Rex Ingram

“ And with the passing of a score of years, senile and old, living again in his grandson, Madariaga still clung to life and its pleasures.
Encouraged by an indulgent grandfather who was his ideal, what chance had Julio Desnoyers to be other than a youthful libertine?
"That's Madariaga—the richest man in the Argentine! Last week he shipped thirty thousand head of cattle to Europe."
"The boy is part French and the old man's idol. He has no use for his three German grandsons." ”

“ At Zenda Castle.
"But for that dog Rassendyll, I would be on the throne or Ruritania tonight."
"Yes, sir. Every servant, gardener and stable-boy has been sent back to Strelsau except the olderly, Hans."
"You, de Gautet, will return to Strelsau with me. Bring out the horses."
"Detchard and Bersonin will guard the prisoner, one of you watching by this door night and day—and the drawbridge must be raised at all times."
"Don't leave me, Michael, take me back to Strelsau with you. I am afraid—I have a presentiment of evil." ”

“ The French were reclaiming their own.
"Master! The brutes have gone! There is a great battle—the castle is filled with dead and dying!"
"They have murdered my husband and—my little girl longs to die!"
Pride and earthly treasure crumble before the hosts of Prophecy.
"Franzosen! Franzosen!"
Through a sea of misery, of dead and dying, Desnoyers returned to Paris.
"I have been in Hell!"
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"My son—a soldier—defending my country when it is not even yours!" ”

“ For Flavia as well as Rudolf the day had been a fateful one.
"Helga, did you not think that the King seemed different today?"
"No Princess. To me he seemed as usual, but for the difference of his smooth chin. But then I did not, perhaps, observe him as closely as you did."
"They have got the King. Josef died in his defence."
"You must go back to Strelsau and hold the Throne for Rudolf V."
"God bless my King." ”

“ Madariaga always preached that where a man makes his fortune and raises his family—there is his true country!"
"One owes his first duty to his Fatherland—that his children may grow up in allegiance with the advantages of super-culture."
"Karl is right! We owe something to our children. Chichí could make a more suitable marriage in Paris and Julio study art. Why should you not return to your country?"
Marcelo Desnoyers had guarded the secret of his flight to the New World with fear and humiliation. ”

“ Too many kings might spoil the broth."
"We will be back tonight after the coronation. You understand, Josef—I shall hold you responsible for the King."
"There is the King—and he's as fit as I am!"
"It cannot be the King! I tell you I saw him drain the bottle myself!"
At high noon.
"No word from Hentzau yet?"
"The Duke of Strelsau! 'Tis he should be crowned King today!"
All is well - Salutations to Michael I King of Ruritania!
Hentzau
The famous Black Cuisassiers, the back-bone of Michael's power in Strelsau. ”

“ Do you wonder that the apple—with its brilliant coloring, was chosen to represent the forbidden fruit?"
"But when the beautiful covering is removed, how unlovely—how like a woman bereft of her cloak of virtue."
History in the making is like a stream overflowing its banks. ”

“ Shave him and he'd be the King!
"I am Colonel Sapt, Chief of Staff to King Rudolf. This gentlemen if Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim."
"May I ask your name?"
"I knew it! You're of the English Rassendylls?"
"Why, Fritz, you know the story?"
"You have the height too—and even the voice. Why man!—but for your beard you are the King of Ruritania!"
"You must taste of our hospitality. The Hunting Lodge is only a few steps away."
Dame Nature is not supposed to repeat herself—but it is ever the exception that proves the rule.
"One of the English Rassendylls—"
"Well met, cousin! ”

“ War's toll.
"My last son."
"You are to blame! If we had followed my father's teachings—we would not have left the Argentine, and our sons would have been alive today!"
The aimless path fades with life's span. Nations mourn, while memory glorifies the brave.
"You knew my son?"
"I knew them all!"
"Peace has come—but the Four Horsemen will still ravage humanity—stirring unrest in the world—until all hatred is dead and only love reigns in the heart if mankind."
THE END
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929. ”

“ I don't know why God has let me love you, but I must be true to my country and my people."
"You are right, my darling—God help us both!"
"Whatever else I wear, this will I wear always—till I die—and after."
"Be happy, my dear one. It would break my heart to think that I had brought grief to you—"
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"God does not always make the right men kings. You are the finest Elphberg of them all!" ”

“ It looks as though he'll not come to for hours."
"The last bottle—drugged!"
"Take it all in all—a very pretty plan of Black Michael's to keep the King away from Strelsau today."
"Postpone the coronation on account of the King's illness.
"The people know his illnesses—besides, if it is postponed for any reason whatsoever—Michael will seize the throne himself."
"Why man! Half the army is there to meet him with Black Michael at its head."
"As a man grows old he believes in fate. ”

“ The Frenchman, Marcelo Desnoyers, the old centaur's favorite, managed his gigantic enterprises.
The day was filled with expectancy. For seven years, Desnoyers's wife had been childless.
While the German's heart was filled with misgivings.
Karl von Hartrott had married Elena, Madariaga's younger daughter, against her father's will and was tolerated only through the Frenchman's influence.
"At any moment—now. Perhaps my sister's child will be a girl. Then, after all—father's millions will go to our three sons—"
"Any news?" ”

“ My brother is on leave of absence."
"Poor little Marguerite! Laurier is a fine fellow—but too old. Her heart yearns for youth's companionship and——romance."
Spring smiled on the peaceful village of Villeblanche, and in the distance towered Desnoyers' most recent purchase.
The castle on the Marne had become a colossal treasure palace—an altar to Desnoyers' miserly bargain worship.
The von Hartrott family accepted Desnoyers's hospitality with good-natured superiority.
"You may have your treasures, Marcelo, but I have my sons."
The world was dancing. ”

“ Continue his debauches at Montmartre—"
"—his tango teas—his pretext of painting as an excuse to surround himself with women!"
Julio was a true grandson of the old Spaniard. Women were the "plague" of his existence.
Argensola, Julio's secretary——an indolent Spanish artist.
"From the ladies at the Tango Palace."
"Bills that must be paid at once—or they will appeal to your father."
"Perhaps your mother will let you have the money. You know she would give you her last centime!"
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"It is the Stranger—who lives on the floor above." ”