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W r it l ack to
utt..-lx Into tlie
that li d made
i?. s-rtM e of
S il:
it wasn't a
%V
ot the uicle love of
tlght’.n
<» fl-: Hie |s-: tiy.
He
kn V
1 h :...le be W ¡sllisi to
tight.
A
<d
e ca ally of the
Âi
.: .meied and ou.bt Ids
t<
.¡¡,.
He w;:.s woUUded
ti
France has the moat interesting his
ed :
>•
At
That a wooden shoed, simple
tory. that Germany has nil the philos
■nd of t n- i oatli t he retutjied to
minded goose girl should plunge
... ,. to...
ophers and America all the money.”
monarchs and monarchies into a
addin-* a smile. "I should like to see
lit <•
■:> ii.rau ’ici' w hatever save
most mysterious confusion of af
America."
ba-,
. dr.- and his wide edu-
Do you live aloue?"
fairs is a novelty. Yet the love
u h. b iruey 'd tlie state depart-
No. 1 live with my foster mother,
Olli o' a consulate. They sent
ly Gretchen, lhe heroine of this
who is very old. I call her grand
to Elirciish in at a salary uot
fascinating old world novel, did
mother. -She took me In wheu 1 was a
Lt t .
ni l- with tin* diplomatic
just that, for no one can deny
Ilf i. . oily as a ta’.l to the kite.
foundling. And what might your name
that Hhrenstein is a land of ro
V. ;. . ,'i any one | i i e was not
be?"
ulug as r.-garded Car il h.iel.
“I.urlwjg. I am a mountaineer from
mance. There Carmichael, the
• he v. i... tiring neither for
Jugendheit."
dashing young American consul,
We are not friendly with your coun- pro: .i ti >,> nor exchangi*. So. then, all
learned of the dangers of falling
le; -a. t .In. tic’i simmer, <1 down to
in love with a princess ; there
More's tlie pity. It is a grave blun uu.' -cl.er. !:« z la felUine.
Herbeck, the wily chancellor,
Tile dic ker Is invariably tripping
der on the part of the grand duke."
tried a master stroke, evilly de
“Wasn't it all about the grand duke’s o' r Ins illaslciH, and Carmichatl was
rather lieyish in his dreams. What
da light er ?"
signed, to change the history of
absurd romatii es lie was always weav
“
Yes.
But
she
has
tieen
found.
Yet
a throne; there royally in dis
the duke is as bitter as of old. What hr round her! Whtit exploits on her
guise wandered and plotted and
behalf! But never anything happi tied,
Is this new found princess like?"
learned to know fallow human
and never was the grand duke called
“She is beautiful anti kind.”
beings; there the treacherous
The geese were behaving, and only u; in io of ,-r Ids benediction
It was all very foolish and romantic
occasionally
was she obliged to use lier
Magyar gypsies lurked in the
nnd ini|M>ssible, itud no one recognized
stick.
shallows to abduct a princess.
He observed her critically, for he tins mere readily titan he. No Ameri
And through all the little goose
was ini (»rested. She was not tall, l>Ut can ever married a princess of a reign
girl trod her lowly way toward
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her Hih<> slenderness gave her the ;l|e Illg liotue. :::id no Anu rieatl ever Will.
Company
a fate that the magic wand of
pearanee of tuilaess.
Iier hands. Tills law is as immovable as the law
roti .ii uaile i and sunburnt, were small of gravitation. Still, man is master of
chance had destined she must
his dreams, ami ho may do as ho
dres si as a vintner. He was
and shapely.
Her hair. In a thick
fill—a fate as amazing as it is pli.indy built, blond as a viking, tall,
pos braid, was tin» lone of the heart of a p’eases in the confines of Ulis small
fascinating to read about.
sensing a singular lienuty of the mas chestnut bur. and her eyes were of cir le.
w tb - deuce will it end?” mils
! culine order. Hi* was forced to fiat that
tnystlf; Ing hazel, sometimes
in ■ half aloud. “I’ll forgot myself
ten himself against the wall of a brown, sometimes gray.
CHAPTER I.
i, ,.e day and trip so hard that they’d
1 house, his arms cxtendisl on either
“How old are you. Gretchen?"
SOME IX KAOS.
I k » asking Washington foi my re.all.
! side in n kind of temporary crucifix
•
‘
J
do
not
know."
she
answered,
W N old man clothed in picturesque
l’ll go over to lhe gardens and listen
ion.
Even then lhe stirrup of the "perhaps eighteen, perhaps twenty."
Z X
patches and tatters paused
to
the band."
. American touched Idin sllghtiv. Blit it
Arriving at length in the city, they
/ %
and lean, <1 on hi stout oak v as not the touch of tin- stirrup that
Ho was standing in front of tho ho-
passed through the crooked streets.
tel when he noticed a closed earring >
staff, lie had walked many st Hied him. It was the dark, clean
“Gretchen, where shall I find the
hard by the fountain in the 1‘latz.
mil«*s thin day. His |M>asnnt garb rath i nt f ive of the rider. ’Once they were Adiergitsse?"
“Ha. a fare!"
by
lhe
youth
darted
into
a
doorway.
er euluiuced his tine head. His eyes
“I will show you. You are also a
A woman In black. thomnrhly voHetî
“He? \\ lint can he lie doing here? stranger in 1 ireiberg?"
Were blue ami cleat- mid farseeing.
and
cloaked, came round from tin* op
No,
it
Is
utterly
impossible,
it
is
mere
"Yes.”
th«- eyes of a hunter or a wimk I siiuiii .
posite sidt* of the fountain She spoke
ly
a
likeness."
They
took
the
uext
turn,
and
the
‘l’fic aftertiiHm glow of the Septemlier
He ventured forth presently, none of weather beati'ii sign Zn-tii Scbwartzen to the driver. The Indy stepped into
sun burned along the dusty while
lhe
perturbation, however, gone from Adler, hanging in front of a frame tlie i arri i-re. the driver woke up his
highway. From where he si « mm I I he
his
face.
He ran Ills hand across his house of many gables, caused the an dent Bn. ephtilus and went ellckety-
road trailed oil* miles lieliind and
i !-,ck down th" Kon'c’stntsse toward
hln.
Ves. lie would let Ids beard mountaineer to breathe gratefully.
wound lip r»i*> feet or mon- above him
the town To Carmichael it was less
grow.
"Here
my
journe^-ends.
Gretcben,
at
to the ancient city «if Dreiberg.
than an Incident. lie twirled Ills cane
The duke anil his escort turned into the Black Eagle." he said.
Across a lofty jumble of barren rock
ar.d wr.lked toward the public gardens
They
were
passing
a
dock
mender
’
s
lhe
broad
and
restful
sweep
of
the
and glacial cleft, now purpling and
The band struck up again, and
At the end was the shop. The man from Jugendheit peer
durkeuiug iih tin* sun mellowed in Its Konigsirnsse.
drifted
with tlie crowd toward
decliue, lay the kingdom of Jugeud- l’hrenstein Phitz. lilt* great square ed in the window, but there was no pat liion.
clock
in
sight
to
giro
him
warning
of
round
which
ran
the
palaces
and
the
beit. By and by his gaze wavered,
Within a dozen feet of liltn.
royal and public gardens. The halt the time, and he dared not now look
and mi«- particular pat, h in th«» val
.arms fol led across her breast,
at
his
w'atcti.
He
bad
a
glimpse
of
the
wiis
made
In
the
courtyard
and
all
ley. brown from the lieaUng of many
eyes half »hut in the luxury of
ancient el<M-k mender hlms -If, however,
iroiisli<Hl burses, caught mid « halm-1 di.mounted.
: i uses, st < t; the goose girl. Ile smiled
liudilled
over
a
table
upon
wlii
-li
sput
The
American
thanked
the
duke
his interest for a space. It was the
ns ho ris-alloil the encounter of that
tered a candle. The eye.s of the two
military field, and it glittered mid seln- gratefully for the use of the horse.
afternoon It was his habit to ride to
“You are welc >me to a mpm.t at all men met. but only for a moment. Tlie
tlllm, «1 with aquadroti after squadron
tit” maneuvers every day. and several
tnouiilaiiicei
siarted
to
cross
tin-
street
times. Mr. Cartulcltael," replied the
of cavalry.
times lie had noticed her and her
-
man who rides to the tavern
"The philosophy of war is to pre duke pleasanil.i
beauty.
“
Good
night,
Gretchen.
Good
luck
to
as
well
as
yourself
may
be
trusted
par«- for it." mused the «.Id man. with
‘•Why couldn't I have fallen in love
you and your geese tomorrow."
a Jerk of Ills shoulder.. “Franc«-! anywhere with any kind of a horse."
w ith some one like this?" Ito cogitated
"Thanks. Herr Ludwig. And will
Tlie group looked admiringly at the
So th«» mutter runs. There is ii Na-
Colonel von Wallenstein of the gen
objis t of this marked attention, Here you I m » long in the city?"
poleon in France, but no Bonaparte.
eral staff approaclnal her from the
“That depends; p<»rliaps,“ adding a
II«- laughed innii, ally mill eautlousl.' was one who had seen two years of
other side. Wallenstein was a capital
' grim smile in answer to a grim
glanced at Ids wiitch. mi arti«-le which constant and terrible warfare, who
soldier and a jolly follow round a
must have cost liim many ami many a h.id ridden horses under lire and who thought.
board, bitt beyond that Carmichael
He offered his hand, which she ac
bore
on
Ills
iwidy
many
h
morable
IHitato patch. H<» stepped forward. H
There
cepted trustfully. He was a strange had no real liking for liim.
had follow«-«! yonder goos«» girl <-ver st nrs. for the great civil mile In Amer
were too many scented notes stuck in
old man, but she liked him. When slu»
sinee the in« line began. < »ft the iittl«- it i had come to its close but two years
his pockets.
withdrew her hand something cold
I
efore
’
iud
Euro
■<>
was
still
captive
to
WOtHlen silo« s had l.r.’ged. bill her -
The colonel dropped his cigarette,
and liar I remained in iter ¡ aim Won
they were, still a hundred yards o; her amazement nt lhe military prowess
leaned over Gretchen’s shoulder and
ders
o'
all
tin-
world,
jt
was
a
piece
of
of the era! while inconsiderable Ameri
more ahead of him
geld! Her eyes went up quickly, hut spoke a few ivmds. At first she gave
The lit 11«» goes«» girl was indeed tired can.
no heed. The colonel per-i-t<*«l With
As ('aruiichael saluted and turned to I lie giver smih d reassuringly and put out a word in »reply
ailti the lltll«» Wo,,d«»ll sh ies gr«‘W ileav
i reply - she
site resolutely
a linger against his lips.
ler and lusivler. ami lhe little bar«» feet leave tlie courtyard he threw a swift,
sought the nearest policeman. Wallen
“
But.
herr,"
she
remonstrated.
ached dully, but her In art was ligli. searching glance al one of the palace
“Keep it. I give it to you. Do not stein, remaining where he was. laugh
windows. Did tlie curtain stir? He
and her mind sw«-»-! with Ii ippincs
ed Meantime the policeman frowned.
could not say. He continued on, cross qiieHtion I‘roviiicitee. an.l I am her Ilis excellency could not possibly have
Da.' after «lay slit- hid tenued th
handmaiden
just
now
.
<
.<>
along
with
geese In th«» valley mid irudg <1 bad ing the riatx, toward the Grand hotel.
intended any wrong. The law of re
He was a ba-!i:-l,-r. so lie might easily you."
al «»veiling alone, all told a matter o
dress in Ehrensteiu bail no niche for
So
Gretch
“
ii
in
it
mild
state
of
stupe
have had hi i quarters at tlie consulale.
twelve mil«-- mid now • la» was brim
the goose girl.
faction turned away Clat-clat! sang
Ing H m ' iii Into th«* city to sell in the but as usual with American consulates
"Good evening, colonel,” said Car
tlie
little
woo.lcn
shoes.
A
plaintive
even to the present time it was slt-
market on th«» morrow. Alter tlial
michaei pleasantly. “Why can't your
gonk
rose
as
she
pr<
dd,
<f
a
laggard
slu- would have littl«» to do save an uatisl in tin undesirable part of the from the dank gutter. A piece of gold! bandmaster give us light opera once iu
hour or two nt night In a tavern < -ill«-«, town, over n bicrhaile frequentisi by Ciats-i.it! Clat-clat! Surely this bad aw hile?"
th«- Black l!.i-,b-. wb.er«* sli«> waited on farmers and the middle < ¡¡*s.s.
'1 lie colonel pulled his must ache in
Where had lie seen that .Voting vint- lieen a day of marvels.
patrons
chagrin.
She
was
regarded
with
kindly
eyes
Present ly there was a clutter ol ncr It ‘fore?
"Light operas are rare at present."
Meanwhile ili«* goose girl, now Join- till the dark jaws of Hu» Krumerweg he replied, accepting his ilefeat amia
bors«-s. a jingle of hit ami spar ami
swallow<»d
up
both
her
and
her
geese.
salter. Half a <1 ozen tnoun; I .iliieer- ed by the i old man. marshahal her
"Pool- little goose girl!" he thought. bly enough.
gee e and | rocceded.
And then a pretty woman rose from
trotted past. Tin* p, itsmii mi the para
“If she but knew slit» could make a
"Wliat was that song you were sing
a chair near by. she nodded brightly
pet instantly r <-ogtiiz«si •me of tile
Ixtufire
of
a
thousand
hearts.
A
tine
nn*n. 11«» saluted \\ it ti ii ill! aiblene <s ing liefore the horses ettmo tip?" lie day!" He eyed again the batten'd at the colonel, who bowed, excused
which lack«-.I sincerity,
ft was the asked Iter.
sign. It was then that lie discerned himself to Carmiehael and made off
"That? It was front the js'et Heine"
grand duke himself, There was Gen-
another leaning from tin» ledge of the after her.
Carmichael looked round for Gretch
eral Inxwltz. too. anti sona* of Ills - simply.
first story of tin» lions«» adjoining the
He stared at her.
staff, mid a smooth faced, ha: tlsome
tavern It wxs th«» tarnished shield of en. Sh" was still nt the side of the
••Heine? Can y«»u read?"
pelii eman. She came back.
young man in « ivillan riding clothes,
the I nlted States.
"Y<>s. herr."
"1'id you get ymtr geese together
who. though he rode like n «avalry
"Two weeks tramping about the
A goose girl who read Heino?
without
niislinp?" lie asked of lier.
man, waa obviously of foreivti birth,
country In tills unholy garb, following
“And lhe music?" he inquired pres- false trails half tlie time, living on
The instinct of the child always re
an Kiigltshman <>r mi Ameri, an.
When th«» cavalcade reached the ently.
crusts nnd <-oid meats! Ah. you have mains with the woman. Gretchen
"That is mine"—with the first sign led me a merry dance, nepliew. but I smiled. This young man would lie dif
goose girl the p ace of the scene van
ferent. she knew.
ish««) forthwith. Confusion took up of ditlideni e. “Melodlt's are always shall not forget!"
"They were only frightened.”
the se«»pt«»r. The silly geese, instead running through my head. Sometinn's
II«» enter«-«! tin» tavern and applied
“We don’t have goose girls in Amer
of remaining on til«» loft of llu* mad in they make me forget things I ought to for a room, haggling over the price.
lea."
h<» said.
sub ty. stral.-lit wax determln«-,! that rm'tember."
Tlie nights were chilly. Carmrchael
The magic word America, where the
"Your own music? An impresario in ord'-r to finish his cigar on the little
their haven of re«'uge was on the op
will Is» discover balcony fronting his window found it gold came from, flamed her curiosity.
posite side.
Gonk, gonk!
Quack,
"You are from America?" slu» asked.
ing you some tine necessary to put on Ills light overcoat,
quack! They s«-niiubh»d. 'they blun
“Yes."
d a y, and your though he perfiM-tly knew that he was
dered. they tl«»w. Some tried to go
“
Are you rich?"
fortune
will
Ite
over the hors«»s, some endiatvored to
in no manner forced to smok«» on the
“In fancy, in dreams." humorously.
made."
go under.
balcony. But the truth was he wanted
“<>h. I thought they were all rich
The light irony a clear vision of th«» palace and the
Th«» civiliau looked casually at the
hl not escape lighted windows thereof and of one in DI<1 you fight in the xyar?"
girl.
"Yes. Do you like music?“
i»r. “1 am only particular,
“By George!” It«» cxelaimed in Eng
lie had no more sense
“Were you ever wounded?"
a goose girl.”
lisli.
than Tom Fool, the abetter of follies.
“A scratch <>r two. Hut do you like
He felt disartn- She was as far removed from him as
"What is it?" aske«! th«» duke, gath
ed.
What I R th«» nu st alien of th«» planets, but the music T'
eritig up th«» reins.
“Very, very much. When they play
your name?”
“The girl’s face, it is bountiful.
magnet shall ever draw the needle,
Beethoven.
Bach or Meyerbe 'r a< h. 1
t ¡ret, hen."
Th«» duke, after a glance, readily
and a woman shall ev«»r draw a man.
agreed. "You Americans are always
What else?’
lie knew that it w.is impossible, that seem to live in artother country. I hear
Nothing else,' it grow mor«» irnpossible day by day. music In everything in the leaves, the
observant."
wistfully, “I and he rail«»«! nt himself bitterly and rain, the wind, lhe stream."
"Pretty figure, too.” said one of the
It seemed strange to him that he
aids, a colonel But his eye held none
never knew tiny satirically.
Ho stgho«! and teetered his legs. had not noticed it at first, the almost
of the al>stra« t admiration which
father or moth-
Hanoverian purity of her speech nnd
characterized the American's.
i Carmichael sighed for the Princess
the freedom with which she spoke.
The go»s«c girl had re< n this look in
"So? But who 1 Hlldeg-arde. understanding.
It was
The average peasant is Ignorant, diffi
other men’s eyes. Sh«* knew. A faint
tnncht you to j sigh or curse. nn<| the Intter mode of
dent. with a vtM-nbulary of few words.
"1 AM OMI.T A GOOSE
cnk»r grew under her tan and waned.
reati?"
expression wastes more vitality.
“What Is your name?”
oinu”
The tmop pm<»('<»«led with dust and
••A priest. Once I Arthur Carmichael waa Irish. lie
‘Gretchen."
small thunder ami shortly pass«*«! th«* ( lived In the menntnlns at an Inn. Jle was b /n iu America, edncattsl there
“It Is a good nnmr-. It is famous
city gates
It travers«*d th«* lumpy iistwl to come in evenings when the 1 and < Is«*« her«» a little while in Paris,
too.”
cobbles of th«* narrow street*, often snow was not I im > <iee(-
He taught a little while at Bonn and. like all
“Goothj jjved jt.”
Irishmen,
he
was
ban«d
with
the
wan
crowding pMestrtans
One among ’m» to real and write. I know that
those s«v Inconvenienced was a youth Italy has all the works of art. that dering foot, for the niati wb«> g» fioia»
(To be Cold nuedj
Alii«-, ii a a
fight with i
bis for, n.
th.- ' i ri
HAROLD MacGRATH
Summohs
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Partition of real | roperty. mid order being more
v .nd
dr
»pecificelly del.lied as lhe Partition ng and wluag
Enitua Hitchcock.
I'iaintld«. I
•ep irate and apart l.-oei th< rem. coder ol the led
herein d.wrAcd lire one fourth interest*
vs
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a- follows:
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all pnions u-.kn< wn hav
Brg.lining at a point ‘MK1* \K .tl of the North
ing or claunu.] an miereti
east cornet of Section *<- Twp. 28, South of
or e.-Ule in the property
Range IS. West of lhe Will i .cite M nd.au
made tlie subject of lhe
ning thence
DGcndant«.
South 2l>4', thence
Wet 330*.
thence North 26-5’, thence . ast liO* Is lhe place
To May Pearce and to any an i al! perwa»
tn interest or estate in the
■ b - nnmg. and con;., mn; two acres.
Hus Summons
i
pu ii
d i<-
tint. R.-t i.ar
Kccoider, a w -eltlv new »paper published st Ban
property iuadv the subbed oJ this ?ui»: the a? ov
don. Coo* Couaty, Uicgon lor a peri«*. of »¡x
named Deft. n ..ml*;
consecutive wetks. beginning with lhe
in the name of the
STATE Ol
OREGON, you and each uf you arc hereby
requ ed tn appear ai d
nswer the complain
filed agair t you in lhe abo e < nlitled suit within
10 day» from the dale
of the service of this
August 1910, and ending wiih the
day of
cation n adc.bv an order el the I Ion. John F.
Hall. County Judge of Coos County Oregon and
dated the 17th day ol .August. 1910.
C. R Wade
if servrd within auv oth «
County iu the State of Oregon, out if served by
Ithn day
'Mi
September, 19*0, p.rsu.u.t t> an ord.r of publi
Summon« u|x>n you. if »erved within Coe« County
or within 20 davr
<n
Coos County, Oregon, and from *md po-.nl run
above entitled action,
h-b.n, or c!a. i.
of me
Defendants which said real property is (iewribed
Attorney for Plaintiff
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