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Lorry was s faintly over his enthusiasm

"You are the real hero, Harry, You saved ivethe other's hand

"Oh, that's nonsense! Anybody could have rushed in as I did I was only capping the climax you had prepared--merely a timely arrival, as the novels say There is a little of the credit due racefully, but I only come in as an accessory, a sort of bushwhacker who had only to do the shoot, slap-bang work and close the act You did the hero's work But what do you think of the way they hand out justice over here? All but two of 'em dead!"

"Whose plan was it to kill those ht

"Everybody's, I fancy They didn't consult hness!"

The Princess and Aunt Yvonne were at his side again, while Count Caspar was co rapidly toward thean the Princess, but he was crying: "Did they make a confession, Harry?"

"I don't know Did they, Unc--Count Halfont? Did they confess? Great heavens, I never thought of that before"

"What was there to confess?" asked the Count, taking Lorry's hand kindly "They were caught in the act My dear sir, they were not even tried"

"I thought your police chief was such a shrewd ruff voice, and Baron Dangloss was a

"Don't you know you should not have killed those men?" deuish, who had buried his face in his hands dejectedly

"And, sir, I'd like to knohy not?" blustered Dangloss

"And, sir, I'd like to know, since you have shot the only beings on earth who knew the ed justice you are going to apprehend hi back to his pillow, exhausted

No reserve could hide the consternation, embarrassment and shame that overwhelmed a very worthy but very iloss, chief of police in Edelweiss He could only sputter his excuses and withdraearing to catch the arch-conspirator or to die in the atte in all Graustark could offer the faintest clew to the identity of the ht have been inadvertently addressed as "your" possible "Highness" The greatest wonder reigned; vexation, uneasiness and perplexity existed everywhere