The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-07-21

~ veuld sooa b found and restored to
him. Forced 70 b content with this
vsgse oonsolstisa. he went home TO his
supper and bed.
For thrss er four GAYS afterward hs
cootinoed sisisisg The princii al menu
msnts and charches. bit wrhous re-
ceiving any further isformstH n about
his lace handkerchisf. / have said
that Sir Jshn Vas ysung and trave; -
. consequence. be was imps.ueas aud
6ery; whilst bsinI burn and bred III =
frss thinking. frss speaking country,
Be wss apt to express his thoughts -
they came 70 his MUD without r~flsc-
tioo ssd without iesr IL is lot sur
peisiog therefore that cue night under
the arcaass u the Prncuratsc. While
reistisg his less TO fsw fr,eods, be
shoold have aid What hs thought Of
the vssassd sseses police Of Venice.
They wsrs. he said. = lot Of stupid
faels, very poDpous and very asseiy.
Try ing to hide their sgsorsncs and in
capacity undsr very sixh-soundins
phrases; bet tbs msssaess Lsndsa do
tsctave was worth the whole lot of
them. A. TO Tie Secret Council. he
did nos believe ie existed at all. .r II it
dad. is vss ~ batter than the nst
All, Sir JohnI II you ne.d. mast
speak 20 isrev. reusly oi the Sessni,sima.
Why did you not uss your own Ian
gusge. Why did you express y"ur
rash thoughtain ltaiisn2 Did y"u not
ksov that wAlis have ears. and that
every stsOs of Venice is spyl
HIs friends, astsnished by this sud
den outburst. attributed it at tirst to
those glasses of viao santo they had
been drinking together; but knowing
full we'll the JEALOUS care the Sersnis.
alma hsd for its TepatstioA, they in
stinctivsiy shrAak fron, him. ~ from .
dangerous man. Awaiting themselves
cf favorable opportunities. they dissp-
.pearcd round dark corners. down side
alleys; and very soon SIR John found
himself alone.
Alonsl Al lssst % be thought; bat =
silent figure had been following him
for sns time. and was now eagerly aud
stsaithily doSging hi'a. So carefully
it walked. ~ Go.sri.s.iy II stepp-d.
that for long ua.s SIR john did u"i
notice this un welcome shsdaw. and
svsn ShSn he did. he sttsched no i'm
postaucs to il. But st last he began to
issl sowe doubts about this follower.
Nothiag could bs guessed from his APP
psarance. Completsly wrsppsd UP in q
dark CLOAK. and With wide hst shad-
iag snd csncssliug the upper part Of
bio face, Aha man would not have been
recognized BY his own brother. 1t was
snl1 ths peculiar way in which he fol.
lowed. and the ability with which he
svailed himself Of every nook and cor
ner. that Implied danger.
Fearless still, but somewhat annoy
Cd. Dir John pursued his wsy through
the maze Of alleys that led from the
PissxA ts his temporary home. Deter.
mined % try 70 throw % his mssked
companies. hs quieksnsd his sep; but
ct the next ternisg. . glaDes back
showed that Il wss no uss. Having by
this time reached the Ponts San Noise
-ons Of the innumsrabls bridges that
cross the minor canals OF Venics--Le
stopped on its stops to zee what his
shadow would do. Astonishel 1t first
by this new russ, the man hcsitsted .
second, but . secoLd only. and then
disappeared in ths shadow OF the
church. Our hero vAinly strained his
eyes iu trying n Andsoat whether he
bad really gone. Se whether he Was
only hiding oehind the columns and
watching. BE certainly began to fest
On intsuss interest In this new chase. in
which he seemed to b the game hunt
Cd dDwn. Thes, eansisesd shst ~ bad
sesn the. lass Of Ais silent frisad. be
decided on Continuing h,s way home;
and wss just going 70 move. when .
cloak was throws over HE hsad and
chsse. cemplstsly eagging him. while
several str eng arms entwinea Themselves
sround his body asd e6sotaally pinion-
cd him. Bsfsrs be oeold recover his
ssusss. . voice whispsrsd in Italian. in
his ear: 'Yoa are prisoner Of the Ser.
suiseiaa; sssissanoe y of no use.
Even ellst these words. the import OF
which be dimly guessed. Sir John
weuld Anvs {, i 4 10 strike one blow st
least los his Iii ~ for his Liberty: bat
the cloak in ...cn he had been wrap
psd up uas 20 ~ t,AticAlly and % ssonrs-
II fasseoed thse We eoud uos move .
0usele nor utter cry There WAS no
hip iur i, snd ~ doggsdly awaited
Is lAss. The veioes round him sess.sd
= hold . short. ceofsrence, aud then
oAev lifted Nm fgoaa the ground. aisd