Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1930, Page 31

The Romantic Prince By Rafael Sabatini Ceprright, 1929, by North American Newsraper Service. SYNOPSIS. Count Anthony of Egmont. heir to throne of Guelders. wanders incog through the countryside and falls in love with Johanna. the flancee of a merchant— Phili” Danveit —whom he ‘has befriended. ater court af the Duke of Burgundy, and Je- hanna. hearing nothing from him, concludes that he never cared for her.' In that m she ries Philip ‘and ‘i heartbroken when she sees the count again and hears the explanation of his absence. He throws him- self into affairs of state and succeeds in Averting a_disasirous clash between the e and the Kine of France. Uprisings against the duke occur, and Danvelt is im- plicated. He is arrested. The governor that he has written treasonable letters to man who had been hanged for disloyaity. Johanna tries to establish his innocence. The governor tells her that she can save her the nit to | a conjecture which he desired to test. he s compelied to retnrn-to the | | amnuse" the ladies. The fool obeyed quite | readily |such a song might make for him with | one whom he desired to sound, one who THE SUNDAY Cc-3 Newspaper Alllance and Metropolitan expectedly rich entertainment ahead. ‘A,;‘t:r that he grew very thoughtful on ‘The opportunity came that evening after supper. ‘The duke sat at cards with the Duke | o Somerset, being shown so much favor that it was going to his head. He permitted him- self odd familiarities which. if slight, were yet'beyond the usual in a court in which the most rigid etiquette was observed. Thus, he now ventured to propose that his fool should sing to ‘Whether he knew no better or ‘whether he was moved by the per- versity of his crooked nature, he chose to sing a ribald song that he had made last Autumn in Middelburg. Or yet it may be that he perceived the opening was a member of the fool's present courtly audience. The song was not well received. “A vile, lofllhl)’ee:flty," the Duchess Margaret pronounced. ¥ The dulte agreed with her and Rhyn- sault flushed under the half reproof, the ter his ow TWENTY-FOURTH INSTALLMENT. T the audiences.of justice held by the duke in Brussels during those four weeks that he spent there, a lady attracted the gen- eral notice by.the beauty of countenance on which dignity, candor, purity and sorrow were blended into | a countenance which man or wom- | an would .pass without a second | glance. She was richly dressed in black and she was Invariably attended by two grooms and a waiting-woman, which proclaimed her a person of con- | sequence. Her daily presence provoked inquiries, | and these elicited that she was from | Zealand, the daughter of a wealthy | merchant of Flushing and the widow | of another wealthy merchant of Middel- | one Philip Danvelt, who had been executed for sedition. This, it lessened the desire to ‘make her acquaintance, quickened the’' curiosity as to the purpose of her presence in such a place. What ‘justice could be| sought or hoped' for from the duke by | the widow of a convicted ‘and ‘executed | traitor? s It was observed, or else rumored, that she courted the ushers in vain, to obtain | her a hearing from the duke. Having| failed with these, and, as time was slipping away and the last audience before the duke's departure fast ap- proaching, she transferred her atten- tions to the captain of the archers of the guard, who was invariably in attendance upon the duke on these| occasions. | Because the captain of the archers, the Sire de Chavaigny, was young and because she was very beautiful, she found at his hands a consideration deeper than that which she had re- ceived from the ushers. | “Can_you not help me, sir?” she | begged him. “Help you to an audience, do you mean?” the young captain asked her, much as he might have asked did she mean him to help her to:heaven. “That is what I mean,” she said. “It is what I .am - considering, | madam. There is one possible - chan- | nel through which an audience might b procured .for you.” She was suddenly. all you a memorial of your plaint?” He need scarcely have asked, for the sheaf of parchments, folded, tied with silk and sealed, bulked in her left hand. She held it up. “Will you intrust it to me, madam? There is one who might prevail upon the duke to-read it—that is my lord almoner, the Cardinal of Ghent, who is confessor to his highness.” She thanked him warmly, enjoined | upon him great care of her memorial and, leaving it in his hands, turned to depart, and found herself face to face| with Kuoni von Stocken. Three days| ago he had arrived in Brussels in the| train of the Sire Claude de Rhynsault, | who had come in answer to that sum- mons from the duke. And Rhynsault| having little need of him here at court, | the Fool prowled whither he listed. “God save you, Mistress Danvelt,” he greeted her. She did not answer him. The pallor of her face had deepened and her breath was quickened. There was fear in her glance and some ", t00. Abruptly ignoring his salutation, she| passed out to the vestibule, where her| servants waited. . The Fool considered the young cap- tain, who stood a little bemused. | lovely woman, sir,” said he dryly. “Lovely as a saint from heaven.” ‘The Fool raised his eyebrows. “When did you last see a saint from heaven?” | quoth he. Then, while the captain| sought an answer, he relieved him of his need. “Oh, to be sure! Your un- cle is the Cardinal of Ghent. That gives you an insight into celestial mat- ters.” “You are ribald.” the captain re- proved him, frowning. “That's my trade. I should not be a Fool else” He sidled nearer. “That sweet lady, now. moves my compassion. She_has been deeply wronged.” “Wronged!” The captain was outraged at the thought. “When you are a woman and as beautiful as a saint from heaven, ft's very difficult not to be.” | The captain gripped him by the | shoulder. “What do you know of her wrongs? Can you speak to them?” “I could, nephew of a cardinal. Should your saintly uncle desire to hear | me in private, I might have a useful word to say.’ | He disengaged his shoulder from that ‘heavy hand and was gone. He thuc-l kled as he went, in anticipation of un- | sei. first check to his popularity since his advent there. His baleful eye sought the unhealthy - countenance of Kuoni, whose very impassivity was an added provocation. “It's a perversely ribald hound” he said by way of apology. I should have mistrusted him. But he shall be schooled in better manners before the ladies.” “Nay, nay,” the duchess intervened “He but exercises the license of his kind. And perhaps he will yet make amends.” ‘The fool bowed low and sang a wist- {ful little lament of a maid for her lover slain in the wars, as fragrant, delicate and tender as the earlier song had been repellent. Anon, as he was seated alone by the fire, Count Anthony came wandering over to him. “You have a great gift of rhythm, Sir Fool,” the count commended him, and added the reproof, “Why, then, de- grade your muse?” The fool shrugged. “I base my phi- losophy on life as I find it.” “Which in itself is false, f~~ ohiloso- phy deals with life as it shc \ be.” “Unless the should be may and is, then is it not philosophy, but moon- shine.” He spoke mournfully. Count Anthony, scenting suffering, was moved to compassion. 'Has life used you ilI?” . “Prom the hour of my birth, grand master. And I have seen little to make me love my kind. Greed, lust, cruelty— these are the compounds of the soul of man. But—" He broke off and laughed. “This is to be a traitor to my trade.” “I prefer you so,” said the count sol- emnly, “though you are, I think, too sweepingly bitter. All men are not so fashioned.” “True. Some oysters contain pearls. But you'll not argue from this that it is in the nature of the oyster to grow pearls. And when it happens that a man or woman is not of the more com- mon make. does the world reward or reverence them for being different? Let me _illustrate the point, grand master. in Middelburg there lately, lived a lady of the burgher class, the young wife of & merchant who was involved in plots against the duke's govern- ment, and who, confessing his crime, was duly hanged. Now, this lady appeared to be of a pure and saintly life—plous, charitable and good to all. Yet after her husband was hanged, the tale crept forth that she was the governor’s leman, and that she had been with her paramour at the ver: hour at which her husband met h death. What is one to think of life and of humanity in the face of such a story? Here was a woman who used all the virtues as a cloak for sin. Can one accept evidence of virtue after that?” Count Anthony was staring at him with a singular look in his dark eyes, alook that almost made the fool afraid. “What was her name?” he asked in & voice out of which all the usual melody had departed. “The name of her jhusband was Danvelt.” The next moment his throat was between the count’s two hands, and the count’s voice was rasping in his ear: “You lying dog!” And meanwhile the fool was gasp- ing: “You misapprehend me griev- ously, grand master. The lie is not mine, if lle it be. I but retail a story current, to show the infamy of human nature. For, if the tale b> not true, then there is the infamy of those that spread it. T know not, in faith, which it were better to believe.” But laughter shook his soul the while, for the count had given him a full answer to the question that had been bubbling in his mind. “You say ‘if it true’ Is there the possibility . . . . ? Bah! Do not an- swer, for I have not asked that ques- Lion‘.l or if I had, I know the answer “Almost,” said the fool, “one might suppose your lordship to have acquaint- ance of the lady.” His lordship did not answer him on that. “And Danvelt is dead, you say?” “As dead as & man may be who has hanged for half an hour.” “Dead!” he repeated, as if to him- and his eyes, wide-open, were staring into the heart of the fire. Then, abruptly, he swung on his heel, quitted the fool, and went down the long room and so passed out. (To be continued) Organized Reserves Maj. Gen. Pred W. Sladen, command- ing general of the 3d Corps Area, of | which Washington Reserve units are a part, in instructions forwarded to local Reserve headquar- ters last week de- sires that the or- ganization for the 1930 Citizens' Mil- jtary Training Camps procure- ment campaign be well under way by February 15, 1930. ‘The active cam- with the intensive arive in April and Mt Por Citizens' Military Training Camps procure- ment purposes th» 3d Corps Area 1s divided into seven C. M. T. C. districts, under the control and management of the chiefs of staff of the Organized Reserve divisions, of the Field Artillery group, of the senior executive of Organized Reserve units in ‘Washington and of the senior executi of the Organized Reserve units in B . Charles Demonet, Ordnance Reserve, 1520 Connecticut avenue, has again been designated chairman of tne District of Columbia C. M. T. C. pro. curement committee for ‘The other members of his committee are as sollows: James W. Boyer, Corcoran Courts; Walter C. Clephane, Wilkins Building: Wallace M. Craigie, Edge- moor, Md.; Isaac Gans, Seventh and Pennsylvania avenue; E. P. Van Hise, Vetera: Bureau; Altus G. Moore, 628 Kenyon street; John J. Payette, 5910 Sixteenth street; Robert L. Pritchard, 4520 Georgia avenue: Charles Riemer, 3015 Quebec street: Andrew J. Schwartz. %! Rhode Island avenue; John F. “Weemaber, 615 D strect southwest, and Maj. Demonet. Howard E. Snyder, 2419 Pirst street, The following chairmen and commit- | teemen have been selected to serve in | the procurement activities in the four nearby counties of Maryland: P. D. Brown of Causius Manor, Bel Alton, Md., will b> the chairman for Charles County, his committeemen being as follow J. S. Dufly, principal Glasva High School, Bel Alton, Md.; F. Ber- nard Gwynn, county superintendent of schools, La Plata, Md.; William Led- num, principal Nanjemoy High School, Cross Roads, Md.: T. C. Martin, prin- cipal Hughesville High School, Hughes- ville, Md.; J. H. Rice, principal Indian | Head High School, Indian Head, Md., and Milton Somers, principal La Plata High School, La Plata, Md. Richard C. Drum Hunt of Bethesda, Md, is chairman of the procurement committee in Montgomery County, his committee membership being composed of the following: Edwin W. Broome, Rockville, Md.; William B. Cunning- ham, 4512 Ridge strcet, Chevy Chase, Md.; Albert E. Harned, 5 Columbia ave- | nue, Takoma Park, Md.; Wilson. A. | Lansford, R. F. D. 10, Bethesda, Mt and Leslie Robertson, 8405 Cedar ave: nue, Silver Spring, Md. For Prince Georges County Kent R. Mullikin of Laurel, Md., has been des- ignated as chairman, his committeemen being as follows: Humphrey Beckett, Lanham, Md.; Waldo Burnside, Hyatts- ville, Md.; Andrew Carrico, Clinton, Md.; Dan C. Fahey, Hyattsville, Md.; Clifford L. Johnson, Bladensburg, Md.; | Lansdale G. Sasscer, Upper Marlboro, Md.: W. H. McManus, Berwyn, Md.; Oliver Metzerott, Hyattsville, Md., anc | Albert M. Tawney, Laurel, Md. B. F. Crowson of Charlotte Hall, Md., | | | the Cardinal of Ghent | 0od | and the Sire' de Rhynsault, who was chairmen and committeemen to serve in the four néhrby counties in Virginia. For Arlington County Willlam M. Glas- 8OW of Alexandria is chairman, the committeemen for this county being as follows: H. L. Arnold, Alexandria; Les- ter B. Bergy, Cherrydale; John A. Bos- ton, Clarendon; Iral L. Brashears, Alex- andria; Lawrence W. Brown, East Falls Church; Peter E. George R. Fletcher, Alexandria: Lester E. McMenamin, Alexandria; Francis I. hl, Rosemont: Robert, H. Porter, Clar- endon; John B. Thompson, East Falls | Church, and Willis H. Young, Arlington. Fairfax County Guy E. Church of Falls Church is chairman, his com- mitteemen being as follows: A. L. An- derson, Falls Church: Richard R. Farr. Fairfax; M. D. Hall, Fairfax; H F. Dolan, Fort Myer:, Hanes, Herndon: R. T. Powell, McLean: H. A. Sager, Herndon: W. A. Sherman, Vienna, and'E. D. Vosburg, McLean. Alexander S. Jenkins of Leesburg is chairman of the procurement commit- tee for Loudoun County, his committee- men being O. L. Emerick, Purcellville; Stilson H. Hall, Leesburg, and Dr. H. C. Littlejohn, Leesburg. For Prince William County L. Led- man of Manassas has been designated as chairman, his committeemen being Miss A. B. Clark, Manassas; R. Hayden, Manassas; John Kline, Wood- bridge, and R. L. Insko, Quantico. The district of Washington quota for 1930 has been set at 307. This is ap- portioned as follows: District of Co- lumbia, 206; Montgomery Countv. Md 18: Prince Georges County, Md. 21; Charles County, Md,, 11, and St. Marys | County, Md., 8. For the nearby Virginia counties the apportionment s {28 Jollows: Arlington, g ax, 10; Loudo L un, 9, and Prince Cavalry Reserve officers of Washing- ton will ‘meet today at 9:30 o'clock at the riding hall at Fort Myer, Va., for instruction in equitation. 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