Beaver Herald (Beaver, Okla.), Vol. 32, No. 5, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 4, 1918 Page: 2 of 8
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THE BEAVER HERALD BEAVER OKLAHOMA
m T 1 77
LONG U VE THE KING
ByMaxy
Roberts Rinehart
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Copyright 1917. by the Rldgwty Company
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Copyright 1917 by Mary Roberts Rinehart
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CHAPTER XV Continued.
"It will not bo ensy going for Otto"
aid tho king tit tho end of tho short
Interview. "I should llko to feel that
hla Interests will bo looked after not
only here but by you nnd yours. Wo
havo a ccrtnln clement hero that Is
troublesome'
And Karl with Hedwlg In his mind
had promised.
"Ills interests ehnll bo mine Blr"
he had said.
IIo had bent over tho bed then nnd
raised tho thin hand to his lips. Tho
Interview wns over. In tho nntcroom
tho king's master of the horse tho
chamberlain nnd a fow other gentle-
men stood waiting talking together In
low tones. Hut tho chancellor who
had gono In with Karl nnd then re-
tired stood by n window with his
arms folded over his chest nnd wnltcd.
no put resolutely out of his mind tho
faco of tho dying man on his pillows
and thought only of this thing which
he Mcttllch had brought about.
Thcro was no yielding In his faco or
In his heart no doubt of his course.
IIo saw Instead of tho lovers loitering
In tho place a new nnd greater king-
dom anarchy held down by an Iron-
shod heel pence nnd tho fruits there-
of until out of very prosperity tho
peoplo grew fat nnd content
IIo saw a boy king carefully taught
growing Into hla responsibilities until
big with tho vision of tho country's
welfare ho should Anally ascend tho
throne. IIo saw tho river filled with
hips carrying mcrchondlso over tho
world and returning with tho wealth
of tho world. Great buildings too
lifted their heads on his horizon n
dream city with order for disorder
and citizens Instead of Inhabitants.
When at last he stirred nnd sighed
It was bccnuBO his old friend In his
bed In tho next room would see noth-
ing of all this and that ho himself
could not hope for moro than tho bo-
ginning before his tlmo camo also
r The first largo dinner for months
Was given that night at tho palace to
do King Karl all possible honor. Tho
fold service which had been presented
to the king by tho czar of ltussra was
wed. The anticipatory gloom of tho
court was laid aside and Jewels
brought from vaults wore worn for tho
first time In months. Uniforms of
various sorts but all gorgeous touched
Bne shoulders and camo awny bear-
ing White powdery traces of tho meet-
ing. The greenhouses at tho summer
palace hod been sneked for Dowers and
plants. Tho corridor from tho great
alon to the dining hull always a
dreary passage hud suddenly become
fulry path of curly spring bloom.
Even Annunclatn hung now with
ropes of pearls her hulr dressed high
for a tiara of diamonds her cameos
exchanged for pearls looked royul.
Proving conclusively that clutter as to
dress Is entirely a matter of value.
Miss Bralthwaltc who had begun
recently to think a pnlaco tho dreariest
place In tho world and tho most com-
monplace found tho preparations
rather exciting. Being llrltlsh aho
iearly loved tho urUtocracy und
shrugged her shoulders at any family
which took up less than a pago In the
peerage. Sho resented deeply tho In-
trusion of tho commoner Into Britis
politics and considered Lloyd (Icorgo
an upstart and un Interloper.
That evening sho took tho crown
prlnco to sco tho preparations for tho
festivities. The flowers uppeulcd to
him and ho asked for und secured n
rose which ho held carefully llut tho
magnlOcenco of Uio tublo only faintly
Impressed him und when ho heard
that Nlkky would not bo present ho
lost Interest entirely. "WU1 they
wheel my grnndfuthur In in a chalrl"
ho inquired.
"IIo Is too HI" Miss Ilralthwalto
sold.
"llo'll bo rather lonely when thcy'ro
all at tho party. You don't eupposo I
could go and sit with him do you?"
"It will bo long after your bed-
time." Bedtime being (he one rulo which was
never under and circumstances broken
ho did not persist. To havo Insisted
might huvo meant five marks oft in
Miss Brnlthwulto's book and his re
ord was very good that week. To
gcthcr tho elderly English woman und
tho Loy went back to tho Bchool room.
Tho Countess Loschek who hud
dressed with a heavy hcurt wus easily
tho most beautiful of tho women thut
night A Uttlo court paid tribute to
her beauty and bowed the deeper aud
flattered tho moro as sho openly
scorned nnd flouted them. Sho cuught
once a flicker of ndmlrutlon In Karl's
face and although her head went
high her heurt beat stormlly under
Iledwtg was llko a flower that re-
quired tho sun. Only her sun was
happiness. Sho was In soft whlto
chiffons her hair and frock allko girl-
ish and unpretentious. II er mother
coming into her dressing room had
icyed ber with dlsfnvor
"You look like a schoolgirl" sho
aid and bud sent for rouge und with
her own royal hands applied It Iled-
Wlg stood silent and allowed her to
have her way without protest. Had
nbmlttcd too to a diamond pin In her
hair and a string of her mother's
pearls.
"There" said Annundata standing
off und surveying hor "you look less
llko a baby."
.Sho did Indeed I It took Hcdwlg
quAo flvo minutes to wash tho rougo
off her fnce nnd there wub ono might
us well confess a moment when n purt
of tho crown Jewels of tho kingdom
lay In a corner of tho room whenco
n trembling maid salvngcd them and
examined them for damage.
Tho Princess Ucdwlg appended that
evening without rouge nnd wns tho
flTM
"There" 8ald Annunciate "You Look
Lea Like a Baby."
only woman In tho room thus un-
adorned. Also she wore her coming out
string of modest pearls und a slightly
defiant somewhat frightened expres-
sion. The dinner was endless which was
necessary slnco nothing wns to follow
but conversation. Thcro could under
tho circumstances bo no dancing. And
the talk at tho table through course
nftcr course wns somewhat hectic
even under the constraining prcsenco
of King Karl. There were two reasons
for this: Karl's presence and his pur
pose as yet unannounced but sur
mised nnd even known nnd tho sit-
uation In tho city.
That wus bud. The papers hud been
ordered to mnko no mention of tho
occurrence of tho nftcrnoon but It wns
well known. Thero wcro many nt tho
table who felt tho whole attempt fool-
hardy tho setting of n match to In-
flnmmablo nmterlnl. Thcro wcro otn-
ers who resented Karl's prcsenco In
Livonia nnd all that It Implied. And
perhaps there were too among tho
guests ono or moro who hud but re-
cently sat In less august und more aw-
ful compnny.
Beneath all tho brilliance nnd chat-
ter the spnrklo and gaycty thero was
then uncnslncss wretchedness and
even trenchcry. And outside tho pal-
nee held bock by tho guards thero
still stood n part of tho sullen crowd
which hnd watched tho arrival of tho
carriages and automobiles had craned
forward to catch n gllmpso of uniform
or brilliantly shrouded figure entering
tho palace und muttered as It looked.
Dinner wns over nt Inst. Tho pnrty
moved back to tho salon n vnst nnd
empty place hung with tapestries and
gnyly lighted. Hero tho semblance of
gayety persisted nnd Karl affability
Itself spoke n few words to each of
tho guests. Then It wns over. The
guests left tho members of tho coun-
cil ench with n wlfo on his arm.
frowsy overdressed women most of
them. Tho council was chosen for
ability nnd not for birth. At last only
tho sulto remained and constraint
vanished.
The family withdrew shortly nftcr tot
n small sniom on tho largo one. Ana
there at last Karl cornered Hcdwlg
and demanded speech.
"Where!" sho asked glancing around
tho crowded room.
"I shnll hnvo to lenvo that to you"
ho said. "Unless there Is a bal-
cony." "But do you think It Is necessary?"
"Why notl"
"Becnuso what I havo to say docs
not matter."
"It matters very much to me" he
replied gravely.
Hcdwlg went first slipping nwny
quietly and unnoticed. Karl asked tho
archduchess' permission to follow her
and found her waiting thcro alone
rather desperately calm now and with
ft tlngo of excited color In her cheeks.
Becauso ho cared a great deal and be-
cause as kings go ho was neither
hopelessly bad nor hard his first words
were kind nnd genuine and almost
urougnt her to tears.
"Poor little glrll" ho said
Ho had dropped tho curtain behind
him and they stood alone.
"Don't" said Hcdwlg; "I wont to bo
very calm and I ntn sorry for mysc.'f
already."
"Then you think It Is all very tcr-
rlblor Sho did not reply and he drew n
chair for her to tho roll. When sho
was seated ho took up his position
besldo her ono arm ngalnst n pillar.
"I wonder Hcdwlg" he suld "If It
Is not terrible becauso It Is new to you
and becauso you do not know mo very
well. Not" ho added hnstlly "that
I think your knowing mo well would
bo un advantage I I nm not so Idiotic.
But you do not know mo ut nil nnd
for u good many years I must hnvo
stood In tho light of nn enemy. It Is
not easy to readjust such things-
witness thn reception I hnd today 1"
"Why must wo talk nbout It?" Hcd-
wlg demnnded looklnc un nt him sud-
ilenly with a Hash of her old spirit.
"It will not chnnga anything."
"Perhaps not. Perhaps yes. You
see I nm not qulto satisfied. I do not
want you unless you nro willing. It
would bo u poor burgaln for me nnd
tiot qulto fair."
A new turn this with n vengennco I
Hedwlg stnred up with sturtlcd eyes.
It wns not enough to be sacrificed.
And ns she rcnlized nil thnt hung on
tho situation tho very life of tho kinc-
dom perhaps the safety of her family
everything sho closed her eyes for
fenr ho might sco tho fright In them.
Karl bent over and took ono of her
cold hands between his two warm ones.
"Ltttlo Hedwlg" ho sold "I want you
to corao willingly because I caro a
great deal. I would llko you to care
too. Don't you think you would nftcr
n timer
"After a time!" enld Hcdwlg drear-
ily. "That's what they all suy. After
n tlmo It doesn't matter. Mnrrlago Is
always tho same nftcr a tlmo."
"Why should mnrrlngo bo ulwnys
tho same ufter n tlmo7" ho Inquired.
"This sort of marriage without
love."
"It Is hardly that Is It? I love you."
"I wonder how much you love me."
Karl smiled. Ho was on his own
ground here. Tho girlish question nut
him nt ease. "Enough for us both at
urai no saiu. "After that"
"But" suld Hcdwlg desperately
"suppose I know I shall never care
for you tho way you will wnnt mo to.
You tulk of being fair. I wnnt to bo
fnlr to you. You hnvo n right" She
checked herself abruptly. After all ho
might have n right to know about
Nlkky Lnrlsch. But there wcro others
who had rights too Otto to his
throne her mother and niida and nil
tho others to snfety her grandfather
to die In pence tho only rift aho mnM
give him.
"What I think you wnnt to tell me.
Is something I nlrcady know" Karl
sold gravely. "Supposo I am willing
to toko thnt chnnce? Suppose I nm
vnln enough or fool enough to think
thnt I can make you forget certain
things certain people. What then?"
"I do not forget easily."
"But you would try?"
"I would try" said Hedwlg almost
In a whisper.
Knrl bent over nnd taking her hands
raised her to her feet
"Darling" ho said nnd suddenly
drew her to him. He covered her with
'.is.'r
"Now" He Said "Have You Forgot-
ten?" hot kisses her neck ber face the soft
angle below her car. Then he held her
nwny from him triumphantly. "Now"
ho said "havo you forgotten?"
But Hedwlg scarlet with shame
faced him steadily. "No" she said.
Later In the evening the old king
received a present n rather wilted
rose to which was pinned a card with
"Best wishes from Ferdinand William
Otto" printed on it in careful letters.
It was the only flower the king had
received du.-Jng his illness.
When that night he fell n sleep It
was still clusped In his old hnnd nnd
thcro was n look of grim tenderness
on tho fnco on tho pillow turned
toward his dead sou's picture.
Troubled times now with tho carni-
val only a day or two off nnd the shop
windows gny with bnnncrs; with tho
committee of ten In almost constant
session nnd Olga Loschek summoned
before It to bo told of tho pnssngc nnd
the thing sho was to do; with the old
king very close to tho open door nnd
Hedwlg helng fitted for her bridal robo
nnd for somber black ut ono fitting.
Troubled times Indeed. The city
wns smoldering nnd from sorao
strnngo sourco had come n new rumor.
Nothing less than thnt the royalists
headed by tho chancellor dcspnlrlng of
crowning the boy prince would on tho
king's death mnko nwny with him
thus putting Hedwlg on the throne
Hcdwlg queen of Knrnln perhups nl-
ready by secret marrlngc.
The city which ndored the boy was
seething. The rumor hnd originated
with Olgn Loschek who had given It
to the committee ns a useful weupon.
Thus would she hnve her revenge on
Ihoso of tho palace nnd nt the snmo
time secure her own safety. Bevcnge
Indeed for sho knew the way of such
rumors how they fly from house to
house street to street. How tho In
nocent proclaiming their Innocence
iook even the moro guilty.
When she had placed tho schemo be-
fore tho committee of ten hud seen
tho eagerness with which they grasped
It "In tills wny" sho had said In her
scornful Incisive tones "tho onus of
tho boy Is not on you but on them.
Even those who hnvo no sympathy
with your movement will burn nt such
n rumor. The better tho citizen tho
moro n lover of homo nnd order the
moro outraged he will be. Every man
In tho city with a child of his own will
rise against tho palace."
"Madame" tho leader had said
"you should bo of the committee."
But she had Ignored tho speech con-
temptuously nnd gone on to other
things.
Now everything was nrranced.
Black Humbert had put his nleco to
work on n carnival dress for a small
boy and had stayed her curiosity by
n hint thnt It wns for tho American
lad.
"They are comfortnblo tenants" he
hnd sold. "Not Invlsh perhaps as
ncn Americans should be but orderly
nnd pleusnnt. Tho boy has good man-
ners. It would be well to plcnso him."
So tho niece sewing In tho back
room wntched Bobby In nnd out with
plensant mysteries In her eyes.
Now nnd then In the evenings
when tho Amcrlcnns were nwny und
Bobby wns snug In bed with Tucker
on tho tiny feather comfort at his
feet tho Frauleln would come down-
stulrs and sit In Block Humbert's
room. At such times tho nleco would
bo sent on nn errand nnd tho two
would talk. The niece who nlthough
sho hnd no lover wns on tho lookout
for love suspected a romance of tho
middle-aged nnd smiled In the half
darkness of tho street: smiled with n
touch of malice ns ono who has
pierced tho nrraor of the fortress nnd
knows Its wenkness.
But It was not love that Humbert
and tho Frauleln tnlkcd.
Herman Spier wus busy In those
days and making plans. Thus day by
day he dined in tho restaurant where
tho Uttlo Marie now weary of her
husband eat In Idle Intervals behind
tho cashier's desk and watched the
grass In tho placo emerge from Its
winter hiding place. When sho turned
her eyes to tho room frequently she
encountered thoso of Herman Spier
pule yet burning fixed on her. And at
last ono day when her husband lay
lamo with sciatica sho left the desk
and paused by Herman's table.
"You como frequently now" sho ob-
served. "It Is thnt you like us here
or that you have risen in tho shop?"
"I hnvo left the shop" said Herman
staring at her. Flesh In a modcrato
amount suited her well. Ho liked
plump women. They were if you
please an urmful. "And I como to see
you."
"Left tho shop I" Murle exclaimed.
"And Peter Niburg ho has left also?
I never see him."
"No" said Herman noncommlttnlly.
"He Is 111 perhaps?"
"He Is dead" said Herman devour-
ing her with his eyes.
"Dead I" Sho put a hand to her
plump side.
"Aye. Shot as n spy." Ho took an-
other piece of the excellent pigeon pie.
Marie meantime lost all her looks
grew pasty white.
"Of tho tho terrorists?" she de-
manded In a whisper.
"Terrorists! No. Of Karnla. He
was no patriot"
So tho little Marie went back to her
desk and to her staring out over the
place in Intervals of business. And
what she thought of no one can know.
But that night and thereafter sho was
ery tender to her spouse and put
cloths soaked In hot turpcntlno water
on his aching thigh.
On the surface things went on as
usual at tho palace. Karl'a visit had
been but for at day or two. He bad
met the council In session nnd hnd
hnd because of their growing alarm
rather his own wny with them.
But nlthough he hnd pointed to the
king's condition and theirs us nn
nrgument for immediate marriage ho
failed. The thing would be done but
properly nnd In good time. Knrl left
them In n bad temper well concealed
and had tho plasuro of being hissed
through the streets.
But ho comforted himself with the
thought of Hedwlg. Ho had taken her
In his nrms before he left nnd sho had
made no rcslstnnce. Sho had even. In
view of nil thnt was nt stake mado a
despcrato effort to return his kiss nnd
found herself trembling nftcrwnrd.
In two weeks ho wns to return to
her nnd he whispered that to her.
On tho day ufter the dinner party
Otto went to n hospital with Miss
Ilralthwalto. It wns tho custom of the
palace to send tho flowers from its
spectacular functions to tho hospitals
nnd the crown prlnco delighted In
these errands.
So they went escorted by the func-
tionaries of the hospltnl past the mili-
tary wnrds where soldiers In shabby
uniforms sat on benches In the spring
sunshine to the general wnrds beyond.
Tho crown prince wns utmost hidden
behind the armful ho carried. Miss
Ilralthwalto bad all sho could hold.
A convnlescent patient In slippers
many sizes too large for him wheeled
tho remainder In n barrow and nlmost
upset the barrow In his excitement
Through long corridors Into wnrds
fresh scrubbed against his arrival
with whlto counterpanes exnetly
square and patients forbidden to move
nnd disturb the geometrical exactness
of tho beds went Prince Ferdinand
William Otto. At each bed he stopped
selected a flower and held It out
Some there were who reached out nnd
took it with n smile. Others lay still
end saw neither boy nor blossom.
"They sleep highness" the nurse
would soy.
"But their eyes nro open."
"They are very weary and resting."
In such cases he placed the flower
on the pillow nnd went on.
Ono such nowever lying with va-
cant eyes fixed on tho celling turned
nnd glnnced at tho boy and into his
empty gaze crept a faint Intelligence.
It was not much. He seemed to fues-
tlon with his eyes. That was all. As
tho little procession moved on how-
ever ho raised himself on his elbow.
"Who wus that?"
The ward which might have been
Interested wns busy keeping Its cov-
ers straight and In following tho pro-
gress of tho party. For the man had
not spoken before.
"The crown prince."
Tho sick man lay bnck and closed
his eyes. Soon ho slept His comrade
In tho next bed beckoned to a sister.
"Ho hns spoken" he said. "Either
ho recovers or ho dies."
But Uneckel did not die. He lived
to do his purt In tho coming crisis
to prove that even tho great hands of
Black Humbert on his throat were
not so strong ns bis own young spirit ;
lived Indeed to confront tho terrorist
us ono risen from tho dead. But that
day he toy and slept by curious Irony
tho flower from Karl's banquet In a
cup of water besldo him.
On tho day beforo tho carnival Hed-
wlg hnd a visitor none other thun tho
Countess Loschek. Hcdwlg oil her
color gone now. her high spirit crushed
her heurt torn Into fragments and
neatly distributed between Nlkky who
had most of It tho crown prince nnd
tho old king. Hedwlg huvlng given
her permission to como greeted her
politely but without enthusiasm.
"Highness I" said the countess sur-
veying her "mny I spenk to you frank-
ly ?"
"Plcnso do" Hedwlg replied.
"Everybody does anyhow. Especially
when It Is something disagreeable."
Olga Loschek watched her warily.
Sho knew tho family as only tho out
sider could know It; know thnt Hed
wlg who would hove disclaimed the
fact was llko her mother In some
things notably In a disposition to be
mild until a certain moment submis-
sive even acquiescent nnd then sud-
denly to become as It were a royalty
nnd grow cold haughty. But If Hed-
wig was driven In thoso days so was
tho countess desperate and driven to
desperate methods.
"I nm presuming highness on your
mother's kindness to me and your
own."
"Well go on" said Hcdwlg resign-
edly. But tho next words brought her
up In her chnlr.
"Aro you going to allow your Hfo
to be ruined?" was what the countess
said.
Careful I Hedwlg had thrown op her
head and looked nt her with hostile
eyes. But tho next moment she had
forgotten sho wus n princess nnd the
granddaughter to tho king nnd remem-
bered only thnt sho was n woman and
terror-stricken. Sho flung out her
arras and then burled her face In
them.
"How can I help It?" she said.
"How can you do it?" Olga Loschek
countered. "After nil. It Is you who
must do this thing. No ono else. It
Is you they nro offering on tho altar
of tlwlr ambition."
"Ambition?"
"Ambition. What else Is It? Surely
you do not believe these tales they
tell old wives' tales of plot and
counterplot 1"
"But the chnncellor "
"Certainly tho chnncellor I" mocked
Olga Loschek. "nighncss for years he
has had a drenm. A grent dream. To
fulfill his dream to bring prosperity
nnd greatness to tho country and
naturally to him who plans It thero
Is n price to pay. Ho would havo
you pay It"
Hcdwlg raised her fnco and searched
the other woman's eyes.
"That Is nil then?" sho snld. "All
this other this fright this talk of
treason nnd danger thnt Is not true?"
"Not so true ns ho would have yon
believe" replied Olga Loschek stead-
ily. "There nre malcontents every-
where In every lnnd. It Is all am-
bition ono dream or another."
"But my grandfather "
"An old man In tho hands of his
ministers!"
Hcdwlg rose nnd paced the floor her
Angers twisting nervously "But It is
too late" sho cried at lost. "Every-
f
fKMkU
"But It la Too Late" She Cried.
thing Is arranged. I cannot refuse
now. They would I don't know what
they would do to me 1"
"Do I To tho granddaughter of the-
king. What can they do?"
That aspect of things to do her
credit hnd never occurred to Hedwlg.
She paused In front of the countess.
"Wnnt can I do?" she nsked pitifully.
"Thnt I dare not presume to say. 1
came because I felt I can only say-
what In your place I should do."
"I am afraid. You would not be
afraid." Hedwlg shivered. "What
would you do?"
"It I knew highness that some one
for whom I cared himself cared deep-
ly enough to make any sacrifice 1
should demand happiness. I rather
think I should lose the world nnd gala
something llko happiness."
"Demand 1" Hedwlg said hopeless-
ly. "Yes you would demand It I can-
not demnnd things. I nm nlways too-
frlghtcncd." Tho countess rose. "I am nfrnld t
havo dono un unwise thing" she said.
"If your mother knew" She
shrugged her shoulders.
"You havo only been kind. I have bo-
few who really cure."
Tho countess curtsied nnd made for
the door. "I must go" sho said "be-
fore I go further highness. My
npo ogy is that I saw you unhappy and
thut I resented It because"
"Yes?"
"Becauso I considered It ni.n
sary." vv
She was a very wise woman. Sha
left then nnd let the nT ...
from ncdwlg. it followed ns n mnt.
tcr of record within thn hum. i ..
four hours sooner than she had antlcl-
Pated. Sho wns In her boudoir not
reading not even thinking but sitting
staring ahead as Mlnun had seen her
do repcntedly In tho past weeks. She-
dared not think for that matter
(TO DB CONTINUED.)
Suex Canal p.m.
The Suez canal. nlnnnei nn
etructcd by a French engineer and.
French capital is owned nnd operated
n ..?rench conPany In which the-
prltlsh government holds n controlling
Interest obtained In 1875 by buying'
the lurgo block of stock previously
owned by Egypt for $20000000. Ves-
sels of all nations whether armed or-
not wnrshlps as well as merchant
ships are allowed to pass through the-
canal In penco or wur at a uniform
rate of toll according to size or ton.
nnge of the vessel. The fare is 6'
francs and 25 centimes or nbout $1 25
a unit of tonnage. Tho regulation
governing the Panama canal and tba
rate X toll are practically the tame
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