Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-03-21

two he was back again, and, entering
with needless stealth, signed to the doc I
tor to assist him in moving the sleeping
man.
A wickerwork wing, with here and
there clamp of iron to strengthen 1t,
lay ON either side the couch, ant these
being raised and fastened with straps tho
figure was secured from falling OF.
Now a cloak over all. Draw out the
hood. Bring it more over the face. That
will do. Let us get away"
| The two men took up their burden and
bore it down stairs The narrowness OF
the way and its many corners made this
difficult and lengthy task, and when
they came upon the street at last the
| two bearers were flushed and breathless
| Facing the door stood brake, with
| pair of horses, and seated on the box was
a liveried coachman with q cockade upon
his hat. One or two passers-by paused
to watch the proceedings.
"Can my poor dear friend bear the
journey doctor?" asked the spy, in open
solicitude.
Easily" returned the doctor. mo-
ment. have forgotten my medicaments'
He dashed upstairs In search Of the black
bag.
The street in which Mr.. Zeno had had
apartments was a third of q mile long,
and the house in which he had lived was
the fourth from the eastern end. mere
minute before Dobroski was carried out
by careful doctor and sorrowing friend
lounger turned the corner far away. He
saw something like a coffin carried from
a house at the other end Of the lengthy
| CTR fU0
stop to look on. He quickened his pace;
peering keenly beneath the hand with
which he Swallowed his eyes. Then, In
sudden, he broke into headlonx run,
and while Mr. Zeno was posturing over
his poor dear friend the attention OF one
half the little crowd was drawn to this
advancing figure. The man ran, though
unpursued, as if he ran for life, and at
the moment when the doctor leaped into
his place and gave the word to tho coach
man, the newcomer seized the horses by
the rens and painted, Stop! !" Zeno
looked up and saw O'Rourke-
STAND clear p cried Zeno, in sudden
frenzy Then, to the coachman, Drive
Gut him down and drive!"
stop this man p cried O'Rourke, APP
pealing to the crowd.
Zeno snatched the whip from the
coachman's hand and slashed at O'Rourke
and the horses again and again. There
was a prodigious rearing, and then all at
once O'Rourke was down, and the brake
was away full speed
The Vienna correspondent of the Comet
writes as follows:
what may be fifty described an
entr acte in the romantic Dobroski drama,
which is absorbing the attention of the
whole world of Vienna at this moment,
took place to-day. The wedding of his
gallant deliverer, Mr.. Hector O'Rourke,
NJ P, with the charming American mill
ionairess. was attended by the whole
beau-monde, and places we're struggled
for as if the high contracting parties had
been emperor and empress, instead or
plain Irish gentleman and American lady
The real attraction was the presence OF
Monsieur Dobroski himself, who gave
away the bride.
''I had a long interview with the bride
groom yesterday. He has recovered from
his injuries and the fears of internal
damage have disappeared. He made one
statement which appears to me to deserve
to be chronced as Il psychological Curl
osity. He declares that in the first dawn
of recovery after six-and thirty hours OF
Inconsistencies his effort to recall the
facts, and his fear lest he should not b.
able to make them clear to those who
, were about him, retarded the return Of
speech for a whole day. 1t was only by .
prodigous effort of self-control that h
! lay in perfect quiet for an hour, and thus
! gained self-poseession and tranquility
enough to explain the extraordinary cir
$ cumstances of the Gaze
: Mr. O'Rourke, who has had severa
r interviews With the Russian ambassador
= since his visit here, is fully persuaded o
the truth of the energetic protestation
+ his excellency has made as to the limo
. cence OF the Russian government from
y completely in this remarkable affair. Fl
regards the abduction of his friend Mon
sieur Dobroski as the fruit of \ privat
A vendetta.
: Mr. O'Rourke will return to Vienn
. in time to attend the final examination
d of the prisoner. 1t is to be regretted tina
the handspring of the vllainous affaii
the treacherous Pole, Wroblewskon
Il should have succeeded in making good hi
O escape The mere fact of the Polls
d origin Of the criminals is in itself r,
II rarded here as a sufficient proof of tn
r. Innocence Of the Russian government
. The End