When I Was Czar
When I Was Czar
A ROMANCE
By ARTHUR W. MARCHMONT Author of “By Wit of Woman,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “By Right of Sword,” “For Love or Crown,” etc.
A. L. BURT COMPANY Publishers NEW YORK
Copyright, 1903 , By Arthur W. Marchmont All rights reserved Published in October, 1903
When I was Czar
The Palace, St. Petersburg.
MY Dear Miller,—
Your letter, which was as short as old Canfield’s temper, reached me in Berlin as I was starting for here. I’m off to Khiva, this wise.
You’ll remember my old yarn about the Czar having saved my life years ago in a pig-sticking do in Germany—he shoved or kicked me into a bush just in the nick of time when the brute made his rush—and how we then discovered the strong resemblance between us? Well, it’s still true, and things have been happening in consequence.
Arthur W. Marchmont
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WHEN I WAS CZAR
CONTENTS
Chapter I—A LETTER HOME
Chapter II—PRINCE KALKOV’S PROPOSITION
Chapter III—THE EMPEROR STARTS
Chapter IV—WHEN I WAS CZAR
Chapter V—A CZAR DEFIED
Chapter VI—HIS MAJESTY A PRISONER
Chapter VII—“I AM NOT THE CZAR”
Chapter VIII—DEEPER IN
Chapter IX—HELGA SPEAKS
Chapter X—VASTIC
Chapter XI—CONVICTION AT LAST
Chapter XII—HELGA’S ANGER
Chapter XIII—THE ATTACK
Chapter XIV—CONCERNING THE VALUE OF HOSTAGES
Chapter XV—THE DANGERS THICKEN
Chapter XVI—HELGA’S DEFEAT
Chapter XVII—AT THE GATES OF THE PALACE
Chapter XVIII—PRINCE KALKOV’S WELCOME
Chapter XIX—TURNING THE SCREW
Chapter XX—A DEATH TRAP
Chapter XXI—AT THE SQUARE OF SAN SOPHIA
Chapter XXII—FLIGHT
Chapter XXIII—AT THE FRONTIER
Chapter XXIV—THE FRESH CAMPAIGN
Chapter XXV—THE LUCK WAVERS
Chapter XXVI—I WIN
Chapter XXVII—A LAST MOVE
Chapter XXVIII—LOVE WILL HAVE ITS WAY
Chapter XXIX—A LAST PRECAUTION
Chapter XXX—THE PRINCE OUTWITTED
Chapter XXXI—AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR
Chapter XXXII—THE END
