The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-08-03
THE GUNMAKER
OF MOSCOW.
tcoNrIvuED.l
1855. e-s---
BY
SYLvANUS COBB, JR.

as ne was there and saw nearly TIE
whole Of the affair"
And Zenobie went on and told all
that the monk related about Buric's
bravery, and Rosalnd listened now
attentiyely and eagerly III was
theme that pleased her The at-
tendant saw how gratefully the ac-
count came upon The ears 81 her
mistress, and hc closed the recital
with sonn opinion of bier own
wherein Ruric Novel was held up d.
a pattern after which all men Who
wished rs win tat leFe of woman
should be made
But bcfor an MnsMDr copAt 4e
made 81 lo-alni door 81 ae
apartment Na opened sid the duke
entered lie smiled fat A.1alg as
he bowed Ia M weird, ud then
with i wave of M ha le motion
ed Tor Ienoaie t9 withdraw ad aft
or the attendant 0He he took q
scat close b 1r chUga The
maiden looked pmt0 l face, ami,
though ae Was u1 serious .Q0b
there rs Yt still. he Gould plainly
See chat h h83 bmethin of more
than usuai Importance OH hi mind.
She shuddered w she glzel upon
him, for she could not help ID.
There Wa something iu the look Of
the man art W hidden intent,
which came ont iu lbs tone and
gl5nce; deep meaning somihing
which he had never spoken, bat
which was set manifest that m0y-
ed her Thus. Wharf Il was -he could
not tell. ID was the prompting of
that instinct Of the human ,oul
which may repel an object while
yet the working mind detects no
harm
But she was not % remain ia the
dark much longer The evil one
was loose, and his bonds 3f restraint
were east otf Tie bad marked liis
prey and the meshes were gather
ing about it, "Rosalnd,' tie duke
said III e tone which hc meant
should have been easy and frank,
but which nevertheless was marked
strongly with effort, there is some
talk among Che surgeons now that
Conrad Damunol may recover
ooh, ain glad of thot' the fair
girl uttered earnestly
"les, ! suppose 50" resumed OIL
ga, eying her sharply But YOU
have mo particular care for him !
presumed
"For-for the count
aye; II was OF him I rls speak
ing"
"No, sir. care only for him as |
care for i'm who need 70 become bet
ter ere they die"
"Aha, yesl" said the duke, biting
his Tip, for in his own mind he had
the frankness rs acknowledge that
he was about as needy of virtue as
was the count But he resumed,
with faint smile, ''you never loved
the MANI
mo, sir" the maiden answered,
gazing up INTO her guardans face,
with Fan inquisitife look
So ! Thought, o ] thought AS
Olga thus spoke he smiled again and
moved Ibis chair neorer to Rosalnd.
81 ann wcil aware, he resumed,
"that Your affections have NOT as
yet been set upon amy one who is
>capable 81 making proper com
banion for YOU through all the UPS
and downs Of Life.
Rosalinds eve dropped beneath
the steady gaze Of the speaker, and
her frame trembled But ere she
could make any reply the duke went
on.
"Aly dear Rosalind, ! have come
now upon a business which | may
Justly call the most important Of
my life. ! have not approached this
subject lightly nor with oyerzcal,
but have come to it through
careful consideration and anxious
study"
Here the duke stopped and gazed
into Rosalind's face She met his
gaze, and her eyes dropped again.
She trombled more than before, and
a dim, dreadful fear worked its way
! to her mind.
" "Rosalind." tho noblcman contin-
ued, when / was but 10 years of
age, ] was married with 4 girl whom
I loved She lived with me four
short, happy years In that time
we were blessed with two children,
but they lived not long to cheer us.
And then my beautiful wife died,
and the world was all dark and drear
to me. / thought / should never
love again Time passed on, and
you were placed in my charge.
When You first came, ] loved you,
Aand wondered if you were TO take