The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-26

EnHtlSn, "Oucc-nI ouec-nt, MONSIEUR.
In the face Of such blessings which the Prot.
estant succession. AZ settled in our present
house Of Hanover. has secured to these islands.
II would little become me to find q virtue in pap
istry, and my late. lord. who early saw and alb
Jured tho errors OF that faith, would have been
Notwithstanding which. I venture 10 say that
the devotion OF those women 70 their calling Is
E thing not 70 be deoried. merely because we
that hospital, simply because tho burning OF
candles and worshipPing Of saints alternate with
trary. It seems TO me that were such a profes.
sion. the idolatrous VOWS excepted, grated on
Of religion which Of late the writings of Lord
Bolingbroke have somewhat bclittlcd and TO
the good Of mankind.
rigid of our divincs blame une when they learn
that l lay ten weeks In the Ma!son du Dicu ut
punquerquc, dependent for everything OH tho
kind offices of those good women. aud nurscd
during that long per,od with II solicitude. and
mother. When / had so far recovered a. to be
able TO leave my bed ard move a few yards on
crutches, l was assisted to a shady courtyard.
nestled snugly between the hospital and the old
town wall.
Here, under a gnarlod mulberry treo which
tlmo in n dream Of peace, through which nuns,
apple.faccd and kind-cycd, fitted. laden with
i Isn1si Ic attention Se"r n OU OF n. 'f pa M i%HISi !SF lo 5nS
nose and silver-rimmed spcctacles, Occasion.
ally their director would seat himself beside
me and silently run through his office. or in
struct me in the French tongue and the evils
OF Jansenism. mainly nv means of the snuff box
which rarely left his fine white hands. More
often tho meagre apothecary, young. yellow.
dry, ambitious, with z hunsry light II his eyes,
Of his superior routed him and sent him to HIS
e%allipots and compromising with a flea in his
car.
Such were the scenes and COMPANIONS that
attended my return to health; nor, my spirits
being attuned to these, should l have come to
native ARA species of inertia more easily ex-
cuted BY those who have viewed French life
elled-bu: for an encounter as important in it's
consequences as 1t was unexpected, which
broke the even current Of my days.
1t was no uncommon thing for the nuns to
hope that ! might find a friend. But as these
variably Jacobites and either, knowing some
thing OF my story. thought me well served. or
Mr.. IRONS and LORD Shrewsbury, such EFFORTS
When 1 heard, therefore. for the fourth or
NTH time, that a compatriot of nine, aniable
and OF q vivacity tout. dJdit marreilieuse, was
coming.to see me, | was as far from surprising
from anticipating the interview with pleasure.
Imagine my surprise. thereioso, when ssur
pointed time, and. her simple face shining with
who should be sitting but Mary Ferguson.
She had as little expected to meet me as l to
meet her. but coming on me thus suddenly and
seeing me lame. and in a sense a cripple, re-
which ! had passed. she LET her feelings have
way. Such tenderness as she had entertained
for me before welled up now with irresistible
force, and giving the lie to a certain hoydenish
hardness inherent in a disposition which was
never r one (, OF ~ the most so abn SIa in in amor moment ZEN.
self she pardoned. and possibly viewed with
pleasure those tears on my part which weakness
broken words and EXPLANATIONS bore witness
to the gratituds she fels on the score OF her
Thus brought together in a strange country.
and agitated by a hundred memories. nothing
I %ns st i ars arn ms sn9,S s,ssr .n eSs sapnr 'e Msri we b be;
and horror. into the house before We grew sui.
lions which It occurred to each to ask.
At length Mary. pressed TO tell me how she
faces ! could SO well remember. And Not as
would, but as ! could. she said. dryly. by
"Crossingi' I exclaimed.
TIC, be sure. she answered. 81 so 20 and
from London with letters"
vivid remembrance Of the tersor into which
the prospect Of p~unishmeE: had thrown ne;.
I was mistaken. a shudder. Then. What will
your she said, spreading out her LITTLE hands
s sFsnse '"s ut /. t the od seGry 's" 1 m sna' I've ESs
ptek. And what can = woman dot WI
s L4dy Midd oe aad !sk Se %s fSF f 6e5 e ms \ piss so IN
her household am Ferguson niece. a back
s,airs weneh OF whom no one knows any;
am MOTTO live / must risk my living
You are handsome enough for me" cried.
may may be.%" she said. a tr:ide tartiy. And ,hs,
f Disr, I 4 i.T ns, at , Cab. here e R2F i ass hi, FS ~it 'ss claws Ess':
me- Monday and kisses me TUESDAY"
said, wondering. at her courage.
Three times she answ cred. noidinS sobcrly.
And to Tunbridse once. A woman passes. 4
But" and with the word abe broke of alb
ruptly. and stared a. me. and continued 10 stare
W. Womeniy than in old days. falling .traase,y.
It wore such a look; indeed. that: glanced
s SSss my EEis saaHnid soi,h ,h,RA ANn isr; 19 efi eaw a sS%s,
is iii What Is the matterr'
Are you the man-who came with Sir John
Fenwick 70 the shoref' she cried stepping back
a pace.she had already risen. And betrayed
bimi, Dick, Dick. don't say it." she continued,
Would Ward of my words. Don't say that
you are that mani l had forgotten until this
m~oment-.whom came to see; who. they said.
Her words stung me, even as her face fright.
ened me-. But while | WINGED, a kind of cour-
age, born OF Indignation and OF n sense Of in
swered her with spirit. NO." 1 said, II am
not that man"
NO said dehantly., IT you mean tho
man that BETRAYED Sir John FenwiCk. But ]
will tell you what man l am-if you will listen
What are you going to tell met she an;
then. ."Dick. don't lie to me, " she cried quickly.
II have no need" ! said. And with that,
beginning at the beginning. l told her all the
story which Is written here. so far as 1t was not
already known to her. She listened in silence,
standing. over mo with something Of the Sc
verify, OF a Judge, until ! came TO the start
from London. with Matthew smith.
There she interrupted me; One moment"
she said in a hard voice, and she fixed mo with
keen. unfriendly eyes. You know that Sir
John Fenwick, Is taken-two days later. and Is
In the Towcri"
Il, know nothing" I said. holding out my
hands and trembling with the excitement Of
my story and the thought OF my sufferings.
Not even thatf'
NO, nothing, not even that, +" ! said.
Nor that within, n month. n ali probability.
he will be tried and eXccuteIi'
NO.
"Nor that your master is in pcrili You
have not heard that Sir John has turned on him
and denounced him to the COunci! and the
Kingf|.
Nv hat!' she cried, incrcdulUns'r You do
not know that with which all 'Ei.GlanI Is
ringing though IL touches you OF ali mcni"
How should r. said, feebly. Who would
She nodded. "Go on she said.
! obeyed. ! took up the thread again: told
her how We reached Ashford. how / saw Sir
John, how ! fled. and how ! was pursued;