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========= THE : Princess Virginia By C. IN. and A. M. WILLIAMSON, Author* ni"VI'? Litfhtnlntf Conductor," "Hint mary In Search of a Father," Etc. ->?? J? COPYRIGHT. 1907, BY McCLURE. PHILLIPS tr> CO. f CHAPTER. FOURTEEN 1 lt( ?\ UKAltT was dress (>d in llio long double breasted gray overcoat und tlie soft gray lint in which all snapshot photographs (no otbcra had over hen Inkuu) showed iho chan cellor or Khuclla. At sight of Iho emperor off cntue (ho fit in uns h:il, barlug the bald dome of the line old head, fringed with hair of curiously mingled black and white. "Good day, your majesty," lie said, with no s|e,n of surprise in Ids voice or roc*. Tho traIn rocked going around u CUl'VO, and il was with dltllculty Hint the clinncellor kept his folding. Hut lie stood rigidly erect, supporting htm BOlf In the doorwny until tho emperor, with more politeness than enthusiasm, invited III 1)1 to enter and be seated. 'Tin glad you'ro well enough to trav el, chancellor," said Leopold. "We had none tun encouraging an account of you from Captain von Brcltstolll." "I travel because yon travel, your majesty," replied tin? old man. "It Is kind of von to tolerate me here, and I appreciate il." Now they sat facing each other, and Hie young man, flghtlug down a sense of guilt, familiar to him in boyish days when ilbotlt to lie taken to tusk by the chancellor, gazed fixedly at the hard, clover face on which tho after noon sun scored the detail of euch wrinkle. "Indeed!" was the emperor's only n nswer. "Your majesty, I have served you and your lather before you well, I hope faithfully, I know I think you trust me." "No man more. But this sounds a portentous preface. Is It possible you "Good day, i/eitr majesty," ho taUl. Imaglno it necessary to "lead up' to a pubject if I can please myself by doing you a favor?" "If I have seemed to lead Up to what I wish to say, your majesty, it Is only for the saue of explanation. YOU are wondering, no doubt, how i know you would travel today and in tills train; also whv I have ventured to follow. I Your intention I learned by accldont." Tho chancellor did not explain by what diplomacy dial "accident" had been brought about. "Wishing much to talk over with you a pressing mat ter thai should not be delnyed, I took ibis liberty and seized this opportu nity. "Some men would in my place pre tend that business of their own had brought them and (hat the train bad been chosen by chatlCO. But your maj esty unows me us a blunt man when I serve him not as diplomat, but us friend. I'm not one to work In the dark with tllOSO who trust me. and ' want your majesty to know the truth." (Which perhaps he did, but not the whole t ruth.) "Yo?ir raise my curiosity," said Leo pold. "Thon have I your I lid UI got ICO to Sponk frankly not entirely ns a hum 1)10 subject to his emperor, but ns an old man to a yotltlg man." "I'd have v oil speak as a friend," paid Loopold. But a Slight constraint hardened bis volco as In? prepared him self for soniotlilng disagreeable "I'VO had a letter from the crown prime of Huilgarln, It has come to Ids Oars that there Is a certain reason for jour majesty's delay In following up flu; first overtures for an allkmee with bis family. Malicious tOUgUCS have whispered that your majesty's atten tions are otherwise engaged, und the young Adalbert has addressed me In a friendly way, hogging that the rumor may be contradicted or confirmed." "I'm m>t sure that negotiations hud gone f ir cilOlfgll to glVO him the right to be Inquisitive," rot timed Leopold, flushing. The chancellor spread out his old veined hands in a gesture of appeal. "I fear," In? said, "Hint In my anxiety for your majesty's welfare and the imod of Bhaotln I may have exceeded my Instructions. My one excuse Is that I believed your mind to bo defi nitely made up. I st|il believe It to l>0 so. I would listen to no one who idioiild try to persuade mo of tho con i trury, und I will write Adalbert"? "You must get yourself ami mo out of the Scrape ns best you cnu. since you (Ulmit you got us Into It," broke In the emperor, with nn uneasy Inugh. "If Princess Virginia of Haumenberg Drlppe Is ns r-harintng as she Is natd to Iii?, her difficulty will he In choosing a husband, not In getting one. For once, my dear choucellor, gossip has told tho truth, and I wouldn't pny tho princess so poor a eompllment ns to lisle for her hand when I've no heart left t<> Kive her In exchange for It. There's some one else"? "It Is of that some one elso I would venture to speak, your majesty. Gos sip 1ms named her. May I?" "I'll save you tho trouble, for I'm not ashamed that the common fate has overtaken ine?common localise every man loves once I to fore he dies, and yet uncommon because no man over loved a woman so worthy. Chan j eel I or, there's no woman In the world like Miss Helen Mowbrny, tho lady to whom I owe my lifo." "It's natural you should Ite grate ful, your majesty, but"? "It's natural I should Ite In love." "Natural that a young man Inex perienced In affairs of tho heart should mistake warm gratitude for love, Im possible that the mistake should he al lowed to continue." Leopold's eyes grew dark. "In such a connection," he said, "It would be heiter not to mentlou the word 'mis take.' I'm glad you are here, for now you can learn from me my Intention* toward that lady." ?Intentions, did you say, your majes ty? 1 fear I grow hard of hearing." "At least you will never grow slow of understanding. I did speak of my I intentions toward Miss Mowbray." ?You would give the lady some mag j nlllcent estate, BOine splendid acknowl edgment"? "Whether splendid or not would bo a matter of opinion," laughed tho em peror. "I shall offer her n present of i ivsolf." The old man had been sitting wl'a I his chin sunk lnt.o his JiluvC .wok, peei I lug (tut from under his brows in a Way In- had. but he lifted his head sudden ly, with a look In his eyes like that of an animal who Hcents danger from an unexpected quarter. "Your majesty," he exclaimed, "you are your father's son, you are It hue tlan, and your standard of honor"? "I hope to marry Miss Mowbray," I/eopold cut him short. The chancellor's Jaw dropped, and he grow pale. "I had dreamed of nothing :is had as this," ho blurted out, with no thought or wish to sugar the truth. "1 feared a young man's rashness. I dreaded scandal. Hut, forgive me, your majesty. Lor you a morganatic mar riage would he madness"? "A morganatic marriage I did think of at flrst, hut ou second thoughts I saw It would Ite ungrateful." "Ah, yes, to tho country which ex pects so much (tf you." "No, to the woman who has the right to all or nothing. I will make her empress of Khaetla." With a cry the chancellor sprang up. His eyes glared like Jho eyes of a bull who receives the death stroke. His working lips and the hollow sound In his throat alarmed the emperor. "No, your mojesty, no:" ho panted. "Rut I say yes," .Leopold answered, ami let no man give mo nay. I've thought it all out. I will make her a countess llrst. Then she shall be mode my empress." "Your majesty, It Is not possible." "Take care, chancellor." "She has been deceiving you. She \ has neither the birth, tho position nor ! the name she claims to have, and I can prove It." "Yon are mad. Von Brettsteln," the emperor Hung at him. "That can bo your only excuse for such words." "I am not mad, but I am cid and wise, your majesty. Today you have made me feel that I am very old. Punish mo as you will for my frank ness. My work for you and yours Is nearly done. Cheerfully will I sab- J Hill to my dismissal If only this last effort In your service may save the ship of state from wreck. I would n -t make an accusation which I could not prove. And I can provo that the two English ladles who have been slaying ot SchlOBS Lyndnlberg are not the persons they pretend to be." "Who has I teen lying to you?" cried Leopold, who held lietween clinched hands the temper lie vowed not to lose with fids old mnn. "To me, no ono. To your majesty, to loeloty In KronbUfg, two adventuress es have lied." * The emperor caught his breath. "If you were a young man I would kill ,\ on *"or that," he said. "I know you would. An It In, my life Is yours. Hut lteforo you take It. for Cod's sake, for your father's sake, hear mo out!" Leopold did not speak for a moment, hut stared at the vanishing landscape, which he saw through a red hn/.e. "Very well," he said at iuHl; "I will hear you, ltecttuse I 'ear nothing you can say." "When 1 heard of your nmjesty'n ad miration for n certain lady," the chan cellor begun quickly lost the eui|>eror should change his inlud, "1 looked for her nnmo and her mother's In Hurke'.-? i Peerage. There I found I.ady Mow bray, wldOW of a dead bnron of that i Ilk, mother of a sou still a child mid ' of Odo daughter, ay?urig woman with many names and twenty-eight years. "This surprised me, ns the Miss Mowbray I had seen at the birthday ball looked no inoro than eighteen and, I Was told, confessed to twenty. The Mowbrays, I learned by a little further research in Burke, were dis tantly connected by marriage with the family of Baumcnhurg-Drlppe. This seemed tin odd coincidence In the cir cumstances. But, acting as duty hade me act, I wired to two persons?Baron von Surk, your majesty's ambassador to CJreot Britain, and the crown prince of Hungarla, tho brother of Princess Virginia." "What did you telegraph?" asked the 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 Hhaetla, and I beg ged that If so he would describe their appearnnee by telegram. To Von Sark I said that particulars by wire concern ing the widow of Lord Mowbray and dnnghter, Helen, would put me under personnl obligation. Both these mes sages I sent off night beforo last. Yes terday 1 received Adalbert's answer, this morning Von Sark's. They are here." And the chancellor tapped the breast of his gray coat. "Will your majesty read them?" "If you wish," replied Leopold at his baugbtlest and coldest. The old man unbuttoned bis coat and produced a coroneted pocketbook, a souvenir of friendship on his last birth day from the emperor. Leopold saw It and remembered, as the chancellor hoped he would. "Here are tho telegrams, your maj esty," he said. "The tlrst one la from the crown prince of Ilungarla." "Have no Idea where Lady Mowbray und duughter are traveling; may be Hhaetla or north pole," Adalbert had written, with characteristic flippancy. "Have seen neither for eight years and scarcely know them. But Lady M. tall, brown old party, with noso like hobbyhorse; Helen dark, noso like mother's, wears glasses." With no betrayal of feeling, Leopold laid the telegram on the red plush seat and unfolded the other. "Pardon delay," tho Uhactlan am bassador's message began. "Have tveen making Inquiries. Lady Mow I bray has been widow for ten years. I Not rich. During son's minority has let her town and country houses. Lives much abroad. Very high church. Intellectual, at present In Calcutta. ' where daughter Helftij *veuv*relgdVl i jZ 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 tho world can lnl>el two ladles 'ad venturesses.' " Tho chancellor was bitterly disr.p pointed. lie had counted on the Im pression which these telegrams must make, and unless Leopold were act ing It was now certain that love had driven him out of his senses. But If the emperor were mad he [ must l>e treated accordingly, and the old statesman condescended to "bluff." "There Is still more to tell," he said, "If your majesty has not heard enough, but I think when you have reflected you will not wish for more. It Is clear 9 i that the women calling themselves Mowbrays have bad the audacity to present themselves here under false1 colors. They have either deceived Lady Lambert, who introduced them to Rhaetlnn society, or, still more like ly, they have cleverly forged their let ters of Introduction." "Why didn't you telegraph to Lady Lambert while your hand was In?" sneered Ijeopold. "I did, your majesty, or, rather, not knowing her present address. 1 wired \ a friend of mine, an acquaintance of hers, begging him to make Inquiries without using my name, but I have not yet received an answer to that tele gram." "Until you do I should think that even a cynic like yourself might give two dofeiisoless, inoffensive ladles the Wnettt of the doubt." "luoffenslve," echoed Von Brelt stelu?"Inoffensive when they enmo to this country to ensnaro your majesty ' through the girl's beauty! But, great heaven, It Is true thot I am growing old! I have forgotten to ask your maj esty whether you have gone bo far as to mention the word marriage to Miss MoWhray ?" "I'll answer that question by another. Do you really believe that Miss Mow bray came to Hhaetla to 'entrap' me?" "I do, though I scarcely think that ! even her ambition flew ns high as you are encouraging It to soar." "In case you're right she would have been overjoyed with an offer of mor ganatic marriage." "Overjoyed Is a poor word. ? Over whelmed might be nearer." "Yet I tell you sho refused me last ntght and Is leaving Hhaetla today rather than listen to further entrea ties." Leopold bent forward to launch this thunderbolt, his brown hands on his knees, bin eyes enger. The memories, half bitter, half sweet, called up by bis own words caused Virginia to ap pear more t>enutlful, more desirable, ever than l>efore. Ho wnB delighted with the expres sion of the chancellor's face. "Now, whst arguments have you left?" he broke out In the brief silence. "All I had Ia?fore and many new ones, for what your majesty has said shows the holy more ambitious, more astute, therefore more dangerous, than I had guessed. Sho staked everything on the power of her charms, ami she might have won had you not nit old servant who wouldn't be* fooled by the \ witcheries of a fair fielen." "Sho has won," said Leopold, then I quickly: "tjod forgive me for chiming [in with your bitter humor, ns If she'd played a game. By "simply being "her i Hclf 8ho has won me, such as I nm. She's proved thai If she cares at all It's for the man and not the emperor, since sho called the offer you think so magnificent nn Insult. Yes, chancel lor, that was the word she used, and It was almost the last she said to me, which Is the reason I'm traveling to j 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! You forget the emperor In the man." "The two need not be 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 Ithaetla and your better self. Y'ou are following this? I lady to give her your empire for a toy." "She must llrst accept the emperor as her husband." "A lady who has so poor a name of her own that she steals one which doesn't belong to her?the nation won't bear lt." f "You Rpeak for yourself, not for Ithaetla," said Leopold. "Though I'm not so old as you by half your years, I believe I can Judge my people better than you do. The law which bids an I emperor of Ithaetla 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 i mlttlng to Its yoke, since by breaking It the nation gains, as I do. I could I go to the world's end and not find n woman as worthy to ho my wife and j empress of ithaetla as Helen Mow | bray." "You have never seen Princess Vir ginia." "I've no wfesh to see her. There's but I one woman for me, and I swear to you If I lose her I'll go to my gravo un married. Let the crown fall to my uncle's son. I'll not perjure myself even for Ithaetla." The chancellor bowed his head and held up his hands, for by that gesture alone could he express his despair. "If my people love me they'll love my wife and rejoice In my happiness," 1 Leopold went on sharply. "If they ! complain, why, we shall seo who's ' master?whether or not the emperor of Ithaetla Is a mere figurehead. In some countries royalty Is hut on ornamental ' curvtval of a picturesque past; n king or queen Is a mere puppet which the n.Vibii- iban's wm'iV nixmy to do lt'seil* honor. That's not true of Ithaetla, though, as I'm ready to prove, If prove It I must. "But I believe I shall be spared the trouble. We Hhaetians love romance?you are perhaps the one ex ception?while, as for the story you've told me, I would not give that for It!" And the emperor snapped his fingers. "You still believe the ladles have a right to the name of Mowbray?" "I believe that they ore of stolnless reputation and that auy seeming mys tery can be explained. Miss Mowbray] Is herself. That's enough for me. Per haps, chancellor, there are two I.ady Mowbrays." "Only one Is mentioned In Iturke." "Burke Isn't gospel." "Pardon me. It's the gospel of the British peerage. It can no more be guilty of error than Euclid." "Xor can Miss Mowbray be guilty of wrong. I should still stake my life on that even had your conclusions not been lame ones." The old man accepted this rebuff In silence. Hut It was not the silence of absolut?' hopelessness; It was only such a pause as a prize fighter makes be tween rounds. "Your majesty will not be lu too great haste, nt all events, I trust," he said at last?"at least a llttlo reflec tion, a little patience, to cool the blood. I have not laid down all my cards yet." "It's often bad policy not to lead trumps," replied Leopold. "Oftou, but not always. Time and ?the end of the play will show. Is your majesty's Indulgence for tho old man quite exhausted?" "Not quite, though rather strained, I confess." I/eopokl tempered his words witli a faint smile. "Then I havo ono more Important question to ask, venturing to remind you first that I havo acted solely In your Interest. If such a step as you contemplate should l>o iny deathblow It Is because of my love for you and Ithaetla. Tell me, your majesty, this one thing. If It were proved to you that (lie lady you know as Miss Mow bray was not only not tho jterson she pretends to be, but in all other respects unworthy of your love, what would you do?" "You speak of Impossibilities." "But if they were not Impossibili ties?" "In such a enso I should do as other men do? spend tho rest of my life in trying to forget a lost ideal." "I thank your majesty. That Is all I ask. I suppose you will continue your journey?" "Yes, as far as Kelgarde, where I hope to find Lady Mowbray and her daughter." "Then, your majesty; when I've ex pressed my gratitude for your for bearance, even though I've failed to he convincing, I'll trouble you no long er." The chancellor rose painfully, with n reminiscence of gout, and Leopold stared at him lit surprise. "What do you mean?" he asked. "Only that, ns I can do no further good here, with your permission I will get out at the station we are coming h> and go back home again." The emperor realized what he had not noticed until this moment that the train was slackening speed as It np proaChed (ho suburbs of a town. His conversation with the chancellor hail lasted for nn hour, und he was far from regretting the prospect of being left In peace. More than once he had come perilously near to losing bin tem per, forgetting his gratitude and tho old man's years. How much longer he could have held out under a continued strain of provocation he did not know. So he spoke no Word of dissuasion when Count von Jlreltsteln picked up his soft hat and buttoned his gray coat for de parture. "I've passed pleasanter hours In your Boctety. I admit." said Leopold when the train stopped. "But I can thank you for your motives, If not your max ims, and here's iny hand." 'It would be most kind of your maj esty to telephone me from Kelgardo." the chancellor exclaimed, as If on a BUdden thought, while they shook hands, "merely to say whether you re main there or whether you go farther or whether you return at one?. I am too fatigued to trarel back Immediate ly to Schloss BreltSteln and shall rest for some hours at least In my house at Kronburg, so a call will find me there." "I will do as you ask," said the em peror. Again he pressed the chancel lor's hand, and It was very cold. (Continued.) A Faithful Friend. "1 have used Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy since it was first introduced to the public in 1S72, and have never found one instance where a cure was not speedily effected by its use. I have been a commercial traveler for eighteen years, and never start out on a trip without this, my faithful friend," says H. S. Nichols, of Oakland, Ind. Ter. 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