New-York tribune., 1909-12-12

was housed IN a fraI body and the long Jour
ney from Paris had exhausted hun.
e. have read IN the newspapers that King
Alexis dispenses with a bOdyguard. he said,
lighting a fresh cigar.
q" He hates ceremony. that Young man. was
the ready answer. AT first the people mObbed
HIM. Now he rides through Delgratz Ike
courier. sometimes alone. at others with friend
or two and perhaps an orderly.
Felix laughed " He IS a fine fellow " said he
" Do the King good turn John, and YOU VIII
be able 70 buy cafe IN Warsaw one OF these
DAYS
Me monsieur How can a poor waiter hope
TO serve King"
POOL You never know your luck Life Is
a lottery and some day YOU may draw the
great prize.
EELIX sauntered into the street and took
keen interest IN It's architecture. In front
of the hotel and down slight gradient 10 the
right II was a wide and straight thOroughiare.
but 70 the LETT and up hill II narrowed rapidly
and took a sharp lett turn. In the angle stood
a popular restaurant. and the rooms on the
hrst and second stores We're full Of customers.
No one, apparently. was looking out. but small
parties OF men sat near each open window. and
they were not playing cards or dOminoes
though the greater part Of the male inhabitants
OF DelgratZ seem % do little else when not eat
ing or sleeping. Moreover an empty bullock
cart was halted IN front Of the ground floor en-
trance.
There's thunder in the air " said Poluski %
himself. but he continued 70 admire the irregu-
lar outlines OF Furst MiChaelStraSSe. Thus he
could not tan % notice that the upper rooms Of
three cafes exactly similar 20 that at the corner
were untenanted. while there was a disposition
on the part OF the late Seventh Regiment 70
group itself either at the turning or a good deal
lower down the street perhaps a hundred wards
beyond the hotel
Yes said he. ewing the glittering expanse
OF unclouded blue overhead storm Is GER
taInly brewing i can feel II N nv bones II
reminds me OF the afternoon we removed the
Governor OF SilesIa- He was fused bv a thun-
deroolt, from Just such a summer skv. Obvi-
ouSly, what he lacked was a lightning con-
ductor Now the question Is, even If he had
owned one. whereabouts would he have put IL -
THE reply was gwen bv the appearance of
two men on horseback advancing al a fast
trot up the easy slope OF the hill They were
notable because they wore the ordinary cos
tune adopted by riders IN the Bois OF the Row
ana IN Deigratz, where rank was marked bv
uniform. tins fact conferred distinction A few
wards behind them cantered a couple of soldiers
GU are ten minutes before time nv d4a-
Alec. rnurmured Felix loan VIII never for
give me Il she Is StIl asleep but what Is one 10
do LoundSl One must act
y nasty glance over his shoulder showed thar
the gentry IN the corner cafe were stirred by
some common impulse that led them q, the
WINDOWS, while the bullock cart was now drawn
awNwardlv across the narrow wav As the
horseInen came near the loungers IN the lower
part or the street displayed "a slugularlv urani-
NOUS desire 20 close IN and follow them There
Were hundreds ot townspeople gathered ON the
pdvemeuts and not a few vehicles occupied the
roadway, SO these concerted movements were
H't diaccrnlhlc % anyone who was not "A r,assed
master m the revolutionary art like p6IuSLi
anu 20 him only because ms suspicious were al
ready active
The hing and Beaumanoir were COMING M,
al such a pace that Felix. owing o. ms Low,
stature would DE quite invisible 10 them If b,
STOOD among the crowd now hoverinl or, rbe
curn- So he pushed boldly out into the r,i4.u.
sang Justify. -'-''-
ON. Nee Oh my King"
ne thundcrbolt that removed the Govern
0i Nlesll had u struck the paving stones rr
Tont u the kIng.s horse. could hardly han.
startled Alec more than the ,irht III Fefix
standing there bareheadcd and erinnine AMI
Chanting an InproviScd version of a flr,,-,s
sony ~ the top uf hIS voice
ou FcliN, he cried. You here"
IL Is TAR more % the point tb,t I'm, 3.
there. sand PolusH with expressive pI9ro-
mime f''''''
In the h0tels"