The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-04-05

e0UXc Tie CuilUcA VI tAS Aa"A DSIOS
him. He seemed satisfied, too, for his
voice, which had been curt, grew more
friendly.
"You had no trouble?" he asked.
"None, sir"
"Did Niburg say anything"
Niburg. then, was the spy or n
cathedral Milky reflected. Suddenly
he saw a way out. 1t was, he after
ward proclaimed, not his W thought.
Il came to him like a message. he
burned a candle to his patron saint.
some time later, for 1t.
'sThc man Niburg had had TN unfOr-
tunate experience, sir. He reported
that, during an evening stroll. before
he met me, he was attacked by three
men. with the evident intentiOn Of Sc
curing the letter. He was badly beaten
uD."
His companion started. "Niburg,"
he said. Then" He glanced ut the
letter he held. 1--WE must find some
one else," he muttercd. o" Y
trusted the fellow. A clerk. nothing
else. For this work 1t takes wit"
Milky, sweating with strain. feit
that it did. ;ntlced.. HE was badly
used up, sir" he offered. "Could hard
" walk, and was sbll trembling with
excitement whe:i I mat him."
The man touched n bell. "Tell>h his
majesty," he said to the servant who
appeared, 'that his messenger Is here"
The servant bowed and withdrew.
Milky found the wait that followed
trying. He thought Of Hedwig. and OF
the little crown prince. Suddenly ne
knew that he had 10 right to attempt
this thing. lie had given his word.
almost his oath, to the king. to protect
and watch Over the boy. And here ne
was, knowing now that mischief was
afoot, and powcrlc:ss. He cursed him.
self for his folly.
Then Karl came in. He came alone.
closing the door behind him. Milky
and his companion. bowed. and Milky
surveyed him through his goggies. The
same knocking face lie remembered.
from Karl's visit to the summer pull
ace, the same easy, graceful carriage,
the snr,c small muStache. He was In
uniform and apparently in a compara-
tiye!y gracious mood. He had been
drinking. but he was no intOxa-
cated. He was slightly flushed. his
ewes were abnormaily bright. He
looked. for the moment, rather
a1niable. Milky was to learn. later on
how easily his smile hardened to q
terrifying grin.
He ignored Nikky's companion. "You
brought Il letter.
Milky bowed. and the other man
held it out. Eari took it
"The trip was ~uncventfulr'
"Yes, SIRE"
"A bad night for it," Karl observed.
and glanced at tho letter in his hand.
"Was there any difficulty at the
frontier"
"NOne, sire"
Karl tore the end off the envelope.
"You will remain here tonight he
said. Tomorrow morning l shall send
dispatches to the city. I hope you have
petrol. These fellows here" He did
not complete the sentence. He in
serted tyo royal fingers into the en-
ycfope and drew Cut--Nikkys cigar
cite papers!
Fer moment there was complete
silence in the room. Kari turned the
papers over.
.. i.,, {I.,t Ills j.sOn hlrNnVn6
got been done from tine immelnOrial
this stcalning If letters? He. examined
It. 1t bore no discriminating seal.
He held the envelope over the water
cap, and WAS !.oyisliy pleased to feel
the flap loosen, After ali, things were
easy enough ii one used ones brains.
He rather regretted using almost all
Of his cigarette papers, OF course. de
had, perhaps, never heard OF the drop
of nicotine on tie tongue of Il dog.
AS for the letter itself, he put it,
without even glancing at it, into his
cap, under the lining. Then he sealed
the envelope again and'dried it against
one OF the lamps. 1t looked, he re-
ilected, as good rs new.
He was extremely pleased with him
self.
Before he returned to the machine
he consulted his watch. 1t was three
O'Clock. True. the long early spring
night gave him four more hours o.
darkness. But the messenger was due
at three, at the hunting lodge In this
mountains which was his destination.
He would be, ut the best, late by an
hour,
On what the messenger had told him
Milky hung his hope of success. This
was, briefly, that he should go to the
royal shooting box at Wedding. and
should go, not to the house itself, but
to the gate keepers lodge. Here he
was to leave his machine. and tap at
the door. On it's being opened, he was
to say nothing. but to give the letter
to him who opened the door. After