CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1901-09-26

.'But where is he now %
"He's gone. Hark, Ha, guess
they've caught him. Don't you
hear ?"
I Eyes; they've caught somebody"
"And of course it's him. He went
that way. Let's go and find"-
4 He did not finish the sentence, for
at that moment voice came up in
thunder tones, and it said;
"Ruricl Ruric''
"Good Godl" gasped villain No. /.
"What is that"
( 'Ruric! Ruricw
"By the living gods, that is not
from any Of our men" uttered the
second rufiian. "Ha, they are COM
ing this way"
'sRuricl Ruric!"
''There is but one place" return
1 ed Oriel. Here in the little draw
ing room. Come, let's find ii. Oh,
curses on that gunmaker's head Ii
he be not the very devil, then he's a
bound partner Of his. Have you
found the entrance. Michael ~
''No. Its near you somewhere.
Can't you Ha. In, in"
At that moment the glare of a
flaming torch flashed through the
gloom OF the place, and the two vii
lains stood revealed. A dozen stout
men. all well armed, appeared in the
only passage by which they could
escape. for to have fed into the
drawing room Of which they had
spoken would avail them nothing
"Ho, villains" shouted Vladimir,
the monk. raising his flaming torch
high above his head with his left
hand. while in his right he waved a
heavy sword "wherc is Ruric Ne
vel -
Here, here" or 1 or hero,
starting forward rnl" the larger
room.
"what, safe-alige-yca|" :" ut
tered Vladimir.
AVE, my noblest Of friends But.
oh. cast OIL this accursed bond from
my arms. il eats into the desh
The rope was quickly taken off,
and then the youth embraced his de-
liverer No questions werc asked
there Only fcw sincere thanks
were uttered. and then attention
vas turned TO the two villHins. who
vet stood tr-mhling ncar them
They had no, attempted an escape.
for The way was biocked up They
we're quickly secured. and then the
party turned away from the place,
and as they weni Ruric gave the
monk an account Of the manuer-in
which he had been entrappcd and of
the events which had iranspired
since.
"Mcrcifnl heavens" calculated
Vladimir as Ruric closed his ae-
count OF the manner in which he
had overcome the two men who had
thought to murder him. at was
narrow escape"
But | might not have escaped
without your coming. the youth
-aid. for they would surely have
found me With IN, hands la>hed
behind mc as they were could not
have escaped
"True, true" returned Vladimir
thoughtfully "lI was narrow
chance. Bu, It is over now
And how gained you Ihe knowI
edge Of my whereabouts: = asked
Ruric.
"I1l explain it to you when We
have time. But did | understand
YOU 10 say that the humpbacked
priest was lherc%'
"llo came to my dungeon with
the rest, and twas he that knocked
down Have you not found him."
"No; We have seen nothing of
him We found two men in the hall.
and that was all "
The place was searched all
through for the priest, bu, he could
not be found, and when Vladimir
was assured than the arch VILLAIN had
made his escape he prepared to leave
the building The prisoners. four OF
them. were led out l,rst and taken
away by the monks followers.
When Rurc reached the street,
the stars were all out. and the cool.
frosty air struck gratefully upon his
brow Tie turned toward his mystic
rious commmon, and under the
grateful impulse Of the moment he
stopped. lie raised hts hands to-
ward heaven, uttered one feryent
sentence of Thanksgiving TO Goa
and then moved on again.