The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-08-19

the direction or my palace, we must
go at once to the lady's assistance
will have reason of these cowardly
rogues or my name is not Timoteo."
"But whist thou not first summon
strong body Of the watch to thine
aid?' asked Clan Jacopo anxiously.
"Nay, thou palsied and fearsome
graybeard," / replied. 81 need them
not, and will cen play the game alone
and by myself. Thou shalt assist me,
however, in the matter of getting into
the house. What is thy present advice
upon this subject?
"Come with me-" he answered,
'straightway, and thou shalt enter the
castle easily and unseen by it's present
occupants"
1 followed him to the house from
which we had witnessed the escape Of
Brother Ambrose. 1t was in very good
condition considering the assault which
had been made upon it the night before
The door had been beaten in and the
windows broken; otherwise it was in
much the same state as when l had
seen it last. We entered the tunnel in
the usual manner and had no difficulty
in anding our way to the cellar of the
Pazzi palace. Here we paused to con-
suit upon our next STEP for we could
hear above our heads the voices of the
robbers, some of them shouting and
cursing, others singing, so that it sound
ed like pandemonium broken loose.
l now asked my old retainer to de-
ga, oe
Of the tower where they had impris-
oned the lady whom they had brought
with them, and l learned that the
chamber was four flights up from the
main floor Of the castle and that the
only entrance to the tower stairway
was through the banquet hall, the very
place wheMe the whole cutthroat gang
was assembled. felt that my first
duty was to reach the side of the love-
ly and unfortunate countess, and as
could not very we'll cut my way
through a whole score of braves some
other way must be found to come to
her. asked Clan Jacopo if there was
such another way.
"Alas, no, fair son. bethink me Of
none indeed"
"Pestilenza, could we not ascend to
| the roof of the palace and thence en-
ter the tower through its windows?"
NAY, that couldst thou not, for the
easements be uncommon high from the
leads, and, besides, they be that narrow
that thou couldst not squeeze the half
of thy body through them"
"Thou dotard without IDEAS" ex-
claimed 1 in my excitement, "canst
thou, then, think of nothingT'
THAT can I not, fair prince. From
my youth upward / have been some
what slow in thinking, and my
thoughts crowd not one upon the other
through the brain as do thine own. l
will take thee presently by a devious
way to the top of another tower, which
is yclept the round keep of the castle,
from the which, it being several yards
removed and of a greater height, thou
mayst look down upon the square tow
err and the apartment where they have
immured the lady"
At that moment l heard steps imme-
diately above our heads, and the door
opened. dragged my old servitor just
in the nick of time behind a row of
great wine casks, myself taking a po-
sition where could witness whatever
was about to happen.
Two men now came down the stair
way. The first of these was a common
debauched looking rogue. He bore 8
| IO nd 70 in
, mental capacity to the man who fol
lowed him. The second individual was
more splendidly dressed and had more
of the mien and aspect of a cavalier
! My eyes followed this last parsonage
with a staring and devouring intensity
1t appeared to me that l dreamed OIL
that my eyesight was defective, for
saw before me the arch rascal an(
hypocritical Brother Ambrose
| My first thought was to rush fortl
and throttle him, but 1 at once saw
the folly of it. The two were talking
together as they descended, and wher
! they reached the floor of the cellar
they passed along in the direction o.
t the trapdoor of the secret passage.
> The two villains now disappeared
within the stairway of the subterra
? mean gallery. The whole thing wa
< now as plain as a pikestaff. Brothe
: Ambrose was the fitting leader of ;
g company of as arrant thieves ant
] rogues as existed in the duchy of Firen
: zalino. They had come to Castruccio'
t banquet solely for plumber and hat
d succeeded in secreting and carryin,
: away beneath their cloaks the create
b part Of the dukes housekeeping outfit
/ The renegade friar had then overhear,
the appointment made with me by tn,
countess, through Fiorella, and ha(
y put the browning sheaf to his achieve
ments of the night by pushing me int
: the WELL abducting my Incompatible,
mistress and making my own house tn,
place of her duress and the headquar
1 tiers of his diabolical crew. Truly, i
Il was the most daring, complete, colo