The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-08-21

tAgSSsSsJ the binding dust rose around
him in great waves. The horse fell
lame. He had to dismount and move
slowly and painfully over the loose,
heavy soil on loot, raising the dropping
head of the iiseless rider. 1t was bitter
weary, cruel travail. of an intolerables
labor, Of an intolerable pain At last
lie drew near the caravansary where
he had been directed to obtain change
of horses. 1t stood midway in the dis
lance that he had to traverse. The
groups in the court paused in their
converse and in their occupations and.
looked in awe at the gray charger with,
it's strange burden and the French,
chasseur who came SO blindly forward
like man feeling his passage through
the dark Cecil moved slowly on into
their midst, his hand on the horses
rein. Then a great darkness covered
his sight. He swayed to and fro and
fell sensaless on the gray stone of the.
paved court. When consciousness re-
turned to him, he YVES lying on stone
bench in the shadow of the wall, with
the cooiness of tie fountain water bub-
bling nearand throng of lean, bronzed.
eager faces about him. .s'
Instantly he remembered all.
where is he?" he asked.
They knew that he meant the dead
man and answered him in a hushcd
murmur Of many voices. They had
placed the body gently down within in
a darkened chamber.
A SILVER passed over him, fres
stretched his hand out for wafer that
they held to him.
work to do
He knew that for no friendship or
! grief Or suffering or self pity might a
soldier pause by the wayside while his
errand was still undone, his duty unfuI-
| filed
| He drank the water thirstiasSs. then
| Keeling slightly from the weakness,
that was still upon him, he rose, reject
ing their offers of aid. Take me to
him. he said simply. They under,
| stood him.
! He motioned them all back with his
hand and went into the gloom of the,
/ chamber alone. Not one among them
| followed.
/ When he came forth again, the reck-,
less and riotous soldiers of France turn
/ ed silently and reverentially away, sos
| that they should not look upon his
/ face, for it was well known through
out the army that no common tie had
| bound together the exiles of England,
and the fealty of comrade to comrade,
was sacred in their sight
The fresh ANIMAL saddled, was held
ready outside the gates. He crossed
| the, court, moving still like man with
out sense of what he did The name
that some of the hurrying grooms
| shouted loudly in their impotence
broke through his stupor and reached
him. 1t was that of the woman whom.
| however madly. he loved with all the
strength of a passion born out of utter,
hopelessness. He turned to the out
rider nearest him.
You are Of the Princess Coronas
sui? What does she do here?"
Madame travels to see the country
and the war"
The WARP This is no place for her.
The land is alive with danger, rife with
death"
''Miladi travels with the duke, her
brother. Miladi does not know what
fear il"
But
The remonstrance died on his lips.
He stood gazing out from the gloom of
the arch at q face close to him, on
which the sun shone full, face unseen
for II long years and which a moment
before laughing and careless in the
light changed and grew set and rigid
and q. pale with the pallor of an unutter-
able horror. Cecil brought his hand to
his brow in military salute. passed
With the inpa ssiyeness Of a soldier
who passed q gentleman, reached his.