The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22
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Of St. Giles;
CHAPTER V.-(Continued).
BysPRoF. WILLIAM III. PECK.

"Oh, she says do not slay this man
In her presence repeated Sosia, with
strange glance toward Helen. "She
does not say do not slay him! spare
him!' but only do not STAY him in my
presence!'
and why should wish so base and
treacherous a wretch to live?" de-
manded Helen, with just anger. MAY
God have mercy on your soul, Zeno
Sosia! But the consequences of your
foul treachery to me are too threaten
ing to permit me to ask for your life;
and you have declared that you hate
Clarence Darrell-are his bitter enemy
are engaged in some horrible plot Of
vengeance against him! All, for his
sake, if for naught else, hope the
wrath Of these two persons, who per-
haps are not as base as you are-may
end your power to harm Clarence OAR
| rell!"
So saying, she sank back upon her
pillow, overcome by her emotions of
horror and despair, unable to say
more.
"She pleads for my life, gentlemen,
though not 50 intending" said Sosia,
in whining tone, and rolling his great
eyes, with piteous glare of abject ter
.ror, alternately from the father to the
son. IF you slay me, good gentlemen,
you will STAY the enemy Of man who
will move heaven and earth to punish
you, when he shall learn what you in
tend to do here. l have served you
faithfully, gentlemen. promised that
IL you would follow my counsel, Helen
Beauclair should be placed, as she is,
In your power-to be made a wife, or
a victim TO your desires, it mattered
not which to me. My hate of the man
who calls himself Clarence Darrell
made me rash and foolish In speech,
gentlemen, just now. There lies your
desired prey-object of pursuit, l
should say, gentlemen. Fear no be-
trayal from me, good gentlemen. How
could you shoot at 50 old and feeble
man, Capt. Osred?"
"Old and feeble!" repeated Capt.
Osred, mockingly. II noticed you, willy
hypocrite, as the four men, aided by
us, toiled up the steep with the box.
No one was ever more agile than were
you. But words are vain. We do not
trust you. We need not your hate of
Clarence Darrell to rid us of him, if
ever he and we encounter. We did
not intend to take your life when we
engaged your services-thoigh we in
tended to make sure of your silence
until, and long after, this lady should
be my wife; but we fear you now. In
your desire to crafty your hate to-
ward this Clarence Darrell, and to
achieve some scheme of your own,
you may reveal that which shall battle
our plans. regret that hasty anger
caused me to fire at you, but your
threat OF the hangman enraged me-"
"Ah, fool that l was to speak so
rashly!" said .Sosia.
more fool, simpleton, to imagine
that men like us, engaged in such dar-
ing work, would not make sure of your
silence after your service was done"
said Lord Genlis, coldly and sternly,
as he took from nail in the wall a
coil of small rope. For the sake Of the
lady you shall not die in her presence.
He who left the room with the four
sailors shall attend to your last mo-
ments, after we shall have bound you
hand and FOOT
my lord" remarked Sosia, his
hands still in his portmanteau, as he
crouched and leaned across the table,
as If weak with terror, take care what
you do. Before left Galway yester-
day gave to a person sealed packet,
which contained sealed packet of all
that has transpired between Lord Gen.
lis, MILFORD Osred and Zeno Sosia-
the packet to be opened If did not
return to claim it within two days.
Take care! I shall not die long un-
avenged!"
so? Well, your movements in CAL
way were watched" replied Lord Gen
lis, quietly, as he shook loose some
tangles in one coil of cord. You were
seen to deliver a sealed packet to one
Of the magistrates of Galway, and in
less than an hour that packet, still
with unbroken seal, was in my pos
session."
"Ah!" exclimed Sosia-and the word
as he uttered it sounded more like q
hiss Of rage than an ejaculation of ter
ror-while in his mind he said: II had
suspicion that spy was upon my
path, and I thought had evaded his
eyes,"
II read and destroyed your state
ment, Sosia, before we gained posses
sion of the box, We suspected you
would do something of the kind, even
If you did not betray us-sell US out
could you find any one who would pay
you more than we had promised to
pay you; or had you not designed to
obtain much more fro mour fears here
after. We even feared that you might
betray our plans to Lady Ida Beau
clair. Why, man, you have acted like
| q s1mpleton. Lord de Lavet, and Lady
Ida, too, would have paid you more
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