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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1907-12-12, Page 7A 44444 °1 Zenda ANTHONY— — :— HOPE► Copyrighted, 1894, 1803, by Henry Holt L,• Company • ++++++++++++++++++440114•44+44+44444444441.4444+++++++4 rison er business bad I to loop at her with love than had even Rupert? ,And sulky I remained till, as evening fell aid we rode up to Tarlenheim, Sept having fallen behind In case any one should be following us, Flavia, riding close be- side me, said softly, with a little halt ashamed laugh: "Unless you smile, Rudolf, I cry. Why are you angry?" "It was something that fellow said to me," said I, but I was smiling ns we reached the doors and dismounted. There a servant handed me a note. It was unaddressed. "Is it for me?" I asked. "Yes, sire; a boy brought it." I tore it open: Johann carries this for me. I warned you once. In the name of God and if you are a man, rescue me from this denof murderers! A. Dia M. I handed it to Sept, but all that the tough old soul said in reply to this piteous appeal was: "Whose fault brought ber there?" Nevertheless, not being faultless my- self, I took leave to pity Antoinette de Mauban, CHAPTER SYI. S I had ridden publicly in Zen - da and had talked with Ru- pert Hentzau, of course all `as : pretense of illness was at an end. I marked the effect on the garri- son of Zenda. They ceased to be seen abroad, and any of my men who went near the castle reported that the ut- most tmost vigilance prevailed there. Touch- ed tis I was by Mme. de Mauban's ap- peal, I seemed as powerless to befriend Icer as I had proved to help the icing. Michael bade me defiance, and, al- though he, too, had been seen outside the walls, with more disregard for ap- pearances than he had hitherto shown, he did not take the trouble to send any excuse, for his failure to wait on the king, , Time ran on in inactivity when every :;moment was pressing, for not only was I faced with the new danger which the stir about my own disap- pearance brought on mate, but great murmurs bad arisen in Strelsau at my 'continued absence from the city. They had been greater but for the knowl- edge that Flavia was with. me, and for this reason I suffered her to stay, though I hated to have her where dan- ger was and though every day of our 'present sweet intercourse strained my endurance almost to breaking. As a final blow nothing would content my Advisers, Strakencz and the chancellor, who came out from Strelsau to make :an urgent representation to me, save • tligt I should appoint a day for the public solemnization of my betrothal, a ceremony which in Ruritania is well nigh as binding • and great a thing as A the marriage itself. ' And this, with Flavia 'sitting by me, I was forced to do, setting a date a fortnight ahead and appointing the cathedral In Strel- sau as the place. And this formal act, being published far and wide, caused great joy throughout the kingdom and was the talk of all tongues, so that I reckoned there were but two men who .chafed at it—I mean Black Michael and myself—and but one who did not • know of it—that one the malt whose Luanne I bore, the king of Rui'ltania. 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"And," said he, with a meaning bow to his ex- asperated master, "the devil sends the princess a finer man than heaven had marked out for her. By my soul, be does!" Then Michael harshly bade him hold his tongue and leave them, but Rupert must needs first kiss madame's hand, which he did as though ho loved. her, while Michael glared at him. This was the lighter side of the fel- low's news, but more serious came be- hind, and it was plain that if time pressed at Tarlenheim it pressed none the less fiercely at Zenda. For the king was very sick. Johann had seen him, and he was waited and hardly able to move. "There could be no thought of taking another for him now." So alarm- ed were they that they had sent for a physician from Strelsau, and the physi- cian, baying been introduced late the king's cell, had come forth pale and trembling and urgently prayed the fluke to let him go back and meddle no more in the affair. But the duke would not, and held him there a prisoner, tell - 'Mg him his life was safe if the king lived while the duke desired and died wheu the duke desired—not otherwise. And, persuaded by the physician, they bad allowed Mme. de Mauban to visit the king and give him such attendance as his state needed and as only a wom- an can give. Yet his life hung in the balance, and X was yet strong and whole and free. Wherefore great gloom reigned at Zenda, and, save when they quarreled, to which they were very prone, they hardly spoke. But the deeper the depression of the rest, young Rupert went about Satan's work with a smile in his eye and a song on his lip, and laughed "fit to burst" (said Johann) because the duke always set Detchard to guard the king when Mme. de Mauban was in the cell—which pre- caution was, indeed, not unwise in my careful brother. Thus Johann told his tale and seized his crowns. Yet he be- sought us to allow him to stay with us in Tarlenheim, and not venture his head again in the lion's den, but We had need of him there, and, although I refused to constrain him, I prevailed on him by increased rewards to go back and to carry tidings to Mme. de Mau- ban auban that I was working for her and that, if she could, she should speak one word of comfort to the king, for, while suspense is bad for the sick, yet de- spair 1.4 worske still, and it might be that the king lay dying of mere hope- lessness, for 1 could learn of no deft= nite disease that afflicted him. "And how do they guard the king now?" I asked, remembering that two of the Six were dead and Max Holf also. "Detchard and Bersonin watch by night, Rupert Hentzau and Gautet by day, sir," he answered. "Only two at a timet' • "Aye, sir, but the others rest in a room just above and are within sound of a cry or a whistle." "A room just above? I didn't know of that. Is there any communication between it and the room where they watch?" "No, sir. You must go down a few stairs and through the door by the drawbridge, and so to where the king is lodged." "And that doer is locked?" "Only the four lords have keys, sir." I drew nearer to him. • "And have they keys of the grat- ing?" at- ing?" I asked in a tow whisper. "I think, sir, only Detchard and Ru- pe" "Where does the duke lodge?" "In the chateau on the first floor. IIis apartments are on the right as you go toward the drawbridge." "And Mme. de Aiauban?" "Just opposite on the left. But her door is locked after she has entered." "To keep her in?" "Doubtless, sir." 'And the duke; I suppose, has the key?" "Yes. And the drawbridge is drag back at night, and of that, too, the duke holds the key, so that it cannot be run across the moat without applin cation to him." "And Where do you sleep?" .tie entrance hall of the chateau, with five servants." "Armed?"! "They .hnve,,i 1kes, sir, but no fire- arms. 'The tfoke will not trust theft ttvith firearms." Then at last t took the Matter boldly in my hands. I had failed once at Jacob's ladder; 1 should fail again there. I must make the atteek from the other side. "I have premised you twenty thou- sand crowns," said i. "You shall have fifty thousand If you will do what I ask of you tomorrow night. 'But, • first, do those servants ]mow who your pris- oner is?" "No, sir. They believe hist to be acme private army. of the spike's.'" 11111 WINCTIIAM TIMES, D OEXI3 ;ii 12 1207 "And they would not doubt that I ani the )wing?" "llow should they?" he asked. "Look to this, then. 'rromorrew at 2 Iu the morning exactly fling open the trout door of tbe chateau. Don't fail by an instant" "Shall you be there, sir?" "Ask no questions. Do what I tell you. Say the hall Is close or what you will, That is till I ask of Ton." And may 1 escape by the door,sir, when I liave opened It?" "Yes, quick as your legs will carry you, One thing more. Carry this note to madame --oft, it's in French; you can't read .3t—and charge ber, for the sake of all bur lives, not to fail in what it orders." The man was trembling, but I had to trust to what he had of courage and to what he had of bouesty. 1 dared not wait, for I feared that the king would W'Ueu the fellow was gone, I called. Sapt and Fritz to me and unfolded the plan that I had formed, Sapt shook his head over It. "Wiry can't you wait?" he asked. "The king may die." "Michael will be forced to act before that." "Then," said I, "the king may live." "Well, and if he does?" "For a fortnight?" I asked simply. And Sept bit his mustache. Suddenly Fritz von Tarlenhelm laid his hand on my shoulder. "Let us go and make the attempt" said he. "I mean you to go—don't be afraid," said I. "Aye, but do you stay here and take care of the princess?" A gleam came into old Sapt's eye. "We should have Michael one way or the other then," he chuckled, "where- as if you go and are killed with the king what will become of those of us. who are left?" "They will serve Queen Flavia," said 1, "and I would to God I could be one of them." A pause followed. Old Sept broke it by saying sadly, yet with an unmeant drollery that set Fritz and ins laugh- ing: "Why didn't old Rudolf III. marry your—great-grandmother, was it?" "Come," said I; "it is the king we are thinking about." "It is true," said Fritz. "Moreover," I went on, "I have been an impostor for the profit of another, but I will not be one for my own, and if the king is not alive and on his throne before the day of betrothal comes I will tell the truth, come what may." "You shall go, lad," said •Sapt. Hero is the plan I had made: A strong party under Sapt's command was to steal up to the door of the chateau. If discovered prematurely, they were to kill anyone who found them with their swords, for I wanted no noise of firing. If all went well, they would be at the door when Jo- hann opened it. They were to rush in and secure the servants if their mere presence and the use of the king's name were not enough. At the same moment—and on this hinged the plan— a woman's cry was to ring out loud and shrill from Antoinette de Man - ban's chamber. Again and again sbe was to cry: "Help, help! Michael, help!" and then to utter the name of young Rupert Hentzau. Then, as we hoped, Michael, in fury, would rush out of his apartments opposite anti' fall alive into the hands of Sept. Still the cries would go on. My men would let down the drawbridge, and it would be strange if Rupert, hearing his name thus taken in vain, did not descend from where he slept and seek to cross. De Gautet might or might not coma with him. That must be left to chance. And when Rupert set his foot on the drawbridge? 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We shoals have the keys tf the dour that let] to th, all hmpor- ant roams. Perhaps they would rush •tut. If they stout] by their orders, then the king's life hung on tbe swift- ness w;th which the conld force the outer door, and I thanked t.;od that not Itupert Ilenthen tvateltcd, but lJetch- ard. For though Detehard was a cool utan. relentless and no coward, lie sad neither the dash nor the recklessness of Rupert, Moreover, he, if any one of them, really loved Black Michael, and it might be that he would. leave Bersonin to guard the king and rush across the bridge to take part in the affray on the other side. Il So I `planned—desperately, And that our enemy might be the better lulled to security I gave orders that our resi-• deuce should be brilliantly lighted from top to bottom, as though we were engaged in revelry, and should so be kept all night, with music playing and. people moving to and fro. Strakencz would be there, and he was to conceal our departure, If he could, from Fla - via. And,if we came not again by the morning he was to march, openly and in force, to the castle and demand the person of the Icing. If Black Michael were not there, as I did not think he Would be, the marshal would take Fla - via with him, as swiftly as he could, to Strelsau and there proclaim Black Michael's treachery and the probable death of the king and rally all that there was honest and true round the' banner of the princess. And, to say' truth, this was what I thought most likely to hannen, For I had great doubts Whether ei- ther the king or Black Michael or I had more than a day to live. Well, if Black Michael died, and if I, the play actor, slew Rupert Hentzau with my own hand and then died myself, it might be that fate_ would deal as lightly with Ruritania afi could be hoped, notwith- standing that it demanded the life of the king—and to her dealing thus with me I was in no temper to make objec- tion. It was late when we rose from con- ference, and 1 betook me to the prin- cess' apartments. She was pensive that evening, yet when I left her she flung her arm's about me and grew for an Instant bashfully radiant as she slipped a ring ou my finger. I was wearing the king's ring, but I had also on my little finger a plain band of gold engraved with the motto of our fam- ily, "Nil Qum?. Feel.” This I took off. ' Wear that ring even though, you wear another when you arc queen." and put on her finger and signed to her to let me go. Ahd she, understanding, stood away and watched me with dimmed eyes. "Wear that ring even though you wear another when you are queen," I said. "Whatever else I wear, this I will wear till I die and after," said she as she kissed the ring. CHAPTER BVI;. FIE night came fine and clear. I had prayed for dirty weather, such as. had favored my pre- vious voyate in the moat, but fortune was this time against me. Still, 1 reckoned that by keeping close under the wall and in the shadow I could escape detection from the win- dows of the elateau that looked out on the scene of my efforts. I1 they searched the meat, Indeed, my scheme must fail, but I did not think they Would, They had made Jacoh's ladder were against dttack. Johann bad himself helped to fix it closely to the masonry on the underside so that It could not now be moved from bele* any mora than from above. An as- sault With explosives or a keg batter tag with picks alone eoti)4 displace It. • and the noise involved in either of these operations put then out .et the question. What barn, then, could a roan tit) In the Lniont? I trusted that Meek lift rise], putting this query to himself, would answer confidently, None," while even if Jobaun meant treachery hie did not know my schome and would doubtless expect to see ore at the bead.ot' my friends before tho front enttanee to the chateau. There, 1 said to Salla vc. •, fa.sz real danger. "Anil there."4 added, "you shaltbe. Doesn't that content you?" But It did not. Ilearly would he have liked to come with me had I mot utter- ly refused to take hits. One man might escape notice. To double the party more than doubled the risk, and when he ventured to hint ono again that my life was too valuable I, know- ing the secret thought he clung to, sternly bade him be silent, assuring him that unless the king lived through the night I would not live through It either. At 12 o'clock Sapt's command left the chateau of Tarlenheim and struck oil~ to the right, riding by unfrequented roads and avoiding the town of Zen - da. If all went well, they would be in front of Zenda by about a quarter to 2. Leaving their horses half a mile off, they were to steal up to the entrance and hold themselves In readiness for the opening of the door. If the door were not opened by 2 they were to send Fritz von Tarlenheim round to the other side of the castle. I would meet him there if 1 were alive, and we would consult whether to storm the castle or not. If I were not there, they were to return with all speed to Tarlenheim, rouse the marshal and march in force on Zenda, for if not there I should be dead, and I knew that the king would not be alive five minutes after I had ceased to breathe. I must now leave Sapt and his friends and relate how I myself pro- ceeded on this eventful night. I went out on the good horse which had car- ried me on the night of the coronation back from the shooting lodge to Strel- sau. I carried a revolver in the saddle and my sword. I was covered with a large cloak, and under this' I wore a warm, tight fitting woolen jersey, a pair of knickerbockers, :thick stockings and light canvas shoes. I bad rubbed myself thoroughly with oil, and I ear- ried a large flask of whisky. The night was warm, put I might probably be immersed a long while, and it was neatssar c• to take every precaution afiainst cold, for cold not only saps a mast's courage if he has to die, but impair his energy if others have to d:e and finally gives him rheumatics if It be God's will that he lives. Also I tied Tnuntl my body a length of thin but stout co}til, and I did not forget my ladder. I, starting after Sapt, took a shorter route, skirting the town to the left, and found myself in the outskirts of the forest at about half past 12. I tied my horse up in a thick clump of trees, leaving the revolver in its pocket in the saddle—it would be no use to me—and, ladder in hand, made my way to the edge of the moat. 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