The Detroit times., 1909-02-18
"The Man
Who Stole
The Earth"
By W. Holt White.
CHAPTER LvIlI.-contlnued.
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while state is distracted by civil
war 1t cannot make war on enemies
beyond its boundaries. Ii Is your bust
ness TO produce civil war in Bomberg.
do not care how disastrous Ii is, be
cause-there Is no reason why | should
disguise the fact care nothing for
any misery which the Balkanians may
suffer after the manner in which thew
have treated me. The more strife We
can stir up in Bahama. the greater
the possibility OF the different powers
taking no action and declining TO make
peace with Strong.
Il am looking one fact the king
went on. "squarely in the face-that
for a dull man you would not have
been so clever. and for coward you
would not have been SO brave. had not
YOU hoped ultimately TO marry the
Princess Diana. But" Here the
king broke OFF and sighed little. He
Daused some moments before he spoke
again. and then he continued as fo.-
lows:
THE path which the fates made suf
ficiently hard for you before, they have
made doubly hard now. Personally |
am OF the opinion that In the long run
shall win out"-the king was speak
ing in English and dropped back into
his American colloquialisms-"ag against
Strong: but II am to win out. it Will
be with your assistance. And that is
why, If you still hold good to your
determination, | shall send you back
70 Bomberg tonight.
For once the shuffling Ludwig stood
still. AS a matter OF fact the king
and many other folk beside had done
him an injustice when they supposed
he was coward-for Prince Ludwig
possessed the dumb, stolid. blind cour-
age OF the bullock
And it only required passion suf-
ficiently developed TO make his dull
wits sharp.
And they were sharpened now.
Whatever your majesty wishes he
said. that will carry out"
With no more ado, the king mapped
out Ludwig's mission TO Bomberg.
And the steps that he chose that
Ludwig should take were possessed
of the subtlety OF the serpent. For,
like most wise men, the late king OF
Bahama was full OF wisdom because
he had sufficient knowledge OF the
world to know how to employ the wits
OF others.
II was therefore with false beard
on his chin and a tumble OF electrical
instruments in his bag that Ludwig
started out for Bomberg by train q
couple OF hours after Strong had left
the Eiffel tower in the Di.
And the man to whom the king had
sent him was Schaur, the rat'faced
mayor.
|, . Many men make mistakes fror
ability to grasp things only in the
main. 1t Is details which determine
the fate of empires.
Strong had very admirably grasped
the general state OF things I'm Bonn
berg. He could not know. he had no
means OF knowing, the details OF its
life. And so. while he had disliked
his first view OF the little rat-faced
mayor OF Bomberg. he had no concep-
ton of how that little man would very
nearly upset him from his new-found
throne.
II was with his heart rejoicing that
he heard the iron-shod feet OF his
horse Gathering with Il majestic DELHI
Grafton begotten OF pace that was
half n prance and half a walk. IL is
astonishing what hope and confidence
the bestriding OF horse can give
man.
When he came to the great square
in which stood the chamber OF depu-
ties. Strong had additional cause %
thank the understanding. not to say
the sympathetic manner in which tho
good Gen. Martel had dealt with the
mass OF the troops.
The display of all arms was indee.
magnificent, not to say impressive. be.
cause, while the massed infantry stoUd
at the salute. the cavalry sat rigid on
their horses, and the gunners STOOD
motionless beside their guns.
The hi hung directly above the pas
sage OF Strong's escort.
The Victor was far away, even then