Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-30

"Wo have forgottsn to bring stone,
 lad, ," ho said in low voice.
 | A stones" l answered, turning. l was
 pulling the stroke oar, and my back was | toward him. Do we want stone?' To sink the body" ho replied. We
 cannot bury 1t in tho marsh, and if wo
 could it were trouble thrown away. We must hav0 stone.
 What is to be donef" I asked, leaning
 on my oar and shivoring as much in i'm | patience us nervousness. Must we go back?"
 No; wc are not far from tho causoway 1 now," he answered, with Dutch coolncss.
 "ThCre arc some big stones, l fancy, by
 the end of tho bridge. If not, there arc 1 some lying among the cottages just across 1 tho bridge. Your eyes arc younger than
 mino, you had better go. I will pull | on and land you"
 I aSsrntcd, and, the boats course being 1 changed q point or two, thrcc minutes | rowing laid her bows on the mud some | bO yards from the landward bend of the
 bridge and just in tho shadow of the
 causeway. l sprang ashore and clamborod
 up. ''IiiSt!' ho cried, warning mo as I
 was about to start on my Crrand. Go
 about it quietly, Master Francis. Tho people will probably be in bed. But be secret" "
 nodded and moved off as warily as ho could desire, 1 spent a minute or two | pCerin2 about the Causrway, but found nothing that would serve our purpose. | There was no course left then but to cross
 the blanks and seek what wanted in the | hamlet. Remembering how tho timbors
 had crcakcd and clattercd when wont
 over them in tho daylight, l stolo across l Cn I I hoH n ln of | stones near one of the posts at that end, | but could not find them now, and after groping about awhilC-for this part was | at the moment in darkness-I crept eau | tiously past the first hOvcl pccring to right
 and left aS l went. 1 did not like to con
 fcss to myself that was afraid to be alone
 in the dark, but that was nearly the truth.
 l was fcvcriShly anxious to find what 1 wanted and return to my companion. Suddenly l paused and held my breath. A slight sound had fallen on my ears, nCrvously ready to catch tho slightest I paused and listened Yes, there it was again-a whispering of cautious voices close by mo, within a few feet of me 1 | could sec no one, but moments thought told mo that the speakers were hidden by the farther corner of the cottage abreast of
 which 1 stood. The sound of human
 voices, tho assurance of living companion ship, stcadicd my nerves and to some OK
 tent rid Inc of my folly. I took n step to | one side so as to he moro completely in the shadow cast by tho reed thatched
 caves, and then softly advanced until I | commanded a view of tho whispcrers. They wCrr twO-a man and n woman and the woman was of all people Lymph na! ShC had her back to me, but she
 stood in the moonlight, and I knew her hood in a moment. The man-surcly the | man Was Van Tree then, if tho woman
 was DymVhna? l stared. l felt sure it
 must hr Van Trrr. It was wonderful
 enough th1t Dymphna should su far hayo
 rrGainrd nerve and Cumpusuro as tO rise | and come out tu meet him. But in that casr her conduct, though strange was OK plicahl'. If not however, if the man were
 not Van Tree
 Well, ho certainly was not. Staro as I
 might, rub my eyes I might, I could
 not alter the mans figure, which was of tho tAllVSt. whereas l haVU said that the young Dutrhman was short. This mans face, too, though ii was ohscurcd as he | bent over the girl hy his cloak, which was pulled high up ahuut his throat, was
 swnrthy->warthy and hcar,llrss, I made out. More. lis c|p had a feather and even
 as he stood still t..u.I3:ht l read the sol diCr in his aytitudr-tho soldier and the Spaniard!
 What did it mean? On what strange | combination had lii? Dymphna and a Spaniard! Impossible! Yet thousand doubts and thuU4htS ran riCt in my brain; | a thousand con- j,rturrs ju>tlrd uhr another to s;,t uppvruin,t. What N,aS 1 to do% What ought tu de: t;u nr..rcr Ia them, l aS near as possible, and listen and learn the truth, or steal back the way l had | como and fetch Master liristrum: But, first, was it certain that tho girl was there
 of her own frro will? Yes; the question
 was answered as soon as put. Tho man
 laid his hand gently on her shoulder. She did not draw back.
 Confident of this, and consequently of
 Dymphna'S bodily safety, hesitatcd and was beginning to consider whether the best course might not ho to withdraw and say nothing, leaving the question of flu turc proceedings to be decided after 1 had spoken to her on the morrow, when a movement diverted my thoughts. The man at last raised his head. Tho moon light fell cold and bright on his face, dis playing every feature as clearly as if it had been day, and though had only once
 seen his face before 1 knew it again. And know him! In n second was back
 in England, looking on far different scene l saw the Thames, its obb tide rip | bling in the sunshine as 1t nipples past | Green wiCh. and small boat gliding over | it, and a man in tho bow of tho boat, n
 man with grim lip and a sinister Cyo. Yes, the tall soldier talking to Drmphna I in t!a' moonlight, his cap tho cap of a | Slar' T guard, was Master Clarence the Gu, hros chief enemy!
 1 staid my foot. With a strange settling
 into resolve of all my doubts, felt if my sword, which happily had brought with
 me was loose in its sheath and leaned 1 forward scanning him. So he had tracked us He was hrrel With wonderful vivid l ness pictured all the dangers which men, | aCrd the duchess, Master BcrtiC, the Lind stromS, myself through his discovery of Us, all the evils which would bcfall us if 1 the villain went away with his tale. For
 getting Dymphna's presence, I set my
 teeth hard together. He should not escape
 me this time.
 But man can only propose. As I took
 a step forward trod on round piece of
 wood, which turned under my foot, and I
 stumbled. My eye left the pair for q sec ! -A M5&