The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-12

view. involving life and death. peace
and war, and the welfare OF empire
was being conducted In q tiny over
hanging box above them. while a
leeripg mask OF tragedy stared hollow.
I eyed from the stage as n In mockery.
The king and the admiral were both
ON their feet, the one Hooking absent
mindedJys through an aperture, his
mind concentrated on the decision ne
must make. and the other watching
and waiting with breathless suspense.
Below the throng began steady
movement toward the exits. constant.
~ dissipsting itself. and the house
was almost emptied before the of1ces
had hts reply. Y.s..t
Very well. you may come and I
shall have the others sent for at
once"
Bevins gave q quick start OF eIults-
ton; but mis- companion conttnued
without q pause:
q shall be there within half an
hour. and shall instruct the guard at
ths outer gate TO admit you immediate
ly on your arrival"
His companion held up hand as n
forgetting something n your mas.
esty pleases. should prefer that you
Instruct the guard at the private e.
trance leading from the garden In the
rear"
To this also the king acceded at
tributing IL to n desire for conceal.
ment on the part OF his companion.
who almost at once made his adieu.
passed out beyond the curtains.
through the door and joined the last
Of the tagging crowd The fog had
not abated. but seemed even more i'm
penetrable than IN the earlier hours
OF the evening and rendered traffic
more difticult. Here and there care
the glow and halatlon OF an arc light.
limly showing through q veil and
lighting up tiny radius In the gloom.
A constable kept calling Keep close
TO the wall! Keep close TO the WALL"
his voice sounding from aNlong dis
taace and muiiied. Cabinen were in
sistently shouting, and when Bevins
came to the frst street crossing he
was almost run down by a slowmoying
automobile whose eyes stared al him
suddenly like those Cf a great beetle.
4 was the King driving to his resi-.
dence
At Buckingham palace, where the
royal banner was bafging sOddon
from its stan, the guards with busbys
coated with the perspiration OF The
night. tramped brskly to and fro at
the great iron gates In front as well
IS past the gates OF the garden on
Buckingham road. half mile In the
rear. The time of The appointment was
past when the guard at the private en-
trance received the expected visitor
with a comment OF surprise and spol.
ogy that he had not been accompanied
through the gardens by the farther
sentries - sH II
Very thoughtless and unusual, sir"
he said, "and III report them at once"
mo. no. don't do that" Beyins
hastily requested. u wished to como
alone BY his majestys permission"
he added. and the man conducted him
to the private audience chamber.
where. he was given a seat. E&
The prime minister entered only a
few minutes later and stared hard at
Bevins. evidently trying to recall
whether or not they had met before.
and seeming to remember something
familiar In the face. They waited
without speaking until the lord OF the
admiralty appeared. showing from, his
garb that he had been compelled 20
hasten his coming; and then came the
king
Gentlemen" he said turning TO tbs
Others. this is Admiral Robert Bevins
OF the United states navy"
Had he said: Gentlemen. here 10 an
assassin with q pocketful Of bombs"
the. effect on the members OF his cabi.
net could have been !. hardly less
marked. Bevins bowed and extended
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