She led him back upon the plateau, and, urging him both with whip and voice, she started him again toward the yawning chasm.
Lucan felt Monsieur de Moras' nails cutting into his flesh.

At last the horse was conquered; the ground gave way under his hind feet, which only met the vacant space.

He fell backward; his fore legs pawed the air convulsively.
The next moment the plateau was empty.

No sound had been heard.

In that deep chasm the fall had been noiseless and death instantaneous.
[THE END.] THE STORY OF A FIGHT FOR A THRONE D'Artagnan, the King Maker By ALEXANDRE DUMAS.
Written originally by Dumas as a play, and now for the first time novelized and translated into English.
_The Philadelphia Enquirer says_: "A pretty love story in which the debonair cavalier falls victim to Cupid's wiles is one of the interesting threads running through the book." _The Chicago Record-Herald says_: "It is singular that this bit of romance has been suffered to remain hidden away for so long a time.