Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-06-24
"win you have sophia Tor your


sophia for our king!" they cried.
Lukovitch raised his sword again.
All raised swords or hands. The SOL
emn words God hears us! were spO-
ken from every mouth. Lukovitch turn
ed to Sophy and handed his drawn
sword to her. She took It Then she
knelt down and kissed the kings lips.
Rising to her feet again, she stood for
moment silent, looking over the
thronged market square. Yet she SEEM
ed hardly to see.t Her eyes were vacant:
At last she raised the sword to her lips,
kissed it. and then held it high in the
air. "a, s4slrt1-... n r4fE'H -
ut was monseigneur's wish. Let US
avenge him! God hears metz q@a
"God bears you" came all the voices.
The ceremony was finished. Six men
took up the board on which the king
lay, carried 1t down from the rostrum
and along the street to the guardhouse.
Sophy followed. and her friends walk
ed after her. Still she seemed as
though In dream. Her voice had
sounded absent. almost unconscious.
She was pale as death save for the red
star. at. @4F ~
Following her dead. she passed out
Of sight. Immediately the crowd be-
gan to ,disperse. though most Of the
men with arms gathered around Luke
witch and seemed to await his orders.
Basil Williamson moved away from
the window. with heavy sigh and a
gesture Of detection.
81 wish we could get her safe out of
It," he said. isn't it wonderful, her
being here?'
Eyes. but I'd forgotten that" Dun
stanbury was still by the window. He
had been thinking that his service now
would not be to monseigneur Yet no
doubt Basil had mentioned the wisest
form of service. Sophy's own few
words-the words for which she cited
Heavens witness-hinted at another.
But Basil had recalled his mind to
the marvel. Moved as he had been by
his talk with Sophy and even more by
the scene which had just been enacted
before his eyes. his face lit up with a
smile as he looked across to BASIL
Eyes. old fellow-wonderful! Sophy
Crouch! Queen Of Kravonia! 1t beats
Macbeth holloww
tits pretty nearly as dreary." said
Basil, with discontinued grunt.
II find 1t pretty nearly as exciting"
Dunstanbury said. land I hope for a
happier ending. Meanwhile"-he buc-
killed. the leather belt which held his re-
volver around his waist-4'I'm for some
breakfast. and then l shall go and ask
that tall fellow who did all the talking
If there's anything can do for King
Sophia. BY Jove. wouldn't Cousin Meg
open her eyes"
"You'll end by getting yourself stuck
Up against the wall and shot," Basil
grumbled.
III I do I'm quite sure Of one thing.
old fellow-and that is that your wood
en- old mug will be next In the line or
thereabouts."
II say, Dunstanbury. wish I could
have saved him" rH
so do I. Did you notice her facet"
Williamson gave a scornful toss of
his head.
well, yes. was an ass to ask that!'
Dunstanbury admitted candidly. It
would certainly not have been easy to
avoid noticing Sophy's face.
At 6 O'Clock that morning Max Won
Hollbrandt took horse for Slavna. His
diplomatic character at once made 1t
proper for him to rejoin his legation
and enabled him to act as messenger
with safety to himself. He carried the
t1dfngs of the death of the king and Of
the proclamation-of Sophy. There was
no conceallnent. Volseni's defiance to
slavna WINS open and avowed. volseni
held that there was no true Stefano-
Witch left and cited the will Of the last
Of the royal house as warrant for its
choice. The gauntlet was thrown down
with royal air. Frf.-s.sy7 o. es<4 g
It was we'll. for Max to get back to
his post. The diplomatists in Slavna
and their chiefs at home were soon to
be busy with the affairs Of Kravonia.
Mistitch had struck at the life Of even
more than his king-that was to be-
come evident before many days had
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