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SOPHY OF KRAVONIA
Continued from page 12
friends with the mammon of unrighteousness.
Privately, as became invalids, without the
knowledge of anyone outside their confiden
tial entourage, the representatives of the two
great neighbors received General Stenovics.
They are believed to have convinced him that,
in the event of any further disorders in Kra
vonia, intervention could not be . avoided;
troops were on either frontier, ready for such
an emergency; a temporary joint occupation
would be forced on the allies.
With a great deal of sorrow, no doubt, the
General felt himself driven to accept this con
clusion. Hi' at once requested Stafnitz to
fe'tch the gu:is to Slavna; he left the Colonel
full discretion in the matter. His only desire
was to insure the tranquillity of the capital
and to show Volseni how hope ess it was to
maintain the fanciful and absurd claims of
Baroness Dobrava.
The representatives, it must be supposed,
approved this at'itude and wished the General
all success. At a later date his efforts to se
cure order, and to avoid the inevitable but
regrettable result of any new disturbance,
were handsomely acknowledged by both pow
ers. General Stenovics had not Stafnitz's
nerve and dash, but he was a man of consid
erable resource.
A man of good feeling too, to judge from
another step ne took?whether with the cog
nizance of the representatives or entirely of
his own motion has never become known He
waited till Colonel Stafnitz, who returned a
civil and almost effusive reply to his commu
nication, had set off to bring the guns?which,
as has been seen, had been unloaded from the
railway and lay at Kolskoi, three days' journey
up the Krath -then he entered into communi
cation with Volseni. He sent Volseni a private
and friendly warning. What was the use of
Volseni holding out when the big guns were
coming? It could mean only hopeless resist
ance, more disorder, more bloodshed. Let
Volseni and the lady whose claims it sup
ported consider that, be warned in time, and
acknowledge King Alexis!
This letter he addressed to Zerkovitch.
There were insuperable diplomatic difficulties
in the way of addressing it to Sophy directly.
"Madam I may not call you, and mistress I
am loth to call you," said Queen Elizabeth to
the Archbishops wife: it was just a case of
that sort of difficulty. He could not call her
Queen of Kravonia, and she would be offended
if he called her Baroness Dobrava. So the
letter went to Zerkovitch, and it went by
the hand of one of Zerkovitch's friends?so
anxious was the General to be as friendly and
conciliatory as circumstances permitted.
Much to his surprise, considerably to his
alarm, Lepage was sent for to the (general's
private residence on the evening of the day
on which Colonel Stafnitz set out for Kolskoi
to bring up the guns.
Stenovics greeted him cordially, smoothed
away his apprehension, acquainted him with
the nature of his mission and with the gist of
the letter which he was to carry.
"Beg M. Zerkovitch to give the letter to
Baroness Dobrava?" He called her that to
Lepage? "as soon as possible, and to urge
her to listen to it. Add that we shall be readv
to treat her with every consideration?any title
in reason, and any provision in reason too.
It's all in my letter; but repeat it on my lie
half, Lepage "
" I shouldn't think she'd take either title or
money, General," said Lepage bluntly.
" You think she's disinterested? No doubt,
no doubt! She'll be the more ready to see the
melessness of prolonging her present attitude."
He grew almost vehement, as he laid his hand
on a large map which was spread out on the
table in front of him.
" Look here, Lepage. This is Monday. By
Wednesday evening Colonel Stafnitz will be
at Kolskoi ?here." He put his finger by the
spot. "On Thursday morning he'll start
back. The barges travel slowly; but?yes, I
think he'll have his guns here by Sunday?
less than a week from now. Yes, on Thursday
night he ought to reach Evena, on Friday
Rapska, on Saturday the lock at Miklevni.
Yes, on Saturday the lock at Miklevni. That
would tiring him here on Sunday. Yes, the
lock at Miklevni on Saturdav, I think." He
looked up at Lepage almost imploringly. " If
she hesitates show her that. They are bound
to be here in less than a week."
Stenovics passed a purse over to Lepage.
" For your necessary expenses," he said.
Lepage took up the purse, which felt well
filled, and pocketed it.
" The Baroness may not fully appreciate
what 1 have been saying," added Stenovics.
" But Lukoviteh knows every inch of the river
- he'll make it quite plain, if she asks him
about it. And present her with my sincere
respects and sympathy?my sympathy with
her as a private person, of course You mustn't
commit me in any way, Lepage."
" 1 think," said Lepage," that you are capable
of looking after that department yourself,
General. But aren't you making the Colonel
go a little too fast?"
"No, no; the barges will do about that."
" But he has a large force to move, 1 sup
pose?"
"Oh, dear no! A large force? No, no! Only
a company?just about a hundred strong,
Lepage." He rose. "Just about a hundred,
I think."
"Ah, then he might keep time." Lepage
agreed still thoughtfully.
"You'll start at once?" the General asked.
" Within an hour."
"That's right. We must run no unneces
sary risks; delay might mean new troubles.'
He held out his hand and shook Lepage's
warmly. " You must believe that I respect and
share your grief at the Kind's death.''
"Which King, General?"
"Oh, oh! King Alexis, of course! We must
listen to the voice of the nation Our new King
lives and reigns. The voice of the nation, j
Lepage!"
" An!" said Lepage dryly. " I'd been suspect
ing some ventriloquist."
General Stenovics honored the sally with a
broad smile. He thought the representatives
with colds would be amused if he repeated it.
The pat on the shoulder which he gave Lepage
was a congratulation The animal is so very
inarticulate of itself,' he said
To be continued next Sunday ,
Synopsis of Preceding Chapters
IT is name-day of the King of the ancient King
dom of Kravonia, and the capital city of Slavna
is given over to festivities in His Majesty's honor.
Sophy de Gruche is new to Slavna and its peo
ple, except to Marie Zerkovitch and the latter's
husband, proprietor of the leading newspaper in
Kravonia. She has come to Slavna to find her
fortune, but on this festal day Sophy has only a few
shillings and the fee from a couple of Frencn pupils
between her and dire want.
Sophy is watching the military parade, and
listening to the court gossip of Captain Markart.
The latter hints of some grave scandals in imperial
affairs, notably the evident existence of factions?
some plotting for the elevation of the King's son
by a morganatic wife in place of the legitimate
Prince.
The Prince is considered a martinet by the
Slavna military, of whom he is garrison Comman,
dant, and there is no small objecting when an
order is issue* 1 that all soldiers must remain at
barracks during this merry evening. Captain
Mistitch (nicknamed Captain " Hercules''), the
leader in mutinous talk, induces Lieutenants
Rastatz and Sterkoff to join him in defying the
order, and the three start-out to fi. i the Prince,
loudly boasting of what will happen when they
meet him.
They do meet him soon, Pastatz flees in terror,
and Sterkoff conceals himself behind a pillar, leav
ing Mistitch to make good his threats. The latter |
defies the Commandant. In the ensuing duel the
Prince severs the tendons of Mist itch's wrist, and
is about to march him off to the guard-house, when
Sterkoff springs out of the darkness to stab the
Prince in the back.
At that instant Sophy, who has been watching
the encounter from a window overhead, lets fall a
heavy bronze statue, which crushes the would-be
assassin to the ground.
Sophy receives her reward, the King appointing
her Keeper of the Tapestries, at four hundred
pounds a year; but there is no end of trouble over
Mistitch's proposed execution. The Prince is firm
in his intention, despite the protests of General
Stenovics and Hercules's admirers; but finally
consents to reprieve his assailant, when the (leneral
approves an order for a lot of cannon, which will
give the Prince's tower command of the city.
The King confers a patent of nobility on Sophy,
making her Baroness of Dobrava, as further recog
nition of her services.
Sophy goes to Praslok, the Prince's country
estate, and is there appointed lieutenant of the
Volseni artillery at the request of the rank and file.
The King, in fear of an early death, orders the
Prince to go abroad to find a fitting wife. The
Prince, in love with Sophy, temporizes. The two
plight their troth with the arrival of the news
of the "big guns" for Slavna.
The clique at the Palace conspire to keep from
the Prince all knowledge of his father's precarious
condition: but the valet Lepage and the journalist
Zerkovitch inform the Prince that "the King's
life hangs by a hair; and your crown by a thread.''
The cabal in the Palace persuade the King to
sign an order requiring the immediate return from
Praslok of Sophy, convincing him that she has
designs on the Prince.
Stenovics, knowing that Lepage is giving in
formation to the Prince, so informs the King.
The valet, given a hearing, tells the King of the
conspiracy to place the Countess' son on the
throne, and His Majesty, suffering from his weak
heart, falls back dead. Stafnitz, realizing the need
of time, when informed by the physician of the
King's death, exclaims: "No! His Majesty dies
to-morrow!"
The twenty-four hours this would give the con
spirators would be enough to effectually head off
the Prince's attempt to assume his inheritance, and
to place the Countess' son on the throne. Also
they decide to send Captain Mistitch with one hun
dred soldiers to Praslok to execute the King's
order in reference to Sophy, with the tentative
hope that the Prince would object, and be shot.
However, Lepage manages to escape from the
Palace and inform Zerkovitch of the King's death,
and Zerkovitch departs to inform the Prince, an
hour t>efore Mistitch leives on his mission.
Mistitch reaches Praslok subsequent to Zerko
vitch's arrival, who has gone to Volseni to find the
Prince, and at once places Sophy under arres*.
The Prince rushes back with a small force. He and
Mistitch tire at each other simultaneously, and
both are hit, the latter fatally, and the Prince
dangerously.
Countess Kllensburg's son Alexis is placed on
the t hrone by the ant 1 Prince faction.
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