The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-04-12
JOAN III SWORD HAND
- - -
= - ~ q.
s.R CROCFETT. llN1hoc o/ NeAsNaletdo


HM'l'N NI'Nla TO 'I' NhlI' h"il. " Hl7. ]
per
Prince Ivan regarded Louis Of Court.
land With disgust Look at him |
Who can wonder at the ladys tostc7 /
llr is pretty prince of great prov.
Ince. but if be- live Dee will do well
enough to 900 @ chair and hold a gold
on rod Take him away. Alexis"
Nay said Theresa with quick
.alaEW.-Ie blu stay.. There atg manX.
things 20 speak of We may need to
consult Prince Louis later
~ fear the Prince will NOT be Of
great use to U.S." smiled Prince Ivan
~ only I had known ! would have
conserved hIs pr.ncoN senses more
carefully hut the light wine Of our
country Us dangerously strong"
Convey his llirhnoss tu the rear.
and lay him upon the powder barrels"
BE indicated with his hand the array
Of boxes and kegs piled in the dusk ~
| the tent The soryitors did as they
were told. they lifted Prince Louis
aud would have carried him To that
grim couch. but. struck with some pc.
culIarity, Alexis the Deacon suddenly
bont over the lax body and thrust his
hand into the bosom of his princoly
habit, now furnished thick with wine
stains and spilled meats
"ENcclloncy." he said turning TO his
master. the Prince is doad' His
heart does not beat II 81 the strokcl
/ warned you It would come'"
Prince Ivan strobe hastily towards
the body NJ Louis of Courtlnnd
surely not7' he cried. In seeming
ostonishmcnt This may prove very
inconycnicnt Yet after all, what
does Il mattcr9 with your assistance
madam. the city il ours. And then what
matters dead prince or living prince?
A garrison Ia every fort. a squadron
of good Cossaclls prlcking across every
plain, a taN.collcctor In every village
these are tho best securities ~
prlnccdom But this o. like our good
Louis. lie never dld anything at n
right time all his life"
Theresa stood on the other side Of
the dead man as the scrvltors lowered
him FOR the inspection of their lord.
The weary. wrlulled face had been
smooihcd as with the passage OF a
hand
II am glad he spoke Of his wife at
the last" she murmurod. And Nh,
added To herself "Thls falls out well
1T relieves me Of q necessity"
Spoken like wuman'" cried
Prince Ivan. looking admirInFly at her
pray forgive my bitter speech, ant
remember that have borne long will
this mani"
He turned to the soryltors and dl
rectod them with motion Of his han,
towards the back OF the pavilion.
Drop the curtain" he said.
Aud as the slikon folds droppe
j. heavily down the curtain fell upon IN
:, career and regality Of Louis. Prime
: OF CORTLAND. hereditary Defender q
. the Holy See.
The men did not bear him fal
I. They placed him upon the boxes q
powder for the Margrafs cannon
which for safety and dryness Ivan ha
babe them bring TO his pavilion Tn
dead man lay In the dark. open.oyo,
!, as II staring az the circllng shadow
u as the soryitors moved athwart ahou
the supper table, 90 which Il woma
!, sat eating and drinking with her a
y, envy,
And then Theresa had spoken, vcr
fully she had told what she ha
learned OF the dofpuHos OF the plnC
:, which gates were guarded by N
: Kernsborgors. which by the men ,
:, Plassonburg. which by the remnant
- Of the broken army Of Courtland Sh
N spoke In a hushed voice. the Prime
, slipping and nodding as ne looked int
her eyes. She gave the password
Of the inner and outer defoncos, N
numbers Of the defenders at each gat
the plans for bringing provisions u
| the Alla-indeed. everything that
beslegng general needs 10 know.
And as soon as she told the pas
words the Prince asked her to pa
don him a moment. lie struck 81
yer bell and with scarce a moment
delay Alexis entered,
go" said the Prince; send one
our fellows familiar with the spcc,
of CORTLAND into the city by the Pla
senburg gate. The passwords al
Henry the Lion at the outer gate AZ
Remember AT the inner port Let n
man be dressed In the habit Of
countryman, and carry with him son
| wine and proyend. Follow him al
| report Immediately"
| While the Prince was speaking
i had never taken hls eyes on There
1 Won Lynar. though he had appeared
j be regarding Alexis the Deacon, IN
resa did not blanch Not a muscle
~ her face quiyered And within d
Muscoyite heart full Of treachery
ID, an egg Of meat, Prince Ivan sal
to "She Is no traitress, this dame; but
slmpleton with an her beauty II
rs, woman Is speaking the truth"
Ip- And Theresa was speaking the trul
She had expected some such test al
ch was prepared; but she only told q
nd defenders plans to one man; and
in. for the passwords, she had arrang
er with Boris that AT the earliest da,
re the passwords We're TO be changed a
the forces redistributod.
b." While these two waited for the