New-York tribune., 1906-06-10

shIllings and tn fee from a couple of French pups
between her and dire want
Sophy Is watching the military parade and
listening To the court gossip of Captain Markart
The latter hints of some grave scandals IN imperial
affairs, notably the evident existence of factions
some plotting for the elevation of the Kings son
by a morganatlc wife III place of the legitimate
Prince.
The Prince is considered a martinez by tho
Savna military, of whom he Is garrison Command
ant and there Is no small directing when an
order is ISSUED that all soldiers must remain AT
barracks during tins merry evening Captain
Mlsttch (nicknamed Captain Hercules - the
leader IN mutnOus talk. induces Lleutenants
RaStatz and Sterkoh To Icn him IN defying he
order, and the thren start out to find the Prince
loudly boastIng OF what Will happen when they
meet him.
They do meet him soon Eastatz fees in terror
and Sterkoh concealS himself behind a pillar leav-
Ing hlstrch to make good hls threats The latter
dehes the Commandant. In the ensuing duel the
Prince sewers the tendons of Mistltrh's wrist and
i about To march hm off to the guard house when
Sterkofi springs out OF the darkness to stab the
Prince III the back.
A. that instant Sophy who has been watching
the encounter from window overhead. lets Fall a
heaVy bronze statue, which cruShes the would be
assassin To the ground.
Sophy receives her reward, the King appointing
her Keeper OF the Tapestries, at four hundred
pounds year; bat there Is no end of trouble over
MIStHch : proposed execution. The Prince Is firm
IN ms intention, despite the protests of General
Stenovlcs and liercuess admirers: but finally
consents to reprIeve his asSaant when the General
approves an order for lot of cannon which will
give the Prince tower command of the CITY. Tins
i a DHter potion Tor the antl-ITince faction to
swallow as StenovIcs had refused the guns pre-
yIously; but they have to do II to save themselves
from the populace.
he King eonfers a patent of nobility on Sophy
naFing her baroness OF Dobrava, further recog-
"If pn Il her services; then, owing to the excite
Ee1- ~ the day, falls IN a faint These attacks
have become frequent, and grave alarm Is felt
Sophy goes 10 Praslok the Princes country
estate, and Is there appointed lieutenant of the
olsen artillery al the request of the rank and file
The King, III fear Of an early death, orders the
Prince 10 60 abroad to find fitting wife The
Prince, IL love with Sophy, temporizes. The two
plight Their troth with the arrival of the news
OF the big guns for Slavna.
The clique AT the Palace conspire To keen from
the Prince all knowledge of his fathers precarinus
condition, but the valet Lepage and the journalist
Zerk witch inform the Prince that the Kings |
lie hangs 10y har; and your crown by a threiI." |
lhe -abaI III the Palace persuade the King to |
sign al order requiring the immediate return from
Pra>lok OF Sophy, convincing hm that she has
designs the Prince
SrenovIcs. knowing that Lepage Is giving in |
iormai on To the Prince informs the King |
The valet gwen hearing. tells the King OF the |
conspiracy to place the Countess son on the |
throne, and His Majesty, suffering from ms weak
heart, falls back dead Stanitz realizing the need
Of tine, when informed 10y the physician Of the |
Amg death, eXclalms; No! His Majesty dies
tomorrow!