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with its covering drift of dead autumnal
leaves.
But Margaret, grateful for that which
the Lady Syblla mad done for them at
Machecoul, spurred her steed and rode on
to intercept her
'Syhilla," she said, ''you also will come
with us to Scotland. 1 have many castles
there, and, they tell me, princessdom
of mine own. We shall all be happy to-
sether and forget these i'll times. Maud
and can never repay that which you
have done for us"
Yes L pray you come with u.s." said
Maud, a little more slowly, I'VE will be
your sisters, and the ill times shall not
come again"
The Lady Syb1ia smiled a sad. subtle
smile, and shook her head.
thank you, l thank you more than
you know. 1t eases my heart that you
should forgive one such as l for all the
| tFIi she mas brought you and yours. But
1 am now no mt companion for you or any
am become but a wandering shape, speak
i Ing 70 one VINO cannot answer and seeking
MIN Whom can never find"
Inc little maid. being but q child mis-
took her meaning.
No, no." she cried, your life is not
uoie. II the one whom you love hath left
you unkindly-weIl, bide awhile and When
the first smart is passed we will ma ~,
iou 10 some drawer and more handsome
hhisHt. Ihere are many such in Scotland
L pray You come with Maud and me- as
W. wish You. Why there will not be three
IKE US in ali the land 1 wager we will
SET klnfs BY the ears between u.s. Though
dS ior me- Will only marry Dougfas,"
ne smile OF the Lady Sybilla grew ever
sadder and ever sweeter
me man whom I loved and who loved
fIe l betrayed to the death. There is no
h oiSi'ehsss Tor such l in this life Per-
uaps thefe may be in the next At leas
ne iofgaVe me, and that is enough. He he
met 80 IN! IN me against myself, and l will
wal In then l go hither and thither,
ahu none Shall hinder me nor modest
so[ Hod hath set the seal of Cain upoo
Sybilla de Thouarsp' Nf'o''
margaret Douglas ficked her steed i'm
pdHeLliy, causing the spirited little bea st
80 Il think it is very ill-done of you not
" come 10 Scotland with u.s. she said
petulantly. when we would have been
! SO good to your
100 good-too kind" said the Lady
! nepi ia very gently; such kindness is
Io &c: LOT such as l am. But, if 1 may while
~ i've e. 1 win keep the golden cross you lent
on your birthday!' ~"
- ~ Keep tit is yours! I do not want
"o .T way or showing her gratitude
| 80. tnank you," said Sybilla de Thouars.
some Gay L may come to Scotland. And
~ no, you shall come out from Thrieye
anu meet with me by the white thorns of
ol,s,S Sarhn Wark at the hour when the little
children sing!'
ana So without other farewell she turn
ee ca and roae slowly away down the avenues
OF fallen leaves, till the folding woodIan ds
hid her from the sight Of those Two wha
%atcneo hef with tear-burred eyes and
hearts strangely stirred with pity for the
s sntt VI ner Whom they had once hated with
such good cause. -
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gained for. and he pursued her lightfoot,
swifter than he had ever run in his life.
He overlook her just as she reached the
little ascent Of the rocks by the river mar
gin.
His hand fell upon her shoulder and he
turned her round. She was still shaking
with sobs
Il Wilt WILL will drown myself" she
cried, her kerchief closer TO her eyes.
Il will marry you'll will do anything.
love you, Maudr'
you do not-you cannot-' she cried.
pushing him fiereely away. You said you
would not! That l was not fit to marry"
II did not mean it'll lied, i did not
know what L said!' Sholto was grovelng
now.
Then you will marry me-if 1 do not
She spoke with a sort Of delicious tenta-
tive relenting.
''Yes-yes. When you will-tomorrow-
nowr"
She dropped the kerchief suddenly and
the laughing eyes of naughty Maud Linde-
say looked suddenly out upon Sholto like
sunshine in dark place. They were dry
and full of merTiment. No trace of tears
was to be discerned in either of them.
She gave another little skip and, catching
him by the arm, she forced him to walk
with her toward Castle Thrieve.
of course. you will marry me, sillyi
You could not help yourself. Sholto--and it
shall be when / like, too. But now that
you are stern and crusty, am not sure
that / will not take Landless Jock, after
ALL
This is the end, and yet not the end, for
still, say the country folk. when the leaves
are greenest by the lakeside, when the
white thorn is whitest and the sun drops
most gloriously behind the purple hnls of
the west, and when the children sing like
manises on the clachan greens. we may
chance to spy under the Three Thorns of
Carlinwark a lady fairer than mortal eye
hath seen. She is sitting gracefully on a
white palfrey and listening to the BARNS
singing by the WATERSHEDS. And the tears
fall down her cheeks as she listens. in the
place where in the spring time of the year
young William Douglas first met the Lady
Sybilla.
And If we meet her and she have speech
with US, be sure that there will be another
tale to tell.
(The Enid
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CHAPTER Tx.
His Demon Hath Deserted Him.

The soldiers of the Duke of Brittany
stood with barred swords and deadly pixies
around the Marshal de Retz and those of
his servants who had been taken-that is
to say. around Poitou, Clerk Henriet,
Blanquot and Robin Romulart About
them surged the angry popuiace, drunk
with the very wine of destruction having
been flied with inconceivabIe fury by that
which they had seen in the round tower
wherein stood the filled bags of little
charred remains
Tear the wolves into gobbets Kill
themI Burn them! Send them quick to
helli' So ran the cry.
And twice and thrice the villagers
charged desperately as men who fight for
their lives.
Stand to it, men, cried Pierre de Tho
pital 'Gilles de Retz shall have fair
trial.
But I shall try him. he added, under
Never was seen SUCH a sight as the pro-
cession which conducted Giles de Retz to
the city of Nantes. The duke had sent for
his whole band of soldiers, and these in
dered companies marched in front and rear
A triple file guarded the prisoner, and even
their leyeled pixies could scarce beat back
the furious PUSHES of the populace.
1t was like a civil war, for the assailants
struck fiercely at the soldiers as if in pro-
tectinS him they became accessory to the
crimes of the hated marshal.
BARRIE Bleu, Barbe Bleur' they cried.
Stay Barbe Bleu! Make his beard blood
red. He hath dipped it often in the life
blood of our children. Now we will redden
IL with his own,"
So ran the tumult, surging and gathering
and scattering And ever the pixies of the
guard flashed, and the ordered files should
cred their way through the press
Make way there!' cried the provost mar
shals Make way for the prisoners of the
dukei'
And as they entered the CITY from behind
and before, from all the windows and roofs
rose the hoarse gruntins roar of the hatred
and cursing of a whole people
But the object of all this rested calm and
unmoved, and his cruel gray eye had no
expression in 1t save certain amused con-
tempt.
BAH he muttered, would that 1 had
slain ten millions of you, That is nv only
regret. that ! had not time. 1t is almost
unworthy 10 die for few score childrenp'
During the journey to Nantes GILES de
Retz preserved the grand reserve with
watch. when he came to himself, he had
treated those who had captured him. To
the duke only would he condescend To re-
ply, and to him he rather spoke as an equal
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better might be, he had definitely cast in
his lot with God almighty.

better might DE, ne PAD definitely cast In
his lot with God almighty.
1.-THE sentence of this court is that you
/, GILES de Lavai, Lord Of Retz, marshal of
France, and you, Poltou and Henriet, be
carried to the meadow of La Biesse at o
Of the clock on the morning of tomorrow,
and there that you be hanged and burned
till you are dead And to God, the Just, be
the glOry!"
The voice of Pierre de PHopita, rang out
through the silence of the hall of judgment
"Amen!' said F'riar Giles, devoutly cross
ing himself.
And so, IN due course, on the meadow of
La Biesse, by the side of the blue Loire,
the sinful soul Of Giles de Retz went to
its own place, with all the paraphernaIia
of repentance. and in the full odor CT a
somewhat hectic lsanctity.
The day after the burning a little COM
pany of riders left the city of Angers, jour-
neying westward along the Loire. 1t con-
| sisted of the maidens Margaret Douglas and
Maud Lindsay, with Shoito MacKim and
a dozen horsemen belonging to his grace of
| Brittany. 1t had been arranged that they
were to be Joined upon an eminence above
| the river, on the right bank by the Lord
James, Malise and Laurence, with the es-
cort which was to accompany them to the
| little port of st. Nazaire Thence las was
usual in order to escape the troublesome
| navigation of the swift and treache rous
upper reaches they would find vessels
ready to set sail for Scotland
As the little cloud of riders left behind
them the back towers of Anglers, Trey
passed through woodland glades wherein
in spite of the lateness of the season, the
birds were singing. The air was mild and
delightsoms. Then, leaving the river IL ey
struck away inland, having the froyning
| towers of Champtoce on their left as they
rode. Presently they came to a forest
wherein in days before the great cruelty
Giles de Retz had often hunted the Volt
and the wild boar.
Here the woodland paths were covered
deep with fallen leaves, and the naked
branches spoke powerfully of the desoia-
ton of dead year.
AS the maids rode forward, first of their
company, and talked, as was natural of
that which had taken place the day before
Sybilla riding toward them on her palfrey
of white. She would have passed them
without speech with her head downcast
ard her eyes fixed upon the dank ground,
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uniustly treated than as prisoner
For this. sire Of Brittany he said.
must you answer TO your over-lord, the
Fling of France, whose minister and mar
shall / ami
The duke would have made som, feeble
reply. but Pierre de IHopital cut across the
conversation with that stern irony which
characterized him.
My lord he said, remember that be-
fore you We're marshal of France you were
born subject of the Duke of Brittany!
And as such shall you be judged"
Il decline to stand at your tribnnalp' said
the marshal, haughtily.
'Soit!' said the president, indifferently
but all the same you shall be tried!''
Duke John, knowing well that while his
court was being held in the capital city of
his province, and especially during the trial
of GILES de Retz, Nantes was no place for
young maidens who had suffered like A.aud
Lindsay and Margaret Douglas sent them
under escort to the castle of Anglers.
Sholto Mackim and his father were al
lowed to accompany them that they might
not be without some of their own country
to speak with them during their sojourn in
France. The Lord James, however, elected
to abide with the court. For there were
many ladies there. and, having nobility of
address. and desiring to perfect himself
in the niceties of fashionable speech (Which
changed daily. he had great pleasure in
their society and rode in the lists by the
side of the Loire with even more than his
former gallantry and success.
For, he said he needed some compensa-
ton for the long abstinence enforced upon
him by his habit of holy palmer. And right
amply did he make himself amends and
was accounted by danes fair and free the
lightsomest and properest Scot who had
ever come to the land of France.
Laurence remained with him both be-
cause his father was still angry with him
on account of his desertion of them in
Paris, and also because, having been so
long in the castle of Machecoul, there Were
important matters concerning which, in the
forthcoming trial, he alone could give evil
dence.
Pierre de rHopital would have detained
the Lady Sybilla as possible accomplice
of the Sieur de RetZ, but the intercession
of the Scottish maidens, as we'll as the
sworn evidence of Sholto and the Lord
James that it was wholly by her means
that GILES de Retz had finally been caught
red-handed, she was permitted to depart
whittier she would.
Il will go to my sister," she said to sho1-
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Children or Taxes.
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
II you live in Madagascar, you must have
Children. or else pay q tax TO the aufhori-
ties. This is the latest decree issued by
the government of Madagascar.
For some time the population of that
island has been decreasing. The govern
msnt authorities sat in council a short
time ago ard decided upon tax TO be
levied upon every man who, at the age Of
twenty-five, IS unmarried. and upon every
married man who, al that age, has no
children. The tax is S3.75 year.
Every girl must pay a tax of $3.50 a year
as long as she remains single after she
passes her twenty-fourth year. and every
married woman does the same until she
has children the result of her ma rriaGe.
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Mr. Edwin Lamasure was in the city dur
ing the early part of the week, but made
only a brief visit before returning to Round
Hin, near which he has his home at pres
ent. His house is situated close to good
sketching grounds. and he has fitted up
comfortable studio, where he can work all
the year around. 1t is possible that this
year he may not follow his usual custom
of holding exhibition in the spring as
he has been sending all of his work TO New
York lately and has been quite successful
In disposing of his water colors in the me-
tropolis.
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Mr.. Hobart Nichols has of late been CIV
ing fully as much of his spare time to lit
erature as to art, and has happily combined
the two in a couple of full page decora-
ticns which appear in the New England
Magazine this month. The two figure COM
positions, illustrating the poems Dawn
and Twilight" which he has written have
delightful artistic quality.
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The many Westinghouse who have Wis
tied the Walters gallery In Baltimore In
past years and have since been eagerly an
ticipating another visit will be interested
to learn that a number of valuable addi-
tons have been made to this superb collec-
ton within the last twelve months. Some
of the new works were purchased at the
Stewart sale last winter, and among these
may be mentioned Fortuny's Arab Fan
tasia," Meissonier's picture entitled THE
End Of a Game of Cards." Heilbuth's paint
ing, THE Pincian HILL and group of
clever water colors by Martin Rico The
late William T. Walters regarded the
Arab Fantasia" as Fortuny's masterpiece,
and his son, Henry Walters, was particu-
larry fortunate in securing It to add to The
fine collection built up by his father.
Among the other recent acquisitions are a
portrait of Charles II of England by LEY;
portrait of the Duchess of Sutherland by
Lawrence, and Van Dycks Virgin and
Child" which was at one time in the Blen-
helm collection. The Walters galleries viii
be open between the hours of IL a. m and
4 pm. on Wednesdays during February
March and April and also on Saturdays
during April and on Easter Monday, for
which an admission is charged for the ben
eft of the Baltimore poor.
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Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.


William, sixth Earl of Douglas, falls IN
love with the niece of the Marshal de Retz-
ShoIto MacKim, son of the Douglas ar
rnorer. distinguishes himself in archery
and is made captain of the castle guard
and later he is knighted for brave conduct
in the tournament. Through the plots of
his enemies and the help of Lady Sybilla,
William is lured to Castle Crlchton. Sybil-
= repents of her agreement and urges the
Soung earl to return home within all speed.
Marshal de Retz takes Sybilla to Edinburgh
and William accepts the invitation of the
young King of Scotland to visit the court.
At a banquet huge boars head is brought
ina sign of treachery. The earl and his
brothers are arrested and Imprisoned. The
brothers are sentenced to be executed at
once Sybilla declares her love before the
Court and the two DOuglases go forth to
their death. ShOltO stirs up the country
men. Maud Lindsay and little Margaret
Douglas are kidnapped by De Retz, ana
Sholto. with his father and brother, and
Lord James Douglas. follow in pursuit to
Paris and then TO Brittany. Lawrence
Mackim enters into service with De RetZ.
The search party Dattle with the wolves.
Lawrence is discovered by De RetZ to be
an impostor. is shown the two girls and
told that if he tried to escape or help came,
the maid of Galway and Maud Lindsay
would be murdered. Lady Sybilla finds
ShOltO and his companions and sends them
10 John of Brittany for help. De RetZ and
his assistants continue in their crimes not
mindful of punishment. being deceived by
Sybilla as to the whereabouts of the
Scotchmen. De Retz murders several chill
dren in his search for perpetual youth.
John of Brittany agrees to help in the
rescue of the maidens and the countryside
Joins IN the attack on the tower of death
The re&cuing party effect an entrance to
one part of the castle while at the iron al
tar De Retz is preparing TO sacrifice the
Scottish girls.
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With number of interesting exhibitions
now in progress and with two annual shows
to open next week, that of the American
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From Punch.

az should like that engine. Can't afford IL
myself. They won't buy II for me at home
too soon after Christmas. Must go in and
ask the girl 70 put Il aside for me TIL next
time / have the Group or something; then
nother'Il buy It for mer'
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The members of the Art Students League
who assembled on Tuesday afternoon for
the regular monthly meeting were much
gratified at the report made by the chair
man of the committee which took charge
OF the reading by Mr.. F. Hopknson Smith
The sum of money realized by this enter
talnment will give the school a much needed
financial help, and the reading has also
been useful in bringing the league and its
work to the notice of a wider circle. Mr.
f. l.. Morse, who was to have taken charge
of the portrait class in the Art League at
the beginning of the season, but was pre-
vented by illness. assumed the duties Of
instructor with the first of February His
influence and instruction promises to be all
the more helpful from the fact that 1t is
not so very long since he himself completed
long course of study in the ateliers of
Munich and Paris, and he will be able to
give his pupils fresh ideas and introduce
them to the methods now in vogue in the
great schools abroad.
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A r T A N D ART is

Among the pleasant studio receptions and
entertainments held thus far during the
season no affair has been more thoroughly
successful than the musicale given on
Wednesday afternoon in the combined ate
Tiers of Prince Trouhetzkoy and Chevalier
Trentanove. They were thrown open in
such way as to form continuous suite
of rooms, and, decorated with palms and
adorned with pictures, sculpture and hand
some draperies, they presented very at
tractive appearance. Those who shared in
presenting the enjoyable musical program
We're Mr.. Emanuel Wad and Mr.. Petro
Minetu of the Peabody Institute. Balti-
more, and Miss Cumins, a brilliant pupil
of Mr.. Minetti Chevalier Trentanove also
added to the pleasure of the audience by
singing. The band of ladies who received
the artists guests included Mrs. c. NJ.
Ffoulke Miss Ffoulke, Mrs. J. r. Selfridge
Miss Selfridge, Mrs. Hausbrough Mrs V
G. Fischer, Mrs. Frank B. Conger. Mrs
Cridler and Mrs. Wright.
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These studio affairs are more than social
gatherings. in that they afford visitors an
opportunity to examine the recent work by
the artists, and in this way serve the pur-
pose of private views. Chevalier Trenta-
move had on exhibition in his studio a Sc
ries of marble busts completed a short time
ago, including portraits of Colonel Bryan
General Fitzhugh Lee and Senior Gonzalo
de Quesada, but the interest of the visit
ors centered on a striking production which
ne mas just finished-a bust of Mr. Morrill,
the late senator from Vermont It is a
wonderfully good likeness, full of char
acter and expression.
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In Prince Troubetzkoys studio there were
a number of canvases to attract and hold
the attention, and none met with warmer
expressions of approval than the vfvacious
haif-length portrait of Mrs. A. c. Barney.
The coloring in this work is fascinating
and the artist has successfully caught the
animation which is one of the most noticea-
bic characteristics Of his SITTER and made
the figure seem almost ready to move. He
Is usually fertile in original ideas whep
1t comes TO the selection of a pose, and
much Of the interest which one takes in
the suaVely handled portrait of Mr. J. B.
Henderson is first aroused by the extremely
unconventional pose. A broadly painted
sketch OF boy in outing costume and a
three-quarter-length portrait of Mrs Rich
afdson We're among the other large can
vases winch Prince Troubetzkoy displayed
for the benefit of those who visited his
studio.
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The most important work that Mrs. Cor
nelia Cassidy Davis has now in her studio
is a large canvas that arrived short time
ago from the west, where it was on exhibit
ton at the Omaha exposition during the
summer and early fall. It is called From
Foreign Parts" and is an excellent piece
Of composition. Painted in scale Of sober
Grays. ii will appeal to all who prefer
subtle harmony 10 brilliancy Of effect.
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to, who came to know how he could serve
her. 1T matters little My work is nearly
donei'
So, riding, was her custom. all alone
upon a white palfrey, she passed out of
their sight toward the south.
The oasis., 1899-01-14

too fresh they pack him of to the salt mines, SO he will not spoil. You seem to have taken that route.'
 But can't square this thing?" he asked.
 "I don't know; l am afraid not; 1t has got beyond me, 1 fear
 The next time Murphy passed through the car the man made an- other appeal, and Murphy interceded with the officers, who returned to the first class car, leaving the thoroughly frightened passenger to himself, where he sat quietly all the way to Hermo- sillo, ruminating over the narrow es- cape he had had. At Hermosillo he sneaked out of the third class car, in which he had ridden, and took hack for the hotel, much wiser for his ex- Derience.
The oasis., 1899-01-14
La Grippe successfully Treated.

"I have just recovered from the sec ond attack of la grippe this year, " says MT. Jas A. Jones, publisher of the Leader, Mexia, Texas. Tn the latter case I used Chambertain's cough remedy, and l think with con siderable success, only being in bed a little over two days against ten days for the former attack. The second attack I am satisfied would have been equally ds bad as the first but for the use of this remedy as l had to go to bed in about six hours after being struck with it, while in the first case I was able to attend to business about two days before getting down." For sale by L. w. Mix < Co.
The oasis., 1899-01-14

At Minas Prietas the Colorado Creston Co. is doing considerable work in the old Pretas mine, and is extracting a greet deal of rich ore right at tbe surface which was over looked by those who worked the prop erty a generation or more ago. 4 great deal of good ore is also coming out of the old Prietas shaft. To handle it ure bias have been erected at the mouth of the shaft, whence the ore is hoisted by small hoisting engine. From the bin it is conveyed to the Creston hoist by ore cars, hauled by mules. There it is hoisted to the ore bins, whence it reaches the Colorado mill with the ore from the Creston mine.