look as if I were
in love with anybody?"
They searched each other’s eyes.
"Oh, you Islanders! Nobody can
fathom what is going on in your hearts.
You never make any mistakes; you al
ways seem to know which paths to
pursue; you are always right, always,
always. I’d like to see you commit a
folly, Betty; it’s a wicked wish, I know,
but I honestly wish it. There is cer
tainly more Spanish blood in my veins
than German. I am always making
• mistakes; I never know which path is
the right one; I am always wrong. Do
you believe it possible for a woman of
birth and breeding to fall in love with
a man whom she has known only
three days?"
"Three days! Are you crazy, Hilde
garde?"
"Call me Gretchen!” Imperiously.
"Gretchen, what has come over
you?"
"I asked you a question.”
“Well,’’ —a bit of color stealing into
her cheeks, —"it is possible, but very
foolish. One ought to know something
of a man’s character," went on Betty,
“before permitting sentiment to enter
into one’s thoughts.”
“That is my opinion, wise little
white owl." Her highness took her
friend in her arms and kissed her, held
her at arm’s length, drew her to her
heart and again kissed her. It wa»
like a farewell. Then she let her go.
"If there is anything you need, make
yourself at home with my cases.” And
her highness was gone.
Betty gazed at the door through
which dear Gretchen had passed, gazed
thoughtfully and anxiously.
“How oddly she acted! I wonder —”
She made as though to run to the door,
but stopped, as if ashamed of the doubt
which flashed into her mind and out
again.
The little clock on the mantel
chimed forth the seventh hour, and
she rang for her maid. It was time
that she began dressing.
(Thus, for the present, I shall leave
her. There are several reasons why
my imagination should take this step;
for, what should I know of a woman’s
toilet, save in the general mysterious
results? However, I feel at liberty to
steal into the duke's dressing-room.
Here, while I am not positive what
happened, at least I can easily bring
my imagination to bear upon the pic
ture.)
The duke was rather pleased with
himself. He liked to put on his state
uniform, with its blue-gray frock, the
white doeskin trousers which strapped
under the patent-leather boots, the gold
braid, the silver saber and the little
rope of medals strung across his full,
broad breast. It was thus he created
awe; it was thus he became truly the
sovereign, urbane and majestic.
His valet was buckling on the saber
belt, when there came a respectful tap
on the door.
“Enter,” said the duke, frowning.
One can not assert any particular de
gree of dignity with a valet at one’s
side.
But it was only a corridor attendant
who entered. He approached the
duke’s valet and presented a letter.
"For his serene highness." He bowed
and backed out, closing the door
gently.
At once the valet bowed also and
extended the letter to his master. For
mality is a fine thing in a palace.
“Ah, a letter,” mused the duke, pro
foundly Innocent of the viper which
was about to sting him. "My glasses,
Gustav; my eye-glasses!"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
JANITRES WEDS MILLIONAIRE.
Her Face Proves to Be the Fortune of
Miee Katherine Mooney.
Philadelphia. Announcement has
been made of the wedding of John Me-
Shain, a millionaire builder of this
city, to Miss Katherine R. Mooney, a
young woman who supported herself
by assisting her aunt as janitress of
the Land Title building. Mr. McShain,
who is 46 years old, resides on Norte
Seventeenth street. He has been a
widower since 1903, and has four chil
dren. His efdest child is a girl of 13
years, who is now at a. boarding
school.
Miss Mooney, who is 21 years old
and a very handsome young woman,
has lived with her aunts, on Vine
street, since the death of her father,
12 years ago. Thrown upon her own
resources, the girl was compelled to
make her own way In the world.
Her pluck won the admiration of the
wealthy builder, and he offered her his
hand and fortune. Though self-edu
cated, the bride Is known to her
friends as a woman of a highly culti
vated mind and a splendid charm of
manner.
The wedding ceremony took place
at the cathedral, Eighteenth and Race
streets. Only Immediate relatives
were present. Rev. J. McShain, a
nephew of the groom, officiated. A
wedding breakfast at the home of the
bride’s aunts followed the ceremony.
The bride and groom are now at
Niagara Falls upon their honeymoon.
THE PHONOGRAPH HEARSE.
Berlin Young Woman Patents Plan for
Providing Funeral Notes.
Berlin. —A young woman of Berlin
has filed a patent designed to fill a
want which has not so far been keen
ly felt. She proposes to supply for
funerals the phonograph hearse —de-
signed perhaps to intensify the grief
of the mourners.
The hearse Is of the ordinary build,
but two megaphones are introduced as
part of the decoration. They are to
be situated at the forward upper an
gles, and being handsomely gilt, they
will serve in the first place as repre
sentations of Gabriel’s trumpet.
Under the driver’s seat will be
placed the mechanism by which the
phonograph will be controlled. The
choice of the style of music and the
selections will depend on the be
reaved relatives or the last wishes of
the deceased. Those who prefer vocal
music can have hymns and dirges as
rendered by well trained quartettes
ground out as the hearse passes
through the streets to the cemetery.
Others if they choose may select fu
neral marches as performed by brass
bands.
The Inventor thinks there Is a great
future for her Idea. The Installation
of the apparatus is relatively inexpen
sive and she thinks people who want
to make their funerals Impressive will
pay liberally for the music.
USE NINETEEN BILLION PINS.
American People Consume Many Tont
by Loss and Destruction.
Washington.—Fasteners for clothes
are tlie subject of a bulletin just is
sued by the census bureau. The figures
given are for 1905. In that year there
were in this country 275 establish
ments manufacturing buttons, employ
ing 5,188 men, 6,024 women and 356
children under 16 years of age. The
cost of materials used was 64,144,446
and the value of the products 611,133,-
709. New York leads In the Industry,
with lowa a close second. The latter
state, however, makes 64.9 per cent
of the pearl blanks to be transformed
Into buttons.
There were 46 establishments man
ufacturing needles, pins, hooks and
eyes, employing 1,802 men, 1,800 wom
en and 243 children, receiving the to
tal annual wage of 61.595,923. The
cost of material was 61.583,000 and the
value of the products 64,750,589. One
million four hundred and twenty thou
sand one hundred and seventy-six
gross of needles were manufactured,
and of pins, 136,887,782 gross, all ex
cept about 4,000,000 gross of which
were the common garden pin that
becomes bent and lost. Nearly 2,000,-
000 gross of hairpins were made, and
2,500,000 gross of safety pins. Con
necticut led in manufacture.
GROOMS FOR THESE COWS.
And a Germ Specialist in Charge to
Insure Pure Milk.
Montclair, N. J. —The recent health
board agitation has prompted some of
the dairymen who do business In Mont
clair, to go to great lengths to im
press their customers with the purity
of their product.
Every cow in one herd Is declared to
be washed and groomed, and rubbed
off with a clothes brush Just before
milking. Then a man comes along
with pails of water and cloths and
washes the udder of each cow care
fully. This operation is repeated by
two other men, the third carefully dry
ing the cows. These men, It Is de
clared, are in charge of a graduated
bacteriologist.
Tho men who milk the cows are
clad In snow white uniforms, and be
fore performing their tasks must have
their nails manicured. They must also
pass the Inspection of the bacteriolo
gist before they are permitted to milk
the cows.
One dealer, who has not made any
claims as yet, says the feet of his
cows are to be manicured and the
■tables are to be perfumed.
Some of the milk produced at one of
the groomed dairies brings 18 cento
per quart in Essex county.
The
General Demand
of the Well-Informed of the World has
always been for a simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy of known
value; a laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its com
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesomo and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to tho system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex
cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of Senna, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one of many reasons why
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is given
the preference by the Well-Informed.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine—manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents
per bottle.
MEAN FLINGS AT EDITORS.
Tributes by Lafcadio Hearn to Clast
of Workers He Disliked.
“Lafcadio Hearn, that wonderfu*
writer, worked on newspapers in his
youth," said a publisher, "and the
ruthless way his studies were changed,
cut and butchered was a great woe
to his heart.
“In after yearß Hearn took a mali
cious joy in collecting stories about
editors—editors and their superior
and omniscient way with manuscript.
“One of his stories was of an editor
to whom a subscriber said:
“ ‘I enjoyed that poem on the three
ages of man in to-day’s paper, Mr.
Sheers; I enjoyed it immensely. Do
you know, though, I thought it was
originally written the seven ages of
man?’
“‘So It was. sir; so it was,* said
Editor Sheers, pompously. ‘Yes, the
extract was originally written the
seven ages of man, but I had to cut it
down for the lack of space.’
"Another story concerned a weather
report. A reporter, discussing the
weather, wrote that winter still lin
gered In the lap of spring.
“The editor, as he read over the
article, called the reporter to his desk
and told him that he would cut out
that sentence about winter lingering
In spring’s lap. He said the idea was
good enough, and all that sort of
thing, but it would not do to publish
because the high moral tone of the
paper had to be maintained in a town
full of school girls."
A Real Schemer.
For six months she had been plead
ing with him to buy an automobile.
“They are too expensive,” he pit>
tested for the hundredth time. “If I
bought an automobile I would have to
cut down our expenses.”
“What expenses?" she asked.
“Why, table expenses. For instance,
if I had an automobile 1 couldn’t afford
to have chicken every Sunday."
She laughed.
“Why, you goose! If you had an
automobile you could run down
enough fowls to have chicken every
day, to say nothing of big turkeys and
nice roasting pigs. Why is it men
haven’t any brains?"
And the next day he hustled around
to the nearest dealer and ordered a
racing machine.
At the County Fair.
“Doing a land-office business, eh?**
remarked the man from the city.
"What Is that you are selling, any
way?"
“Blessed if I know myself, boss,”
whispered the fakir at the county
fair; “it has zigzag lines all over it
and when a woman comes up I sell It
to her as a skirt pattern and when a
man comes up I sell it to him as a
guaranteed and genuine map of Mars.”
Tobacco Thrown Away.
It is estimated by the head of one
of the large tobacco establishments
of New York that at least 65,000 worth
of tobacco is dally thrown away In the
city in unconßumed cigars and cigar
ettes.
Defiance Starch Is the latest inven
tion in that line and an improvement
on all other makes; it is more eco
nomical, does better work, takes less
time. Get it from any grocer.
Japanese Men Outnumber Women.
Japan Is one of the few countries
where the men outnumber the women.
The ratio there Is 980 to 1,000.
Asthmatics, Read This.
ff you are afflicted with Asthma
write me at once and learn of some
thing for which you will be grateful
the rest of your life. Rev. J. R. Rader,
822 Broadway, Denver, Colo.
The statesman leads the masses.
The masses lead the politician.
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Only a dead faith lies
formalities.
Some people are so refined they ob
ject to even having common sense.
A man is known by the company he
keeps and the friends he gives away.
Some women don’t have to exert
themselves very much to put on a
bold face.
The world may care little for the
ology, but It recognizes with Joy the
heavenly life and love.
Going to Be Fined.
When George Ade was a newspaper
reporter he was sent to "write up" an
Irish laborer who had fallen from a
building. When Mr. Ade arrived on
the scene, several officers and others
were helping the injured man into the
ambulance. Mr. Ade pulled out his
pad and pencil. "What’s his name?"
he asked one of the policemen.
The injured man, who had heard Ade
and who mistook him for the time
keeper employed by the contractor,
rolled his eyes In a disgusted way.
"What d’ye think o’ that!” he mut
tered. “I’m goin’ to be docked for the
few minutes I lose goin’ to the ho*
pital!”—Success. J■
Why animal charcoal removes the
color from colored liquids, while wood
charcoal has no effect has not been
understood. A European chemist now
finds that the action of the former is
due to the presence of five to seven
per cent of nitrogen.
; The clergyman is the only member
of society who can marry for money
| and congratulate himself afterward.
j No language is more eloquent than
a life of love.
Waiting for Mr. Frohman.
"When I was a very young girl,”
said Miss Ixwise Closser, the actress,
"I had a wild desire to go upon the
stage, so I left school in Boston, came
to New York and went to Charles
i Frohman’s office on Broadway.
| “‘ls Mr. Frohman in?’ I asked of
I the office boy.
" ‘No, he Is not,’ was the reply,
j " ‘Well, I thought. I’ll wait until he
! comes.’
“The boy became absorbed In the
1 book he was reading, and apparently
was quite unconscious of my presence,
j “Fifteen minutes passed; a half hour
passed; and I grew weary of waiting.
But I thought of the long distance I
had come, and at the same time re
called an old maxim I had once
learned: ‘Reward comes through con
stancy of purpose.’ I repeated this
again and again, until an hour and a
half slowly dragged itself out. Finally
I could endure the waiting no longer.
With as much courage as I could com
mand I addressed the office boy a sec
ond time.
“ ‘Will you kindly tell me when Mr.
Frohman will be in?’ A
“ ‘ln six weeks,’ answered the bo*
‘He’s gone to Europe.’
“A few seasons ago," concluded Miss
Closser, "when I was a member of Ar
nold Daly’s ‘Canida’ company, I one
j day related to him my first experience
! when calling upon a manager. When
I I finished telling the story, Mr. Daly
said:
I “ ‘How long ago was that?’
“ ‘Twelve years ago,’ I replied,
i “ ’Twelve years ago,’ mused Mr.
Daly. ‘Yes, I remember; I was that
office boy.’ ” —Success Magazine.
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