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By GEORGE BARK-

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You know what I meia you littleshrimp roared Chase Skip Donthang around here a second longer orIll And he took a threatening steptoward his adversary The latter turn ¬

ed tall and ran twenty paces or morein heartbreaking time then realizingthat he was not pursued stopped andshook his first at his assailant

Come Genevra he gasped but sheremained as if rooted to the spot Hewaited an Instant and then walkedrapidly away In the direction of thepalace Bangs grasped Chase by theshoulder shook him and exclaimedwhen it was too late

You blooming ass do you knowwhat youve donep

The miserable cur was annoy ¬

the muttered Chasestraightening his cuffs vaguely realiz-ing

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that he had Interfered too hastilyConfound it man bes the chap

shes going to marryMarry gasped ChaseThe hereditary prince of Brabetz

Karl BrabetzGood LordYou must have knownHow the dev Of course I didnt

know groaned Chase But hang Itall man be was annoying her Shewas flouting him for it She said shedespised him I dont understand

The princess came forward into thei light of the path There was a quaint

little wrinkle of mirth about her lipswhich trembled nevertheless but hereyes were full of solicitude-

Im sorry sir she began nervous-ly

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You have made a serious mistakeBut she added frankly holding outher hand to him you meant to de ¬

f fend me I thank youChase bowed low over her hand too

bewildered to speak Baggs was pull-ing

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at his mustache and looking nerv-ously

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in the direction which the princehad taken

Hell be back here with the guardbe muttered-

He will go to my father said Ge-t

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nevra her voice trembling He willbe very angry I am sorry indeedthat you should have witnessed ourour scene Of course you could nothave known who he was

I thought he was a But In anyevent your highness he was annoyingyou supplemented Chase eagerly

You will forgive me if Ive causedyou even greater grayer annoyanceWhat can I do to set the matter right-I can explain my error to the dukeHell understand

Perhapsperhaps youd better goat once said the princess rather pa-

thetically¬

My father will not over¬

look the Indignity toto myto hisfuture soninlaw I am afraid he maytake extreme measures

Forgive me muttered the haplessChase

tilt would not be proper In me tosay that I could bless you for whatyou have lone she said so naivelythat he lifted his eyes to hers and lethis heart escape heavenward

The whole world will call me abungling stupid ass for not knowing-who he was1 said Chase with a

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wretched smileIf I were you Id never confess that-

I did not know who he was she saidLet the world think that you did

know It will not laugh then If youcan trust your friend to keep the se-

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I am sure you can trust me to dothe same

Again Chase was speechless thistime with joy She would shield himfrom ridicule

And now please go It grieves mey to feel that I may be the unhappyw cause of misfortune to you

No misfortune can appall me nowmurmured he gallantly Then came

J the revolting realization that she wasto wed the little musician Thethought burst from his lips before hecould prevent I dont believe youwant to marry him He is the dukeschoice You

And I am the dukes daughter shesaid steadily a touch of hauteur inher voice Good night Goodby 1

am not sorry that it has happenedShe turned and left them walking

swiftly among the trees A rpomentlater her voice came from the shad-ows

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quick aud pleadingHasten she called softly They

are coming I can see themIts a devil of a mess sighed

Baggs when they were far from thewalls Im sure it will cost you yourjob If nothing else Youll be relieved

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before tomorrow night my word forIt And youll be lucky if thats allThe dukes a terror I dont for the

t life of me see how you failed to knowwho the chap really is

An Englishman never sees a jokeuntil it is too late they say Thistime it appears to be the Americanwho is slow witted What I dont un ¬

derstand is why he was leading thatconfounded band

My word Chase everybody in Eu ¬

rope except you knows that BrabetzIs a crank about music composes di ¬

rects and all that Hes a confounded

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oounaer just toe same Hesmad about music and women anddoesnt care a hang about winetheworst kind dont you know I say Itsa shame she has to marry him Butthats the way of it with royalty oldchap You Americans dont understand-It They have to marry one anotherwhether they like it or not But I

say youd better come over and stopwith me tonight It will be better Ifthey dont find you just yet

Three days later a man came down-

to relieve Chase of his office He was i

unceremoniously supplanted In theduchy of HappTborberg I

It was the successful pleading of thePrincess Genevra that kept him from I

serving a period in durance vile

CHAPTER V i

THE ENGLISH INVADE

HE granddaughter of Jack I

Wyckholme attended by two00 maids her husband and hisvalet a clerk from tic cham ¬

bers of Bosworth Newnes S Grapewin a red cocker seventeen trunksand a cartload of late novels whichshe had been too busy to read at home i

was the first of the bewildered legatees to set foot upon the Island ofJapat

She was very pretty very smart anddelightfully arrogant after a manner-of her own

Mr Saunders was the polite but exeesslvely middle class clerk who went i

out to keep the legal strings untangled i

for them He was soon to discover j

that his duties were even more com-prehensive

It was he who saw to It that theluggage was transferred to the lighterwhich came out to the steamer whenshe dropped anchor off the town ofAratat it was he who counted thepieces and haggled with the boatmenIt was he who carried off the hand i

luggage when the native ock boysrefused to engage In the work it was I

he who unfortunately dropped a suit-

case upon the hallowed tail of the redcocker an accident which ever after-ward

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gave him a tenacity of grip thatno man could understand i

If Lady Deppinghara expected a roy-al welcome from the Inhabitants ofJapat she was soon to discover hererror Not only was the picturedscene of welcome missing on the aft ¬

ernoon of her arrival but an overpow-ering air of antipathy smote her In theface as sh > stepped from the lighterconquest In her smile of conciliationShe glanced from right to left downthe lines of swarthy islanders and saw

I nothing in their faces but surly bitterunfriendliness They stood stolidlystonily at a distance white robed Huesof resentment personified-

Not a band was lifted in assistance-to the bewildered visitors not a wordnot a smile of encouragement escaped-the lips of the silent throng-

Is there no British agent hire shedemanded Imperatively perhaps a littie more shrilly than usual

No one deigned to answer Glances-of Indifference even scorn passedamong the silent lookerson but thrwas all-

Does no one here understand theEnglish language she demanded 1

dont mean you Mr Saunders sheadded sharply as the little clerk setthe suit ease down abruptly andstepped forward again fumbling hismuch fumbled straw hat This wasthe moment when the red cockers-tall came to grief The dog arose with-

an astonished yelp and fled to his mis-

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He had never been so outrageously set upon before In all his

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pampered life Seizing the opportuni-ty

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to vent her feelings upon one whocould understand even as she poured I

soothings upon the insulted Pong i

whom she clasped in her arms LadyI

Agnes transformed the unlucky Saun-

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Into a target for a most ably di-

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volley of wrathLord Deppin bam a slow and cum ¬

bersome young man stood by nervous-ly

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fingering his eyeglass For thefirst time he felt that the clerk was j

better than a confounded dog after allMy dear he said waving Saunders

iInto the background I think it was I

an accident The dog had no business i

going to sleep He paused and in ¬

serted his monocle for the purposelooking up the precise spot where thelaccident had occurred

Oh rubbish exclaimed her lady-ship

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I suppose you expect the poor i

darling to apologize-All this has nothing to do with the j

case Were more interested in learning where we are and where we are togo Permit me to have a look about

His wife stared after him in amaze¬

ment as he walked over to the canvasawning In front of the low dock build ¬

ing actually elbowing his way througha group of natives Presently he cameback twIsting his left mustache j

The fellow in there says that theEnglish agent is employed in the bankIts straight up this street By JoveHe called it a street dont you knowhe exclaimed disdainfully eying the j

narrow dusty passage aheadTheres the British flag my lord

just ahead See the building to theright slrT said Mr Saunders morerespectfully than ever and with realgratitude in his heart

So it Is Thats where he is 1

wonder why he isnt down here toi

meet us-

Very likely he didnt know we werecoming said his wife icily

Well well look him up Comealong everybody Oh I say we cantleave this luggage unguarded Theysay these fellows are the worst robberseast of London-

It was finally decided cfter a rathersubdued discussion that Mr Saundersshould proceed to the bank and routout the dilatory representative of theBritish government Saunders lookeddown the sullen line of faces andblanched to his toes

Tell him well wait for him pur¬

sued his lordship But remind himhim that its inexpressibly hot

down here In the sunThey stood and watched the misera ¬

ble Saunders tread gingerly up the I

filthy street his knees crooking outwardly from time to time very much-as if he were contemplating an Instan-taneous

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sprint In any direction butthe one he was taking Even theplacid Deppinghara was somewhat dis ¬

turbed by the significant glances that I

followed their emissary as he passed-by

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each separate knot of natives I

1 do hope Mr Saunders will come-

back alive murmured Bromley herladyships maid The others started-for she had voiced the general thought

He wont come back at all Brom ¬

ley unless he comes back alive saidbis lordship with a smile It was awell known fact that be never smiledexcept when his mind was troubled

Goodness Deppy said his wiferecognizing the symptom do you real-

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think there is dangerMy dear Aggy who sala the2 was

any danger he exclaimed and quick-ly

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looked out to sea I rather thinkwell enjoy it here he added after amoments pause In which he saw thatthe steamer was getting under wayThe Japat companys tug was returning to the pier Lord Deppingbamsighed and then drew forth his ciga-

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case There he went on peer-

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intently up the street Saunders-is gone

Gone half shrieked her ladyshipInto the bank he added scratch ¬

ing a matchDeppy she said after a moment-

I hope I was not too hard on the poorfellow

Perhaps you wont be so nervous Ifyou sit down and look at the sea besaid gently and she immediately knewthat he suggested it beuluse he ex-

pected a tragedy In the opposite direc ¬

tionThey expected every minute to hear

the shouts of assassins and thescreams of the brave Mr SaundersTheir apprehensions were sensibly in-

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by the mysterious actions ofthe half naked loiterers They madeoff in various directions more thanone of them handling his ugly creese inan ominous manner Bromley was notslow to acquaint his lordship withthese movements Deppingham felt a-

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fused to encourage the maids fears byturning around

Your lordship said Mr Saundersthree minutes later this Is MrBowles his majestys agent here Heis come with me to

It was then and not until then thathis lordship turned his stare from thesea to the clerk and his companion-

Aw he interrupted glad to seeyou Im sure Would you be goodenough to tell us how we are to reachtheerchateau and why the devilwe cant get anybody to move our lug-gage

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Mr Bowles who had lived in Japatfor sixteen years was a tortuously-slow Englishman with the curse ofthe clime still growing upon him Hewas half asleep quite a good bit of thetime and wholly asleep during the re-

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Everything is transferred by handmy lord and the chateau is two milesfarther up the side of the mountainIts quite a walk sir

Do you mean to say we are to

walkYes my lord if you expect to gothere-

Of course we expect to go thereAre there no horses on the beastlyIsland

Hundreds my lord but they belong-to the people and no one but theirowners ride them The servants at thechateau turned Mr Skaggs horses outto pasture before they left-

Before who leftThe servants my lord

Lady Deppinghams eyes grew widewith understanding You dont meanto say that the servants have left theplace she cried

i Yes my lady They were nativesi you know

Whats that got to do with it de-

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DeppiughamIm afraid you dont understand

the situation said Mr Bowles pa-tiently You see its really a trian-gular

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controversy if I may be so boldas to say so Lady Deppingham is one-

I of the angles Mr Browne the Amer-ican

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gentleman is another the nativepopulation Is the last Each wants tobe the hrootenuse While the in ¬

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terests of all three are merged in thereal Issue there Is nevertheless a de¬

cided disposition all around to makeit an entirely one sided affair

1 dont believe I grasp mutteredDeppingham blankly

1 see perfectly exclaimed his wifeThe natives are allied against us

just as we are In a way against themand Mr Browne Really it seemsquite natural doesnt it dear turn ¬

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ing to her husbandVery likely but very unfortunate

It leaves us to broil our brains outdown here on this pier 1 say Mrerold chap cant you possibly en ¬

gage some sort of transportation forus Really you know we cant standhere all day

Ive no doubt 1 can arrange It mylord If you will just wait here untilI run back to the bank I dare say IMfind a way Perhaps youa preferstanding under the awning until I re¬

turnIt was fully half an hour before he

was seen coming down the street fol ¬

lowed by a score or more of nativestheir dirty white robes flapping abouttheir brown legs At first they couldnot believe it was Bowles Lord Dep ¬

pingham had a sharp thrill of joy butit was short lived Bowles had chang-ed

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at least a portion of his garb Henow wore the tight red jacket of theBritish trooper while an ancient armycap was strapped jauntily over his ear

Its all right my lord he said sa-

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as he came up They will doanything I tell em to do when 1 rep¬

resent the British army This is theonly uniform on the island but theyvebeen taught that there are more wherethis one came from These fellowswill carry your boxes up to the cha ¬

teau sixpence to the man if youplease sir and Ive sent for two carts-to draw your party up the slopeTheyll be here in a jiffy my ladyThen turning majestically to the hud-dled

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natives he waved his slenderstick and said Lively now No loaf-ing

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LivelyWhereupon the entire collection of

boxes bags and bundles figurativelypicked itself up and walked off in thedirection of the chateau

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