The Detroit times., 1909-03-11
The Man
Who Stole
The Earth"

CHAPTER lxI.-(continued.)

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Lord Rockingham and l." he went
on, ARE very tired. and IL we are to
grapple successfully with the nations
who are arraigned against us tomor-
row we must indulge In that human
necessity. sleep.
Now, after my experience tonight,
am sure you will understand that,
while trust implicitly To every sol
diers honor. | feel none the less that
we are exposed 10 some danger. ana,
unfortunately, there are only two or
us. II there were three OF us" ne
continued. there would be no need
for anxiety, and | tell you frankly,
Hertz, am anxious.
1 am anxious because we have no
one to leave In charge OF the ID, on
which ali our hopes-and, II you could
only see things as | see them, all the
hopes OF this country-hinge. May l
ask you To look after the Di with
the vigilance which you would exer-
else II you were not my natural en-
envy but my friend?"
The boyish face OF Hertz colored TO
his eyes
Il do not think, Your Majesty" he
said. that you could confer upon me
any greater honor. AT least. | can
think OF no trust which | would rather
have imposed upon me. Believe me
that. having been with you today. my
country matters very little. | only
think OF you"
Acting upon one OF those sudden i'm
pulses which invariably did more 10
help Strong than did deliberate inten-
ton in other people, he held out his
hand 10 Hertz
In the morning" he said. you
shall sleep. But until Bellingham and
| are awake there must be no closing
OF your eyes.
Your majesty said Hertz. you
may rely upon me-"
And Strong went quietly up the
stairs TO bed.
Now as TO Strongs nearest enemies.
The ratfaced little mayor and the
bucolic Ludwig were left facing each
other in Schaur's study. and because
he was systematically careful Ludwig
continued TO raise objections TO the
mayors scheme
III is all very well for YOU" he said,
TO talk of getting into the courtyard
OF the palace with companion. What
| would suggest is that IL would be
more than difficult for YOU TO lay i'm
mediate hands on the explosive you re
quire."
AT this the little mayor laughed
, loud and long
Your royal highness, he said,
does not realize the infinite resources
of officIaldom in Bomberg Perhaps
YOU do not realize that the king, who
is now in Paris, was most unpopular,
and that only few days before Mr..
Strong made his first appearance the
project of police succeeded in effect
ing the arrcstI talk like police
man-of particularly notorious an
archist. in whose possession were half
dozen grenades, any one OF which
would have accounted for the entire
court.
THAT man. the mayor went on. lis
now in Jail. and am glad TO say that
his Internal machines are still intact
in the prefecture. In Bomberg we
have been In the habit OF conducting
cases OF this description In a less orth-
odox manner than prevails in the more
western states OF Europe. The man
his name is Carl-would. but for the
unfortunate departure OF his majesty,
have been hung without trial before
now
To that man it will be- explained
that he will be given the chance OF his
1 life. II will he ii hard chance. and
hope You understand that | am real
! ly risking as much as this criminal.
/ | will offer him the opportunity OF go.
4 ing on this venture with me and &C.
counting for the 'Di or OF being exc
cuted before dawn
You seem TO forget" objected Lud-
wig, that We are now under a diff
| ferent regime, and that there will be
some small trouble with the project .
/ A curious smile crept into the may
ors eyes
tTo Re Contiaued.)