The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-10-19


among yourselves" he said testify.
But instantly he smiled. ssNo, never
an explanation. Tell him. in short,
Baradas is false friend-and by my
| faith as a gentleman. they are kiss
/ ingi Why, the very mole is less
blind than you. Baradas loves thy
wife" he added-.shad hoped her
handicapped TO be that cloak to
the kings will which to thy blunt
ness seems the Centaur's poisonous
robe-hopes even now to make thy
corpse his footstooi to thy bed.
Where was thy wit, manP Ho, the
| schemes are glass-the very sun
shines through them"
''Oh, my lord. can you forgive
me?' cried the kneeling gentleman.
FAY, and save you. !"
''Save!'' reiterated the other,
pushing Julie gently aside and rush
ing to pick up his sword.
lit Is you who must be- saved!
Know you not that these halls swarm
with thy foes already. thirsty muir
derers painting for thy blood.
''Murder!" echoed Julie.
"Hush!" interposed the cardinal,
the coolest of the three, tHush.' a
shriek-a crY-e breath too loud
may stir the avalanche and whelm
us all"
Their blades shall pass this heart
to thine, said Mauprat at the door
IAN honorable outwork, . re-
marked his lately threatened antag-
onist. dryly, ''but much too near the
citadel l think that I can trust
you now. How many of my troop
league with you?"
''All are your troop. aud Huguet
is our captain.
''Ihis comes of spies!" sneered the
minister. If. then. the lions skin
is too short tonight. o, for the
fox's! Any devil will make a soldier
like you, but it takes a very keen
wit to make specification. "
There was some stir throughout
the castle.
Follow me, quickly" said Richie
lieu, with animated eye. 1--WE laugh
at the bloodhounds. Go you that
way, Julie. and remain hidden.
He himself slipped under the cur
tain OF an Above, where was a couch.
and whispered his curt instructions
to his late enemy, now the sole
OOSAAOA GOUHCOL AA0A anu H1O
Orous guards who fiocked into the
study, roaring right heartily, Death
to the cardlnalr'
On the dais of the alcove. Mau-
pratt sword In his sheath. confronted
them, and triumphantly pulling
aside the. curtain, revealed, in the
glare of the torches two or three
men were fourishing TO keep aglow,
miserable wreck upon the bed, all
in disorder.
On seeing that huddled mass, the
pendent head, the yelled eyes, the
shaven skull yellow as a parchment,
the deadly pallor, and the swinging
arm almost clawing at the floor with
it's closing fingers, the soldiers drew
back, In disgust. In one moment
awe and reverence had fed. and they
perceived, not the high and puissant
cardinal-minister, but 1.-The most
humble, obedient, faithful. and alb
ject subject and servitor' of the
king, now without tutor!
''Dead!" uttered Huguet, going
forward to verify his eyes. Your
hand, never slow in battle, has not
faltered now, thenP"
ultantly. You see it was not be-
yond my dare! l watched him till
he slept. No trace of blood reveals
the deed, for have strangled him
in sleep, His health hath long been
broken. and found breathless in his
bed will run our tale. Let us to
Paris. where Orleans gives i've thou
sand crowns, and Baradas lordship,
to him who first gluts vengeance
with the news that Richel lieu is in
heaven
There was rush through the cor
ridor into the courtyard, and rapid
preparing of horses.
Mauprat was the last. as If he
would look farewell on the victim he
had made. At that moment the ap-
parently ever-more- sealed lips
parted. and a whisper which only
reached the ears at which it was
aimed. issued from the otherwise
lifeless remains
ITO their councill The instant the
league is signed, close your hand
upon their scroll. Clutch it like
your honor, which death alone can
steal or ravish. Set spurs to your
steed, ride breathless till you stand
again before me-"
alone" said Mauprat elf | should
~failP''
Fail" returned the cardinal SIT
ting up like corpse galvanized.
I'm the lexicon of youth which fate
reserves for manhood, there is no
such word as fail!'