The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-21

which TO strong woman torgives when lovs
Is dead"
bernard Of Carrvau1. the Monk who
preached with such force and vigor. was
sWaying the people when Gilbert returned
to the French court. Mr.. Crawford gives
& dramatj picture Of the enthusiasm which
swept over the crowd. over the King and
Queen, the lords and ladies'. A new Crusade
should be undertaken. Jerusalem should bs
rescued.
They were 81 Constantinople before GIL
bert and BeatriX met, and they had been
near each other for q year; tbs Green's
Jealousy had kept them apart It was
quite by chance. al last, that they saw
each other They had to go over their az
fairs together, and Beatrix told how her
father and his mother had been unkird TO
her and how she had run away. Eleanor
had sent for her. and SO. having Nowhere
else 10 go, che came TO France to tho
court. Eleanor had brought three hundred
of her ladies with her on the Crusade, and
Beatnx was ono OF them. Beatr,x soon saw
that Gilbert had no idea of the Queens
favor.
How long as the Queen loved your she
asked suddenly; and while she seemed not
TO ba looking at him, che was watching
every line Of HIS face, and would have no
ttced the movement Of an eyelssh II there
had been nothing else to note. But ca
bert was really surprised.
The Queen! The Queen love mel Arc
you beside Yourself
Not at all answered ~. young girl.
quietly; 1t IS the talk Of the court They
say that the King is Jealous of YOU
'She laUghed-gayly, this time. for che
saw that he really had no jdes of the truth.
Then she grew grave all at once. for Il
occurred to her that she had perhaps made
o mistake IN putting the idea into hi.
head.
4 least she said. rs II correcting her
self. that is what they used TO say last
year
You are quite mad he said, without q
smile. l cannot imagine how such an alb
surd idea could have suggested Itself to
You. In the first place. the Queen would
never look ut q poor Englishman like me,
y defy any woman not TO look at you.'
said Beatrix.
IT is true that the Queen loves you
and II shs sent 70 England for me. that
was merely in order to bring you back to
France"
The Queen found them in the garden to-
Cether. and she said to Gilbert that she did
not expect to find him there-uIbidden.
Y ask your Grace's pardon he said
slowly. for having entered unlimited. Yet
! am glad that l did. since / have found
what was kept from NE so long.
7 farcicd your Idol go changed that
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'Ec1tTiN hardly understood what tbs
words meant. bU; she knew that they were
intended 10 h;r: both her and Gilbert, and
she saw by his face what he felt. Knowing
as she did that the Queen was very strongly
attracted BY him, she would not have been
human II she had not felt in her throat the
pulse OF triumph. as she stood beside the
most beautiful woman in the world, pale,
slight, sad-eyed. but preferred before the
others supreme beauty by the one man
whose preference meant anything at all.
But a moment later she forgot herself and
feared for him.
Madam he said very slowly and dis
nnctly. I trust that l MAJ not fail IN
courtesy, either toward your Grace. or
toward any other woman. high or low: hut
none but the blind mar would deny that. Of
oil women, you are the fairest. wherefore
You may cast It in the face of other aides
OF your court that you are fairer than
they. But since your Grace would wear a
mans armor and draw n knights sword
and ride for the cross. shoulder TO shoulder
with the gentleman OF Normandy and Gas
cony and France. l shall tell YOU without
fear OF discourtesy. as one man would tell
another, that your words anG your deeds
are less gentle than your roya, blood
He finished speaking and looked her
quietly In the face. his arms folded, his
brow calm. his eyes still and clear. Be-
atrN LOOKED on half sick with fear.