Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-04

dislike for the chief actors and no horror
at the things they did or attempted Nay.
TOT one or them who might seem to sum up
IN her own person the worst of all that was
TO be urged against king and court l had
cnerlshed desperate love that bred even
IN death an obstinate and longing memory.
Now a change had come over me. seemed
10 see no longer through my own careless
eyes, but with the shamed and terrified
vision OF the girl who. cast into this fur
mace. caught at my hand as Offering her
me sole chance to pass unscathed through
the FIRE. They were using her in their
schemes. She was to be sacrificed First
she had been chosen as the lure with which
10 draw forth Monmouths ambitions from
thelr iair ana reveal them to the spying
eyes of York and his tool Carford If Thai
pan We're changed now she would be no
better Tor the change. The king would and
could refuse this NJ. de Perrencourt-I
! lauSned bitterly as l muttered his name
nothlng. however great. Without a thought
ne would fling the girl to him, If the ALL
powerful hnger were raised to ask for her
Charles would think himself well paid nv
ms brother kings complaisance toward his
own inclination. Doubtless there We're
great bargains Of policy a-making here in
the castle, and the nature Of them l made
shlit TO guess. What was it to throw in a
.liiie oL elther siae barter Barbara Quin-
ton against the French lady, and content
Two princes at a price SO low as the dis
honor of two ladies'? That was the game
otherwise whence came NJ. dc Perren-
=
Inc king saw eye to eye with NJ de Perren-
court and the kings son did not venture
to thWart him. What matter that men
spoke or other loves which the French king
rad? The gallants of Paris might think us
IN England rude and ignorant, but at least
we learned that large heart was a pre-
rogative Of royalty which even the parl1a-
ment dared not question. With a new
loathlng l loathed it all, for it seemed now
to lay aside its trappings of pomp and bril-
nancy, of jest and w.t. and display itself
before me in ugly nakedness. all unasham-
ed In sudden frenzy l sat up in my bed
crying Heaven will find a way" For
surely heaven could find one where devil
found so many. All. righteous vert thou
simon Dale, so soon as unrighteousness
hurt thee But Phineas Tate might have
preached until the end of time.
Earlier than usual by an hour Jonah
Wall came up from the town where he was
lodged but he found me up and dressed
eager to act, ready for what might chance.
l had seen little of the fellow lately call
ing on him for necessary services only and
Kidding myself of his somber company as
quickly as l could. Yet 1 looked on him
today with mere considerations; his was a
repulsive form Of righteousness, grim and
gloomy. but 1t was righteousness, or SEEM
ed such to me against the background of
iniquity which threw it up in strong relief.
l spoke to lin! kindly, but. taking no heed
OF my advances, he came straight up to
me and said brusquely: THE woman who
came 10 your lodging in Lcndon is here in
Dover. She bids you be silent and come
quickly. l can lead you"
| started and stared at him. l had set
Finis' TO that chapter; was fate minded
to overrule me and write more? Strange
also that Jonah Wall should play Mercury.
SHE here in Dover! For what?' l asked.
as calmly as 1 could.
II don't doubt, for SIM" he answered I'M
compromsirgly.
Yet you can lead me to her house?" said
/, with smile.
ho tn
limited banter.
Il won't CO." I declared
The matter concerns you, she said, and
might concern another
1t was early; the court would not be NOV
ing for two hours yet. I could go and
come, and thereby lose no opportunity.
| Curiosity led me on and with it the at
traction which stiH draws US to those we
have loved. though the love be gone and
more pain than pleasure wait on our visit
ing. In ten minutes 1 was following Jonah
down the cliff and plunged thence Into a
narrow street that ran curling and curyine
toward the sea. Jonah held on quickly and
without hesitation until we reached a con-
fined alley and came to a halt before a
mean house.
"Shes here" said Jonah, pointing to the
door and twisting his face as though he
were swallowing something nauseous
l could not doubt Of her presence. for I
heard her voice singing gayly from within.
My heart beat quick, and had above half
mind not to enter. But she had seen MS
and herself flung the door wide open. She
lodged On the ground floor, and in obedi-
ence to Ter reckoning finger I entered a
smaH room. Lodging was hard to be had in
Dover now and the apartment served her
(as the bed, carelessly covered with a cur
ta1n showed) fer sleeping and living did
not noCce what became OF Jonah, but sat