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"Well, you're in for it, old loomily, his chin in his hands as he fastened melancholy eyes upon his friend

"Don't worry aboutto end His Royal Highness is doomed" Lorry spoke with the earnestness and conviction of one who is permitted to see into the future

Calmly he prepared to write some letters, not to say farewell, but to explain to certain persons the cause of the duel and to say that he gloried in the good fortune which had presented itself One of these letters was addressed to his mother, another to the father of Prince Lorenz, and the last to the Princess of Graustark To the latter he wrote much that did not appear in the epistles directed to the others Anguish had been in his room more than an hour, and had frequently called to his friend and begged hiht be steady in the ht that the duellist sealed the envelopes, directed them and knocked at his second's door to say: "I shall entrust these letters to you, Harry You must see that they start on their way tomorrow"

Then he went to bed and to sleep

At six his second, who had slept but little, called him They dressed hurriedly and prepared for the ride to the valley Their o English bull-dog revolvers were to serve as weapons in the co for the their room they heard evidences of commotion in the hotel, and were apprehensive lest the in ready to follow the fighters to the appointed spot There was a confusion of voices, the sound of rushing feet, the banging of doors, the noise increasing as the two men stepped into the open hall They were a about the halls, intense excitement in their faces and in their actions White unifor into the corridors; soldiers, coatless and hatless, fresh fro upon the scene There were excited cries, angry shouts and,than all, horrified looks and whispers

"What has happened?" asked Lorry, stopping near the door

"It can't be a fire Look! The door to that room down there seeo over there, Lorry Thereto unnerve you, and that o down this stairway--it leads to a side entrance, I think" They were half way down the stairs when the thunder of rushing feet in the hall above ca the this way"