The Monitor-register., 1897-03-26
HOW HE WON E

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2OO years wiser, have learned to do, in a
self-controlled manner eminently conduc.
tive to the steadying of that obstreperous
organ.
What mattered the great insn ERECTION.
the cruelties of Judge Jefferies, and a
fugitive patron with a price upon his
head, when love had sought shelter in his
heart, and she to whom he had built a
shrine was just as far away from him as
the width of the table.
vi what consequence that she was the
Lady Gertrude. the daughter of a noble
conspiIator, and he but a tutor without
land or wealth! So he continued his
story, looking at his book as if he were
reading therefrom.
Aud the poor man loved the rich lady
and he dared not tell her of his love lest
she should scorn him."
Then surely he was fearful at moth
ing, which methinks means he was 8
coward, Master Humphrey"
"a coward, if 'twere cowardly to feai
the anger of his lady"
"Why should he expect such o p
HE had naught to offer her but hil
love-"
Love was wealth enough! But l am
tired of your story. IT'S not 80 good as
you want to tell, Master Humphrey: ap6
tits u last lesson" she added. very
gently.
You will not miss the lessons ?"
"No, no my lessons, only the stories
| have loved some of them"
Aud ste moved restlessIy in her seat as
if she would say mora, yet could not find
the words.
but surely my father should be here
even now," she murmured at last.
The poor tutor turned pale. "You W ill
go with him to Holland ?" he said.
sit would be a great risk to accompany
him, but | follow to morrow, if all
succeeds as we have planned. And il
they should take him! They have killed
the Duke. Why are they not satis fed :
Poor Monmouth
"They will not take him!"
Nov at the last moment l am terrified
lest things should not go we'll. Look at
the time! He may be here at any
moment. Indeed, he should be here
now!'
The Lady Gertrude rose hastily, and
stood-tall even as the young tutor by
her side-with a look of eager Impotence
on her fair face.
"Not yet time, l think" said he. $50
cross the marshes on foot needs indeed an
hour"
So they stood irressolute, each with
hearts for one another and thoughts for
the absent fugitive.
There are learned men ia Holland, l
am told" stammered the young man,
i%rrelevantly.
ut is so rumored; yet not more than
that there would still be room for another,
l am sure, Master Humphrey
Which pretty speech nigh overpowered
the equanimity of Master Humphrey and
threw him into a discourteous silence like
encpuh to ,in-a, his nehio -puph, who,
indeed, felt she had made too bold and
had lacked in modesty, since he would
vouchsafe no answer.
Continue your story, SIR" she said,
with marked colness. 81 have no mind
for lessons just now."
"There is no more to tell, my lady" be
said.
"Then tits a poor story"
"'Twas about a poor man."
"With a poor spirit"
NAY, do not challenge him; for he
hath an idea 'twere better to be poor
spirited than false hearted"
"Why should he be either ?"
"Were it not a mean thing to harass an
unprotected lady and false to betray the
trust of her noble parent, bis patron,
when he was absent risking life for his
''To harass her would be wrong sir; to
betray a trust a worse wrong; yet l can
see that. if be loved the lady well, he
would be doing either of these things"
"Madam, Were l, your humble tutor,
the poor man, would you still so reason ?"
"Were you that man, Master Hum
phrey, l could but be sorry for the lady"
"'Tis a fair answer; l crave your par
don! Shall we continue the translation ?"
"Were you the man, in truth l should
be sorry for the lady to have so inconstant
a lover"
"Inconstant, madam ?"
"Who will make you love, wherever he
may find a ready listener, though in con-
vert language that saves him from a
declaration. Pray Master Humphrey, if
it be as you declare, that you are this
man, convey my sympathies to the lady!"
Now the tutor rose in wrath, and would
have gone his way, for without doubt his
was making sport of him; but
the sound of faint footst pa from behind
the paneled wall arrested bis attention,
and he stood still, considering whether
'twere best to go or stay.
at is my fathe1!' cried the girl, aware
that he alone knew the secret passage.
Then Master Humphrey saw a look of
joyful relief rise to her pretty face, and
he remembered how brave she had been,
how good and noble and fair she was, and
how miserable a worm was he; and so
lifted his head in the pride of humiliation,
as Undetermined folks are sometimes
wont to do, in such 2 that the
Lady Gertrude found him as beautiful
and arrogant as a king, for all his shabby
and slight stature.
II may not see you again; he will cross
to. day. tomorrow" she said, in sudden
haste.
"God be with youl' answered the
tutor, and he DO wed low.
The fugitive noble stood in the shadow
of the open paneling, and the Lady Ger
trude, full of apprehension that he
should stay too long, strained an ear to
catch any ominous sounds from without
and drank in eagerly the detailed plans he
slowly explained of his own escape to
Holland, and her journey thither On the
morrow by another route.
When he ended there as a little silence
between them, as with those whose hearts
are too full to speak. 1t was speedily
broken, however, by a loud ringing of
the great bell, which reverberated from
the deserted courtyard below through the