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? THE . Princess Virginia By C. N. and A. M. WILLIAMSON, Authors of "HA* Light nlntf Conductor," "Rote* ninry In Search of a Farther," Etc. J? COPYRIGHT, 1907. BY McCLURE. PHILLIP? (j> CO. I CHAPTER, THIRTEEN! -,-Ldj t~%k l!i:.\KK.\ST Mt Schloss ^Ji^ Lyndnlborg was an In ffHS'j, h formal luonl uudor tho r lk 'JB i'i'Ig? of Mcchtllde. / Tboso who wore- socla bly Inclined appeared. Those who loved not tboll' Speeles un til the day was older ato In their rooms. Leopold had shown himself at the table each morning, however, and set (he fashion. And the day after the parting In (bo garden he wns earlier oven than usual. It was easy to be early, as he hnd not been to hed that night, hut he hail an extra incentive, lie could scarcely wait to see how Helen Mowbray would meet him? whether she would still he cold or whethor sound ndvlco from her mother would have made her kind. This was his last day at Lyndnlherg. Ry his spoclal request no programmo of entertainment had been arranged, and hefore coming down to breakfast Leopold had been turning over In his mind plan alter plan for another chance or meeting tho girl alone. lie had even written a letter, hut had toin It up bec ause he was unable to say on paper what was really In his heart. Breakfast passed, bo wo ver, and when she did not appear Leopold grew rest less. He did not ask for her l>oforo the others, but when he and the baron ess hail strolled out together on the terrace, where white peacocks spread their jowelcd tails, the emperor sought |;01UO opportunity of bringing in the name that tilled Iiis thoughts. "I see the red October lilies are Open ing," he said. "Miss Mowbray w ill be Interested. She tells me there's noth ing like them in England." "Ah, (die lias vone Just too soon!" sighed the baroness. The emperor glanced quickly from the mass of crimson llowet'S to ids hostess' face. "flonoV he repented, "Yes," the baroness answered. "They must hnvo reached Kronburg before this, y .11 know, they left their com panion there. Perhaps your majesty ilid no) realize that iboy were leaving ? here quite so early V" He turned SO white under the brown tan the mountains had given that the baroness was. alarmed. She had taken Virginia's words as Virginia had meant hel* to lake them ami therefore supposed that a formal farewell of some sort had huen spoken. This Im prossiou did not prevent her from guessing that there must have been a misunderstanding, ami she was tin gling with a lively curiosity which she was obliged carefully to hide. 'j he romance which had been enact* eil Utulor her eyes t he believed to be largely of her own making, and, not being a fad hearted woman, she had grown fond of Virginia. She had even had pangs of conscience, and, though she did not see the way for a happy ending to the pretty drama, it dis tressed her that the curtain should go down on sadness. "I did not know lliey were going at all," Loopohl answered frankly, will lug to sncrlllco his prido for the sake of coming quickly at the truth. "Oh," exclaimed the baroness, "I am distressed! Miss Mowbray distinctly said When I begged that they would wait. 'Tin' emperor will understand." " "1 do understand now I know they have gone." lie admitted. "But Miss Mowbray thinks she has some cause of complaint against me. and she's mistaken, I can't let such a mistake go UUCOrrcctcd. Von say they must be at Kfonblirg bo for O this. Are they staying on there?" "I'm afraid not, your majesty. They leave Kl'Ollburg for England today by tin? Orient express." "Do you happen to remember at what hour tile train starts'/" "I believe at 12." Leopold pulled out his watch. It was twenty minutes past 11. Forty times sixty seconds and tin' girl would bo gone! Tho blood rushed to his face. Har rlng accidents, he could catch her if In; ordered his motor car and left at once. ]>ut to cut Short his visit at BchlOSS Lyndalberg would be virtually to take the world Into his secret. Let him allege Important state business at the capital If he ( hose, gossip would Btlll say that the girl had lied; that ho had pursued her. Tin" 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 \ldo n8 emperor and man, such a q \stlon would hnvo answered itself. IS v it answered Itself also, Hie only differ ence being that the answer wns exact ly opposite to w hat it W?Uld have been a month earlier. "Baroness, forgive me," he said quickly. "I must go. I can't explain." "You need not try," she answered softly. "Thank you a hundred times. Make everything as straight for mo as you .can. .'-'ay what you will. I glvo you Yurie blanche, for we're old friends, \ul I trust you." \lt'? for me to thank your majesty. You want your motor car?" "Yes." "I'll telephone. Your chauffeur will have It here in six minutes. Ami your ald-de-cnmp. Will you"-? "I don't want 1dm, thanks. I'd rather go alon<\" Seven minutes later the big white motor ear was nt the door which was the private entrance to tho ompcror's cult, and tho emperor was watting for it. having forgotten all about tho snhlo lined coat which had been a present from tho czar. If It had ltcon midwin ter he would havo forgotten, Just tho K?me, nor would ho havo known that It was COUI. There wns plenty of time now to car ry oid his plnn, which was to oaten the orient express at the Kronburg station and present himself to the Mo worn ya in the train Intor. As to what would happen afterward, It was beyond planning, but Leopold knew that the girl had loved htm, and he hoped thai ho would have Lady Mow bray on his side. The only way of reaching Kronburg from Scbloss Lyndnlberg was by road. There was no railway connection be tween tho two places. But the town and the castle woro separated by a short eight miles, nnd until checked by trafJlc In the suburbs the sixty uorae power car could cover a mile In less than two minutes. Unfortunately, howover, police regu lations were strict, nnd of this I.eo pold could not complain, ns he bad ap proved them himself. Once he was stopped and would certainly not have boon allowed to proceed had he not re vealed himself ns tho emperor, the owner of tho one unnumbered car In Hhaotla. As It was, ho had suffered n delay of five minutes, and Just as ho was congratulating himself o? tho goodness of his tires, which hod mode him no trouble for many weeks, a loud report as of a pistol shot gavo warn ing of a puncture. Hut there wns not a moment to waste on repairs. Leopold drovo on on tho rims, o?dy 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 sta tion of Kronburg only (Ivo minutes l>e foro 12. Leopold dashed In, careless whether ho wero recognised or not, and was surprised at the absence of tho crowd which usually throngs the platform before the departure of the most Important train of the day. "Is the Orient express late?" he ask ' ed Of an Inspector to whom he was i but a man among other men. "No, sir. Just on time. Went out five minutes ago." "But it isn't duo to start till 12." "Summer time table, sir. Autumn time table tidies effect today, the 1st Of October. Orient oxpress departure changed to 11:50." An unreasoning rage against fate boiled In tho emperor's breast. He ruled this country, yet everything In It seemed to conspire in a plot to wreck bis dearest desires. For a few seconds bo stood speech less, fooling ns if he had l>een dashed against a blank wall and there were no way of getting around It. Yet the seconds were but few, for Leopold was liol a man of slow decisions. Ills first step wns to Inquire the name of the town at which the Orient express stopped soonest. In three hours, he learned, It would reach Fel gnrdc, the hist station on tho llhactlan side of the frontier. His first thought on hearing this was to cngago a special and follow, But even in these days there Is much red tape entangled with railway regula tions tu Hhaotla, It soon appeared that it would bo quicker to take the next train to Felgnrde, which was due to leave In half an hour nnd would ar rive only an hour later than tho Orient express. Leopold's heart was chilled, but he shook off despondency nnd would not 1)0 discouraged. Telephoning to tho hotel where the Mowbrnys had been stopping, he learned that they had gone. Then he wroto out a telegram: .Miss Holen Mowbrny, Traveling From Kronburg to I'nrlii by Orten! Kxprcss, Cnro Of Htntlon Mnater nt Kelgordo: I Imploro you lenvo tlio trnln at Kel gnrdo and wnlt for mo. Ant following In nil linHto. Will nrrlvo FVlKnrrto ono hour nfter you nnd hopo to rtnd you at I^-o !>..hl!tof. So far the wording was simple. He had signified his Intention nnd express ed bin wish, which would havo been lie wrote unothcr, whicli he signed "I.eo, the ChamntH Hunter." more than enough to assure the accom plishment of his purpose had he been dealing with a subject Unfortunately, however, lloleu Mowbray was not a ?object and bad exhibited no sign of Objection. It was therefore futile to prophesy whether or no she would choose to grunt his request. Revolving tho pros nnd cons, he was forced to conclude thnt she probably would not Ki niii It?unless ho had sonio new argument to bring forward. Yet whnt hnd he to urge (hnt he hnd not already urged twice over? What could he say at this eleventh hour which would not only Induce her to await his coming nt Fel garde, but Justify him In making a InHt appeal when ho enmo to explnln It In person? As he stood pen In hand suddenly ho found himself recalling a fnlry story which ho hnd never tired of reading In his childhood. Under the disguise of fnncy It was a lesson against vacilla tion, nnd he hnd often said to himself as n hoy that when ho grew'up ho would not, like the prince of tho story, miss a gift of tho gods through weak hesitation. The pretty legend In his mind had for a hero a young prince who went abroad to seek his fortnno nnd receiv ed from ono of the fates to whom ho pnld a visit three magic citrons, which he must cut open by the side of a cer tain fountain. He obeyed his Instruc tions, but when from tho first citron sprang an exquisite fairy maiden, de manding n drink of water, tho young man lost his presence of mind. While he sat staring the lovely lady van ished, nnd with n second experiment it wns the' same. Only tho third citron remained of tho fate's squandered glftn, and when the prince cut It in half tho maiden who appeared was so much more beautiful than her sisters thnt In ndorlug wonder he almost lost her ns ho hnd lost the others. "My knife is on tho rind of the last citron now," I^opold said to himself. "Let mo not lose the ono chance I have left." I.fl8t 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; but, realizing to the full bow groat wns tho danger of losing her, ho found that his lovo hnd grown lieyond rockoning. Ho hnd thought It a sacrifice to sug gest a morganatic marriage. Now a voice seemed to sny in his ear: "Tho price you offered wns not enough. Is lovo worth nil to you or not?" Aud he nnswered: "It Is worth nil. I will offer all, yet not count It a sacrifice. Thnt is love, nnd nothing less Is love." A whlto light broke before his eyes llko n meteor bursting, nnd tho volco In his enr spoke words thnt sent a flume through his veins. "I will do It," he snld. "Who is there nmong my people who will dnro sny 'No' to their emperor's 'Yes?' I will make n new )nw. I will bo n Inw unto myself." His face, thnt hnd been pale, was flushed. Ho tore up the unfinished tologram nnd wrote another, which he signed "Loo, tho Chnmols Hunter." Then, when ho hnd handed In the message nnd pnld, there was but Just time to buy his ticket, engage a whole first clnss compartment for himself and dnsh Into It l>oforo his train was due to start. As It moved slowly out of the big station Leopold's brnln rnng with tho noble music of his great resolve. He could sec nothing, think of nothing, but that. Ills arms ached to clasp bis love. His lips, cheated last night, al ready felt her kisses, for slie would glvo them now, and she wotdd give herself. He was treading the past of an empire underfoot in tho hope of a future with her, nnd every throb of tho engine was taking him nearer to the threshold of that future. But such moments of supreme ex iilt.it ion come rarely in n lifetime. The henrt of man or woman could not beat on for long with such wild music for accompaniment, and so it wns that as the moments passed the song of (he emperor's blood fell to n minor key. He thought pnsslonntely of Virginia, but he thought of his country as well nnd tried to weigh the effect upon oth ers of the thing thnt he was prepared to do. There wns no one on earth whom Leopold of Hhaotla need fear, but there wns one to whom he owed much, ouo whom It would be grievous to offend. In his fnther's day one man, old even then, had built upon the founda tions of a tragic past a great and pros perous nation. This man had been to I,oopold what his father had never been nnd, without tho magic power of Inspiring wnrm nffoctlon, had Instilled respect nnd gratitude In the breast of an er.'huslnstlc boy. "Poor old Von Breltstcln!" the em peror sighed. "Tho country Is his Idol ?the country with all the old tradi tions. He'll feed this break sorely. I'd spare him if I could. But I can't live my lifo for blm." Ho sighed again and looked up. frowning, at a sudden sound which meant Intrusion. Llko n spirit cnllod from the deep, there stood the chancellor at tho dour between Leopold's compartment ami the om? adjoining. (Continued, i 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 RNASONABLE. For attractive catalog write REV. JAMES BOYCR, Due West, S. ('. MARTIAN LIFE. Condition* Make For Creatures of an Advanead Order of Intellect. Whatever Its nctunl age, any life now existent on Mars must be In thu land stage of Its development?00 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 nil, for In Its evolving of terra Unna Mars has far outstripped the earth. Mars' surface Is now all land. Its forms of lifo must be not only ter restrial ns against aquatic, but even ns opposed to terraqueous ones. It must have reached not simply the stage of land dwelling where the pos sibilities are greater for those able to embrace them, but that further point of pinching poverty where brnln Is needed to survive nt all. The struggle for existence In the planet's decrepitude and decay would tend to evolve Intelligence to cope with circumstances growing momentarily more nnd 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 whole globe Is made not only possible, bid 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 al> sence of sens Mould thus entail ab sence of mountains would further. These two obstacles to distribution re moved, life there would tend the quicker to reach n highly organized stage. Tims Martian conditions them selves make for Intelligence.?Percival Lowell in Century. RAYS AND SKATES. They Are Known to Fishermen as the Jokes of the 8ea. The rays and skates are tho Jokes of the sea. Their bodies are ns tint as the pancakes mndo by the man in white on a griddle In tho window of a "beef and" restaurant. Their eyes look upward, nnd they have tails as slender and tapering as the whip of a ringmaster of a circus. In the United States the most com mon rays are called "skates." Tho Whip tailed rays because of their long, slender tails with their erectile spines at the end, capable of Indicting severe nnd dangerous wounds, are frequently called sting rays. The common sting ray feeds on oysters, clnms and other valuable mollasks nnd in the Atlantic waters is known ns tho "clam cracker." Of the skates the commonest as well as the smallest species on the Atlantic* coast is known as the tobacco box; the largest Is aptly called the barn door. On the western coast of the United States is found the big skntc, which reaches a length of six feet, two feet larger than Its eastern rela tive. Becauso of Its habit of rolling Itself up when caught the common skate has been colled "bonnet skate." It Is also known as the "hedgehog ray." On the New Jersey coast the trawl llshermen cut off the broad, fleshy "wings" and they are sold for "sad dles," sometimes bringing o nnd even 10 cents n pound. These men call the tlsh "possum," "sea possum" and "bob tailed skate." As n rule, nnglers 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 a portrait of n distin guished resident of o neighboring city a friend of the sitter came to look at the newly painted ennvns. The visitor was nearsighted nnd not particularly well acquainted with studios. Ho wanted to sec how good n likeness had been made of his friend. He kept walking nearer nnd nearer to the point ing nnd finally put out his finger as if to touch it. Tho artist was getting nervous at the approach of tho finger to tho paint, nnd he asked the visitor not to touch tho portrait, as It was not dry. The nearsighted man put down his hand and wnlked to the door, turn ing only to sny, "If It Isn't dry It Isn't my friend." And he wnlked out.?New York Sun. The Land of Fire and Ice. An example of tho strangeness of Iceland Is furnished by the volcano Matin. This is burled under immense snow fields, but from tlmo to time Its fires burst through tho glittering blanket, nnd 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 hugo masses of Ico aro carried out lido the ocean. It Is unsofo even to cross the territory lying between Mntla and tho sen, ho suddenly come the floods.?Cht j cngo Hccord-IIerald. Their Crimes. Two boys of strict Frco church par entage and upbringing in a Scottish town wero comparing Iniquities. One boasted that ho had furtively been nt a circus show. "Ah, but I havo dono worse than that," said the other, "for I've been onco In tho pit nt tho theater ' and twice in tho Established kirk,"? I Blackwood's Magazine. A Pert Answer. Mistress (astounded)?You can't read, Norah? Oood gracious! How did you ever learn to cook so well? New Cook j -Shore, mum, Oi lay it f not beln' ablo , to rado th' cookbooks.?Town nnd Coun try. His Wslght. 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