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cent of -oi helpless children." said madame absently. was’ we'll see that we don't get

M. more kinds in dissuise or srand kilns masquerading as house boys.

.. ‘u; you will permit me to stay until the children come? It will not

he eail’ w"

“Don't be a fool, baron! Don't be I 51-055 imbecile! 0i coluse you will my when 149039 v1 will‘ ruc- mgqrl meant -very simply -e man to battle, You, of course, will sill‘ 01 " ,

"But h0w—’

“Mme of Ciodi He asks howl It 1, all vary simple You stay on as Bil-an de Moi-bin, here in your u Phililcert." .

< ,madsme-—" briﬁht eyes danced and milled ‘We , I have thought of that. At first I drwe on King Carol "id his friend, Madame Iiupescu. I maul-m I should play Magda vollr Carol " Bhe grinned fiendish- l, g5 miuolphl erimsoned sud busied himself with the coffee, “my and ultracautionslly." That ls out You are deﬁnitely not the Nrnhntic type. 5o I shall be your

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musek e I"But. madame-J’ _ fFStQp making Objﬂtlolblil. 111i! ce is like a museum arid it's dull u , morgue and it is the mercy of m. goal God thlat has caused some excitement to happeh. to have these little ones. ere is no reason in the world gut illev should ever know you we the butler, We can have a new sun in the morning. I'll phone to alibi-lei Fhllet at once. "sutwlllitnotheervueitode- give th'm

to let them think-J’ No!" screamed madame, slosh- tilg collie into her saucer. "No! yo! No! But it would be cruel

"Yes."

to me them learn, after being bomb- 4 uld torpedoed and frozen and nursed. that they are very ling bbs st least irosen and starv gain, my old one.

§“'i"rere!" she lowered her voice ushe saw the hurt, the t-volll-b. he detest, in Rudolph! pale blue m. Alter all. he hid dreamed 0! gmtrless once, oi’ the high

s1 ease and opulence. "I d n; bun that Wu would be unable to maintain them. but three is quite s number and children need so much. Bella's me, W». you will be doing {Yktilgness to ramlonilyhglid hgomm, o ears ve t e . mectolvsuch flmeriookedpfgg- slid so much to anything, You bust do as I tell you, Mondnur 1e

calling

m‘! must begin you CHAPTER II

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i' TllE PRINCESS 0|-' GBATZEN

By Louis Arthur Cunningham Autll f “of Three Loves.” “Marionette? Etc. The“

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""4" y 0w the harm oi the Iigiiw. St. Didler des Montagnea."

‘P’? 3P9!!! French? lish-l"

m th- I98"- irom their owu hire, e sneak Swiss, perlmps 3:1‘ "m": W $11 lime Fhench or mg.

‘It is well then. Th wlll g a igllilorﬁwes. eves-a wgle thererilf; em ou o not own the Chateau Phlliilert " "Som d m r ‘n6 19a $515551! eyll have to know, ‘ I sml Tell them then you $51K ‘$01!! i1 Rocker ame Now I shall l n t that Ilv wyer. Gabriel F° e - ‘m the Wlﬁlihone and have thhin} sendha stalff. I'll also tell him 5 my 0m! l th h f mil}; sgfgts. the gig? R1131 dﬁuliﬁlog- . oun ﬁe royal, cougirlsﬁoes o, Grimm’

'1' "in"! like s drum. madam 2' g“ ""194 "P at him over the f i9 iﬁiﬂﬁiiolle. like an old pixy. glllrbegglwtzlllvelilwamll Baron 1 Fable. and tell null lglvllle ‘gig-ﬁr’. l-Ie would be one to come blunder. iﬂmdrooiluiinosrtuxs it, Rudolph -.lsai~on -it wmlld min whirl: if the pretty Mendel

“She w ld ot m , I -' K151i shooguhis lion. "ya sheQgllKkIe

am" 5H3 Wes danced “M. I then her mother for ‘W100i you vowed to build the gold- mﬂﬁigtilg; odd

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bum for s. castle " e w" I ‘All women are," said madame. ‘Thwah most see theirs in the mote from the kitchen stove or the liﬁlm from time wash tub. Ah, you, Ibllet. my old spittoon, how goes it? 1 WM you to send some servants It oiwc. I am entertaining royalty

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5t Didier des Montegnes is only three hours by ear tram Montreal. Gabriel rbllet who of late had ob- Jectcd little to madarnvs most ex- travagant whims, sent the required domestics up to the mountain chatrau so quickly tlsat it savored copsldelraibly 0f Aladdin's lamp ‘The mm always reminded me of Oaglzostro or Dr. Paustus," ed he old lady as she inspected the new cook, maid; and butler

The chauffeur had already e to meet the wheezy old train t t ar- rived s! 8t. Didler we other night. Th4 baron, the su ed but

stately R/udioph, and accompanied him. These people, madame had stipulated, must know nothing of illar. She was the housekeeper. probed sharply to be sure that none o! them had any suspicious about actress, madame.

Rudolph! eyes glistrned when he saw the wa she curtsied in the great entry all o: the chsteeu as

have t ward the win collar that iild su denly beccme iiiﬂkcd his eyes fast and his voles m s bit unsteady he said, ‘filers ere no words, madame _

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cess and her little cousins up the wide steps. He wor- helr them, as alwa s in his staid Wm he had sdmi the old rebel. , but she was urie grands dune, 1 noble woman, this Mimi Fable, whose fatherhadbeenapoor cobbler in 8t. Antoine street ions B80-

Iie new sail gave their respect- ful selutatiuns, genuine slwe in their eyes. This was indeed a princess True, she wore an old tweed Bur- berry that had seen many storms and s fawn felt hat that was bat- treed and out or shape, but her hai!‘ was like Manrueuriteu and when she uncovered her head the thick braids of it lay coronet fashion like tll of golden sunbeams m4 , red and soft, was imperious: e bllle o! her eyes was deep and fearless. The blond little bW, Pol Martin, stood on on side of her, Rosina with long staraw-coiored curls arid great blue-black eyes, cluno togher hand

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she flung heli- arms about Ru- olph‘s neck and hid her face against his dhoillder; the little

olnes came dlyly close to him. They were like nearly exhausted swimm- ers in a wild sea, mused madame. who have at last reached the safe and solid land And in that moment she thanked 00d that she had done this thing, I

"If it please Your Hiirhneos. ' said madame in slow Hench -Ahi. how la divine Qarsih would have sp- oleudixi her acting in this scene!- "I shall show you and the little dries to your apartments " with a nod she dismissed butler. maids and cook. The chlllvffeilr ‘rd entered

‘with the mealzer luggage

_“’I‘be Princess irnderstarlds and speaks elitle French, Madame sai R/udolph. "Likewise Poi Martin and Rosina You may be “agree thev will learn fast "

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wanted to embrace these little ones, tell them they were safe from the tenor now. away forever from fear and hunger and hate and misery Oce- cnlliii rear! in their faces some oi the that was theirs; some of the halult- e

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ed 3101'?" W88 still deep in their eyes that had a too wide, too wond. erln look, as 1i they had gazed up- ‘nigs beyond the ken of mmtals.

"Come on. nhcmme rrlseot," said little Rosina to Pol Martin.

‘rho old lady stared. Merldel laughed. B- say, silvery laugh. "It is a nickname from e. game they play. Botihomme Frlscot is a hero o! theirs. He is like the Pied Piper. 1n reality he was some queer old one wlio did much good in the vil- lago France where they re- iugled, these little ones after Grat- zen was - was tramp ed into the ground I was in Paris then. B luck I fvllﬂd P01 Martin and Ros ne a- mong thc homeless thousands.

"Bonhomme Friscot," said Rosina gravely, "was shot dead by a Ger- man soldier We saw the soldier go into Bonhoarlme Fnscotfs house and come out and we saw Bonhomme Frlsotfs poor dead body lying there in his hut and then we all had to run, for the panzors were coming into St. Como and—"

"Please come, Rosina," said Meridel. “And try to forget those things.”

"We will not forget Bonhomme Frlcot." said Pol Martin. “Not ever. When we were starving he

ve us chocolate. Everyone in &\

omo loved him’ He used to teach us games when we hid from the Stukas -and lite taught us to sing

He sang the ancient roundelay that madame hersel! had sling in childhood, as they marched up- stairs All. how small is this world, mused madame, that a littls song can link nations and bind gener- ations togetilerl How dear and warm end human it was to hear the boy's Clcﬂl‘ soprano anfffalie llt- tle girl chiming in! Not in more years than she cared to think about had the Chateau Phllibert heard sugh pure and lovely plpini as

The tihick door o1 msdameu own suite closed on the childish voices Madame stood in the hall with Ru- dolph and looked at him a moment an smiled and nodded. "It is the best play I was eve;- lrl," said old Mimi Fabre, "an the loveliest role I ever mooted."

"And I, madame," said Rudolph with u deep mid humble bow, "have never before svitilessed such superb acting."

Madame had moved her intimate possessions, her clothes, her count- less lmlcknacks and photos to the hcusekeepefs apartment in the north wing. Now she made a swift dosceint on the kitchen and rigidly inspected the dinner preparation No nonsense for these hungry young ones -plent-y of good habitant pea soup, or roat chicken, o1 rlcll Pud- ding un-d strong coffee, Those lit- tle bones needed s great deal more firm. padding before meeting the Quebec Winter. “Ah. good." she told the new cook "Give everyone a double helping They will think it's the custom of the country. Some- times, when I B0 io a restaurant, l toc thing it should be.

Bhe went then to her new quarters where already she had b0- gun to urrallue her things. There had been ll. sad moment wlxlrn K011i; through them she had come upon Michel's photograph -- Michel us hie had been three years before, a few days preceding the time he had said "Darn it, Tante Mimi, I shall go to France ii’ I want to, 1 shall lead the lilo I choose, I shall be a paint- er, a poet, a tramp -an_vthing l like; and I don't cure if 1 never earn o1 honest penny Tm tlrﬁll 0i’ your dictator ways I wcirt be re i- mented any longer. Roger can ta e it, seemingly, and he's welcome to it I'm oil."

And away lie was too, that veﬁ’ night, even though» she had risen to magniiioezlt heights of investlve. threatenings and pleading. . should never have s, cent. oi he's‘ rnon -he didn't want it His bru- ther oszer should have it. all he was welcome to it He. was the most lmrrntoful of nephews -lle wasn't but ﬁle was the meat arrogant and overbearinc 01.111111”.

To Be Continued

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