Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-02

Ou DstNc lClb nST aS nCillc &NoNs Nb HUI deny it, or will tell the others. Bo frank, and will keep your secret, on my honor"
 ''She is my cousin, said, my checks hot
 And her name'"
 "PCtronIlla PctronillaH" my lady repeated shrewd- ". That was the name of your Spanish grandmother thcn"
 Yes, madam. "
 "petronilla? Petronilla'" sho repeated, stroking her check with her hand. she would bc before my timc, would shc not? Net thcrc used to be several Petronillas about tho court in Queen Catherine of Aragou'S days, romembor. There was Petronilla dc Vargas for one, But, therc, guess at random, Why do you not tell mo more about yourself, Master Francisg Do you not know me we'll enough now!"
 There is nothing to tell, madam" said in a low voice.
 Your familyi You come, l am sure, If good houso."
 II did but 1t is nothing to mo now. am cut of from it. l am building my house afrcsh. And" added bitterly. II have not mado much way with it yet.
 She broke, Ercatly to my surprise into q long peal of laughter. "Oh, you vain boyl" she cried. You yalian: castle build ST! How long havo you been about tho work? Thrco months? Do you think a house is to be built in a day? Thrco months, indeed? Quito llfCtimer' Was it three months? It seemed to mo to be fully thrre years I seemed to havo grown more than three years older since that February morning when had crossed Arden forest with tho first light and looked down on Wootton Wawen sleeping in its vale and reused the herOns fishing in the bottoms
 Come, tell mo all about it!'' she said abruptly. What did you do to be cut off?''
 Il cannot tell you, answered.
 A shadC of annoyance cloudcd her coun- tonance, But 1t passed away almost on the instant. Very we'll" she said, with littlo nod of disdain and a pretty gri- maco So be it, Have your own way, but l prophecy you will come to me with your talo somo day "
 went then and took Master Bertie's place at the tiller, and, he lying down, had the boat 10 myself until noon and drGw no little pleasure from tho placid picture which the moving banks and tho | wide river presented. About noon there was general uprising, and coming i'm mctliatcly aftcrward to little island ly ing close to one bank we all landed to stretch our legs and refrcSh ourselves aft | er tho cuntinCmcnt on board.
 We arc over the border now and close to Emmcrich, " said Master LindStrom, though tho mcrr line of frontier will avail Us little if tho spanish soldiers can | by hook or crook lay hands on us! There furr we must ltIs1 no time in getting with | i'll the walls of some town. We should be fairly SCCurU for a few days either in We | sul rr Santon.
 | thought WcSel was tho point wo | were making for " Master Bcrtic said in some surprise.
 It was Wrsrl l mentioned tho other Jay, tho Dutchman admitted frankly. | And it iS tho bigger town and the stron- ger. But have moro friends ill Santon. Tu WcSrl the road from EmmCriCh runs along the right bank To Santon We go by n cross country road starting from the left bank opposite EmmCrich, a r"ad lon gar and moro tedious But we arr much less likoly to hc followed that way than along the Wc<cl road, and, on second thoughts. incline to Santnn.''
 But why adopt either road? Why not CO hy river" 1 asked
 Because wC should ho ovCrtakCn, The wind is falling and the boat, our late host explained moro truly than politely, with the women in it, is heavy
 Il understand. l said. And you feel sure We shall hc purSuCd'"
 For answer he pointed with a smile to his plate chest. Quito surc. he added, With that hcforo them they will think 1 nothing of the frontier. I fancy that for you, if the English government be in earnest, thcre will bc no absolutely safe placo short of the frcc city of Frankfort, unless indeed you havo interest with the Duke of Gloves "
 | .Aht'' said tho duchess and she look ed at her husband
 An" said Master Bertie, and he looked very hlankly at his wife. So that l did not derive much comfort from that sug- gesti0n.
 Then 1t Is Santon isit'" said my lady.
 That first, at any rate, Then, If they follow us along the WCsel road. we shall still give them the slip" 50 1t was settled, neither Van Tree nor the girls having taken any part in the dis cusSion The former and Dymphna were talking aside, and Mistress Anne was sit ting low down on the bank, with her feet almost in the water, immersed to all ap' pearancc in her own thoughts There was a little hustle as we ruSc to get into the boat, which We had drawn up on the land ward side of the island so as to be invisi- ble from the main channel, and In the middle of ;his l was standing with one foot in the boat and one on shore, taking from Anuc various articles which we had land u for rcarrangomcnt, when she whis perrd to mo that she wanted to speak tC me alone.
 II want to toll you something" she said, raising her eyes to my faco and ther averting them Follow me this way"
 She strolled, as if accidentally, 90 or SC paceS along tho hank, and in minute | 4,; h,r al d h. river in tho dirCction from which WIG had como What is it:" said anxiouSly You do not sec anything, do you!' Fol , thero had been hint of bad news In hel |, voice.
 .. She dropped the hand with which sh, had been shading her eyes and turned tG
 me, Master Francis you will not thinl
 me very foolish'" she said. Then I per
 ceived that her lip was Quivering and tha there were tears in her eyes. They wer' : very beautiful eyes when, as now, the!
 grew soft and appeal took the place O challenge.
 What is it'" replied. speaking cheer
 fully to reassure her. She had scarcel. P got over her terror of last night Sh, , trembled as she stood. , It is about Santon," she answered , with a miserable little catch in her voice . II am so afraid of going therel Maste , Lindstrom says it is a rough, long road z and when we arc there we are not a bi , farther from those wretcheS than at Wesel
 and-and"-
 There, there!" said She was on tn , point of bursting into tears and was clear
 ly much overwrought. You are making , the worst of it. If it were not for Maste Lindstrom, 1 should be inclined to choos | Wesel myself. But he ought to knov . best"
 But that is not all, ," she said, claspin . her hands and looking up ct mo with he ' face grown full of SnISwr awo II hay , had dreami'
 Well but Cireams''-I I obiectad