The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-05
though 1 have ns'er told you. nor so much a.

tSh19Sygs1h 1 have n''er told YOU nor so much as
And he asked II you had missed him. and
you made a. sign to me not to speak. Just as
you used TO do at Castle Thrieve and said: No.
Happy. together, We Hoped. You would not
some back at AZ this night. for then we could
Maud Lindsay drew n long soft breath and
Locked OFT Of the window oil the white tower
"That is a sweet. dream" she murmured.
.sAAh All would that it we're true and that
,ls shs F' ,RsS 'Ssnd iso siss ssii9. ! aToS the said %q II
You, said, I'll, she cried, You called him
si = Sesrly N as GOOD sn TO- pi S2d With i fm as 50 y glad k [Gr h I
shall not mind him a bitl"
She broke of short IN her turn. seeing some
Why are you suddenly grown so sad. Maui
how that we are but two helpless maids In
a dreadful place without a friend. Let us say
II PRAYER to God to Keen u.s." an, ,no,
with her face to the pillow and her small hands
clasped In front Of her.
lieut., the LITTLE, gold one that was Williams 10
the Lady sybilla, and she hath not given it back
Maud returned her the GROSS and she took II
and held, It IN the palm OF her hands. looking
lonE at It. Then she repeated one by one the
children's prisons she had been taught. and
after that she made a little prayer OF her own.
This Is the prayer.
IFOtu. Vi HbIVy. DC GOOu " JWO Hdluf u
are lonely and weak and shut up in this place
on EVIL men; Keep our lives and our souls
off the S" ds GIai or Of The nd deril. M For T II aGS art Ttr ths
stronger; And do not forget to be near us
this night. Tor we have no other friend. and
Amen" We ne'' L " 'O'' Il ''>e %
Il was true. More bitterly than any two in the
whole world these maidens needed a friend at
that moment. For scarcely had the childish
accents been lost in the night silence. when the
70 the wall. and on fhe atapa NJ the furrat affair
they heard the noise Of meu coming upward
to their prison room. ~
chamber was locked within. the bolts Glided
back appareptly Of their own accord. 1t
looked in upon them with a cackle of fendish
laughter.
closer. upon the bed. come away. The Mar.
shall de Retz, calls for you. He hath need Of
The banauet burn in his hall. See the light
G~oms with It Es0 y saiSs Rs: f fsi+ t5 Al th & s red
Then behind La MetIraye entered GILES de
Silie and Potion, the Marsha!s servants.
Make ready in haste-you are both to 70 in
stantly before my lord; who abides your com;
wait without 1.-THE the d door ri" and La LS'S Mefrraye here
shall be your tire woman and see that you have
saai %n BE- Kept SEa R %sitinf R"' n'S''n' '0F my i0Fa
SO they brought the Scottish maidens down
form the White tower into the night. They
walked hand in hand. Their steps did not fall
ter. and as they went they prayed 70 God to
keep them from the dangers Of the night. AS
tarte the she wolf. who must have kept guard
beneath. stalked before them. ana behind
them they seemed to hear the hobbling crutch
and cackling laugh of La Meffraye.
Across the wide COURTYARD they went. 1t al
so was filled with the reflection OF the red tide
OF light which ebbed and flowed. waxed and
waned above. Saving for that window the
whole castle was wrapped i In gloom and silence,
and II there were any awake within the pre-
cincts they knew better than to spy upon the
midnight doings of their dread lord.
The little party passed up the great stair
case OF the keep and presently halted before
the inscribed wooden door by which Laurence
As GILES de Sille opened it for the maids to
enter the skirt Of Maud Lindesay's robe. blown
back by the draught of the chamber. futtered
against the cheek OF Laurence MacKim as he
lay on his face in the niche OF the wall. AT the
light touch he came to himself and looked
about him with a strange and instant change
in all the affections and movements OF his
heart.
With the coming in OF the maidens fear
seemed to utterly forsake him. A clearness of
purpose, an alertness Of brain, a strength of
heart unkno wn before took the place of the
trembling bath OF horror in which he had
swooned away.
II was like the sudden appearance of two
white angels walking fearless and unscathed
through the grim dominions Of the loIos OF
Incarnate good had somehow entered the
house OF the demon. ringed though 1t was In
the slender periphery of a maiden's body. and
evil. resistless and strong before. seemed in
the moment to lose half its power.