The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-04-11

Prince Ivan regarded Louis Of Cor..
,anu with disgust. Look ~ ~,
VINO can wonder at the lady's ta~to,
ne Is pretty prince of a great No..
ince' But If he live he will do NV,
enough to fill chair and bnId we,
en . roo Take him away Alexis "
Nay said Theresa. with orio,,
a alarm let him stay. There are many
.nlhss TO speak of. We may need to
consult Prince Louis later"
/ fear the Prince will NOT bo -.
great use to u.s." smiled Prince Ivan
IL only | had known, would baya
conserved his princely senses moro
carefully But the light wine Of orr
country is dangerously strong"
convey his Highness TO the ROM
ana lay him upon the powder barrels"
lie indicated with his hand the array
Oh BOXES and kegs piled in the dusl, ~
the tent, The servitors did nc tboy
were told; they lifted Prince Ionic
and would have carried him to thaI
grim couch but, struck with some no.
cullarlty, Alexis the Deacon suddenly
oeht over the lax body and thrust bis
hand into the bosom of his princelv
haDlt' now furnished thick with wine
stains and spilled meats
"EXcellency," he said, turning to his
master, the Prince is dead, His
heart does not beat 1t is the stroke,
warned you it would GOMEZ"
Prince Ivan strobe hastily towards
the body of Louis of Courtland
Surely not?" he cried. in seeming
astonishment. This may prove very
ihconvenient. Yet, after all. what
does 1t matter? With your assistance.
madam, the city is ours. And then what
matters dead prince or living prince9
garrison in every fort, a squadron
OF good Cossacks pricking across every
plain taX-collector in every village
these are the best securities of
princedom. But this is like our good
Louis. He never did anything at a
right time all his life"
Theresa stood on the other side of
the dead man as the servitors lowered
MIN for the inspection of their lord.
The weary, wrinkled face had been
smoothed as with the passage of a
hand.
Il am glad he spoke of his wife at
the last" she murmured. And she
added to herself, This falls out well
it relieves me of a necessity"
Spoken like woman" cried
Prince Ivan, looking admiringly at her.
Pray forgive my bitter speech, and
remember that have borne long with
this man."
He turned to the servitors and di-
rected them with motion of his hand
towards the back of the pavilion.
Drop the curtain" he said.
And as the silken folds dropped
heavily down the curtain fell upon the
career and regality of Louis. Prince
of CORTLAND. hereditary Defender OF
The Holy See.
The men did not bear him far
They placed him upon the boxes Of
powder for the Margrafs cannon.
which for safety and dryness Ivan had
babe them bring to his pavilion. The
dead man lay in the dark, open-eyed
as if staring at the circling shadows
as the seryitors moved athwart about
the supper table, at which a woman
sat eating and drinking with her en-
envy
Z"
And then Theresa had spoken. Very
fully she had told what she had
learned of the defenses of the place,
which gates were guarded by the
Kernsbergers, which by the men of
Plassenburg, which by the remnants
of the broken army of CORTLAND. She
spoke in a hushed voice, the Prince
slipping and nodding as he looked into
her eyes. She gave the passwords
of the inner and outer defences, the
numbers of the defenders at each gate,
the plans for bringing provisions up
the Alla-indeed, everything that
besieging general needs to know,
And as soon as she told the pass
words the Prince asked her to par
don him a moment. He struck sill
yer bell and with scarce a moments
delay Alexis entered.
GO" said the Prince: send one OF
orr fellows familiar with the speech
of CORTLAND into the city by the Plas'
senburg gate. The passwords are
Henry the Lion at the outer gate and
Remember at the inner port, Let the
man be dressed in the habit OF
countryman, and carry with him some
wine and provend, Follow him ana
report Immediately.
While the Prince was speaking ne
had never taken his eyes off Theresa
Won Lynar, though he had appeared to
be regarding Alexis the Deacon, The
resa did not blanch Not muscle OF
her face quivered And within his
Muscovite heart, full of treachery as
an egg of meat, Prince Ivan said
"she is no traitress, this dame; but
simpleton with all her beauty, Inc
woman is speaking the truth.
And Theresa was speaking the truI'
She had expected some such test all
was prepared. but she only tolu tne