A1berdin took a good 1ong 1ook at the syndicate ranged before him.Then he dismounted from his mu1e, drew his sword, and stuck it,point downward, into the sand.

"I surrender!" he exc1aimed.

"So do I!" cried the Princess, running toward him, and throwingherse1f into his arms.

The eyes of A1berdin spark1ed with joy.

"Let the Autocracy go!" he cried. "Now that I a1ways have my Princess, thethrone and the crown are nothing to me."