The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-25

tain and kinsmen to stoop to his
daughters bower woman for wife.
And yet. being penniless, and as I say,
unstable, it would seem that even poor
Rosalind was too good for him.
Truly bower-women are become am
bilious since my day, and striplings
more modest" said l. Father Benoit
puffed out his lower lip and said moth
ing.
4 suppose it is not matter of the
rack to marry above ones station"
snapped the DemOiselle Alys.
No returned. lit is good to see
an arquebusier with a fine aim. For
as / said. Rosalind was a good girl.
Our demoisclle flushed scarlet, and
her blue eyes shone like angry stars.
''Who dares say i'll of the Sieur d'Au-
dilly?'
"All France and the maiden's cheeks -
said 1. But L like to see thee defend
thy kinsmen."
He is not my kinsman!" she cried.
His fathers sister married the bro
Their of my uncle's wife. That is not
Kindred"
No? 1t is well, perhaps, since he is
to marry thy bower wOmann'
She looked angrily at me, and drew in
her breath hard, but did not answer me.
Father said she to the priest. thou
wilt marry them, wilt thou not? That
is what 1 came to ask"
What What" cried FIR. Benoit,
thou art the maddest maideni marry
thy fathers captain to thy bower-wo-
man? Get thee back to thy roses and
let me. talk with thy father"
In a minute she was on her knees by
his side, his hand in both of hers, and
her blue eyes and cooling voice hard at
work Father, thou cruel Gas if he
would consent). And they $3.50 much
in lovela Thou hast not the heart to re-
fuse know. Didst thou not teach me
my letters, and my prayers, and my
catechism, and l so good all the while
save, Of course, when l wished to play.
And I have asked so little of thee,
father. dearest l know thou wilt not
refusei And thou canSt marry them in
a minute, and they viii never tell. And
they-they love each other! Father,
when have / been troublesome before!
Oh. thou shalt promise me this in
stant,"
N"Oh, if must, 1 must." groaned the
poor priest.
"Oh. thou art an angel and a dearI"
she cried. Il always said thou vert
indeed saint Oh, | will pray every
night for thee to be made a bishop
and-and promise me thou wilt marry
them this night"
We both started. "Of TRUTH said
i, my flOSallDU IS not more nasty IMAM
a cat over the dairy SILL
Tonight" said FIR. Benoit, to show
how vain it was to try to corrupt him.
lis an utterly unsuitable, impossible
time"
oh father! Dost wish me to think
thee no better than a beast? And thou
So good. l think my heart will break"
and u tear fell upon the good priests
hand. a tear dried directly by pair of
soft lips.
"Oh, there, therer' cried he, blushing
very red. 7 promise-I promise to
marry the dauphin to the kitchen maid
and thee to the stable boy-only get
thee gone out of this quiet placei Thou
art the willfullest, most shameless
maid! Get thee gonel 1 will make
thee a discipline my next leisurer'
Il will $50 Straightforward said the
Demoiselle Alys, springing up. with
dancing eyes, shaking back her brown
hair, with a ripple of laughter. ''Oh,
but thou art very deari l will send
thee token tonight, and thou wilt
find Rosalind waiting
Am l to give away the bride?" 1
asked. 1T will go hard if 1 may not
attend the wedding of my very child ?"
She drew her brows together, but did
not answer me. Thou modest not
fear, father; there will be horses wait
ing, and the next day who will know
if they have been married or not?"
Truly, fine plan"' l could not help
saying.
"And-and she will be very grateful
to thee, father, all her life-and-and-
that is all 1 came to say" The De
moiselle Alys left US without another
word, careless of the roses she had let
fall beside the chess table. Only, as l
held back the arras for her, and I'M
latched the door, she looked up at me,
not uRkindly, but in silence. / watched
her little figure out of sight down the
winding stair before 1 came into the
room again, and then FIR Benoit had
gathered up all the fading roses and
put them on the table beside the hud-
died chessmen.
Shall we finish the game, father?"
= i have forgot how the pieces stood"
Besides, she hath taken the red
king"
= Very true" and he began to tumble
his book of hours for the office of
Tierce.
'.Rosalind," quoth I. lis a comely
maid to look upon"
Il am not a fool to hear such things
replied FIR. Benoit, very quickly for one
intent upon Tierce.
But it can do thee no harm to hear
that she is a well-conducted maid, but
quiet
He made no answer.
well. father, a man can die but once.
but he can be often whipped"