The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-08-31


when he bad concluded she sat for a
few moments like one in painful
trance.
4 Sand do you think" she said at
length, while cold shudder ran
through her frame, 'sthat the Duke
of lula was the cause of all this ?"
81 am sure Of il, my mother"
"Then you are not safe yet"
"But ! shall see the emperor"
81 have seen him, my son."
"Ahl And what said he!"
"Why, he said if we could find out
who had done you harm he would
punish them. Then | asked him,
"Suppose it was a duke ?" and he said
in that case he should have to look
into the matter. Oh, fear he would
not dare to punish the powerful
Olga"
perhaps not, but yet, my moth
er, / will give him credit for better
things. Yet" the youth continued
in a sad tone, "there is one for
whom | care more than self and
who is now within the wicked dukes
power Oh, she is his beyond any
power of the emperor
''Not absolutely beyond his pow
er, is she?" the mother asked.
."Why, Of course, Peter has the
power to set aside any wardship, but
'twould not be policy for him to in
terfere in the domestic affairs of his
powerful mobiles. | feel sure that
his heart would bid him interfere,
but his judgment would oppose it.
You have seen Rosalind?'
"Yes."
"And was she unhappy when she
knew that | was missing?"
"Ah, Ruric," returned the moth
er, with kindling eye, "you do not
know how that noble girl loves you!
Oh, her heart was almost broken
when she knew that evil had befall-
en- your
The widow had it in her mind to
tell Of the scene which had transpir-
ed upon the dukes coming into the
maiden's presence when she was
there, but She thought a second time
ere she spoke, and she then conclud-
ed not to speak of it at present, for
I she knew 'twould only serve to give
her son additional pain without be-
etou,ino INV hanaGt
"By heavens" uttered Ruric at
the end of troubled reverie and at
the same time clasping his hands
vehemently together, was ever man
so surrounded by impenetrable mys-
terry BEFORE This monk is surely a
good man. He has served me well,
and am sure he would serve me
more if opportunity offered. But
who is he? Have YOU found out any
thing concerning him?"
81 have not, my son."
"But is it not strange 2"
at is.
And so they conversed until their
dropping lids would no longer re-
main apart, and then, having first
rendered up their thanks to God and
asked his help for the future, they
retired TO their respective places Of
rest. Ruric had strange dreams, and
for the life of him he could not tell
whether they were good or bad.
Once he dreamed that he was a duke
himself and that he had wife
whose face he had never seen. She
would not raise her veil until the
ceremony was performed Then she
removed the obstruction, and Ruric
started on beholding the face of
Vladimir, the monkl And then
Vladimir seemed to say, "All this
/ have done for thee. DO YOU like
it?" And Ruric dared not object,
because Vladimir had done 50 much
for him.
And now while Ruric awakes
from his dreams and wonders what
they mean let us look in and see
what Il going on IN the ducal palace.
1t was early morning, and the
Duke of Tula was once more in his
own private apartment. lie had not
slept well, for he, too, had had
dreams, and they were troublesome
ones. They hung about him even
now, and they filled his mind with
dark and gloomy forebodings. He
paced to and fro across the apart
ment, sometimes stopping and bow
ing his head and then starting on
again with new clouds upon his
brow. Thus he walked and pondered |
until he was aroused by a stealthy |
football close by the door. He stop |
ped and listened. He knew the step. |
Twas the one he had been waiting
for. He moved to the door and |
opened il. and the humpbacked /