The Bronze Statue, or, The Virgin's Kiss — page 116: what you’re looking at

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eet ied — a he ee 114 THE BRONZE STATUE. gory remains together, he put them in- | my own terms,” he added, in a tone of to'a. sack and carried the burthen by @ cool insvlence. : bis secret staircase tothe garden His in- civ What mean you, rash rete i ae tention was to dig a hole for the pur-_ claimed Iidirim, trembling eroTy ha pose of interring the dismembered | to foot, alike with rage and 0 ye corpse. Yes, with his own haads did | sion. *! Speak, and remembe) t a t > Iidirim begin to ply the spade and the 'standest 1n the presence ol thy ns: pick-axe ; and the moon came out in| ,* “« And the honor, the surery\ fee its/silent majesty to contemplate the | putation of that king ag im my Dae 7 work. But. inexperience in the use ol sald Kara Ali; solemnly and fs Ippern y. delving instruments, joined to a terrible | * his object, cae th ep ; Poe apprehension of being discovered in the towards the sack w " va nt iy ey midst of his employment, impeded the | ** tells its own tale. it fell wit Se soun task to such an extent that he abandon- | and it hes there with a shape such as tat i ed it, and once more shouldering the | only one thing on earth can have; for i} aR Mi burthen, he traversed the, grounds, let the sound was dull and heavy ; and the Wii“ himself out by agate at the furthest ex- shape is unmistakeable ; and it is a tremity, and sped precipitately towards | corpse, O Lidirin, which thou hast the acijucent river with the view of com- brought to consign to the CT) stal flood mitting the sack and its contents on Its whose bosom mirrors yon silver orb of deep and silent bosom. but just as he) night ! . Fam PME 2 was. about to hurl his terrible load into ‘elt is true! my God? it 18 too the water. a human form suddenly e-| true!” exclaimed Ldirim, his chest merged from amidst a knot of trees. —| heaving and his eyes rolling aways Idirim dropped the sack in his terror, | ** But not by my hand was he slain— and was ubout to turn and fly, when he es "Then wherefore come hither te Was cuught in a powerful grasp, and bury the victim thus clandestinely - the moon revealed to him the counte- | demanded Kara Ali. . Is this the deed i nance of Kara Ali, that wicked minis- | of an innocent man, and that man the i ter whom he had banished from the greatest monarch ot the orient clime ? kingdom at the time of Mansour’s in- | But did not your majesty propose that vasion | there should be peace between us, and aah tay Alt ‘Iidurim’s first impulse was to draw | [0 war ! seh gt we oma ee Sarg een) his poinard and strike it into the heart and: the ye any yrs Be Mrategeats a aa S| od: this. most. unwelcome. witness. of. his | 8°t@°) will be presers ed ry me; com midnight. adventure: but at the next plete pardon and ify ss theta pple favor moment. he. shuddered: at; the idea. of| Will be vouchsafed by you. 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Then, Hh the King, perceiving that he wasrecog-| ., coon as the glad tidings shall have - i nised. 7 ded been made known, will I hasten to the He meat ‘Tobey your majesty,” responded) » lace, throw myself at your majesty’s sane Kara Ali: ‘“*but beware how you at- | feet, and demand to be included in the tempt to deal treacherously by me, for | . |amnesty. Your majesty will grant m | all monarch though you be, I will ei- Sided’ and my fwitiieathite reatgeian Hh ther bel my wi as: dearly a8 PS! to fortune, rank, and power must fol- att, sible, or else take yours. Pye + *¢ Impossible !* cried Ildirim, “ the people will rebel against me, if I dis- card a just and beloved minister to make room for one of evil repute such as thou.” | ‘Phe people will rebel more rea- ‘+«T was about to visit the metropolis | dily still,’ answered Kara Ali, in a de- privately in order to interest some! termined voice, “if it be known that friends in my behulf, with a view to! their king 1s a murderer !”’ , obtain» the pardon of your Majesty,”| ‘‘‘Uhou dar’st not say it, villain ™ : answered Kara Ali. ‘But circum- | exclaimed the young monarch, goaded stances have now enabled me to dictate | almost to desperation, ++ Let there be peace between us,” said Iidirim, cruelly embarrassed how to act, but deeming it more prudent to_ adopt a conciliatory policy. des med i has brought you again into my domini- | ons? wherefore are you here !” | i —_— —.~ - & ae i « en _ — > - _ . * — = —_ = “37 oR Ri eS ee : ee »- = comicbooks.com