The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-05
CHAPTER XXXIII.

I think that l had spent q week. or It might
be more. In, this situation OF mingled ease and
after a hag.riddcn night. I heard a stir in the
hall; and going that way to learn what II
frem iih @' fro sne s and t"iti FesnfI oW about &c t t some,
thing. Martin, who was foremost, cried: "Ha,
you are too late!' And then drawing me aside,
They. have taken him to tho ONCE" he said.
But for lords sakes, Mr.. Price" he continued.
cypress M his s' sstonish a@a p0'5s WRo w Would %iS "R Rsv We
thought til Her ladyship will be in a taking.
l hope that there may BIO no more in 1t than mp
pears
in this arrest" he answered, cycling me with
us. i hope it may end there. That is all /
say! Between oprselves. ,
know nothing about it! What arresti And
Mr.: Bridges man of business"
sweres., staring a, at m He.' NY lords mothers II
h hns% a 3D. s Ihf Countess to be sure You must
1t needed no more than that; although with
out the name, we might have gone on at cross
held only one Smith for me. and he, it seemed,
was arrested.
difficulty, that l could control my, joy. Fortn.
nalely the little cub where we stood was i'll
lighted, and Martin, a man too much taken uD
of his companions. Still. for a moment l
was perfectly overcome, the effervescence Of
lean against the wall of the room. my heart
bounding. with joy and my head singing. q
pecan, of jubilation. Smith was taken! Smith
was In the hands of justice! Smith was ar
rested and l was free.
The first rapture past. however, began to
doubt. partly because the news seemed to he
too good to be true, and partly because. though
Martin had continued to babble, l had heard
mot noti 4 word. Wild iii; ther r E to- have S.e, the thing hing
brought him back to tie point at which he had
why. Mr.. Price," he answered, II thought
every one knew Mr.. Smith. Mr.. Smith. MI.
lie married the Ccuntess''s fine m~adameNmad
anne they call her in the household, though she
Is no French thing. but Hertfordshire born, as l
up with her. But not every one knows that"
When my lord took up with neri' I said,
cropping among hall. recognized objects and be-
Einning-,so much light may come through the
Mr.. Martin nodded conhdentially: That is
"And Mr.. Smith, too! My lord met her some.
where when he was young and gay and took
Mr.. smith. who had been her lame before.
However. my lord soon tired of her. for though
she was Was a : beauty saa $ she b w had S common mon Ways Jays and md
she went back to her old love, who had first
made her TIE mode, and married him. ! have
when he found her planted at the countess. But
| have nothing to say against her
does my fora sec her now l salu win an
effort.
when he does he looks pretty black at her.
And | fancy that there Is no love lost on her
side"
What did you say ~that-they called herr 1
asked.
.Madame-Mme Monterey"
l remembered where I had heard tho name be-
fore and who had borne It; and saw 80 much
light that 1 was dazzled. And my lord
m~othcr..who married Mr.. Bridgesi She is a
Papisti,'
,'Hush!" he said: 1.-THE less said about such
things the better, Mr.. Price"
But l persisted. st was abe who ran of
with my Lord Buckingham, in King Charles's
killed her husband! And who had Mr.. KILL
grew stabbed in the streets, and"
In a panic he clapped his hand on my mouth.
God, man." no cried, do you know where you
are, or is your head turnedi Do YOU think
that this house is a ft place to give tongue to
such ,thingsf Lord. you will be but a short
time here, and to tho pillory when you go. II
you throw your tongue that way! ! have not
blabbed as much In twenty years and would
not for a Kingdom! Who are you to talk OF
such as my Ladyf'
ITO be ~contfnued.l