... and medicine produced the desired effect. Francis Ferdinand became well able as any his relatives take his place in public life, and had to lie reckoned with. The question of finding a wife for the Archduke became urgent. There were plenty of Archduchesses ...

... and read the oath from a paper which he held his left hand. This is the remarkable text of it:— I, Francis Ferdinand, by the grace of God, Archduke Austria, swear to God the Almighty that I recognise the House Laws always, and, in the case of my marnage ...

... HOW THE SECRET CAME OUT That secret came to light because Francis Ferdinand —or perhaps hie valet—was o careless packer. bad been at Halbthurn on visit to the Archduke Frederick; and when he had taken his departure, a servant came to the Archduchess Isabella ...

... THE RENUNCIATION Thpn came tl ...

... thrower tried TO ESCAPE. attempt TO SWIM SAFETY. . . Franz Ferdinand, heir to Oy | ' 'an throne, and his wife, the Hohcnberg, were shot dead ®6sni a ay a * apa evo the capital of the Archduke had gone on command the army Uvp es. tempts were made to a ...