The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1911-08-17

nauseated, but the word Of an emperor
was out She shuddered as Sam put
his enormous hands upon her, but she
derended the key as best she could
with her puny strength. There was a
brieI struggle. then Sam sprang from
Elsie and inserted the key in the lock,
though Rollins by that time was in
his automobile and speeding away to-
ward the Maryland line.
Elsie staggered back a pace against
the wall for support. still with those
large eyes fixed upon Kelvin. Across
the width of the room he gazed into
them and saw die there every last
lingering trace. from every corner of
her heart, of the love and affection
that had for many years been a part
Of its fiber She sank fainting to the
! floor. Two or three ran to revive her,
| but Lillian was not among them.
In the midst of that confusion Henry
Breed found his voice. you shan't
have itp he cried. You shan't have
my money. III resist to the last ditch
| You can't get into the vault. I'll hire
million assassins to kill you. IL
was to be emperor! | was to be EN-.
peror!' His face was scarlet, and
there were fecks of foam upon his
lips.
His granddaughter put her hand
upon his shoulder. Never mind,
grandfather" she said contemptuously.
Remember that it's all in the family"
She glided up to the desk before
Phillip. MY emperor, | salute you,"
she said. smiling up at him, and from
his desk she picked up the dagger.
Here Il Is. your talisman that twice
threatened your life. DO you remem-
Der how once. holding its point up like
this, you declared that in this sign you
would conquer2 Ii represented then,
as II does now. the tips of ten thou.
sand glttering sword points, of a mil
lion glittering bayonets. believed in
you then, as do now, and declared
that l, too. would reign. In this sign
we conquerr' and with a hysterical
laugh she raised the dagger aloft.
Kelvin looked down upon her in sud-
den fury. He had not forgiven her
for enticlng him to the forgetfulness
of his great principle that to acquire
success he must have no entangle-
ments with women; he had not for
given her his entrapment into q mar
riage avowal; he had not forgiven her
the death of that love which he had
seen die out of Elsie Whites eyes.
"For some time TO come" said he
with quiet suppression, II expect to
reign alone"
"Then, your majesty" she said to
him mockingly, II have only to ask
you that you guarantee me safe exit
from the palace"
His face flushed at this first trace Of
ridicule to be heaped upon his preten-
sions TO royalty. but his voice was
grave and even enough as he strove to
establish dignity. you have my word
for that" said he.
"Then," she cried as she sprang
back from his desk toward the door
that was still open, IL shall keep this |
little souvenir until have a chance to |
present 1t to you again." and she |
thrust the dagger into her belt. do |
you know what am going to do? | |
am about TO turn revolutionist; l am |
about to become the Jeanne dare of |
America; | am about to join George
Blagg's army and finance 1t and lead |
ltl' And with q shrill laugh she swept .
out OF the door. sg',-i,,. Il. .aslsssar.
There vas 4 moment of paralyzed
silence, and then through the corridor
they heard her voice, loud and clear
and wild. singing the "Marseillaise."
She swept out through the entrance
and down between the ranks Of those
bronzed mountaineer soldiers. March
Ing with martial tread, she sang the
song of blood clear through their
ranks. The news of its singing flashed
along wires and across pulsating, cleo
trihed spaces. In every city in the
United States that mighty. rousing
song was caught up, and the land Vi