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. tjf HON HKAI1T w rh ilreaa
/ Jpv e<l la the long double
" tt *m breasted gray overcoat
jg\' ? - and the aoft gray hat
lu which all snapshot
' photographs (no others
bad ever been taken) showed the chan
cellor of Rhaetla.
At sight of tlie emperor off came the
famous hat. baring the bald dome of
the tine old head, fringed with hair of
curiously mingled black and white.
"Good day, your majesty," he said,
with no sign of surprise In bis voice or
face.
The train rocked going around a
curve, and It was with difficulty thnt
the chancellor kept his footing. Hut
he stood rigidly erect, supporting him
self In the doorway until the emperor,
with more politeness than enthusiasm,
Invited blm to enter and lie seated.
"I'm glad you're well enough to trav
el, chancellor," said Leopold. "We had
none too encouraging an account of
you from Captain von Breltsteln."
"I travel because you travel, your
majesty," replied the old man "It Is
kind of you to tolerate me here, and I
appreciate It."
Now they sat facing each other, and
the young man, lighting down u sense
of guilt, familiar to him In boyish
days when about to be taken to task
by the chuucellor, gazed Uxodly at the
hard, clever face on which the after
nooti sun scored the detail of each
wrinkle.
"Indeed!" was the emperor's only
answer.
"Your majesty, 1 have served you
and your father before you well, 1
hope-faithfully, 1 know. I think you
trust me."
"No man more. Hut this sounds a
portentous preface. Is It possible you
Imagine It necessary to 'lead up' to a
subject If 1 can please myself by doing
you a favor?"
"If I have seemed to lead up to what
I wish to sny, your majesty. It Is only
for the snke of explanation. You are
Wondering, no doubt, how I knew you
would travel today and In tills train;
also why 1 have ventured to follow.
Your Intention 1 learned by accident."
The chancellor did not explain by
what diplomacy that "accident" had
been brought about. "Wishing much
to talk over with you a pressing mat
ter that should not t>e delayed. 1 took
this liberty and seized this opportu
nity.
"Rome men would In my place pre
teud that business of their own hud
brought them and that the train had
tieen chosen by chance But your maj
esty snows me as a blunt man when I
serve him not as diplomat, but as
friend I'm not one to work In the
dark with those who trust me. and I
want your mujesty to know the truth "
(Which perhapB he did, but not tho
"whole truth.)
"Your rulse my curiosity," said Leo
pold.
"Then have I your indulgence to
speak frankly not entirely as a humble
subject to bis emperor, but as an old
man to a young man."
"I'd have you speak as a frleud,"
said Leopold. But u slight constraint
hardened his voice as he prepared him
self for something disagreeable.
"I've had a letter from the crown
prince of Ilungarla. It has come to his
ears that there is a certain reason for
your majesty's delay In following up
the first o\ertures for an alliance with
his family. Malicious tongues hnve
whispered that your majesty's atteu
tions are otherwise engaged, and the
young Adalbert has addressed me in a
friendly way, begging that the rumor
may I* contradicted or confirmed."
"I'm not sure that negotiations had
gone far enough to give him the right
to be Inquisitive," returned Leopold,
flushing.
The chancellor spread out his old
veined hands iu a gesture of appeal.
"I fear." he said, "that In my anxiety
for your majesty's welfare nnd the
good of Khaetta 1 may have exceeded
my instructions. My one excuse la
that I believed your mind to be defi
nitely made up. I still lielleve It to he
so. I would listen to no one who
should try to persuade me of the con
trarv, and I will write Adalbert"?
"You must get yourself and me oat
of the scrape as best you can, since
you admit you got us Into It," broke In
the etnperor, with an uneasy laugh.
"If Princess Virginia of Bau men berg
Drlppe Is as charming as she Is said to
be, her difficulty will tie In choosing a
husband, not In getting one. For once,
my dear chancellor, gossip 'baa told
the truth, and I wouldn't pay the
princess so poor a compliment as to
ask for her hand when I've no heart
left to give ber In exchange for It
There's some one else"?
"It Is of that some one else I would
venture to speak, your majesty. Gos
sip has named her. May I?"
"I'll save you the trouble, for I'm
not ashamed that the common fate
has overtaken me?common because
every man loves once before be dies,
and yet uncommon because no man
ever loved a woman so worthy. Chan
cellor. there's no woman In the world
lime miss tieien Mowbray, the lady to
whom I owe my life."
"It's natural you should he grate
ful, your majesty, but"?
"It's natural I alioulit l? In love."
"Natural that a young man Inex
perienced tu affairs of Ibe heart should
mistake warm gratitude for love. Im
l*oMs!ble that the mistake should lie al
lowed to continue."
Iumpold's eyes grew dark. "In such
a connection," he said, "U would be
better not to mention the word 'mis
take.' I'm glad you are here, for now
you can learu from ins my lnteulloua
toward that lady."
"Intentions, did you say. your tnajes
ty? I fear I grow hard of hearing."
"At least you will never grow slow
of understanding. I did speak of my
Intentions toward Miss Mowbray."
"You would give the lady some mag
nlflceut estate, some splendid acknowl
edgmeut"?
"Whether splendid or not would be a
matter of opinion," laughed the em
peror. "I shall offer her a present of
myself."
The old tnan had been sitting with
his chin sunk Into his short neck, peer
ing out from under bis brows In u way
be had. but he lifted his head sudden
ly, with a look In bla eyes like that of
an nnlmal who scents danger from an
unexpected quarter.
"Your majesty," he exclaimed, "y?u
are your father's son, you are Ithae
tlun, and your standard of honor"?
"I hope to marry Miss Mowbray,"
Leopold cut him short.
The chancellor's Jaw dropped, and he
grew pate. "I had dreamed of nothing
as bud as this," he blurted out, with
no thought or wish to sugar the truth
"I feared a young man's rashness. I
dreaded scandal. Hut, forgive me, your
majesty. Kor you a morganatic mar
rluge would be madness"?
"A morganatic marriage I did think
of at first, but on second thoughts I
saw It would lie ungrateful."
"Ah, yes, to the country which ex
pects so much of 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.
Ilia eyes glared like the eyes of a bull
who receives the death stroke. Ills
working lips and the hollow sound In
hla throat alarmed the emperor.
'So, your majesty, no!" he panted.
"But I say yea," Leopold answered,
"and let no man give me nay. I've
thought it all out. I will make her a
countess first. Then she shall be made
my empress."
"Your majesty. It la not possible."
"Take care, chancellor."
"She has been deceiving you. Khe
has neither the birth, the position nor
the nnme she claims to have, and I
can prove It."
"You are mud, Von Breltateln," the
emperor flung at him. "That can be
your only excuse for such words."
"I am not mad. but I am old and
wise, your majesty. Today you have
made me feel that I am very old.
Punish me as you will for my frank
ness My work for you and yours Is
nearly done. Cheerfully will I sub
mit to my dismissal If only this last
effort In your service may save the
ship of state from wreck. I would
not make an accusation which I could
not prove. And I can prove that the
two Kngilr.h ladles who have been
staying at Schloss Lyndalherg are not
the persons they pretend to be."
"Who has been lying to you?" cried
Leopold, who held between cllDched
hands the temper he vowed not to lose
with this old man.
"To me, no one. To your majesty, to
roclety In Kronburg, two adventuress
es have lied."
The emperor caught his breath. "If
you were a young man I would kill
you for that," he said.
"1 know you would. As It Is, my
life Is yours. But Iwfore you take It
for (iod's sake, for your father's sake,
hear ine out!"
Leopold did not spenk for a moment,
but stared at the vanishing landscape,
which he saw through a red haze.
"Very well," he said at last; "I will
bear you, l>ecause I fear nothing you
cau say."
"When I heard of your majesty's ad
miration for a certain lady," the chan
cellor began quickly lest the emperor
should change his mind, "I looked for
her name and her mother's In Burke's
Peerage. There I fouud Ijvdy Mow
bray. widow of a dead baron of that |
ilk. mother of a sou still a child and [
of one daughter, a young woman with I
many names and twenty-eight years.
"This surprised me, as the Miss j
Mowbray 1 had seen at the birthday
ball looked no more than eighteen
and, 1 was told, confessed to twenty.
The Mowbrays, I learned by a little
further research In Burke, were dls
tuutly connected by marriage with the
family of Baumenburg-Drtppe. This
seemed an odd coincidence In the cir
cumstances. But, acting us duty bade
me act, 1 wired to two persons?Baron
von Sark, your majesty's ambassador
to Great Britain, and the crown prince
of IIuuJ?rl?. the 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 be had English rela
tions, a Lady Mowbray and daughter,
Helen, traveling in Uhaetla, and 1 beg
ged that If so he would describe their
appearance by telegram. To Von Bark
I said that particulars by wire concern
ing the widow of Lord Mowbray and
daughter, Helen, would put me under
|>ernonnl obligation. Both these mes- |
sages 1 sent off night before last. Yes
terday I received Adalbert's answer,
this morning Von Sack'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
haughtiest and coldest.
The old man unbuttoned his coat and
produced a coroneted poeketlKsik, a
souvenir of friendship on bis lust birth
clay from the em|>eror. I-eopold ?aw It
and remembered, as tbe chancellor
hoped he would.
"Here are the telegrams, your maj
esty," be aald. "The first one la from
the crown prince of Hungurla."
"Hare no idea where Lady Mowbray
and daughter are traveling: may he
Rhaetla or north pole." Adalbert lead
written, with characteristic flippancy.
"Hare seen neither for eight years
and scarcely know them But Lady
M. tali, brown old party, with nose like
hobby borne; Helen dark, nose like
mother's, wears glasses "
With no betrayal of feeling, Leopold
laid the telegram on the red plush
seat and unfolded tbe other.
"Pardon delay," the Khaetlan am
bassador's message began "Have
I wen making Inquiries. lady Mow
bray has Icon widow for ten year*.
Not rich. During son's minority has
let her town and country houaas.
Lives much abroad. Very high church.
Intellectual, at present In Calcutta,
where daughter Helen, twenty-eight, j
not pretty, Is lstely engaged to marry
middle aged Judge of some distinction."
"80"?and the emperor threw aside
the second hit of paper?"It la on such
slight grounds as these that a man of
the world ran label two ladles 'ad
venturesses.' "
The chancellor was bitterly disap
pointed. lie bud counted on the Im
pression which these telegrams must
make, and unless I lupoid were act
ing It was now certain that love bad
driven him out of his Benses.
But If the emperor were mad he
must be treated accordingly, and tbe
old stutesman condescended to "bluff."
"There Is still more to tell." be aald,
"If your majesty bus not beard enough,
but I think when you have reflected
you will not wish for more. It Is clear
that tbe women calling themselves
Mowbraya have had tbe audacity to
present themselves here under false
colors. They have either deceived
Lady I Jim be rt, who Introduced them
to Rhaetian society, or, still more like
ly, they have cleverly forged their let
(era of iutroductlon."
"Why didn't you telegraph to Lady
Lambert while your hand was In?"
sneered Leopold.
"I did, your majesty, or, rather, not
knowing ber present address, I wired
u friend of mine, an acquaintance of
hers, begging him to make inquiries
without using my name, but 1 have
not yet received an answer to that tele
gram."
"Until you do I should think that
even a eynic like yourself might give
two defenseless. Inoffensive ladles the
benefit of the doubt."
"Inoffensive," echoed Von Brelt
?teln?"inoffensive when they came to
this country to ensnare your majesty
through the girl's beauty! But, great
heaven, it is true that I am growing
old! I have forgotten to ask your maj
esty whether you have gone so far as
to mention the word marriage to Miss
Mowbray?"
"I'll answer that question by another.
Do you really believe that Miss Mow
bray came to Ithactla to 'entrap' me?"
"I do. though I scarcely think that
even her ambition (lew as high as you
are encouraging it to soar."
"In cuse you're right she would have
been overjoyed with un offer of mor
ganatic marriage."
"Overjoyed Is a poor word. Over
whelmed might be nearer."
"Yet I tell you she refused me last
night and is leaving Rbaetia today
rather than listen to further eutrea
tlea."
Leopold bent forward to launch this
thunderbolt, his brown hands on his
knees, his eyes eager. The memories,
half bitter, half sweet, called up by
his own words caused Virginia to ap
pear more lieautiful, more desirable
ever than before.
He was delighted with the expres
slon of the chancellor's face. "Now,
what arguments have you left?' b?
broke out In the brief silence.
"All I had before and many new
ones, for what your majesty has said
shows the lady more ambitious, more
astute, therefore more dangerous, than
I had guessed. She staked everything
on the power of her charms, and she
might have won had you not an old
servant who wouldn't be fooled by the
witcheries of a fair Helen."
"She has won," said Leopold, then'
quickly: "God forgive me for chiming
in with your bitter humor, as if she'd
played a game. By simply being her
self she has won me, such as I am.
She's proved that if she cares at all
It's for the man and not the emperor,
since she called the offer you think so
lun^uiiivrui nil 1113UIL. ICS, 111 11 IH't11
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
day. And none of your boasted "proofs'
can hold me back."
"By heaven, your majesty must look
upon yourself from th4 point of view
you credit to the glrll You forget the
emperor In the man."
"The two need not be separated."
"Love Indeed makes men blind and
spares not the eye# of emperors."
"I've pledged myself to bear with
you, chancellor."
"And 1 know you'll keep your word.
I must speak for Ithaetla and your
better self. You are following this?
lady to give her your empire for a
toy."
"8he must first 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 It."
"You speak 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
emperor of Rhaetla match with royal
ty Is an unwritten law, a law solely of
customs landed down throng!}ask
erations. ni not spoil my me ny suo
mlttlug to Its yoke, since by breaking
It the nation gains, as 1 do. I could
go to tbe world's end and riot find a
woman as worthy to be my wife and
empress of Khaetla as Helen Mow
bray."
"You bave never seen Princess Vir
ginia."
"I've ao wish to see her. There's but
one woman for me, and I awear to you
If 1 lose her I'll go to my grave un
married. Let tbe crown fall to my
uncle's son. I'll not perjure myself
even for Khaetla."
The chancellor bowed his head and
held up his hands, for by that gesture
alone could he expreae his despair.
"If my people lova me they'll love
my wife and rejoice In my happiness,"
Leopold went on sharply. "If they
complain, why, we shall see who's
master?whether or not the emperor of
khaetla la a mere figurehead. In some
countries royalty Is but an ornamental
survival of a picturesque past; a king
or queen Is a mere puppet which the
nation loads with luxury to do Itself
honor. That's not true of Rhaetla.
though, as I'm ready to prove, If prove
It I must. But I believe I shall be
spared the trouble. We Rhaetlans love
romance?you are perhaps tbe one ex
ception?while, aa for the story you've
told me. I would not give that for It!"
And tbe emperor snapped his lingers.
"You still believe tbe ladles bave a
right to the name of Mowbray?"
"I believe that they are of stainless
reputation and that any seeming mys
tery can be explained. Miss Mowbray
Is herself. That's enough for me. Per
haps, chancellor, there are two Lady
Mowbrays." ?
"Only one Is mentioned In Burke."
"Burke Isn't gospel."
"Pardon me. It's tbe gospel of the
British peerage. It can no more be
guilty of error than Euclid."
"Nor can Miss Mowbray be guilty of
wrong I should still stake my life on
that even bad your conclusions not
been lame ones."
The old man accepted this rebuff In
silence. But It was not the silence of
absolute hopelessness; It was only such
a pause as a prize fighter makes be
tween rounds.
"Your majesty will not be In too
great haste, at all events. I trust," he
said at last?"at least a little 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." replleu Leopold.
"Often, but not always. Time and
the end of the play will show. Is your
majesty's indulgence for the old man
quite exhausted?"
"Not quite, though rattier strained, I
confess." I^eopold tempered his words
with a faint smile.
"Then I have one more important
question to ask, venturing to remind
you first that I have acted solely in
your Interest. If such a step as you
contemplate should be my deathblow
it Is because of my love for you and
Rhaetia. Tell me, your majesty, this
one thing. If It were proved to you
that the lady you know as Miss Mow
bray was not only not the person 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 case I should do as other
men do?spend the rest of my life In
trying to forget a lost ideal."
"I tliank your majesty. That is all I
ask. I suppose you will continue your
Journey?"
"Yes. as far as Felgarde, where I
hope to find T.ady Mowbray and her
daughter."
"Then, your majesty, when I've ex
pressed my gratitude for your for
bearance, even though I've failed to
tie convincing, I'll trouble you no long
er."
The chancellor rose painfully, with a
reminiscence of gout, and Leopold
stared at him in surprise. "What do
you mean?" he asked.
"Only that, as I can do no further
good here, with your permission I will
get out at the station we are coming
to aud go back home again."
The emperor realized what he had
not noticed until this moment?that the
train was slackening speed as it ap
proached the suburbs of a town. His
conversation with the chancellor had
lasted for an hour, and heffcvas far
from regretting the prospect of being
left in peace. More than once he had
come perilously near to losing his tem
per, forgetting his gratitude and the
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 Breitsteln picked up his soft
hat and buttoned his gray coat for de
parturc.
"I've passed pleasanter hours In your
society. I admit," said Leopold when
the train stopped. "But I can thank
you for your motives, if not your max
ims, and here's my hand."
"It would be most kind of your maj
esty to telephone me from Felgarde,"
the chancellor exclaimed, as If on a
sudden thought, while they shook
hands, "merely to say whether you re
main there or whether you go farther
or whether you return at once. I am
too fatigued to travel back Immediate
ly to Schloss Hreltsteln 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 be pressed the chancel
lor's hand, and It was very cold.
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CHAPTER FIFTtLN5
Sffertu 1
W TAKS Leopold arrived nt
JB/ Kelgarde be went lin
" mediately to the hotel
^ which he had deslgnat
~?. ed aa a place of meet
lug. But no ladles an
swerlug to the description he gave had
l?en seen there.
He returued at once to the railway
i ntatlou
The telegram was atlll In the bauds
of tbe station master, to whose care It
had been addressed. This diligent per
sou professed to have seat a mau
through the Orieut express from end
to end calling for Mlsa Helen Mow
bray, but calllug lu vain. He had no
theory more plausible to offer than
that the lady had not started from
Krouburg or else that she had left the
train at Kelgarde before her name had
been cried. But certainly she would
not have had time to go far If she
were a through passenger, for the
Orient express stopped but ten min
utes at Kelgarde.
It was evident throughout the short
conversation that the excellent official
was ou pins and needles. Struck by
the emperor's features, which he had
so often seen In painting and photo
graph. It still seemed Impossible that
tbe greatest man in Ithaetta could be
traveling thus about the country in or
dinary morning dress and unattended.
8ure at one Instant that he must be
talking with the emperor, sure the next
that he had been deceived by a like
ness. the poor fellow struggled against
his confusion In a way that would
have amused Leopold In a different
mood.
\\ ith a manner that essayed the dif
ferent mean between reverence due to
royalty and common everyday polite
ness, good enough for an ordinary gen
tleman. the station master volunteered
to ascertain whether the ladies de
scribed had gone out and given up
their tickets. A few minutes of sus
pense dragged on. Then came the
news that no such persons had passed.
Here was a stumbling block. Since
Helen Mowbray and her mother had
nppnrently not traveled by the Orient
express, where had they gone on leav
ing the hotel at Kronburg? Had they,
after all, misled Baroness von Lyndal
as to their intentions for the purpose
of blinding the emperor, or had they
simply changed their minds at the last
minute, as women may? Could it be
possible that they had changed them
so completely as to return to Schloss
Lynda I berg, or had they chosen to van
ish mysteriously through some back
door out of Rhaetla, leaving no trace
which even a lover could find?
Leopold could not help recalling the
chancellor's revelations, but dismissed
them as soon as they had crept into his
brain. No matter where the clew to
the tangle might lie. he told himself
that it was not In any act of which
Helen Mowbray need be ashamed.
He could think of nothing more to do
but to go dismally back to Kronburg
and await developments or. rather, to
stir them up by every means in his
power. This was the course he Anally
chose, and Just as be was about to
act upon his decision he remembered
his carelessly given promise to Count
von Breitstein.
There was a telephone In the railway
station at Felgarde, and Leopold him
self called up the chancellor at Kron
burg.
"My friends are not here. I'm start
ing for Kronburg as soon as possible,
either by the next train or by special,"
he announced after a faraway squeak
had signlAed Count von Breltstein's
presence at the other end. "I don't see
why you wish to know, but I would not
break my promise: that's all. Goodby.
Eh? What was that you said?"
"I have a?curious?piece of?news
for you." came over the wire in the
chancellor's voice. "It's?about the
ladies."
"What is It?" asked Leopold.
"I hinted that I had more informa
tion which I could not give you then.
But I am In a different position now.
You did not And your friends In the
Orient express."
"No," said the emperor.
"They gave out that they were leav
ing Iihaetia, but they haven't crossed
the frontier."
"Thanks. That's exactly what I want
ed to know."
"You remember a certain person
whose name can't be mentioned over
the telephone buying a bunting lodge
near the village of Inseleden, In the
Buchenwald, last year?"
"Yes; I remember very well. But
what has that to do with my friends?"
"The younger lady has gone there
without her mother, who remains In
Kronburg with the companion. It
seems that the present owner of the
hunting lodge has been acquainted with
them for some time, tlvapgh he was Ig
norant of their masquerade. You see,
he knows them only under their real
name. The young lady Is a singer In
comic operas, a Miss Jenny Brett,
whose dossier can be given you on de
mand. The owner of the hunting lodge
arrived at his place this morning, mo
tored Into Kronburg. where the young
lady had waited, evidently Informed of
his coming. She Invited him to pay
her a visit at her hotel. He accepted
and returned the invitation, which she
accepted."
"You are misinformed. The lady was
never an opera singer, and I'm certain
she would neither receive the person
you mention nor go to visit him."
"Will you drive out to the lodge to
night when you reach Kronburg and
honor the gentleman with an unex
peeted call?"
"I will, d?n you. but not for the rea
son you think T* cried the emperor. It
was the first time In his life that he
had ever used strong language to the
chancellor.
He dropped the receiver, flung dowa
a goiu roin vvitn nis own neaa upon u
(at the moment he could have wished
that he had no other) and, waving
away an offer of change, rushed out of
the office.
Under his breath he swore again, the
strongest oaths which the rich lan
guage of his fatherland provided,
anathematizing not the beloved worn
an. maligned, but the man who ma
ligned her.
There would be death in the thought
that she could be false to herself and
her confession of love for him. But
then. It was unthinkable. Let the wholt
world reek with foulnees. his love must
still shine above it white and remote
as the young moon.
This old man, whose life would
scarce have been safe if in his emper
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"I will, d?n you, but not for the reason
you think!"
or"s present mood the two had been
together?this old man had a grudge
against the one perfect girl on earth
There was no black rag of scandal he
would not stoop to pick out of the mud
and fly as a dag of battle, soothing
his conscience?If he had one?by say
ing it was for "Rhaetla's good."
Telling himself that these things
were truths, Leopold hurried away to
Inquire for the next train back to
Kronburg. There would not be anoth
er for three hours, he found, and as
nothing could hare Induced him to
wait three hours, or even two, he or
dered a special. There was a raging
tiger In his breast which would nol
cease to tear him until he had seen
Helen Mowbray, laid his empire at her
feet, received her answer and, through
it, punished the chancellor.
The special, he was told, could b?
ready In less than an hour. The Jour
ney to Kronburg would occupy nearly
three more, and it would be close upon
9 before he could start with Count
von Breitstein for tue hunting lodge
which he had promised to visit. Bui
the chancellor would doubtless have
his electric carriage ready for the de
sired expedition, and they could reach
their destination iu twenty minutes
This was not too long a time to give
up to proving the old man wrong, fot
to do this, not to find Helen Mowbray
was Leopold's motive in consenting
She would not be there, and the em
peror was going because she would
not. He wanted to witness Von Brelt
stein's confusion, for humiliation was
the bitterest punishment which could
possibly be inflicted on the proud and
opinionated old man.
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fe.i,
44 * H "* ELI. the truth when de
sired, spice with prevari
cation when necessary
and never part with the
jk whole truth at one time,
since waste is sinful,"
was one of the maxims by which the
chancellor guided his own actions,
though he did not give it away for the
benefit of others, and he had made the
most of that prudent policy today.
He had told his emperor no lies, even
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