Show LONG LIVE ll 11 VV A TH THE E KING by Roberts mary rinehart copyright 1917 by the ridgway complain company ALL RIGHTS RESERVED copyright 1917 by mary roberts roberta rinehart rinchart CHAPTER continued cautioned 18 had bad work said the other ahel man a aye sigid I 1 haeckel a ek then th n speaking very ver at slowly ill bd h difficulty ef 1 I fin do not at s llie to c king 1 la dead aye observed haechel Hn Hae echel cleall still un com comprehending P rb coding and then dealt dead the it king wg dead hear the bell then thed but bill he be could not at at once A forra formulate ahda the thought 1 in his mind sp speech in anine A held haid he 11 was A still in 1 B cloud they sav said the other the man list hat the crown prince Is IB missing that ha be has bell been stolen let th the people are fr frenzied 1 11 ten icat on dilating on the rumors steb f kiil a labored the king the crown crow n prince 1 there was something the that t I 1 was waa to do it was just be yon tit bre but he 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rown room NJ g grandfather he said ald and fell to frying r lg let into ill his dirt durtt pocket hand k tit th chancellor epi from A un it 1 11 b haggy brows brall th disreputable go if his arolan then illen he vent 11 on arl him and put ill hi hand bond on his li a 11 eri 3 eg eager for far this the rest at ott he old ri h r el md ad ven r ou dented le afla andt dinne met in hi k eased lei I 1 bond I 1 TIE or it had 1 fad occurred to 1 him i it hint at he was a las annn now new and ad must io t act et I 1 mans man a part in the orld may I 1 see him he asked 1 I dida it we sea he him before you tom people are waiting site elre the Chanc chancellor elfin said gmt gravely sly to a ruler his h is people e must at come came first and so in the clear light fr from am the room A behind mm him otto the math that first stood before his hl people they looked leaked A up and hold hai d eves grew a soft aft ft tense lease pe seler ud muscles relaxed 1 sell chev saw the erect As of t the h small mall figure feare the of the blue bids steel that had bed fought back their hel tears the honesty honest y and ad fire file and ad courage of abl this il bov be who was iw the king let inch of the revolutionists ista as aa vo re in bained it scream before the parliament zi so h house let the blonts b bum and it tile the llla drums beat the solid the he great was of the people looked up at f the king and ch cheered coll rev 0 lution had that night received it its d death blow at the hands hand a of a child the r a mob and prepared to 9 go home to to bed ed hile king otto stood on the list bal cony any down dow n below in tile crowd crow d an 0 aila woman looked up and ad an sud d linde caught her husband by the arm ere robert site she said robert it I 1 Is bobb babb I 1 little friend Nori enin e 1 hr he retorted its kalher it dramatic put t in it nothing till ll 11 IILA this at home see they y re e A crowned clowned him already 1 but bobb s mother looked with the clear ia es of most at I 1 women omen and all mothers dialect the they b hiie not at naad crowned ban she bi at aid it smiling ailing with tears in her eves th ohp absurd little lewill T they bey he have forgotten to take olt art his poper paper bromn alro til all dead ll 11 king 9 div e in A still 1 in the roal 0 A 1 I 1 tall candles burneil burned at 1 apap ad hi heild h and feet set it in long black jandard tan A dard his ind final lay at ids his n r I 1 is ap all his AI aard it the aig g of id da to in until andl vas ill split across him he ha looked eay rested in I 1 a small mall chapel nearby lai ul J delbert del beit the not dot tto do aa ailt I 1 mi I 1 i in ninab ith honor in he to buol 1 I id fd tp I 1 and ad he too was as covered red bi atno ill I 1 11 I 1 ic and ad no one would it have it us that let a part of him ILI laid had led died a ions ab before and wo it lay burled wit on a bit it il fiali II 11 I 1 nas A unfortunately his old in aborn born that he wore re the hid alj I 1 ll 11 i ain liis i 1 im enat 1 I 1 II 11 IB a ii t the 0 o A ti I 1 nat I 1 ai tati 1 in and ad on it tapi had ad set act his ill bbb fil at II if htiu ILL might little line been a king II 11 1 1 ie acre candles nd at his head la 11 d tf 1 alsi but bill agns he hod ad not no an i ij j thus the it happened that old idelbert Adol belt h b ti it ifton ato ia in state in the th i lere ilace ml all that test monks monk in long brown relic knelt knell and prated by him he it their paulel but in ii 1 gr g it things thing are bill bal I 1 ll il up the he gil I 1 against the lind end in 1 I 1 I 1 fusi as who snows and HIP L and ill the r i i Hael H clell tel lead had told hat but ile he aci nci I 1 tind A ahe h A ad of the terrorist terr rist i it in anson V A ome in L high plaes 11 IP jold alth ith A silken like cord 0 s their cir JIK bol ka n 1 others other nid 1 I III II I of the T s 11 t act clear I 1 ahead she it but bo the ansis 11 i r issod and d alg I 1 il 1 n tin the evening aoa stcl ile he 1 ereund d un or tin tile hie art auit ioa t I 1 si om fit finah to ott it ahn th at it II I 1 I 1 stood on tin till aln a in iiii A i i i much in h I 1 d b blushed h d I 1 1 t tune e nr I 1 the io ere ln anid it I 1 i 1 la I i su sit h I 1 i shout front rp rl 1 ait il roots its as sent nent up 1111 cuili h a let r i dionis bori aliann ann fr frum sn 1 I I 1 I 1 n LI 1 held uptight in the th ill i ill ailt tin 1 I nd hid and 0 aaen i II 11 I 1 I 1 li t I 1 I 1 liri hod I 1 L I 1 I 1 bulte r de I 1 L I 1 it a L I 1 I 1 I 1 i I 1 r I 1 alt 1 ii t i IN I 1 aki n s iun in it I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 T tl r lain to 11 li 11 B R I 1 i i A is il ll 11 ii i it MK is rt i n t ni h 11 1 l ill at h 1 ii 11 1 what amt I 1 wit am to do sir air do doa akai hed fb ohp boldly virtlo lintl r the int be king it is fc at 01 not said bikk look 11 ini bill and not it at 1 all I now new liki fil the if 1 ats the I 1 I 1 am guilt f of till 11 II that I 1 happened need th ho allol lead la t I 1 in b i I 1 ir blind but he had in ill ahr ad great t deal and besides 11 1 1 fa A omi thing thine nikky did not hot men mean 1 him 1 to co w lie ile w was as used to reading me men tic he ina thet that the boy tend had couns come to the hie break lne point sit down he sold raid and toll oil we m about it but bikk mahy would not at alt it he stand stry looking t g X I 1 ahead ad and ad told tile the at satorv lie ile left it nothing out the scene on an th ill 01 ol his broken Altino although urb in b added ilk only ard if god iwo I 1 tried to keep it 1 hen lic he m aacen g fir fi om counts countess L Loicl ieli and lit hi tons long e nit in her hou ban raft 1 tr 11 11 hi thine he be had bed f found 1 I at fi A we went at oni on he chancel loi land tio butt button brin h b onci bimeal mia teH LL L 1 h ed aid the 1 il I wo we of the guard and ihen ibe remember ame the work walk he hall had to do he to took ok another sip alp af of milk amii iki these things you hae done h he said to nikky and icah 1 and I arka wicked c enough an I 1 they are but on the other ill or he hand 1 I ou found the king 0 are found to nit him also besides that does it ors not ri ot affect a my guilt air said nikki steadily suddenly Sudden build on lv the th chancellor got up 0 and ad going to mali milky put both bolh hands hand on hia shoulders weel deis dle it le j quite to the end now new with the coon tess less not art in her let rooms or anywhere in the palace with the low bonfires dina burned to ta cold ashes and the streets deserted nit i th ith the police making careful tor for me men chose inn names Ha haeckel elial hadges had given and it tearing t frenzied led pla id cards card from fr tile lie walls wall with mis braithwaite still iving in her drugged sleep lae watched w ner by th A sitters who hall had cared cand for far the dead king and with karl across the mountains dreaming of a bride atio am would idd never ever be bbs quite quit to tile the end on only Y a word or op two now nov and we rely leave a athe the little king to fulfill ties liis splendid phol did destiny not dot a quiet life we mav he be certain per liapi ap not it a very cry peaceful A or an untroubled troubled one but a brave and steadfast will and hown honorable able a one be sir sure of that lathat should we gain gal hy by following olga kosellek Lo eating her heart out ont in I 1 angland I 1 A of I 1 the committee n of ten cower r ing 19 in 1 its IN cells to it they T had failed ab a tile the wicked ticked sooner as or 1 intel must mull tall fail or 1 kail I I 1 glowing fat in 1 a prosperous land in like alike greedy tor far conquest and ad too 1 in 1 dolent fr for bottle battle I 1 to ash the d dav or the then and ad el close with midnight light nikka k faist t a subdued and ad rather haltered akki 1 I 1 k he A was a possessed lied ILI bi a desire not A I 1 indeed unknown aninon to lov joe c eca in fro the in place where when he b and ad hedwig had met before the roof to no nl less not even then the that he hoped h ped for an A more than the he had be leaped hoped beffie but at ati last all it could art it b I 1 hirl I 1 he felt that he be could her he bowle easily since ince it was a not net kell kail As A if poor it would ever make any daffro dlf difference frO who it I 1 is ci w it were an not he afi strangely abah also 1 I 1 abed had no had I 1 a aln fance I 1 wt the roof real she could all wit not leep cerp so she he had bed dL decd dr missed cd her maid aid and ad are through ill 01 A jolene rooms to the aki loof arf isike foral cpr I 1 there hedweg III du nut an turn her head she knew kae ills bis ate s I 1 irl I 1 lanell lant icalla ll known he it idne inuss aw ume one in sl 1 p ill aa calling him an ral it d illier i w etli it ill 1 I her is deter dt sit mag ling ati oil tie sha was shares shame Is alss but now that he ind hd come it was niker V aha 1 I implored and hedla who iho in ald id off iff mv aide thought in all I 1 the be world he be said old con can luu e eier or agi sae me this A 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