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his quarters. where he made himself
~prcseutabic before starting for Inc en-
chanted apartment In the far end of
the castle. Love and fear combined 10
give him strength; from his eyes fed
the hopeless look. from his brain the
doubt, from his blood the chill.
"QuinnoX, give me your hand; don't
mind the blood! You have been my
friend, and you lave served her al
most to the death. 1 injured and
would have killed you In that cell, but
it was not in anger. Will you be my
friend in all that is to follow?"
"She has said that she loves you,"
said the captain, returning the hand
clasp. II am at your service as well
MS hers"
A few moments later Lorry was in
her presence. What was said or done
during the half hour that passed be-
tween his entrance and the moment
that brought them side by side from
the room need not be told. That the
interview had had it's serious side was
plain. The troubled, anxious eyes Of
the girl and the rebellious, logged air
Of the man told of n conflict now only
In allegiance.
81 will never give you up" he said
as they came from the door. A visit
full CLEAN hickcred IN her eyes, but she
did not respond In words.
Near the head of the stairway an anil
mated group of persons fingered. Har-
~ Anguish was in the center, and the
| Countess Dagmur vas directly in front
of him, looking up with sparkling eyes
and parted lips. The Count and Count
| ess Halfont, Gaspon, the Baron Dan
| gloss, the Duke of MizroX, with other
ladies and gentlemen, were being en-
tertaincd by the gay spirited stranger.
"Hcre he comes," cried the latter as
he caught sight of the approaching
couple.
81 am delighted to see you, Harry.
You were the friend in need, old man."
said Lorry, wrlnging the others hand.
Yetive gave him her hand, her blue
eyes overflowing.
"Mr. Anguish had just begun to tell
us how he-how he began Dagmar,
but paused helplessly, looking to him
for relief.
go ahead, countess. 1t isn't very
1 leSdllt Dub 4 . llc way i cuiu ~ LAW"
I got next to Gabriel is what she
wants to say. Perhaps your highness
would like to know all about the affair
that ended so t~ragically. It's very
quickly told" said Anguish.
81 am deeply Interested" said the
princess eagerly.
"Well, in the first place, 1t was all a
bluff" said he coolly.
az what?" demanded Dagmar.
"Bluff," responded Harry briefly.
american pntois, lear countess"
"In what rcspect?" asked Lorry, be-
ginning to understand.
"In all respects. l didn't have the
slightest sign OF proof against the fes-
tive prince"
"Do 1 understand you to say that you
have no evidence against Gabriel?"
asked Halfont, dumfoundcd.
"Not q particle"
"But you said his confederate had
confessed" protested Dangloss.
81 didn't know that he had q confed-
crate, and I wasn't sure that he was
guilty of the crime" boosted Anguish,
complacently enjoying he stupefaction.
"Then why did you say so?" demand
cd Dangloss, excited beyond measure.
ooh, l just guessed at It'll"
"God save us!' gaspcd Baron Dan
gloss, chief of police.
Guessed ut it?' cried MizroX.
That's it. 1t was n bold stroke, but
1t won. Now, III tell you this much:
1 was morally certain that Gabriel kill
ed the prince. There was no way on
earth to prove it, however, and I'll adj
NIT it was intuition or something Of
that sort which convinced me. He had
tried to abduct the princess, and he
was madly Jealous of Lorcnz. AL
though he knew there was to be q duel,
he was not certain that LorenZ would
lose, so he adopted n clever plan to get
rid of two rivals by killing one and
casting suspicion on the other. These
deductions 1 made o o after the muir
der, but, Of course, could secure no
proof"
early this morning at the hotel 1
made up my mind to denounce him
suddenly If l had the chance, risking
failure, but hoping for such an cXhibi-
ton as that which you saw. 1t was
clear to me that he had an accomplice
to stand guard while he did the stab
bling, but l did not dream 1T was Ber-
rowag. Lorry's sensational appear
ancc, when l believed him to be far
away from here, disturbed me greatly,
but 1t made it all the more necessary
that | should take the risk with Ga
bricl. AS I watched him I became alb
solutely convinced of his guilt. The
only way to accuse him was to do it
boldly and thoroughly; so / rang in the
accomplice and the witness features.
You all know how the bluff worked"
"And you had no more proof than
this?" asked Dangloss weakly.
"That's ALL" laughed the delighted
strateglst.
Dangloss stared at him for n moment,
then threw up his hands and walked
away, shaking his head, whether in
stupeficd admiration or utter disbelief
no II knew. The others covered An
guish with compliments, and lie was
more than eve the hero of the day.
Such confidence paralyZcd ilo people.
The only n who was not overcome
with establishment was his country.
man.
You did it we'll" he said in an I'M
Hertonc to ADGuish-"dcviiish wcil!'
"You might at least say | did it to
the queens taste" growlcd Anguish