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in his blue eyes

"Which way is that?" he asked, swinging into his own saddle

"That way," nodding toward the south After all, there could be no

harm; in two or three hours their paths would separate for ever

"Why,"--delightedly,--"I a that way myself"

Old Bauer watched them till they disappeared around a turn in the road

He returned to his forge, shaking his head as if confronted by a

problem too abstruse even for his German mind

"Well, he's an American, so I will not waste any pity on him The pity

is that she must wed old Red-nose"

It would have been if she had!

So the Princess and Prince Char rode into the country, and they

talked about a thousand and one things Had she ever been to France?

Yes To England? She had received part of her education there Did

she know the Princess Hildegarde? Slightly What was she like? She

was a madcap, irresponsible, but very ton, the A

rides Wasn't it a fine world? It was, indeed