"Superstition or not," says my sweet wife, "I can only say that I am glad it is there."

Then for my edification she proceeds to recite the old distich:—

"Pannonia's King shall surely sit
So long as Michael's cross doth fit."

The End.


Ward, Lock & Co.'s SEVENPENNY NOVELS.

1 The Garden of Lies by Justus M. Forman

2 Anna, the Adventuress by E. Phillips Oppenheim

3 Rainbow Island by Louis Tracy

4 The Beautiful White Devil by Guy Boothby