Gunnison news-champion., 1909-01-08

If he's red. hes rsght'"
received me IN silence aud with siiIlcn
looks. and my dear brothers portrait
ornameBtcd most OF the vindows-
which was an ironical sort OF greeting
TO the king. | was quite glad that he
had been spared the unple lut ght.
He was maa of quick temper and
perhaps b. would not have taken il SO
placidly AS I did.
At last we were at the cathedral Its
great gray front. embcllished with
hundreds of statues and boasting
pair of the finest oak doors in Europe.
rose for the first time before me. and
the sudden scl~e of my aulacity al
most overcame me. Everything was
in "A mist as I dismounted. | saw the
marshal and Sapt 6inly. and dimly the
throng of gorge,u robed priests who
awaited me. And my eyes were stil
dim AS l walked up the great nave
with the peallng of the organ In my
ears. ! saw nothing of the brilliant
throng that filled il: l hardly distin-
guished the stately figure Of the ear
dinal a. be rose from tbs aschisf,iseo-
pal throne - greet me. Two faces only
stood out side by side clearly before
my eyes-thc face of a girl. pale and
glorious Elphberg hair (for in wom-
an it is glorious). and the face of man
whose full bloode1 red cheeks. black
hair and dark. deep eyes told me that
at last ! WAS in the presence of my
brother. Black Michael. And when
he saw me his red cheeks went pale all
In moment and his helmet fell with
. clatter on the floor. Till that mo-
nent ! believe that he had not realized
that the king WAS in very truth come
to etrelsau.
OF what followed next l remember
soothing. I knelt before the altar and
the cardinal anelsted my head. Then
! rOse 10 my feet and stretched out
~ hand and took from him the crown
q Ruritania and set 1t on my head,
and I swore the old oath of the king.
Thea the great organ pealed out
again. the marshal bade the heraltis
proclaim me. and Rudolf v. was
crowped king. OF which imposing cere-
0o0y an excellent picture hangs now
u ny dining room. The portrait Of
the kiag y very good.
Thea the lady with the pale face and
IT, glsrSous hair. her train helA By two
paesA. stepped from her place and
caDe to where I stood. And a herald
cssea:
Her royal highness the Princes.
E1avia!"
She cosrtesied how and put her hand
under mine and raised my hand and
kissed ii. And for an instant
thoaght what I had hest do Then l
drew her to me and kissed her twice
e. the cheek. and she blusbed red, and
why, then his eminence the cardinal
archbishop slipped In front of Black
Michael and kissed my hand and pre-
sented me with a letter from the pope,
the 0rst and last which l have ever re-
ceived from that exalted quarter.
And then came the Duke Of Strelsau.
His step trembled, l swear. and he
hooked to the right and 10 the left, as
q man looks who thinks on flight, and
his face was patched with red and
white. and his hand shook SO that it
jumped under mine. and I felt his lips
dry and parched. And ] glanced ut
eapt. who was smiling again into his
beard. and. resolutely doing my duty
in that station Of life to which l had
been marvelOusly called. I took my
dcar Michael by both hands and kissed
him on the cheek. l think We were
lseth glad when that was over.
But neither in the face of the prin- /
cess nor in that of any other did I see |
the Deast doubt " questioning. Yet
hsd I and the king stood side by side
thy ceaA bave told ~ in an instant,
- At Ieas4 - q kttIe csuasderatier.
- seR10 t4ey nr anysse ease
1rea0ed - loagi.ed nat Z could be
seb9 oaa uAe kiaG. - the Kke,em
serveA. su1 for N hs0 I stssd tAere,
feeai19 - Weafy anA blase - tAouSh
I - beea . king al ny life. and ev-
aytsay ki0aa ~ Aa1A. a.d DE an
6osR44elO Oaia ne their resuer1.