Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-03-05

65eCastle
Of Lies
BY ARTHUR HENRY VESEY
Copyright, 1906. by d Appleton & Company

CHAPTER xxxVi.-continued.
But their release will be the most
cffectual way of spreading the news"
"On the contrary, they cannot make
II known without exposing them
selves. If they do that, Ferdinand will
see to 1t that their respective soy
ereigns quitely but effectually remove
them. Each of them is so well known
that they may be arrested at any
time. Ferdinand shrcwdly makes
them hostages, as 1t were. The three
certainly will exert their great infu-
nee 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 VIC may?" ] questioned anx-
iously.
IF you remember, I told you at
Luccrne that ! am an old newspaper
man. It Ia impossible to hide the
fact that an attack has beer made
on Prince Ferdinand here tonight.
But an attack by his " cOuntrymen
that has proved Il disastrous failure
Is quite a different thing from a de-
libcratc gathering here of representa-.
lives of each of the Balkan States.
Ferdinand has taken my advice to
post in hot haste to Sofia. shall
sec 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
Sofa. 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 n weak king who was lurcd here
unwiitingly by his mistress to his
doom"
There still remains jacques"
"Oh, jacques" said Locke, with
contempt. "IIc was only a tool of
Starva's and a stupid tool at that.
II was he who was to lower the flag
at half -mast, IL sccms-to give the
signal to the conspirators who were
watching I'm the village. But when
he rushed to the chamber window tO
lower the flag he found both rope and
fastenings wrenchcd away. lie 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 cx-
PLANTATION. "And 10Y for my last
question: What the devil did you
mean when you said that you had
promoted me? And why this haste
that | leave Altcrhoffen?"
Are you so anxious then that II
be known that you have been imper.
sonating the British ambassador"
Scarcely" | said, uncasily.
And, my dear fellow, Kuhn and
the rest think hat 1t was Sir Morti.
mer who came to the rescue Of
Prince Ferdinand. and not Mr.. Ern.
est Haddon. IN American tourist"
"Bnt why do you allow them TO
think this?"
"Haddon, at times o are sIngu.
lnrly dense. II these men believe
that the British ambassador has been
Killed by II 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 IL 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; I must leave
Altcrhoffen at once"