The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-09-16
THE UNKNOWN
MIR. KENT
GEORGE Il. DORIAN co. 1915 copyR1Gr.

Rara to the office door and then
through 1T, with the said fervor Of an
sxtoGnatoa The princess looked at
ster EFotsazsr a polite request to order
Prowaa.sk from the room; but the
king, through obstinacy. refused to
heed it.
'You were about to say, Eloise?"
ne asked politely, as if the baron had
not been present, and therefore had
not fnpertinently added his voice to
ahe converse ton.
She had no time to answer; fer at
.shat moment there came from the
distance a loud roar of many voices,
sud Immediately after the sound of
firearms in ragged volley. The effect
on the king was as if some one had
propelled aim with swift kick out
SO the balcony, where he gazed
sanxiousIy in the direction OF the city,
Ehs princess, distressed, aiso moved
coward the balcony, while ProvaTsk
!xrinned pleasantly and seemed to
understand the meaning OF the sound.
ETe was confident that he alone
Knew all that was conveyed by that
azpruar. Ue rather hoped that en-
<sugh Markenites had been killed and
wounded to make his revolt a good
enc. He cooked his head intenuy to
listen for further shots. heard the
distant changer of the bells in the
city tower, and decided It must be an
alarm. and then another noise be-
came audible, the sound of some one
hastily coming through the tiled cor
y xidors, and this latter noise per
Dlexed him It grew louder and
3nore distinct, and both king and
Rrincess. hearing 1T, hastily re-en-
tered the room. Stentorian puffs and
-wheezes were now accompanied by
the ringing of boot. heels and spurs.
and through the door gailoped the
minister of war. He was in full uni
Rorm of his own proud design. and
z4ile red of his broad sash was no
,1edder than the red of his face. His
.seyes protruded and were wide, and
4his hand was On his sword hilt. So
Hast had been his progress, and SO
Hntense his excitement, that for
smoment he appeared unable to speak.
Then he burst out Has any one
Seen Mr.. Kent? Has any one seen
Gr. Kent, your majesty? Oh, this is
horrible. Horrible!"
regret to say. sir, that he is
mot in at present Any word your
exceilency might wish to leave VII
be duly repeated" Proyarsk said in
admirable imitation Of Kentz secre-
cary, and then added. MY goodness!
Ats all fused up, isn't it?"
Everything is lost!" exclaimed the
minister OF war, speaking to the king.
what has happened" asked the
Natter. quietly, confronting as issue
chat brought out his better and fight
ing qualities.
fMr. Kent He told me that he
aasiies5 of aythhii1a, AK: . .:i;a. K
H2G to fight, fight it would be; told
mo to have my army stationed at
places named, but said he would be
there and that I wasn't to give the
command to fire until he told me to.
Great crowd! People all excited and
restless Accidentally dropped my
glasses and stepped on them! And
I've lost the oculist's prescription"
you're ratified" said the king.
growing still cooler now that he faced
an emergency.
So am! So ami" admitted Won
Glutz. hastily. But / couldn't see
Mr.. Kent anywhere and the crowd
grew threatening. asked if any one
of my officers had seen him. No one
had. I hurried hs.e to inform him,
and On the way heard shots. 1t
coz mean but one thing; that, pressed
TO the limit, my soldiers have fired,
and that MarlSen is in state of civil
WAR;
He paused for want of breath. and
the king clenched his hands and made
/ zs Il T., go to the front himself; then
whitfield and asked sharply, .If he
told you to stay there in command
I Of The troops, who is in charge now?"
General Handlers
The king hesitated; but the prin-
cess asked stormily. did Mr.. Kent
B SAY you were to kill the people if a
\ disturbance resulted q
Won GIutz in his turn hesitated,
tryingsto recall HIS exact orders.
On signal from him. he replied.
-. sssKaElia KARL. she called Some
thing i ast be done at once! This
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