The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-11-09

Iwould he acre hung lcith his olcn tapes
tTUr
seated in the dukes presence be discerned
at once that the game was played out, yet
he rallied himself, bethinking him, fan.
Dy, that there were many spectators. He
made a last effort. The bishop of Ar
ras''- he began.
"Pishl' scoffed the duke, interrupting
him.
THE bishop of Arras''- the priest re-
peated firmly.
II would he were hung. with his own
tapestry" retorted the duke, with a
brutal laugh.
Heaven forbid" replied the ecclesias-
tic, his pale face reddening and his eye
darting baleful glances at me. But he
took the hint, and henceforth said no
more of the hlshon. Instead, he continued
smoothly: "v6ur nighness has, of course,
considered the dargcr-the danger, l
mean, of provoking neighbors so powerful
by shielding this lady and making her
cause your own. You will remember,
sir
Il will remember Innspruokr' roared
the duks in "A rage "whore the emperor
aye and your everlasting bishop, eoo-ned
before a handful of Protestants like sheep
before wolves. A fig for your emperor l
never feared him young, and l fear him
less now that he is old and decrepit and,
as men say, mad Let him get to his
watches and you to your prayers. If there
were not this table between us, l would
pull your ears, Master Churchman!"
"But tell me, - asked Master BERTHE as
stood beside his couch an hour later,
how did the duchess manage itY gath
cred from something you or she said
short time back that you had no influence
with the Duke of Cleves.
Not quite that" he answered. MY
wife and the late Duke of Suffolk had
much to da with wedding the princes sis
ter to King Henry 1914 years back, is it'
And so far we might have felt confident
Of his protection. But the marriage
turned out i'll, or turned out short, and
Queen Anne of Cleves was divorced, and
well, we felt little less confident on
that account particularly as he has the
name of a headstrong passionate man"
Heaven keep him in i'll" l said, smil-
ing But you have not told me yet what
happened"
The duchess was still asleep this morn.
ing, fairly worn out as you may suppose,
when a great noise awoke her. She got up
and went to Dymphna and learned it was
the dukes trumpots. Then she went to
the window, and seeing few people in the
streets to welcome him inquired 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.
She went out straightway, without cover
ing her head-yOu know how impetuous
she is-and flung herself on her knees in
the mud before the dukes horse as he en-
tered. He knew her, and the rost you can
guess.
Can guessi All, what happiness it was
Outside the sun fell hotly on the steep red
roofs, with their rows of easements, and
on the sleepy square in which knots OF
people still fingered, talking of the morn
ing's events. could sec below me the
guard which Duke william, shrewdly
mistrusting the subdean, had posted in
front of the house. nominally to do the
duchess honor. could hear in the next
room the cheerful voices of my friends
What happiness it was to livo What hap
piness to be lovedl How very, very good
and beautiful and glorious a world seemed
the world to me on that old May morning
in that quaint German town which we bad
entered SO oddlyl
As / turned from the window full OF
thankfulness, my eyes met those of Mis-
tress Anne, who was sitting on the fai
side of the sick mans couch, the baby In
a cradle beside her. The risk and exposure
Of the last week had made deeper mark
upon her than upon any of us. She was
paler, gravcr, older, more of a woman and
less, much less, of girl. And she looked
very ill. Her eyes, in particular, seemed
to have grown larger and as they dwolt
on me now there was u strange and sol
emn light in them, under which grew
uneasy.
You have been wonderfully preserved, u
she said presently speaking dreamily
and as much to herself as to me.
II have, indeed, answered, thinking
she referred only to my escape of tn,
morning
But she did not
There was, firstly, the time ON the rv
err when you were hurt with the oar, sh,
continued, gazing absently at me, he
hands in her lap, land then the nigh
when you saw Clarence with Dymphna. 3
"Or rather saw him without her"
interposed, smiling. 1t was strange tina
she should mention 1t as fact, when a
the time she had SO scolded me for making
the statement.
"And then, " she continued disregard
ing my interruption, there was the tim,
when you were stabbed in the passage
and, again, when you had the skirmisl
by the river, and then today you wer
within minute of death. You have beer
wonderfully preseryedl'
II have" l assented thoughtfully
THE more as / suspect that l have Il
thank Master Clarence for all these littl'
adventures. -
"Strange-very strange" she muttered
removing her eyes from me that she nigh
fix them ON the floor.
"What is stranger"
The abrupt questioner was the duchess
who came bustling In at the moment
what is strange'" she repeated, with 4
heightened color and dancing eyes "Shal
/ tell your She paused and looked
brightly at me- holding something con