Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 10, 1903, Page 9

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY CHILD I\SlR\\(L CROWING| Death of Babes in Bwaddli Mean a Prefit t FEMPTATION TO LET Clothes M: Parents. THE SICK DIE Frade of Domestie Crime Moviag from Pennsylvania to the West Recent Esperiences in Chicago Recent investigaton of child | Peansylvania pr business ereased mortality ar among the vital munities in that Insurance are aroused In the ter withiu the fie Bureau of Char the two assoclation the Insured, both adults. “It 1s everywhere of Hull House, sald to a Chicago Tribune r 1 am certain it carries abuses as are complained of in 18 an evil nevertheles to the kuowledge of ® parent has killed child in for the but have stances where temptation must been felt, “For instance, & case where one of a family of When I called upon loudly bewalling the fact that the child who died was the only one of the five who ‘was not insured. Her grief had taken such & turn that there was no doubt she would prefer to have one of the in sured members go than to have lost one whose death did not provide burial funds. Temptation to Let Siek Die. I think the insurance of babes and children may be a templation to parents to allow the child, when sick, to be neglected. It would be pretty hard i this country for a wholesale killing of children for any reason to go undetected; 1t is hardly possible that the small insure ance In such cases would prove enough to encourage deliberate murder. However, the system must be regarded as bad in its effects, Not only are the babes insufed, but any and all members of the family are pro- tected by this form of industrial insur- ance. We had a case here a year ago in which a man and his wife were dependent upon charity. Both were ill, and we looked after them until the man died. Then we were astonished beyond measure to find tkat his life had been insured in ome of these companies, and through all the poverty of the family his wife had kept up the weekly premiums. Not only that, but after his death we discovered that the widow's lite was also and when she finally was taken with her last fliness she turned the amount of the policy over to me. Undertaker Gets it AlL srance in that ved lustvely the noted of child d have tignati conslder n the r to pres s of in contact with as the babes and 1ghborhood Addams and while no such Loudon, it No case has come eettlement ce any way insurance the we seen m..- occurs me e children died. woman she was to “At the most “One of the most hopeless things about these policies is the fact that, no matter how much needed is the policy falling due, 1t is always misspent. The undertaker it all, as a rule. In the few cases where we have had knowledge of the burials of these people everything went toward the funeral expenses. With most of these people it is the first time In their lives thet they have had money in any amount to spend, and,. it came easy. it goes that way. “With regard to nationality, the resi- dents ' (hig seetion ‘of ‘the ¢ity seem to take to the industrial insurance. however, many of them in the hope that it will keep them from a pauper's grave. At the Bureau of Associated Chagities the work of the industrial insurance agent is known In general, but there, as at Hull House, any sp: abuse is hard to. point out. In ome instance about a year ago a whole nelghborhood was worked up over the reported polsoning of a babe for the insurance money, but nothing came of it. The family was white and poor to the verge of starvation. Causes Extravagance in Funerals, “I have just one e Superintendent Bicknell; grown, died while we were helping family. Ordinarily under such circum- stances we would bave allowed $35 for,a decant burial for the child, but. the parents spent the full $90 insurance in burying the boy and then came back on the bureau for more help. “We have such experiences all the time; money that should go to the keeping of these people is spent in these industrial insurance policies. People are caught by the smallness of the premiums each week; a nickel a week is pointed out to them as almost nothing; whereas, what the insured gets, he is paylng the biggest of premiums. It would surprise you to know just how widespread this form of life insurunce has become among the poor all over the city.” egroes are especially good marks these agents. of risk in his makeup and everywhere he has invested in this so-called “graveyard™ fnsurance, “In the se In mind," sald “‘a boy, pretty well for southern odge of Kenilworth ASK YOUR GROCER FOR Walter Bakers BREAKFAST The FINEST COCOA in the Word Gasts Less than One Cent 2 Cup F«ll w Awards in Europe Vlaltar Bakar&cu. Established 1780 Dorchester, Mass. insured, the | in proportion to | The darky has an element | there Is a negro settlement every darky in it Is insured known resident of the suburb is great tunerals, and it to have the expected pomp show at death that makes these people Invest 4o universally in this form of ingurance. There's an oM woman in the settlement who used to kmow my family a for several since she has been unable to work I have been giving her 60 week pay on her policy cents, so she says, but she gets the cents somewherc In this ehild insurance, which has been 8o rdly demounced in some states and irope, one of the leading companies in business in Chicago will fssue a policy apon any child that has passed its first year At the time baby policies are not 1l that to be desired by the company rently, for there arp limitation amount of n received on fant poli For instance of 5 cents, paid in be- more than 1 year old and years, will give to the parent on child dies within t months, $10 if it dles between threc and six months, $12 between six and niue months; $15 be. tween nine months and one year; after one year, $17; two years, $20; three years, $24 four years, $29 $65; eix years, $80 n years years, $120. Twice the named above will be pald for a premium of 10 cents a weok, but no higher premium will be re cofved. | In the collection of these premiums - | agents of the companies call at the homes | ot the insured and receive the money in person. Babes 1 year old to old people under 70 are eligible for policies, and as comparing the two extremes it may be re. marked that while 5 cents a week paid in bebalf of a babe 1 year old Insures it at the end of a year for $17, the same sum applied on the policy of a person old insures for only $13. NEW BUILDING MATERIAL Experiments in Germany with a New Brick that Made Flinty Sand. where nearly * sald a well “The darky I8 to be able and on some of years to ot same Consular regorts for December contain a report from Consil Diederich of Bremen on a new buflding materfal which is now at- tracting much attention in Germany and promises to greatly reduce the cost of fire- proof structures. The lnvention consists of a species of brick and a new kind of mortar, both of which are named “‘quarz- itol.” They are composed of fiinty sand and some chemical admixture, and are said to contain “neither clay, lime, cement nor ca cined plaster—in fact nothing but clean, fine quartz sand and some chemical binding material.” The consul visited the works of the in- ventor and witnessed the process of making the brick and the mortar. He says: “A number of tests were made in my presence. An ordinary brick was placed alongside a quarzitol brick and the same quantity of water poured on each. The water on the clay brick was soon absorbed, while halt an hour later about one half of the liquid still stood on the quarzitol. Three bricks were taken, one of clay, one of sand Lme and the other of quarzitol. They were weighed and put {n a vessel with water. After they had absorbed all the water they could they were taken out and weighed again. It wi found that the sand lime brick had absorbed 254 grams of water, the clay brick 129 grams and the quarzitol only eighty grams. The three bricks were put in a drying apparatus and subjected ta a heat of 200 C. They were then taken out and permitted to cool for an hour, at the end of which time it was possible to hold the olay brick or the sand lime brick in the bare hands, while ‘the quarzitol was still so hot it was impossible to touch it.” The last test is taken as proot that quarzitol is a poor conductor of heat and is warmer than either clay or sand lime, Equally promising tests were made of quarzitol mortar, which is sald to be fire and water proof, capable of binding wood or iron as well as brick and much cheaper than lime or cement. The final claim s that the new material can be worked up like artificial stone and be used for orna- mental purposes of interior decoration as well as for the outer walls of & structure. Altogether the invention promises to be a great benefit to the world, but as yet it | seems hardly beyond the experimental stage and it is too early to count on it as a sure thing. RUBS AND RUBBERS GALORE Chicagonns Pay $758,000 to Keep Up a Face that Will Not Shock Visitor: | ‘How much money do Chicagoans spend having their faces massaged?”’ That ques- tion developed in Judge Stein's court in | Chicago the other day in course of a suft | to recover damages from the Chicago City | Railway company for injuries alleged to have been suffered in December, 1901, Mrs. | Barnes avers that she was run down by a | Wentworth avenue car at West Sixty-first street and rendered incapable of performing | her work profitably as a masseur. While on the stand Mrs. Barnes declared that before the accident sme was in the habit of making on an average $15 a week for massaging faces of persons who sought beauty, good looks or proper dinner appear- ance. The veniremen in the courtroom began to wonder how many people In Chicago had their faces massaged as a dally duty or pastime. It is a question which. The eity directory, upon investigation showed that there are at least fitty women who make their livelihood by rubbing grease and possibly other things into the skin of eager patrons. At the rate of $15 week, Chicagoans would spend at least $750 the course of seven days to look proud. Then someone suggested that male bar bers are also seeking to make massage pop- ular, and with the comsideration the $750 was doubled as a weekly estimate. A mathematician puts the cost at $78,000. in What Makes Ruby Lips. | | The pure, rich blood made by Dr. King's | New Life Pills. They promote beauty Give clear skiu, rosy cheeks. 25c. sale by Kubn & Co. When Pa Says Grace. When pa says grace, | He looks up like the world ‘to him full of good things to the brim, ves are like an angel's, while most forgiving smile 1s on his face. | He takes his place | Betore the goodies ma has spread | ‘As If upon each dish he rea Some plous message from above, | An' every glance seems full of love When pa srace. | An’ yet he'll chase | The cat ‘down stairs. an' siam the door, AR’ growl at every one before The meal time comes, an’ often jar | The alr with words not like they are When he says grace Ma says the trace Of that sweet spirit which rev itself In thankfulness at meals | 1s everywhere, an’' ought to be At'all Umes present as when we | e v race An' In that case I'm ‘clined to think, rememberin’ how | Pa frets and ruffies up his brow ‘ When he sifts ashes and saws wood, It's appetite makes him feed good l When he says grace —Boston Courlar For | colored | she | in | ing The Royal Marriage BY FRANCIS GRIBBLE Author of “The Englishman's Prisoner. (Copyright, The Princess dark-haired, of passion 198, by T. C. McClure.) was young und beautiful dark-eyed, with possibilities unaroused as yet. She was self-willed 0, as her mother, the Queen Regent, found, when the time came to marry her “1 sha marry him,” she said, stamp her foot petulantly. “You can’t ma You know you can't. If you try to I'll scream right in the middle of the wed ding.” It was a thing she was quite capable of doing, unless she was carefully managed #0 the Queen Regent had to explain the why the marriage was desmed y. The bridegroom-elect was of the family of the pretender to her little brother's throne. To unite the two fami- lles by marriage was the only means of staving off a certain civil war and a very me. reasons necessa | possivie revolution | the | His father Then I know Princess. 1 shall “It 1s my fought bate him,” sald duty 1o hate him against us and killed | my countrymen. | cess, ranged for us. | | don’t you think that we might try to make The Queen Regent explained as dellcately as she could that the people who had been killed were of no particular importance, that it was only the dynasty that mattered that this chance of saving it must on no account be let to slip. des,” she added, “he's very good looking. When him you'll fall in love with him." “I shan't, and what's more, I answered the Princess. “Well, you've got to marry him, whother you fall fn love with him or not,” the Queen Regent. “And of screaming in church- She did not even trouble to finish the eentence, but proceeded with her prepara- tions for the wedding, her son’s interests being far more to her than her daughter's whims “He's coming next week to be presented,” she announced, a little late “I don't care,” sald the Princess. “I'm golng to be rude to him, so that he won't want to marry ms But a beautiful young woman's rudeness does mot always have the effect that she anticipates. It did oot in this instance. It very nice you sce won’t s tor your threat merely seemed to the young Prince to give | piquancy to a courtship which he had ex- pected to be dull and common-place. “I'm a horrid girl, and you won't like me at all,” she sald, talking to him like a naughty child. “Princess,” he replied, “you are worth winning because you are so hard to win.” “Not hard—impossible,” she rejoined, making an ugly face. “Impossible? In what dictionary do you find that word? It is not In mine,” was his retort. “Your dictionary will have to find room for it.”" “And why, pray?" “Because I don't like, and don’t mean to ke you.” “Princess, if you only knew how thankful I am to you for saying that.” ““What! Don't you like me either? you want to marry me The expression of astonishment had lipped from her unawares. The smile with which the Prince redeived it made her feel uncomfortable. “I beg your pardon. That isn't what I meant to say,” she interjected quickly. “It's no matter,” he sald. “I only thanked you for your candor. Candor is a ‘virtue that—" “I think we've talked long enough. Please take me back to the Queen, sald the Princess, feeling that her first attempt at rudeness had been less successful than she would have lfked. She made other attempts, however. Don't Her manners were not only bad for a Princess— retorted | and sald nothing that her | for any further demonstrations | nd no doubt things migh | thus until the wedding day bride and bridegroom had ne | own teelings to | But this was also had & word to sa an opening of have dislike gone © the royal g but thelr onsider civil wars w inds. Ea partisans sties b a orie people’s had its o in the hing pa palace kept t things from fearing to frighten he But when the rumors did reach her, th servants, she showed fear, and did noet of them. Her pride sustained her—partly a personal pride, and partly the pride of race and place. *“The idea that they shov The canaille!” was her reflect Rhad to choose between dictat | and dictation from It dictation from below that she to. That was the mood &be was in when the Prince epoke to her on the subject It appears that he sald please the people Dlegsed.’ “So 1 have been told proud indifference, “But you probably everything. Their siye. They agitate; “Indeed!" ““There have been public onstrations in He tear. disposed to rise and 1 The been crying peace For a while the Pri ess’ ears, tate to fon: for it on trom ab was not would list n | We miscaleulated, Prin- marty people are were nd the dats- she replied wllh; have been told displeasure not pas- | they threaten.” not meetings the parks and was searching her face but he He don't know whether you realize danger. It means revolution unless can trust your army. And your army s not to be trusted.” Nonsense," sald the princess. t s not nonsense, but the truth that 1 am speaking, as you may too soon dis- cover. And that is why I mow obtrude | myselt—'" dem- quares.” for a sign of aw none went on the you | “Yes *To offer to telease you from an engage- | ment which you did not desire and which | seems pregnant with consequences which none of us foresaw.” By all the laws of logic she should have been grateful to him. He expected to be thanked and dismissed. But she surprised him. His fcy, punctilious indifference had moved her. She had the burning desire to say something that should sting him to the quick, and here was her opportunity Of course, it you're afraid to marry me—"" She knew when she said it that he Was | not afrald, and he on his part doubted that she knew it. But swered without emotion: “Of course, if my reputation for ordi- nary courage is at stake—" He knew that she did not mean that and he paused, leaving her the loophole. But she sought no loophole. His com- posure and his resolute adhesion to his promise that there should be no more love making were the things that irritated her. Her petulance overruled every other feel ing. She flashed out at him in her naughty, school-girl manner: . “You must have beefl afraid. can't have béen any oty reason.’’ And after petulance pride spoke—the | pride of the daughter of kings. “I'm not afraid.~ Who are these people who presume to 4nterfere’ with me and dic- tate to me? The mob! The canaille! Let them shout! Let them rlot! 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The revolutionary tide was running fast. were packed with angry crowds. leaders wore delivering The streets and squares Radical inflammatory speeches, the alleys and slums were pouring out their angry hordes, the sho armorers were being pillaged. upper windows of the palace th murmuring multitudes could heard. BY THE SIDE ENTRANCE THIS TIME—THE CROWD IS NOT S0 GRE. AT THEF be They roared for the blood of the ps of the From the e roar of plainly | riages for, all drive off together. | peated and withdrew, they might even have been called unlady- like. And the repented efforts began at last to tell. The demeanor of the Princess stif- fened under the influence “You'rg forcing yourself upon me,” she sald. “You're taking advantage of my help- lessness. It's rude of you. It's cowardly You ought to be ashamed “We are the creatures of destiny, " he answered Prin- “Things have been a We cannot help them. But the best of them?" “No, I'm not going to pretend that I like things when I don't,” she retorted petu- lantly; and he was driven to soltloguize in language that was more human princely. “What a hoyden! She s quite hopeless! ‘Pon my word, I wish I was out of it." And to his betrothed he said, politely, but fetly: “We are unfortunate, Princess, Our mar- riage 1s decreed. Great public interests de- pend on it since you wish it. I will not make love." “Thank you,” she said. “It would be un- becoming. Your fatber killed my country- men.” “There was killing on both sides,” he corrected. ““There generally is in war. But 1 take no advantage of that fact. Though we bave to marry in obedience to orders, I promise that there shall be no loye-making unles: He paused and she echoed— *“Unless?" ! “Uuless the advances come from you, Princess. Unless, with quite unmaidenly abandon—" “How dare you!' she but he only smiled coldly, ked, defiantly enigmatically, | pended upon the events outside the palac than | But I will be undemonstrative | them me! She was consulting him and confiding in him in a breath. He noticed it and smiled Perhaps, if he had chosen at that moment to unbend—but though he was tempted to, he would not, remembering h olution. y He merely bowed and sald “Princess, you have decided for am your obedient, hum servant But, of course, the fon really rest with either of them think they are going to dictate to re. me. 1 aa It of not e de- and upon the view which the queen regent and her advisers took of them. And the | course of those events was more than un- | satisfactory, and the royal advisers were more than ¢~xious “It has come to this, majesty,” said the prime minister, “that we must give way ! or be swept away.” | do not like concessions to popular | feeling,” said the queen regent. I object | to them on princlple.” | “On prineiple,” was the reply, “your majesty’s advisers object Lo them also. But In practice they see that they must be made.” “Give them an inch and they will an ell,” quoted the queen regent Refuse them an inch and they will take a fathom—or perhaps a league nurrm\ud‘ the prime minister; and then he dropped metahpor for plain words, and gesticulated with a wise and vehement forefinger, add- ing “Mark my word, take | your majesty. It is Dot the cabinet that is in danger— it is the throne. Would your majesty im- peril her son's throne? Your majesty has not the right to do s0. It is not & posses- slon, but & sacred trust, Our judgment arguments young ace prince It was already would satisfy him go in peace 1T will let him go. I dar should f like 2 murderer,” queen regent in her terror; a of her prime ministe more effect than waves splashin rockbound coast The prime minister had to ad arguments to the prince himself, a he found a firm ally. As he when he was told that it was ¢ to stay, so also he would not stay doubtful them or if they wou who was harbored in the pal- it the sacri- would Jet e not cried r had no & upon a dress his nd in him 14 not go langerous | warm with a tear drop, bowed over it and kissed it ceremoniously. She looked at him with shining eyes, as if appealing to him to sy something more. His answer- ing look implied that the first word must come from her. But while they waited there were voices callin; “Quick, please. The carriage and the es- the Prince re- while the Prince just threw herself into a chair and cried hysterically and then ran upstairs and gazed out of her open window as though to watch her sultor's perilous progress through the city. She saw the flashing helmets and the resplendent uniforms of the mounted es- cort, leading, flanking and following the carriage, cross the great courtyard and pass out through the gate. She heard the clatter of the horses’ hoofs upon the stones and the vindictive yells of the mob that waited for them. She craned her neck and strained her eyes in uncontroll- able anxiety, but could make out nothing definite—only gathering a general impres- sion of a city in tumult. The less she could perceive the more she feared and in the train of her fear came self-reproach. Wy fault! My fault! He might have gone safely if I had not taunted hiwn and mado him stay. And now, who knows? If I have killed him!" But the time for sclf-reproach was short The surprises of that eventful day came thick and fest. They hed missed the Princess, and a lady-in-waiting found her at her window &nd burried her away. “What is it? Tell me,” she asked, and as they sped along the corridors the breath- less attendant told her what she could. “He is back again. I'he people drove him back. Only here, inside the palace, is there safety for him. And for Low long? How long is there safety here for any of us? They threaten to storm the palace gates. Al my poor Princes it is the revolu- tion!" It was, indeed. The mob held the stroets, and the soldiers had refised to fire on them. The few who were faithful were massed round the palace and could do no more than get its inmates away in safety, 6o fast had things been happening. “We are going now," “They are harncssing the horses. Put on your clodk, and get your jewels. Quick!" And she threw a manle over the Prince shoulders, and bustled about putting rings and brooches and necklaces into a bag, answering questions while she Aid so. “Was he hurt? I think so. Ah! yes, his head was bleeding. They have bandaged it. But nothing serfous. Only a flesh wound. ' He 'dld fot éven faint. And he goes with us. As mauy as there are car- By the the crowd is not so Princes: side entrance this time, thick there. They say there is no danger. Heaven grant it may be so. But quick, Princess, there Is no time to lose.” So they came downstalrs and found the others waiting for them—the queen regent crying silently, the little heir apparent | clinging to her hand and wondering what 1l the | the excited when he | was told that it was dangerous to go. ir sist, Bo time care of my at once he tall. “Thore lose—no time things for me s pa and to to He would have hurried off withont saying goodbye to the not sent for him while being put into the carriage. Princess As 1 | evidently | ck. Take 1 will bad she the horses were t w 8o | even | one’s going | | tamily almost it was all about, oficers bustling and mak- ing arrangements, the prince, be trothed, the white bandage on his fore- Lkead stained with blood, his arm in a sling, lying back in a chair, while an equerry gave him brandy. “All fs ready; be es quick as you can please,” called a volce And she could not get near the prince, but was whirled avay In the general movement toward the gate Then, in the confusion and excitement, the whirl of her emotions, she kuew what happened or what she did. All was haste and there was no time for cere- mony or for standing upon the order of Someone—she did not know who it was—had taken charge and was shoutiog orders to members of the royal 48 to a company of sol- her was still proud and stiff with her, though | dlers. he found her crying “Goodbye, Princess,” I trust, They will explain to you that it is net because 1am a coward that I am going."” She mastered her tears and spoke “I beg your dido’t mean it " pardon. I'm so “Thank you, Princess Ot course, you're not a coward thought that, really. It's only bad tempered. Please eay that give me.” Ot course, I forgive you understand. Goodbye. He tok Ber band, which was ot You know I dida’t sorry. 1 mean 1 never that I'm you fer- course, 1 wet and he said. Some day, ! you will think better of me. Next, please. This way, this way. more in that carrisge. Quick with the next carriage. Walt a moment, there. Let no one start till all are ready. Is the road clear? Off, then. Don't drive too fast at first.” And eo forth. She remembered it all afterwards, but at the time her brain was dazed. She did not even know whether it was by aceldent or by intention that she found herself in a closed barouche, with bor wounded prince seated heside her and a lady and an officer seated opposite TLings were happening so fast that her stunped brain could oaly follow them at a distance, waiting for an hour of calm to cateh them up. She tried to speak, but No ber lady added. | hardly | multitudinous nolses Jrowned her voice the clatter of the cavalry in attendauce, the rattling of the wheels, the shouts o hatred, triumph and derision. Even the | officer in command of the escort coult hardly make his orders heard. They drove and drove, slowly at first, then faster and faster as the crowd thinned and they neared the suburbs. Once as they drove a stone thrown from a dis tance came crashing through the carriage The princess cried out in her terror and fainted, but it had spent Its force and dropped on the floor without hurting any- one. And after that there was no other incident They drove and drove and now they were in the open country and the mob was left behind. The flag of the republic, raised in deflance of this luckless royal marriage, flew triumphantly over the capital which they had left behind, but the royal fugitives were safe. They must ride on, indeed, until they reaehed the frontier, but there was no one in pursuit and no hostility wcs likely to be encountered that the escort could not overawe. So they halted to rest ithe horses at a village inn, while the villagers stood round and gaped at them, making no demonstrations save of curi- osity. Not until then did the princess’' thoughts overtake the quick rush of terrible events and even so they came up with them, but slowly. But then at last, while they fed and watered the horses and got for them- selves such poor provisions as the inn af- forded, she realized that this was her life and not a nightmare, and became again a conscious, sentient being, with free will know what I have to do,” she said to herselt and demanded to be taken to (he prince. “Upstairs,” they told her and showed the way to him. There was a rickety stalrcase—more ladder, indeed, than etalrcase—to be climbed. The door was at the top of it, without any intervening passage. The room was a poor room, though the best, with bare floor and broken windows, and hardly any furniture except the truckle bed on which the prince lay resting “Leave us,” he said to the officer who was | with him, and the officer withdrew, and the princess’ lady retired also and she was alone with him She 6tood beside him, for there was no chair to sit upon. Her heart was full; the words were hard to speak. At first, indeed she only sald: “It 1s my fault. I am so sorry, you forgive me?" 1t is nothing,” he answered. “I am not really hurt. When I have rested “But—" “My loss is less than yours. who am driven from my country. no country to be driven from. But you— She felt she really must say what she | bad come to eay. But it was hard. She could only lead up to it, hoping that be | would help ber. | “We are exiles alike. | and somebody, and I | body “You | I How It Is not 1 T had But am you are rich poor and nc- are no different in princess, from what you were. It was a little help, but hardly al} she needed | “But you sald there could | making unless—unless—" He smiled at her embarrassment | “Unless. ON, yes, princess. I have not | forgotten And you?" | “But how can I? I was so wicked, so | proud, so cruel. And now I am as poor and wretched as one of these village girls here. I have no right. I do not dare. You would think—" There was triuisph in his eyes, but mot | malicious triumph—the triumph of true love 1n the hour of victory “The condition is You shrink from it?" “No, no. At least, yer— “And yet, princess,” he repeated, at once encouraging ber and insisting She looked at him longingly, and then made the plunge. 1 love you. Oh! how I love you. Please let me make love to you,” she erled, and bent down and kissed bim on the lips, while her warm tears fell upon his face. “My sweetheart! My angel!” he answered, a6 he put his arm around her and drew ber nearer. | And there in that wretched garret, on | the road to exile, their troth was plighted, | and the royal marriage was arranged. “I am so happy,” she sald; “ob! so happy. Thank God for sending me into exile, since | in exlle I bave found & lover.” my eyes | | be no love- still there, princess. 1 don't want to. And hesitated,