The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-09-19

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could; ana when the bitches beyonc
the city were reached. only seven re
mained. Here Kolinski pansed IN
certain about the path IN the darkness
made denser by the rain. They Were
outside the city with their captive
but whittier should they take him
K9linski cursed. The king brace6
himself without a word against the
dripping horsa. Stanislaus had lost {
shoe. His foot was torn and bleeding
Never was a man or king in sorriel
plight.
do you remember, sire. that you
danced at the palae last night?P ko
linski asked with bitter mockery.
"Ah, fallen king said Stanislaus
Il remember, and can forsee, wretch
how high you viii hang"
'Hangw muttered kolinski at this:
"Ah, [ may"
Ia the meantime one of the Others
called back.
This is the way"
''Kolinski then spurred up his horse
again dragging the king. But the
way was uneven He stopped to dis
mount. releasing Stanislaus for an in
stant.
Yes, we shall have to walk" said
one OF the others. "But where are we2'
In the wood OF Billany," Stanislaua
himself answered.
Yes, but where?" asked Kolinski,
peering through the gloom. The rain
trickled from the leaves, and then
cane another sound.
THE Russians" whispered one.
The Russians"
y patrol?" questioned another.
"Quick, save yourselves. Panic seiz-
ed them as it had the others They
disappeared among the trees into the
darkness.
Then the king laughed jarring,
mocking laugh.
''Kolinski, my captors have fled. We
are alone-you and |. Come, let me
go. We are man to man."
Man to man, Pole against Russian.
| have sworn, Stanislaus, to take you.
III not give you up"
But can ] not call out to the Rus
sians"
Bah. Cry out Do you suppose
they would believe you were the king T?
Doyou suppose they could hear? |
do not believe they were Russians.
but only the panic fears of my friends
aud have you no fear. Kolinskib"
Fear? Yes, [ have enough of it..
But am little less likel Y to die-and
| have no wish to def I carry this
out
And here the king interrupted by
shouting at the top Of his voice.
How useless" said Kolinski. try
ing to put qis hand over the others
mouth. DO you not see that you are
as likely to be heard by my friends,
who viii hasten to help me-, as by q
Russian patrol"
The king, who was n1uch exhausted
as one may believe, had thrust kolin
skis hand aside. Nov he said:
s.Ay, true"
But where are we?" asked Kolin-
ski.
i know not save in the wood Of Bill
lany"
we must walk and find out We
canuot so over these ruts with a
horse"
I'VE must walk" said the king. at
avail5 neither Of us to stand as we are
in tho rain"
And leaving the horse, they walked
on through the dripping wood, not
knowing the direction, although kO-
lin. li was careful to take that which
he thought led away from Warsaw,
And as this odd pair stumbled on, the
king sore and sad and weak, so that
kolinsld, he knew, would have no diff
ticulty in controlling him alone.
VILLAIN you shot my servant Felix"
L would to heaven it had been
yo1r majesty"
And in what have [ wronged you,
koIinski?"
As you have every Pole, by ruling
Poland for the enemy's sake"
Yes, granted, man, that may be
tha fact But how do yoa know that
/ may not think it for the better2"
And why"
because you IOleS cannot rule
yonrselyes-nor would you let me-"
No, we have stolen your majesty
that you may not rule"
And how did you get into Warsaw
without arrest asked the king, when
the other answered.
Your majesty need not suspect
your police in this matter We enter
ed disguised as peasants, and some Of
Us hid in hay carts"
Now in this strange conversation.
without any farther appeal by the
king to his companions pity, Kolin-
ski yet in some way was influenced
They both were equally lost in the
wood Of Bilany, captive and captor,
and now that kolinski reflected about
the matter he saw that it was equally
necessary for both 70 find some way
out. Yet he must not let the king
escape him. His freedom, nay his
life probably, depended on his keep
ing the king.
After stumbling along, the rain now
having stopped. the pair oticed a
light though the trees.
The convent Of Brelany," said the
king.
Witha cry of dismay Kolinskirecog-
nizai the building, which declared
that for al their walking they had
proceeded in a circle. the building not
being a league from Warsaw.
Shall we ask aid of the nuns?' the
king asked
f5oI answer the other clutched his
arm.
Not on your life, FOOL" he cried.
As he spoke the great gate was sud
denly thrown back, casting bar of
light over a road that was revealed,
and the dripping oaks beyond Out
Of the gate came slowly an old monk
stumbling along. kolinski elutched
the kings arm tighter, knowing that
be was lost should the monk discover
them. But he did not. The door
closed: the monk passed down the
road The place was still, when sud
denly the notes of the organ in the