The sun., 1900-12-09

| Alvas men travel free he Hnid
| Aoh 80, Rfunted Wiedetmah
.hlIo ,hc ,girl 'tfusslcd Nlid, tor hgr
strength lfs W.. lgs' passing - ,Os ~"'I
nodded, The thlna vas done n al. ina,,ni
| He tushed hi- hOtsa -uddenlr fpf~@td
tffcw hi. weight back and hi. horse on i'
harnohos Old and Sparsrd fell together
.69tt lop may travel ife" b.t h't IT
| nv friend not far. said nn-paf looI'h'
nv ~ Iad staggered to hcr fGc,, u, t. t
the Spnniard stiI lay whrr" lac mai la,"i
Alas the fate of inCout,uenc". mon cher
WHAT VA. yodr "rrand' asked In spar.
ish lhe fellow set hs t'"'h ana 'aid
What va. 20 r. crrand,- | Sai,i asa
s,ll h" Wa sileut search him, / erred L
the two that had come Withu~
To Don GUzman d'A-torgas.
These.
Press on with all speed. Tor that tle King
servc" demands you come pdtkly m
BEARER viii De your zuiie. ALNA
such vas the purport OF the aver he bore
| lead i ana pass,d u tr '"-It. he
shIdgyni has shoulders
Hs seem, ans.oIs. tne great Ava" said
"sanydieu' 1hi, tell, h,t,e erred Henri
NcrmeIl.
'lol think so." Answered and ie.i
'Wncro /, dA,torga,'" q at last said "a
| the SpaLiard There Was no answer
You are fond OF silence, my A!dnapper.
'Wc can crafty you, with the opportunity
| for eterna! silence. NerDDe.I SAID. with =.
| chuChle
| Il wll wait three minutes, then speak OF
| die, SAID shortly A!. ] anew he would
never speak i9ur true Spdn.ard is hard a.
| .roh to others, but g'e the de>!i hs due
| VIII YOU answer" lie shook his head
| l nodded to our two TROOPERS. But the slft
ran iorward-l tllnk We had AL iorSot'sn
| the girl- anu caught my hands.
no: no, 7he cried he must not de
| viii YOU SPEAK: | asked again
| d!e Tor tle iaitn a"d the hlis, he Gried:
| away. While the S,ri hid her lace
| Il hope hl- ialth Is u better color than hi
hing sruhted "a-par he siTi looked uE
| "luu-arr yoU OF the faitht she Crled
on lerhaps. uiadei""'selle perhais.
'Ot which ia.th?' asked
he reformed the !Aith Of Orause
"A$, al, our Iaith l. our masters. said
We are In the service Ul the Priuce of
An. she casped her hand, in Joy Take
me take me- "!th YOU. \erlne.l smiled
-leufell The ways Of omen" said Ga.par
q Take me u the Prince. she cred again
ihs rance Are you mad ieu-a girl
from un inn:
lhe little mink drew herself W. with some
thlhs lIke d smile
"ies. L. a girl from al inn. she said
iovhrd a. her, ana from her to Gaspar.
ahd from uaopar 10 NeruieI kermcIl nodded
You viii nud | am worth taAlng," she
SAID. eyed her again Iruly. she WAS
a strange maid To come nom all iHn. Her
nauds were small and white. and ON brow
the clear white sAin maid from an inn.
Scarce only that, and 30 she came with US
Oh her way TO The Prince
And now Tor A>torsas, said !.
We know nelther where ne 10 nor what
he does only Ava IL III hurry quoth Gas
Not where he is. truly he brings convoy
! wager my horse said l. Shall We send
The Two looked at me in silence
seal up the parchment again, One bearer
Is as good as another Inc bearer will be
your guide. ."
Gaspar chuckled
We know not where he 10" said Vermeil
"Gott! | could smell Il convoy ten miles
on, cried Gaspar.
you will gol"
Ave., l viii 20 and guide him to hell If
you will.
hat is the Use OF d bridge"
NMuch-when 1t broken. said |.
So, Gaspar wiederlnan mounted and gal
loped OF 10 smell out Don Guzman. and We
rode on toward the bridge OF Neermut By
my side rode lhe girl, sitting her horse like
YueenLsteed and saddle Henri Nermeil
lence. was ponderiny how ss had best
receive Don Guzmsn. and ever and anon
,he tnought would come across my mind
OF Orangef They had been ready enough
TO leave Alva. Now II was done, how would
naGsh, ae TX for % Alva cared NOR more than 0a iittia
for the man ] had seen bu, once-tle thin,
weary man, with the great. dark ewes. at
Delft suddenly. while | p0HdeTed
Why did you kill him?' asked the girl
! looked w .tartled
,',S 50 Gssrish all the enemies of the faith"
Nay. no, without repentance she cried
Repentance" said !. A spaniard re-
Murder never aided cause, shs an
swered
One cannot make war In white gloves"
| said. and she an-wered nothing
BY long and by last We came 10 yeermut
bridge. The narrow old wooden bridge to
Nhifh belong. the fame and the honor Of
inyinoibe To the'bridge:" YOU ask Ave.
10 the bridge on one side were Don Gu7-
mma @n Se on "nd the eAtf Cer sTs sad
Breuthe town. and betwixt the two only q
lew miles OF causeway andariver Well. and
HAL" cried, and down ] spranc to see
what the bridge tinbers we're Ike
YOU m of !%nS more ySH along ha ndsd hen
pass YOU, hang ON their rear see 90 1t that
the guard passes the 6ridse ia-t When they
but d. not come on the bridge
Netueil bowed
And the Othersf" he asked
There will he no others, Nermetl
T. were a long tale To tell; the sun was set
tnv when d 'Astorgas and his trnsty guide
Z
nr.l hanging like a lerrIer on iis heels The
CONVOY came on the bridge the convoy cross
ed The guard was packed thick between
IN. parap"ts, and then -uddcnlv came fash
and tile bridge iunIcd W q little a. one end
md tCil sideways INTO The stream With splas
md clash and roar and shTieks all mingled.
in u thick cloud Of smoke. The engineers
T. n useful Vrait Out from The sh"ltrr oc
Coppicc sc charged on that hape>s, de-
isuCcl.-~ conway. and at the end oI one " is
rush boa GI2mGu'a convoy had changed
lt~ pWl.c.
"Goul t,a thiove on our blood. h".ise
We shpll thrive on hi- food. uuoth a grun
voice IN ny ear
"tusr,
Ave, casper, captain | IL" drsr
rogd 20 l"dNon han broken trd.e
You led him easily"
"Ltke q butrher ih1 ,haop, Go,'' he asked
m" how :" -'ave "fl Scrm"il." cried Gaspar
with laugh
Ave (ermcii 10 no fool. -" answered
No. us fool, srlutcd pasl1r shortly No
-foo'
In truth Ce-ucil had done we'll. and lie
brought his mon safely sCru-~ the river.
thpu-h hv N"crmui the CurrcHt T. strong
ard the hInas steep
s. "" cry check q" Ava" he shouted
sayiy
tch' bu, not mate" uuoih Gasrar
tHE'"ring Gown the ulI| toward us came
The u'rl with the MI" guard had eft by her
riding behind
80. il vas splendid" she cried while she
was Still tar IN, and then GS she came nearer
md saw tho men that Law hlpOdv and torn
and 'rniuy.ed before her horses feet, -he
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