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

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CHAPTER I'm the Urbino 9
Italy. when it was under the cor
troll of Cesare Borgia, famous mil!
tary commander as well as grea
stateman, a certain Messer Coz
vinus Trismegistus, arrant rogue
is flourishing as fortune teller
caster of spells, and dispenser O
poisons to those who can afford t
pay for them. To him come grea
secrecy the Lady Blanca de Flor
avanti, beautiful daughter of tn
rich and powerful lord of the Gas
tie of San Leo, which is holdin!
out against the power of even &c
sare Borgia. In the act of entering
the girl is astosnded by the ap
pearing of what she takes for al
apparition, but who turns out t
be human as herself, and enters
with her. Blanca asks the sorcerel
for an elexir which will compe
love and mentions the name Of
the man she desires to conquer
Lorenzo Castrocaro, condottiere
serving under Cesare Borgia. Cor.
vinus, for a large sum of money
gives her potion, with directions
and the girl departs. When she
leaves, the "apparition," appears
before Corvinus. He is much dread
ed, Cesare himself. Borgia learns
that Corvinus has substance
which he declares will restore the
dead to life. He then accuses the
man of spreading the report that
the Sultan Diem had been destroy
ed by the Holy Father thru sub
tie poison which Corvinus had sup
piled. Corvinus denies it, but adj
mits he has a deadly poison. Ce-
sare forces him to drink it. and
restore himself to life. The sorcer-
er secures an emetic and saves
himself.
CHAPTER u.-At council. at
which Castrocaro is present. the
duke is assured by his officers that
the castle of San Leo is practical
ly impregnable and can only be
starved out. This will take more
than Cesare is willing to devote
to the task. Castrocaro tells the
duke he has frequently scaled the
mountain on which the castle is
situated. With subtle purpose,
and believing Castrocaro is not so
insensible to Bianca's beauty as
the girl supposes, he sends him
to her with a message chat her
father is sick in San Leo. The
young officer returns from the WIS.,
it asking the duke to allow Blanca
to visit her father. Borgia refuses,
but secretly gives orders that she
is to be allowed permission to pass
through the besieging lines if she
makes the attempt. He then ac-
cepts Castrocaro's aid and makes
Castrocaro an offer of the COVER
norship of the place if through his
efforts it is taken. Of course,
or capture is certain death
but the young man accepts the of
fer.
CHAPTER III-Castrocaro, af-
ter superhuman efforts, succeeds
in entering the place undiscovered,
his plan being to open the gates
to large party of Borgia's sol
diers. who will be hidden outside.
On the verge of success he is cap
tured. His story that he is the
bearer of a message from the lord
of San Leo. who, Of course, is not
in the castle,is too absurd to be
believed and he is sentenced to
death by the castelar,, Tolentino.
CHAPTER Wills position and
his uncomfortable surroundings
prevented him sleeping, so Castro
cara gives himself up to thots
of Blanca, for whom he has long
had deep affection. Her high po-
sition and his comparatively low
one had not allowed him to hope.
Next morning, taken before Toll
entino, he is identified by soldier
by name and as an officer of Ce-
sare borgia. This, of course, set
ties the matter. tho it had been
really settled the night before.
Tolentin0 ordered him taken to the
roof of the castle and thrown down
the mountain side. With the hope
that there is not a priest in the
castle. and that his captOrs will
not kill him unshriyen, he demands
q consolation Of religion. Unfor-
tunately the walls andESTHTH
tunately for Castrocaro there is
priest within the walls and Tolen-
tino sends a soldier to fetch him.
On his way, the man meets Blanca
who has stolen thru the Borgia
lines and made her way by the
road built up the front of the
just, as Cesare had sup
posed, and he tells her of the in
cident of the night before, also
the identity Of the prisoner. Bian-
ca at once believes it was the po-
tency of her elixir, she having ad-
ministered it to Castrocaro when
he visited her at Urbino, which
had caused him to take such
dreadful risk, as she imagines to
visit her. Z ri .....
Side by side the prisoner and
the lady paramount moved away
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