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i ...u ..j.m i.u ..riiiiiliinWiiriiitm T'fH " " """ " " '" if i! THE MORNING. ASTOR1AN, ASTORIA, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 87, 1007. i ' X n ' .1 'II ! -t The Fourth Lady In Waiting. By EDITH J. HUBERT. , ', Copyright, 1W8. by P. a EaitmMt. "X herald from hi Imperial majesty the cur of Rusuls!" There was a flare of trumpets, an eager sway lug' of the lines of court iers, a toft ripple of laughter and then silence. . Before me stretched an Interminable path of red velvet, flanked on either .we ty rows or eimmng, now ug tures clad In rainbow hoed satins, vel- vets and glittering with jewels. At the further end. on a throne of Ivory and gold, sat a regal, white robed woman, crowned and girdled with diamonds. Behind her stood two dusky giants majestically waving fans of peacock feathers. At her feet knelt two tiny pages attired In blue and silver. , She was the queen of Bodalva and one of the most beautiful women In the world, I was a nobody. It was my province to deliver Into her roysl hand the scroll intrusted to my keeping by my gracious master. For weeks I bad been looking forward to this audience with feverish eagerness. But now, at the crucial moment, when grace of bearing aud fluency of speech would perhaps serve to win me a smile from those perfect Hps. I stood gaping tike a clown In the midst of her lackeys. My feet refused to move, my knees trembled, the scroll in my band shook, my tongue clove to the roof of my mouth. Tbere was a muffled giggle'on my right Then a clear, exquisitely modulated voice smote the air like the notes of a golden harp. "Methlnks,' said the queen, flashing If nghter from her Tlotet eyes, "that the messenger of our fair cousin, the czar, la unduly overawed by our presence. Be not afraid to approach, Sir Herald. We are quite harmless." " Again came that subdued giggle, all the more maddening that It bad about it a baffling familiarity, but at a frown from the queen it was quickly sup pressed. ":'.'';."-' - Summoning all my will power, I plunged desperately forward and In a moment was kneeliug at the foot of the throne between the two pages. "The humble as well as 'the great, your majesty?...!, faltered, "are over come by the spell of beauty." She smiled and. indicating by a ges ture that I was to rise, took the scroll and, wnrolltog It, . hastily scanned ; Its content.' : ' I ,'l' : A change, swift arid terrible, came over her countenance. Her eyes flash ed. Her cheeks paled. Her Hps straightened to a scarlet line. Tearing the parchment thrice across; she cast It at my feet and hissed in low tone ef concentrated fury: That varlet. Is my answer, to your master! 8ee that you deliver it to him with all possible haste! Out of my sight" Begone!" Then again her wonderful voice rang out in all Its clearness. "Men of Bodaha," she said, "never while gylvla lives shall you bend your seek beneath the yoke of the Russian tyrant r "Long live Queen Sylvia V shouted the courtiers. And from somewhere in the distance came the sounds of tu multuous applause clapping, stamping and cries of "Brava! Bravar Mechanically I backed down the red velvet path, unheeding the hisses and black looks which beset me on either side, and presently found myself In a small anteroom, the walls of which were hung with doublets, hose, cloaks, plumed, hats and various articles of armor. -Almost Immediately I was con fronted by a tall, thin, flashily dressed man, who eyed me with an expression of extreme disfavor. "See here," he said. . "We don't want " supers in this company to forget their cues and occupy the, center of the stage for ten minutes, and we don't want any lines thrown in either. The man who wrote that play can attend to that" "But," I stammered, ,'the queen Miss Elsworth said something to me that wasn't in" "What's that to you?" he Interrupted sarcastically. "You're not a star Just yet, are you? Who are you, anyway? One of them young chaps from the col lege, ain't your ,:- ,.j I nodded. "First time on?" Again I nodded. He shrugged his shoulders. "Well, I won't report you If you look sharp for the rest of the performance. Luckily for you thi boss Is away to-; night What are yon doing It for, any way? Stage struck or Elsworth struck?" I did not deign to answer, -ad, with a derisive guffaw, he went out alam mlng the door behind him. I had been alone scarcely a minute when that irritating giggle again fell upon my ears. " '-: '...'. ' "Who's there V. I cried, flinging open the door 'and peering into the dimly lighted corridor. :u "' J' "Sh! Go back!" wnlspervd it feminine voice. And as I obeyed its command the doorway frauied, a petite golden haired damsel resplendent in pink sit In and a court train. j jV I seized her hands and drew her to the center of the room uu-.ler Hie eiuc trlc light "Elfrlda V I gasped. "Wlmt tne you doing here?" She dropped me a stately cou?ley. ' ' "The Countess Olga,'' fourth lady in waiting to her majesty Queen Sylyia. at your service," she said, with dignity. Then she giggled and blushed. .JIt was you, then. who kent lauchine m an tne time I was on Rio sttttTe t at reproachfully. ' ""' Elfrlda looked penitent, "It was mean of me,M she admitted. "But you did look ao funny I" She gig gled again at the recollection. I made do reply In word, but 1 lot her tee that I forgave her. "Where did you coiuo frouii How Aid van at-t here? Why haven't you 'written to. uie tu all these weeks r I astag, as soon as I ion sure sue iuor oughly understood my mental attitude regarding her. "Mnie. Brenner's, New Ilaveu. Skip ped with the show Saturday ntght Couldn't write. Watched every mln ute." she answered with unwomanly lucidity and brevity. ' Klfrida always was dltTerent from otiwr a-lrls. This was why I made - foo, ot myw,,f ow her ,.at .mmB, ,ftMP .i 1unkir tnat tn MMH w W W Kirernor was sfrsld I never would stand for the senior grind at Harvard. If he bad remembered that I was ou the crew, he wouldn't have been so scared. "I could not love thee, dear, so much loved I not honor more." I had quoted solemnly to Elfrlda the night we said goodby. That was Why she was packed off to that beast of a Brenner when she should have been queening it in Al bauv socletr. She was so original that when there was no immediate danger of her eloping with me her rather was afraid that she might take up slum ming or typing or insist on going to the Philippine to nurse the soldiers. Brenner had doubtless been apprised of theke contlnirencle. but apparently the possibility of Elfrlda succumbing to the ordinary schoolgirl variety of Rtflce fever had occurred to no one. Conseouentlv with her power of re source it was mere child's play for her to "breaK jaii,,r as sne expresseu m luriM the relaxed vigilance of the Bat unlay evening recreation hour and subsequently to coax her way to the manager's presence. As far as be was concerned, to see was to engage. Did I mention that Elfrlda was a ripping. tearing beauty? Well, inch la the cae, and she confided to me.that she was navlna- for her own costumes. "Ton must go back at once," I said stern It as soon as we had compared notes on the numerous exdtlng events which had occurred since our parting. "And dve nn earning my own llv In" demanded Elfrlda indignantly, "Just when I have proved how easily I can do Itr "Ton've only been at It two days," I remarked, "and as it Is the 4th of the month I suppose you still have roost of your allowunceV -.?.; & - Instantly I saw my mistaite, . isumaa i turned her back on me, and for MUy instsntlr I saw my mistake. Eiiroa two minutes every one of my usual methods of effecting a reconciliation failed utterly. At length a brilliant idea came to id. ,. . "If you will, leave the company to night, I win." I said In the tone of one making the sacrifice of a lifetime. Elfrlda, displayed signs of interest She didn't of course know that my en gagement, like that of a doten other fellows who were, members -of the quotn'a guard, waa only for tbo cur rent week. f-. i i. Toa are willing, then, to forego the pursuit of the queen?" Inquired El frlda, quoting from the play with mock intensity, .1 detected, however, an un dercurrent of real anxiety In her voice 'and hastened to reassure her. "Anything that I gave up for your sake would Te the next moment for gotten,'' I replied dramatically. She allowed me to kiss her. "I will do it" she said after a mo ment's deliberation. "But we will both iisye to forfeit our salaries THE C.F.WISE, Prop. Choice Wines, Liquors Merchants Lunch From and Cigars ' 11:30 a. m. to 1:30 p jn, Hot Lunch at all Hours st Cents Comer EIrrenth and Commercial ASTORIA SCO! BAtt '. '. ? " ASTORIA, IRON AKD BRASS FOUNDERS1 LVto-Dat Baw Mill MatfclneryKr 18th snd Frsnklln Ave, ff. Q. A. BOWLBY, President. O. L PETERSON. Vice-President Astoria Sayings Bank; Capital Psid in $UM BorplM and OnOUldod Frofitt WWW. Twaaaets a General Banking Bualnesa,' Interest Paid on Time impostta 168 Tooth 8tiet, First National Bank of Astoria, Ore. KSTA ItLISHED 1 880. ! I glanced at the clock. It was quar ter after 0. and I knew by the noise outside that the first, art was Just over, Belting the fourth lady in waiting un ceremoniously by the, arm, L, hurried her down the corridor to the ladles' dressing room. "Borrow n long dark coat ir you haven't got ne," I whispered, "and pin that flummery uudor It. 1 will have a cab here In live minute, Sind you can get the IMrt for New Haven," She obeyed my directions, and twen ty minute later I stood alone on the station platform disconsolately watch ing the rapidly disappearing train tnat was bearing her Brennerwarda. v I aut back In time for the third act all right, but I didn't succeed In meet ing Miss Elsworth after the perform ance nor any other time, for that mat ter, for I kept my promise and quit that night. 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