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w _â€" CHAPTER XIL s KISS OF THE PRINCESA N two guardemen we awaited the king‘s pleasure The ind attendunts of the palace ime imâ€"had turned after us of pity than interest â€" bit their lips . and @ wot to look like jailers Tom stoud k ig K bis bead back a little, smiling at _ She door of the king‘s chamber 1 _‘ glewered. with one band pressed to my k2 wal Ber w the hilt of my sword sbould fe /3 ‘4-;‘ But our awords were gone . /\ Whe door opened. and his royu} majesty :,_-; uffopd of Cloburg iimped out RHis _ dor face was bright with welâ€" i. P both hands outstretched to Tom. *\ We bent our inees xâ€" â€" ‘Stand op. spy killers!‘ be said. TE We stared in amazement, whereat be ) _ WWughed and. turning to the guards WE uimen, commended them for the prompt U Wfeifiliment of their duty and told them * ave us for awhile. Then be took us O N6 his inner closet and told s story that . . Wang like music in our eare concerning _ Abe lish baronet and. very much. the who killed him. ;Q k: beart of the story was this ‘\. s @hortly after setting the town un the _ ke of Beveriey and the humble cadet & da y diacovered a purchment protrad i‘ Amg from the dead nobleman‘s pocket «_ M@Bd this praper. being read by the capâ€" _ o Aut of the guards, disclosed the supâ€" m embaseador in his true colorsâ€" .. Shose of a spy employed by the governâ€" Meuc of Bohemia. And later the king n Â¥ from the sobbing Princess Barbara ;E.j ~~ #he assertion that it was under the inâ€" ‘ ii’i;zhn of this English knave, and not _ *\ for any displessure at her lover of Wass £ %nrh. that she bad undertaken her little "\. . #rip in ber coach. in s oniennie C â€" Abe Eng] .: manp wh ..‘ ~~"The b _ ¢.. > Shortl * fneels of _* ‘ghey dis ~ / ~Amg trom â€"~ â€"and this _ « Satn of . .. posed er 3 those of ' The whole 50 were there. and on our entrance they rose ap and cheered * . Some of the mep were already dressed ~‘ #or the fete One in red tights. with a _ three yard tail. and a green mask all s« mekew on bis face, made a merry devil L "Mfter pledging a few glasses to the un friendship of 51 gentlemen Tom e g'thn be would come with me to 5: apartments to prepare for the even She smiled assent and biusbed a 1!tâ€" tle ‘Then | thought of the flinty beart «d Marion, and | sighed, with my eyes ~an her highness‘ oval chin. Then 1 said _ ‘"Princess, my friend, ®Fom Beveriey. begs of you a court that he may wear it tonight mn mask corering his face no one will Imagine bim the dashing soldier =thh" I hurried on and told of dinguiag in the peasant‘s skirt and bodica She seemed amused. Then she wald, **Is that all, Sir Cadet t"‘ was very near. The wonderfal of her hair and laces and perâ€" the wine I had takenâ€"1 know not, | Iâ€"wan lost in the soft glory of ber She was attired in readiness for the Sance, and 1 remembered that the first was to be with me . Her eyes rested on my bandaged arm. 1 sighed, thongh it had ceased to pain six hours before. "*I have something of importance to Alescuss with the Cavalier lastens, " she whispered to the Countess Von Rasafel The ladies arose and left the room. "I await your pleasnre, sir," quoth the princess (took the liberty, as 1 had done before, of seating myself near » Barbara gave me ber hand. and. as gouched my lips to it. a thrill from the pressure of her fingers stole into me. _ **A crave the opportunity to say a few words in your ear, princees," I said. as though the safety of a kingdom bung Barbara gave me her hand and 1 touched my lHps to it. danger and adventuree so lately passed worked like a charm, and 1 was re esived with cries of delighted welcome. â€"Eeworeâ€"I would hook him down the wnoon with my rapier hilt if his desires were set that way .*"Thén borrow me one of Princess Barbara‘s court dresses." be whispered â€"â€"I donned my finest suit aud my dress sword and. leaving my friend loiling in "the window. strutted forth to seek ad mmittance to the princess With a huge bandage (a silk pillowcase) I made as ‘mnuch of my wounded arm as possible, thereby boping to touch the hearts of all the ladies in waiting It and my Emm’ "tnt fays â€" #choolboy‘s embrace. ue . ) quarters set apart for the genâ€" of the gnard the news of our m disgrace and death had set the iittle equad that bad captured us bolaterous with joy *â€"Rhe body servants were busy rushing mbout with decanters and glasses. and vollicking songs rang through the open **And now." eaid the king. placing m hand on the shoulder of each. 1 have much pleasure in informing you that in an bour from now a fete to your honor will begin. and that her majesty and her bighness Princesa Barbara de gire your company in the quadrille " Tom RBeverley, recking little the king‘s presence. fell upon me with his **A favor to ask of you. lsstens,." he o 0 oL. ] . KADB INTO A ROMANCB BY THEODORB ROBERTS By Sir D. an Instens, Cadel of a Great House, Xnight of td w:«m-flmmu t to the Court of Charles I of England, o sE sE S ESE ES EEEOSSIOROSOROIORC Copyright, 18990, by American Press Association. E HOUSEâ€"OF 1881E **Which nearly happened in my poor ease, said To: He filled the bow! of a Ion.J:po with tobucco and lighted it at the fitime of a candle Smoking had become fashing able in Cloburgâ€"almost as mnch so at this time as in London itsel{. With the fragrant clonds Sonting about his head be taiked of his old bome in Devon There was a girl there bigh in rank and very young wnom be bad loved He was very careful to avoid all names save that of the Englishman whom he ;ld so valiantly killed in the Unicorn‘s ead. Tom Beverley was high in favor. and his majesty decorated him with the white star of the Order of tbo\goyul Hunters One night when Ton? was aitting over the wine with me. he said ‘‘*Did you ever notice. lestens. how amall a thing lies between the deed for which one man is bung and another crowned t As I had become since entering on my secretaryship something of a philos opher i nodded assent and replied. ‘‘Trnly. and sometimes they would bang a man add afterward see reason to crown him. * For half the night he rambled on in his narrative of old things while 1 sat. outwardly attentive, granting ever andâ€" amon. but in reality thinking only of « little amber baired princess ‘ The big clock in my chamber chimed % He ceased talking of England and Jookad at me with his old smile. "What eolor is her hair?"‘ he asked. "Red brownâ€"that is, whose hair do ‘‘Hagart,~ 1 said to my black horse. "‘I will stay. for the princess is so fat above me, and 1 am ber very bumble cavalier‘ And 1 should bave been woefuily cast down at the hopelesaness of it. but instead I went whistling np the avenue that runs through the park For what is there that a man feels far beyond bis reach when his beat horse is ander him and his tried aword swings ugainst his leg t After that 1 became so good a court ler that our embassador in Cloburs begged me to become his eecretary . So i stained my fingers with ink. drew double pay and wrote two letters a day very badly The receptions at court were seldom without me. and though the princess and 1 spoke little, our eyes told many thinga. After the barber bad done with me i ordered Hagart and tode out in the antuaimo foreste The little wild Gowers, the odorous ferns and the red and yel low leaves fluttering from the trees all iaughed at the song in my beart And so l staid in the greenwood unti) sunset, listening to the scurrying of partridges. the whispering of the brown oaks and the occasional and farofl bugle calls in the city At the end of it 1 untied Hagart‘s bridle from a sapling. and, mounting. vowed that i would forget the princess and leave Cloburg for Flanders or any place where one might die fighting This 1 had vowed when leaving Marion Thv‘ thought came to me. and 1 langhed Looking over at the corner of my chamber, where the tapestry took only a little of the light and the shadow of a pier glass fell. 1 could see ber slight figure standingâ€"the red brown bair all powdered as it bad been in the dance the gray eyes queationing. the pale face kind and queenlike. "It is wortb a king‘s game,." I mut tered. ‘‘and the king way hang me for it. but love a princess 1 do, so God help me!* Then 1 cursed myseif for a fool I might have lain all day. pictoring the lady‘s face and figure and building toppling air castles. bad not Tom burst into my room, looking for his «word. There was little rest for me when } returned. 1 watched the bright sun come in at the curtainaand the abadow» slide along the @oor Thas i iay nntil high noon in the clear light of day bhow my freedom of the night appailed me! The fumss of the wine. the scent of ber bair, bad left my brain now : bet curse it. the memory of all this war still deep in my heart! Oh, princess princess! 1 saw little of the princesednring the remainder of the evening. but the other ladies of the court were very kind ard pretended not to recognize anv of th« other gentiemen _ They were goor enongh to say that bot my arm. but my manner of dancing. made plain my identity Be led of thequeen and ! the Prin cese Barbara in the opening quadrille My nartner‘s hand trembled in mine Our evyes met and held We reemed to be gliding there alone And at one time, in crossing. i sighed into her powdered bair. ‘*Now I will dream of anotberâ€" until 1 get it * Then the grand quadrilie ended We leaned over the ladies hands. and the music ceased with a clash When ! returned and found Tom waiting patiently before the nier glass J thought me of the court gown. **Where is it ?"‘ he asked 1 shook my head. ‘‘Ho. bo, lastenst So you are no lon ger a pet."" be jibbed, ‘"wven unable to bortrow a little apparel " ldl&:ot speuk. but turued to the wardrobeé and smiled. Ro,poor Tom was forced to anpear in his court suit of pale green silk, his old Flemish lace and bis English sword. cess. my heart nresumes far ‘ 1 alipped on to one knee. boiding both her hands. and the Princess Barbara ieaned and kissed me lightly on my lips sgain. and the scent of ber hair beld the denger of lotus ° She smiledâ€"hes eyes and her lipsâ€"but her white brow may Got épeak my own petition * I had ridden sud suffered and lost bope of touching a iedy‘s Aud uow my @ngers helid hera i thought of ny‘n‘m.vuh Wasemark. and 1 laugbed a little *Bir."" whispered the princees _ "We are little priz ned, bolding Princess Barbara‘s buckle in his band, and even as 1 clutched at him he discovered the great price of the stomes and dashed past toward the door With shouts of rage and many threats we all sped after him, the posts :lu;”l-'ndtv-nl running las fying Agure of the With a fair I-:t' before ns, Tom and 1 kept ourâ€" for the chase, but the thyme writérs and Red Harding conâ€" awords, much to the danger THE TRYET wiTH THE PRINCRSS As we were about to leave the place a fellow of the swashbuckler stamp came in with great clashing of his scabbard. t He reeled againstâ€"me,â€"and on the inâ€" stant I felt something placked from the inside of the open breast of my cloak. *This is a pretty bauble," he grinâ€" Bull it was a littie anug piace, and. aping foreign fasbions was much freâ€" quented by posts and actora..who would come here and scribble their rhymes or voice their parts as the whiim took them. Some of these gentry were prés ent when we entered, and they made such merry company that we tarried long and drank deep. One of thein bad m sang in meinorty of the siaying of Siz Willis Howard. in which he was pleased to call Tom ‘‘a valiant, skilifol gentie man, the pride of all the town." and Howard ‘‘so vile a dog, it did us good to see him tumbled down." We pledged many more glasses to this astonishing poet, and he promised to immortalize us all. Outside we found the moon obscured and the air turned mild. The lientenant awore . mqldly. thinking of muaddy roads for the morrow The first tavern we came to swung the sign of the Blue It was Red Harding‘s intention to start the following morning on his reâ€" turn journey to Blatenburg and as be had not seen enough of . the taverns of Cloburg during the day Tom and i took him along after tea. The old lieutenant‘s eyes protruded. ‘*By beavens, it is the buckle | saw in the princess hat!‘ he exclaiined ‘‘My dear friend, were there never two buckles made aliket" i answered. *‘Truly. said Red Harding ‘"‘We met the lady in the garden and walked up and down and aronud. like priests after mass. many timer together â€" And ber highnesse showed much interest in me and ail my friends. A great soidier ever aime high. ° : Tom winked at me and asked Wwhat i held so closeiy in my fingers "What think you? cried Tom ‘This cavalier frowm {sstens has buen making love to the princess. ‘ Fumes of the Virginian leat grosted me at the door «nd npon entering i found our old retainet aad Fom Bevertey ecomfortably seated. moon swung up above the great woods 'hmlh:dmnod Then i turned to go. and in my first step ':LM mllonnhh. singing along gravel _ 1 stooped and peersd low to discover it ‘Them i dropped on my knees and felt sbout with cuareful fngers After searching for some time I found, on the frozem mold at the edge of the path, a silver buckile set with rubies And the same (â€" had <o often seen in the hunting bat of a certrin great lady that i beld it fondly and went on toward my apartments in the Whenr 1 fnished. it was time for candles. ‘Tom and Red Harding bad not returned, so 1 put on my cloak and bat and went down into the gardens Some of the flowers were frosen in their beds and the air was chilly i looked at the royal wing of the paiace, where it fronts along the crest. of the terraca The windows gleamed out, one by one as the servants lit the candles Oue casement glowed as a red rose befors my eyea 1 stood until all twilight failedâ€"until the stars glinted and the Tom took Red Harding ont with bim, while 1 wrote man> pages in reâ€" vly to all these |think wmy letters must have béen like the works of the poor poet who for money wrot« on busbandry. the churck and state. miliâ€" tary matters end Latin prose and was forever verging on his one dear snbject. poetry, but nowhere mentioned it So did 1 write of this and thet, ever thinkâ€" ing of the princess and tingeing my »enâ€" tences with her; yet nowhere wrote her the window seat till sunring When i Tooked outat corty dawn. a white frost lny over the grams and walls and : tened on the roofe ! blew on* the tng candies threw sside my clothing «nad got to bed before $ 'h-al.nnuh.- my «mazement i bebeld Red Harding grinzing at _"Ob, yellow" 1 answered. 1 rememâ€" bered the time i bad called it @olden. taking his pipe -odib‘v::::t‘l hiy and leaving me *o dream there in **The hair of the you used to Cfia_bt"h.r y b 1Cl diocxs Cota 27 U PA es ; F:A)." 8 *> fi‘ 4 1{.\‘-."'__.“' "'{,,-7/-:‘,:{' CBAPTER XHL things ‘Ten minutes before the appointed hour 1 reached the dog fountain in the palace garden, having hobbled there on my ernichea During the night a light covering of snow, the first of the winâ€" ter, had fallen. The clipped shrubs, the statcury and the roofs of the baildings wers shrouded in it, but overhead the «un crawled up the binest of skies But my fool heart was beavy. 1 was lost in meditations not pleasant when there an.u-l\ndlhm.om path . Turning, 1 beheid princésa in a cloak of red “J_.-y tat, ‘‘Bring me my siiver buckle to the garâ€" den tomorrow motning. Near the dog fonntain at 10. I wil} await you in the company of my ladies 1 think you have been thoughtless in the wearing of it‘ _ In the shadows I was glad to sit alone and think. Could it be that the prin cess was really out of love with her soversign lover! Could it be that she loved some one without a crown and a kingdomâ€"loved bim beyond a passing fancy t *‘Poor fool, cadet," I whispered, ‘‘you are a fitting youth to enliven the dull days with, but‘"â€"â€" And I laugbed eynically e At that moment a servant entered with a note and candles 1 hbeld the note unopened until the man left the room, for the little seal was familiar _ *‘The person who told me beard it from the princess, who does not seem concerned at all,"" he replied. â€" **Which is all passing strange,." ) said at last "But of what interest to me 1" The poet grinned and poured a glass of wine ‘"A health to you, you sly do‘l" be ctla_d. and drained the glass. ‘‘On second thoughts, Isstens, 1 adâ€" vise you to put away that buckle before the king comes to inquireâ€"after your knee,‘* .he said. Then he clattered out, singing one of his own songs. _ **Sbe bas written back a missive that will not mend matters, and his majesty Rufford is wrathy as the devil,‘" he anntinned. For answer I passed him a tobacco p‘pe. knowing that the fashionable hatit was strong upon bim. ‘"*Have you beard about the letter your king wrote to Princess Barbara t‘ 1 shook my hbead. **‘Some one told me that a few days ago he sent her a letter accusing her of fuithlessness. * **How did the countess come to hear of it?" 1 interrupted. The big guardaman tiushed and clapâ€" ped his heels together 1 looked out of the window and bit my lip **You must go on crutches for a week or two, my good sir, and no more ridâ€" ing nor fencing till the inflammation has gone,** he said. The gentliemen of the guard, who were clustered about. drew down their mouths in eotrow, ail feeling that erutches were second only to the coffin. ‘Theâ€"doctor stamped toward the door. but turned on the threshold and delivâ€" ered a last remark . **Wine or mait liquore in the system will add to the inflammation, Cavalier Inatens * He ieft amid a thnnder of groans. ‘Ten minates after 1 sat with my foot on a chair and played a game of chance with Beverley and two of his fellows. and the decunters stood on the table. ‘Pray part with it, my friend." 1 said gayly * ""By the sword of St Peter. how did After blowing ont a few wreaths of white smoke he said in the evening the big poetâ€"guards man came in and found me alone. After exchanging commonplaces he began to fdget in his chair and look at me uncasily you know 1 had anything to eay ?* he 1 awoke early on the morrow. and in getting out of bed felt a severe pain in my feft knee { put my foot to the Goor and the agony brought an impaâ€" tient oath to my lips Dropping back on to the bed 1 ezamined the painful joint. and. to my disgust, found it fted and blue. This is what came of ::bting in the dark. After the doctor had looked at it and puncbed the swelling with his lean finger. be shook his bead till the wig settied over one ear Red Harding after sorely wounding his man. went back and kicked the door until it fell out into the street Dragging one of the wonnded with ns we retreated. and the enemy forbore following _ After belping our wounded friend to the nearest inn we then returned to the palnce. thanking the saints for taking us out of so merry a scrape alive. thief who still beld© Barbara‘s buckle. and spitted him clean through the side it was but the work of a moment to suatch the trinket from bis twitching lu-nud'unit--ymx“ While engaging a burley, thitk legâ€" ged rancal across a bench 1 saw with the corner of my eye one of the. poets shouting and stabbing at a man of twice his size They spun about and leaped back aud on like crazy men and were both very drunk But presently the scribe changed his rapier to his left Rand and brougbht down a cracking broadsword cut cn his antagonist‘a head which ended that little passage of There bm-nn.moru- ed bail. orcurred a woefal fgbt ‘The inâ€" wates Were two to »ur ons, but hapâ€" plly. owing to broken furniturb and uited epace. this gave them little adâ€" vantage At the very first of it i funged at the tablen, for the hail was pitch dark ‘The lu:ti-l dn _ For awbile we a devil of a time, and when by sume nuneed agency the candics were lit we had a much wotse one. for we funpd ourueivee in a trap of robbers and catthrosts. all gurbed and armed like suldiers and gestiemes . And the man who nad ied us bere was uot so far gome in driunk as we bad at first sap aaide maâ€"oaat tall honse buhv"-ha ‘b.n.‘fi Thea awtul _ Phra begen an awiul tripping scross onvile, by the mauuer of | 'u--:t'hlfl- ="lo tuke beeath _ He fell over lnst. with ‘Tom at tbils Upon fnishing which my conrage d bope fied, and 1 cursed many Hoop we saw that the «/ wmy very ol oi T m se oo i e wiet Lifel e thau any of | hand Then, withoot gave M twice and at | rabics K43 hecia, dashed | _ But instead of bending ber bead a tall house, | louking ut the returaed trinket. sbe Hift | â€" P ke a pack of dhhamh with her M ea glance was kind. and 4 s ipping across fargot all the breve vows Ferturming of gEâ€"au dream no wore of the] t 1 stared at the king with challenging cyes. he smote me charply on the shoulder :::m«l.;h !hnm:f(!qlndhy touch of proved steal h you # h?" &thdm'- s1 uk "It is a right fitting sword to knight a man with," he said, and, requesting me to kneel, which I did as gracefully as possible under the circumstances, *‘*You have been a good servant, sit, and a true fighter," be conginued, ‘"and have many times saved your king and your country much blood without knowâ€" fng it You will kindly pass me your eword. Mine I have forgotten." 1 brought my sword from the corper of the room. He bared the blade and looked at the war dents. His smile took on its old Fromdnesa, and he sat himself down on the edge of the bed and motioned me back to my chair. I stared at the king with challenging eyes, my heart Astterinx and ancerâ€" tain, my mind wade up to a just pun !ahm‘ent for my impudence in loving We reached ~Blatenburg in safety without further adventure Instead of riding up to the palace we took rooms aud stabling for Hagart at the Cavaâ€" lier‘s Pride, and next morning sent the coach back to Cloburg On the night of the second day. when | was sitting alope with Barbara‘s bat buckle in my hand, a low knocking cgme on my door. My knee being greatly improved. 1 crossed the room and admitted a man with his cloak wrapped close about him Hlis face was covered, but sometbing in the width of his shoulders and the talilness of his figure reminded me of a former acquaintance. After closing the door behind him he dropped the cloak from his shoulders and doffed his bat. disclosing to my startled gaze my sovâ€" ereign, king of Wassmark. . ‘"I bave called," be said, smiling, ‘‘to speak to you on a matter of private interest to botb of us, and to another whom it is not necessary to name." evening. we beard a great ruampus shead. and the coach came to a stand still ‘Tom got out to see what the matâ€" ter was, and immediately two pitol shots rang on the frosty air and past the window went a man in a red cloak reeling in his saddle Tom returned. relating bow our former acquaintance of the mountains bad tried to hold us up and how a pistol ball somewhere in the leg had been his only satisfaction After telling which be coolly retnrned to his reading of the book. the snow still melting on his boots I started on the journey at midday. ® week after our tryst at the dog founâ€" tain ‘Tom rode in the coach with me (my knee forbade the saddle) and a servâ€" ant rode alongside on Hagart Poor enough company 1 made all the first day, and ‘Tom respected my riâ€" lence and epent his.time between read ing a book and staring from the winâ€" dow _ But on the second day. toward I staid in the garden for sevéeral bours. limping up and down the paths or staring away at the trees of the park like one dazed by a blow With many excuses, binting at atate trouble and a message from the king. I bade farewell to the court of Cloburg, and, though the ladies in waiting made great ado, Rufford seemed only too pleased at my departure. For a bright, bright second her lips pressed mine, ber hair was over my eyes, and then she sped away down the arbored patifand left me leaning on my heedless crutches. When Beverley came to have a dish of tea with me in my roowm. | asked him to get a leave of absence from the king and to come with me to Blaten: At first he looked at me in piteous amazement; then, leaning closer over the.â€"table, be put out his band on my shoulder and said that be would come. .**First," she said, "I will never warry king nor prince, nor, God pity me, aby man, and, second, you, Sir Cadet, I love with my true beart I‘ _ Then she arose and with trembling fingers fastened the silver buckis on wmy shoulder. *"Aund now," she said. trying braveâ€" ly to smile, ""will you promiise never to try to see me again and to leave the town if I tell you two things t" For answer 1 bowed my head and drove the tears back on to my soul And yet she lintened with no tinge of anger nor surprise in her clear ¢yes. only loveâ€"and pity _ Upon mying wy last word i tarned to bobble a«way. but ber voice softly recalled me ~"D Artagan," ‘she saidâ€"then, with her face bowed in her hands, she cat upon the steps of the fountsin and * T tao% thet. uy Yone tatee Sunkity came and that qy.:'flnfl that worr ing | laid ‘ bare my seart to the Prinâ€" ‘‘And so honor comes when she ts ienst "When the old man would see a knocker about to knock hbe would hobble up, leaning hbeavily onâ€"his cane, and plant the ferrule, as If by acct dent, squarely on the offender‘s foot. Buch a prod would cause the victim excruciating agony, and he would imâ€" mediately lose all interest in exposi frand. \While be was writhing -: groaning the old fellow would over whelm hbim with apologles and tosist upon his coming into the back foom to get a drink. Meantitme the other chap would be losing his money as fast as he could get it out. "There‘s . no fl“m much plunder this stick bas the meants of securing. Its original owner has ‘"This old fellow I‘m speaking of mnever operated any of the games, but was apparently a moere spectator. His business was to dispose of what were known technically as ‘knockers‘ A knocker was anybody who attempted to put a victim on his guard, usually a well meaning but officious friend. For example, a visitor would be playing at one of the games and his friend, look: ing on, would simell a rat. As a rule he would feel it his duty to say some thing. and such suggestions were natâ€" uraily resented by the house. ed with this old cape," said a New Orleans sporting man the other day. "You will observe how heary it is and how the ferrule comes down to a sharp point. It used to be carried by an old chap who was a well known character here back in the seventies. He had an interest in a very crooked gambling house. 1 won‘t burt anybody‘s feelâ€" ings by mentioning the exact location, buf it was a saying that you might as well slide your money under the door and walk off. It saved time. The Oid Ofice Which It Performed ]\'EI&Y AND EX(?‘I'AXGIS'PABI.F In a Gambling Den. !, eorge Sugyitt, Proprictor. kinds conveyances consiant} hand. C "There‘s an odd #ttle story connectâ€" modc:u. stables in mr:t.(;-n-d-lm i e mne n o d ies oo n e e ie NP *‘What causes you to think that? The king said nothing of it," 1 anâ€" awered. Whereat he but shook his head and began preparations for his night‘s rest {To be continued.) *‘And will you share this unknown adventure with met‘" I asked. *‘ would to God 1 conld, Isstens, but loyalty to Rufford holds me out of it.‘ *‘Then postpone ycur visit to Isstens and stand ready for further word from me,"‘ be said and bade me a friendly good night. When Beverley came in a little past midnight, 1 told him of the change in my plans and something of what the king bad mentioned, and, !nt. of my meer Kcmat *‘*Your king is a true gentleman,‘ he exclaimed, ‘"and, by heaven, 1 see into it a little." *‘*You forget," he said, "that you were but now made knight of a great order." He gct ready to go against Beverâ€" ley‘s return, and, with his bat on, askâ€" ed if I was still of the old, adventurous spirit. _lanswered that my sword was al ways at his service. crave pardon, but my pride is still somewhat sore at being crossed in love by my embas=ador‘s secretary." I said nothing to this. **But remember, sir," he continued, ‘*It touches nothing beyond my pride.‘ **And yet the thing remains bopeleas, sire 1 am but the cadet And how does a poor sword weigh agrinst a crownt" **You &re not surprised!" he said, | L/ , L R. C. P., Ireland ; M. D., C. M, Trinâ€" drawing up M.lt red eyebrows. d Wdl{:l%"l!cl.‘;.: g&hw *‘*Yes, sire, 1 am and honâ€" | Diseases omen V & or ored beyond m'?fl:dm :I'ow-co. E’-"u."" % “% He pinned the cross of the order on myhreutulndthn hnd.d:.na letter But before I could open the sheet he snatched it back, saying, "It is from | 1)""" * mesamen 5B roronto University, the princess, Sir What‘sâ€"yourâ€"name."‘ . | Licentiate of the College of Ehysicians, Bâ€"./ 1 flushed crimson and replied : *‘Very | Fpous and Actoncbeursof Ontario. Diseases of good. your majesty 1 have no desire to Zh-taum Wm-MW see your private correspondence." of the late Dr. Walden‘s residence. 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