Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-05-05

oN''"i'Itu 4itI ttSildtlOlI IlTOu9 n a groom
determined, although he hardly knew for
what purpose. TO follow The fugitive Sud
denly recoilecllng therefore some eccles-
laSucal business 10 be setllcd with the prior
OF Il monastery near DItchet. the priest
provided himself with Il pacing mult-an
anima! generally used by the churclmen
OF the period and the better breeds of
which were liule inferior lii powers of
speed and endurance 10 he horse-and
was speedily amhiing briskiy along the
great western road. He saw the fair
country around, as though he saw it not,
and only looking eagerly ahead al every
turn of the road, expecting momenllv TO
behold the fair fugitive. Bul he was dis
appointed Mabel's paIfrey carried her
well, and when she drew rein at one of
the postern gates of the Castle, the priest
WAS still q good mile behind.
y yoOman of the guard WAS standing
sentinel at the Ii;,le laii-s,uddyd wicket.
leaning upon his partisan. and whlStling
melodlousIy. To Aim she addrl osed her.
self
" You have a comrade named Mark
Hunlley," she said !; far sir, would
speak with him.
The soldier looked at her with some in
terest, stopped his whistIing, and said
hastily. 6 Are YOU Mabel Lorne, fair
mistress %
. That is my name, said Mabel blush
ingly.
= Then, by s.. George, am sorry for
thee" returned he OF the par,isan.-
= Mark lIuntley was good fellow, and 4
truc-and'
" Was = shrlcied Nabel--"was . He
is not dead r.
" Almost as good" replied the sentinel;
g his captain hath accused him OF sleeping
on the watch, and that thou kuowest is
death-death without redemptlon."
Mabel sank upon the ground. The
burly yeoman curse d his own Eluntness
in blurtIHg out at once the bad news
g But she'll soon have another mate" he
muttered, as he stood over and cndeayor-
ed 10 revive her: by my sword hIIt she
is fair enough for the bride OF beIted
earl, let alone i poor yconan.
" Bring me to hIIn-bring me- 70 him
for PHYS sake" faItered Mabel.
" Nay, lnatmay hardly be, pretty ore"
said the soldier. ." IIe Is under watch
and ward-aud by 81. George, | think II
be near the time when he Will be brought
before the king
. Let me at leas; see him." exclaimed
Mabel perchaucc, soldier, there is
some maiden who loves thee as do him,
and who will one day plead OF her bend
ed knees for one las, look al the man for
whom her heart Is breaking -
81 VIII Sc what can be done, said the
hoaes, yeomau.
IL was us good as his word-for sum
mouiur some Of his courad-s 5, with whom
Mark IIuutley had been a general favor
ite, he spoke apart to them and in Il
few minutes Mabel found herself SNUG
gled into q lofty arched hall, with deep !
gothic moulded windows, and furnis h 81 /
with pouderouS ouleu settles. Her I
friends, the yeomeu, kept her III the midst /.
of their group, enJolnIng upon her the (
necessity OF preserving Il perfect silence. /
Hardly had she looked around her, and I
noted large uuoccupicd chair covered ,
with crimson cloth, upon the daio at the +
upper end of the hall, when priest, .
closely cowled, gildcd iii, and took his
station in Il corner oi the place. She saw +
not his face, hut she felt that the priest .
,,as F,,har Fr,rrie An ~ one. the
group Of officers and knights, who were .
bro1Gh =. ban 6,.a'la s7lnm, and 6Iacri
.ba,nS4iv-s round ,b,. nnorcanieJ clair (
.berl. vas ,na,ne,,,,~ r,a,,.e and = nor,Iv
MAN. mar Win hronJ. Stern face, dscasatr3
,yirh = nraI,,5 LaarcJ wall,4d INTO thp
DaU ii Jn,,,Io, 49, r;chI, aIornnJ .
Ind ~ L.s bsIr he rarried p short p0inarI'
Tbis w,s Kinr Henry VIII.
Th~o,r;oor hi,T,saif c,reIassIv i,to the
hair nrcnSreJ for him. h. said. in a
inrn siar,i voice :. Drin@ forth the nris-
,ner. and Ter bis acruspr likewise appear" .
There was - short bDs,le-a heavy
Ioor creaIled upon its hinges, and Aabel's
1.ar, s,yrll4d within her. and her limbs
ra,aiiad ~ .b. 1ow NIark UurrIev
bound I'D before the kinr. Bu. a second
nnl. n,r,I,, rayassnrld bsr Ills check
was naIs Int her was IN the firmness
,f the sl4n. and the proud glance of his
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