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CHAPTER xxxr.,-continued.

But their release will be the most
eTectual way of spreading the news"
ION the contrary, they cannot make
it known without exposing them
selves. If they do that, Ferdinand will
see to it that their respective SOW
ereigrs quitely but effectually remove
them. Each of them is so well known
that they may be arrested at any
time. Ferdinand shrewdly makes
them hostages, as it were. The three
certainly will exert their great influ-
ence to check the rebellion they them
selves have fostered. AS for Gornji and
Gortschakoff, before they are released
from the hospital the crisis will have
passed"
And are we left to account for
the deaths of Starva and Bratinau as
best we may?" l questioned anx-
iously.
IF you remember, / told you at
Lucerns that l am an old newspaper
man. 1t is impossible to hide the
fact that an attack has been made
on Prince Ferdinand here tonight.
But an attack by his own countrymen
that has proved disastrous failure
Is quite different thing from a de-
liberate gathering here OF representa-
tives of each of the Balkan States
Ferdinand has taken my advice to
post in hot haste to Sofia l shall
see to it that this nights work does
not get into the papers until "a hours
have passed. BY that time he will
have shown himself safe and sound in
Sofia. The episode of the death mask
will have proved a complete fiasco
My story will make Prince Ferdinand
a hero triumphant over his foes and
not weak king who was lured here
unwittingly by his mistress to his
doom"
There still remains jacques"
"Oh, jacques" said Locke, with
contempt. He was only a tool of
Starva's and stupid tool at that
1t was he who was to lower the flag
at half-mast, it seems-to give the
signal to the conspirators who were
watching in the village. But when
he rushed to the chamber window to
lower the flag he found both rope and
fastenings wrenched away. He sup
posed that the gale had done this, but
seeing the flag at half-mast, the rope
being caught in the pulley, he said
nothing about the matter to Starva
suspect that you were responsible
for the lowering of the flag, and not
the gale"
Il needed the rope" said, short
ly, too impatient to make further ex-
PLANTATION. And now for nay last
question: What the devil did you
mean when you said that you had
promoted me? And why this haste
that leave Alterhoffen?"
Are you so anxious then that It
be known that you have been imper-
sonating the British ambassador"
Scarcely I said, uneasily.
And, my dear fellow, Kuhn and
the rest think that it was Sir Morti-
mer who came to the rescue of
Prince Ferdinand, and not Mr.. Ern-
est Haddon, an American tourist"
But why do you allow them to
think this?"
"Haddon, at times you are singu-
larly dense. If these men believe
that the British ambassador has been
killed by one of their number while
defending Ferdinand, do you not see
that this will keep them even more ST.
lent regarding their share in this
nights tragedy? For II England's am
bassador were really murdered, you
may be sure that she would not rest
until she had brought the assassins to
| justice"
You are right. Locke; 1 must leave
Alterhoffen at once"