Little Falls herald., 1901-09-06

you remember The gunmakef who
was before You not long since q
All, yesthe one who. took my
Greeks sword from him p
81 he same, sire. Have you heard
from him since p
by my so44, Olga, I had well
nigh forgotten the fellow. les:
yes; I remember him we'll now. He
was right stout knave. =
AYE, and a dangerous one, too,
sire-a dangero1 us man." said tie
duke, with a dubious shake. Of his
head. *s:..s =. =4 > j.
"Ah! What has he done - i.
T "Why, he has been en- ngaged in va
rious robberies to my certain knowl-
edge, and only a few evenings since
he knocked down one of our holy
priests and robbed him of all he
had. He is at the head Of a znumer-
7ous band-of .desperadoes.'
EEls it possible? %
Il know it, sire"
*:By St. Paul, I should not have
believed tllis!''.
"Nor would / have believed it.,
sire, had 1 not received proofs not
to be questioned. l.. as is my duty,
have long been anxious to ferret out
this gang Of robbers 49,
'1But I never heard Of them, o.
ga" interrupted Peter.
~"Ah, sire, because I gave direc-
ton that you should not be troubled
with the, affair. But have them
now. It is only last evening that /
got clew upon them. We found
them in an old building near the
river here in the Kremlin, and this
same Ruric Newell was with, them.
But he made his escape
Il do remember me now that the
! fellow had bold bearing and a
fearless look" said the emperor half
to himself, "and if such man turns
villain there must be danger in it,"
AYE, sire, you speak-truly, and
now, with your order, I can, appre-
hend the fellow at once"
] Il can send and have it done, my
dear duke.''
''But your officers may not find
him. l know where he is and can
have him taken at once. He has
several hiding places p
"Well, then you might do the
work with more advantages"
"Aye, and I can have him tried
and disposed Of without further
trouble to you, sire.''
|<No, no. I wish to see him. re-
turned the emperor. RI will give
you the necessary order, and you
may bring him here.''
Peter then turned to his secreta-
ry and bade him fill an order for Ru-
ric Nevels arrest. The stout ma
ter at arms looked on with a trou-
bled countenance, and his glances
toward the duke were anything but
loving. He did not seem to relish
the business at al, and the express
sion of his countenance would seem
to indicate that he did not believe
all that the duke had said.
However, the order was soon
made out and in the dukes posses
sion.
t:Remember," said Peter, t<you
will bring linn before me-
OH shall be obeyed, SIRE
+ If the emperor did not notice
the strange, dark look Of the duke
as he turned away, the Greek did,
and he fancied, toe, that he knew
what it meant. But he said nothing
then. - ..3
| Olga bowed low as he clutched tire
order, and, having once more prom
ised obedience, he hurried from the
imperial presence. As he passed
out through the wide court he walk
ed slowly and thou,ghtfully and with
his head bowed. But soon he start
ed up, his hands came together with
an emphatic movement, and he moy-
ed onsmore quickly: He had gained
the street and approached a small
court within which stood a house
of entertainment, where he stopped.
! Ina few moments more man came
out from the inn, and as soon as he
had satisfied himself that the new
conner was the duke he spoke.
'.Olga, is't you p ~.
! Yes = .l.s,7- s->.ze Il
I It needed but a single glance in
the dim starlight to recognize the
form of the hump priest. He
walked quickly to where the duke
] stood, and the two moved off to-
1 gether. -. ~ .<s@s.= =zs =. . :. 5
tNow what luck. ?" Savotano ask
ed as the gained the street once
more ~ y. 81 s@ I'll f 81. .
Goods good as / could even
hope . returned the duke. q have