The sun., 1894-03-04

she has CONS. has she not Z" my lsdL sste ed,
md gone, believe, q. ihs staolss And And
LIE. j suppose and prefers them"
But that is not right my lady said. look
n 6s Stable eOu a. IL e small Tn.
rays Of the sun even et noon scarcely warn It,
and SHADOW, seemed to fall on our party as
were going about their Ordinary duties They
started on seeing my lady, who seldom en-:
10 'io do rsysrsncs @ nee to her. One led the way up
fight OF outside eteps which gave ecSess TO
rsi.etPs s RS tss @sldSPsyss SIs % hand and gazing
With an uinmSyed syest ne 81 unlsnced ME edge on
This is is not not a az place Tor maldsup' 1
stopped. The loft was dark. the uneszed
good. and knew. the place and saw at once:
what my lady had seen. think, at q second
sirI "Ss Sss Fn.sIins had been SneeiiHs. fos
= as l entered she rose to her feet with word of
arm. arm :. was helpless and nauhd erine talking
strange nonsense and rolling his head rest
why YOU sre ohilsl" nv lady said; and
this time her voice was soft and low and full
of surprise. Who is thisr she continued.
pointing to the man who never ceased to bab-
y" Il is Steve. my lady" said. He was hurt
Ss R0 Elm. 'n' suppose % thins no noon one told
her to go elsewhere" added byway oil spol-
,"%hers could sh. b. better p ny lady, said
continued, come here. 90 not be afraid.
stand, on the further side Of steve. where che
crouched tremblinely and looking at us with
she came slowly eSS snd % timd 'tS ofward The t.
boy who had run to her holding her hand and
81. bis In hs5 sa o
Countess and kissed her hand, sobbing piteous
words Of ithankiqlness and appeal;
IN her own voice. /" You are safe now. Be
to Steve. and touched bis hand and spoke to
him. But he did not know her. and she step
The fever is on him now" Marie said tim
ter by and by. II your Excellency plesses."
swsred = ssslns sssrchn sly at The otheasi pale ale
face. VIII you stay with him. child. or would
You not rather come into the hopse where nd %g
be more comfortabieS !" saw "0N
A look Of distress fiicksred in the girls eyes.
fully. He was hurt trying TO protect me-"
she murmured; In a lev voice,
saw y iaSy tSst sSsasa she %a: not aspea ssaii
stay with MIN will sss ,ss are ssssq care
went out and she closed the door. At the head
sS ssi e. TnsR fs . tsrsys stood her
"BIinE me a hammer and nail" she cried.
" W iucu, nobfJ heu ouE ksEEisou.
had collected below. hearing whore We were:
One Of these ran and fetched what she called
she meant. took the hammer and nail from
the man and went up again with thsm.
Give me my glove" she said. turning
abruptly to the Wadgrave.
He had possessed himself OF one in the
course OF the conversation l had detailed. and
no doubt he did not give 1t UP willingly.
q" Hold IL against the door," che said.
He obeyed. and with her own hands she
drove the nail through the glove. pinning 1t to
the middle OF the door. Then she turned with
little color In her face.
That is my room" she said. with menace
And have a care. .menl Whatever is wanted
inside. place at the threah old and begone."
Then she came down. followed by tho Wald-
grave. and walked through the middle Of US
and went back to the terrace. with Fraulein
Anna at her heels. Tho walderavs fingered
moment to look at a sick horse. and TO give
an order. When we reached the terrace court
n few minutes later We found my lady walking
up and down alone In the sunshine.
Where is the learned Anna p my lord said.
We'll. l thl nix she is a little Jealous" my
lady answered with smile. We have been
80 long colloQuing with PApist Anna thinks
some am ends are due to the Church. And she
is gone to make them. AZ any rate she ask ed
to Dietz For what I said. To discuss a
point with him. she answered. So told her
to go II she liked. and By this time 1 don't
doubt they are hard at It."
over Voetius" my lord said. laughing.
BeZa, moro probably. or Calvin. You know
little OF eithen do not wonder that Anna is
driven to seek more improving company"