THE CAR OF DESTINY BY C. N. AND A. M. WILLIAMSON [Logo]

Illustrations by Armand Both

NEW YORK THE McCLURE COMPANY MCMVII

*OTHER BOOKS BY THE SAME AUTHORS*

Lady Betty Across the Water, My Friend the Chauffeur, The Princess Virginia, etc.

_Copyright, 1907, by The McClure Company_ Copyright, 1906, by McClure, Phillips & Co.

[Lady Monica]

LADY MONICA

_To_ _Doña María del Pilar Harvey,_ _We Dedicate This Spanish Story_

_C.N. and A.M. Williamson_

CONTENTS

The King’s Car The Girl The Guest Who Was Not Asked “I Don’t Threaten—I Warn” A Mystery Concerning a Chauffeur Puzzle: Find the Car The Impudence of Showing a Handkerchief Over the Border A Stern Chase The Unexpectedness of Miss O’Donnel María del Pilar to the Rescue Under a Balcony What Happened in the Cathedral Some Little Ideas of Dick’s How the Duke Changed A Secret of the King’s Like a Thief in the Night The Man Who Loved Pilar A Parcel for Lieutenant O’Donnel The Magic Word The Duchess’s Hand The Luck of the Dream-Book The Glorification of Monica The Goodwill of Mariquita What Cordoba Lacked In the Palace of the Kings Moonlight in the Garden Let Your Heart Speak The Garden of Flaming Lilies The Hand Under the Curtains Behind an Iron Grating On the Road to Cadiz The Seven Men of Ecija The Race The Moon in the Wilderness Wiles and Enchantments Dreams and an Awakening The Fountain Day After To-morrow Through the Night The Fifth Bull; and After

I

THE KING’S CAR

“Motor to Biarritz? You must be mad,” said Dick Waring.

“Why?” I asked; though I knew why as well as he. “A nice way to receive an invitation.”

“If you must know, it’s because the King of Spain will be there, visiting his English fiancée,” Dick answered.