Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-07

"She will have seen your banners
glancing in the sun, said SOlita, and
so she will know her sacrifice was
good" Thereupon she turned her again
to her husband For my sake, dear
Rudel. pray you go to BrOyce.' But
still he persisted, saying he would not
depart from her till death, until at last
she ceased from her opportunities, and
went sadly to her chamber. Then she
unbound her hair and stood gazing at
her likeness in the mirror.
"Oh. cursed beauty she cried,
wherein | took vain pride for my sweet
lords sake-truly art thou my ruin and
snare!" And while she stood thus made
moan. the Princess came softly into her
chamber.
He will not leave me, madame, she
sobbed. Joceiande came over TO her
and gently laid her hand on her head
and whispered in her ear: Not while
you liye.'
For awhile Solta sat silent.
ave. madame" she said at length,
"eyen as / came alone to these coasts,
so | will 90 from them" and slowly she
drew from its sheath a little knife
which she carried at her girdle. She
tried the point upon her finger. so that
the blood sprang from the prick and
dropped on her white gown. At the
sight she gave cry and dropped the
knife and 4 cannot do it. she said, 1
have not the courage. But you, mad
amel Ever have you been kind to me,
and therefore show me this last KIND
ness"
q will we'll" said the Princess; and
she made Solita sit upon couch, and
with two bands of her golden hair she
tied her hands fast behind her, and so
laid her upon her back upon the couch.
And when she had so laid her she said:
"But for all that you die, he shall not
go To Broyce, but here shall he bide,
and share my throne with me.
ThereupOn did SOlita perceive all the
treacherv of the Princess Joceliande,
and vainlv she struggled to free her
hands and cry for help. But Jocelian-
de claimed her hand upon Solitas
mouth. and drawing gold pin from
her own hair. she drove it straight in
10 her heart. until nothing but the lit
fle knob could be seen. So Solita died,
and quickly the Princess wiped the
blood from her breast. and unbound her
hands and arranged her limbs as though
she slept Then she returned TO the
hall and summoning the warden, babe
him loose the Sieur Rudel.
1T shall be even as you wish, she
said TO him. Wise and prudent had she
beon had she ended with that; but her
malice was not yet stated. and so she
suffered it to lead her to her ruin. For
She stretched out her hand to him ana
eaid "T myself will take you to your
wife" And greatly marveling, the
Sieur Rudel took her hand and follow
ed. CT;
Now when they were come TO Soil
+o's chamber. the Princess entered hrst
and turned her again 10 my Lord Ru-
del and laid her finger to her lips say
inc. "Hushi" Therefore, he came IN
after her on tiptop and stood a little
way from the foot OF the couch' le"iiis
LEST he might wake his wife.
as she not still?" asked Joceliande,
in a whisper. is she not still and
aStill and white as a folded lily he
ronIiad and like a folded lily, too, in
her White flesh there sleeps a heart Of
cold " Herewith. he crept softly 20
fba couch and bent over her. and in an
Instant he perceived that her bosom
Ala not rise and fall. He gazed swiftly
o+tba princess: she was watching him,
and their glances met. He dropped
unon his knees by the couch
and felt about Solita's heart that ne
,,igbt know whether it beat or not, and
his fingers touched the knob of Joceli-
ande's bodkin Gently he drew the
Gown from Solita's bosom, and beheld
how that she had been slain. Then
aid he weep. believing that in truth she