The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-08-19

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"You are informed of the cir
cumstances, highness ?" was all
that he could say.
Cesare's laugh was short and al
most contemptuous. 81 am some
thing of a seer" he replied. 81
could have foretold this end ere
ever you set out. You have done
WELL" he added, Sand the governor
ship is yours. See to it at once,
Agabito. Sir Lorenzo will be in
haste to return to Madonna Bian-
ca"
A half hour later, after the be-
wildered but happy Castrocaro had
departed to ride north again. Ce-
sare rose from his writing table,
yawned, and smiled at the secre-
tary, who had his confidence and
affection.
"And so San Leo, that might
have held out for year, is ours"
he said, and softly rubbed his
hands in satisfaction. "This Cas-
trocaro thinks it is all his own
achievement. The lady imagines
that it is all her own-by the aid
of that charlatan Trismegistus.
Neither dreams that all has fallen
out as I had intended. and by my
contriving." He, made philosophy
for the benefit of Messer Agabito:
"Who would achieve greatness
must learn not only to use men,
but to use them in such a manner
that they never suspect they are
being used. Had / not CHANGED to
overhear what / overheard that
night at the house of Corvinus,
and, knowing what / knew, set the
human pieces in this game in mo-
ton to yield me this result, mat
tiers might have been different in
deed, and lives would have been
lost ere San Leo threw up its
gates. And have seen to it that
the wizards elixir of love should |
do precisely as he promised for
it. Madonna Blanca, at least. be-
lieves in that impostor."
"You had foreseen this, high !,
ness. when you sent Castrocaro on
that dangerous errand?" Agablto
ventured to inquire.
"What else? Where should L
have found a man for whom the
matter was less dangerous He
did not know that Modanna Bian-
ca was there. I had the foresight
to keep the matter secret. 1 sent
him. confident that, should he tan
to open the gates to Della Yolpe
and be taken, he was crafty enough
not to betray himself, and Madon-
ma must of course, assume that 1T
was her love-philtar had brot him
to her irresistibly. Could she have
hanged him, knowing that? Could
she have done other than she has
done?"
"Indeed Corvinus has served you
WELL" :.
$50 well that he shall have his
life. The precious poison has failed
to kill him, and this is the six
teenth day." The duke laughed
and thrust his thumbs into
the girdle of his robe, which was
of cloth of gold, reversed with er-
mine. "Give the order for his re-
lease tomorrow. Agabito. But bid
them keep me his tongue and his
right hand as remembrances. Thus
he will never write or speak an
other lie." n
* X TX * TX
San Leo capitulated on the NOR
row. Tolentino and his men rode
out with the honors of war, lance
on thigh, the captain very surly
at the affair, which he contemp- II
tuously admitted passed his under
standing.
Into the fortress came then Mes
ser Lorenzo Castrocaro at the head
of troop of his own men, to lay
his governorship at the feet of
Madonna Blanca.
They were married that very
day in the chapel of the fortress, II
and altho it was some years before
each made to the other the confess
sion of the deceit which each had
practiced, tie surviving evidence all
shows-and to the moralists this
may seem deplorable that they
were none the less happy in the
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