The sun., 1894-05-06

the surprise that leepg ipto her eyes as they
And stIll I stood gazing at the window and
house. II was = large house Of four stories,
tsa oss the II sosm on oS tR:y ]
| were nneiy carved the gables we're hnlshed
the iowsst excepted Mers three long low win.
| dows Of the com mon Nuremberg type, and the
RsSdow nfS AZ wses S.d eeen s
60 !" the door had 70 lose sight q q and
At last went and knocked. and waited in =
fever for some one TO come. The street was a
pls TSs.0I pSs.ins thought ali the town would 20
~ before a dragging foot at last sounded in
opened o1 % on the the chain. istout rei.iacsd woman
shoyed herseli s !, y, in sn the N aperture.
-" You have girl in this house named Marie
moment ago az t6s window. fknow her and
The woman,a little eyes dwelt on me stolidly
for space. Then she made =, as II She would
fully. We have no girls here Bosone with
Iut put ,t,n ny 2, f2o! against the door Whose
IierI Krfpp,s she answered crustily.
mo, he is not, she retortOd; and II he
were: we have We no baggage I,, & here" And n again M
WhSpe 10 10 he asked S sie,hIy. Ter yo'en'e" "e''
He is at morning drill. II you must know
she snapped: and his two sons Now, VIII
.No3sepse. mother Z" ~, / said. Who is in the
house beside yourseltp
l., What Is that you :" she replied BREATH
have have told yop," said, trying to control
But quick as lightning, the, door slammed
to and cut me short. l had thouRhtless,y
and 90 sirshod down the passage. and though
knocked again in rage the door remained
/ fell back and looked at the house. An elder
ly man in a grave, sober dress was passing.
.n[ sGS.. and caught nI .ssS eye him
s@ = stranger" said. Is he man o,
The person I addressed smiled, He ia
member. member q the Council OF safety, ~. he d sald'
been at St Sebalds drilling"
s% and %Sss hut tho tsRs to
r sword and SstOi Ia his sirSis ana White
Rs Herr kTsperS 1sssid. sal. .,.v,,.s .v,O, ~.
am the Countess OF Heritzburg's stew
planation Douetless you have heard that
=. Certainly" he answered. In the Ritter
Yes" I replied. "A fortnight ago she
missed a young woman, one OF her attendants.
She ~es lost In a night adventure" contln-
d09Ys:" :, ..,.,
Yes" I said stinly
lie opened his eyes wide. Here ?" no said. |
He pointed to his house.
"fmpossibler, he. replied. shutting his lips
household consists OF my two sons and myself.
We have housekecper only. and two lads. / !
wiin&Sow." snsysred o6stinateIy.
, But when the old housok keepsr came. she |
had only the same tale to tell. She was alone. !
ior a Week past. There % was no other woman Woman
there. young or old.
You You viii have i that have Young man
can assure you that there is no ono here"
with me many years. and can trust her. Still |
II you ike you can walk through the rooms"
But hesitatei to do that Tho mans man
hay Rad GSS e S'san % sS M9n
in my dreams. and sometimes painted them
selves on the darkness while l lay wskeful,
so ,yividly as to deceive me. / apolosized. I |
said what was proper. and. with heavy sigh.
Xy. and with bent head The passing crowd
and the sunshine and tho distant musio OF
drum and trumpet grated on me. Fer there
that Marie was dead.
[ was stil broodiDG sadly over the matter
door. 6ut feeling In no mood for small talk
lust then ! would have passed him by and
gone in, II he had not stopped me-
have message for you. Lieutenant" he
What is iti" asked without curiosity.
littlo boy gave IL to me ut the door" he
street y ,cPPo.lte Herr kraDps hsii an hour after @
gnspsd HsEr Krapp'sr exclaimed,
But my face was s as red ed~s as irs. %
h@s %S S%OtOn. % #hat ~as ~as the Il 'So1 SoS
ID p asked.
moment he had done his srrand, aud Steve had
4 In e e Inc EnoW Wig sent him" he added. bStt
l nodded and mumhled something. and went
'n into the house Perhaps was still u little
Easy wny in which she had dropped out Of
,thers lives At any rate, my inst net was to
@ ann % then @ ths stranes nsnatos ssi ni
'ould have only one meaning; but good or
t, and said nothing. even to my lady.
The day seemed long. but at length the even
ng same. and when the men had gone 10 drill
wsTs S HS hdus sPPsS p out pa.sns
Q Q and fTo 70 their drill stations. and OF women
eturnlng before the gatos closed. The hells |
4 many OF the churches were ringing: some
iad services had to nush my way TO reach |
terr Krapp's house in time. but once there
ne crowd OF passers served my purpose by
grooming me, as loi'ered from iurther re-
mark; while took care. by posting myself in !
doorway opposite tho window to make IL | ,
asy for any one who expected To lind me.
And then waited with my heart beating.
he clocks were striking half after Z when
ook my place. and for time stood In a fer
lent of excitement now staring with lated
FeAtn AZ the easement. where L Ind | I
iarie. now scanning all the neig hboring door
'nys, and then again letting my eyes rove
rom window TO window both OF Krapps house
nd the next one on either side. As tho latter
iere built with many quaint oriels, and tiny ,
ormsrs. and had lattiees in side nooks where
ne least looked 10 lind them. / was kept ex-
Getting and employed | was never quite
ure. look where l would. what eyes were
pom mo.
But little by little, as time passed and moth, ,
lg happened. and tho stTolers all went bS
lthout Aecostlng me- aud no faces save
range ones showed at tho windows the heat
I eXHectatinn left mo, The chill OF disAp-
ointment took Its place. began to douOt :
nd fear. The elockE struck x The sun hAd :