Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-22

1 has CHOuBuC Oh tuAt. w QlIG the Two nOIQ
the outer room the one who has killed the
king unlocks the bars in the square window
(they turn on a hinge. The window now
gives no light. for its mouth Is choked by q
| which Is large enough to let pass through 1t
the body Of a man. passes into the moat
coming to an end Immediately above the
surface Of the water, SO that there is no
pipe The king being dead. his murderer
| swiftly ties weight to the body. and drag
cling 1t to the window, raises 1t by pulley
0or. lest the weight should prove too great
Detchard has provided one) till 1t Is level
| with the mouth Of the pipe. He inserts the
| feet in the pipe. and pushes the body down.
| into the water and thence to the bottom Of
| the moat, which Is twenty feet deep there
abOuts. This done, the murderer cries
loudly. 'All's we'll! and himself slides down
the pipe: and the others. II they can and
the attack is not too hot, run to the inner
room and. seeking q moments delay, bar
| the door. and in their turn slide down. And
| though the king rises not from the bottom
| they rise and swim round to the other side,
where the orders are for men to wait them
with ropes, to haul them out. and horses
And here, II things go i'll. the duke will
join them and seek safety by riding: but II
all goes we'll they will return to the castle,
and have their enemies in a trap. That,
| sir. is the plan of his highness for the dis
posai Of the king in case of need. But 1t Is
not to be used till the last: for, as we all
know. he Is not minded to kill the king un-
less he can. before or soon after. kill you
also: sir. Now. sir. have spoken the
you to shield me from the vengeance Of
Duke Michael: for If, after he knows what
I have done, fall into his hands, shall
pray for one thing out Of all the world-a
speedy death, and that I shall not obtain
from hint"
The fellows story was rudely told. but
our questions supplemented his narrative
What he had told US applied to an armed
Lott onGr. hot ~enlo
there came overwhelming force-such, for
instance. as I, the king. could bring-the
idea of resistance would be abandoned The
| king would be quietly murdered and slid
down the pipe. And-here comes an in
genious touch-one Of the Six would take
| his place in the cell. and on the entrance of
the searchers loudly demand release and
redress and Michael. being summoned
would confess to hasty action. but he would
say the man had angered him by seeking
the favor of a lady In the castle (this was
Antoinette de Mauban). and he had con-
| fined him there, as he conceived he. as Lord
of Zenda, had right to do. But he was
now. on receiving his apology, content to
let him go, and SO end the gossip which. to
corning a prisoner in Zenda. and had give
| his visitors the trouble of this inquiry. The
visitors, bafhed, would retire, and Michael
could. at his leisure, dispose of the body of
the king.
Sapt, Fritz and in my oed looked round
on one another in horror and bewilderment
; at the cruelty and cunning of the plan.
Whether I went in peace or in war. openly
stealthy assault. the king would be dead
before could come near him. If Michael
were stronger and overcame my party.
there would be end. But IL I were
stronger. should have no way to punish
him. no means Of proving any guilt In him
without proving my own guilt also. On the
| other hand. should be left as king (ah! for
| a moment my pulse quickened). and 1t
would be for the future to witness the final
struggle between him and me- he seemed
to have made triumph possible and ruin
where he had stood before I crossed his
path-with but one man between him and
the throne. and that man an imposter: at
best there would be none left to stand
against him. / had begun to think that
Black Michael was overload OF leaving the
fighting to his friends: but now acknowl-
edged that the brains. IL not the arms, OF
the conspiracy were his.
Does the king know this?" asked.
Il and my brother" answered Johann,
put up the pipe. under the orders Of my
Lord OF Hent.au He was on guard that
day. and the king asked my lord what it
meant. Faith. he answered. with his airy
laugh. its new Improvement on the lad
der OF Jacob. whereby. as You have read,
thought 1t not meet that your majesty
should go, In case. sire, you must go, by
the common route. So we have made you
pretty private passage. where the Vulgar
cannot stare at you or incommode your
passage. That, SIRE Is the meaning Of that
pipe And he laughed and bowed. and
prayed the kings leave to replenish the
kings glass-for the king was at supper
And the king. though he Is brave man. as
are all Of his house, grew red and then
white as he looked on the pipe and at the
merry devil who Knocked him. All, SIR
and the fellow shuddered-'it IL not easy
to sleep quiet In the castle OF Zenda, for all
OF them would as soon cut mans throat
as play game at cards; and my Lord Ru-
pert would choose 1t sooner for q pastime
than any other-aye. sooner than he would
The man ceased. and babe Fritz take