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'chains of shame and hope, she yet then, just as" Antoinette de Mauban
would not be a decoy nor at his bid- fired at Rupert Ilentzau; ou the bridge,
ding lure me to death; hence the let- they broke in, eight of them in all, and
ters of warning she had written, the first door they came to was the
Whether the lines she sent to Flavia door of Michael's room, and Michael
:were inspired by good or bad feeling, lay dead across the threshold, with a
by jealousy or by pity, I do not know, sword thrust through his breast. Sept
but here also she served us well. When cried out at his death, as I had heard,
the duke went to Zenda, she accompa- and they rushed on the servants, but
these in tear dropped their weapons,
and Antoinette flung herself weeping
at Sapt's feet. And all she cried was
that I had been at the end of the
bridge and had Leaped off. "What of
the prisoner?" asked Sapt, but she
shook her head, Then Sept and Fritz,
with the gentlemen behind them, cross-
ed the bridge, slowly, warily and with-
out noise, and Fritz sturnbled over the
body of De Gautet in the way of the
door. They felt him and found him
dead.
Then they consulted, listening eager-
ly for any sound from the cells below,
but there came none, and they were
greatly afraid that the king's guards.
had killed him and, having pushed his
body through the great pipe, bad es-
caped the same way themselves. Yet
because I had been seen here they had
still some hope (thus,.indeed, Fritz in
his friendship told me), and, going back
to Michael's body, pushing aside An-
toinette, who prayed by it, they found
a key to the door which I had locked
and opened the door. The staircase
was dark, and they would not use a
torch at first lest they should be the
more exposed to fire, but soon Fritz
cried: "The door down there is open!
Sc, there is light!" So they went on
baldly and found none to oppose them.
And when they came to the outer room
and saw the Belgian, Bersonin, lying
dead they thanked God, Sapt saying,
"Aye, he has been here." Then, rush-
ing into the king's cell, they found
Detcbard lying dead across the dead
physician and the king ou his back,
with his chair by him. And Fritz cried,
"He's dead!" and Sept drove all out of
the room except Fritz a1ud knelt down
by the king, and, having learned more
of wounds and the signs of death than
I, he soon knew that the king was not
dead nor if properly attended would
die. And they covered his face and
carried him to Duke Michael's room
and laid him there, and Antoinette
rose from praying by the body of the
duke and went to bathe the king's head
and dress his wounds till a doctor
came. And Sept, seeing I bad been
there and having heard Antoinette's
story, sent Fritz to search the moat
and then the forest. Ile dared send no
one else. And Fritz found my horse
and feared the worst. Then, as I have
told, he found me, • guided by the
shout with which 1 bad called on Ru-
pert to stop and face me. And I think
a man has never been more glad to
find his own brother alive than was
Fritz to come on me, so that in love
and anxiety for me he thought nothing
of a thing so great as would have been
the death of Rupert Heutzau. Yet had
Fritz killed•him I should have grudged
it.
The enterprise of the king's rescue
being thus prosperously concluded, it
lay on Colonel Sept to secure secrecy
as to the king ever having been in need
of rescue. Antoinette de 'Vauban and
Johann, the keeper (who, indeed, was
too much hurt to be wagging his
tongue just now), were sworn to reveal
nothing, and Fritz went forth to find
not the king, but the unnamed friend
of the king, who had lain in Zenda and
flashed for a moment before the dazed
eyes of Duke Michael's servants on the
drawbridge. The metamorphosis had
happened, and the king, wounded al-
most to death by the attacks of the
jailers who guarded his friend, had at
last overcome them and rested now,
wounded, but alive, in Black Michael's
own room in the castle. There he had
been carried, his face coeksred with a
cloak, from the cell, and thence orders
issued that if his friend were found he
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nied him, and here for the first time
she Ietuued the full measure of his
enmity and was touched with compas-
sion for the unfortunate king. From
this time she was with us, yet from
what she told me I know that she still
(as women will) loved Michael and
'trusted toegairi his life, if not his par -
doe, from the king as the reward for
her assistance. His triumph she did
not desire, for she loathed his crime
and loathed yet more fiercely what
world) be the prize of it—his marriage.
with his cousin, Princess Flavin.
At Zenda a new force came into play,
the daring of young Rupert. He was
caught by ber beauty, perhaps. Per-
haps it was enough for him that she
belonged to another man and that she
1iatei him. For many days there had
been quarrels and ill will between him.
and the duke, and the scene which I
had witnessed in the duke's room was
but one of many. Rupert's oproposals
`to me, of wbicb she had of course been
'ignorant, in no way surprised her when
I related. them. Sbe had herself warn-
ed. Michael against Rupert even when
she was calling on me to deliver her
from both of them. On this night,
then, Rupert when she had gone to her
room, having furnished himself with a
key to it, made his entrance. Her cries
had brought the duke, and there in the
;dark room while she screamed the
.men had fought, and Rupert, having
wounded his master with a mortal
biota, had on the servants rushing in
escaped through the window, es I have
described. The duke's blood, spurting
out, had stained his opponent's shirt;
but Rupert, not knowing that he had
dealt Michael his death, was eager to
finish the encounter. How he meant to
deal with the other three of the band I
know not. I dare say he did not think,
for the killing of Michael was not pre-
meditated. Antoinette, left alone with
the duke, had tried to stanch his
wound, and thus' was she busied till he
died, and then, hearing Rupert's
taunts, she had come forth to avenge
him. Me she had not seen, nor did she
till I darted out of my ambush and
leaped after Rupert into the moat.
The same moment found my friends
on the scene. They had reached the
chateau in due time and waited ready
by the door. But Johann, swept with
the rest to the rescue of,the duke, did
not open it—nay,'tie took a part against
Rupert, putting himself forward more
bravely than any in his anxiety to
-avert suspicion, and he had received a
wound, in the embrasure of the win-
dow. Till nearly half past 2 Sept wait-
ed; then, following my orders, he had
;sent Fritz to search the banks of the
moat. I was not there. Hastening
back, Fritz told Sept, and Sept was
for following orders still and riding at
full speed back to Tarlenheim while
:Fritz would not bear of abandoning
me, let me have ordered what I would.
.On this they disputed some few min-
utes; then Sept, persuaded by Fritz,
detached a party under Bernenstein to
gallop back to Tarlenheim and bring
up the marshal, while the rest fell to
on the great door of the chateau. For
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eonfluetnent in the castle, had been,
most traitorously set upon, that there
lead been a desperate conflict, that the
duke was slain, with several of hie
gentlemen, and that tilt king, wounded
as ho was, had seized and held the cas-
tle of Zenile. All of which talk made,
as may be supposed, a mighty excite-
ment, and the wires were set in mo-
lten, and the tidings came to Strelsau
only just after orders had been sent
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thither to parade the troops and over-
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town with a display of force.
Thus the Princess Flavia came to
Zenda. And as site drove up the hill,
with the marshal riding by the wheel
and still imploring ber to return in
obedience to the king's orders, Fritz
von Tarleubeim, with the prisoner of
Zenda, came to the edge of the forest,
1 had revived from my swoon and
walked, testing on Fritz's arm, and,
looking out from the cover of the trees,
1 saw the princess, Suddenly under-
standing from a glance at my compan-
ion's face that we must not meet her,
I sank on my knees behind a clump of
Gushes. But there wigs one whom we
liad forgotten, but who folloa-ed us
and was not disposed to let slip the
chance of earning a smile and maybe a
crown or two, and while we lay bidden
the little farm girl came by us and ran
to the princess, courtesying and cry-
ing:
"Madame, the king is here—in the
bushes. May I guide you to him,
madame?"
"Nonsense, child!" said old Stra-
kenez. "The king lies wounded in the
castle."
"Yes, sir, he's wounded, I know, but
he's tbere, with Count Fritz, and not
at the castle," she persisted.
"Is he in two places, or are there two
kings?" asked Flavia, bewildered.
"And how should he be here?"
"He pursued a gentleman, madame,
and they fought till Count Fritz came,
and the other gentleman took my fa-
ther's horse from me and rode away.
But the king is here with Count Fritz.
Why, madame, is there another man,
in Ruritania like the king?"
"No, my child," said Flavla softly a
was told it afterward), and she smiled
and gave the girl money. "I will go
and see this gentleman," and sbe rose
to alight from the carriage.
But at this moment Sept came riding
from the castle and, seeing the prin-
cess, made the best of a bad jeb and
should be brought directly and pri-
vately to the king and that meanwhile
messengers should ride Ott full speed to
Tarlenheim to tell Marshal Strakencz
to assure the princess of the king's
safety and to come himself With all
speed to greet the king. The princess
was enjoined to remain at Tarlenheiui
and there await her cousin's coming or
his further injunctions. Thus the king.
would come to his own again, having
wrought brave deeds and escaped al•
most by a miracle the treacherous as-
sault of his Unnatural brother.
This ingenious arrangement of my
long beaded old friend prospered hi
every way save where it encountered
a force that often defeats the most
cunning schemes. I mean nothing else
than the pleasure of a woman, for, let
her cousin and sovereign send 'what
command he chose (or Colonel Sept
chose for him), and let Marshal Stra-
kencz insist as he would, the Princess
Flavia was in no way minded to rest at
Tarlenheim while her lover lay wound-
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With a small suit, rode forth from Tar•
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through the town, where the report
was already rife that the king, going
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"rt is not the Rang. Don't kiss him,"
Sept started round. The old mar-
shal's face asked unspoken questions.
Flavia's glance was no less eloquent.
Suspicion spreads quick.
"I'll ride myself and see this man,"
said Sapt hastily.
"Nay, I'll come myself," said the
princess.
"Tben come alone," he whispered.
And she, obedient to the strange
hinting in his face, prayed the marshal
and the rest to wait, and she and
Sept came on foot toward where we
lay, rapt waving to the farm girl to
keep at a distance. And when I saw
I now lay. Though three men had died
there—two of them by nay Mind --•I was
not troubled by gliosts. I had thrown
myself ou a pallet by tbe window and
was looking out on the black water.
Johann, the keeper, still pale from tits
wound, but not much hurt besides, had
brought me supper, He told nae that
the king was doing well, that he had
seen the princess; that she and he,
Sept and Fritz had been long together.
Slarshal Strakenez was gone to Stre-
sgla Blacl-. Michael lay In bis coffin,n,
and Antoinette de efanban watebeel by
him. Had I not heard from the chapel
priests singing mass for him? '
Outside there were strange rumors
afloat. Some said that the prisoner of
Zenda was dead; some, that be had
vanished yet alive; some; that be was
a friend who bad served the kin; well
in some adventure In England; others,
that be had discovered the dulse's
plots and had therefore been kidnaped
by him. One or two shrewd fellows
shook their heads and said only that
they would say nothing, but they bad
suspicions that more eves tc be known
than was known if Cotonel Sapt would
tell all he knew,
Thus Johann chattered till I sent him
away and lay there atone thinking not
of the future; but, as a man is wont to
do when stirring things have happened
to bim, rehearsing the events of the
past weeks and wondering bow-
strangely
owstrangely they had fallen out. And
above me in the stillness of the night
I heard the standards flapping against
their poles, for Black Michael's banner
hung there half mast high, and above
it the royal flag of Ruritania, floating
for one night more over my head.
Habit grows so quick that only by
an effort did I recollect that it floated
no longer for me.
Presently Fritz von Tarlenheim came
into the room. I was standing then by
the window; the glass was opened,
and I was idly fingering the cement
which clung to the masonry where
"Jacob's ladder" had been. He told
me briefly that the king wanted me,
and together we crossed the draw-
bridge and entered the room that bad
been Black Michael's.
The king was lying there' in bed.
Our doctor from Tarlenheim was in
attendance on bim and whispered to
me that my visit must be brief. The
king held out his hand and shook mine.
Fritz and the doctor withdrew to the
window.
I took the king's ring from my finger
and placed it on his.
"I have tried not to dishonor it, sire,"
said I.
"I can't talk much to you," he said in
a weak voice. "I have had a great fight
with Sept and the marshal, for we
have told the marshal everything. I
wanted to take you to Strelsau and
keep you with me and tell every one
of what you had. done, and you would
have been nay best and nearest friend,
Cousin Rudolf. But they tell me I must
them coming I sat in a sad heap on
tbe ground and buried my face in my
bands. I could not look at her. Fritz
knelt by me, laying his hand on my
shoulder.
"Speak low, whatever you say," I
heard Sept whisper as they came up,
and the next thing I heard was a low
cry—half of joy, half of fear—from the
princess:
"It is be! Are you hurt?"
And she fell on the ground by me and
gdlltly pulled my hands away, but I
kept my eyes to the ground.
"It is the king!" she said. "Pray,
Colonel Sept, tell me where lay the wit
of the joke you played on me?"
We answered none of us. We three
were silent before her. Regardless of
them, she threw her arms round. my
neck and kissed me. Then Sept spoke
in a low, hoarse whisper:
"It 'is' -not the king. Don't kiss him.
He's not the king."
She drew back for a moment; then,
with an arm still round my neck, she
asked in superb indignation:
"Do I not know my love? Rudolf, my
love!"
"It is not the king," said old Sept
again, and a sudden sob broke from
tender hearted Fritz.
It was the sob that told her no come-
dy was afoot.
"He is the king!" she cried. "It is the
king's face—the king's ring—my ring!
It is my love!"
"Your love, madame," said old Sept,
"but not the king. The king is there in
the castle. This gentleman" --
"Look at me, Rudolf, look at me!"
she cried, taking my face between her
hangs. "Why do you let them torment
me? Tell me what it means!"
Then I spoke, gazing into her eyes.
"God forgive me, madame," I said.
"I am not the king!"
I felt her hands clutch my cheeks.
She gazed at me as never man's face
was scanned yet. And I, silent again,
sawn wonder born, and doubt grow, and
terror spring to life as she looked.
And very gradually the grasp of her
hands slackened; she turned to Sept,
to Fritz and back to me, then sudden-
ly she reeled forward and fell in my
arms, and with a great cry of pain I
gathered her to me and kissed her lips.
Sept laid his hand on my arm. I leek:
ed up in his face. And I laid het soft-
ly
oftly on the ground and stood up, looking
en her, cursing heaven that young Ru-
pert's sword had spared me for this
slrarper pang.
CHAPTElt NXI.
T was night, and I was in the
cell wherein the king had
lain In the castle of Zenda.
The great pipe that Rupert of
Ilentzau had nicknamed "Jacob's lad-
der" was gone, and the lights in the
room across the moat twinkled in the
darkness. All was still; the din and
elai'h of strife were g.ane. I hitt spent
the day hidden in the forest from the
time When Fritz had led me oil, leav-
ing Sapt with the princess. Under
over of dusk, muffled up, I had been
brought to the castle and lodged where
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