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ert of Friedwald worthy of your bigh
trust, cousin."
Without, they were seen whispering
It The attendant, who was the Count
of Cross, breathed what be knew to
the Duke of 111ontineireney, who told
Bellitys„ who related the story to
doiirse," lie said with', e
a peculiar snille. •
A look of impatience crossed her face,
but she gazed at him intently, and her
eyes hem his front the floor, where they
would have strayed.
"Are yon stupid, or do you but pro-
fess to he?" he demanded, "Before
• the tilt I noticed the duke aw4 his
• trooper talking together, When they
• separated, the latter', unobserved, as
Unless save for a• foot that Waved to
he thought, struck the point oe „his
and fro, betraying her reetless mood.
Weapon against his stirrup, The disk
fell to the ground" The sound of her dress, the sweyIng of
•
the foot, held his attention. In that lit -
"Your glance is sharp, jeequeline,"
he retorted slowly. "Thank you ftie hewer the air was almost stifling,
or
the information." •laden with the perfume of nattily flow,
era. Even the song of the birds grew
Her syes kindled: An angry retort
fainter. Ont'Y the tiny feuntifin more
.•en••• .mel 'about to spring from her film.
rt
assertive than ever, became louder ane was with diftleulty she controlled
louder. The princess breathed detply,
hittetreete..if to answer 'calmly a =Went
half arose. A vine caught in her hair.
"You mean it can serve you nothing? She stooped to disentangle it, thee held
• Perhaps you are right Today you were herself erect '
• 'Wow close it Is in here!" she 'no -
lucky. Tomorrow you may be -what?
inured," arranging the tress the plaut
Today you defended 'yearself well, and
had disturbed. "Go the door, fool,
• It was a good lanee YOU bore. Had it
and see If you van find your master."
Involuntarily he had stepped toward
as
been any ether jester the king would
have praised hina. •Because it was you
noword. has been spoken. If anything, her, though' to assist her, but now
• he jester made no reeve to obey;
hid, looking clown, answered eoldly•
"The Mike, modern, likes not to have.
his peer deeds exploited." .
"Poor ileedel"- he returned and
seemed about to reply, more sharply
when Something iu his face held her
!silent. • . •
Leaning ter head on laer hand, she
appeared to forget his presence, mo-
• stopped. His • face changed. • lie even
your success' has minoyed him, Several.
laughed. That last word from her lipe
of the court spokeof it:. He answered
seemed to break tee spelt of self con
• you!" .,
not, tlie *sign°. t° igli°r° it and-- trol that held hina,• :
•
. .
• "Then are you courageous to breve ' "My master!" hesaidin a hard,
public opinion and hold Converse
scoffing tone. "Whom mean- you -the
With.,
ntan. who left you to go to the soldier?
-me?" he replied, with a smile. - ••'
That blusterer tray master! . That sWag.
, • ,"Public.opinion!". she. exclaimed, With
. • •
flashing •eyes. :"What would they say' ' gering trooper!"
.
of a jestrese? Whets shi? What is •
Her•Inertness Vaelsbed'T e sudden
anger and wonderinent in her • eyes
.
tth
he ended abruptly, bit •her lips met. the passion in his
,
" y . -
s 'Owing her , gleaming white- 'tee. gow dare you -dare '- she be
'
Then some . emotion mere protound
swept overher expressive. face. She e • neither MY Meeter nap the•
dulee, but .ft Mere freebooto, nioun• e
looked at him silently, and when she
spoke her voice was more gentle. • • . Jitpinotdeeand
contempt• lat'.'.repiac'ea hestir
• .
. "I cannot believe,'" she contimied •
Prise, but indignation still 'remained,
thoughtfully, • "that the duke . told hi's
His audocity ,In' coming to her. 'with
troopeento 'do. that. , VIS too infamies.
The man must have rioted ohieown this falsehood, his hardihood In main-
n ,
responsibility.* The duke could • not,
'Would not, countenance such hisenese."'
• ."You have a geed 'Opinion of „hitn,„ ;
• gentle mistress," he said in atone that
exasperated her,. .
. .
•
• "Who has not?" she retorted. sharply.
.• "Ile is as braveas he .18 -distinguished..
• Farewell! .If you served him .better
and Yourself less you"- . •
• "Would serve myself better in. the
end?". be • interrupted .
• "Thanks, goott• Jacqueline. A: NY01:0101
makes' on excelieer counselor" ..• , • •":',
• Disdainfully she Mulled... gee face
grew „cold.:: Her figure looked . never.
More erect aed. inflexible. •
• "'Why," she reinerked.,'"here am
:westing' time talking when the...make
playingand every one is dancing.
Even now I see'a: courtier approaching.
who has . thriee importuned' Me." And
ethejestress vanIshed.in the throngas
abruptlY as. he had appeared.
•
. Thoughtfully, the duke's feel looked,
not after her;.buttowerd a •far end of
the Pavilion Where he last had. seen
% theprincess and *her betrothed.
should now„be• well on .his
way," ' he told • hiniself.,• "No-one has
yeeinissec1.11m, or. If they de notice,
• bis absence" they'will attribute it t� his
• tnjerles." • ••• • ••
Around hifli, carraine,,..blood warni,
flowers exhaled a 'commingling' redo-
lence;:. near ',him a toy -like. fountain
• whispered very softly -and' confidential -
•Through the: foliage. the figures
moved and moved; on the air the muide
fell an ose In in orchestration, yet
ating in sparkling , de-.
e the 'Vloline - epee-
tiVe the Mites, .alive the gitterns,
blithesome the -tripping arpeggios that
• crisply fell •from the strings, of the' joy-
eas harps. . • • ,
The rustling a -a ,gown • admonished.'
hthi • he was not alone, ene, looking
down'. athid, tbe crimson flowers, to
his startled gaze appeared the face of
.her. of whom he was thinking; above
thebroad, white broW.shone,the radi-
ance of hair, a gold that Wee almost
. breeze in that dimlight; through .the
green tangle Of ,shrubbery, a silver: slip- •
brightly •p
tail. • Bielycfn
• "Ale It is you,. feel!" she said. lan-
• guidly. It may' be. he contrasteO the
ledifference ofher tones new With the
unconscious softness Of her voice when
she had addressed him on anether oc--
cailonha another gaeden-for his face
Mashed and he would have turned
abruptly whene- •• '
• "Oh, you Mai remain," she added
carelessly. • "The duke hart but left
me. He received a inessage that the ,
Man inart•in the lists wait most anxious
to see him." . • •
• hap the whirl cif his reflections her
• words inidnUated themselves. Why lad
the free baron gone to the teoopery
What Made hie presence 80 imperative
'at the bedside of the soldier that he.
had abruptly abandoned the festivities?
Surely more than mere anxiety for the
Man's.• welfare. The jester looked at
the ,prineess for the answer to these
questions, but her face was cold, smil-
ing, unreSpOnaiVe. In the Wain et
toning it, admitted of but one expla-
nation, BY• her cOmulitiOance in the
past ale ,had fanned the• embers of a •
passion ivhich now burst beyond 'con,
trot., She realized how more than fair
• alto looked that .evening. •Hadshe not
healet it fertin many?' Had not the eyes
of the king's guest told heti? And she-.
• belie-ved that this iie must havesprung
to the jester's lips while" he was re-
garding her. ' •, • .
As the •selution crossed fier.inind re-
pials.ant..4.,desperate and
despicable as well as lowly wooer, her
face relaxed. In the desire to Mit her
conclusion •she hitighed quietly, um -
Cruelly king mulled the prin.- -
cess.
••• "Yon are mad." sbe' breathed softly.• -
"Yeti are mad., -..because -,because
you", , • ''"
• .. ; He started, itutlYing-her eagerly. • He
fancied he read relenting • sOftnese
bete gaze, a flash of menaory. Into •a.
-past, where ,glamour Und ronutnee and
the heart history e of the rose Made up
life's • .desideratum, . whereiu • •exleterice
but an allegory of love's quest and
the, goal its; •conennaniation. Had she
•.tiot bent gednlously over the rose of the
p '
oet? fled not her breath 'corne
•iy, :eagerly? • Clould he not feel it yet
. sweet and .warm .on• his' cheek? 'Into.
the past, having gone so far, he .atep-
,ped now boldly, As though to. • grasp
again those Illusive: colors and:. seize
anew the , intangible substance,'' *He,
was but youne, When shcid0w0 'spent
•8611d, when dreams are, 'cortorcal attire
and, . fantasies,- rocklike strata, a. real-
lty. • ; • . • • • • •
• So he. kileit before her. • "Yes," he
said, "1 ioye yeti." • . • .
And. he thus' remained, pale, inert,
afl resentment or Jealousy eucee.edeil
by a Stronger emotion, a feeling chive', •
, rip that bent •itself to a glad:thraldom,
the desire, but. to serveher, to save .
• her, #is heart beat: faster. • 'lie raised
his head peondlY, .
• "Listen, princess," he began. "Thotigh
Meant.it ncit, . I feet .1 have greatly.,
Wronged You.. I have mecli. toask your
pardon for, ineeh to tell you, It Is . • • ,
•
The words died -On his Hps. 'roni the
princes' face all eoftness had Sudden-
ly vanished. gergazepassea him, dole,
hatightY. Across thelllusorY; positive -
nese of his world, immaterial, penile* .
iogical, ghostly, an interniecliate orb, e
tangible shadow', was thrown. Behind
• 'bine stood the free . baron' and the. king,'
Quicklythe fool sprang to ills feet
• "Prineesar 'exclaimed. the Imre°,
Vole of theinister of gachfels, • '
•"10 lord?" • . •• •
For a moment neither spoke; and.
then the: clear; told :voice of the prtn-
eess broke the silence. ' • •••
"Are, all the fools in Yonr country So .
ptestinaptuoure najt lord?" she said, . •
. The king's counteninice lightened.
He turned his adeusin'g glaZtee upon
the .foel.. As.in a drain stood the lit-
ter. The words he would have uttered
.remained unspoken. But Melly the
monatch • . surveyed him satirically,
. darkly, then, turning, with a gesture,
The Ivor& dted olz Ma Zips. •
/Mime de 'Poitiers, who ernbeltished it
for yinot, who carded it ..to Jacque.
line: '
".Tribciulet has his wish," said the
poet -fool half regretfully. -"There is.
one jester the less." •
'
• "Where have they taken Ilim?" asked
the girl steadily.•
'e but to Uze keep!" "
"That dungeon- of the old castle?"
• "Well," he returned significantly, "a
-tqol and bus , alas, are soon pat -
ed! Let us make merry, therefore,
while we may: Vet what would you?
Come, mistress --the dance",-;
•
"No, no, no!" she exclahned, so Pas-
eionately he gazed at her In surprise.
•CHAPTER . 'XIV:
N a mood a contending thought
the free baron left ;his apart-.
• ments the next morning•and
troverseti- the tapestry hung
corridor 'leading toward the servants'
and soldiers' quarters.,
' Following the expoaure.. of the jest;
er's 'weaknaSS, pasaion for mis-
tress, 'Francis, -as Y•illot tole., JacqUe-.
line,' had Ifinineillittely Ordered the tool
Jiito tarletest.vonfinement, the 'donjon
of the -ancient structure, In that dark-
ened cell he had rested'overnight, .and
there ; he would no • doubt rentain in-.
• definitely: The king's • guest bad not.
been greatly ..cOnterned with the jest-
er's quixotic love for the Princess, be-
. little dioposed to jealouoy. •
•
But to offset•his'satistaation that the
je•ster lay :.uncler• restraint he, took In
bad part tbe, trooper's: coutineed in •
Sensibility which deprived him,. of, the
• much needed information:. 'When he.
had repaired, to the lealsideof the Sol-
dlei. the night before. he bad Only,his-
. trip for ifis 'the. manhad •
•.Ogain sunk' let° 'uneonscioueness short- ,
• ly before bis einnieg. thee the free
liagon.Was.ettli la ignorance of the .per -
gen to Whom the feel had .beteitye4
:.1211•1111;•ith r' ...• citfer.).. the king's guest
en
•teeea the chanaber ef the injured. sof-
troop-
er, his inustachios appeuring
snally
. red and fierce against lats•umilv"
• Washed out .Complexime,..Ae .the free
baron drew' near the. cotich:a tall fig:tire
arose treirt the.side of the 'bed.. •
"HOw your patient, Oectorr said
• :the visitor shortly.7. •
' rettirned the other 'Meanie,
ally; This person Woe, a. blank, gown,
a• pair of: litige broad rimmed:: glasses
• 'testing on. the bridge Of ei -thin; long.
-nose, and .in his elawlike fingers'. he '
. held a vial, die content of which be
..stirrett slowly,* His Aspect was. that 01!
• living sorrow tIndinelaireholk.' •
"ilas.lie•lyeen conselOtta again?" ask-,
. • •
.ed the caller. ..
"He has e'en lain as you see him,":ri,• .
plied the..weorer of the black robe,- •
I "HIS daysatenumbered,". quoth the
free baton to himself, Staring forward.
But aef 110 spoke he imagieed. he sate.
• the red .muStacilleS move, while tree eye •
'certainly glared with intelligent hatred
upOn.,the -doctor. and; turned with aux
bus splieitude uncet his master.. •The
:latter. immediately knelt by the.bed• e
side and jaid. his hand upon:the alreody,
celd one of the soldier. ., •
L. • ."Speakr he said, . . .
It Airets the command. of an officer
:to a- trooper,. an autheritittive bidding,
• and seemea to suitinion 4- last eallying
energy from • the failing. heart r•L'ite
inite's gage sliceiVd that tie enderstood,
Froni.. the free 'bereft eye flashed a'
• glance of savege power fled force
•
"Speak!" he repeated cruelly, inipera;
tIvely. •
The inustachlos .qtaltered;' the MOM' '
beet his head- so low his face al- •
most touched the , soldier's: voice -
was it a voice, so faint it. sp•luided?7-,
breathed a few. worche •
"The emperbr Spain ••-f- Caiilette- •
goner, .• • • • •
• • rieberly the king's guest walked
dew!' the echoing etitirWey mat Into the
on'efil'air of the court. The eneperor ifl
Spain? It •seerned not unlikely.. •. If
the emperor had gone to Spain a rhea.
senger, ridieg posthaste, could reach
Charles In time to' enable that mon-
arch to interpose in the •nuptials and
override the eorifidenee the free baron
had established for himself In the.court:
of Pennell& . An impediment • offered
by Cluirles Would be -equivalent to the
abandonment of the entire marital en-
"rtVateitig. before'. • t't. lal.rissiVe arched
doorway thnt led int0 a Whig cif the
Castle where the free littron knew the
• jesters and eertain of the gentleinen
of the chaither lodged, the veneter of
gethfele, aneWer te hit) ;Inquiries
Stininioned ari, attendant, Not until the
the fountain tiny fish played and dart -
hands Of two soldiers fell upon him
ed, and as his eyes tutned from her
did the fool betray any emotion. Thee,
to them they appeared as swift and 11 -
hie floe changed, and the. stunned look
lusive ite his oWn surging fencies.
"The-deke, madate, Is most solleit- ItChis oyes gav4i- walt to tin expEbn
outs about his men," he said in a 'Mee of such unbridled feeling that olen-
• tarily the lang stepped habk, and the
Which sounded strangely calm.
free baron drew his sword. Dut neither
"A. good leader has always mind '
the welfare Of his soldiers," she replied had the ttletletreh need el:4' t(PPrehett'•
sten nor the princeste betrothed nee
briefit, for his weapon. Some entertiOn deeper
Her hand played =tong the blots- than auger repladed the revenge tut -
soma, Over the dowers she looked at moil Or the jester's thoughts as With it
hint Her features end arms -were a last IIXed, look at the prineeee he me -
the sculptured roundness of Marble
but the reflection of the ruses bathed ehanically Suffered himself to be led
her in the wain hue Of life. As he met ftwaY* •L°0184ft gaz4 Per61" followed
him, and when the Canvas fell and he
her gaze the illumined pages of a book had disappeared ehe passed, a hand,
seemed turning before hie ,eyes. Did
act ow her brow.
She remember 1 •
She could not but perceive his etno. "Are you setlelledf 1113P lord" aid
flour the tribute of a giant° beyond ng tree baron'
4"1,1:110 knave has reeeived Just de-
cofttrel despite the proud immobility
et his features. setts, sire," replied the other and, step -
"Sit here, tool," elle said, not tinkled. I Pi" to the Prille°°°' 44°' relee4 her
ly, "and you may tell tee more about
tho duko, tot troalfs,..0t that battle "gee de Maul" eried the monitreh#
hand to his 1106.
Niatettilti the me ot the pal:sprat'', Ints"ing hi° erill in •
frith° than"6r
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LEMBO'S MOORE.
, front ii tiervant, learned that Valliette
...
had not been in bis npartnienbi since
' the day :before; that be had ridden
from the tournament Ostensibly to re•
turn to his rooms, but nothing had,
been heard Of him shtee.
No further doubt renteined in his
Mind that the cluke's plaisant bad Sent
A Comrade In Motley to the emperor,
and as he would net have inspired a
Mere too' e errand Charles without
question wee In 4410', several (Jaye
nearer to tbe court of the French Men-,
: arch than the princess' betrothed bad
-presulued.—llette-Itad •novit-- been'
four and twenty bolts en his journey.
• It would be uaeless te attempt putsult,
as the Jester was a gallant ItortteMen,
trainee to the 'bunt. Such a Man Would
be Indefatigable in the Kiddie, and the
ether realized that, 'Strive As he might,
he could never overcome the handleap.
Then of what avail was one fool in
the dungeon, with a second on the
road? Should he abandon -his quest,
be driven from his purpose by a nest,
ef ' motley meddlers? The Idea never
.seriousiy entered his mind. Ile woUld
fight it out doggedly, upon the field of
deception, But how?' .
Step by eitep, the king's., gaest had
• left the palace behind hire until the
surrounding shrubbery shut it frem
view, but the path,. sweeping onward,
i With greceful curve, brought him sud,
' steady to a beautiful.chateam.--Lost in
• thought, he gazed within the flowering
, grountrat the innate architecture, the:
1 marble statues and the little lake in
Whose •nellueid depths were, mirrored
a thousand beauties of that ,eboset
• spot, an iniproved Edell of the .land,
seape gardener wherein resided th
• *i:1•6.tizily"
trs,sdlillagtoctumrts.
•ewthe .. free baron, ' •• , Bell Weather.
brightening abeuPtly, "that chance •on the fifth bell of the Tadcaster peal
which served . me last ' night, whieb
forced the trooper to speak today, now
.. has led My. stupid feet to the tooth -
s •
.
Withintt. mucb begilt and gorgeous
. bower he aeon found hiMiielf awaiting
patiently the coming Of the king's:fa.
• vorite„. Upot a tiny chair ,of gold tea
fragile for his bulk the: caller moan -
while inspected the :ceilings and walls
•. Of this dainty .dondclie, mechanically
striving to decipher 4 painted allegory
Of Venus and.111ers 'Or Hetet and Paris
or the ceuiatess:and Memo's, he coidd
not decide precisely its purport, when
she floated' into the room, dressed In
• seine diaphanous stuff, a natural' ac-
companiment to the °time decorations,
herdishabille a positive note of mod-
esty ' amid • ilae • vivid. colorings and
graeeful poses of •those tributes to love
"with Which Prinaatiecio and other :Ital-
ian artists had•aeorned this hewer. •
: "Hew Charming,' Of your vegneir
murnierod the lady, sinking lightly up.-
to church before •thern, ty
on a .eettee. "Whitt on early riser you- or
• woovenas tli
id driVe cattie to 'market.' '
must be, duke!" . • - •
An e:7tric
'Altinnagh'it was then hitt ttio• hour*
.T. he..!;He Bell, •
.yestrY ' bell" Of .• ,Tottenharn,
. from noon, the Visitor :coefessed him- •.' Church has a -rather Interest:fug his(ory •
, soeAlnf'dopyeonu tit: -weeelltlielipsitinotininlil4raedgdaerdd::: . 1,0%heiatiatrhe: Ii7.1ireenni ephf.h.tiehl..ati. 'Rlecri it was '
"tirriSt plead geilty Of the same fault,. ehence. Wt., was :taken agnual' bjsr°ongthht7rtC
.One can easily see:yon.have been out Efiglatith. y some Biltish. sailers..Whc • .
gthe de .1D•iir.othvienerattrIfIlo7S5t9;rsviGhlecriil : ....
in the 'garden and,'" he blundered on, : "N;a,eirneiden;se.
0`atolen the tints frOtn the roses." •-
• Sharply the countess looked af hint
. ,ebourat.prleietmdenotn.ly... au honest. eit.teMpt at e
, , ... •• the parish church in 1,801.: It is .in.
",.•,".'why,.' seemed, "You are becoming . serteed•-"Sit .nomen Dombie • benedic-
' as mitt a ilatterer as the rest•ot thein,..1, tum ,"•• and ' is reniarlfabla for -its clear
.you did not call to : rine, 'Wbich Is attributed to an' excep .•
:tBeullt;rn' cafaet1,197V, . • . ' . '.,ct,loornnapl913sT4litinge.prePortion ef silver in its
' .
"Ne, niadam," he 'anewered,". taking
is not necessary thithitsrudtilit honicald be
credit to himself for "It It • Drinking. are Eatine.
used to .be • the practice in sone
premeditated. Lhad a' ieriouS purpose •Parts of Lancashire to spend the fines .
Which had been inflicted •• dirriug.lthe .
in seeking. you, Of all the. court -yew
yeek upis,n,parishionersi for drunken : • ,
Mone can. Assiet me. Hist o •You only. '
. • •mssa- In loaves of bread; which after ••
I earl look fOr aid. knoviing you gerier-; ' et h i s hsi • ' •
,_. .
ous, I have .1teutured te:eonte." • . •' . wleUrr'casrerriLueint'uou:theu Carchulyaurrcilliti4 •
!!yon interest Poe": she laughed. -"It the-sekton,..and there distributed among
• ouch ofthe po.or folk of the parish as . •
• %had attended.. the., serviee. • ' "
•.7.
.. !!' . Her Last prop.
,
A tale of a • woman sentencea • te- ..
. .
. death, whose. warrant had been. over-
looked Or niisearrIed,• and the. exeetition,
, tons delayed for.s. loilg tifrie,. is tesorci.
• ed in the "Sistory ot.Aylesbury" •by
appearence In the, bower of Merl had
gunny weighed .turen him, het not Ise
ta attitude ot the princess.
How vividly ell the details stood eat
In Ids brain- the sudden transitionS of
ber manner; her seeming' Interest in lita
passionate words; her eyes; friendly,
tender, as be had onee: IMOwn them,
then portentous. allence, frozen AM -
dein! Into the marble -like pallor of .
her faee eltaint seenied to la
Militate Itself, but the words had drop.
'veil easily trona ber lips, "Are ail the
ewe; of your country so presueoptelone,
my lord?" '
Above the other distinctive feattirea
E CONTINUED.)
• FRIENDSHIP, •
A ruddy. drop of manly blood
The surging sea outweighs,
The world uneeitain conies and goes.
The lover reotea stays. •
fancied he was ficd-
And, after many a yt,ar,
Glowed unexhausted , kin illness,
'Like daily sunrise there.
My careful heart was free again.
0h,. friend, 'my bosom said,
Through theo alone the sky is arehtd.
Through thee the rose is .redi
Ail things through thee take noblex
form
-And look beyond tbe earth;
The mill round of our fate aereare-
A sun path in thy worth, ' '
thY nabli /10SS has taught
To master my despair;
The fountains of ?ay hidden iire
Are through thy frienclsiiip fair.
•--Emerson.
CURIOUS SCRAPS.
is cast the inscription, in raised letters,
"It rerriv.rkable that these bell..4 were
meulded 'in the great frost, 1.743."
.(This frost began in i..7133, and lasted
three months.) •
•• Impeding the Traffic,
In 1569 an order was -issued' to the
residents . of .the • City of Londen that
thy were not to stretch clothes- Haar .
across..the streets- to dry their linen'on. •
•An• Old Custom Renewed. .•1,
Current Press. paragraphs aclvertitic'
that .a.cortain Norfolk rector whips
'a Sunday morning congregation . ty
calling on his:laggard parishioners and
rousing them with a hand -bell. to n
sense of duty; but there is notliin2.
nova about that 'method of filling
'choral. • In the middle ogee, and down -
to • pn:tty•• late In the, last ocntiny, 11, '
was the custom to ,many .
'ip, the northern) parts of the countrY
for the chnrchwardens. to Sally forth af•
ter the Litany, aimed with s.rviceabli •
canes, and, literally -"whin up" a 'con-
gregation from th'e loiterors high
ways,' byways,' and' taverns, whom
wolfe. On its arrival here it .wit2 .
bought ,for 22e by a Tottenham rest
JackSan-wha gave it tc
must be a pressing,.emergency when
you honor me -so early -in the day."
"It is, madam," he replied; "very
Pressing to Me. I want the wectiling •
• day changed." ,, •
•
"Changed!" she exclaimed, staring at
him.' "Deferred?" •. • • '
•
. "No; hitetened, mtidem..:It Is toe long
to wait Go to the king;' ask hini to
shottee the ititerVal; to set the day'
sOonee I beg .01! you; Madam!"
."dh,.. this 18 delicious!" purred the
countess. "I will be, your messenger,
YOUr advecate, and will plead your
cause and Will • win your case. • But
•
what about the princess? What will
she say when".- . • . •
" "It shall be mY task to persuade ber.
I am sure she will consent'', returned
the slitter. '
"Perhaps you have spoken to her, al-
ready?" asked the 'Countess. •
•
mice, of What uenwoula bether
nese?"
"Ne, madam; Without your ctehist-
•
•
"Wind' a responsibility you Place 'On• ,
my weak Shoulder's!" cried the other,
"However, I will net shift the burden.
1, will go tO his•majesty at once.' And
do you go to the princess." '
' • "At yOtir command," he replied 'end
took his departure. •
•• C1FIAPTtit .' • . .
rtu
MI hie atnis behind him,, the
clukees: fool Moved as best he
inight.to 'and fro within the
narrow coniines of his ja11,
'1113) events -ivhich had led ti) hie inertr;
emotion were so recent be liad hardly
yet brought hiinself to realize theiefiall
significanee, • Neither Francis' anger
nor the free baron's covert satisfectlen
the late Robert Gihbs, P.-a..;A The
.
condemnee wornan was allowed to
„;.leaVe,the • prison Ak.vdt) day'sj.... washing
:.Unexpectedly th arrant arilved..der.
ing her absence from gaol. •4 tutnke
was sent after her •with the unweleotrio,
intelligence thot it had beeri received'
• and he addressed her:--"Gu.vrier . says.
you be to come 'home. and be: hung."
"What 'must be must,'! waa,the.philosco
' phical. remark of the Condemned, 'ae
she Wiped. her hands on .her moron. "I'd
. like one drop; afore, X go,)' she lidded,
with a pleading look itthe landlord of
•,.. the, house where she .had .been at Work,
I'
e'en. be my 'last drop but .one.". • ' • . .
I •
ove N t pa Obi' tr. • •
. w , .
' • Rider Haggard, the' anther of "She;"
. who is now visiting Canada in the rOle,
apparently, of a scientist, has had some
curious experiences with the I 'spirit
Ile was visited one night last.
'suinrnar, by the ghost of his favorite
dog, Who had, unknown ea him, Just
been yule over and killed on a railroad
...trestle. Ile was awakened by his 'wife
ix:cense' of his groaning,' and carefully'
noted, the. hour, 2 a. Ifi; Subsequent
quiry disclosed the fact . that the dog
had been run' over 'about 11 p. • in. of
'• thenight in question, but lived for
• 'several hours afterward, and that probt,
• aler just •et the inotnent of -its death,'
2 a. m., the ghost appeared in the bed.
• room •: of Mr. Haggard, several nines
• aWay. --• „ ,
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Opposite St. Paul's church.
DR. C. W. TIIOMPSON
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•
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DUPFALO AND GODERICH DIV.
Going East,
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Going West
41
14 11
' 11
7.3& a, m.
8.23 p. m.
5.20 p. m.
10.15 a. m,
12.50 p. M..
8.10 p. ni.
. 10.47 p.n.
LONDON, HURON' .5z muck: rnv,
Going South
it. 4
Going North
7.47 a. m.
4.23 p: m,
10.15 a. m,
itAbit Mating 0.35 p. tn.
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Infante too young to take Medicine mi4 bit
cured of titan, whOOning Otatgh awl Colds b*
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*MINS tiOUNW• tft004 wlfl01114 ft" 1
ert of Friedwald worthy of your bigh
trust, cousin."
Without, they were seen whispering
It The attendant, who was the Count
of Cross, breathed what be knew to
the Duke of 111ontineireney, who told
Bellitys„ who related the story to
doiirse," lie said with', e
a peculiar snille. •
A look of impatience crossed her face,
but she gazed at him intently, and her
eyes hem his front the floor, where they
would have strayed.
"Are yon stupid, or do you but pro-
fess to he?" he demanded, "Before
• the tilt I noticed the duke aw4 his
• trooper talking together, When they
• separated, the latter', unobserved, as
Unless save for a• foot that Waved to
he thought, struck the point oe „his
and fro, betraying her reetless mood.
Weapon against his stirrup, The disk
fell to the ground" The sound of her dress, the sweyIng of
•
the foot, held his attention. In that lit -
"Your glance is sharp, jeequeline,"
he retorted slowly. "Thank you ftie hewer the air was almost stifling,
or
the information." •laden with the perfume of nattily flow,
era. Even the song of the birds grew
Her syes kindled: An angry retort
fainter. Ont'Y the tiny feuntifin more
.•en••• .mel 'about to spring from her film.
rt
assertive than ever, became louder ane was with diftleulty she controlled
louder. The princess breathed detply,
hittetreete..if to answer 'calmly a =Went
half arose. A vine caught in her hair.
"You mean it can serve you nothing? She stooped to disentangle it, thee held
• Perhaps you are right Today you were herself erect '
• 'Wow close it Is in here!" she 'no -
lucky. Tomorrow you may be -what?
inured," arranging the tress the plaut
Today you defended 'yearself well, and
had disturbed. "Go the door, fool,
• It was a good lanee YOU bore. Had it
and see If you van find your master."
Involuntarily he had stepped toward
as
been any ether jester the king would
have praised hina. •Because it was you
noword. has been spoken. If anything, her, though' to assist her, but now
• he jester made no reeve to obey;
hid, looking clown, answered eoldly•
"The Mike, modern, likes not to have.
his peer deeds exploited." .
"Poor ileedel"- he returned and
seemed about to reply, more sharply
when Something iu his face held her
!silent. • . •
Leaning ter head on laer hand, she
appeared to forget his presence, mo-
• stopped. His • face changed. • lie even
your success' has minoyed him, Several.
laughed. That last word from her lipe
of the court spokeof it:. He answered
seemed to break tee spelt of self con
• you!" .,
not, tlie *sign°. t° igli°r° it and-- trol that held hina,• :
•
. .
• "Then are you courageous to breve ' "My master!" hesaidin a hard,
public opinion and hold Converse
scoffing tone. "Whom mean- you -the
With.,
ntan. who left you to go to the soldier?
-me?" he replied, with a smile. - ••'
That blusterer tray master! . That sWag.
, • ,"Public.opinion!". she. exclaimed, With
. • •
flashing •eyes. :"What would they say' ' gering trooper!"
.
of a jestrese? Whets shi? What is •
Her•Inertness Vaelsbed'T e sudden
anger and wonderinent in her • eyes
.
tth
he ended abruptly, bit •her lips met. the passion in his
,
" y . -
s 'Owing her , gleaming white- 'tee. gow dare you -dare '- she be
'
Then some . emotion mere protound
swept overher expressive. face. She e • neither MY Meeter nap the•
dulee, but .ft Mere freebooto, nioun• e
looked at him silently, and when she
spoke her voice was more gentle. • • . Jitpinotdeeand
contempt• lat'.'.repiac'ea hestir
• .
. "I cannot believe,'" she contimied •
Prise, but indignation still 'remained,
thoughtfully, • "that the duke . told hi's
His audocity ,In' coming to her. 'with
troopeento 'do. that. , VIS too infamies.
The man must have rioted ohieown this falsehood, his hardihood In main-
n ,
responsibility.* The duke could • not,
'Would not, countenance such hisenese."'
• ."You have a geed 'Opinion of „hitn,„ ;
• gentle mistress," he said in atone that
exasperated her,. .
. .
•
• "Who has not?" she retorted. sharply.
.• "Ile is as braveas he .18 -distinguished..
• Farewell! .If you served him .better
and Yourself less you"- . •
• "Would serve myself better in. the
end?". be • interrupted .
• "Thanks, goott• Jacqueline. A: NY01:0101
makes' on excelieer counselor" ..• , • •":',
• Disdainfully she Mulled... gee face
grew „cold.:: Her figure looked . never.
More erect aed. inflexible. •
• "'Why," she reinerked.,'"here am
:westing' time talking when the...make
playingand every one is dancing.
Even now I see'a: courtier approaching.
who has . thriee importuned' Me." And
ethejestress vanIshed.in the throngas
abruptlY as. he had appeared.
•
. Thoughtfully, the duke's feel looked,
not after her;.buttowerd a •far end of
the Pavilion Where he last had. seen
% theprincess and *her betrothed.
should now„be• well on .his
way," ' he told • hiniself.,• "No-one has
yeeinissec1.11m, or. If they de notice,
• bis absence" they'will attribute it t� his
• tnjerles." • ••• • ••
Around hifli, carraine,,..blood warni,
flowers exhaled a 'commingling' redo-
lence;:. near ',him a toy -like. fountain
• whispered very softly -and' confidential -
•Through the: foliage. the figures
moved and moved; on the air the muide
fell an ose In in orchestration, yet
ating in sparkling , de-.
e the 'Vloline - epee-
tiVe the Mites, .alive the gitterns,
blithesome the -tripping arpeggios that
• crisply fell •from the strings, of the' joy-
eas harps. . • • ,
The rustling a -a ,gown • admonished.'
hthi • he was not alone, ene, looking
down'. athid, tbe crimson flowers, to
his startled gaze appeared the face of
.her. of whom he was thinking; above
thebroad, white broW.shone,the radi-
ance of hair, a gold that Wee almost
. breeze in that dimlight; through .the
green tangle Of ,shrubbery, a silver: slip- •
brightly •p
tail. • Bielycfn
• "Ale It is you,. feel!" she said. lan-
• guidly. It may' be. he contrasteO the
ledifference ofher tones new With the
unconscious softness Of her voice when
she had addressed him on anether oc--
cailonha another gaeden-for his face
Mashed and he would have turned
abruptly whene- •• '
• "Oh, you Mai remain," she added
carelessly. • "The duke hart but left
me. He received a inessage that the ,
Man inart•in the lists wait most anxious
to see him." . • •
• hap the whirl cif his reflections her
• words inidnUated themselves. Why lad
the free baron gone to the teoopery
What Made hie presence 80 imperative
'at the bedside of the soldier that he.
had abruptly abandoned the festivities?
Surely more than mere anxiety for the
Man's.• welfare. The jester looked at
the ,prineess for the answer to these
questions, but her face was cold, smil-
ing, unreSpOnaiVe. In the Wain et
toning it, admitted of but one expla-
nation, BY• her cOmulitiOance in the
past ale ,had fanned the• embers of a •
passion ivhich now burst beyond 'con,
trot., She realized how more than fair
• alto looked that .evening. •Hadshe not
healet it fertin many?' Had not the eyes
of the king's guest told heti? And she-.
• belie-ved that this iie must havesprung
to the jester's lips while" he was re-
garding her. ' •, • .
As the •selution crossed fier.inind re-
pials.ant..4.,desperate and
despicable as well as lowly wooer, her
face relaxed. In the desire to Mit her
conclusion •she hitighed quietly, um -
Cruelly king mulled the prin.- -
cess.
••• "Yon are mad." sbe' breathed softly.• -
"Yeti are mad., -..because -,because
you", , • ''"
• .. ; He started, itutlYing-her eagerly. • He
fancied he read relenting • sOftnese
bete gaze, a flash of menaory. Into •a.
-past, where ,glamour Und ronutnee and
the heart history e of the rose Made up
life's • .desideratum, . whereiu • •exleterice
but an allegory of love's quest and
the, goal its; •conennaniation. Had she
•.tiot bent gednlously over the rose of the
p '
oet? fled not her breath 'corne
•iy, :eagerly? • Clould he not feel it yet
. sweet and .warm .on• his' cheek? 'Into.
the past, having gone so far, he .atep-
,ped now boldly, As though to. • grasp
again those Illusive: colors and:. seize
anew the , intangible substance,'' *He,
was but youne, When shcid0w0 'spent
•8611d, when dreams are, 'cortorcal attire
and, . fantasies,- rocklike strata, a. real-
lty. • ; • . • • • • •
• So he. kileit before her. • "Yes," he
said, "1 ioye yeti." • . • .
And. he thus' remained, pale, inert,
afl resentment or Jealousy eucee.edeil
by a Stronger emotion, a feeling chive', •
, rip that bent •itself to a glad:thraldom,
the desire, but. to serveher, to save .
• her, #is heart beat: faster. • 'lie raised
his head peondlY, .
• "Listen, princess," he began. "Thotigh
Meant.it ncit, . I feet .1 have greatly.,
Wronged You.. I have mecli. toask your
pardon for, ineeh to tell you, It Is . • • ,
•
The words died -On his Hps. 'roni the
princes' face all eoftness had Sudden-
ly vanished. gergazepassea him, dole,
hatightY. Across thelllusorY; positive -
nese of his world, immaterial, penile* .
iogical, ghostly, an interniecliate orb, e
tangible shadow', was thrown. Behind
• 'bine stood the free . baron' and the. king,'
Quicklythe fool sprang to ills feet
• "Prineesar 'exclaimed. the Imre°,
Vole of theinister of gachfels, • '
•"10 lord?" • . •• •
For a moment neither spoke; and.
then the: clear; told :voice of the prtn-
eess broke the silence. ' • •••
"Are, all the fools in Yonr country So .
ptestinaptuoure najt lord?" she said, . •
. The king's counteninice lightened.
He turned his adeusin'g glaZtee upon
the .foel.. As.in a drain stood the lit-
ter. The words he would have uttered
.remained unspoken. But Melly the
monatch • . surveyed him satirically,
. darkly, then, turning, with a gesture,
The Ivor& dted olz Ma Zips. •
/Mime de 'Poitiers, who ernbeltished it
for yinot, who carded it ..to Jacque.
line: '
".Tribciulet has his wish," said the
poet -fool half regretfully. -"There is.
one jester the less." •
'
• "Where have they taken Ilim?" asked
the girl steadily.•
'e but to Uze keep!" "
"That dungeon- of the old castle?"
• "Well," he returned significantly, "a
-tqol and bus , alas, are soon pat -
ed! Let us make merry, therefore,
while we may: Vet what would you?
Come, mistress --the dance",-;
•
"No, no, no!" she exclahned, so Pas-
eionately he gazed at her In surprise.
•CHAPTER . 'XIV:
N a mood a contending thought
the free baron left ;his apart-.
• ments the next morning•and
troverseti- the tapestry hung
corridor 'leading toward the servants'
and soldiers' quarters.,
' Following the expoaure.. of the jest;
er's 'weaknaSS, pasaion for mis-
tress, 'Francis, -as Y•illot tole., JacqUe-.
line,' had Ifinineillittely Ordered the tool
Jiito tarletest.vonfinement, the 'donjon
of the -ancient structure, In that dark-
ened cell he had rested'overnight, .and
there ; he would no • doubt rentain in-.
• definitely: The king's • guest bad not.
been greatly ..cOnterned with the jest-
er's quixotic love for the Princess, be-
. little dioposed to jealouoy. •
•
But to offset•his'satistaation that the
je•ster lay :.uncler• restraint he, took In
bad part tbe, trooper's: coutineed in •
Sensibility which deprived him,. of, the
• much needed information:. 'When he.
had repaired, to the lealsideof the Sol-
dlei. the night before. he bad Only,his-
. trip for ifis 'the. manhad •
•.Ogain sunk' let° 'uneonscioueness short- ,
• ly before bis einnieg. thee the free
liagon.Was.ettli la ignorance of the .per -
gen to Whom the feel had .beteitye4
:.1211•1111;•ith r' ...• citfer.).. the king's guest
en
•teeea the chanaber ef the injured. sof-
troop-
er, his inustachios appeuring
snally
. red and fierce against lats•umilv"
• Washed out .Complexime,..Ae .the free
baron drew' near the. cotich:a tall fig:tire
arose treirt the.side of the 'bed.. •
"HOw your patient, Oectorr said
• :the visitor shortly.7. •
' rettirned the other 'Meanie,
ally; This person Woe, a. blank, gown,
a• pair of: litige broad rimmed:: glasses
• 'testing on. the bridge Of ei -thin; long.
-nose, and .in his elawlike fingers'. he '
. held a vial, die content of which be
..stirrett slowly,* His Aspect was. that 01!
• living sorrow tIndinelaireholk.' •
"ilas.lie•lyeen conselOtta again?" ask-,
. • •
.ed the caller. ..
"He has e'en lain as you see him,":ri,• .
plied the..weorer of the black robe,- •
I "HIS daysatenumbered,". quoth the
free baton to himself, Staring forward.
But aef 110 spoke he imagieed. he sate.
• the red .muStacilleS move, while tree eye •
'certainly glared with intelligent hatred
upOn.,the -doctor. and; turned with aux
bus splieitude uncet his master.. •The
:latter. immediately knelt by the.bed• e
side and jaid. his hand upon:the alreody,
celd one of the soldier. ., •
L. • ."Speakr he said, . . .
It Airets the command. of an officer
:to a- trooper,. an autheritittive bidding,
• and seemea to suitinion 4- last eallying
energy from • the failing. heart r•L'ite
inite's gage sliceiVd that tie enderstood,
Froni.. the free 'bereft eye flashed a'
• glance of savege power fled force
•
"Speak!" he repeated cruelly, inipera;
tIvely. •
The inustachlos .qtaltered;' the MOM' '
beet his head- so low his face al- •
most touched the , soldier's: voice -
was it a voice, so faint it. sp•luided?7-,
breathed a few. worche •
"The emperbr Spain ••-f- Caiilette- •
goner, .• • • • •
• • rieberly the king's guest walked
dew!' the echoing etitirWey mat Into the
on'efil'air of the court. The eneperor ifl
Spain? It •seerned not unlikely.. •. If
the emperor had gone to Spain a rhea.
senger, ridieg posthaste, could reach
Charles In time to' enable that mon-
arch to interpose in the •nuptials and
override the eorifidenee the free baron
had established for himself In the.court:
of Pennell& . An impediment • offered
by Cluirles Would be -equivalent to the
abandonment of the entire marital en-
"rtVateitig. before'. • t't. lal.rissiVe arched
doorway thnt led int0 a Whig cif the
Castle where the free littron knew the
• jesters and eertain of the gentleinen
of the chaither lodged, the veneter of
gethfele, aneWer te hit) ;Inquiries
Stininioned ari, attendant, Not until the
the fountain tiny fish played and dart -
hands Of two soldiers fell upon him
ed, and as his eyes tutned from her
did the fool betray any emotion. Thee,
to them they appeared as swift and 11 -
hie floe changed, and the. stunned look
lusive ite his oWn surging fencies.
"The-deke, madate, Is most solleit- ItChis oyes gav4i- walt to tin expEbn
outs about his men," he said in a 'Mee of such unbridled feeling that olen-
• tarily the lang stepped habk, and the
Which sounded strangely calm.
free baron drew his sword. Dut neither
"A. good leader has always mind '
the welfare Of his soldiers," she replied had the ttletletreh need el:4' t(PPrehett'•
sten nor the princeste betrothed nee
briefit, for his weapon. Some entertiOn deeper
Her hand played =tong the blots- than auger repladed the revenge tut -
soma, Over the dowers she looked at moil Or the jester's thoughts as With it
hint Her features end arms -were a last IIXed, look at the prineeee he me -
the sculptured roundness of Marble
but the reflection of the ruses bathed ehanically Suffered himself to be led
her in the wain hue Of life. As he met ftwaY* •L°0184ft gaz4 Per61" followed
him, and when the Canvas fell and he
her gaze the illumined pages of a book had disappeared ehe passed, a hand,
seemed turning before hie ,eyes. Did
act ow her brow.
She remember 1 •
She could not but perceive his etno. "Are you setlelledf 1113P lord" aid
flour the tribute of a giant° beyond ng tree baron'
4"1,1:110 knave has reeeived Just de-
cofttrel despite the proud immobility
et his features. setts, sire," replied the other and, step -
"Sit here, tool," elle said, not tinkled. I Pi" to the Prille°°°' 44°' relee4 her
ly, "and you may tell tee more about
tho duko, tot troalfs,..0t that battle "gee de Maul" eried the monitreh#
hand to his 1106.
Niatettilti the me ot the pal:sprat'', Ints"ing hi° erill in •
frith° than"6r
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LEMBO'S MOORE.
, front ii tiervant, learned that Valliette
...
had not been in bis npartnienbi since
' the day :before; that be had ridden
from the tournament Ostensibly to re•
turn to his rooms, but nothing had,
been heard Of him shtee.
No further doubt renteined in his
Mind that the cluke's plaisant bad Sent
A Comrade In Motley to the emperor,
and as he would net have inspired a
Mere too' e errand Charles without
question wee In 4410', several (Jaye
nearer to tbe court of the French Men-,
: arch than the princess' betrothed bad
-presulued.—llette-Itad •novit-- been'
four and twenty bolts en his journey.
• It would be uaeless te attempt putsult,
as the Jester was a gallant ItortteMen,
trainee to the 'bunt. Such a Man Would
be Indefatigable in the Kiddie, and the
ether realized that, 'Strive As he might,
he could never overcome the handleap.
Then of what avail was one fool in
the dungeon, with a second on the
road? Should he abandon -his quest,
be driven from his purpose by a nest,
ef ' motley meddlers? The Idea never
.seriousiy entered his mind. Ile woUld
fight it out doggedly, upon the field of
deception, But how?' .
Step by eitep, the king's., gaest had
• left the palace behind hire until the
surrounding shrubbery shut it frem
view, but the path,. sweeping onward,
i With greceful curve, brought him sud,
' steady to a beautiful.chateam.--Lost in
• thought, he gazed within the flowering
, grountrat the innate architecture, the:
1 marble statues and the little lake in
Whose •nellueid depths were, mirrored
a thousand beauties of that ,eboset
• spot, an iniproved Edell of the .land,
seape gardener wherein resided th
• *i:1•6.tizily"
trs,sdlillagtoctumrts.
•ewthe .. free baron, ' •• , Bell Weather.
brightening abeuPtly, "that chance •on the fifth bell of the Tadcaster peal
which served . me last ' night, whieb
forced the trooper to speak today, now
.. has led My. stupid feet to the tooth -
s •
.
Withintt. mucb begilt and gorgeous
. bower he aeon found hiMiielf awaiting
patiently the coming Of the king's:fa.
• vorite„. Upot a tiny chair ,of gold tea
fragile for his bulk the: caller moan -
while inspected the :ceilings and walls
•. Of this dainty .dondclie, mechanically
striving to decipher 4 painted allegory
Of Venus and.111ers 'Or Hetet and Paris
or the ceuiatess:and Memo's, he coidd
not decide precisely its purport, when
she floated' into the room, dressed In
• seine diaphanous stuff, a natural' ac-
companiment to the °time decorations,
herdishabille a positive note of mod-
esty ' amid • ilae • vivid. colorings and
graeeful poses of •those tributes to love
"with Which Prinaatiecio and other :Ital-
ian artists had•aeorned this hewer. •
: "Hew Charming,' Of your vegneir
murnierod the lady, sinking lightly up.-
to church before •thern, ty
on a .eettee. "Whitt on early riser you- or
• woovenas tli
id driVe cattie to 'market.' '
must be, duke!" . • - •
An e:7tric
'Altinnagh'it was then hitt ttio• hour*
.T. he..!;He Bell, •
.yestrY ' bell" Of .• ,Tottenharn,
. from noon, the Visitor :coefessed him- •.' Church has a -rather Interest:fug his(ory •
, soeAlnf'dopyeonu tit: -weeelltlielipsitinotininlil4raedgdaerdd::: . 1,0%heiatiatrhe: Ii7.1ireenni ephf.h.tiehl..ati. 'Rlecri it was '
"tirriSt plead geilty Of the same fault,. ehence. Wt., was :taken agnual' bjsr°ongthht7rtC
.One can easily see:yon.have been out Efiglatith. y some Biltish. sailers..Whc • .
gthe de .1D•iir.othvienerattrIfIlo7S5t9;rsviGhlecriil : ....
in the 'garden and,'" he blundered on, : "N;a,eirneiden;se.
0`atolen the tints frOtn the roses." •-
• Sharply the countess looked af hint
. ,ebourat.prleietmdenotn.ly... au honest. eit.teMpt at e
, , ... •• the parish church in 1,801.: It is .in.
",.•,".'why,.' seemed, "You are becoming . serteed•-"Sit .nomen Dombie • benedic-
' as mitt a ilatterer as the rest•ot thein,..1, tum ,"•• and ' is reniarlfabla for -its clear
.you did not call to : rine, 'Wbich Is attributed to an' excep .•
:tBeullt;rn' cafaet1,197V, . • . ' . '.,ct,loornnapl913sT4litinge.prePortion ef silver in its
' .
"Ne, niadam," he 'anewered,". taking
is not necessary thithitsrudtilit honicald be
credit to himself for "It It • Drinking. are Eatine.
used to .be • the practice in sone
premeditated. Lhad a' ieriouS purpose •Parts of Lancashire to spend the fines .
Which had been inflicted •• dirriug.lthe .
in seeking. you, Of all the. court -yew
yeek upis,n,parishionersi for drunken : • ,
Mone can. Assiet me. Hist o •You only. '
. • •mssa- In loaves of bread; which after ••
I earl look fOr aid. knoviing you gerier-; ' et h i s hsi • ' •
,_. .
ous, I have .1teutured te:eonte." • . •' . wleUrr'casrerriLueint'uou:theu Carchulyaurrcilliti4 •
!!yon interest Poe": she laughed. -"It the-sekton,..and there distributed among
• ouch ofthe po.or folk of the parish as . •
• %had attended.. the., serviee. • ' "
•.7.
.. !!' . Her Last prop.
,
A tale of a • woman sentencea • te- ..
. .
. death, whose. warrant had been. over-
looked Or niisearrIed,• and the. exeetition,
, tons delayed for.s. loilg tifrie,. is tesorci.
• ed in the "Sistory ot.Aylesbury" •by
appearence In the, bower of Merl had
gunny weighed .turen him, het not Ise
ta attitude ot the princess.
How vividly ell the details stood eat
In Ids brain- the sudden transitionS of
ber manner; her seeming' Interest in lita
passionate words; her eyes; friendly,
tender, as be had onee: IMOwn them,
then portentous. allence, frozen AM -
dein! Into the marble -like pallor of .
her faee eltaint seenied to la
Militate Itself, but the words had drop.
'veil easily trona ber lips, "Are ail the
ewe; of your country so presueoptelone,
my lord?" '
Above the other distinctive feattirea
E CONTINUED.)
• FRIENDSHIP, •
A ruddy. drop of manly blood
The surging sea outweighs,
The world uneeitain conies and goes.
The lover reotea stays. •
fancied he was ficd-
And, after many a yt,ar,
Glowed unexhausted , kin illness,
'Like daily sunrise there.
My careful heart was free again.
0h,. friend, 'my bosom said,
Through theo alone the sky is arehtd.
Through thee the rose is .redi
Ail things through thee take noblex
form
-And look beyond tbe earth;
The mill round of our fate aereare-
A sun path in thy worth, ' '
thY nabli /10SS has taught
To master my despair;
The fountains of ?ay hidden iire
Are through thy frienclsiiip fair.
•--Emerson.
CURIOUS SCRAPS.
is cast the inscription, in raised letters,
"It rerriv.rkable that these bell..4 were
meulded 'in the great frost, 1.743."
.(This frost began in i..7133, and lasted
three months.) •
•• Impeding the Traffic,
In 1569 an order was -issued' to the
residents . of .the • City of Londen that
thy were not to stretch clothes- Haar .
across..the streets- to dry their linen'on. •
•An• Old Custom Renewed. .•1,
Current Press. paragraphs aclvertitic'
that .a.cortain Norfolk rector whips
'a Sunday morning congregation . ty
calling on his:laggard parishioners and
rousing them with a hand -bell. to n
sense of duty; but there is notliin2.
nova about that 'method of filling
'choral. • In the middle ogee, and down -
to • pn:tty•• late In the, last ocntiny, 11, '
was the custom to ,many .
'ip, the northern) parts of the countrY
for the chnrchwardens. to Sally forth af•
ter the Litany, aimed with s.rviceabli •
canes, and, literally -"whin up" a 'con-
gregation from th'e loiterors high
ways,' byways,' and' taverns, whom
wolfe. On its arrival here it .wit2 .
bought ,for 22e by a Tottenham rest
JackSan-wha gave it tc
must be a pressing,.emergency when
you honor me -so early -in the day."
"It is, madam," he replied; "very
Pressing to Me. I want the wectiling •
• day changed." ,, •
•
"Changed!" she exclaimed, staring at
him.' "Deferred?" •. • • '
•
. "No; hitetened, mtidem..:It Is toe long
to wait Go to the king;' ask hini to
shottee the ititerVal; to set the day'
sOonee I beg .01! you; Madam!"
."dh,.. this 18 delicious!" purred the
countess. "I will be, your messenger,
YOUr advecate, and will plead your
cause and Will • win your case. • But
•
what about the princess? What will
she say when".- . • . •
" "It shall be mY task to persuade ber.
I am sure she will consent'', returned
the slitter. '
"Perhaps you have spoken to her, al-
ready?" asked the 'Countess. •
•
mice, of What uenwoula bether
nese?"
"Ne, madam; Without your ctehist-
•
•
"Wind' a responsibility you Place 'On• ,
my weak Shoulder's!" cried the other,
"However, I will net shift the burden.
1, will go tO his•majesty at once.' And
do you go to the princess." '
' • "At yOtir command," he replied 'end
took his departure. •
•• C1FIAPTtit .' • . .
rtu
MI hie atnis behind him,, the
clukees: fool Moved as best he
inight.to 'and fro within the
narrow coniines of his ja11,
'1113) events -ivhich had led ti) hie inertr;
emotion were so recent be liad hardly
yet brought hiinself to realize theiefiall
significanee, • Neither Francis' anger
nor the free baron's covert satisfectlen
the late Robert Gihbs, P.-a..;A The
.
condemnee wornan was allowed to
„;.leaVe,the • prison Ak.vdt) day'sj.... washing
:.Unexpectedly th arrant arilved..der.
ing her absence from gaol. •4 tutnke
was sent after her •with the unweleotrio,
intelligence thot it had beeri received'
• and he addressed her:--"Gu.vrier . says.
you be to come 'home. and be: hung."
"What 'must be must,'! waa,the.philosco
' phical. remark of the Condemned, 'ae
she Wiped. her hands on .her moron. "I'd
. like one drop; afore, X go,)' she lidded,
with a pleading look itthe landlord of
•,.. the, house where she .had .been at Work,
I'
e'en. be my 'last drop but .one.". • ' • . .
I •
ove N t pa Obi' tr. • •
. w , .
' • Rider Haggard, the' anther of "She;"
. who is now visiting Canada in the rOle,
apparently, of a scientist, has had some
curious experiences with the I 'spirit
Ile was visited one night last.
'suinrnar, by the ghost of his favorite
dog, Who had, unknown ea him, Just
been yule over and killed on a railroad
...trestle. Ile was awakened by his 'wife
ix:cense' of his groaning,' and carefully'
noted, the. hour, 2 a. Ifi; Subsequent
quiry disclosed the fact . that the dog
had been run' over 'about 11 p. • in. of
'• thenight in question, but lived for
• 'several hours afterward, and that probt,
• aler just •et the inotnent of -its death,'
2 a. m., the ghost appeared in the bed.
• room •: of Mr. Haggard, several nines
• aWay. --• „ ,
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will go as: far. Write vs for ittformation. Preight rates
and estimates cheerfully gin. 70e per barrel, strictly
0.,b• van'. CNN nston. Go in with *your neighbor
and get •henefit of carload' rates
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