Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-06-19

| OF proper rank Wv VIC "o~'
to perform such a service and to com
mand an escort Of hundred men. Aft
er all, an officer Of my rank made q Ger.
tain concession in accepting SO small q
command"
1.-THE prince would regard the send.
ing Of Mistitch as deliberate insult y
"I'm afraid he would"
Hes hot tempered. He'd probably
say as much"
Eyes, and Mistitch is hot tempered.
He'd probably resent the observation.
But you'll remember. general, that the
escort is to be large enough to make
the officer commanding it secure
against hindrance by any act short Of
open and armed resistance to the kings
command"
Hell never believe the king would
send Mistitchv'
"Will that make his peaceable ODE
dience more likely?"
er's"- He stopped. ''Markart, go and
see II they need anything in there -
He pointed to the kings bedroom.
where hatcher and Lepage were.
Markart rose and obeyed. His head
was swimming. he hardly yet under
stood how very ingenious the ingenious
deviltry was. how the one man was to
be sent whose directions the prince
could not submit to. whose presence
was an insult. to whom It was impossible
to intrust Baroness Dobrava. He was
very glad to get out of the room. The
last he saw was Stafnitz drawing his
chair close up to Stenovics and ensag.
ing in low voiced. earnest talk.
The kings body lay on the bed de-
Gently disposed and covered with a
large fur rug. Lepage sat on q chair
near by. hatcher on another In the
window. Both looked up for a moment
Ia Markart entered, but neither spoke.
Markart found third chair and sat
down. Nobody said anything. The
three were as silent and almost a. still
~ the fourth ON the bed. A low muir
muir Of voices came from the next
room. The words were indistinguish-
able. So passed full half an hour. A
strange and terrible half hour It seem.
ed to Markart.
The door opened, and Stafnitz called
hatcher. The physician rose and fol-
lowed him. Another twenty minutes
went by. still In silence. but once Mark
Irt. looking for q moment at his mute
companion. saw q tear rolling slowly
down Lepage's wrinkled cheek. L.
page saw him looking and broke the
silence:
II suppose helped to KIN himv'
Aarkart shrugged his shoulders help
lessly. Silence came again. Very long
It seemed; but, on looking 1T his watch,
Markart found that It was not yet half
past 6.
Again the door opened. and Stafnits
called to them both. They followed
him into the next room. Stenovics
was sitting at the table. with his hands
clasped on 1t in front of him. Stafnitz
took up position by his side, standing
as though on duty. hatcher had dis
appeared. Stenovics spoke In calm,
tones. He seemed to have
assumed command Of the operations
again.
Captain Markart, I'm about to in
trust to you an important and respon-
sibie duty. For the next twenty-four
hours and afterward until relieved by
my orders you will be In charge Of this
man Lepage and will detain him in
these apartments. His own room and
this room will be at the disposal Of
and your prisoner. but you
must not let the prisoner out Of your
sight DR.. hatcher remains In his
room. He will have access to the kings
room when he desires. but be viii not
leave the suit of apartments. Beyond
'eeing to this you viii have no respon.
libility for him. IL door leading to
he suit viii be locked b. me and VIII
% opened only By ne Or b. my ecdess.
remain At the palace tonight Under