Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-09

w "I tpOuld he iCcrc hung trtth his 0tCIt tdpes-
 try!"
 seated in tho duko's presence hc discorncd Rt once that the game was played out, yet ho rallied himself, bcthinking him, fan cy, that thCro wcro many spectators. He made last effort Tho bishop of Ar ras''- he began.
 "Pish!' scuffCd tho duke, intcrrupting him.
 Tho bishop of Arrns''- tho priest ro- pcatcd firmly.
 II would ho wcrc hung with his own tapostryr' rctOrtCd tho duko, with a brutal laugh.
 "Hcavcn forbid!" replied the ccclosias- tic, his pale facc reddcning and his Cyo darting balCful glanccs at mo. But ho took tho hint, and hcnccforth said no more of the bishop. Instead, he continued smoothly: Your highncss has, of course, considered the daEgCr-thc danger, 1 mean, uf provoking nrighbors so powerful by shielding this lady and making hcr cause your own. You will remember. sir
 II will rcmcmbcr Innspruck!" roarCd the dukc in n rage, 'whrrr the emperor ayc, and your everlasting bishop too-fcd before a handful of prutcstants like sheep before wolves. X fig for your Cmpcrorl never feared him young, and 1 fear him less now that he iS old and dCcrCpit and, as men say, mad. Lrt him got to his watches and you tu your prayers. If there were not this table between Us, would pull your oars, Master Churchmnn!" But tell mo, '" asked Master Bcrtio ns stood beside his couch an hour latUr, how did thu duchess manage it2 gath | ercd from something you or sho said | short time back that you had no influence with tho Duke of Gloves" Not quito that" he answered. My wife and the latS Duke of Suffolk had much tu do with wedding tho princes sis | ter to King Henry l3--l4 years back, is 1t? And so far we might have felt confident of his protection, But tho marriage turned out ill, or turned out short, and | Queen Anno If Gloves was divorced, and we'll wr f,lt q little lrss confident on | that avcuunl. particularly uS he has the nam" "f d hrad>tr"nE, passionate man." "HcavCn keep him in it" said sinl l ing But you have not told mo yet what happened"
 "Thr duchess was still asleep this morn | ing, fairly worn out, as you may suppose, l whom great noise awokc her. Sho got up l and went to Dymphna and learned it was 1 the dukes trumptts. Then Sho went to | tho window, and sccinsSfew people in tho streets to welcome him inquirCd why this was, Dymphna broke down at that and | told her what was happening to you, and | that you were tO die at that very hour I Sho went out straiGhtway, without cover ! ing her hcad-yOu know how impotuous shc is-and flung herself on her knees in the mud before the dukes horso as he on I I.N h,- [ l,.Ar att guess"
 Can gucSS' An, what happiness 1t was! Outside tho sun fell hotly on the steep red roofs, with their rows of easements, and on the sleepy square in which knots of people still linEVrcd talking of the morn l ing'S events 1 could scU below mo the guard which Duko William, shrrwdly mistruStinS tho SulliVan, had posted in front of the house, numinalty to do tho duchess honor. l could hear in tho next room the cheerful voices uf my friends. What happiness it was to live! What hap pincSs to be loved! How very, very good and beautiful and glorious a world seemed the world to mo on that old May morning in that quaint German town which we had | entered so oddly
 ] As l turned from the window full ol thank fulness, my eyes met thosc of Mis- tresS Anne, who was sitting un the far | side of the sick mans couch, the baby in a cradle beside her. Tho risk and exposure of the last week had made a deeper mark upon her than upon any of us She was paler, gravcr, older, moro of woman and less, much less of girl. And she looked very i'll. Her eyes, in particular, seemed to have grown larger, and as they dwclt on mo now there was strange and sol
 emn light in them, under which grew
 uneasy.
 You have been wonderfully preserved, ? she said presently, speaking dreamily
 and as much to herself as to mo.
 II have, indeed, answered, thinkine
 she referred only to my escape of th' morning.
 But she did not
 There was, firstly, tho time on the riv CT when you were hurt with the oar" sh, continued, gazing absently at me he
 hands in her lap, and then the nigh when you saw Clarence with Dymphna.
 "Or, rather, saw him without her."
 interposed, smiling It was strange tha
 she should mention it as fact, when a : the time she had so scolded mo for making | the statement.
 3 And then" she continued, disregard
 ing my interruption, ''there was the tim when you were stabbed in tho passage and, again, when you had the skirmisl by the river, and then today you wer within a minute of death. You have beel l wonderfully prescrved!" 3 II have" I assented thoughtfully 7 | "The moro as I suspect that I have t 3 thank Master Clarence for all these littl adventures
 "Strange-very strangel' she muttcred B removing her eyes from me that she migh fix them on the floor.
 3 What Is strangc!" \ The abrupt questioner was the duchess t who came bustling in at tho moment , "What is strangc!" she repeated, with : heightened color and dancing eyes. "Shal . tell youf' She paused and locke, 3 brightly nt me, holding something con t cealed behind her. 1 guessed in a mo l ment, from tho aspect of her face, wha t it whs-the letter which I had given t. - Master Lindstrom in tho morning, ant . which, with a pardonable forgetfulness, l had failed to reclaim.
 8 turned very red. Ut was not intcnde
 for you now," said shyly, for in the let B ter had told her my story. 0 Pooh, poOh!'' she cried. Ut Is just a
 thought A pretty piece of follyl No, t she continued as l opened my mouth, '' 2 am not going to keep your secret, sir. To may go down on your knees. It will be c ! no use. Richard, you remember Sir Ar
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