The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-06-21

me. and my face burned
ePrince. do not confuse the man. lie
e had enough as IL is" The king
smoothed away the remnant oi Tue
smile.
.,Your majesty is right" said / des-
nerately. II am confused. know not
what TO say. -,
..What would you do In my placer
asked the king Of the chancellor.
81 should say in an omlnous voice.
young man. you may go, out IL you
oyer enter our presence again without
o,ther one or the other of the Honen-
nboIian nrincesses as your wife we
shall confiscate your property anu put
Won I'm a dungeon for the remainder OIL
vour natural days put in the conhs-
cation clause as a matter OF form.
Have you any property
.Xybat | have" answered, my conn.,
dence returning 81 can put In my
pockets" ,,, 49,
Good" said the king. What the
chancellor says is but just. See TO IL
that his directions are followed.
"Now. my king" concluded the chan
cellor, put a medal on him ana let MN
CO."
"In time" replied the king. You
NAV 90, Herr Winthrop"
go and scribble no more" added the
chancellor.
could hear them laughing as made
my escape from the room. 1t could not
be expected Of me to join them. Ana
| Gretchen was as far away as ever
PHYLLIS love me? 1t was absurd
Gretchen had played me the fool she
had been laughing at me all the tilne'
Yet she had begged my lie Oh the
prince and on her knees. Or was IL
lie of his. oh, it seemed to me that
nv brain would never become clear
again
In the afternoon at / was ushered
into the boudoir of her highness the
Princess Elizabeth. 1t was Phyllls no
longer. Phyllis had passed. and be-
came conscious of vague regret.
Il am glad" she said, that you
were able TO come. | wanted TO SPEAK
to you about-about my sister
"Your highness"-
She laughed Our interview shall
end at once if you call me by that title.
Sir" with a gayety which struck me
as unnatural, you are witnessing the
passing of Phyllis. 1t will not be long
before she shall pass away and never
more return. and the name shall fade
till it becomes naught but dear mem
DRY. Phyllis has left the green pas
) lures for the city, and Corydon follow
eth not"
phyllis" said l, you are cutting me
to the heart"
But to the matter at hand" she said
quickly. There is q misunderstand-
, ing between you and my sister Hide
carde. She sent Inc this letter. Read
, it,"
r 1t differed but little from the one l
had read in the kings chamber that
! morning. | gave it back to her.
! do you understands
81 confess that do not. 1t seems
! that | am never going to understand
j anything again"
= Phyllis balanced the letter on the
q palm OF her hand You are so very
! blind. my dear friend. Did you not
O tell her that there had been another
D affair? Do you not believe she thinks
your regard for her merely a matter
:. of piuue, ot consolation? 1t was very
l kind of her to sacrifice herself for me
r Some women are willing TO give up al
| to see the man they love made happy
My sister is one Of those. But l shall
f" refuse the gift. Jack, can you not see
that the poor woman thinks that you
love meY Phyllis was looking at me
l. with the greatest possible kindness.
n 81 know not what she thinks. | only
know that she has written me that she
l. is sorry for having played with my at
O fections. Phyllis, if she loved me she
d would not leave me as she has done"
II ooh. these doubling Thomases"' ex
IS claimed Phyllis. "How do you know
that she does not love you? Have yol
d one true proof that she does not? No
IS but you have a hundred that she does
| But
u "Do you love her?" demanded Phyl
| lis. stamping her foot with impotence
J. love her? Have l not told you tina
1t do?" gloomily.
j. "And will you give her up becaus
e. she writes you letter? What has inl
,e TO do with love and a woman? If vol
dc not set out at once to find her,
Y. shall never forgive you. She is my sis
e ter, and by that l know that you can
not win her by sitting still. Go fin'
"a her and tell her that you will neve
IS leave her till she is your wife. do no
g. mean to infer" with a smile, that yo'
he will leave her after. Go to her as
master. That is the way a womai
| loves to be wooed. Marry her and b
happy, and l shall come and say
?. Heaven bless you, my children
r. have accepted the remuneration of he
lr claims so that she may be free to we
you. If you do not find her, | will