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THU'RSDAY,'NOVEiM:BER 5, 193L
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(Continued fronn Last Week)' resa suddenly. "Then you shall diel
Max Ulrich, your knife!"
Meanwhile Joriam and Sari: ex- .The dumb man gave the knife in a
moment, but Theresa had not time to
approach.
"I went with him," said Alt Pikker
calmly.
"You went with him," repeated his
another after a moment, not under-
standing,
"Could 1 let the young man go
alone into the midst of his enemies?"
"He went for my sake!" moaned
Joan. "He is to die for me!"
"Nay." corrected Alt Pikker, "he is
to die for wedding the Princess Mar-
garet of Cour'tland!"
Again they cried out upon him in
utmost astonishment --that is, all the
mem
"-Maurice von Lynar has married
the Princess Margaret of Courtland?
Inrpossiible!"
"And why should he not?" his
mother cried out.
"I expeoted it from the first!
quoth Joan of the Sword Hand, dis-
dainful of their masculine ignorance.
"Well," put in Alt Pikker, "at all
event;, he hath married the Princess.
Or she has married him, which is the
same thing!"
"But why? We knew nothing of
t•hisli He told us nothing. We
thought he went for our lady's sake
to Courtland! Why did he marry
her?" cried severally Von Orseln and
the Plassenburg captains.
"Why?" said Theresa the mother,
with assurance. "Because he loved
her doubtless. 'How ? Because he
was his father's son!"
And Theresa being calm and still-
ing the others, Alt 'Pikker got time to
tell his tale. 'There was silence in the
grange of Isle Rugen while it was be-
ing told, and even when it was ended
for a space none spoke, But Theresa
smiled well pleased and said in her
heart, "I thank God! My son also
shall meet Henry the Lion face to
face and not be ashamed."
After that they made their plans,
"1 will go," said Conrad, "for I have
influence with my brother—or, if not
with •hi•tn, at least with the folk of
Courtland. We wilt stop this heath-
enieh ah ani ination."
"I will go," said Theresa, "because
he is my son. God will show me a
way to help him."
"We will all go," chorussed the
captains; "that is—all save Werner—"
"All except Boris—l"
"All except Dorian—l"
"Who will remain here on Isle
Rugen with the Duchess Joan?" They
looked at each other as they spoke.
"You need not trouble yourselves!
I will not remain on Isle Rugen—not
an hour," said Joan. "Whoever stays,
I go. Think you that I will permit
this man to die in my stead? 'We
will all go to Courtland. We will tell
Prince Louis that I am no duchess,
bat only the sister of a duke. We will
prove to him that my father's bond of
heritage -brotherhood is null and void.
And then we will see whether he is
willing to turn the princedom upside
down for such a flowerless wife as II"
"For such a wife," thought Conrad,
1 would
turn the universe upside
down though she stood in a beggar's
kirtlel"
,But being loyally bound by his pro-
mise he said nothing.
It was Theresa von Lynar who put
the matter practica'llly.
"At a farts on the mainland, 'hidden
t ming the salt marshes, there are hor-
see—those you brought with you and
others. They are waiting for such an
nnergen'cy, Max will bring them to
the landing -place. Three or four of
your guard most accom'p'any him.
The rest will make ready, and at the
:irst ,hint of dawn we will set out
There is yet time to save my snnl"
She added in her heart, "Or, if not.
then to avenge him."
Strangely enough, Theresa was the
:east downcast of the party. Death
seemed a Shing so little to her, even
to desirable, that though the matter
,oncetned her son's life, she com-
manded herself and laid her plans as
coolly as of she had been preparing a
changed meaning and covert glances,
inking each other when• this dull din-
ner parade would be over, so that they
i, tilt l: o en leathern points, undo
.hutt,'ns, and stretch legs on benches
with a tankard of ale at each right
.elbow. according to the wont of stout
war -captains not quite so ycting as
they once avere.
Thus they were sitting when there
came a clamour at the outer door, the
n'.'ise of voices, then a soldier's chal-
lenge, and, un the back of that, Max
'Ulrich's weird answer—a sound al-
most like the howl of a wolf cut off
short in his throat by the hand that
strangles hini.
"There he is at last!" cried all in
the dining -hall of the grange.
"Thank God!" murtnured Theresa.
For the man wanting words had
known Henry the Lion,
They waited a long moment of su-
spense till the door behind !Werner
was thrust open and the dumb man
carne in, drenched and dripping. He
was holding one by the arm, a man as
tall as himself, grey and gaunt, who
fronted the company with eyes ban-
daged and 'hands tied behind his back.
Max Ulrich had a sharp knife in his
hand with a thin and slightly curved.
blade, and as he thrust the pinioned
man before him into the full light of
the candles, he made signs that. if Itis
lady wished it, he was prepared to de-
spatch his prisoner on the spot. His
lips moved rapidly and he seemed to
be forming sentences, His mistress
followed these movements with the
closest attention.
"He says," she began to translate,
"that lie met this man' on the further
side. He said that he had a message
for Is:e Rugen, and refused to turn
back on any condition. So Max
blindfolded, bound, and gagged him,
he being willing to be bound. And
now he waits our pleasure,"
"Let him he unloosed," said Joan,
gazing eagerly at the prisoner, and
Theresa made the sign,
Stolidly Ulrich unbound the broad
bandage from the man's eyes, and a
grey badger's brush of upright stubble
rose slowly erect above a high narrow
brow, like laid corn that dries in the
stn.
"Alt Pikker!" said Joan of the
Sword . Hand, starting to. her feet.
"Alt Pikkerl" cried in varied tones
,of wonderment Werner von Orsett
and the two captains of Plassenburg,
Jorian and Boris.
And Alt Pikker it surely was.
OH'A'PTEiR XLIII.
To The 'Rescue,
But the late prisoner did not speak
at once, though his captor stood hack
as though to permit him to explain
himself. IHe was still bound and gag-
ged. Discovering .which, Max in a
very philosophical and leisurely man-
ner assisted him to relieve himself of
a rolled handkerchief which had been
placed in his mouth.
Even then his throat refused its of-
, fice till Werner von Orseln handed
him a gerat cup of wine from which
he drank deeply.
.
"Speak! said Joan. "What disast
er has brought you here? Is Kerns -
berg taken "
"The Egle'e Nest is harried, my
lady, hut that is not what hath
brought Inc hither!"
"have they found out this my—pri-
son? Arc they cunning to capture toe?"
"Neither," returner! .Alt Pikker,
"Maurice von Lynar is in the hands
of his cruel enemies, and on the day
after to morrow, at sunrise, he is to
be torn to pieces by wild horses."
"Why? "Wherefore?" "In what
place?" "'Whet woitld dare?" came
Ifrbm till about the table; but the
mother of the young man sat silent as
,f she hail not heard.
"To s3Ve. 'iernsherg front sack by
the Muscovites, Maurice von. Lynar
'trent to Courtland in the guise of the
Lady Joan. At the fords of the Alla
'we delivered .him upl"
"You delivered him up?" cried The_
dinner in the grange- of Isle Rugeit;
But her heart was proud within her
with a great pride.
"He is Henry the' Lion's son, He
was bora- a duke. IIIe has married a
pr'incess.IHe has tasted love and
known sacrifice, if he dies it Nile be
for, the sake of his siter's honour. 'Tis'
no bad record for twenty years. These
things he will count high above fame'
and length of days!"
The Tittle company which set out
from Isle ,Rugen ea ride to Courtland•,
had no thought or intention of rescu-
ing Biatirice von Lynar by force of:
arms. 'they knew their own impo-
tence fair too exactly, Vet each of
the leaders had a plan of action
thought out, to be pursued when the
city was reached..
'If hear renunciation' of cher dignities
were laughed at, as she feared, there
was nothing for ,loan but to deliver.
herself to 'Prince 'Louis, She 'had •re
solved" to be his wife and princess in
all that it concerned the deter 'world
16 see. - 'Their provinces would be un-
ited, Kernsberg and Ho'heustein de-
livered =conditionally into his hand.
'Ott his part, Werner von 'Orseln
was prepared to point out to the
Prince of'Coatrtland that with Joan as
his wife and the armies and levies of
1Hoheatsteiu added to ,his own metier
the 1S•parhawk's l'eadersh'ip, he iwvbuld
be in a position to do without the aid
of the Prince of Muscovy altogether.
Further, that in case of attack from
the north, not only IPiassenburg and
the Mark, but all Ile Teutonic Bond
must rally to his side.
Boris and: 'Jor.ian, being stout-
hearted captains of men-at-arms, were
really for anything. But though their
swords were loosened in their sheaths
to be prepared for any assault, they
were resolved also to give what offi-
cial dignity they could to their mis-
sion by a free use of the names of
their master and mistress, +the ;Prince
Hugo and +Princess 'Helene of ;Plas-
sen'burg. 'They were sorry now that
they had left their credentials behind
them, at 'Kernsberg, but .they meant
to make confidence and assured coun-
tenances go as far as they would.
Conrad, who was intimately • ac-
quainted 'with the character of his
brother, and 'who knew hors entirele•
bee:was under the dominion of Prince
Ivan, had resolved to use all powers
within his reach. To save the Spar -
hawk from a bloody and disgraceful
death he would incite rebellion, as the
people of 'Cowhand were not too sub-
servient to Louis at any time.
The only 'one of the party wholly
without a settled .plan was he woman
most deeply interested. Theresa von
Lynar simply rode to Courtland to
save her son or to die with him. She
alone had no influence with Prince
Ivan, no weapon to use against him
except her woman's wit,
As the cavalcade rode on, though
'few, they made a mot ungallant show.
For Theresa head clad !Prince •Couraci
in a coat o'f 'mail which had once be-
longed to 'Henry the Zion, Joan glit-
tered by his side in a corselet of steel
rings while'Werner von Orseln and
the two captains of 'Pl'assenburg fol-
lowed' fu'l'ly armed, their accoutre-
ments shining with the burnishing of
many idle weeks. These, with the
teen -at -amt's behind them, nt'ade up
such an equipage as few 'princes could
ride abroad with. !Bat to all of their
the journey was naught, a mere race
against time—so neither 'horse nor
man was spared. And the two "women
held• out best of alt.
But when in the morning light of
the second day they came in sight of
Courtland, and saw on the green plain
of the Alda a great concourse, it not
needed Alt 'Pikers shout to urge all
fat wand at a gallop, "lest after all they
should arrive too late,
'T'hey have brought him out to die,'
cried Deane "Ride, for the young
m'an's 'lifer
CHAPTER XLIV.
The Ukraine 'Cross
Upon the green plait' beside the
Alla a great multitude was assembled.
They had come together to witness a
sight never seen in Courtland before
—the dread punishment of the Uk-
rainess r s
C a It was to he done they
said, upon the body of the handsome
youth with whom the Princess Mar-
garet was secretly in love—same even.
whispered married to him,
The townsfolk murmured among
themselves. This was certainly the
beginning of the end. Who knew what
would come next? If the barbarous
\luscovite punishments began in
Courtland, it would end in all of then-
reing made slaves, liable at any mo
trent to knout and plet, Ivan had
bewitched the Prince, That was clear,
and for a certainty the Princess Mar-
garet wept night and day. In this fa-.
-1 i"n ran the bruit of that which teas
to he.
"Torn eo piece, by wild 'horses " It
,las a thing often talked shout, but
ttie which none had seen in a ctvilie
.d country for a thousand years..
Where was it to be done It was
,hocking, terrible; 'hut—it would be
worth seeing. So all the city went
out, the men with weapons under their
cloaks pressing as near. as 'the sold-
iers would allow them, 'chile the woe
then, being more pitiful, stood afar.
off and wept into their aprons -only
putting aside the corners that They
might see clearly ,and miss nothing„•
At ten a great green square of riv-
erside grass was 'held by the archers.
of Courtland. 'The people extended
far back to the city gate, At eleven
the lances of Prince 'van's Cossacks
were seen tapping the city wall. On
the, high bank of the !Alla the people
were, craning their necks and looking
aver each other's shoulders,
t'Phie lvgild music of . the Cossacks
came nearer, cacti' tnein with the butt
of his lance .set upon this thigh, and
the 'ennon of blue and white,waving
above. "Ilton' a long pitying "A—ate"
went up from the People, FO now.
the Sparhawk was in sight, and, a -t the
'first .glimpse of him they swayed from
the Riga Gate, like a willow c'o'pse
sitricken by a squall off the Baltic, so
that it shows the under -grey of its
leaves.
"The poor lade' So handsome, so
young!" •
The first soft universal hush of pity
broke presently into a myriad excla-
mations of anger and deprecation;
"How high he holds his head! Seel
They have opened his shirt at the
leck, Poor 'Princess, how,: she must
love him! His hands are tiedbehind
his back. He ,rides in that jolting cart
as if he were.a •cbtequeror in triumph-
al procession, instead of a victim go-
ing to his doom,"
"Pity, pity that one so young should
'die such a death! They saw she is car-
ried up to the top of the Castle wall
that She may see, Ah, here .he comes!
He is smiling! God forgive the but-
chers,'echo by s'trengt'h of brute beasts
would tear a'sund'er those comely:
limbs that are ,fitt'e'r, to be a woman's
joy! Down ,with all false and cruel
princes, say I1 Nay. mistress, 1 will
not be silent. And there are many
who will back me, if I be called in
question, Who is the M:useovfte, that
the should 'bring This abominations into
Courtland? If I had my way, Prince
•Conrad'—"
"Hush, hush! Here they comet
,Side by side, as usual, the devil and
his dupe. A'h'al there is no sound of
cheering! Let but a man shout, "Long
live the Prince!' and II asill slit his
wizean'd,' I, Henry the coppersmith,
will do ,itl He shall sleep with'pennies
on his eyes this night!"
So through the fine by which the
city gate communicated with the tap-
estried stand set apart for the great
spectators, th.e Princes ,Louis and
Ivan, fool and knave, servant and
m'as'ter, took their way. And they
had scarce passed when .the people,
mutinous and muttering, surged black
behind the archers' guard.
"Back there—stand Ib'ackl Way for
their Excellencies—way!"
"Stand back yourselves," carte the
grow'lin'g answer. "'We be free Wren
of Courtland. You will !find we are no
Muscovite serfs, and that or the. day
be done. Karl Wendelin, think
shame—thou that are my sister's son
—to be aiding and abetting such hea-
then cruelty to a Christen. man, all.
that t'h'ou may eat a great man's meat
and wear a jerkin purrfied with gold."
Such cries and others worse pur-
sued the Princes' (train as it went,
"Cossack—'Cossack! You are no
.Gou.rtlanders, you archers] Not a girl
in the city willl look at you after this!
Butchers' s'1'aughtermen 'every one?
Whipped hounds that are afraid of
ten score Muscovites! Down, d'ogs.
knock your foreheads on the ground!
Here comes a Muscovi'te!"
a * N
Time angrily ran taunt and jeer, till'
the Courtland guard, mostly young
fellows with relatives and sw•eetheaurts
among the ,crowd, grew well-nigh
frantic with rage and shame. The
rabble, which had hung on the Prince
of Muscovy so l'on'g as he scattered.
his largesse, hail now wheeled about
with characteristic ficeleoess,
"See yonder! 'What are they doing
Peter Al'tmaar, what are they doing
Tell us thou long matt Of what use
is your great fathom of punLp_stater
Can yott do nothing for your meat but
reach down black puddings from the
rafters?"
\t thi'1
a I eyes turned to Pelcr, •
a
lanky overgrown lad with a keen eye,
a weak mouth, and the gift of words.
"Speak up, Peter! Aye, listen' to
Peter—a good tad, Peter, as ever
was l"
"Strong Jan' the smith;'' take hint up
on your back so that he may see the
better!"
"Harsh, there! Stop that woman
weeping. We cannot hear for her
noise. She says he is like her son,
does she? Vc'sll• then, there will be
time enough to weep for him after-
wards."
"They are bringing up four horses
from the Muscovite, camp. The, folk
ere getting as far off as they can from
their heels," began Peter A•ltmaar,
iooi, n under his hand over the
people's heads. "Half a score of men
are at each brute's heath. How they
plunge) They will never stand still
a moment. Ah, they are tethering
thein to the great posts of stone in
the middle of the green square, 13e -
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER
3e
tweet'; 'there is astable—no, a kind of
squame wooden stand bike a platform"
* *
"The Pc-in'ces are 'sitting ate their
'horses, 'watching, 'Bravo,' that Was
well done. We cense near to seeing
the color of the hIuscovite'brains that
time. One of the wilt! !senses spread
his hoofs on either •si'de; of Prince
tlean's 'head'!'
"God send hint a better ai•m next
bint'el-'Ted6 on, Peter' Aye, get on
good Peter!"
"Time Princes have gone .Lop into.
their helically. They are laugh'in'g and
talking as if it were 6t raree sh'o'w!"
"What of :him, good Peter! How
takes he all this?"
"W'h'at of. `wilaotol " queried Peter,
who like all .great talkers, was rapidly
growing testy under questioning.
"There is 'but ,one `he' to -day, man.
The, yiou g lad, t'he I:P'rincess ivlangar-
eit's 's'wee ttbea rat,"
"'T'hey'have brought hint down from
the cart. The 'Cossacks are close
about him. They have, part • all t'he
'Cour'tand sten" far back."
"Aye, aye; they d'ard not trust
them. O'h•,for an hour of .Prince
Coanrall If we of the city trades had
but a leader, tliis shame should not
blot our name th'rough'out all Chris -
tendon! W'h'at now, Peter?"
"The' Muscovites are binding the
lad to a wooden 'frame Pike the empty
l'inte'ls o'f a door. ' Idle stand's erect,
his hands in the corners aihote, and
his feet in the corners below Tney
'have stripped hint to the waist."
"Ilold me higher up, Jan t'he smith!
I would see this out that you may te'l'l
your children and your children's
children. Aye—ah, so it is. It is
true. I can see his body white in the
sunshine. It shines s'len'der as "a
peeled willow wand
Then the woman who had wept
began again. Her wailing angered
the people.
"He is like my son—save h'iml T -Ie
is the .ve.ry make and image of my
Kasper. Slender as a young willow,
supple as an ash, eyes like tet berries
of the _slaeth'orn. Give me a sword!
Give an old woman a sword, and I
will deliver 'hint myself, for my Kas-
par's sake. God's grace—Is there
never a man amongst you "
And as her voice rose into a shriek
there ran through all the multitude
the strange shiver of fear with which
a great crowd expects a horror. A
hush fell broad and equal as dew Int
of a .clear sky. A mighty s'ilen'ce lay
on all the Falk. Peter A•ltmaar's lips
moved, but no sound came from them.
For now Maurice was set on high,
so that all could see for themselves.
White against the sky of noon, mak-
ing the cross of Saint Andrew within
the o'blon'g framework to which ,•te
was lashed, they could discern the
slim body of the young ratan N.110 was
about to be torn asunder. The exe-
cutioners held !tint up thus a minute
or two for a spectacle, and then, their
art•aegenaen.ts completed, they towered
that living crucifix till it lay Hat upon
its little pl'a'tform with the limbs ex-
tended stark and tense towards the
heels of the wild plunging horses of
the Ukraine,
. 'Then again the voice of Peter Alt-
maar was heard, now ringing false
like ams untested fiddle, "They are
welding the manacle's upon his ankles
and wrists, Listen to the strokes of
the hammer.
,And in elle hush which followed,
faintly and musically they could hear
iron ring on iron, like anvil s'trakes in
some village smithy heard in the.
hush of a summer's alteration.
"They are •casting loose 'the horses!
A. Cossack with a `cruel whip stands
by each to lash hint to furyl They
are s'ip'ping the platform from under
hint. God in. heaven! What is this?"
(To Be Continued)
The cheapness of Mother 'Graves'.
bVornt lExteran!nator aputs it within
reach of all, and it can be got at any
druggist's.
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