Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-05-30


for sattoo's absence. and tho evident
desire Of Manniko to see her welded
to Kaki, an alliance which she knew
could be made binding almost on the
instant If she would only consent to it?
In different circumstances, Mannikos'
personality would doubtlesss have APP
pealed to her as one in which was CEN
tered all that was awful and mys-
FERROUS in the diabolical practices of
fetchism, and no such thought Of re-
sisting it's influence would have entered
her head. But now every sentiment of
obedience was cast to the winds. She
felt that she was the victim of plot,
and rightly or wrongly hardly, in
deed, knowing what she did, except
that she followed the lead Of her emo
ttons-she roundly declared her be-
lief that the whole story of Sattoo's
desertion was false. Throwing the
ugly phrase straight into Manniko's
teeth, she also demanded to know
whether it was true or not that Kaki
was his son-and then-well, she did
what most women would have done
under, the circumstances the
tension Of her feelings by bursting into
tears. She had bearded the majesty OF
fetchism, and what the results would
be, now that she had done it, she trem-
bled to think.
The fendish expression that came
over the Silenus-like visage of Man.
nike, when he found himself thus de-
fed by girl over whom he had never
doubted the completeness of his au-
thority, can be more easily imagined
than described. He was convulsed
with rage, and positively gasped for
speech. When articulation did come,
however, it was full Of malice and all
Observation-Disclosures. He swore by all the
ghosts of his ancestors that her tongue
should be split, and that she should do
at least twenty moons of penance. And
a lot more.
At her flow of tears Zeelah felt re-
lieled, but she was not unreasonably
frightened at Manniko's threats, and
turned as if to flee from his presence.
But the priest OWNED her intention,
and, as he had not yet nearly ex-
hausted his stock of maledictions,
stepped forward as quickly as his
obesity would permit and seized her
by the wrist The electric shock Of
loathing conveyed by his clammy hand,
and the pain that the grasp itself in
f1icted, produced the piercing sariek
from Zeelah that followed.
had sprung to my feet with the OBJ
ject of rushing to the rescue, when
there came a sound as of a swirling
wind. A swarthy form had cleared
the hibiscus hedge at a bound, and be-
fore Mannlko had time to meet the
turn that events had taken, further
than to release his hold of Zeelah, he
was clasped round the middle by pair
of arms endowed with giants
strength, lifted on high, and thrown
literally in heap on the gravel path.
In the next instant Zeelah's palpitat-
ing heart was beating against the he
roic breast of her own true lover.
Manniko got his deserts-contused
limbs. Nor did Kaki fail to get his;
for when it was proved chat at the in
stigation of the priest he had traduced
the character of Zeelah-hence the
rake and watering-pot episode-and
had succeeded in sending Sattoo on a
wild-goose chase to satisfy himself on
the point, he was debarred any further
opportunity of exercising his peculiar
talents within the castle walls
There was one particular in regard
to which the conspirators had sadly
miscalculated, and that was the celer-
ity of Sattoo's movements. 1t was
grave doubt, in the opinion of SONS,
whether it was intended that he should
return at all.
On the following Sunday the chapel
at the castle included in its congrega-
ton two converts from paganism-Sat-
too and his bride.-Chambers' Journal.