The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-23
CHAPTER XIII.

| fairy torrent. beating against the solid walls
| and curling in curious rlngsd swirls about its
bnttresses as water beats about rock In mid
But the dominant gray Of the outside, world
Nine. de Sassns guests. with h" whom gayety
| and wild device- for killing time we're neces-
'aEEy and f HIi. things ,,,, ., ,o,u
and unrest that had oppressed her on the pre-
yious eysnng eth held Its silent sway over the
main staircase Watching the swift atoms Of
snow drift past, each one by itself mere melt
shivered and looked round with an odd sense
OF apprehension. as II the vague blind storm
outside had It's counterpart In vague. blind
* tall man came leaning up tho staircase
He stopped beside her: She looked up at him.
Cant. Rallywood. will you tell Major Coun-
hurried. voice. that. In spite Of, what he has
heard of me. he must still beevs Nassau is the
i needful, i am ready to prove 1t with my lie
le may make quite sure meant ALL said to
Hollywood stood silent The passion OF her
voice and speech echoed In her own ears and
suddenly seemed. all excessive and uncaed
oyer her face. bringing tears to. her eyes.
Why was It decrsed that she should al ways. in
tage before this .wr.;ched Tngishman.
..,,I will tell him; said halYwood at last
No. YOU cannot understand! You are so
cold. so sell. centred that the feelings and tu-
mults which trouble most OF us appear az
stand US. you should not Judge us. we others,
who. in our own spasmodic way, love our
country a. you serve yours-stsadily and with
Now, John Rellyyood was E,ernleY{ed, ~.
very accusations. her readiness to find fault.
which might have made matters clear to some
msn 0 Of y. aihsnrtened him with renewed
You hate nv nation" he said. after n pause
OF consideration. "thcrefoIs, YOU condemn me.
general grounds. putting the worst construc
ton oao everything I wonder why you
Valerie laughed her red: lips finely edged
with scorn.
''On the contrary. you Judge us! Who made
ish-wi that straight steady look. | sup
pose you feel what futile creatures we others
are, with our shifting moods and passions. our
little furies and desperationsi DO you re
member the night YOU Joined the Guard-the
trem bed end feared for you, I'-she laughed
again."i even wanted to help you. How alb
Der ' you =" we're very cool and auiet. and SUP
pose you thought 1t very foolish one OF those
races an to
smptory word: Il VIII not allow you to say
Valerie threw back her head with the slight
naughty lift he knew. so we'll
power" she said
You say you RENE Der that night2nct so
myself m And yet tt have have been mistaken ken on 81,
noGtnts that touch me close | thought that
each o oe ,nnSs e Wn are
but Valerie had turned away: her profile
shutter as she watched the driving snow. so
I Ea5 the fool after all. you see" he ended
According to the immemorial fashion Of
love, they understood and misunderstood each
Seey up6a h heR w Hnd
feeling. touching faint. sweet notes that would
Ralywood's sslf-contro was giving way n
little ana she instipctive)y felt her power and
hind that Duet alertness Of yours" She said
lightly. Il believe did lmagines. 1 under
no longer. Perhaps | mis1udge you now. but
II cannot matter; you tod me once you knew
ts ali u Hn ann OF
But Rally wood passed over her many sen
| fences 20 seize the central idea that appealed
YES. / have learned to wait. ! told YOU
fortunately a proverb IL true often. not always.
| ONE thing can never come to me. however long
%H don't Hnow s what What You nope ' Tor. replied
| the girl slowly. as II she were choosing her
Sords but t she hnr2 SneT That she FAD
words but filed in the rare crevices between
| them Il thought that every man carried.hi
| own fate in his own hand
"A man can fight the tangible but no man
can struggle against the ordinary laws Of so,
methods but even in liev9nde there are som.
which must he welded to. ..u .,,,,
many In hevonde." ''''' "
| hollywood saw a group Of pcople advancing
toward them. Valerie with her changes Of
| him to say what he had resolved never to he
tempted into saving.
| lihood but no more. have no luck and 10
genips To make , fortune t,, or name Is be
be things are impossible,
Valerie turned upon him a be wildering
II shall know for the future. Capt Rally
wood. what you are thinking Of You will be
thinking. for. all those grave eyes of yours, OF
| the fortune you cannot make;
Not. quite that. mademoiselle." he an
swered. Il shall'be thinking of the girl can
Valerie found herself drawn away from him
| by the passing group. She was aware OF a
s ana @TqR a G Of 1i e m s"s had
| rarily vanished. For no definite reason which
she could afterward discover she felt suddenly
| happy
,Bv evening the tsa had blown away the snow.
clouds for the time. and thin moon Gleame ed
mote, muflied in leagues OF snow, and alive
with hunRry nassions and uns'rnpulon5
January night offer desirable housing to tho
| Grand Duke OF Maasau He had yet some
| thirty hours TO spend as MS cousin 3 guest he
fore hecould return to his capitawithoutlshow.
ing suspicion OF, giving offence. A hundred
times he W shed himself back in his great
palace BY the river bank, where the squad,
rons Of the Guard lay within call liut he bore
him.elf' well, notwithstanlinc, and although
on the plea Of chill and fatigue. he kent his
| rooms more than usual his short appearances
in public lsf: in ono sense nothing To be de
sired. He did not carry himself as u man in
mortal anxiety. but.was AS dissatisfied. las dis.
courteous, and as disaGrseable as 1t was his
| custom to be,
Late In the afternoon Nine de Sagau re.
tired to take some rest before dinner. Wrapped
in lace and silk she was standing In front OF
her mirror with her women about her. when
the Count, entered. At his fret imperous word
| the attendants vanished
Isolde continued to stare into the glass like
one fascinated, for in 1t she not only saw the
reflection of her own slender white clad fig
ure but over her shoulder the tarce face she
dreaded.
For a long minute husband and wife re-
manned reading each others faces in the look
ing glass.
She had seen aversion and menace in the
Counts lowering face many a time before. and
was al length beginning to believe the almost
i'm possible fact to ba true. that a man lived
who hated her, over whom her beauty had nc