The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-10-04
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she pillowed her bead upon his h.
ON, and his stout arms were Wv Wy,
fondly about her. 'Sua
'sFear not" he whispered. a..
oh, Rosalind, thou art safe nows"'
The mad duke saw the moyem..,
and, with bitter curse, he starS !
toward them.
'Now, by the living gods.
shouted, with his fists clincbed .a ~
his eyes flashing fire, "you bsSs
come to your death What. h /"
therel Without Slaves, where Az
YEP"
In moment more the side doo,
was thrown open, and a dozen Of thu
dukes servants came rushing in.
'sHa!" Olga cried. "You are n
time. Seize these dogsl Kill them
on the spot if they offer one act Of
resistance. At them nowl Down
with the dogsr'
'sHoldl" 1t was Vladimir WIN
spoke, and every arm dropped As
they heard that voice. 1t was dif.
ferent from the voice they had
heard the fat monk use before.
The duke started as though
thunderbolt had burst at his feet
"Who art thou?" he gasped, stsg.
gering farther back.
"Olga, duke of Tula," spoke The
monk in tones which sounded
strange for him, because they we're
so different from those he had been
wont to use, 81 am thy masterp
AS he spoke he threw open the
long black robe which enveloped his
person and cast it upon the floor al
bis feet, and there it lay, huge
pile of wadding and stuf1ingl The
vast rotundity of person was gone,
and the strange man now stood in
his own fair form. His chin-that
prominent chin-was no more hid
den, and he was but a small man
not much larger than the boy Paul,
who stood near him. Next he placed
his hand to his head and tore away
the tight skullcap, and the ring Of
gray hair came away with it, leaving |
a cluster of glossy hair floating
down over the neck and shouldersl
"Great God of mercy" gasped s..
votano, staggering back, cit is the
emperor"
"Aye," cried Peter, turning his
darkly flashing eye upon the stag
gering duke, 81 am your emperor
Paul, go and call the guard"
The boy fastened from the pay \
ace, and when he returned he was
followed by party of the Imperial
guard.
''Mercy, mercy, sire" gasped the
duke, sinking down on his knees.
But the emperor answered him
not. He only turned to his guard
md babe them secure the duke and
The foul priest.
Rosalind Valdai gazed upon tie
transformed man until the straw
ruth worked its way to her star
Cling mind, and then she tened
'nce more to Ruric. She gaHdup
nto his face, and she saw the holy
mile which rested there. The JOY
ul truth came to her now, and, with
me long, low CRY of frantic hope
md bliss, she sank upon her noble
overs bosom. She could not speak.
She could only cling closely and
more close to her loved protector
md, with her head pillowed close by
he heart that beat for her, she wept
way all the grief of her opened
oul.
"Olga," spoke the emperor after
he nobleman had been firmly
pound, ''your race of iniquity j.
'un."
'No, no, sirel" the duke cried in
tumble, supplicating tones. "Say
lot sol In this single thing l may J
lave been wrong, but let my mad,
consuming love be some pallisdonf
or my offense. Oh, you will not
rush me with public shame for
his! You will not cast from you
me who loves you wellp
"Oh, miserable man." uttered Pc
er, with a look of utter contempt
pom the base wretch, "add not per
ury to your already accumulated
rlmes Hank we, some months
lnce l knew there was conspiracy
4 my capital, and l knew there was
luch of evil, too, which was never
eported to me. / resolved to ferret
out, and to that end | meant to
llngle among my people without
heir knowing me. So l had that
ODE made and so stuffed and wad-
ed that | could even hide my chin
the seeming fat. l assumed the
arb, and my own master at arms
id not at first know me. Once IN
while | made my page assume the
arb and be seen in it about the
lty, and thus all thought OF sus-