Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-03
CHAPTER XIII

cloak before him, and thus hurdenUd could not wvll go beyond a smooth UmblC, while the guides, w'u were on foot, and the pack horses found this pacc us much as they could manage. X littiU while, and the rNhiIaraIun of the start died away. The fine morning was followed by wet evening, and lo'furu We had left Emmcrich thrro miles tprhind us Master Bcrtiu and l had como to luok s.i uIaV another meaning ly. We were moving in d drrary, silent procession through heavy rain, with the prospect of the night closing in early. The road, too, grew moro heavy with each furlong and presently began tn bo CovCrcd with puulS of water. w" tried to avoid this Inconvenience by rvSOrtinG to the hill slopes on our left, but found tho attempt a waste of tim" uS a deep stream or back water, hOrdCrrd by marshes intcrvrnrd. Tho narrow road. raised but little above tho level of the swiftly flowing river on our right. turned out to hr our only poSsihlc path, and when Master Brrtio disccrnrd this his facr grrw more and more graVo.
 We soon found indeed as We pluddrd along that a sheet of water, which pAlvly rvllrrird the evening light, Was taking the plarr of the road, and through this We had tO plaSh and plash at a snail S pace, one of the guides on q pack horse leading the way and Master BrrtiC in charge of his wife coming next; then, at soma dis tanCe, for her horse did not take kindly tO the water, the younger woman followed i'll my care. The other Suid" brought up the rear In this way, stopped constantly hy the fears of the horses, which wcrc scared by the vxIansr of flood before them, We Crrpt wrarly on until tho moon rose. It brought, alas, an access of light, but no comfort. The water seemed continually to grow deeper. the current on our right swiftrr, and each moment 1 dreaded the annourcvnrnt that farther advance Was Impossible.
 IL seemed to havr come to that at last, for l saw the duchess and her husband stop and stand waiting for me, their dark shadows projected far over the moonlit sur face.
 ''What is tn be dnnc>" Master Brrtio called out aS Wt' moved up to them. ''Thr guide tells l,r that there is a broken piece uf road in frrlit which will he impassahlr 1 with this depth ut water
 had rNpt rtrI tu hear this, vet 1 was so dumfound,d-fur this being true, We were lost indCrd-thAt for a time l could not answer. No one had uttered a wrrd of rCrrynch, but l know what they must he thinking. had brought them to this. | IL Was luy foolish in>ietvncc had done it. | Tho poor least under me shiVcrrd l struck hm with my heels. Two must 20 forward,'' said desperately. Or what: | What dn yuu think: Go hackf' '':t,udy. >t,a'ly, Master Knight Er rant" lh, Gurh,>, cried in her calm, hrlvr voice, Il never knew you so bad a | counselor l,i, cv''
 It is my fault that you are here, l said, luokinE Gj>runllv around. "prrhup> the oth,r road is a> had, l Master Erlti, i,rlr,d Al any rate, that l iS past and i:vl. Ttu' uur>tiyn i>. What l arc We l." q l., N To r main her" iS [" die fl cold Hn;! n;>,ry. To .,n back may hr tu run into thr rrI my arms, To gn forward -
 'Will he to hr GroW nrd:" Mistress Anne cried, with Inttlul sob.
 ruu,t mt i,li:m,' lIrv. \ mora GluuIny | outlook than uul> ;!S we >Lt Vn our JAdrd horses in the rliuul, If t,iS waste of Vii trr>, which aiTrHr'i in the moonlight t2 ] he hruI,.i,,~e. r,.ulI scarcely I,' imaE iurd. l The uI2l.t wn~ cold Ter the limv uf !,ar, and thv kr,u wind lirrCrd our garments and hrnunih'.d our liuh~. At any mo l l,l,Et I!v Ia!u IHIGEt begin atrv>h and th'' 1 moo Il e overcast. of uuretlVc>, Wo Cuuld Itut take a >:, ! without danger and our | ruil,s had lu,u2jt ~tIy lost their hrids and lnn.;, Il only tn rr;,.rlt
 ''N,t l nm G,r <, ing frrWAyd, the duvhr-~ urr,I II tarI" l" lu.; this "nr i,ld piarv. N" may I..!-~ il with rrl'-
 'Wr u1y h>r hu~,and a>>,'r,t, iduhi uu>!y. "Iiul supl,u~,, whvu wr have I,I,-, q it We can :;n Il" farther Supl"s" the -
 1t k no .,uud suI pusiu&"' she rrtrrtrd, with some suuIplr,>s. Let Ills cro-> thi, place l!r>t. IIy! .a.d, and We will deal With tar ut hrr N hvN Wt ,oluV Ia il
 lie nu,,d,d ;,>,,nt. and We moved slowly l frrM :.rJ. cuiulvlling thr guides tu A,p first. In this order w. wadrd sunlv hundred ynrG> throu@h water which grew d,rpyl With ,.svh ,.sV. until il ru~r nearly |" oul Glrih>. Than the lId> stopped.
 ''-\r, We "lvr>' ~;lid thr durhrss eagerly
 F,r n,~>,cr ,lr uf Il.rm pointed tn tA, Guud lr!,Ir hiu:. and IvoIlnE forward i.lAd:' "l.t A current, >wrrIInE silently anU swift! actv~> our ath-a current with aI unain, ,!s r;ls!l and swirl.
 "uN,:' E!unJ,d Master Rvrltr. x" ti!~ k th" pl-,y Svr, the ro;,d has IiN,l Way. und line ~!r,nnI i~ IuuiIr% ti'l,.t-i it, .t IL, r>,r l ,,!Rr Ii l. -'itHI-
 v,I~, ,N,r! .' .ntIv :.> Ih' hanks ,rurn
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 rnl ,a.,d forward. L,hin4 at it. I wA- iiut silo tu say huw >ly,p the W..;v Mn~ IT how i.r tLr dr,p Fart might K l., md. and wo had with u> a chld amd tW' wuilltu
 .N must .o I.avA said Ma~ter Evrti
 IT,. l., rfrr,, i- Iln ,lrult 3.l"tlit il
 ,. ;,,,d k rising If N" Ln n"t talk
 c;ll,,. N, shall !o. rut "tT anl lr able Ju :,
 nvIIAcr I,., -.,.! l,.v forward cam"
 ste d t,ul ul u:y ItI;d, ;lS lt h. lrtur,, r
 je}.iud H..
 IIrwl~ r..3t Far and wide. wh,I,>,
 our "N,.~ ,ut.lI r,.l, ii, the lt,"'ulI:ul >..
 r,.!r,;d III a eh,,; fl wAts.r 'W.r
 ur.:r,y ur to our Ej,t!l~ in water. On "t
 >l!r >>.t~ IL" harry .uE river; an the ,ihv
 W, rv Iu.' trvAo q, ruu~ depths ut the la, h
 wlt,r u.i>,d the guide as W,u ;!~
 Cuu!d w!.rt h,-r he road w,.> good beyond
 He an>wtr,d d H.at hr did not know. II
 and lis ...t,l;s;.l,un Were so terrified tha
 Nr uhly h,ri them beside Us hy threats. Il l. ar We must go back, l said, as
 srutiMg ~urruW fully.
 EN,u tIir ,lU>S aCrrrd. and We wrr
 in the act of turning tO rctraCC our step with what spirit We might when dis
 tant sound brought u> all to a standstil again The wind Was blowing from tn quarter whence We had Comc-from Elm mcrich-and 1t drought to Us the scum
 of voices. We all stepped to listen. GCs
 they were vuicrs We Ararl-loud, >triden | tones, mingled now with the sullcn plas 1 of hurS, S tr;lmpiug through the water.
 looked at the duchess, Her face was pale but her courage did not fail her. She III dcrStuud in atriCc that the danger We ha
 so much drradCd was upon Us; that w , were followed, and the followers were g
 our heels. and she turned her horse rOun | again. Without a word she spurrrd ' back toward the deep part. seized Anne
 rein and followed. notwithstanding tn; the poor girl in her terror would have T,
 sisted Letting the guides go as the Il, fnSa nd 70 selves abreast again, our horses cranir