The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-08-30


"No: she knows nothing about it
But must secure this, and in order
to do it / must marry her, and
if l would be sure of that this &C
cursed gunmaker must be out of the
way"
"But what is he to her? ?"
sShe loves him"
"And is not your authority
Hold, Savotano. I'll explain to
you in few words. I'm afraid the
emperor has taken fancy to this
youngster, and if he has he may be
appealed to in this case. The girl
will take marriage hard. 1 shall
have to hire you to perform the
ceremony"
(Which l should be pleased to
do" returned the priest, with a
coarse smile.
"You shall have the opportunity
But first we must have the young
Newell taken care Of"
81 think [ can manage that, my
lord"
"And how will you do it ?"
81 suppose you don't want him
put where he can get off and come
back here"
mo. Finish him while you are
about it."
81 will"
"But, mind, it must be done so
that in no possible way suspicion
can fall upon me. You must con-
trive some way so that suspicion
shall be led at once to some appar-
ent point and there baff1ed"
'Leave me alone for that, nv
lord. l can call help if want it."
care there not places in the city
where body can be hidden where
it may be so disposed of and new
er be found ?" asked the duke as the
thought came to his mind.
"Never mind" returned the 9TH
er, with a confident nod of the head. |
IF | NEEDLE with the matter, it
shall be well done"
every well. III trust it with
YOU"
For a few moments after this
there was a dead silence, during
which only the moaning of the wind
could be heard But at length the
duke started up, and, with sudden
energy, he said:
"Ah, Savotano, there is one thing
| came nigh forgetting. You have
heard of this strange monk-Vladi-
mir his name is"
"Aye, and l have seen him too.
You mean that huge lump of human
fat ?"
eyes. And now tell me who and
what he is. He was at the duel, and
| know he has been here to nv
house. Who is hep"
you've secured me there, nv
lord, for | can tell you no more
about him than can about the man
IN the moon. In short, no one
seems to know him, save that he is
monk of some Roman order and
named Vladimir. He has been here
only few months, as near as l can
find out, and yet l think I know
what his business is, or, at least,
why he's here" :
"Ah, you suspect?" :
eyes, and if my suspicious be ,
correct we could have him taken +
care of at any moment !
Explain" :
"Why, | think he is g spy of the !;
pope, sent here from Rome to learn
of our emperor's plans" !;
but he has not visited the impe- 9
.ial palace"
"Oh, yes, my lord; he has been ,
here several times, and once the =
himself was obliged to send =
1im out of the audience chamber" 9
"But have you any particular rea- =
sons for thinking him spy from /
The pope?'' !
"Why, he is Romish monk. and :
ne hangs about the most important r
places in our city. Even the cir v
l have just related
us trying to remain in the audi 8
'nce chamber while private business n
vas going on and having to be or a
Tered out by the emperor-is some
ground for suspicion / mean to =
watch him at all events" .
THAT'S right" returned the {.
luke. And then, after moments b
bought, he added: 81 do not see :,
Why he should be around after every h
'etty duel that may be fought if he -
a spy from Rome, and, besides, -
ave heard one or two persons say ;,
hat they were sure they had seen "
i'm before"
"Oh, that may be only the result ',
1 some strong resemblance which :,
e bears to some one else. am sure -
e was never here before-not in 5.
foscow." ="
Again the humpbacked priest was y,
autlOned about the urnrk h Ii :. "