The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-02-04

by a sudden descent she might be seized
and carried safe 20 mis- hiding place before
aid could come from your highness"'
'But what should the truth be-" asked
Valentine
THE truth should be that while part OF
the guard went 10 the spurs Of the mount.
tine rest should Die in ambush close inside
the ci,y gates and dash out Oh. Antonio and
ais company"
EFT IS wen n he viii believe"
Then Paul laid his finger on his brother's
arm
AS the clock In the tower of the cathe-
dral strikes iu the morning Of the 18TH OF
thc month. do sou hear, dear brother. be
in your summer house az the corner OF the
garden 2'aler and / VIII come thither
ANA tell E1u it he has believed ang If he
has come. For by then 1 shall have learnt
ilum h.m las mind. ana we two win
stra.-htWay go rouse the guards and lead
the men 70 tueig appointed station. and
when he approaches the gate We can lay
hands oa him."
how cam you come 30 him. for we know
NOT where b. is hi42'
Aias. there is not a rogue or a peasant
mas cannot take letter H. him"
Seq when i question them a,- -bo,,.,b
BEAT them, they know nothing" erio3
valentine. iu cAagrin Truly. tine sooner
we itt nm by tine heels the better Tor our
SECURITY.
shall it b.. then. as + say. dul,e2"
so let IL he. said the duke. II will
await you in the summer housa',
Paul perceivng that his brother had no
suspicious of him and would await him in
the summer house, conceived his task ~ ba
already hait done. For his plan was thar
ne ana Antonio should come toeether to
tie summer house. but that Antonio should
Ne hld until Paul had spoken To tbs a,,l,a.
trra nm
the guard make ready the ambush and
leave the duke alone with Antonio. Antonio
incA. suddenly springing forth. should CLAW
the duke while Paul-ani when he tbouobr
oh this he smiled 10 hfmself-would Sd, con-
uiN- mat body OF men should bar An
t1hios escape and straightway kin him
nus Sh"uiI lie be quit both OF his brother
ana antonio. ana nD man would live wEo
MIC" now the deed was coutrivcd and
'-i.h, SAID he, n doubt whether the poor
o-.-i- 'eieit OF an parental care will long
'1,pe the manifold perils of infancy
nus ne schemed. and when he had
A'"4e al sure ami nOiScd about the dukes
Intentions, ne himself set forth alone or,
ms horse 10 seek Antonio. He rode tin
NE reached the entrance Of the pass lead
ing 10 the entrance of the hills Voau no
cisinounied and sat down on the ground
and this was at noon on the 18th day Of
the month. lie had not long been sitting
''--rAA ~ A'ANA At..ttA from bDtlinu a wall Of
Inoss-eoVered rock that fronted him and
Paul cried:
els II a fr.ead?"
4 friend 81 whom mean you. my lord?"
came from the rock
"Of whom else than OF Count Antonlo?p
cried Paul.
silence followed and n DELAY. thep
two men stole cautiously from behind Tn.
rock and in one OF them Paul knew the
man called Eena. Who had been Of the
dukes guard. The men knowing Paul.
bowed low TO him and asked him MS pleas
ure aud ht commanded them 10 bring
HIM L. Antonio. They wondered, knowing
not whether ne came from the duke or
despite the duke. but he was urgent IN
his commands and at length they ted a
scarf over his eyes and set him on his horse
and led the horse. Thus they went for an
hour. Then they prayed him to dismount,
saying that the horse could 30 no further,
and though Pauis ewes saw nothing heneara