The Queen's Advocate

“OVER AND OVER WE ROLLED IN THE DUSTY ROAD.”
The Queen’s
Advocate
By ARTHUR W. MARCHMONT
Author of “When I Was Czar,” “For Love or Crown,” “A Courier of Fortune,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “Sarita the Carlist,” etc., etc.
A. L. BURT COMPANY Publishers
NEW YORK
Copyright, 1904, by Arthur W. Marchmont
The Queen’s Advocate
Crack!
It was a rifle shot, sure enough, somewhere in the hills, and Chris raised his huge head with a low growl and thrust his nose against me in warning.
I was lying on the flat of my back, my hands clasped under my head, thinking lazily, as I watched the glorious sunset amid the Gravenje hills—where the play of sunset colour is at times almost as fine as in Colorado—and speculated when the storm which was brewing would break.