lieutenancy do travel hence with the king -- young
nobles both -- and if you but wait where you are you
will hear them questioned."

"That is news to the purpose. I will get one West
Pointer in, anyway. Mount a man and send him to
that school with a message; let him kill horses, if
necessary, but he must be there before sunset to-night
and say -- "

"There is no need. I have laid a ground wire to
the school. Prithee let me connect you with it."

It sounded good! In this atmosphere of telephones
and lightning communication with distant regions, I