Christian herald and signs of our times . page, is, therefore, now in aposition to sympathize with his royal brotherswho have lost their despotic privileges. It is a curious and significant fact that civili-zation does not seem to agree with royalty any-where. If the royal personages of the worldcould be gathered together in one assemblage,and the monarchs of Germany and China, Aus-tria and Persia, England and Madagascar, Bel-gium and Japan, Russia and Zululand, Swedenand Morocco—royalties every one—could meetin a friendly gathering, they might find it inter-esting to compare notes and conside
Christian herald and signs of our times . page, is, therefore, now in aposition to sympathize with his royal brotherswho have lost their despotic privileges. It is a curious and significant fact that civili-zation does not seem to agree with royalty any-where. If the royal personages of the worldcould be gathered together in one assemblage,and the monarchs of Germany and China, Aus-tria and Persia, England and Madagascar, Bel-gium and Japan, Russia and Zululand, Swedenand Morocco—royalties every one—could meetin a friendly gathering, they might find it inter-esting to compare notes and consider this sub-ject. The more intelligent the people become,the less use they seem to have for a king. Be-fore civilization appears the king appoints allofficials, and can order any obnoxious subject toinstant execution; when civilization has doneitswcrk, the monarch vanishes altogether, as inFrance and the United States, or becomes aharmless, powerless figure-head, as in King George has found civilization operatein his A Momentous Interview in a Field. A FATAL FRAUD. AX ORIGINAL SERIAL STORY. BY LEW YAX-DERPOOLE. {Continuedfrom Jfagt 79.) At a Santa F4 Hotel. Bob Crance was the most skilful and success-ful gambler in New Mexico, and especially inSanta Fe. He was tall, dark and wiry. Ex-cept for his name, he would readily be taken fora Spaniard by the general observer. Strangers were coming into town daily, andtheir advent and departure, save only in rare in-stances, excited little or no comment. One day,however, the stage brought two passengers whowere very much out of the ordinary. One was awoman, so closely veiled that it was impossibleto guess her age or color ; and the other was aman. It was Stephen Vane. Unbelievers in a particular and special Provi-dence could not hold their belief if they had anextensive acquaintance with life. God has Hisinstruments everywhere, and sometimes He usessome that seem to the human intelligence themost unlikely. He did so
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