The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-11-29

the Pole answered with snarl over his
shoulder. The next instant there was a
sharp report. aud Reskis horse pitched
forward. throwing his rider clear. He
was then scarcely thirty yards from Mar
macs sleigh.
The Pole was not hurt apparently, for
despite his injured arm he scrambled to
his feet in an instant But he had lost
his revolver in his fall and was helpless
tle began furious explanation in his ma
tional tongue. dropping the hated Ian
grage of his Teuton conquerors.
Speak in German. you Polish dos~
growled his captor, and then turning on
me as l rode up
Here. you," he said, ~dismount and
stand by your accomplish. If you resist.
shoot.''
l obeyed- From his manner he was
without doubt a policeman. Also re-
spect the law.
Now. you." be said. addressing me.
explain. II you can. who Is that man
you shot and left in the broken sleigh
down yonder. Remember. Il Is against
you that you have already tried to e.
cape and refused to surrender"
There Is the murderer. mein Herr"
| cried. pointing to Marnsc's sleigh. now
rapidly vanishing. We were chasing
him Go after him at once. or he win
get away"
The policeman laughed long and loud
"A pretty talst' said ne. This dog
Of a Pole here has been In mischief. /
without doubt: and you. you who are"
An Englishman." I said proudly.
AHA perhaps you thought you we're /
once more numbering the helpless Bosr.
A Pole and an Enxlishmanl All. me
il Is no wonder that together thsy hatch
ed some fendish contrivance.-
II was no use to make q further ap-
peal Reski had seen that already. Side
by side we tramped through ths snow.
with our captor and his ready pistol be-
hind u.s. In half an hour we had reach
ed the village we had seen ahead. and
were lodged in a cell Infsmously damp
and cold AL communication with our
friends was refused till the arrival Of
some local magistrate
As eleven O'Clock hammered from the
steeple outside. Reski raised his head
from his chest and gisred across at me.
He will have arrived at Knesen." be
said There Is a great choice Of trains"
Ii was true enough Marnac had es-
;aped us once again.
IY.-THE ANONYMOUS ARTICLE. ,
In my narrative Of the pursuit Of Prof .
Rudolf Marnae. IL will have been observ-
d that Fortune had been cold to Us. In
he incident which now relate we were
o some extent more favored: for though
ur supreme object was not achieved, we r
we're yet enabled to save the life OF her
tho Is dearest to me in all the world. =.
| have told you of the homicidal ma :.
ia which fell upon the professor.
nd Of the series Of events which caused y
ny cousin. Sir Henry Graden. the emil "
emf scientist and explorer, to be asso- Il
lated with a Heidelberg student, as "
hen was, in an effort to c0ntrive his cap =,
ire How we failed to bring about the
Iurderer's arrest in Poland. through the :,
.upidity Of a forest guard, | have al -
lady explained By the time / had
1tained my release, Marnac had again u
sappeared. A linguist well provided
18th money, and on all points but one
srfectly sane. had no difficulty in finding be
fuge in the cities of Europe. IN
| have been in some doubt as to the h.
st means Of briefly describing the pres
It incident. Miss Mary Weston, with ="
hom | discussed the matter, at once
Tered to place her diary at my disposal
pom its perusal | suggested that she
ould herself extract the necessary an
ms, adding such introduction and ex-
lnatory notes as seemed necessary. To
Is she has very kindly consented; and IL
= first portion of this remarks bic story
therefore leave in her hands
ISIS MARY VERSIONS MARIA ca
TIVE.
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