Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-22
EPISODE Nv.


ttransit fingered for little. then died.
dusk gathered like woven web OF
Shadows. 4 solitary fishing smack
ltrudged into the harbor's mouth and
Swung toward the Ions quay whereat
lshe and her sister craft were wont to
berth.
1 The sight was uncommon one.
THE polio. and spies OF the tsurper's
SEovernm who had been assigned 10
watch the water front and at all costs
i1prevent the landing OF any one who
Knight seem even remotely I" resemble
ithat prescribed 'asrirant 20 the throne.
I"Lost Prince Philip" paid no more than
passing heed to this helatedly homing
Sfishing boat
1 1t was quite dark when R, length it
had made fast in It's accustomed place
ialongside tho quay.
BY twos and threcs. the simple, stout.
weatherworn seafarers. clad roughly
An the traditional costume Of their call
inE. passed unchallenEed through tho
Gordon OF watchers.
FL AS for these las,-why il never on
tered their naive heads TO note that
the fshing smack had brought home
crew larger by three members than the
one with which il had sailed that
morning.
1, Thus il was that Lost Prince
Philip came back 10 his own country.
~ With him were two as badly wanted
rs himself by the police: Philips man,
Yuan Lopez, and Captain raul Earrcto,
leader OF the royalist party. under sem
tence OF death for conspiring 10 re-
etore the prince to the throne Of his
fprefathers.
q Once away from tho brilliantly
illuminated water front. these three
discarded tho rolling gait Of sailor
men and mended their pace consider
ably. making a swift way. guided by
captain Barreto. through the ll-liEhted
maze OF those ancient. cohblcd ways.
Presently. however. these last began
20 yield to the ,horoughfares OF the
modern quarter. and not long after the
Three found themselves in the shadow
Sof the palace walls.
In the darkest part Of the street,
midway between two lamp posts. whose
nickerinE Jets of Cas did little more
than accentuate tho blackness OF the
might, Captain Rarreto checked his
.companions and. pausinE with them.
addressed himself to the ivicd wall.
Yum bling about beneath the creepcr till
he found what ne sought, the panels
of hidden entrance.
Then three stcalthy taps served to
open IT. Within the threshold an aged
man waited. Il white-haired servitor in
the livery OF one of the major-domos
of the palace, an old man who tremhled
violently As he peered out and recoE-
niced the features OF Lost Prince
Philip"
Your Majesty" he quavered. and
fell upon a knee, covering the young
mans hand with tremulous kisses.
IS Rut Rarretos was impatient OF that.
Enter Enter" he insisted. with
.uneasy Glances UP and down The street.
Defer your Welcome tnl another time.
alartin--a.sss you care 10 see His
Majes,rs hssd or e riohe, by day
breaE,"
And, eiaow.rr tire rnajor-domo aside.
h. fairly :H-us; Prince Philip and Juan
Lopez !z;o ~ entrance following i'm
mediat.!y and closing ;n- door
who !t tbs man Fh!l.p demanded,
turning 70 him and Indicating the
ma:or-dc-o
Z .'Mar,.n-o-c. your fathers chief
.o-este- II Will serv. YOU well-as
he would lis God. ! leave you in a.!
eonhdsnc= to mis- care"
= One r.omtn;" PHILIP dropped both
hands on Ra-r.tos shoulders as ne
would have ;urned back 10 the door.
81 want 10 thank you. my ,riend-to
tell you hos value AL 10Y, Nav. ac-
com plished ard endured for my sake
bscaus.--we!l. because no man can say
what ~ 10 happen within these walls
tn the course Of the next sixty minutes
because ] may not live TO thank YOU
at another time"
& mo fear ~ that, Your Majesty" Bar