Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-08-09
She does not know it.


sand ducats. She does not know it.
=Ha, ha, hap .=,-s...ss 81. I i
s:Ha, ha, lla!" laughed the priest
in concert. .sShe doesn't, eh??'
No; she knows nothing about it.
But I must secure this, and ia order
to do it + must marry her, aud
if 7 would be sure Of that this &C.
cursed galnmaker must be out Of the
way.'' .sss !, &,
"'But what is he to her?''
"She loves him. 1;s...
sand is not your authority
Hold, Savotano. I'll explain to
you in a few words. I'm afraid the
emperor has taken a fancy to this
youngsters, and if he has he may be
appealed to in this case. The girl
will take marriage hard. i shall
have to hire YOU to perform the
ceremony" + -. Z.
(Which 1 should be pleased to
do" returned the priest, with a
coarse smile. -
"You shall have the opportunity.
But first we must have the young
Newell taken care Of. a.
II think I can manage that, my
lord.n .>.>.
".And how will YOU 81 as st ?''' No.
81 suppose.-you don't want him
put where he can get off and come
back here -. -:
:: No e., :: Finish him while you are
. II Viii. -. 49,.
But, mind, it must be done so
that il no possible way suspicion
can fall upon me. You must con-
trive some way SO that suspicion
shall be led at once: to, some appar-
ent point and there bafHed." .-
4 'Ieave me alone for that, nv
lord;::..:1 can call help if I want it,
Are there not places in the city
where a body can be hidden-where
it may be SO disposed of and nev-
er be found ?" asked the duke as the
thought came to his mind.
"Never mind" returned the 9TH
er, with confident nod of the head.
elf I NEEDLE with the matter, it
shall be we'll done.''
every well. I'll trust it with
you" -.
For a few moments after this
there was a dead silence, during
which only the moaning Of the wind
could be heard. But at length the
duke started up, and with sudden
energy, he said:
<*Ah, Savotano, there is one thing
[ came nigh forgetting You have
heard of this strange monk-Vladi-
mir his name>is.'
"Aye, and I have seen him too
You mean that huge lump Of human
fat?''' -. =; -:
eyes. And now tell me who ard
what he is. He was at the duel, ana
l know he has been here to my
house. Who is hep
:'You've secured me there, my
lord, for I can tell you no more
about him than I can about the man
in the moon. In short, no one
seems to know him, save that he is
a monk of some Roman order and
named Vladimir. He:has been here
only few months, as near as l can
find out, and yet I think l know
what his business is, OF, at least,
why he's here >.
"Ah, you suspect ?'' !:
eyes, and if my suspicious be
correct we could have him taken
care of at any moment
<sExplain.''
<<Why, I think he is a<spy of the
pope, sent here from Rome to learn
something of our emperor's plans"
'@But he. has not visited the impe-
rial palace, - :
."6h, yes, my lord: he has been
there several times, and once. the
emperor himself was obliged to send
him out Of the audience chamber"
+. **But have you any particular rea-
sons for thinking him a spy from
the pope?'
"Why, he is a: Romish monk, and
he hangs about the most important
places in our CITY,. Even the cir
cumstance l have Just related
his trying to remain in the audi
ence chamber while private business
was going on and having to be or
dered out, by the emperor-is some
ground for suspicion: i mean to
watch him at all events. y RI =
<<That's right" returned the
duke. And then, after a moments
thought, he added: 81 do not see
why he should be around after every
petty duel that may be fought if he
is spy from Rome, and, besides, I
have heard one or two persons say
that they were sure they had seen
him before" .sz.., VI. -. :.
ss0h ,tLa% ,nv ~ nv1v %ho. pos., II