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SUNDAY, AUG US 16 THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTOHIA, OREGON. P fhe .Merry Widow ii 2 it. By ALBERT PAYSON TEKIIUNE COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY HENRY W. SAVAGE I warning gosturo. 4 I "Dear lilt'!" siimmlwl Popoff, hi curl- cwUy reviving, "WIjo waa tie?" "Excuse me, your excellency," r ! marked NIkIi, who bud entered with Norn Kovltch and bud hovered aim lessly about waiting to get In a word, "but bore U a fun tbat wai pitied up lu the NUMuxr bouse after the party. ! You told tue to search tbe place, and I l did. If 1 may say go, I" "1 love you. Honlfl," be whispered. Steadily, happily, oho met bis born Inn eyes us be answered: "I love you, Danllo. I have alwaya loved you." "Tut, tut!" fretted ropoff, pushing peevishly between them. "Tbla'U Det er do. You can't marry her, prince. You'll both be pauper." "Not quite," gently corrected Bonla. CHAPTER VI. At Maxim' AXI.M'8 after midnight -the ahow restaurant whither eight soelug American and other totirlHta flock and whose dizzy, mm bine 111111(0 merriment they solemn ly believe to be a part and parcel of true Parisian life. On the night of Sonla's garden party one group of men and women who en tered the Jolly restaurant were ao dif ferent from tbe uauul hahltuM of tbe pluce as to come lu for not a few atmiMd glance from their neighbor. They were Mine. Nntallo Popoff, Mme. Nova Kovltili and Caseadn and ft. lirluche. The vlxlt wn Natalie' Idea, - -r" At Maxtm't. At Muxim'i. She bad beard Ianilo'a wild epeecb of goodby to Sonla 11 nd bin announcement tlmt bo wok off to Maxim'. Hence the ambassador's wife, with a feeble jetirnlng to ntune lu some way for the fnl mo MiNltlon into which the widow find rieen thrust for her sake, bad re solved to follow lu tbe hope of securing a word In private with Danllo and netting matter right ngnln. Nntnlle had not confided ber plan to her husband, and now a tbe party were ushered to a secluded table In an alcove she glanced at tbe riotous scene about her with a delighted nervous neat. The delight vanished suddenly, however, and the nervousnesa waxed to a panic fear as a familiar voice emote upon her ear. Popoff bad juHt come in and was Manama not ten icei away rrora me scciuaea lauie wnero uia wire sac trembling, i want to see Prince Danllo at once," bo an Id to the bead waiter. "Has he arrived?" "Not yet, sir," was the reply, "but bo will be hero very soon. There la a ... ,. . . S) supper party waiting ror him over there," waving to a' tableful of gayly appareled girls with tired eyed men. "Really I" exclaimed tho ambassador. "I'll just Join tbem till be comes." lie toddled off to tho distant table, where, to Natalie's Jealous eye, ho Deemed to make himself at home with a phenomenal easo and quickness. He was scarce seated when Danllo strode In. The wholo table rose to give the prince noisy greeting. "Why, hello, your excellency!" cried Danllo. "This is queer company for monumont of respectability like yourself to wander Into!" "I came only to see you," protested the ambassador, drawing him aside. "I waa bound Pd come here and wait till yon appeared If" "Oh, I see." cut In the prince, thor oughly enjoying bis confusion. "Fools rush In where" "1 didn't rush In," fumed the am hnsmulur; "1 crept here In a measly tab, and 1 sneaked Into the pluce like a pickpocket for fear some one would recognlsie me. I sacrificed myself to my country. Suppose my wife should boar of It! 1 enme' to Implore you, to cast myself on your mercy, to beg you once more to prevent tbe widow from"- "I must see bis excellency," Insisted portly man behind them, bis voice booming through the whole room. "He is here, and I- Oh!" he broke off on eight of Popoff. "Here you are! I"- "My dear Nova KovlMi," pettishly Interrupted the ambassador, "Is It nec essary to hunt for me with a brass band? Couldn't you" "I'm sorry to Interrupt you," answer ed Nova Kovltch, "but here's a dis patch from the Mnrsovlnn ministry. It seemed to me Important, and I fcrought it on." . Popoff took the slip f paper and read aloud: "If Mine. 8ndowa' twenty millions are allowed to leave Marsovla we are a bankrupt country." "There, Prince Danllo," continued the ambassador, turning on tbe young man In melodramatic appeal; "you see It'a right up to youl Your country ap peal! to you to save it! You are Mar aorta's last hope. Marry the widow and"- "I II marry no one!" flared up Danllo. "To tho deuce with matrimony and Maraovla and myself! I'm done with Mr dreams of love and all that Don sense. I'm free, and I'm going to make a night of It I' ll paused and stood silent, dutn founded. Down tbe little flight of stairs lending Into the room a woman wa advancing alone. "Sonla!" exclaimed Danllo' ' " With a word of excuso to tbe others, be burrled acrus and met the' widow a she reached the foot of tbe step. "You're here," bo muttered in hor rified wonder-"bere alone V "Yen," replied Sonla coldly. -l it any affair of yours?" "First tho summer bouse," be wrat on as In a duze, "then Maxim's." "Quite ao. Is tbat all you bar to say?" "No," be retorted; "I bare on thing more. Tou should not marry De Joll- don." "No? Why not. pray?" "Because I"- Ile checked himself. She finished the sentence for him. "itecause you love mer sue sug gested. He broke Into a discordant, miserable laugh. "Don't laugh that silly way!" aba reprimanded sharply. x "I am sorry you don't like It," be observed. "It'a tbe only way I know." "Then don't laugh at all. Tbe laugh I on my aide, anyway." "On your lde?" "Yea. You are angry at what hap pened this evening. But It wasn't I who waa In tbe summer bouse with M. de Jolldon." "But I aaw you there," be declared, "I" . "I took another woman's place to get ber out of ao awkward scrape with ber husband-wltb M. Popoff. She waa'" , 1- .-. "And I never even guessed It!" cried Danllo, hi sullen face breaking Into a smile of utter relief. "What a fool I was! I was green and yellow with Jealousy. I" He caught himself up, but It was too late. Bonla'a eyes danced. "But since you don't love me," sb asked, "why were you yellow and green with" "Because green and yellow are our national colors, I am nothing If not patriotic. You see" "Mmo. Sadowa prince!" gurgled j Popoff, trotting up to them, unable longer to restrain bis anxiety. "I hope I It Is all aettled. All nicely arranged, ehr "If you mean Is madarae to marry De Jolldon," answered Danllo, "she la not" "But this evening," ejaculated Pop off, "in tbe summer house!" "She took another woman's place," rcft'led the prince, disregarding Sonla'a "I aha tl I'M m I. "-vuv; , Jfr im tl US, Ml. nt I, Tl .1,1. - ,nn V UUUU. mm vji'uf B) J, aui'ii vt 1 lu a ;uiu( mm his eye vaguely caught tbe sentence Natalie bad scribbled beueatb Do Joll don's avowal, be screamed: "My wife's handwriting! ' Then It was my wife after all!" "Kir," quoted Nova Kovltch, "Cae sar's wife should lo above suspicion." "But Caesar never brought bis wife to Paris!" walled Popoff. "Tbls la bad for me." "No, do!" pleaded Natalie, wbo at algbt of tbe fatal trinket had left ber table and run forward. "It'a all a hor rid mistake. I can explain. 1" "BUence!" commanded Popoff In hi most . magisterial manner. "Madame, Under aectloo 4 of the Marsovlun code I hereby divorce you. Tula fan Is suf flclent evidence." , : . ? As Natalie started back, dumb with horror, Popoff turned Impressively to Sonlfl and, to tbe widow's n mimed dis may, sank on one knee before ber. "Mme. Badowa," be declaimed, "I am free, and In tbe name of our fa therland I beseech you to become my wife!" Sonla was seemingly blind to tbe white in I wry In Natalie's face and tbe look of angry surprise !" Danllo's. She answered, with perfect composure: "My dear M. Popoff, I am deeply hon orcd by your proposal, but before I ae: "Madame, I hereby divorce you." rept It Is only fair to tell you tbat If I marry again I lose all my fortune." Tho ambassador scrambled hastily to bis feet - - "I-I waa perhaps -Just a wee bit hasty," he stuttered, looking aheeplsh ly about for a way of escape. Natalie came forward and banded blm the fan. "Did you read the words I wrote on It?" she asked timidly. "I.-am-a dutiful wife!" spelled out tbeunilHiRHudor. "Forgive mo! I didn't understand. Shall we let bygones be bygones?" Danllo. who had stood silent during the odd proposal, now stepped past Popoff and faced Sonla, a new light In hh e.ves. "Is It true you will lose all your money If you marry again?" he asked In a voice he trial In vain to keep steady. "Yes." she admitted; "It Is true." 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