e door of Harry's room,
and there the sound of voices had arrested his attention. Knowing
that Harry was placed there in solitary confinement, he felt that the
clue to the mystery might now be here; and so, gathering half a dozen
men, he had come in upon them as above described.

Leaving this room, "His Majesty" now went once more to the room of
Mrs. Russell, in the hope of gaining more light yet. Upon entering,
he was once more nearly overthrown by the impetuous onslaught of the
irrepressible Mrs. Russell, who, at this new and unexpected advent of
her royal lover, overwhelmed herself and everybody else with her
joyous vociferations. This, however, "His Majesty" endured with truly
royal dignity, tempering kindness with firmness, and dealing gently
with her weak woman's nature. Katie was there, but the royal eye, on
wandering about, noticed the absence of Dolores.

"Whativer's become av the senorita?" he asked.

Mrs. Russell gave a startled look around.

"What! Where is she? She's gone!" she screamed; "she's gone! Oh, Your
Gracious Majesty, the ghost! the ghost! Save me!"

"Whisht! Howld yer tung!" said "His Majesty." "The ghost, is it? So
he's come an' carried off the senorita! Well, I've found the ghost."

"Found the ghost!" gasped Mrs. Russell.

"Mesilf has. Begorra, it's the truth I'm tellin'. Do ye know his
name?"

"His name!" gasped Mrs. Russell, once more thinking of her late
terrible fancy.

"Yis, his name; ye can't guess it? No? Well, I'll tell yez. It's
Ashby."

"Ashby! Mr. Ashby!" cried Mrs. Russell. "Why! how could he get here?"

"Oh, well," said "His Majesty," "he did get here, an' that's no loie.
How he got here I'll find out to-morrer. But he did get here, an'
he's been here since, an' by the same token he's sperited off the
senorita. But there's two av thim."

"Two of them!" repeated Mrs. Russell, in wonder.

"Ay, two av thim; an' the other's that young blade Rivers!"

Katie, thus far, had not said a word. She heard of the discovery of
Ashby with surprise, but with no deeper feeling. The moment, however,
that the name of Rivers was mentioned, she gave a gasp, and her head
fell forward on her hands.

"His Majesty" noticed the action. He put his own interpretation upon
it. But he said not a word that had any reference to it; he was too
cautious for that. And surely in this "His Majesty" showed a skill
and a discrimination which was most politic, and well worthy of the
royal ruler of mill