The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-05
CHAPTER V,
Marie Wort

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When ! came % myself With an aching
head and a dry mouth. | was hard put
% u FOR a time 20 think what had hap
peaeA % me.
While ! lay wondering and fearing, a
g tood 81 rildy light Framed in tbs
light a young girl appeared standing on
The threshold. She was no other than the
daughter Of the pap,st W'ort-the girl To
F IS wH7an we had gone down 70 the
1 could not restrain an exclamation Of
surp7iso, and the girl started and stopped
pse.sns INTO the corner in which l lay.
Master Martin she said IN low
tone, was that your"
] had never heard her speak before. ana
round, pertaps by Reason OF my weak
" the reugnest, peculiar sweetness In
nss voice. ! wound not answer for a
nt5,Emeiit, made her SPEAK again.
t,,,,i itster Martin, she said, advancing
II don't know" | muttered n, ys,,,
sac, | MAS 80 much puzzled thai this was
nearly fne truth, n you VIII lell me
% sdsaS am l may be able 70 say i
gu are In the kitchen behind the lock-
sNith : forge she answered plainly.
AZ Is Amost noon IL you viii drink
%ts ST'ph you win get Your strength
:, seized the bowl and drank greedily
Wnen set II down my eyes seemed clear
Tell me how you escaped" l said
faint voice. w "a
But the barsY I said
4 am very small" she answered in tho
same low tone. wy
rAt the corner By this house met men
e ~ mn 70 meet me- fed up the passage
seeing light here. I knockel f6o,,1ht
t some woman might pity me and Iako
'And Peter didqn
"A, es .,,,. s2 e, qtnswered simply May Our
I'VE We're the men you met. SAID
erowSily renember now, You were
carrying your brother"
My nr0ther2'
Yes the child"
strange fashion, but / was too Az. 10 AZ
more man notice H. THE child ~
! eonld ask no more. Nv head vas a.
ready splitting with pain i lav bncL "a
I, sqnpqSe went off into a swoon agsin
leepihg an tnat day and until ME MARI,
I, Peter I said. striving IA eaiIoc, ~.
ah9Msnts, what dag Is mr. ~
iigday he answered. lopAng M mo
with his shrewd, pleasant syes L. ' .nI
an old man. over 30, a widover Oi,,b WIS
A1uhs rhHdren and clever al his ti.,dA
, niGNsr kneM a Letter niaa "Wednesisty
iins " his cpuntenance the pieasiir, II a,,
nm 10 sec me recovering ~ sdFe
must go 70 the castle" 1 exbloty,.1
near, ear I9 s,1lsi ana sitting up. DO YOU
do not see the necessity, NJ ans,y.,.
81, looking az me ccoily ana vdthoi,t 6,,SS
Wei :" '"'p RIO countess Is safe and
Bur she has not-ptben stonn.t
was going 20 say too much 'VRP't'
vo, ,n ttaS hot nitt q dozen men with her
Well no Hut one ia a man te'2NpAig'
me young lord has tufned n ca,,91s i, -;
s se'siyh ~ lne Town and al our valiant
a couple OF cann3ni' / eSei. ,,gs'i M.
mere are no cannon IA nho cgsfieits ''"l
tstf na1f sSrn the nuazles Of them NV
from The attic window T1mn,y,ss l,llaAf,
s ~ Dnt pufs9'Aiaster and the minister Ky
y-, % an make tiieir peaer n Wi
here uptl tomorrow fnn,snf',,HH.,t " quietly
II, - ~. SaStie, 10 one WI molesf vi,
, ins towltsStelk WIN be only too piaS ~
me less 20 ray for. shot,id ~ 70 much
y you saved hall q dozen neck =" i,ie Yer
coiintiss n bne,,5 iplly, FOR | hear Inc
AZ thls mention 81 nty iad,e
sSss nl'rd % that had much ad5 ~ h w
t 10y sir9sg Atsegag % fiad he XIII
ana iAen for the iirsi rifne bara,1.e refer
tnat had y companion IA nisf,,,5I Y Nerr
n,S ',ssp 2, straw behind me iay XIX AM Nv
could sec nothing OF his fean,f"e 1u mat
=, lialioW ] exclaimed stfaieistenln, 49,,
him, who IS thi6?' 'Vss'' View of
..t,faYr man Steve Peter said hr,.a..
saa az , ior nm and another Master neiis
'1reil me how Il was Z" "SH'N PC mere"
~, We'll; ne saia, IT negan with tbo -,
sesb a t mere s e.as haa moi 81 RISEN d s
For awhte J dock 10 nefieee ~ my door
ersss7sntiy, az continued. / went n s99At
s be near asard saea sob5lhg on the Stt 's'e
opened and fopnd ne pan,ai a , 81 !
VIII Wy, eh,id sAe had moi been Il. mere
S,le ana the bolts shot on Ms, When NH nm M
the lane, which lasted on ana tI'.leiHise in |
~ n9vr IhHR follQwed a Sudden M halt
haa given the gin some FOOD SiHIsneg