SUNDAY, AUG US 16
THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTOHIA, OREGON.
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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
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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."
"Then why shouldn't i say now w)iat
1 want to ?"
"Why not?" she agreed demurely.
He drew, a step poarer. ,
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