HE RAISED HIS RIGHT HAND ON HIGH


CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. [My Death ]9
II. [A Gate of Life ]20
III. ["As Your Highness Will" ]33
IV. ["You are Head of the House Now" ]46
V. [The Scent of Treachery ]57
VI. ["My Cousin" ]69
VII. [At Munich ]81
VIII. [Praga's Story ]94
IX. [My Plan of Campaign ]105
X. [A Council of Conspiracy ]115
XI. ["Even One Subject May Make a Kingdom" ]127
XII. [My Scheme Develops ]139
XIII. [A Check ]152
XIV. [The Abduction ]164
XV. [A Treacherous Attack ]175
XVI. [The Ball at the Palace ]187
XVII. [Checkmate ]198
XVIII. [After the Abduction ]207
XIX. [The Maid's Story ]219
XX. [Covering My Defeat ]229
XXI. [News of Minna ]239
XXII. [At Landsberg ]249
XXIII. [The Pursuit ]260
XXIV. [The Meeting ]272
XXV. ["I am Not the Prince" ]283
XXVI. [Flight ]296
XXVII. [An Old Enemy ]309
XXVIII. [The Emperor ]323
XXIX. [Count von Rudloff ]336
XXX. [The End ]343

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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[He flung his wine right at my face ]11
[She turned and bowed to me with a smile ]50
[Grasping my stick with both hands, I clenched my teeth, and rushed upon the villains from behind ]91
[He raised his right hand on high ]124
[I leaned out as far as I dared, and, taking careful aim, fired ]184
[Instead of Minna, the face of Clara Weylin met mine ]206
["I was thinking—cousin" ]288
[The horse had fallen on him and rolled over him ]293

A DASH FOR A THRONE