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i: ? The ? ij Princess 1 Virginia I I By C. N. and A. M. WILLIAMSON. | | | Autkor* of "The Lightning Con- y I doctor." "Ronmtry lo Search ?In. Fn-ihor." Cm. I j ' Copyright. 1WJ. by McChum. Phil- ? J : llpn A Co. * ST*V * *7^1 fcHAPTEB ELEVEN 4 & -M the moonlit |>ntli. One step he took as If to rmfj follow and keep her, hut cheeked hlniHelf nnd let her go. Only htn eyes went with her, and In them there was more of pain than anger, though never before In nil hla life per haps had be la-en thwarted in any strong desire Passion urged hltn for ward, but pride held him "back, for Leopold was a proud man, and to have his love thrown In Ills face was to re reive an Icy douche with the blood at fever heat. For this girl's sake he had in a few days changed the habits of a lifetime I'rlde, reserve, self control, the wish not only to uppear but to be a man ntiove the frailties of common men, the ambition to be placed and worthily placed on a pedestal hy Ills subjects? all these he had thrown away for Helen Mowbray. He was too Just a man not to uduilt that If out* of hia royal cousins of younger branches had contemplated such folly aa tills he would have done his best to nip that folly while It waa In bud. "He Jests at scant who never felt a wound." and until I-eopold had learned by his own unlooked for ex perlence what love can mean, what men will do for love while the sweet madness Is ou them, he would have been utterly unable to understand the state of mind. I A cousin incllued to uet as he was now bent on acting would but a month ago have found all the eui|s>ror's lull 11 ence, even force perhaps, brought to bear in restraining him. Ia-opold saw the change in himself, was startled and shamed by It. Nevertheless lie would have persevered, trampling down every obstacle that rose hi Ills way. If only the girl had seen things with his eyes. She had nccused blui of insulting her. not stopping to consider that even to make her morganatic-ally his wife he must give great cause for com plaint not only to his ministers, but to his people, for he was expected to marry u girl of royal blood that the couutry might have an heir. If Helen Mowbray hail accepted the position lie offered her. he could never have bro ken her heart by making another mar rhige. Not only would It be difficult In those days to find n princess willing to toler ate such a rival, hut it would have been Impossible for him to desecrate the IioikI between himself and the oil* adored woman. i This lielng the case, with Helen Mowbray as his morganatic wife, there could la- no direct heir to the throne. At his death the son of Ills uncle, the Archduke Joseph, would succeed, and during his life the popu larity which waa deur to him would be hopelessly forfeited. Ithaetla would never forgive lilm for Hellishly prefer ring Ills own private happiness to the good of the nntioii. He could fancy how old Iron Heart von Breltsteiu would present this point o! view to liim with fierce eloquence temples throbbing like the ticking of a watch, eyes netted with bloodshot veins. But. on the other baud, he could picture himself^-standing calmly to face ths storm, steadfast In Ills owu indomitable will, happy with love to uphold him. U.,t ?l.~ ? Ml hn.l 1 blni through life In n triumphal march hail been powerless against thut of this young girl. She would have none of him. A ?oman whose face was her fortune, whose place In life was hard ly as high us the tlrst step of n throne, hud refused? an emperor! Hardly could Leopold believe the thing that had hupi>cucd to him. lie bad gpokeu of doubting thut he hail won her love, and be had doubted. But he had allowed himself to hope, because he bud confidence in his star and because perhaps It had scarcely been known In the annals of history that an emperor's suit should be re pulsed. Besides, be had loved the girl so pas sionately that It seemed she could not remalu cold. And he hoped still that when she had passed a long night In reflection, In thinking over the situa tion, perhaps taking counsel with that comparatively commonplace yet prac tical little lady, her mother, she might be ready to change her mind. For the first few moments after the stinging rebuff be had endured li poid felt that If sbe did It would be her turn to suffer, for he could never bum ble himself to implore for tbe second time. But as he stood In tbe soft still ness of the night, gazing toward the lights of the house, thoughts of Vir ginia?her youth, her sweetness, her beauty dimmed with grief?overwhelm ed him. Could he have reacted her he would buve fallen on bis kuces and kissed her gown. By and by a vast tenderness breath ed Its calm over the thwarted passion In bis breast, and plans to win her back came Whispering In bis ear. lie ?fltf MSWi U u* Imii | I room. nut, uo; |>erha|Hi it would be ' wise to give her a longer Interval for reflection and. It might be, regret. To morrow be would see her aud ahow uli tbe depths of that great love which she had thought to throw away. Hhe oould not go on wltbHtaudlng him for ever, uud, uow that he had burned bia hoata Ix-hliid blm, be would never think of turning hack. lie would per aevere till ahe should yield. Meau while Virginia had hurried blindly toward the bouae. and It waa luatlnct rather than Intention that led her to the o|>en window of the mualc room, by which ahe had cotne out. Team burned her eyelids, but they did uot fall until ahe atood once more In the room where ahe aud Leopold bad lieen happy together. There ahe had aat at the piano, and be had bent over her, love In bin eyea tomcat love, ahe had thought, her heart full of thanksgiving. How little ahe had. guessed thcu the humiliation In store, for her aud the end of all her hopes! IIow could she Is-ar her pain, and bow could ahe go on living out her life? She paused In the wludow nlcbe. looking Into the room through a mist of tears, aud a sob choked her. "Cruel, cruel!" she whispered. "What agony, whut an Insult!" Then, dashing away her tears, she pushed hack the dark curtains and would have passed on Into the room luid not the quick gesture brought her arm Into contact with the buttons and gold braid on a man's breast. Instantly she realized that some one was hiding there, some one dressed In a military coat, and her first Impulse was for flight, anything to escape uri recognized. Hut on second thoughts she changed her mind. Whoever It whs had In all probabili ty hidden himself for the purpose of spying and was nlready aware that Miss Mowbray had rushed Into the house weeping after a tete-a-tete with the etri|>eror in the garden. Perhaps he had even caught a word or two of her sobbing ejaculation. No; ahe must not run away and leave the outcome of thla affair to chance. She inuat see with whom ahe had to deal that ahe might know what was beat to do. She had taken a atep Into the room, but quick as light ahe turned, pulled away the screen of curtains anil faced Captain von Hreltateln. It was a trying moment for him, and the girl's look stripped him of all his light audacity. She hud come to the window by a different path from the one he had watched; therefore she hud taken him unawares before he had time to escape, as he had planned, lie was caught fairly and must save him self as best he could without prepara tion. If her reproach forestalled his ex cuse he was loat. lie must step Into the breach at whatever risk. There was no time to weigh words, lie must let loose the first thut sprang to his Hps. "I see what you think of me," he said. "I see you think I was wutchlng you. I swear I wasn't, though I knew you were In the garden with?the em peror. Walt?you must listen. You must hear my Justification. I was sent to this room to fetch you. For your sake, how could I go back and say you had dlaapi>eared?together? I looked out Into the garden and saw you?with him. I saw from your man ner that?he had made you suffer. I was half mad with rage, guessing? guessing something which one word you let drop as you came In told me had happened. He Is uiy sovereign, but he has Insulted you. Let tue lie your knight, as In days of old. I.et me defend you, for I love you. I waited here to tell you this as you came, so that If you would we might announce nu engagement"? If Virginia's eyes had been daggers he would have fallen at her feet pierc ed to the heart. For one long second she looked at him without speaking, her face eloquent. Then she went by him with the proud bearlug of a queen. Egon was stricken dumb. Dully he watched her move across the room to a door which led Into a corridor. He heard the wLlaper of her satin dress and saw the r?nuglug lights and shad ows on Its creamy folds under the crystal chandeliers; he saw the white reflection, like a spirit, mirrored deep under the polished surface of the floor. Never had she been more beautiful, but she was beautiful in his eyes no longer, lie had hurt her pride, but she had stabbed his vanity, and to wound Egon vou Breitateln's vanity was to strike at his life. He hated the girl, hated her so sharply that his nerves ached with the Intensity of his hatred,1 and the only relief he could have would be through reprisal. He had not bpeu able to deceive her. She knew that he had beeu spying, and It was fortunate for his future, be realized ulready. that she had broken with the emperor, lie must do all hej could, and do It quickly, to prevent a reconciliation lest she should work him Injury. As for his hastily stammered pro- i posal, It was a good thing that the girl had not taken him at his word, for the chancellor had not given him permission to speak, and If she had accepted him he might have had to: wriggle out of his engagement. Still,' he could not forgive her scorn of him. "Loreni shall help me to pay her tor this!" he said furiously to himself, too angt^ to mourn over loot hopes, lost opportunities. "He will know how to punish her. And between us she shall suefer." 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The princess stared, half dazed, un title to tear her mind from her private griefs. "Are you 111, mother?" she stammered. "Had you sent for me?" "1 came very near fainting In the drawing room," the grand duchesa an swered. "Ernestine, you may leave us now." The Frenchwoman went out noise lessly. Mill 1 Virginia did not speak. Could it lie thut there had been another spy besides Egou von Breltateln and thut her mother alreud.v knew how the cas tle of cards hud fallen? Was It the news of defeat which hud prostrated her? "Have you?did any one tell you?" the girl faltered. "I've hail a telegrnuJ?a horrible tele gram. Oh, Virginia, I am not young, as you are! I aui too old to endure all this. I think you should not have sub jected me to It." The grand duchess' voice was plain tive and pried among the girl's sick nerves like hot wire. "What do you mean, dear? 1 do not understand," she said dully. "I'm so sorry you are 111. If it's my fault In any way I"? Iier mother pointed toward a writing tahle. "The telegram Is there," she murmured. "It is too distressing?too humiliating." Virginia picked up a crumpled tele graph form and liegan to read the mes sage, which was dated London and written in English: Some one making inquiries here about the Mowbray#. Beg to advise you to ex plain all at at onee or leave Kronburg to avoid almost certain complications. LAMBERT. Lady Lambert was the wife of the ex-ambassador to the court of lthaetla from Great Britain. The princess finished in silence. "Isn't It hideous?" asked the grand duchess. "To think that you and I should have delllierately placed our selves in such a position! We are to run away, like detected adventuresses, unless unless you are now ready to tell the emperor all." "No," said Virginia hopelessly. "What! Not yet? Oh, my dear, then you must bring matters to a crisis? Instantly?tonight even. It's evident that some enemy, perhaps some Jeal ous person, lias been at work behind our backs. It Is for you to turn the tables upon him. and there isn't an hour to waste. From the first you meant to make some dramatic revela tion. Now the time lias come." "Ah, I meant?1 meant!" echoed Vir ginia, with a sob breaking the ice In her voice. "Nothing has turned out as I meant. You were right, dear; I was wrong. We ought never to have come to lthaetla." The grand duchess grew paler than before. She had lieen vaguely dis tressed. Now she was sharply alarm ed. If Virginia admitted that this great adventure should never have been undertaken, then ijuleed the earth must be quaking under their feet. "Ought not?to have come?" she re peated plteously. "What dreadful thing hns happened?" The princess stood with bent head. "It's hard to tell," she said, "harder almost than anything I ever had to do. But It must he done. Everything's at an end. dear." "What?you've told him, and he has refused to forgive?" "He knows nothing." "For heaven's sake, don't keep me m suspense!" Virginia's lips were dry. "Lie ask ed me to be his wife." she said. "Oh, wait?wait! Don't look happy , Y'ou don't understand, and I didn't at first. He bad to explain, and he put the thing ns little offensively as he could. Oh. mother, he thinks me only Rood enough to be his morganatic wife!" The storm had burst at last, and the princess fell on her knees by the sofa, where, burying her face In her moth er's lap. she sobbed as If parting with her youth. There had always been mental and tem|>eramental barriers between the Dresden china lady and her daughter, but they loved each other, and never had the girl been so dear to her moth er as now. The grand duchess thought of the summer day when Virginia had knelt beside her. saying. "We are go lug to have an adventure, you and I." Alas, the adventure was over, and summer and hope were dead! Tears trembled In the mother's eyes. Poor little Virginia, so young, so Inexperi enced and, In spite of her self will and recklessness, so sweet and loving with al! "But. dear, you are making the worst of things." the grand duchess said soothingly, her band on the girl's bright hair. "Why, instead of crying you ought to be smiling, 1 think. Leo pold must love you desperately or he would never have proposed marriage, even morganatic marriage. Just at first the Idea must have shocked you, knowing who you are. But, remember. If you were Mlsa Mowbray It would have been a triumph. Many women of ui go puwinon mire luurriea royalty morgunaticnlly. and every oue baa re Hpta'tod them. You aeetu to forget that the eiu|ieror knows you only us Helen Mowbray." "tie ought to have known that Helen Mowbray was not the girl to consent? no, not more easily than Virginia of tiauuieuburg-I)rl|i|ie. He should hare understood without telling that to a girl with Anglo-Haxou blood lu ber veins such an offer would be like a blow over the heart." "How should he understand It? He Is Bhaetlan. Ills point of view"? "His point of view to uit Is terrible. Oh, mother, It's useless to argue! Ev- ' erytblng Is spoiled. Of course If he knew I was Princess Virginia he would ? be sorry for what be had proposed, j even If be thought I'd brought It on myself. But then It would be too late, j Don't you understand? I valued his ! love because It was given to me, not the princess. If be said, 'Now 1 know you I can offer my right hand Instead of my left to you as my wife,' that would not l>e the same thing at all No; there's nothing left but to go home, and the emperor of ithaetla must be told that Virginia of Buumenburg Drlppe has decided uot to marry. That will be our one revenge, but a pitiful [ one, since he'll never know that the { princess who refuses his right hand and the Helen Mowbray who wouldn't take his left are oue and the same. Oh, mother, 1 did love blm so! Let us get out of this hateful house as soon as we can." The grand duchess knew her daugh ter and abandoned hope. "Yes, if you will not forgive blm we must go at j once and save our dignity If we can," | she said. "The telegram will give us | our excuse. 1 told the baroness I bad j received bad news, and she asked oor- 1 mission to knock at my door before going to bed and Inquire bow I was feeling. She may come at any mo ment We must say that the telegram recalls us Immediately to England." "Listen!" whispered Virginia. "1 think there's some one at the door now." Baroness von Lyndal stood aghast on hearing that she was to be deserted early In the morning by the bright particular star of her house party after the emperor. She begged that Lady Mowbray would reconsider; that she would wire to England Instead of going, or, at all events, that she would wait for one day more until Leopold's visit to Schloss Lyudalberg should be over. In her anxiety she even failed in tact when she found arguments useless. . "But the emperor?" she objected. "If | you go off early in the morning before he or any one couies down, what will | i he think? What will he say at being cheated out of his au revoir?" The grand duchess hesitated. But Virginia answered firmly: "I said good by to him tonight. The emperor?will i understand." f? CHAPTER, THIRTEEN? L BEAK FAST at Scliloss Lyndalberg was au lu w m formul meal under the reign of Mechtllde. Those who were socia- : bly Inclined appeared | Those who loved not their species un til the day was older ate in their rooms. Leopold had shown himself at the table each morning, however, and set 1 the fashion. And the day after the parting in the garden he was earlier even than usual. It was easy to be i ' early, as he had not been to bed that 1 night, but he had an extra luceutlve. He could scarcely wait to see how , 1 Helen Mowbray would meet him? j whether she would still be cold or j i whether sound advice from her mother i would have made her kind. This was his last day at Lyndalberg. j 1 By bis special request no programme ' of entertainment had been arranged, and before coming down to breakfast Leopold had been turning over in his ? i [ mind plan after plan for another i chance of meeting the girl alone. He I had even written a letter, but had ! torn It up because he was unable to J say on paper what was really In his , i b?art. Breakfast passed, however, and when 1 she did not appear Leopold grew rest- 1 less. lie did not ask for her before I the others, but when he and the baron ess had strolled out together on the terrace, where white peacocks spread their Jeweled tails, the emperor sought \ some opportunity of bringing In the name that filled his thoughts. "I see the red October lilies are open ing." he said. "Miss Mowbray will be Interested. She tells me there's noth ing like them in Kngland." "Ah, she has gone just too soon!" ( sights i the baroness. The emperor glanced quickly from ! the mass of crimson flowers to his hostess' face. "Gone?" he repeated. "Yes." the baroness answered. "They ' must have reached Kronburg before ' this. Y'ou know, they left their com- ? panlon there. Perhaps your majesty did not realize that they were leaving j here quite so early?" i He turned so white under the brown i tan the mountains had given that the < baroness was alarmed. She had taken I Virginia's words as Virginia had 1 meaut her to take them and therefore supposed that a formal farewell of | some sort had been spoken. This ini- < pression did not prevent her from I guessing that there must have been a I misunderstanding, and she was tin- 1 gling with a lively curiosity which she ' was obliged carefully to hide. The romance which had been enact- ! ed uuder her eyes she believed to be j largely of her own making, and, not | being a bad hearted woman, she had grown fond of Virginia. She had even j had pangs of conscience, and, though .she did not see the waf for a happy mains <n uw pretty urama. it dis tressed bar tbat the curtain should so down uu sadness. "I did not know they were going at all." Leopold answered frankly, will ing to sacrifice bis pride for the sake of coming quickly at the truth. "Ob." exclaimed the baroness, "I am distressed! Miss Mowbray distinctly said when I begged that they would wait, "The emperor will understand.'" "I do understand?now I know they hare gone." he admitted. "But Miss Mowbray thinks she has some cause of complaint against me. and she's mistaken. 1 can't let such a mistake go uncorrected. You say they must be at Kronliurg before this. Are tbey staying on there?" "I'm afraid not, your majesty. Tbey leave Krouhurg for England today by the Orient express,',' "I>o you happen to remember at what hour the train starts?" "I beltere at 12." I.eo|>old pulled out his watch. It waa twenty minutes past 11. Torty times sixty seconds and the girl would be gone! The blood rushed to his face. Bar ring accidents, he could catch her If he ordered his motor car and left at once. But to cut short his visit at Bebloss Lyndalberg would tie virtually to take the world into his secret. Let him allege Important state business at the capital if be 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 bumbling his pride as emperor and man, such a question would have answered Itself. Now It answered Itself also, the only differ ence being that the answer was exact ly opposite to what It would 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 me as you can. Say what you will. 1 give you carte blanche, for we're old friends, and I trust you." "It's for me to thank your majesty. You want your motor car?" "Y'es." "I'll telephone. Your chauffeur will have it here in six minutes. And your ald-de-camp. Will you"? "I don't want him. thanks. I'd rather go alone." Seven minutes later the big white motor car was at the door which was the private entrance to the emperor's suit, and the emperor was waiting for it, having forgotten all about the sable lined coat which had been a present from the czar. If it had been midwin ter he would have forgotten, just the same, nor would he have known that It was cold. There was plenty of time now to car ry out his plan, which was to catch the Orient express at the Kronburg station and present himself to the Mowbrays in the train later. As to what would happen afterward, it was beyond planning, but Leopold knew that the girl had loved him, and he hoped that he would have Lady Mow bray on his side. The only way of reaching Kronburg from Schloss Lyndall>erg was by road. There was no railway connection be tween the two places. But the town and the castle were separated by a short eight miles, and until checked by traffic In the suburbs the sixty horse power car could cover a mile In less than two minutes. Unfortunately, however, police regu lations were strict, and of this Leo pold could not complain, as he had ap proved them himself. Once he was stopped and would certainly not have been allowed to proceed had he not re vealed himself as the emperor, the owner of the one unnumbered car In Rhaetia. As It was, he had suffered a delay of five minutes, and just as he was congratulating himself on the goodness of his tires, which had made him no trouble for many weeks, a loud report as of a pistol shot gave warn ing of a puncture. But there w as not a moment to wnste an repairs. Leopold drove on on the r'ms, c?iy to acknowledge presently the truth of an old proverb, "The more haste the loss speed." Delayed by a torn and flapping tire, the car arrived at the big central sta tion of Kronburg only five minutes be fore 12. Leopold dashed In, careless whether he were recognized or not, CONTINUED ON THIRD PAGE. MORTGAGE SALE OF LAND. 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Close of Business May 14th, 1908 RESOURCES: Loans and discounts #87 980 84 Overdrafts, seeured and un secured 3,971 51 All other Stocks, Bonds and Mortgages 13,300 00 Banking house furniture and fixtures 9,241 23 Due from hanks and hankers 22 362 62 Cash items 666 51 Gold coin 1,615 00 Silver coin, including all mi nor coin currency 2,168 77 National hank notes and other U. S. notes.,, 3,950 00 Total 1145,255 98 LIABILITIES: Capital stock paid in $ 30,000 00 Undivided profits, less cur. expenses and taxes pd.... 3,778 82 Dividends unpaid 31 00 Notes and hills Kediscounttd 5,000 00 rime Certificates of Deposit 14,723 51 Deposits subject to check.. . 91,584 64 Cashier's Chks outstanding Certified checks 138 01 Total #145,255 98 State of North Carolina. Johnston County. I, C. V. Johnson, CashierofThe Bank of Nmithfield, do solemnly swear that the ahove statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. C. V. JOHNSON, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2lst day of May, 1908. W. S. Stevens. C. 8. Correct?Attest : T. It. Hoon, W. L. Wood all, F. H. Brooks, Hi i ectors. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION ok the Clciylon Banking Co., at the Close of Business on May 14th, 1908 RESOURCES: Loans and discounts #53,976 20 Overdrafts (secured and un secured) 586 66 Banking House Furniture and fixtures 3,655 04 Demand Loans Due from Banks and Bankers 16,671 00 Cash items 1 50 Gold coin 85 00 Silver coin, including all mi nor coin currency 680 41 National Bank Notes etc... 2,584 00 Total #78,239 81 LIABILITIES: Capital Stock paid in #10,000 00 Surplus fund 5,000 00 Undivided profits, less cur. exps. aud taxes paid... 1,726 84 Dividends unpaid 44 00 Not:>8 and bills Rediscounted 1,6"6.61 Bills payable ""* 5,000 00 Deposits subject to Check. . 54,668 02 Cashier's checks outstanding 24 34 Certlfiied Checks 100 00 Total 178,239 81 State op North Carolina, Johnston County. I, C. M. Thomas, Cashier, of the Clayton Banking Co., do solemnly swear that the above statement Is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. C M. THOMAS, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 21st day of May, 15)08. John T. Talton, Notary Public. My commission expires 2 lO-'lO. Correct? Attest: A. .1 Babhocr, W. A. Barnes, D. H. McCullers, Directors. NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as Administrator on the estate of Bettie Price, deceased, hereby notifies all per sons haviDg claims against said estate to present the same to me duly verified on or before the 1st day of May 15)09 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery; and all persons indebted to said estate will make immediate pay ment. This 28 day of April, 1903. Jno. A. Narron Admr. Refrigerators, sold by Cotter Stevens <!o.
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