Warren sheaf., 1901-08-15

| WV, 0dVOIduO, INV 10 ~! III
asked. 'Have you seen the count ?"
"Aye; | am from there now. By
all that's bad, my lord, the villain is.
gainingW
"Gaining?" repeated Olga, With
surprise. s'But you assured me he
was well nigh gone"
$50 he was, so he was. But he is
recovering now"
''But how is it?"
"Why, he tells me he had new
physician and that the old medicine
was ali vunueluneu anu an enJlre,
new course prescribed" !
t'And under this new treatment
he is recovering, eh ?"
x "Yes.'' 80
"Well, have you not taken somet
measures to fix this new medicine? 2
By the gods, Savotano, you must
not let him slip nowY' ...-
"Ah, my lord, I have only told
you how he explained the matter. Il
have another explanation.".
| "What is it, sir priest" ?"
"Why, they simply know that
some one has attempted to poison
the count "
cha! Did they say anything?"
'No; there was no need. I know
that the medicine he was taking be-
fore was the right kind of medicine,
SO far as it came from the hands Of
the surgeon. And then there is an
other thing-the count must have.
had some powerful antidote on pur-
pose for the poison.''
'|How do you know that?"
"Simply because he would not.
have now been alive had not such
been the case. You may be sure.
my lord, that they know poison has,
been administered. They have dis
covered it in some way and taken.
the most effective and speedy meth.
cd to overcome it. I know this
@fAnd do you think they suspect
you?" the duke asked, with some,
show of uneasiness.
|'I don't know; but I fear they do.
However, that amounts to nothing
-only to prevent me from working
any further at present in the same
direction. I have not laid myself
open to detection in any way. By
heavens, It's too bad! In four and
| tWentV hours more he would have
been a dead man."
'SThen you know when the discov-
cry was made?"
eyes, on the afternoon before Ru-
ric Nevel was captured. I was there
just before nig ght, and the gunmaker
was then there, and I noticed that
the walls we're gone from the table,,
though gave no signs then of hav-
ing noticed it. They had even then;
commenced some treatment for his.
cure, for I could see that the appear
ance of his skin had changed. You
must not blame me-"
81 do not, Savotano; but there
may be some way left yet"
sOh, yes; there are a hundred
ways in which we can dispose Of
him. But may find some way yet
before he gets out"
tsFIook ye," the duke said after a.
short pondering over his OVID
thoughts; *<you must watch every
chance. Something may turn up in,
our favor. You may find some op-
portunity to finish him yet. I wish
you could"
"I will do all I can, be sure of
that. I shall watch narrowly. And,
now, about the other one. Young
Newell is safe and can be disposed Of
at any moment. have let him live.
thus far because I had no orders
otherwise" e.
"Aye; that was right" replied
Olga. And as he did so he arose and
commenced to pace the room. The
priest followed him with his eyes,,
but said nothing. At length the
duke stopped and looked Savotano,
In the face. -.
<FIt would not be difficult case,
to kill him." he uttered in a low.
whisper. t.
tNot at all. Nothing could be-:
more easy" .". :.
"And could detection ensue ?"
31n no possible way"
"Then''-
fIisten," spoke the humpback as.
Olga hesitated. II strongly suspect
that twas this same gunmaker that
led to the investigation of that med
icine,, and if it was he then you.
will be more quickly suspected than,
I shall" .
@'Ha! Why think ye so?"
fsBecause he is fellow Of Won
drous wit and intelligence and can
see without being told. He has had