Show MAN T W WHO hola LOOKED D LIKE I 1 THE 1 nc E K kince tunu NO 97 B BY I 1 DAVID s F FOSTER 0 5 T R 0 4 AUTHOR OF da A CRISIS isis IN N OLDEN OLDENDORF DORr 11 AND THE TEE S SIX K BELLS BEILS OF or C CASTLE CASTIE A S TL E cur EC FN m it 44 r e V 17 h ty by dald kf S foster Foil trl it it I 1 perkins an american trav f ahoff in ill cert germany nany karn on that thai foot his for fortune harn atari haq a bee been tell lol cro on and aging the iho bavarian Ua varlan fron tf burc abir list von vol dunkel clr m P h mt met m et perkins belm of NL munich clunich wha ila informs account on 61 that ho he Is anxious to disappear the iho king of f ha hit re to to bonx on t persuades von 20 exchange for ft burno anuw his perso nanty in arrested by r marlin perkins in soon floon after for oil ail of fervia com the police pol lc i taken to 10 von voll emitted by informed litro abat ills his SUP ur 7 Nf ho he is j but bul obtain lila ills release 1 can ipa leavina tile tho pr prison I 1 so BS that ho he lopint 1 on his look all to tn obtain a look 4 alth her ho he lr is elderly 1 ill her site sho protes to be a large jareo boman of 0 t ive arrora ace P lr i rt king la Is let out dot of arnon that night lie ho 1 tho the wife fife von art ap S escape and ha alfo afa 4 arriving arr ving hint him oft by rori in EL carriage perkins falls asleep i in ij alm ilm ho e ec do coupe of tho the king kl and lie ho wa rl r l in fit III laiq oluffa iu s ro room i for whom han haa been we lie new aiace having ll 11 rn ell ti Fasl I 1 iho a lay ilay bufore ho a then icalla I 1 ahat 1 II 11 was 4 tho to alne in whom on i frau frail von on 1 1 t carri pl 1 0 oft ler 1 5 mn kill to ea 0 I 1 taft a kin menn icon j n ano he hc la is balm upon to fu ress dl 1 S content sit in tho the chamber of de an and g among the iho royal ku fuard rd lie eel rt r s t I 1 10 y a it tho fair laitar cr b by bro hl I 1 fo for them jj a an n linin linni enro enso tun of beer r 0 it I 1 munich I 1 I 1 T niven ilia iho order to th tb kings kinga now low decre iry rJ sJ uller who he arr on tue the scene li to a tr nf kank klics 7 bAU a oung girt valeska von on engle englc aig 7 harj 1 ard whop who p relatives aro are to co arto her into marrying an old beneral von voll perkins assures her of tile iho king t protection und and lu ill unit mid muller luller t ake lir home in the elec electricity triciti on rt returning to the ilie palace perkins word ord from valeska aunt that von itai n lion stain tills lius carried off Vate skit in fit a car perkins and muller start man in pur or sut atilt in tile electrical co and 1 I overtake the carriage 1 PART V VI what li tho the matter he bellowed j are arc you gen von Ra bentte n I 1 asked yes I 1 I 1 am he h replied I 1 you is pro ere said raid 1 I as I 1 gave him a terrible blow nith etli my whole weight back bach of it he dropped to the earth an and d lay there vry very peacefully said and in the most comfortable position I 1 went to the door of the generals carl can lage lafe and met valeska just juat stepping out she was extremely pale and hor ter blue eyes eye mere wide vim fright when she baw me nhe jibe gave a contented little sigh and ana sank into my arms under the influence of my consoling and suring words word site quickly recovered hr kreng th and spirits I 1 now found how buoyant and classic was aas her nature 84 n 1 I 1 baw her in a few moments Inc ments tits pass front from A a state of frantic despair to one of he heedful erful ind and mischievous gaiety gayety she even insisted upon riding midi ill tile me upon the box of the coupe and I 1 was wag in a quandary no as to how I 1 should dispose of muller Sl uller until I 1 found that ll it was mas all one vilh him v hether bother lie rode upon the box or upon the inside walli aith the old lady ile he was as truly an accommodating person and T would havo have liked to advance him in some way it if I 1 had bad known jow how to do so 0 o we had determined to I 1 take ake the ladles ladies di directly I 1 y to the palace and to leave them thet there c under the charge of if koit gott fried Johan johannes neg while we stormed the tha CA caballe we of 0 cunigunde and rescued his majesty I 1 had not forgotten by any means this all important enterprise rind though there was no longer necessity for such buch momentum as we vie had used uel in tho pursuit ot of lon on It abenstein I 1 whirled d the carriage along at a very respectable speed sly my intimacy mith Vale valeska aka was wai rendered closer mote moie confidential a and n d more amicable by the delightfully co coay zy and agreeable position in fit which we now found ourselves why 1 is jr it raid bald 1 I that you were so unalterably opposed to the generals suit the match would be al a brilliant birIlli 11 one frimodt tor almott any gill gil I 1 can f it t he that you entertained it a prior affection for some one else elac no your SIa Mit josty do you mean to tell me fraulein Traul eln valeska valaska Valc that you have never been in love 1 I did not say that your lla majesty jesty 1 then you confess cont eBs child that you are abeln in love with some one the artless and amicable creature hung her head find and a very rosy line hue mantled her lovely cheek check and perfect neck valeska fair one tell roe ine does not the insensible clod return thy affection 1 I do not know your majesty tho rhe answered faintly he might perhaps if things were different lie he Is so immeasurably removed front from me by wealth I 1 and rank that it Is alas impossible for him film to think of me but suppose girl arl that all his rank and power had vanished that he had ay b V N d C I 1 she sank into I 1 ry arms suddenly become Ip ronn poor and humble auld thoum ou love him still 1 I would s loll loir him though li lie were a beggar cried malcka Valc ka aach enthuse cathu after ne c had set down valeska and h her er aunt on t at the palace an and juit no na to c acie pie preparing pre to tarl biart upon our it al ven expedition I 1 wan fi handed a note 0 to by Got tIlled it van vaa from froin my prune me minister count couil von oil Loen lowenkopf kopf and mai As aa follows follos tile the enthusiasm of the troops is id denied tho the ila lias already Kinn girin lort led the tax lux your ister for foreign A feairs has c concluded tone ludel a act I 1 V ment of 0 till von affair with the ilio envoy envoys without pay ing inc hint him at a gulden and the th beer is not a all I 1 gone yet jong live your Ma majolly Maj fly I 1 naturally atu rally tele felt somewhat elated at tile the ais success of my stratagem anil and was wa s a ii tt Is proud that I 1 had bahon such lucli S tn in affairs or government mounting once more the box of 0 our matchless coupe I 1 met BOL free the electric fluid and jn in A few minutes WP we had arrived at al the bo liou bobsein seln useIn the strasse opposite tile tho church of st johannes the house which we had bad too iauch much reason to 10 suppose was wa s I 1 even morill van now OV the of the unfortunate un fortuna t 0 monarch ell I 1 muller was wa s for I breaking into thi th i hougo homo through cli some aindow in the I 1 car at Y sold ad 1 I get tour four years or bu I 1 know a way worth two mo of that the sill of the house door was hut but a few inches above tho the level of the side 8 I 1 r I 1 till 1 nl her wrath was atas able walk the wheels a of our carriage haj laa tires and projecting beyond the iho wheels in front of the vehicle there atas as a sort of rubber butter buffer or bumper of great solidity I 1 save gave the gul guiding drig wheel ft a slight twist to the light tile the coupe shot obliquely across the street passed over the curb traversed the sidewalk an and d crashed against the heavy door the th effect af all thit that I 1 wished for the door tell fell in ward in splinters screams scream a came from the interior of the mansion and the pedestrian who upon tile street begun began to hasten toward the scene I 1 kot got down from tho the box and was just in time to moot meet the ali enraged cunigunde i in the doorway her wrath was indescribable and her vocabulary complete and binate behind clr ifor com mandluff and wild wildly y gesticulating figure I 1 cauffet a elispie of f a familiar but sonnee somewhat hat pale and emaciated face it was undoubtedly that of the poor cantave kins king madame said 1 I taking ot off my hat your house Is id on oil alre the flames are eve aven now coin ing through the root roof i i H the e new chemical engine got get together at once your our valuables and jewels as wo we are about to flood the house A moment she ehe was irresolute ine solute then sh all turned and rushed into hila the back a 0 like house I 1 opened tho the door of the coupe made a dush dash into tile the hallway tor for its majesty and d raised dragged him toward tile entrance ent ranc to my lily surprise lie ie heisted lei Isted my lily good offices fes sn that I 1 was waa obliged to bocon hid arable force lie hf no now bezan to fight and gitig gle ilki it fc madman and at it tile the little lime such strength that I 1 to sh yli ved lecan began despair of hint him put gut liesure curti aundos the crowel crowd and tire the tumult outside were was no hell for it ft I 1 at once put into the jacklo for which I 1 mas is ro ho md v hen bell I 1 pitted in ill out our clevell at al college I 1 tire ali breath out of ills body 11 bubb d him up flung him over my lily i fh made a ethl for tile strett and flung hlin him almost sq into i the depths of the lh vehicle to slam slain ill ilni door shut mount the box and turn lurn the leer iler was the work of f a moment it was none too soon several of uie tile byrta adeis caught hold hol 1 of the th wheela two or three of them turned complete comp lole somersaults by loin doln passed on like t the he id it und and ill the coupe cabor juggernaut or of course I 1 regretted exceedingly the haa having ing to lisp iia such ferolo measures with the th lords anoint anointed ei I 1 put but what ahat roum could I 1 1 in I aly y bai ness N anns as to i esceo him far alit anal I 1 had lone done it in spite of him alf hart had dono done nothing but bill I 1 jugh front from the ali very commencement of ill ili T nelce ivell ahn we arrived at the palace he wall waa sill klah so with inward merriment that I 1 could I 1 pel get nothing out of him it ID I 1 tile vay fit counsel 11 was really quite aggravating and I 1 mas filu ranch h annoyed anoy by it I 1 ald muller pet got do down it all mhd enter the iho palice palace by till the front cronl and main p portico etleo us I 1 wished him to see to it that overa evary thing was in ien dinces for ills hla Maje reception und and that eliat there were no loli letcia in the rear eway ew xray so that we 71 might ight bring hint him into tb the a palace aze in co anito and without occasioning any 1 publicity or scandal I 1 then ran tile the carriage carr lase around to the private entrance and waited for fuller to como come down several minutes tos panned and lie did not appear I 1 got flown own from the lo io 10 and looked into jhc thc h window of tho the coupe I 1 could coul not sec en very distinctly so bo I 1 opened tho the door to my astonishment the vehicle was waa demply ills majesty had jumped from tire the carriage alle it was in transit antU tr and had all escares thlu aits then wa waa 4 the outcome of all my heroic en ell dea deivory de avory vorm while I 1 was thinking think lne how foolish lie ho lial had been several forms forina cleed around me ine out of the darkness two men seized my arms and one of them cried jn the name or of the me kieff whal am I 1 arrested for I asked I 1 for high trea treason son sald said he they now took me into the passage led me up leeral se oral eral stairways and through any number of corridors and at last lac broucht me into a large and brill bantly I chamber at the further end of it vere tere several sacral officers in rge u uniforms forms one man alone aaion e among g thom them vii settled seated your maje majesty ty spoke the officer tho had arrested 8 me tills is the man tet let everyone mith withdraw draw said raid the th gentleman ibo ft ho wet waa albling alt ling 1 I would be alone N ith the pi elsoner I 1 now knew that eliat he be who spoke was the kins king to say that I 1 was astonished aaton confounded and dumbfounded does not do justice to it for the kins king wn waa no other than my quon quondam darn secretary muller I 1 had peter ne or experienced such A anians traps for fonn mation atlon upheaval and I 1 ic eversal versal in my life before all the lay day my feelings and my imagination had been upon an heroic plane I 1 now found that I 1 had been nothing more than the plaything I 1 of the king and that my achievements instead of being heroic inclined rather to the ridiculous I 1 recollected how I 1 had patronized muller and had ordered him about and I 1 wondered lot lie he would now do to me for it after the apart apartment anent hall had been cleared of au all but ills his majesty and mi ri self lie ile looked at me gravely for a moment or two and then began to laugh just as a lie he had laughed upon the coupe I 1 wan waa not so much vexed about it now as I 1 was then I 1 took I 1 it t for a happy augury here heir perkins perking said lie ile at length wa when en he had laughed until he was purple in ill the face ace you are arc a most excellent young man and you mean well but I 1 cannot lauh laugh like this all the time lime I 1 would die of it were it n not eor tor for this I 1 would keep you always n near mr me in fit the palace As it Is 19 NOU ou may ask of me any reward you will for or the honest efforts you have put forth in m my y behalf and tor for the amusement you hav have e given me 1 I would like to ask your majesty all faist st said 1 I to be so kind or as i to give me nn an explanation of the supposed resemblance between herr harr von ton dunkel helm and your majesty the explanation la Is he replied elhat that von Is the worst liar in all europe ile he lied led about the resemblance fm blance and the terrible mauling which you rave gave him but a halt half hour since was lila just reward have you honc ver nothing to ask tor for but ex I 1 I 1 wits was silent for I 1 dared not ask tor for the cy cry thiner T wanted most 11 it II la 13 well that I 1 know v nhat hat you want 11 bald the I 1 kin zing 1 I see flee that I 1 bill have to give allta yeu without tho the aking a king i saying till this lie be arose and back tile the from a doorway RL at one side of if the chamber and led into tile roum ramil valeska non on Engle englehard hord and placed ili her liand in inanc title A winning hingle was upun lier ter lars and a lender light in her eyes and I 1 knew that site she was nothing loth take hei let herr Il ething sale said lili Alaj eily and iiley you both live long lent und and happily her dot amounts to more mor L than it a hundred tile thousand usand thal els r FO nn illier ot of you will mill starve herr perkins you VOIL will call tomorrow tomo row irow upon my treasurer und gild lie he will nill pay you thirty thousand malkai in ill lieu bell of oc tile three thou thousand band will 11 5 sou ou today employed in my service you sec roe that I 1 an am not by any meant means so hard up as that old dotard von would make mak tile mo out THE END the of the law by blanchi I 1 willin Ilo ilard other of oc guenn and ono one summer will III begin next monday onlay I |