The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-05
CHAPTER LVIII.
THE WHITE TOWER OF MAcHEcou1.

Ahh WHILE loNEh VT MhShbNoOL'
So at the command Of the Marshal de Retz
and Maud Lindsay out Of the White tower,
where they had been abiding. Margaret had
+indesay sat a while by her side. For SO far as
they. could. they kept to the good and kindly
how a tie with home In that horrible place in
which they were dSomed to abide ..r o,,,
said ' little me M yPsa eahq bes M : c aoa tel 70 o Rsr
she leaned on the low bedstead beside her.
rail made long ago for the Marshal's daughter.
little Marie de ketz, in the days before the
deserted wife. had been Kin to the girls at
Pousaugus and had given to both Of them such
articles of garmenture az they were sorely in
need sTs IF; or-basts Won commanded ,,,t,. Mar
garet. with the imperiousnes of loving child
hood. nesting closer as she spoke. 1T helps
me to forget. l can almost think when YOU
are speaking that We are again at Thrieve and
see the Dee running by: and Ben Gairn. aud
hear Sholto Mac,kim drilling his men out IN
tef cf I diS not m Mng' to sI make w Soa o rs .hf But @a ie
is all SO sweet to think upon in this placs. Oh.
Magdie; MsHdie, what would you give to hear
Then. drawing herself with her hands about
IMaud,s neck into a sitting, posture, she took a
friends tears, murmurinR the while: "Ah. do
mot mot cry ., Maud ghnij my vision sss viii Hal all e9ms true
1Hni and rdA" everything Ivt6i Z wa vas dreamiPs
about i laSs night. Shall I tell you about Il.
covered bower over her voice. So the little
maid OF Galloway went on unbidden:
Shall I tell it 10, you. all and all? i will
Though you can tel stories far better than l.
Maud. YOU and were sitting together in the
cleaning al the door of a little house up on
the edges OF the, moorland, where the heather
We were waiting for some one. l shall not tell
you who. Maudie, but If you are good and stop
on Your finger. Maud. No. not like the old
ones-not a pretty ring like those in, your box.
never stopped turning It about between your
'7They had lei. me come up to stay with you.
and the men who had accompanied me were
drinking in the ~clachan. AS we sat / seemed
to hear their loud chorus sounding up from The
"And you listened and said. ! wish he would
come. He is very long. 1t is always long
was who was long away, / shall not tell YOU.
though | know. Perhaps u was old Jock Lack
house by he ford. But. somehow. I do not
think SO. Al. that is better, Now. do not cry
more. but go to sleep instead;
Perhaps YOU do not want to hear the rest;
Yet-it was such a pretty dream and OF good
You do want to hear? VEL; then: be gEs9,d!
one OF the big boom beetles would sail whir-
ring past us. We could hear the sheep crying
somely, and the snlpe bleating an answer
away up in the sky above their leads. and you
suid, 1T is, all 10 empty. wanting him
Then the maids brought In the COWS and
MIXED them: standing nf a the gable end sS. and I We
f2s sc issl efe the S%f ioS St .n stey Sf had BEEN ssse eat tins
all day long, Then: after q while. they we're
pastures, doucely and sedately. Just Ike folk
going to holy kirk on sabbath days when it is
Then you said I am weary Of waiting for
him!' ana l answered, why--he has not been
SEE him fof weeks and | never fret like that"
Then you nswered ~ has all e2me SO ciear
into my head some Day you VII fn"gT' nj I'D
went to the house end to look into the sunset.
You looked long under your hand and when
said it before, He is long accounting! l won
der what can be keeping him.,
was ready to nut on the table. whereat you
scolded them, telling them thSt y was 100 e tbsiy
are not hungry, are your' And [ answered
No. though was hub indeed Sod very Sefy hgBgTy in my
1t is strange that lie should not come home!
cannot eat Till he comes! Psrhaps he has
I naefed in out his sl syes %F some eaR'0 may "A,o
""Then all the time it grew darker and stu
right well he could have been here by this time
II he had tried. But he does not love me any
With your foot. as you used TO do when-well.
when he went away from Thrieve without com
when ali at once there was, a noise Of quick
feet brushing eagerly through the heather and
eome one tho, not Iandless lock! leaped the
little wall aud caught ~me-me-in his arms
No, he did. not catch YOU u his arms
stoppad. abashed at her own folly. But the
little maid laughed .merrily;
"Ahal" she said. Il caught YOU that time In