The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-04-06
"There is a bit more" he said and re-


"There Is bit more" he said and re-
sumed reading:
"The titles conferred upon Hugo shall,
however, remain In allegiance until claim
ed anew by him or by his right heir male,
nor shall the latter be eligible to the
crown unless hereinafter specifically de-
creed so to be. or, In the event OF vacan-
cy In the royal dignity without such de-
cree having been so made, then by spe-
cial act OF the house of mobiles.
HENRY III. REX
Eye 7th September. A. d. 17S5."
The king closed the book. "That,"
said he, lis the record" and motioned
me to sit down.
/ obeyed mechanically. Through my
head was ringing those last few words
that made possible the crown Of my
ancestors. Under the decree l was, de
jure, the eldest male after the king. 1t
needed only his act to make me his
successor, A single line sealed with
his seal In that big book just beside
me and plain Armand Dalberg, major
in the army of the United States OF
America, would be heir presumptive
to one Of the great kingdoms of earth.
And Dehra! could get no further.
Crown and kingdom faded, and l saw
| only woman's face.
! Then the king coughed, and l came
sharply back to life and visions fled.
But even then realities seemed almost
visions still.
turned to the king. "Will your ma
jesty permit me a few days to consid-
er the matterW l asked.
"As many as you wish, my boy" he
said kindly.
1T Is all so extraordinary. l am In
no condition to look at 1t with even
reasonable judgment"
Il think" said he, II can quite I'M
derstand."
But there is something l can fore
see even now," said l.
The king smiled. "TroubleT
Yes, trouble in plenty. May l ask
II the Duke Of Lotzen knows Of these
DEGREES"
'"The heir presumptive is always made
acquainted with the laws of his house.
"What think you then, sire, would be
his attitude in such an anomalous sit
uation as would follow my presence IL
Valera as Hugo's heirY
"You mean, how would he view Q
rival for the crown"
'Well. that's bit broader than In
tended said /.
The king laughed. "There Is no neet
for US to mince words. The matter Il
perfectly evident. Under the law her,
1t needs but my decree to make you
eligible to the crown, and that neces
sarily would displace Lotzen and max
you heir presumptive. How do yo,
think he would view it,"
'How would any man view itT
asked
But what have LotZen's views to
with the matterT Frederick aske
sharply. IL am the king. Here ar
the laws. What Dalberg would dis
pute them?'
But, your majesty, Lotzen Nigh
not be alone in disputing them. TIL
army and the house Of mobiles Nigh
join him. And, assuming that yo
would never intend to displace Lotze
by me, nevertheless, you would be pu
into the embarrassing position Of seem
ing to be coerced by your subjects"
"Coerced, coercedw said Frederick
flinging his cigar savagely into tn
crate. "Do hear Dalberg fear tina
for his king?"
NAY, SIRE" I protested; II did no
say that"
But the anger had already passed
Nonsense, lad; l understand you" HI
said; "only 1 know my kingdom bet
ter than you do, yet and he laughed
But I protested again. would /
not be wiser for me to consider tn,
question only upon the hypothesis tina
Lotzen shall not be displaced?"
Don't be fool, Armand" Freder
lex cut In. "Of course cannot pre-
vent your renouncing all right to til,
crown, but it will be most displeasin,
to me and against my express wish"
"Your majesty is very fattering."
"His majesty is very selfish. Sine,
he has no son he wants the privileg,
of choosing his successor. Well, TAX,
your own good pleasure, Armand: onl,
the sooner you come to court the les
time you will waste"
OF course I saw his meaning {"
shall ask but one day ut the most"
Good" said he. This is Friday
Dine with Dehra and me here tomor
row evening. Come by the private en-
trance" ~
Then he went back to the princes
and Lady Helen. But what a differen
life had opened to me In the short at
sence!