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A half-second too late Benton's magazine pistol ripped out in a frenzied series of spats. The Englishman swayed slightly, his face crimson with blood, then, propping himself weakly against the wall, he fired one ineffectual shot in reply. Slowly wilting at waist and knees, his figure slipped to the floor and lay shapelessly huddled near that of Karyl. The stench of powder filled the room.
Karyl himself halted at the door for a moment, then came slowly back into the room. He picked up from a tabouret a decoration of the Star of Galavia, and, crossing over, pinned it to the Spaniard's lapel. "There!" he said, with a good-humored laugh. "You made me a somewhat valueless present a few days back. You will find that equally useless, Sir Manuel. You may tell Mr.
In evening dress he moved through the gardens and pavilions of the casino on the rock, where with the coming of darkness the gayety of the town began to focus and sparkle. The coronation of Karyl had brought to an end official mourning for the late King, and the crêpe which had palled the national insignia on all public buildings had been cleared away.
"Benton," he said again, forcing himself to speak in a voice not far from the breaking point, "Blanco Blanco is dead." He turned on his heel and went into the hotel. Blanco dead! For a moment Benton felt an insane desire to rush after Karyl and demand his life for Blanco's.
I merely counsel holding the reins of government lightly as Regent until it is logically advisable to grasp them tightly as King. Karyl escaped. The man shot proves to be an unknown who had changed coats with the King. Ostensibly, His late Majesty is traveling. You are his representative.
In the first place, it had been posted from Puntal, and instead of the familiar violet stamp of Maritzburg, with which her other letters had been franked during the two months past, this stamp was pink, and its medallion bore the profile of Karyl. That she had left Maritzburg, and that she had written him a message to be sealed for a month, meant that the date of March 5th had significance.
Spain cares, France cares, Italy cares, even the Northern nations care. The movement of pawns affects castles and kings." Manuel suddenly halted in his flow of talk. "Blessed Saints!" he breathed softly. "When he comes nearer you will see him the palms obscure him now. It is Colonel Von Ritz. He has just entered. He stands near Karyl and the throne. He is a great man wasted in a toy kingdom.
He is the nephew of the late King of Galavia, and if " the Spaniard gave an expressive shrug, and watched the smoke ring he had blown widen as it floated up toward the ceiling "if by any chance, or mischance, Prince Karyl, who is to be crowned at Puntal three days hence, should be called to his reward in heaven, the gentleman who sits there would be crowned King of Galavia in his stead."
If we can forget this livery" Karyl savagely struck his breast "if you will try to forget that you are looking at a toy King, fancifully trimmed from head to heel in braid and medals then perhaps we can talk!" "Your Majesty " demurred Von Ritz in a tone of deep protest. The King swept his arm back as one who brushes an unimportant intruder into the background.
Suddenly Mohammed Abbas closed the door upon the stairs, and sharply clapped his hands. In all lands where Allah is worshiped, clapping of the hands is a signal of summons. Thrusting his hand into the pocket where he had stored an automatic pistol, Karyl found it empty, and remembered that on the stairway the merchant had apologized for jostling him.
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