The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-10

Tonight Sapt went on in a hasty
whisper, we are to lodge in the pal
ace. The moment they leave US, you
and / will mount our horses and ride
here at a gallop. The king will be
ready, and he must ride back with me
to Strelsau, and you ride as if the
devil were behind you for the from
tier"
So began those wondrous days Of
adventure which saw the throne of
Ruritania occupied by an Elphberg
with all the traces of the stock,
though not "of the blood" THE play
actor" Rupert of Hentzau called him,
when he came to know the secret,
but as good an Elphberg as ever sat
upon it," declared Sapt at the end.
The wild ride to Strelsau, with Sapt
instructing the English Rudolf most
infinitely in his past life, his family,
his tastes. pursuits, weaknesses,
friends, companions, and servants-as
Ruritania knew them-the etiquette
of the court. what would be expected
at the coronation-and above all Of
the Pricness of Flavia.
God save the king!" cried the peo-
Pile after the coronation had been safe
ly managed.
1OO SdFc Gil UOlu. whispered
Sapt, as his mouth wrinkled into a
smile.
But if things went we'll at Strelsau
with Rudolf Rassendyll, now crowned
as Rudolf the Fifth of Ruritania and
the accepted lover Of the Princess
Flavia, Fortune did not smile on the
other Rudolf at Zenda. For Black
Michael had had word from there that
i'm IF a
coronation. Riding as fast as horses
could lay feet to the ground, he
seized poor Rudolf Of Rtritania and
held him prisoner. But then ensued
pretty pass.
AYE, but he can't speak," roared
Sapt in grim triumph. We've got him.
How can he denounce you without de-
nouncing himself? This Is not the
king, because we have kidnapped the
king and murdered his servant Can
he say that? Hang me If Michael
won't expose himself, If he tries to
expose you"
But the most difficult situation for
a loyal gentleman-and that was Ru-
dolf Rassendyll-arose from the Prin-
cess Flavia. II had to keep the prin-
cess devoted to me-and yet indif-
ferent to me; I had to show affec-
ton for her and not feel it. 1 had to
make love for another; and that to
a girl WhO-princess or no princess
was the most beautiful l had ever
seen. How l succeeded in carrying
out my programme will appear here
after.
How they fell in love, he with her
and she with him, is part of the
I story. And how, forgetting self, he
rescued the king, and robbed himself
Of love and throne and almost life
When he had fallen severely wound.
ed:
Fritz" he called, sis the king still
alive?"
Aye, friend-dear FRIEND" said he,
tender as a woman, thanks to the
, most gallant gentleman that lives, the
king is alive!"
Ais well that ends we'll. But of
the Princess Flavia?
IF l can never hold sweet converse
again with her, or look upon her
face, or know from her her love, why
then, this side of the grave, I will
live as becomes the man she loves
and for the other side l must pray
for a dreamless sleep"
Copyright. 1919. by Post Publishing
Co tThe Boston Post) Printed BY
permission OF. and arrangement with
Henry Holt & Co, authorized publish
ers Published by special arrangement
with the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
All rights reserved.
"Dr. JekyII and Mr.. HYDE" by Rob.
ert Louis Stevenson, as condensed by
Irving Bachelor, will be printed to,
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