Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-10-12

CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.
Now her chilled veins began to circulate
and q new strength seemed 10 possess her,
aud in 8 lew seconds she had scrambled in
TO the cavity (Which was of considerable
space and was therein hidden and Sc
cure.
Corona uttered fervent thanksgiving,
and then lay STILL breathleSs!y hardening
to every sound. At this mo!nen; she was
bitterly blaming the rashneSs and folly OF
that hou-i in which she had fed from. her
home, to be thus hunted by bIicands in the
wood of Boiville and she would have
given much for tha, safe shelter she had
recently abandoned. But these useless re-
pinings Of hers were checked by the brig
ands approaching voices.
The rutfians and the mistress o! the
caba' ct were now close 10 her place OF con-
ceaiuent,
The woman uttered sudden exclama-
ton, stopped and picked up the mantle
dropped a few seconds ago by Corona.
Look, Franco She cried, holding up
the garment. look, the bird cannot be far
of for here is one OF its feathers
Az these words Corona telt deadly sick
ness overpowc-jug her She feared that
she would ROW lie discovered, and gave
herself up wholly lost
.Diable:" returned Franco, fu-!ou>ly.
"Where is She
And thus saying he flashed the lantern
hither and thitho-, hoping 70 discover the
object Of their cruel search.
But nowhere wa Sic 20 be seen. You
see, not raising their eyes. they pcrcc;yci
not the great hollow in the tree trunk be-
fore them, aud accordingly passed onward,
itingjng the rays @! their lantern around
them aS they went.
For hours ana ho1,r, Ike wre.chcs n11rsu.
cd their Quest. wni!c ohicc; oil. ,yos
cronchimg in her place OF concealmen,.
anXiUu,Iy watching. and i;S,cui,lr
A cool, !r,.>l mir lad NOW Penetrated tho
Ica:y forest. and ,hn cray. .,I,o-iI, Iirht ~
morn was rrccpjnr .tiroir!I ,Lc ;hickIy in
tcrlaci,l- branches, when Corona e,ncrrrl
rom the friendly ,h.}irrnr,hc Iolinw,rnn
and d-oun.G to i,,c ,,rouud 81. wa, Inv,
prv faint and sick mad knew u.hi.hcr
10 direct her tYot.terS Nv n. nil al .hc
incrr,si,,I li,,,. ia son,, cniI,.I Ln,. ,..,,.
on: ol,he woo. and rcocheI ;l.L;rhrn,ri.
ten leaving Tie lonely c.borc, tnr h..
hind her she sped swiftly onward, and
unwardS neyc- once i,arsir,, ,I,,il she h,I
placed miles brtwIyt herself and l,cr toes
Corona had now arrived at q small town
and q uuict-loukiuv inn was Circc,ly j,
front OF her En, ,Lc 1T,vclcr i,un,,
back. ashamed of her dusty and
staiuei hoI;iincn,s L..;to,i,, 10 ~,
place of cntcr,ainmcnr Corona WA
inclined to burst into a flood Of PASSIONATE
tears when she regarded the su>picious-
looking appcarauce She nresontcd She fol,
how crafty She had acted, ana was sorry
for What she had done. She wished nov
that she had batt!c,l will! her hearts dis.
appointment tina; She had dis,lavcd
strength and resistance. and firmly main.
tanned her position in the world instead OF
becoming a wandrrcr .bout i; She
thought OF Paul Fayarec, and Of, the love
she had borne him. aud of the Count, whose
honorable affection she had treated so I'm
graciou,ly, ana her bosom yrcw Sorer ard
Sorer as she reflected
She did not regret having avoided we'd
ding the Count lar iru!n it: TO. She iuariu-
ed that sh. mus, .uyr Paul Favaryc ALWAYS;
but she regretted that She had ever suffered
her iortitude and her prudence to iorsa,;e
her as they had dare
At length, Corona. Selling courage. walk
cd into the little inu, an! requested to
speak with The ui>;rc>> of it: 10 whom, in
simple and homes, language. Shcat once re.
lated :s n;icll o; her narrative as served Il.
explain her position, AID clear il from al,
dlslfuN!. Corona rccpuutc.ch her advcu-
tuTe at the ca'a:r', and her c-c:,pe From, the
tr!gand'; but he: description OF the where
nbouts OF the place WA "a confused. that it
was dlil!cult TO understand from it which
OF the many lone raoarcts she wiSllclto i'll
d!rate
Corona was both wcar:ed and weakened
ny the recent scenes OF terror She had zone
through; ana most welcome 10 her was the
quiet AID rerosc Size was now cnabl ed t.
working and honest, and Corona sought
her nightly pillow without lear or >'.spi.
cion OF any kind
Corona had adopted the lolnclv dress o!
wcll-to-do peasant in which she locke
quite as beautiful as in her ample robes OF
glistening silk. Size still wore mc--Paui
Eavar-c'S last love -iit-conccalcd rom OBJ
servaton. but where she could peep at lue
sometimes, and raise me to her lips to kiss.
1t was bright summertime, and the
country hercahouls was very lovcly--so
lovely, that Corona wa tempted to lnger
IN It,. And now you might see her daily
wandering through rich meadows, or sit
ting by some purling stream, dreaming
dreaming, dreaming ofthc man who had
proved false to his yows-of love she
could never call hers. Corona was very sad
and unhappy at this period-Of that there
cannot possibly be single douht-but she
was not breaking her heart for all that
Well, days and weeks sped on and now
Corona was gradually beginning to think
that a falthlc>s lover was. mot worth either
her tears or her signs; and thinking thus
her eyes grew brilliant again, and her
checks resumed their roseate hue: her step