The Princess Virginia

								


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 THE


PRINCESS VIRGINIA


BY


C. N. & A. M. WILLIAMSON


Illustrations by Leon Guipon


NEW YORK
McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
MCMVII

 Copyright, 1907, by McClure, Phillips & Co.


Published April, 1907


Copyright, 1906, 1907, by The Curtis Publishing Company

 By the same Authors


My Friend the Chauffeur
Lady Betty Across the Water
Rosemary in Search of a Father

CONTENTS

 CHAPTER                                               PAGE



     I WHEN THE NEWS CAME                                3



    II FOUR GENTLEMEN OF IMPORTANCE                     28



   III A CHAMOIS HUNTER                                 42



    IV THE EAGLE'S EYRIE                                52



     V LEO VERSUS LEOPOLD                               82



    VI NOT IN THE PROGRAM                               98



   VII THE HONORS OF THE DAY                           117


VIII THE EMPEROR'S BALL                              126



    IX IRON HEART AT HOME                              152



     X VIRGINIA'S GREAT MOMENT                         174



    XI THE MAN WHO WAITED                              197



   XII "THE EMPEROR WILL UNDERSTAND"                   206


XIII THE MAGIC CITRON                                214



   XIV THE EMPEROR AT BAY                              227



    XV THROUGH THE TELEPHONE                           246



   XVI TRUTH ACCORDING TO THE CHANCELLOR               254


XVII THE OLDNESS OF THE CHANCELLOR                   279


XVIII NOT AT HOME                                     291



   XIX THE THIRD COURSE                                295



    XX AFTER THE CURTAIN WENT DOWN                     298

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

 "WHO IS THAT GIRL?" ASKED COUNT VON
BREITSTEIN                                  Frontispiece



                                                     FACING

                                                      PAGE


SHE LOST HER SCANT FOOTHOLD, SLIPPED,
TRIED TO HOLD ON, FAILED, AND SLID
DOWN THE ROCK                                          50


"LET THE LAW DEAL WITH THE MADMAN; IT
IS MY WILL"                                           128


"NEVER!" SHE EXCLAIMED. "IT'S AN INSULT"              194


AT SIGHT OF HER THE EMPEROR STOPPED ON
THE THRESHOLD                                         292


"WE SHALL NEVER BE OLD, FOR WE LOVE
EACH OTHER," SAID THE EMPEROR                         300

THE PRINCESS VIRGINIA

CHAPTER I
WHEN THE NEWS CAME

"No," said the Princess. "No. I'm--dashed if I do."
"My darling child!" exclaimed the Grand Duchess. "You're impossible.
If any one should hear you!"
"It's he who's impossible," the Princess amended. "I'm just trying to