Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-29

She felt relieved that those two horri-
bic eyes were taken OF her: they seemed
TO pierce her like daggers.
Come in" she said. The maid en-
tered.
Il thought you had gone to bed" OBJ
served Mime. Lucca, in q tone of un.
concern.
II was going, please your ladyship;
but l-I-thought you might perhaps
want something"
II told you would be my own lady's
maid tonight No, the only thing l
want is to stretch my limbs a little,
for they are cramped from long sitting"
Speak, thus, Mime. Lucca arose with
an air OF admirably acted indifference
and took a turn or two across the room,
passing close to the cupboard as she did
So She afterw .rds declared she
thought she could hear the man
breathe in his place. lie, on his part
might have heard her heart beat she
said. when on looking at the keyhols
she found that the key had been re-
moved She was foiled In her plan,
which had been to lock him In. Still.
her presence OF mind did not desert
her.
"Ah. dear mer' she said, yawning, "I
feel very sleepy"
.sSleepy, your ladyshipi wish did"
replied the maid. Il don't feel sleepy.
am too frightened"
Enlightened! What are you frightened
of. you foolish girl? Nonsenser' replied
Nine. Lucca.
.Ohl begging your ladyship's pardon,
IL is not nonsense. and that's just it.
How can you be sure that some villain,
some good-for-nothing fellow, hearing
that you and are alone in the house,
may not murder us in our beds? But he
shan't murder me in mine; for, with
your lad yship's permission, I will sit up
all night in your ladyship's easy chair. :"
Nine. Pauline Lucca glanced at the
cupboard.
Her blood ran cold.
! She dared not give her maid the
slightest hint OF the real state OF mat
ters: she felt that the girl would go into
a 1T then and there. and thus bring on
q crisis.
Scarcely knowing what she was doing
Mime. Lucca replied at random:
! "Murder US? What for?"
"what for, your ladyship? Why, for
! your money-for your jewels, to be ssre;
! nearly everybody knows that you have
q plenty OF them"
!, The girl must have been unconscious
Z ly sharpening. so TO speak, the knife by
!, which she and her mistress were doomed
= TO die.
"what absurdityr" said Mime. Lucca
a with a forced laugh.
As she spoke her eyes wandered from
, the keyhole of the dreaded cupboard u
q that of the adjoining room. In the lat
A ter there was key. Her face flushed
!. and a smile. as ii we're, of proud in
. spirat ion lighted up. though only for !
l., second.
!. "Jewels?" she replied. "Why. ever,
a one with particle of sense must know
that would not take them about will
"a me as a rule. They, of course, are SAT-
n under lock and key at Berlin. 1t Is
n strange thing, though, that to-day 1
q an exception. expected the Counties
!, Won Wartenstein TO call, and hrough
i down all the jewels presented to me a
q my last visit to ST. Petersburg to shos
her."
4. "Your ladyship didi oh. but suppos
,r ing thief
i We'll, IL thief did know IL he nigh
!. easily make his fortune" she observed
m interrupting her companion.
"By numbering us, and running oi
D. with the jewels"
~ Mime. Lucca glanced at the cupboard
10 then raising her voice. she continued:
r. "Oh! there would be no necessity 10
N murder. The door which leads fror
n that room to the garden is unlocked:
!. forgot to lock IL thief would mere
,a ly have to walk in from the garden. an
"a take my jewel case from the table nea
or the window. He might make his 81
40 cape richer by $4,000 or 10000 thaler
and never be detected. That's bette
to than numbering people, is IL not?"
re ''oh, yes--your ladyship And h
might get over to England or Anne
at lea"
he Nothing easier. replied Nine. Luce
nv "Howeyer. that reminds me. may
to we'll lock the door leading into the ga
e. den. Run to the dining-room. You
" find the key on the table. Do not
H. long"
to mo your ladyship, will not Tru
w me for that"
I'll .'Edithal Edithar, cried Nine. Luce
an instant afterwards. II have made
no mistake. The key is on the baron
n. study table. Pshawl she does not hel
or me-" she continued. speaking aloud.
Id must 20 and get IL myself"
SO With these words she left the roor
No sooner had she aone so than the do
Z of the cupboard cautiously opened
man put his head out and glance
round. perceiving no one he darted l
to the adjoining chamber.
The next instant the door WAS sh
and locked behind him. But not
him. by Mime. Lucca When she le
the room she did not proceed two pace
she stood outside listening. As 81
was In the darkness, she could. witho
being visible herself, see all that wi
y passing In her bed-chamber. She b
= held the stranger leave his hiding -pla
and dart into the adjoining room. 81
= glidei after him with the stealthine
OF tigress and the courage OF her
Inc. The reader knows what follows.
''Gaughtr' she cried, rushing aero
the room with the key in her hand.
81 can't find any" began Editha, 9
= tering the chamber. But Nine Luce
pushing her 10 one side, disappeare
Editha looked after her with mute q
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