The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1879-06-13
FROM THE CHAPEL ROOF.
THRILLING INCIDENT AT A ROYAL WE'D
DING.
From Belgrayia.

| might have been observed walking rapidly
down the main street of the ancient town
of Windsor. Coming to the road that leads
to the castle, he, after q moments hesiCa-
tion, took the turning, and walked ON till
he arrived at the entrance of the courtyard.
Here he suddenly changed his attitude,
thrust bis billy cock hat on the back of his
head, put his hands in his pockets, and,
assuming slouching gait, attempted to
walk past the sentry.
The wary soldier was, however, on the
qaf gige
"On the works." said the stranger in re-
ply to challenge and without stopping to
observe the effect of this explanation, he
walked on across the quadrangle and enter
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| Five minutes later two other men slouch {
ed into the gateway, and being challenged,
answered as before. Then came two 9TH
ers; and the sentry, musing on these mat
| ters began to think that the work inside
must be costing pretty penny when it re-
quired the supervision of SO many persons.
For the five men, who, being on the works,
| had been passed in, were evidently not
common laborers. Probably foremen, the
sentry thought as he watched the figures of
the last two fade in the gloom of the clois-
| teTS.
| The five men were evidently we'll &C
quainted with each other, and, joining,
| within the closters, spoke to each other ap-
parently i'll high glee at the success of some
stratagem. There were other people about
| the clo;sters. as, indeed. there seemed to be
| people everywhere within the precincts of
the castle. Hammers were falling, plank
were being carried hither and thither /; and
in the courtyard, lighted only by fire
which was burning in one corner, men
| were hurrying to and fro giving the lask
| touches to the preparations for the ceISs
monial of the morrow, when his ROY
| Highness Arthur William Patrick Albesf.
Duke of Connaught and Strahearne, Eafl
of Sussex, Wearer of the Order of the Black
Eagle of Prussia, the Elephant of Denm8fk
and the Seraphim of Sweden, was to wed
the daughter of the Red Prince of 1'rusy
| sia.
1t was evident that the five strangers
| were chiefly anxious not to draw inconve-
nient attention upon themselves, and to
| prevent any suspicious of lettering.
! They walked around the cloisters osten-
| tatiously engaged in conversation. Work
men passed them and thought they were
officers of the castle. Officers of the castle
| passed them and thought they belonged ta
the working party. So they walked about
| unchallenged and almost unseen in the
semi-darkness of the cloister. They were
ordinary-looking men, such. as you might
! meet any day ou the street. The one who
entered first and who appeared to be the
leader, was man of ordinary inches aud
| powerful build, though tendency to cor
pulency somewhat detracted from his
/ height. His face was one which at first
glance was pleasant to look upon. It was
fresh-colored, with blue eyes, and an..open,
honest expression. He was the sort of q
man one would speak to in railway car
| riage or en- lonely road and think he had
! found a pleasant companion. A keen OBJ
server might, however, note, keeping his
glance steadily fixed on this blue eyes, that
sometimes an evil light came into them.
They seemed to change color, cleaning
like the blue in steel, and with this all the
expression of the face changed. Instead of
the pleasant, honest. kindly look, there
was mask of hard, stony determination,
| capable of carrying out evil intent to the
| furthermost end.
alt will be fine sight, said one of the
| figures.
"Yes," replied another voice, Z" and
there will be more looking than they have
provided seats for.'
Then the leader spoke in voice whieh,
like his face, was pleasant and honest at
first, but seemed to change to a maIignaaf
tone before his speech ended.
!" 1t will be fine," he said, "to see the
Queen come up, and then there will be The
King of the Belgians, and the Prince ok
Wales, and the Duke of Edinburgh, and
Lord Beaconsfield. What a roar would run
through Europe, and how the world would
be shaken even down to the Antipodes, if
say between the responses of the marriage
service, tive shots were to sound through
the startled chapel, five flashes were To
come as it We re from the mysterious holes
in the roof, and five corpses were to lie
around the marriage altar. The Queen, ,the
King OF the Belgians, The Prince of Wales,
the bridegroom, and Lord Beaconsfield
Ha ha ha p
" Hist" said one of the five, nudging tie
leader, "you will be heard, and then it viii
be all over with u.s."
The caution seemed unnecessary. No
one appeared to interrupt their tramp. Bur
there seemed to go up from the cloisters,
carried on the wild March air,a wall, which.
passing over the chapel roof, circled round
the Tower of Windsor and shook the folds
of the royal standard. The Queen, the
King of the Belgians, the Prince of Wales,
the bridegroom, and Lord Beaccnsfield.
Ha ! ha ! ha ~
In silence or carrying on conversation xn
whispers, the five figures rapidly pass
round the eloisters, as innocent men mig&k
walk, taking little exercise before goiE
to bed. Nine o'clock was striking from tH
church tower as the first man had enteEa
the gate and passed the unsuspectlng s<S
try. It was now gone half-past nine, and
all around still sounded the fall of the ham.
mers, the shutting of feet, aud the cries eE
the workmen. If any one had been watcl.
ing these five figures they would have oh
served that there were now only four. One
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ground beneath had yawned and swajlowed
him up. The four went pacing around, aaA
presently there were only three. HOM@skS
other two had disappeared No casual oHS6eF
er could have told. Butif narrowly wSksh n
ed, iE would have been discovered thu "a 4
passing by q particular pillar in the clcssfs
one man of the three remaining SEEM ~
halt, and almost before one could CT he
was gone. The other two walked on 8nM
fore, taking no notice of this phenoniA ans
and on passing this precise spot the G. kh
man vanished as before, leaving the let
alone in the cloisters. He, without @k
ing his pace, walked round as if his m
panions was still with him. On retuT A1
be halted at the place where they bad .6s
appeared. Looking back-not for am ~.
ful purpose, for it was 80 dark that hef,Sld
not see five yards of, but as an insti Ew6
habit of caution--he approached the ~
Behind this, and inclosing the green AssHh 4
formed quadrangle within the Ct \
was fringe of high iron ratings.
thesu had bbeet1 iiiiffttea est .,f the lnNk4eAM
ct, and through the aperture the leadS
with some difficulty squeezed
and stood within the quadrangle.
Without any appearances cf ha Id
gently pressed back the rail till
once more in the socket, and left
of the means Of approach to the
Turning to the right and keeping u
the shadow OF the cloistars, he cam
corner on which the Chapel ahuts. aTa
four figures; standing stiff against the !
as four corpses might stand, disclosed
mystery of the disappearance Of his
panions.
I. Number OF, " said the leader. Is
ss3'wo."
ssThree. Z
aFour.'
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