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where Eudocia was standing.

where Eudocia was standing.
No, no--not yet" she replied.
drag the old dotard hencel out
with him. shouted Kraunich.
But there was no need that the
order should be carried out, for as
the old man received Eudocia's an
swer he sank senseless upon the floor.
His frame had given away beneath
the intense labor he had performed.
Let him lay! let him layl cried
Kraunich. as some OF his men moved
to pick the old man up.
Hasten now with the ceremony.
Come, sir priest. you have been de-
layed long enough. BY Saint Paul,
the nuptials shall go on!"
CHAPTER XIV.
But the nuptials did not GO on, for
before the priest had chance for
speech there was a movement among
the soldiers at the lower end OF the
hall, and In a moment more the stout
form of Waldeck was seen stalking
up the broad way that led to the
baronial chair. In the center OF the
hall he stopped, and cast his eyes
about those who had assembled there.
He looked not like the same man we
have seen in the forest. His black
locks were swept back from his face
and brow, and one would hardly
notice the streaks OF silver that here
and there appeared to tell the tale OF
time. His dress, too, was changed.
He wore no longer the brigand's
costume, but the proud trappings OF
feudal baron flashed upon his no.
BILE person. The first thing that
fastened his gaze was where the
three soldiers still held the Lady
Olivia. With a quick, agitated tread
he approached the spot, and without
word he dashed the three soldiers
to the pavement at his feet. Then
he placed one arm about the aston
ished baroness, and the other he
raised towards the priest.
Hold thy tongue, there, foul
priestl" he said, in tone that made
all hearts tremble. Speak another
word OF thy foul mockery. and thy
black garb shall not save theel All,
Moritz Kraunich, the avenger Is on
thy trackl"
Kraunich had dropped the hand OF
the maiden and started forward: but
he stopped when he met the gaze OF
the strange man, and his legs trem-
bled beneath him.
what, no, therel' at this moment
sounded voice from the lower end
of the hall. How goes the battle?"
Eudocia Ellendorf trembled with a
wild emotion as she heard that voice,
for she recognized it at once as CON-
ing from Beverwick, and when she
looked down the hall she saw her
father coming up. She forgot all
else about her, as she received the
greeting OF her father and her lover,
for her soul had room for no more
tumultuous thrill which for the time
possessed her.
While Eudocia was receiving the
grasp Of young Beverwick, OF Har.
dick, Waldeck had again turned his
gaze upon the woman about whom
his arm still clung.
"Olivia, he said, shave you been
blind, or am I SO altered that my
own dear wife does not know me?"
1t was low, wild cry that broke
from the woman's lips when she
again returned the gaze OF those
large dark eyes.
"Then you know me now?"
Know you?" murmured the bar
oness, as she placed one of her hands
upon the mans brow. "Oh, this Is
no wild imaginary OF the brain. 1t is
you-Leopold-my husband!"
"Ay, Olivia-and come back to
bless you. Johanna" he continued,
turning towards his child; "come.
come"
The maiden sprang forward to that
stout bosom aud as she was clasped
in the embrace of her father, not
even Moritz Kraunich dared to
break the silence that dwelt upon
that sacred reunion.
"Oh, my fatherl L am safe-safe at
length fell from Johanna's lips, as she
realized the full fruition OF her
present situation.
@Yes," returned the father. No
power can harm you now"
BY this time, Moritz Kraunich had
recovered himself, and his base soul
sprang once more up into life.
"By Saint PAUL." he thundered, as
he took a step towards the man who
interrupted the nuptials, you may
be Leopold Joseph Leusden. but you
are still Waldeck, the bloody bandit.
and as such your life Is forfeited"
mo, no-Sir Morit q" returned the
noble baron, you, like others, have
been for the past few weeks deceived.
All, whom have We here?"
1t was William Reinberg who en-
tered the hall at this moment Old
Roland had revived, and slipped
quietly out and set him. Vert. Blsn-
derberg and Osan free. He ap-
preached the head OF the hall with
quick step, but ere he reached the
spot where Johanna was standing,
he stopped as though a bullet had
stricken him. His gaze had fallen
upon the baron
@Ah, William-do you not know