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Lorry was off across the uish was left in charge of the cook, of whom he was to make short work Now came the desperate, uncertain part of the transaction Suppose he were to meet the two conspirators at the head of the stairs, or in the hall, or that the other traitor, Dannox, should appear to frustrate all It was themoment in the whole life of the reckless Lorry

When near the top of the steps he hugged the high balustrade and cautiously peered ahead He found hi hall, at the far end of which, to his right, a din of the two ht or to the left His heart felt like lead! They evidently had entered the Princess's rooled across the broad, dark hall, straightening up in the shadow of a great post Fro the wall for a distance of ten or twelve feet to the left A sound cained he heard so

His hand ca or tapestry, and he quickly squirainst a door which htly and drew back, intending to return to the hall, uncertain and very much undecided as to the course to pursue His revolver was in his hand Just as he was about to pull aside the curtain a lided past, quickly followed by another Providence had kept hi toward the left, and he realized that they were now approaching the Princess's rooine Strange trereat was the relief after the narrow escape Again he felt the door ainst it The necessity for a partial recovery of his composure before the next and most important step, impelled hi to the door he stood inside and drew hi and treh the door crack to his left came a dim, broad streak He nohere he was This room was next to that in which the Princess slept, for had he not seen the light from her ? Perhaps he was now in the rooniar Next door! Next door! Even now the daring Geddos and Ostro towards the bed of the ruler of Graustark, not twenty feet away His first i to the next roouish, as doubtless, by this ti up the stairs They must not be separated, for it would require two steady, cool heads to deal with the villains It was not one ht hoonderfully well they had succeeded in the delicate enterprise so far