The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-16
CHAPTER xLvllI-(continued).


~1HOULD succeed in putting
II\ the king TO flight. reducing his
army 10 "A mere rout OF men,
and dominating this city o"
shutdown, would you "e able
10 Il eat with me them"
The answer was: Il am in the hands
OF the people"
Am | To understand that until the
personality OF the King OF Bahama
has been eliminated and that the
present matter is entirely In the
hands OF the people. | must deal with
his majesty rather than with the peo-
| pie themselves?
And the answer was: THAT Is SO.
by tonight" Strong replied, Bonn
berg will be l.; my hands. The King
OF Bahama will be In flight. The city
OF Bomberg Will be captured"
The answer that came 10 this was
/ long.wnded. and Strong. reading be
! tween the lines, could see that the
man who really counted was hating
| between two stools-was hating be
tween a fear and fear. NJ. Stalvan
halted between his dread of Strong
/ and his terror of the king
And while Strong recognized this In
silence, he made up his mind aloud
In tones that startled his companions
he said IL will make up the premier S
mind for him
The king Ire had finished with.
He thought "a little regretfully OF
Diana and the awful agony the step
which he was now about 10 take would
cause her. But he did not allow this
idea To dominate his mind. because he
saw that he had come To point where
pity would be lost.
He ordered the Victor 10 follow the
! line OF the main street. as he had FOL
! lowed IL Il few DAYS before. TIL the
palace came In sight.
And when he drew near, just about
/ 500 yards overhead. his heart was
melted within. him. For. upon the ter
race of the palace. Diana sat alone
with her father.
The king was looking over the town
/ The troops were massed in the square
! Diana sat apart with her hands still
! folded, just as Strong had seen her SIT
with folded hands in the motor car
which had borne her from him.
! And with the melting OF his heart
! came the desire TO make one final eff
/ fort for Cancellation.
Therefore, though he was compelled
/ 10 swallow his pride 10 do SO, he
| licked out the query: lis this his ma
| jesty's answer hnal?
From above he could see Diana bend
over the little instrument in her lap
| as II received his message. He could
see her turn and speak To the king. He
saw the king shake his head
| Strong made for the forts 10 the
westward of the city and laid them in
| ruins. He was compelled 10 look down
! upon shambles which he never forgot
But by now he was cold in his reso
luton. and having laid the western
forts in ashes he sailed across the pal
ace eastward.
And there also he demolished the
forts
Then again he put back above the
palace and licked further message
But tn, answer was still the same
The king remained unrepentant.
The afternoon was wearing on. anC
Strong decided that he must settle
with Bomberg before dark.
IL was. therefore. without mercy
that he put over the main street OF
the town. Just down the hill. beside
the hotel in which Miss Hunt had stay
ed when she came on her fruitless
mission TO Bomberg. he dropped q
shell, The havoc was dreadful &c
look on.
The sides OF the hotel split open
and the front OF IL was scattered in the
street. There poured out of the build
ing a torrent of wounded humanity