The sun., 1894-03-04
CHAPTER Will

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| All that day no n essage reached us from the
town When mSrWRtnE mo came without bringing
or org give advice. having been once admitted te
say my say. but l felt that 1t wou d be serious
toWn refused 70 maee a@ssds dpMSa MS ladg fei;
this, too. think; and by and by she held a
council with the Waldgraye; and about mid.
| wry face. bade me have the prisoners conduct ted
to the parlor | cannot say what passed. I
firmly rei,erating her Judgment of the day
before. and only adding that In elemenoy she
Mcua 4 to Ro ahegT and
the hope that they would use their influence to
save the town from worse trouble.
way S' to the he" GATE TsF Wss al 'os N
tremble with excitement and eagerness to be
hand, hung back and marched slowly. his face
Plsiny.or so Construed it"that ysS he regarded r
bis release In the light OF victory. His sal;
mere s Snsd ra and hs
held himself upright with Bible claspsd to
his breast and as he passed pass. me me he could not
The men about me laughed; but I had rea-
and hrstensd into, the house that / m ight
and fraulein Anna. she held up her hand TO
ss asshn9 and H fraafsn G Ann. haf ssy wsIi .nd
half suilsn, Was leaning against the table
i0stinS q the hoGT with with her rsf
what you talked about"
~, Dear mel nv lord said Then Master
pagan learning useless" Frauleln Anna con.
unled rapidly. warming with her subject Il
be wropg In this, as in other matters He
asked me what other matters" FTaulsln Max
continued; growing yolsbls and almost SOnli-
inferloIlty Of women e men. He said yes. he
maintAined that, following Peter Martyr;
so",Fraule Elm Anna laughed a little, eIeitsd
laugh hgh q pleasure, thought ! would take
that He said said ON n YES sI he would foiSs souId
convince him. | said. Fxsmplum You came
here because you were afraid OF our cannon.
We could not flre them II we would. So there.
J0u see. you we're wrong. Well. on that"
Mhat shs answered we never knew. for the
MaldGrays bounded from the table with crash
sEd so1n as Sad TSrs S Rtsan oath
hour or two he was as buoyant and cheerful as
before. dividing the blame Of the eOntreTemps
ing II he had been left to manage the matter
the guilty would have suffered. and Dietz not
how We could be surprised. Yet. when the
stern swell OF one OF LutheI's hymns rose from
easily mems hearts were inilamed By thoss
strains; again, when a huge bonfire In the
market place dlspell ed the night. and for hours
Kept the town restless and waking. i shud-
dered, Tearing i knew not what.
little before daybreak. when all was quist,
went TO take an hours rest had lain down.
and as Tar as l could Judge later. had Just
fsl en- into doZe. when a tremendous SHOCK
which made the very walls round me tTsmhle
Drew me to my feet as II giant hand had
plueked me from my bed. From the direction
OF the stable gate man came cunning out Of
the dusk with half pike on his shoulder.
What 10 ttr' j asked, selling him.
They have blown IN the bridge. the bridge
over the Tayine!' he replied Quick. a gunl
part Is left, and they are hacking it down"
i sprang into the guard house and snAtched
down eATblns three or four ~ which hung
loaded in the loops The sentry who had
brought the news seized another. and We ran
toEethsr through the stable court and 10 the
gate. four or i've Of the servants following us
LOOKING through one Of the ioophOlss in the
further end OF the bridge which spAnnsd the
hand wall, With three or four fact Of the road
WaJ still hung In air. but half dozen men.
whose hEuTss loomsd through haze Of duet
ana gloom, we're working at 1t fuTiously. de-
mollshlnk IL with bars and pleka1sA
l saw In moment What would happen n the
bridge sank and ys we're cut on from al exit
except through the Town gate. ThrustinG ny
weapon through the loophole. aimed at the
nearest work or and fred.
The man dropped his tool and threw uD his
arms, staggered forward : pie OF PAGES and
iell sheer over the broken 2 lEs into the gulL