Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-25

dead they thanked God Sapt saying.
AYE. be has been here" Then. rush
inS into the kings cell. they found
! Detchard lying dead across the dead
I physician and the king on his back.
with his chair by him. And Fritz cried.
Hes dead. aad Sapt drove all out Of
the room except Fritz and knelt down
by the king. and having learned more
! OF wounds and the signs Of death than
/ !, he soon knew that the king was not
| dead nor IL properly attended would
! die. And they covered his face aud
carried him 10 Duke Michaels room
/ and laid him there and Antoinette
rose from praying by the body or the
! duke and went 10 battle the kings head
and dress his wounds tin q doctor
I came. And Sapt seeing I had been
l there and having heard AutOinette's
, story. sent Fritz TO search the moat
/ and then the forest He dared send 10
| one else And Fritz found my horse
aud feared The worst Then. as ! have
told. he found me, guided by the
I shout with which / had called Oh Ru-
| pert 20 stop and face me. Aud think
man has never been more glad 20
find his own brother alive than was
Fritz 90 come on me. SO that IN love
and anxiety for me he thought nothing
OF thing SO great a. would have been
the death OF Rupert Hentzau. Yet had
Fritz killed him should have grudged
Il.
The enterprise OF the kings rescue
being thus prOsperously concluded. il
Ny ON Colonel Sapt 90 secure secrecy
as 20 the king ever having been In need
OF rescue. Anto'nette de Mauban and
Johann. the keeper (who. indeed. was
too much hurt % be wagging his
tongue just now. were sworn to reveal
nothing. and Fritz went forth to find
not the king. but the unnamed friend
or the king. who had lain in Zcnda and
flashed Tor a moment before the dazed
eyes OF Duke Nichaers servants on the
drawbridge The metama-phosis had
happened. and the king. wounded al
most 90 death ly the attacks OF the
jailcrs who guarded IBIS friend. had at
last overcome them and rested now.
wounded. but alive. in Black NUchaeTs
own room iu the castle. There he had
been carried. his face covered with
cloak. from the cell. and thence orders
issued that n his friend were found he
ihould Dee brought directly and pri-
sltcly % the king and that meanwhile
messengers should ride at FUN speed 10
Tarlenhc.m to tell Marshal Strakeucz
% assure Che princess Of the kings
safety and 90 come himself with all
speed 20 greet tho king. The princess
a. d
and there await her cousins coming or
his further injuncuons. Thus the king
would come Co his own again. having
wrought brave deeds and escaped al
most 10y miracle the treacherous as
sault OF his unnatural brother.
This Ingenious arrangement Of my
Ions headed old friend prospcrcd Ia
every way save where 10 encountered
a force chat ot,~n defeats the most
cunning .cacmcs. I mean nothing else
than tee pleasure ~ "A woman. for. let
her cousin and sovereign send what
! command lc choe. cor colonel Sapt
chose for l.mI. snt let Marshal Stra-
keno Insist ass Poo ro-i.. the Princess
Fiavia WAS ia poo w-- .-t11cI 20 rest at
T1ricnhoim wl.,c ier lover lay wound
cd ut Ler-a. gal when the marshal.
With a s,lsu -rit. rode forth from Tar
lc-l-.m c. the way to Iouda the prln-
cess carriage followed Immediately be
h..1 AND in this orlor they passed
through the town. whore the report
was already r.e tlat tho king. going
the .ght before 90 rewolstrate with
his brother ia all friend ness FOR that
he held one OF the kings friends In
confinement in the castle. had been
most traitorou~ly set upon, that there
had been n desperate conflict. that the
duke was slain. with several OF his
gentlemen. and thst the king. wounded
as he was. had seized and held the cas-
tie OF Zenda. All OF which talk made.
as may be supposed. a mighty excite
ment and the wires were set in mo-
ton, and the tldinRs came 10 Strelsau
only just after orders had been sent
thther to parade the troops and over
awe the dissatisfied quarters OF the
town with disHlay OF force.
Thus the Princess Flavla came 10
Zenda. And rs she drove up the hill.
with the marshal riding by the wheel
and still implorng her 20 return In
obedience TO the kings orders. Fritz
Won Tarlenheim, with the prisoner OF
Zenda. came 10 the edge or the forest.
had revived from my swoon and
walked, resting on FritE's arm, and.
looking out from the cover OF the trees.
saw the princess. Suddenly under
standing from a glance at my compan-
ions face that we must not meet her.
I sank on my knees behind a clump OF
bushes. But there was one whom we
had forgotten, but who followed Us
and was not disposed TO let slip the
chance OF earning a smile and maybe
| crown or two. and while we lay hidden
the little farm girl came by US and ran
TO the princess. courtesying and cry
Ing:
Madame. the king is herein the
bushes. May l guide you to him,
madameT'
Nonsense, child" said old Stra-
kencz. The king lies wounded in the
castle"
sYcs sir hos vro.ndaT t,v,ov,- n,,,t