The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-30

he broke out into hood Of speech.
No, out 'Wallenloupl A plg-headed old
either side Of Ills oath Of allegiance but would
rush blipdly on before the Duke TO his death
e re m SenE sHs1 Sou
hs o nSE 9sce o lien
Guard when all was u said and DONE. The high
est ambition Of q Maasaun H. yours II you will
struagie. mind You, not Of selfish motives nor
for sslt but for MassaT the
And 4 the Duke does not consent to,an Y
juncture Einur lnterpossd.
But seRan was rushing his fences now like
his ambitions no had no longer. the power to
rein in his, speech.
Colendorp. You are man to whom the world
may vet give much, Your one change is be.
VIII 6gS yoa You rive the Tord T nhS
must absent himseii;,, Use your Influence With
man would md his Ssrvc.s wv well reTsrdsd
dnseav Is sunk psasure ana has an sold the
country over and oyer again to the highest
SS sss a b9 PR sa % s eHTs ri hs
This time We will play an open game, With
Germany to stand by us. we have nothing to
And IL his Hiahpess will not consent to these
chsnges?" again demanded Colendorp,
shoulder but sssaa a's sho ofn i "6 S CAPT
Ct4hsndorp. he must go,to m make room Tor an,
ana sss 3" room to
SB H aerf sssD sa5sd tsshs IN
true man. would have fegned agreement and
blown the plot afterward. But never Colen,
tered; seentIng insult. in every careless word.
proud. leyel. desperate. Mentally his vision
m. butt he he see one thing at
SaRan's treaohery passed by him In that mo-
men5 Of mad feeling, he felt and fet only the
Of The coarse 70 brbe az Of The Coo
nelcy.dang!ed before his starving nose. for he
yuptibe The thought held more than the
bitterness Of death.
Hs;lo9Sed from wall to wall and knew ... him n
die as a soldier and o gentleman. But first he
mus. clear his tarnished honor tarnished with
mon Of saran He had passed through life a
cold, and in his own sense Of the word. an hon
eide his own most Intimate circle. He had been
driven by the irresistible destiny OF character
ones ra the bs an
make an unknown death glory for the sake
OF honor: not honors. go he spoke; J., .,
he sSId dr il lis sold voice MAY ask why you
And YOU read me 80? Then hear me. !
pace ea. "af ali the Guard i9S
have told mo so much. unmarked SO clearly
what you intend to do that unless fall in with
see me act as the least stsnch Of the Guard
hus him %S With fa1e the uE orco ?a the
spddeR and buried his Inc, e. in the
hands with which 10 slay the enemy of the
Duke. and used them with the strength Of en-
sysnomed pride. sagan. under the iron
knife and Stabbed aerceis UPWARD TS Getween
the b.nt arms at the Guardsman : throat.
STRUGGLING OF the men on the floor seemed to
Enpr ood EN- enough to alarm the who'll enss
lie sprang to the writhing heap and tried to
W6und,d Su h h safh hs
and shoyed him, roughly toward the wall.
door and thrust the lettering figure before
him down a short flight Of steps. Then an
TitS Wild yeIi I for moment ONE holding Upright
the falling man who staggered out on 70 the
nskES tragic 6, centre sh to the
For an Instant Colendorp stood. swaying. on
epd as he sswaysd his voice climbed through
The puke's Ine 10Y OF "~ tne DuA"'
The wind had lulled for h second Again
the mad blast caught and wrenched Colen-
dorp's figure tho snow gave between his feet
and he plunged forward heavily into the gorge
of the Rotn River The broken snow. whirled
in the lam plight for a second like a wild toss Of
spray. and then settled aga n upon the mar
row terrace. obi iterating all marks there. A
window overhead was pushed open. but already
the band of light upon the snow was gone and
nothing remained for yaieries ewes but a
chaos OF gloom. Yet she had seen some thing.
Dimy. through the double glaas she had dis
cerned the green and gold OF the guard on the
swavng figure before 1t dropped away for
ever into the night.