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He sat down to the piano and pounded out "Deutschland ueber Alles," singing the air in a raucous voice, while Ludra added a rumbling bass. "What do you think of that? All Germans can sing. Gemuthlich. What?" "You are right," said the baron, with downcast eyes. "We Belgians have no word for that. It is inexpressible except in German. I bid you good night."
Their baggage was packed into the automobile, and they mounted their horses and went away in a rage. "You will be sorry for this, dumbhead," growled the prince, scowling fiercely. "Yes," added Ludra, with a hateful grin, "we shall meet again, dear landlord, and you will be sorry." Their host bowed and said nothing. Some weeks later the princely automobile came to the door of the chateau.
In the second year of the war an evil chance brought two uninvited guests of very high standing indeed that is to say in the social ring of Potsdam. Their names are well known. Let us call them Prince Barenberg and Count Ludra. The first was a major, the second a captain. Their value as warriors in the field had not proved equal to their prominence as noblemen, so they were given duty in the rear.
"Certainly," answered the poor baron, humbling himself in his devotion to his trees. "Your Highness makes the point perfectly clear the need of exercise and wood. But there is plenty of good timber in the forest and the park much easier to cut. Cannot your men get their wood and their exercise there, and spare my dearest trees?" Ludra laughed unpleasantly.
The forester brought up word that the Prince Barenberg and the Count Ludra were below with a message from headquarters; the commandant wished the baron to come there immediately; the automobile was sent to bring him. He made ready to go.
There had been no message sent to the baron that was certain. Major Barenberg and Captain Ludra had been transferred to another command. Unfortunately, nothing could be done except to report the case. The brave woman was not broken by her anguish, but raised to the height of heroic devotion. She dedicated herself to the search for her husband.
It is written also, among the records of Belgium, that the faithful forester disappeared mysteriously a few weeks later. His body was found in the forest and laid near his master. Another record tells of the trial of Prince Barenberg and Count Ludra before a court martial, The count was sentenced to ten years of labor on his own estate.
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