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presumption, said l. l trust 1t will
not forfeit Your maJeStYS favor.
"By heaven! you'll always enSoy
the kings Countenance, he laughed
whether l like it or not
All the good fellowship in tAe world
however, could not perwit royal sean
dals of the past to be raked up III :
coronation. Rue 'lf R1sSent I'll must
not show his face at this m mont in
the capital of Rudolf d II 1i;"Eia
But by thunder" cried the kl~g, ~
shan't leav, Ruritanta today. Tor YOU
shall dine with me tonight, h:ppen
what will afterward."
That was just the trouble happen
what will afterwards One bottle la
to another, until they were all as FIJI
of wine as they had any right to he.
AT last the king set down his glass enc
leaned back in his chair.
~ have drunk enough said he.
Far be it from me to contradict
the king said l. Indeed, his renal K
was most absolutely true-so far as 1t
went. But still another bottle-tf.is
from Black Michael, praying that he
drink for the love that he bears his
brother. Could the king refuse? He
could not. Was the wine d"ugged?
The morning answered yes.
"If he's not crowned today cried
SAINT T,u Law crown he's never
crowned,
Spy heavens. why?'
""The whole nations there to meet
him. half the army-aye, and Black
Michael at the head-shall we send
word that the kings drunkY
"That he's ILL., said l. in correction.
"sulr echoed Sapt, with q scornful
taueh. They know his illness too well.
He's heen i'll before! AS man grows
old he believes in fate. Fate sent you
here. Fate sends you now to Strelsau.
you,u qoY
"yos TIL go said 7, and I turned
INV ewes on the prostrate figure of the
king
""Tonight.' Sapt went on in a hasty
whisper. we are to lodge in the pal
pca The moment they leave US you
and I will mount our horses and ride
here at n golIop. The king will be
ready. and he must ride back with me
TO Strelsau, and you ride as if the
devil were behind YOU to the from
tier"
So began those wondrOus days of
Of
Ruritania occupied by an Elphberg
with oil the Traces of the stock, though
NOT "of the blood" 1.-THE play actor"
Runert of Hentzau called him, when
ha came TO know the secret, but "as
good an Elphberg as ever sat upon it,"
doclornd SAINT at the end.
nh Wild r;do r. S+reIsau with SAINT
rns+ruc+ino tho English Rudolf most
na;n,toI.- n bis most life his family.
his tos+os nnrsnits weaknesses
friends comnanions and servants-as
Ruritania knew them-the etiquette of
tho conrt what would be exnected at
Tho coronation-and above all of the
Princess Flavia
"cod Save tho Linp" cried the peo-
Mo after the coronation had been safe
v managed
"God save ,em both :" vhisnered
Sant az his mouth wrinkled into a
s,,ilo
Rut If THINGS went we'll at Strelsau
With pu6oIf RassendvlI now crowned
&c PUDDLE tho Fifth of Ruritania and
the accented lover of the Princess
Flavfa. fortune did not smile on the
other Rudolf at Zenda. For Black
Michael had had word from there that
cleared for him the mystery of the
coronation. Riding as fast as horses
could Law feet to the ground, he seized
Door Rudolf of Ruritania and held
him prisoner. But then ensued a pretty
BASS.
save. hut he can't speak," roared
SAINT in grim triumph. We've got him.
How can he denounce YOU without de-
,orncino b,msaIfP This is not the
.inp because we have kfdnaped the
xino and murdered his servant Can
he saw that? Hang me if Michael
won't axnose himself, If he tries to
,vnoeo voun
Ru+ tho most difficult situation for a
oval oontlaman-snd that was Rudolf
Observation-Disclosures from the Princess
Flovto so had to keen the princess
5ovo+od m ma-and vet indifferent to
mo. had 70 show affection for her
and NOT feel If had to make love
for another: and that to a girl who
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