The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-02
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MARIE ACTS.

CHAPTER XIV.
MARIE ACTS.
As early as 4 O'Clock, after Q brief sleep. Van
Bittart was awake and up. Thenceforward as
't TIVE aSRTs pfFfis FIRST. news me- w9 rom mn t ahnxil eant e az moEsE
ments on the German side preparatory. to the
anticipated attack; md. second. the return of
But the hours Of suspense passed-6 o'clock
came Land nothing, happened.
From hest Station on he took her to the 6hleVasi
Her first exclamation was this:
o %Bpt' oh Armand-iS she here' Have you got
Mrs, vansittart"
we have found out where she is. hut we
have not got her, ahow
AT a vineyard near q place called Cler-
How do you know You have not seen
poor t6insl She is sWfuiiy; i'll. One saw
Il already weeks age, Does she bear 1t we'll?
TO me her face seemed almost like the face
l"ohiT" tshriefed Marie. burylns her face.
FL rcHsa And T to BE- ei slSeated a SO,S gentle how good she
It's hard on poor vansittart. certainly"
+ e pity her. Who is 1t. really. who has done
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froEning with thought.
Gould any gentleman do such a thing'"
What Aren't ali Kings GentlemenT"
l Not by any manner of means"
We'll, can't understand It,"
That is the, fact. pretty,
4 has such q noble facet"
Who, WilhelmT"
He did not do this wiekedness with his face;
he did IL with his merciless heart and brain.J
l 'SnnnDGa-l only glv RuDDOae. Armand
that all the time he knows not one word OF the
Armand was seeing with his eye. which is
reason; Marie with that deep. Inner eye, which
is i%nstinct: The wisest man is foolish in COM
YOU sa1 NsHt to ih9 S and 1 teid Rim nl'ethES me wS Sofs
THAT who went to whom?'.
That you vent to Wilhelm"
You want me to 60 and get hanged"
.0h Would he hang you, them"
What a wretch!"
But there is no need. In an hours time
tyou will see Mrs. .Vqnsittart here, ,Vansittart
So Marie was comforted. and waited. But
in an hours time Evelyn did not come and the
troop Of chasseurs did not come;
At 10 O'Clock they had not arrived,
For Nansittart the waiting was killing; he
his now craven enG and demorSlize?d despair.
ex ae htiS0 3 witb a f foHG@ o. a6 5ae M fhTss1Sys u 9a 5he
/, them. arrived, with blackened clothes and
sc99rehed faces. They had a tale Of pIteous
While It was yet dark they had surrounded
Then. finding every q%perture closed. they had
less NOV very speedy. and while It was in prog
Finally they broke. in a body into the house.
only six or seven Of the troop remaining, with
2Esy n io a sp7 Within 4 mot they s si snterf iiIi the bsins'
As they searched around in wonder, the build
Inf: and they with it, vent sGyward In q teHr,
and two fiiIed.t iFoliist had i then posted to
Of bombnrding the cellars, and It was the BON;
bardment Of the cellars which had retarded
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The The Germans had es sraTSmp Under &c cover d Of the
expresses. taking their prisoner with them.
Sneh was the tale Of defeat and disaster
Where now was hope7 Evelyn had vanished
The truth, was that there was, no hope-ifit
Jxas not to be found in the head and heart OF
She lost half an hour In useless weeping;
e ioss %ha. s ssat e te dS Sos ahe sli AT%fp Away yf fTo as
him. assembled to her room, put on n dainty
I btns IfnI+ stsd 6 2 w %nd 5 SeT slG IDt9 t 9nd e by a
den of the inn: thence into the village street,
and Mt the end OF 1t asked some one this
The way was pointed out to her. and she
took It without any idea of the difficulties and
SsRsers rs sns &Su her n dsst f9 si5mon PSe .Hsf w @sy
the French, ~linesIIthere We're the German
lines; these had TO be passed; Al the fret she
second she was roughly kissed several times
S p0c the en mouth tGs ho BY s q b%seRSt nS so %nd then ordered
'a But ON Wi thV e TeSg d deS nna the S' Wild autterinq at
her heart with which she, had set out lessened;
Her will congealed within her. She ESCAPED
longer with fear, hut with rage. At every
steP she grew bold Iser. ,o,r md orossod tho
Moselle, by the eastward gate. through
which the market people of Lorraine Streamed
to bring their produce nsse TO the hs e ths Gys she @i En-;
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1t S was late in the Afternoon. Her eyes had IN
them the. wistfulness Of the pilgrim
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eral times now she stOpped dead. appalled, by
the blgness Of the enterprise, She remem,
Ana SI this fsS wa %'s an EP - SSs]f II She haS run With
s sasld 5o SsSe coS % ! fR With mo RarS Ts9r'oa her' no"
To her Immense .~surprlse aud JOY. destiny
so, ordered II that she tound, In not the least DIM I'm
asked tho Way to The Hotel de Vile. and as She
came to il there was Wilhelm lust deseendint
,t taH @ saTroSn sassfT by @ "GIsaGs 'n 4 G %o@Spf and
UMaries heart gave one transcendant bound
The next she had darted ngliely up tM4 steps tae
II wish to speak to your Majesty Pray
She fell on her knees before Wilhelm.
Al once a favorable omen came from 'the
ER&&sTI9r DdS % asS%er fs III HIT fb u. NAM mann Seller" he
II want to speak to YOU. sir" .4,,v