The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-09-13

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"Aye; | am from there NOV
all that's bad. my lord, the villa
gaining!"
'Gaining7" repeated Ole.. "a
surprise. "But you assured N.
was well nigh gone
$50 he was, 80 he vas. But i.
recovering now"
s'But how is it?"
"Why, he tells me he had = ~.
physician and that the old med;c;S'
was all condemned and an ens,
new course prescribed"
"And under this new treatmec,
he is recovering, eh ?"
eyes"
swell, have you not taken son.
measures to fix this new medicin.,
BY the gods, Savotano, you nu.,
not let him slip now"
"Ah, my lord, I have only told
you how he explained the matter
have another explanation"
What is it, sir priest ?"
"Why, they simply know tn
some one has attempted to poin
the count"
Hal Did they say anythingr
mo; there was no need. l KIM
that the medicine he was takingk
fore was the right kind Of medim
SO far as it came from the handg
the surgeon. And then therein
other thing-the count must w
had some powerful antidote on m,
pose for the poison"
GLOW 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 ha
been administered. They have dis
covered it in some way and taken
the most effective and speedy meth
cd to overcome it. 1 know this"
and do you think they suspect
your" the duke asked, with som.
show of uneasiness.
81 don't know; but fear thew do
However, that amounts to nothin,
only to prevent me from working
any further at present in the same
direction. I have not laid myseH
open to detection in any way B,
heavens, tits too badl In four and
twenty hours more he would have
been dead man"
"Then you know when the discov-
cry was made?"
eyes, on the afternoon before Ru.
ric Newell was captured. l was there
just before night, and the gunmaker
was then there, and noticed that
the walls were gone from the table
though | gave no signs then of haF
ng noticed it. They had even then
commenced some treatment for B
'ure, for could see that the apps
nee of his skin had changed.
must not blame me-"
81 do not, Savotano; but tia
nay be some way left yet"
ooh, yes; there are hundA
rays in which we can dispose d
i'm. But may find some way Ut
efore he gets out"
"Look ye," the duke said yfters
hort bordering over his Owl
thoughts; "you must watch ever
nance. Something may turn upn
ur favor. You may find some op
ortunity to finish him yet. l wish
GU could"
81 will do all 1 can, be sure d
hat. | shall watch narrowly. And
ow, about the other one. Young
evel is safe and can be disposed Of
t any moment. l have let him Live
aus far because 1 had no ordsn
aye; that was right" replid
lga. And as he did SO he arose and
ommenced to pace the room. The
REST followed him with his eyes
ut said nothing. At length the
IKE stopped and looked Savotana
the face.
1T would not be a difficult case
Kill him." he uttered in low
hisper.
"Not at all. Nothing could be
ore easy"
And could detection ensue?"
III, no possible way"
"Then"-
LISTEN" spoke the humpback a
ga hesitated. 81 strongly suspect
at twas this same gunmaker that
to the investigation of that med
me, and if it was he then you
II be more quickly suspected than
shall"
Hal Why think ye SOP"
Because he is fellow Of won
GUS wit and intelligence and can
: without being told. He has hao
veral conferences here, and it was
'm here that he went direct to the
units residence. He knows py