The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-09-27
Observation-Disclosures.
CONTINUED from last Saturday. |
By SYLvANUS COBB. Jr.

the end of troubled reverie and al
the same time claspipg his hands
vehemently together, "was ever man
SO surrounded by impenetrable mys-
terry beforel This monk is surely a
good man. He has served me we'll,
and ! am sure he would serve me
more if opportunity offered. But
who is he? Have you found out any
thing concerning him?"
81 have not, my son."
"But is it not stranger"
'1t is"
And so they conversed until their
dropping lids would no longer re-
main apart, and then, having first
rendered up their thanks to God and
asked his help for the future, they
retired to their respective places of
rest. Ruric had strange dreams, and
for the life of him he could not tell
whether they were good or bad.
Once he dreamed that he was a duke
himself and that he had a wife
whose face he had never seen. She
would not raise her veil until the
ceremony was performed Then she
removed the obstruction, and Ruric
started on beholding the face of
Vladimir, the monk And then
Vladimir seemed to say, CAL this
| have done for thee. Do you like
it?' And Ruric dared not object,
because Vladimir had done so much
for him.
And now while Ruric awakes,
from his dreams and wonders what
they mean let us look in and see
what is going on in the ducal palace.
1T was early morning, and the
Duke of lula was once more in his
own private apartment. He had not
slept well, for he, too, had had
dreams, and they were troublesome
ones. They hung about him even
now, and they filled his mind with
dark and gloomy forebodinss. He
paced to and fro across the apart
ment, sometimes stopping and bow
ing his head and then starting on
again with new clouds upon his
brow. Thus he walked and pondered
until he was aroused by stealthy
football close by the door. He stop
ped and listened. He knew the step.
Twas the one he had been waiting
for He moved to the door and
opened it, and the humpbacked
priest, Savotano, entered the apart
ment.
"By st. Paul, Savotano, 1 feared
you would never come" the duke
uttered as his workman closed the
door behind him.
81 would have come sooner if /
could, my lord, but even now it is
early morning. The sun is hardly
above the city walls"
"Well, it is early, l know, but 1
have not slept we'll"
81 have not slept at all, my lord"
mo, Savotano. You look worn
and weary. But you have been at
work"
aye; have"
"And you have come to tell me |
the result of that work. Does it
move you SO to do such work? III
thought you were used to it ?"
The priest gazed into his masters
face, but he did not speak.
"Bah" uttered Olga contemptu-
ously. "What is the killing of
man? But tell me, did you conceal
the body SO that no one will find
it ?"
1t was some moments before Sa-
votano spoke. His frame trembled,
and his hands worked nervously to-
yether. But at length he said in a
besitating tone:
HE is not dead, my lord"
"Not dead yet? But you promis-
ed me he should be-"
81 know, but we could not do it."
"Bahl l gave you credit for more
irmness. Not kill a man? What is
here so terrible in that ?"
"You misunderstood me, my lord.
We did all we could toward killing
i'm, but he escaped u.s."
"Holdp cried the duke, starting
onward and grasping the priest by
be shoulder. "You do not mean
hat Ruric Newell has escaped your"
''He has, my lord" +
"But not entirely. You do not
mean that he has fairly gone from
ut your hands ?"
'fHe has, my lord. But LISTEN
'Listen, thou bunglerl By the
ANTS, what story can you tell to
make that smooth and reasonable /?
lou had him in your power, and you
hould have kept him"
"But, my lord, the devil himself
8 working for that man. We went
asst night to kill the fellow, and /
waited all of two hours for Totma
md Viska, but the rascals did not
ome, and / engaged others -