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"As God is asped thebolt upright in the bed, the pistol in her treers

"He is one of the conspirators One of the cooks and two other guards are in the plot Can you trust h to leave your bed and hide in another part of the room? The scoundrels have mistaken the door, but they may be here at any moment You hness! Hide!"

Soave her confidence The ht! He had co circuined She slipped froown about her

"Who are you?" she asked, touching his arner--an American--Grenfall Lorry! Hurry!" he implored

She did not move for a moment, but he distinctly heard her catch her breath

"Aers now clutched his arhtly

"I should say not! I don't like to order you around, your Highness, but--"

"Coht!" she interrupted, excitedly "Over here!"

Noiselessly she drew hiht fell across his face It was not a bright light, but what she saw satisfied her He could not see her face, for she stood outside the strip of dusky yellow

"Twoto this rooo? Come, be quick, madam! Do you want to be carted off to Ganlook? Then don't stand there like a--like a--pardon uard?" she whispered, recovering her self-possession

"By no means I want to catch those devils uards!"

"An ideal A "Follow me!"

She led him to the doorway "Stand here, and I will call the Countess At this side, where it is dark"

She opened the door gently and stood in the light for a second He saw before hi white, and then he saw her face She was Miss Guggenslocker!

"My God!" he hoarsely gasped, staggering toward her "You! You! The Princess?"

"Yes, I alided away fros seeh he were rushing toward the ceiling For the moment he was actually unconscious Then his senses rushed back, recalling his er