The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-03
THE BROTHERHOOD OF
THE SEVEN KINGS

danger. You VIII remove II to some
place Of safety"
Remove the luck of Pitsey Hall on
the night when my boy comes OF age9'
replied Pitsey. frowning as he smoke
IT Is good Of you to be interested. Mr..
Head but reaily-well I never l,ne,c
you were sucn an imaginative mani As
10 any accident taking place tonight
tilaI Is quite outside the realms of prob
aplllty. The band will be placed in
trohI OF the goblet, and it is Impossible
~ any .hNig 10 happen TO it, as none
OF tle cancers can come. near it. Now.
nave you anything more to say?',
peg Oh YOU to be guided by me and
20 put the goblet into a place of safe
", repeated. "You don't s1IDDose
would try to scare YOU with cock
ahu-Dull story. There is reason in wha;
say know that woman. my un-
easlhess is far more than due to mere
/ imagination"
To please you. Head. I will Mace
two of MY footmen beside the goblet
| curing the ball, i'm order to prevent the
shgntest chance Of any one approach
ing H. There, will that satisfy you?"
was obliged to bow my acquiesence.
and Pitsey soon left me in order to at
tend TO his multifarious duties.
The evening came at last and about
| = the guests began To arrive. The first
| dance had hardly come to an end before
Nine Koluchy appeared on the scene.
She wore a dress of cloth Of silver. and
her appearance caused an almost i'm
perceptible lull in the dancing and con-
versatiOn. AS she walked slowly up
the great ballroom on the arm of a
country magnate all eyes turned 10 look
/ at her. She passed me with a harden
/ ing about the corners of her mouth. as
she acknowledged my bow, and ! fancy
/ I saw her eyes wander in the direction
/ Of the goblet at the other end of the
/ room. Soon afterward Antonio Pitsey
came to my side.
How beautiful everything is" she
said. Did you ever see any one look
quite so lively as madame? Her dress
! tonight gives her regal appearance.
/ Have you seen our dance program
/ The Queen Waltz will be played just
after supper
so you have fallen a victim TO the
! popular taste?" | answered. II hear
that waltz everywhere.
But you don't know who has conf
posed it?' said the girl. with an arch
look. Now / don't mind confiding in
! yCu-it is Nine. Koluchy."
! I could not help starting.
II was unaware that she was mu-
sician," L remarked.
'She is, and most accomplished one.
/ we nave lllCluueu TIE WditZ III our pro-
gram by her special request I am so
glad; it is the most lively and inspir-
iting air I ever danced TO-"
Antonio was called away, and / leant
| against the wall. too i'll at least 70
dance or take any active part in the
Tevels Of the hour. The moments flew
by, and at last the festive and brilliant
notes of the Queen Waltz" sounded on
my ears. Couples came thronging into
IN r
chatting melody was heard. To listen
to its seductive measures was enough
20 make your feet tingle and your
heart beat Once again I watche
Nine koluchy as she moved through
the throng. Ottavio Pitsey. the hero O1
the evening, was now her partner
There was q slight color in her usually
pale cheeks. and I had never seen her
! look more beautiful | was standing
not far from the band and could not
help noticing how the dominant note
repeated i'm two bars when all the in
struments played together in harmony
rang out with n peculiar and almost
passionate resistance Suddenly. with
Il cut a moments warning. and with q
| clap that struck the dancers notion
less. a loud crash rang through the
} room. The music instantly ceased. anC
. the priceless heirloom Of the PitSeys
: lay i'm a thousand silvered splinters or
the polished floor. There was a mo-
! ments pause OF absolute silence FOL.
: lowed by n sharp cry from our host
and then a hum of voices as the dane
2 crS hurried towards the scene Of tn.
disaster. The CONSERVATION and dis
may were indescribable Pitsey, witt
! a face like death. was gazing horror
struck at the base and stem of the
; vase which still kept their place on tn,
} malachite stand. the cup alone beinc
2 shivered &c fragments The two foot
men who had been standing under tn,
: pedestal. looked as il they had beer
! struck by an unseen hand. Pushing
my way almast roughly through tn,
crowded thrOng I reached the spot
Nothing remained but the stem anC
jewelled base of the goblet
Silent ana gazing at the throng a!
one i'm a dream stood Mime. Koluchv
Antonia had crept no close to he
[ father; her face was as white as he
+ dress.
"The Luck of Pitsey Hall" she mur
INJURED. 'and on this night Of al
nights"
As for me. ! felt my brain almos
! reeling With. excitement. For the mo
ruent the thoughts which s,IrgeC
through il numbed my capacity 70
speech. 1 saw a servant gathering Vi
the fra gments. The evening was end
cd. and the party gradually broke UP
To go on dancing would have bean inn
. possible.
> 1t was not till some hours afterward
that the whole Satanic scheme burs
upon me. The catastrophe admitted G
but one explanation. The dOninan
note. repeated in two bars when Ill tn
Instruments played together i'm har
raony must have been the note accord
} ant with that of the cup Of the goblet
and by the well known laws of acuost
= les. when so played 1t shattered tn
goblet
Next day there was an effort made t.
place together the shattered fra gments
but some were missi1g-hov removed
: by whom taken. no one could ever tell
Beyond doubt the characters cunnin Il,
! concealed by the openwork pattern con
r fained the key TO the cipher But ono
! again madame had escaped. The in
: genuity. the genius of the woman
| placer her beyond the ordinary conse
quences Of crime.
Delacour's murder still remains un