Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-10
"And is not your authority

emperor has taken fancy to tllls
youngster, and if he has he may be
appealed to in this case. The girI
will take marriage hard. I shall
have to hire you to perform tho
ceremony"
(Which should be pleased to
do," returned the priest, with O
coarse smile.
"You shall have the opportunity.
But first we must have the young
Newell taken care Of"
81 think I can manage that, my
lord"
"And how will you do it,"
"I suppose you don't want him
put where he can get off and come
back here"
"No. Finish him while you are
about it,"
81 will"
"But, mind, it must be done SO
that in 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 baffied."
"Leave me alone for that, my
lord. I can call help if l want it."
care there not places in the city
where a body can be hidden-where
it may be so disposed of and new
er be found?" asked the duke as the
thought came to his mind.
"Never mind" returned the 9TH
er, with a confident nod of the head.
eff I meddle with the matter, it
shall be well DONE"
every we'll. Tll 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
l came nigh forgetting. You have
heard of this strange monk-Vladi-
mir his name is"
"Aye, and l have seen him too.
You mean that huge lump of human
fat?"
eyes. And now tell me who and
what he is. He was at the duel, and
l know he has been here to my
house. Who is he?"
"You've secured me there, my
lord, for l can tell you no more
about him than | 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 | can
find out, and yet | think know
what his business is, or, at least,
why he's here"
"Ah, you suspect?"
"Yes, and if my suspicious be
correct we could have him taken
care of at any moment"
explain"
"Why, l 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"
"Oh, 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 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 ! 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. | mean to
watch him at all events"
"That's right" returned the
duke. And then, after a moments
thought, he added: 81 do net see
why he should be around Sfter every
petty duel that may be fought if he
is spy from Rome, and, besides, |
have heard one or two persons say
that they were sure they had seen
him before"
"Oh, that may be only the result
of some strong resemblance which
he bears to some one else. am sure
he was never here before-not in
Moscow"
Again the humpbacked priest was
cautioned about the work he had in
hand, and. having promised over
and over again to be very careful
he took his leave.
And Olga, duke of Tula, was left
alone with his own thoughts. Bet
ter for him had that wicked priest
been his executioner. Better fol
him had he been upon the counts
bed, racked with dying pains. Bet
ter for him had he been poor gun
maker, so he had been honest. Oh
better for him had he been the
meanest heggar that walked the