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=THE , j Princess Virginia \ By C. N. and A. M. WILLIAMSON, \ Author* of "OA* I.itfhtnlntf Conductor." "Rose- < mnry In Search of ? r*ther," Etc. J? < COPYRIGHT. 1907. BY McCLURE. PHILLIP? 1+ CO. J PEvT5^-~-~--^r | CHAPTER. THIRTEEN ij -,aJ T?7^. ?KAKKAST nt Scbloss ^ M-j^' Lyndalborg was nu In if^a^r f?rmal monl under tho Ajw W ? J rolgn of Mochtilde. / Those who wore socla bly Inclined appearod. Those who loved not tlioll' species un til the day was older nto In their rooms. Loopold had shown himself at the table onou moridng, however, and set the fashion. And tlx; day after the parting in tho garden he wns earlier oven than usual. It was easy to bo early, as be hail not been to bed that night, but Ik; had an extra Incentive, lie could scarcely wait to see how Helen Mowbray would meet him? whether she would Btlll be cold or whether sound ndvlco from her mother would have made her kind. This was his last day at r.yndalherg. By his special request no programme of entertainment had heen arranged, and before coming down to breakfast Leopold bud been turning over In Ids mind plan after plan for another chance of meeting the girl alone. He had even written a letter, hut had torn It up because he was unable to sny on paper what was really In his heart. Breakfast passed, however, and w hen she did not nppcar Leopold grew rest less, lie did not ask for her before lln; others, hut when he and the baron ess had strolled out together on the terrace, whore white peacocks spread their Jeweled tails, the emperor sought porno opportunity of bringing in the name that tilled bis thought*. "I see the red October lilies are open lug," lu> said. "Miss Mowbray will he Interested. She tells me there's noth ing like them in England." "Ah, she has gone Just too soon!" sighed the baroness. Tin1 emperor glaueed qulcklj from the mass of crimson dowers to his hostess' fnee. "ClonoV" he repeated. "Yes," the baroness answered. "They must Imvo reached Kronburg before this. You know, they left their com panion Iboro. Perhaps your majesty did n >t reali/.e that (hey were leaving "V here quite so early?" lie turned so white under the brown tan tho mountains had given that the baroness was alarmed. Sho had taken Virginia's words as Virginia had meant her to lake them and therefore supposed that a formal farewell of somo sort bad huon spoken. This tin ! prcssion did not prevent her from' guessing that there must have been a misunderstanding, and nho was tin gling with a lively curiosity which she was obliged carefully to hide. Tb.' roinnuco Wlllch had heen enact ed under her eyes she believed to be largely of her own making, and, not being a lad hearted woman, she had grown fond of Virginia. She had even had pangs of conscience, and, though Bho did not See the way for a happy ending to tltO pretty drama, it dis tressed her that the curtain should go down on sadness. "I did not know they wen? going at all," Loopold answered frankly, will ing to sacrifice his pride for the sake of coming quickly at the truth. "uh," exclaimed the baroness, "I am distressed: Miss Mowbray distinctly said When I bogged that (hey would wait. 'Tho emperor will understand.'" "I do understand now I know they have gone," he admitted. "Rut Miss Mowbray thinks she has some cause of complaint against t.'.e, and she's mistaken, I can't let such a mlstnko go uncorrected. Von say they must bo at Kt'Onbtirg before this. Are they slaving on there?" "I'm afraid not, your majesty. They leave Kronlmrg for England today by tho Orient express," "Do you happen to remember nt what hour tiie train Starts'/" "I believe at 12." Leopold pulled out his watch, it was twenty minutes past 11. Forty times sixty seconds and the girl would he gone! The blOOd rushed to his face. Hur ling accident*, he could catch her if he ordered his motor car and left at once. Hut to cut short his visit at behloss Lyndnlborg would he virtually to take the world Into his secret. Let him allege Important state business at the Capital If he chose, gossip would Still say that the girl had lied; that he had pursued her. The baroness knew already. Others would chatter as If they knew. That was inevitable If he went. A month ago, when yielding to In clination meant humbling his xrldo as emperor and man, such a <, \stlon would have answered Itself. N V it answer, d Itself also, the only differ ence being that the answer was exact ly opposite to what it would have been a month earlier. "BnronesS, forgive me," he said quickly. "I must go. I can't explain." "Von need not try," sho answered soffly. "Thank you a hundred times. Make everything as straight for mo as you .can. Say what you will. I give you Vnrt?; blanche, for we're old friends, \id I trust you." Vlt'a for mo to thank your majesty. | Von want your motor car?" "Yes." "Til telephone. Your chauffeur Will linvo It here In hIx minutes. And your iilit-do-ennip. WIN you"? "I don't want htm, thanks. I'd rnthor go alone." Seven minutes Inter the* Mr white motor ear was nt tho door which was the private entrance to the ompcror's Bult, and the emperor was waiting for it, having forgotten all about tho nable lined coat which had been a present from tho czar. If It had l>eon midwin ter ho would hnvo forgotten, Just tho same, nor would he hnvo known that it wns cold. There wns plenty of time now to car ry out Iiis plnn, which was to catch the Orient express at the Krouburg station and present himself to the Mowbrnys in the train Inter. As to what won!il happen afterward, it wns beyond planning, but Leopold knew that the girl had loved htm, and ho hoped that ho would havo J.ndy Mow bray on his side. The only way of reaching Kronburg from Scbloss Lyndnlherg wos by rood. There wos no roilway couucctlon be tween the two places. But tho town and the cnstlo wore separated by a short eight miles, nnd until chocked by trnfllc In the suburbs the sixty horse power car could cover a mile In lees than two minutes. Unfortunately, however, police regu lations were strict, nnd of this I/eo pold could not complain, no he bad ap proved them himself. Ouco he was stopped nnd would certainly not have been allowed to proceed hod ho not re vealed himself as tho emperor, the owner of tho ono unnumbered cor in It lined la. As it wns, ho hod suffered a delay of live minutes, and Just os he was congratulating himself on tho goodness of his tires, which hod mode bim no trouble for many weeks, a loud report as of a pistol shot gnvo warn ing of n puncture. Hut there was not o moment to waste on repairs. Leopold drovo on on tho rims, o"ly to Acknowledge presently the truth of an old proverb, "The more haste the less speed." Delayed by a torn and flapping tire, the car arrived at the big central nta llon of Kronburg only (Ivo minutea be fore 12. Jx?opold dashed In, careless whether ho wero recognized or not, ami was surprised at the absence of tho crowd which usually throngs tho platform before the departure of the most Important train of the dny. "Is the Orient express into?" he ask ed of an inspector to whom he wos hut a man among other men. "No, sir. Just on time. Went out live minutes ago." "Hut it isn't dun to start till 12." "Summer time table, sir. Autumn time table takes effect today, the 1st of October. Orient express departure changed to 11:50." An unreasoning rage ogolnst fate boiled In tho emperor's breast. He ruled tliis country, yet everything in It seemed to conspire in n plot to wreck his dearest desires. For a few seconds lie stood speech less, folding as if lie had l>een dashed against u blank wall and there were no way of getting around it. Yet the seconds wore but few, for Ixiopold was not a man of slow decisions. His first step wns to inquire the name of the town nt which the Orient express stopped soonest. In three hours, bo learned, It would reach Fcl gardc, the last station on tho Hhoctlan side of tllO frontier. Iiis lirst thought on hearing this wns to engage a special and follow, Hut even In these days there is much red tape entangled with rnllwoy regula tions In Hhaotla. It soon appeared that it would be quicker to take the next train to I'elgnrde, which was due to leave in half an hour nnd would ar rive only an hour later than the Orient express. Leopold's heart was chilled, but he shook off despondency nnd would not lie discouraged. Telephoning to tho hotel where the Mowbrnys hod l>een stopping, he lenrned Hint they had gone, Then he wroto out a telegram: Miss Helen Mowbrny. Trovellng From Krnnlmrjr (o Pari I by Orient Kx press. Care of Mtnllon Matter nt Kelgardo: I Imploro you Icovo tho trnln nt Kel Kerib- and WAlt for inn. Am following In nil hoste, Will nrrlvo Foljinrdo ono hour nfd r you nml hopo to And you at Lco poldhof. So far the wording was simple. He had signified his intention nnd express ed his wish, which would hnvo been lie wrote another, wMeh he 8iunai "Leo, the ChatMit Hunter." more than enough to assure the accom plishment of Ids purpose had he been dealing w ith a subject Unfortunntely, however, Holen Mowbray wns not a ?abject and bnd exhibited no sign or Subjection. It was therefore futile to propbeey whotber or no she would chooso to grant bis request. Revolving tho pros nnd cons, he wns forced to conclude thnt she probnbly would not grant It?unless ho bnd sou;o new argument to bring forward. Yet whnt bnd he to urge thnt ho had not I alrently urged twice over? What could he say at this eleventh hour which would not only Induce her to await his coming nt Felgarde, but Justify him In making a last appeal when ho camo to explain It in person? As he stood pen In hand suddenly ho found himself recalling a fairy story WlllCb ho hnd never tired of reading In hl? childhood, Under tho disguise of fancy It was a lesson against vacilla tion, nnd he had often said to himself an n boy thnt when he grew "up ho would not, like the prince of tho story, miss a gift of tho gods through weak hesitation. The pretty legend In bis mind had for a hero a joung prince who went abroad to seek his fortune and receiv ed from ouo of the fntes to whom lie pnld n visit throe mngtc citrons, which he must cut open by tho side of a cer tnln fountain. Ho obeyed his instruc tions, but when from tho first citron sprang nu exqulslto fairy maiden, de manding a drink of wnter, the young man lost his presence of mind. While he sat staring the lovely lady van ished, nnd With a second experiment it was tho' same. Only tho third citron remained of tho fate's squandered gifts, nud when the prince cut It in half the maiden who appeared was so much more beautiful than her sisters thnt in ndoring wonder he almost lost her ns ho hnd lost the others. "My knife is on the rind of tho last citron now," Leopold said to himself. "Let mo not lose tho one chnnce I have left." Iinst night ho had believed that there would not l>e room In a man's heart for more love than his held for Helen Mowbray; hut, realizing to the full how great was the danger of losing her, he found that his lovo had grown l>eyoud rockoning. Ho hnd thought it a sacrifice to sug gest a morganatic marriage. Now a volco neomed to say hi his ear: "The price you offered was not enough. Is love worth oil to you or not?" And he answered: "It is worth all. 1 will offer all, yet not count It a sacrifice. That is love, nnd nothing less is lovo." A white light broke before his eyes llko n meteor bursting, nnd tho volco In his ear spoke words thnt sent a flame through his veins. "I will do It," ho sold. "Who is there among my people who will doro soy 'No' to tlielr emperor's 'Yes?' I will mnkc n new Inw. I will be a law unto myself." His fnce, that had been pale, was flushed. He lore up the unfinished telegram nnd wroto another, which he signed "i/oo, tho ChnmoiB Hunter." Then, when he hnd hnnded In the mcssngo nnd pnld, there was but Just time to buy his ticket, engage a whole flrst clnss compartment for himself and dnsh into It before his train was due to start. As It moved slowly out of the big station Leopold's brain rnng with the noblo music of his great resolve. He could see nothing, think of nothing, hut thnt. Ills arms ached to clasp his love. His lips, cheated last night, nl rendy felt her kisses, for slu> would givo them now, and she would give horRolf. Ho was treading the past of an empire underfoot in the hope of n future with her, and every throb of tho engine wns Inking him nenrer to the threshold of flint future. But BUCh moments of supremo ex altation come raroly in a lifetime. The heart of man or woman could not boat on for long with such wild music for accompaniment, and so it wns that as the moments passed the song of tho emperor's blood fell to a minor key. He thought passionately of Virginia, but he thought of his country as well nnd tried to weigh tho effect upon oth ers of the thing that lie was prepared to do. There wns no one on earth whom Leopold of Ithaetla need fear, but there wns one to whom ho owed much, oue whom It would he grievous to offend. In his father's day ono man, old even then, had built upon the founda tions of a tragic past a great ami pros perous nation. This man had been to Leopold what his father had never been nnd, without the magic power of Inspiring warm affection, had Instilled respect nnd gratitude in the breast of nn enthusiastic boy. "Poor old Von Itreitsfeln!" the em peror sighed. "The country is his Idol ?tho country with all the old tradi tions. He'll feel this break sorely. I'd spnre him If I could. Hut I can't live my lifo for him." He sighed again and looked up, frowning, nt a sudden sound which meant Intrusion. Like n spirit coiled from the deep, there ntood the chancellor nt the door between Leopold's compartment nnd (he one adjoining. (Continued. | Due West Female College. With the best modern conven iences and equipment, and high standards of teaching and living, this is an ideal place for prepara tion for the great responsibilities of womanhood. TERMS REASONABLE. For attractive catalog write RF.V. JAMES BOYCR, One West, S. ('.. MARTIAN LIFE. Conditions Make For Creatures of an Advanced Order of Intellect. Whatever Its actual age, any life now existent on Mars must be In the land stage of Its development?on the whole, a much higher one than the ma rine. Hut, more than this. It should probably have gone much further If It exists at all, for In Its evolving of term tlrma Mara has far outstripped the earth. Mars' surface Is now nil hind. Its forms of life must be not only ter restrial as against aquatic, but even as opposed to terraqueous ones. It must have reached not simply the stage of land dwelling where the pos sibilities are grenter for those able to embrace them, but that further point of pinching poverty where brain is needed to survive at all. The struggle for existence In the planet's decrepitude and decay would tend to evolve Intelligence to cope with circumstances growing momentarily more and more adverse. But, further more, tho solidarity that tho condi tions prescribed would conduce to a breadth of understanding sufficient to utilize it. Intercommunication over tho w hole globe Is made not only possible, but obligatory. This would lead to tho easier spreading over It of some domi nant creature?especially were this be ing of an advanced order of Intellect able to rise above Its bodily limitations to amelioration of the conditions through exercise of mind. What ab sence of sens would thus onfall ab sence of mountains would further. These two obstacles to distribution re moved, life there would tend tho quicker to reach a highly organized stage. Thus Martian conditions them selves inako for Intelligence.?Perclval Lowell in Century, RAYS AND SKATES. They Are Known to Fiehermen as the Jokes of the Son. The rays and skates are the Jokes of the sea. Their bodies are as tint ns the pancakes mndc by tho man in white on a griddle In tho window of a "beef mid" restaurant. Their eyes look upward, nud they have tails as slender and tapering is the whip of a ringmaster of a circus. In the United States the most com mon rays are called "Bkates." The whip tailed rays because of their long, slender tails with their erectile spines at the end, capable of infllctlug sovero and dangerous 'wounds, are frequently called sting rays. The common sting ray feeds on oysters, clams and other valuable mollusks and in the Atlantic waters is known as the "clam cracker." Of the skates the commonest as well as the smallest species on tho Atlantic coast is known as the tobacco box; tho largest is aptly called the barn door. On tho western coast of the United States is found the big skate, which reaches a length of six feet, two feet larger than Its eastern rela tive. Bccauso of Its habit of rolling Itself up when caught the common skate httH been colled "bonnet skate." It Is also known as the "hedgehog ray." On the New Jersey coast the trawl fishermen cut off the broad, fleshy "wings" ond they oro sold for "sad dles," sometimes bringing f> and even 10 cents a pound. These men call the tlsh "possum," "sea possum" ond "bob tailed skate." As a ride, anglers throw the tlsh back Into the water as being of no value. Not at All Like Him. To the studio of an artist who had Just finished o portrait of a distin guished resident of a neighboring city a friend of the sitter came to look at the newly painted canvas. The visitor was nearsighted and not particularly well acquainted with studios. He wanted to see how good a likeness had been mode of his friend. lie kept walking nearer and nearer to tho paint ing and tlnally put out his finger os If to touch It. The artist was getting nervous at the approach of tho finger to the paint, and he asked the vlfdtor not to touch the portrait, as It was not dry. Tho nearsighted man put down his hand and walked to the door, turn ing only to say, "If It isn't dry ft isn't my friend." And he walked out.?New York Sim. The Land of Fire and Ice. An example of tho strangeness of Iceland Is furnished by tho volcono Mntla. This is burled under immense snow fields, but from tlmo to time Its fires burst through tho glittering blanket, and then such floods are pour ed from tho melting Ice that a great stretch of country between the volcano and tho sea is Inundated and huge masses of Ico are carried out Into the ocean. It Is 'insafo even to cross the 1 territory lying between Mntla and the sen, so suddenly come the floods.?Chi cago Hecord-Hernld. Their Crimes. Two l*oys of strict Frco church psr ontngo and upbringing In a Scottish town wero comparing iniquities. One boasted that ho had furtively been nt a circus show. "Ah, but I have dono worse than that," said tho other, "for I've been onco In the pit nt tho theater and twice In tho Established kirk."? Blackwood's Magazine. A Pert Answer. Mistress (astounded)?You can't rend, Norah? (Jood groclous! I low did you ! ever learn to cook so well? New Cook ?Shore, mum, Ol lay it t' not l>oln' able torado th' cookbooks.?Town nnd Conn- i try. His Weight. 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