Oxford eagle., 1916-01-27


whom fate had 30 strangely east to-
gether tn such scenes The tumuIt had
ceased Quiet and order nov obtained
within those ancient walls. Those two
were alone in the great thruneroom Of
the Kingdom. for the nobleman had
signi1ed that such was his wish.
He turned toward her nov xraveiy
and held out his hands- Shs placed
hers IN his. trembling.
Was lt true" she whispered Did
they indeed and Indeed-sfid they call
yuu-the king, Or. how can be hap
py az that Nov. I must 90 nack-I
must leave you
You shall never <ps- said the qusse
voice Of the man who cunfrunted her.
You shall never leave me now.
But how, You are the king. IL
has been confirmed The scripts we're
true-what We thought was true.-
4 am the king. Yes. bur how shall
rule alone- You shall sit beside me.
for 'tts yuu have taught he how a
king should rule. Liberty and Jus
ttcs'-those worts we're Strangers to
ny ears until you spoke them Think
yuu / could 90 ON In this business nov.
this solemn Undertaking which I must
assume. and riss your counsel in the
future You shall be as much quesn
as I am king In establishing those
principles IN this k.ngdcm--
But I cannot, I am an unknown
woman an of 10 birth an not
your 50 Gr t4ss l Fs
Again he laid his fingers UPON her
lips nxhtIy
Cease said he. do not say that
word Michael himself. nv father.
perhaps vas Of nc lcfty lineage 80 far
as traced kings could be named He
himself came from where be grew
he seized the rsins of powsr-and he
gave the people such liberty and jus
tee as then vas possible An I bet
ter than he- Was he better than you
AN l. Say no more. think no more
that word which yuu were about to
name
Again he held out 70 her his hands.
she could not withhold her ovn-eruld
not withdraw them. 80 firmly eiasped
were they now. Trembling. weeping.
she looked up into his eyes
It Is al clear said he to her AZ
length n was Grahame. ny unfaith-
tar nodyguard. who had the kncvl-
edge Of these things. and who be-
got the coins from Boris Rnieau.
accord him hut one item Of
thA1ks-it was through his treach-
cry that | lost the coin NJ the time
that | was in your country. On the
errand Of the Gretxhoien lean He
stole that coin He must have lost or
pawued half Of ii. or sold t. At least.
that is how you found IT, So thank
him. fer 50 much as that
AS for Roieau-the son Of that
faithful servant Of nv father-he shall
be hon1ret by Us both. because he
has given loyalty I myself have
grieved that once I was cruel to him
that I struck him even-after the old
fashion Of our rulers here. Not again
shall that occur. RnIeau. your friend.
NY servant-hs shall be captain OF the
Imperial Guard have told him 50
much as that
What q curse attends these treas
ures, See now, out OF all these who
have been about ne. two have been
faithfuI-the son Of that man who
was faithful to our earlier king. and
you, You fought me. yes. but you
fought tair You kept your word
you honoret your own paroIe-you al
rays VII Go se. 7 trust ycrr wcrt
as trust the beating Of my own heart
You then shall be-you are-my
queen
She could not answer. and still he
went On slowly Ahead OF US Is duty.
responsihflity-for both OF u.s. We
serve for liberty and Justice
He led her gently To the great
throne OF Gretzhoren. which stood be-
fore them now They bowed before
IT,
L give you ny faith. Katharine"
said he. simply. DO you love me-
II do" said she. so low he could
scarce catch the words.
And even In these words spoken
there. the one 70 the other. IN the 81
lence OF the great throne chamber OF
the kingdom. their plfghted trorh
seemed as the words OF the priest and
the roar Of the great organ and the
Ixter applause CT the assembled 1uitt
tutes. who hailed them As saEiors Of
the land
He gave her q hand now up rha
steps to ths great throne itself. and
bowed TO her as she dropped back
apsa tas great ss4s Ss rS-zE-
God do 50 to ne ami more also
said he soiemnly. If ever I hetray
them or you"
LENvOL
. Under the sea there sped from thu
iirtle kingdom of Crstxhoren to tha
great republic Of America n message
carried In the electric spark which
united the world II was directed %
the editor cf the Daily. Star In Kitty
Grzy's own city. and IL was enough "a
give even Billy Cutter. city editor
pause fur AZ least moment
We'll. good Lord said he. who'll
7 put On the society page Boys. thu
flowers were total lcss-and 50 am