The Holly chieftain., 1901-09-06

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- safely tonisAt - svsr yoa slsot
upoa ysag notAsrs boson. and -
shall yop b. sais while am near ron.
You will go Julian In the norning?"
''you will come with him!"
III you wish 1t, lady"
Il do wish It. for feel that I am
acauainted With you: and. further
moro. have said that would trust
you.~
1T shall be 20.
And thus spsakips the visitor arose.
and moved towards the door. He turn-
ed. with his hand upon the latch, and
added: ~
Il trust that yopr dreams may b
sweet and pleasant II dark phantoms
come to your pillow they shall mot be
Of Julian. There>is another whom you
have more cause to dread-one who. in
hard and hoary age would feast upon
the charms OF your lovelineas. Par
don me. for 60 with . blessing
breathed upon thee"
In . moment more the man was
gone. and the door was closed behind
him. Ulin gazed vacantly upon the
spot where he had stood, until she
felt hand upon her shoulder. She
started, and looked up; and 1t was only
Abba.
my dear mistress, Is not this
strange adyenture?"
Very strange" replied the princess.
casting her eyes to the floor, and then
slowly raising them to that vacant
spot.
What do you think Of the strange
man?" the slave girl pursued, sitting
down by her lady's side.
What do you think of him?" said
Ulin.
Il think he is very handsome. He
is the most noble looking man ever
saw"
Ulin showed by her look that she
was grateful for this answer 1t pleas
ed her, though she may not have
known 1t.
"such a man could not be bad
man." she said. Deception cannot
dwell in such face"
Il should think not" returned Abba,
to whom the remarks had been put in
the form Of questions.
And what do you think of the story
he told concerning the robber Julian?"
Il think he told us the truth. my
lady. AS he went on with the tale.
| u I,,of
SO before. He told US the truth"
Then the king must be hard, bad
man. Albia!"
Il must not answer you lady. The
king is to be your husband, and it is
not well that You should urge me to
speak against him." y
Indeed. girl, asked you to do no
such thing. did not mean that you
should speak against the king"
Then you should have asked me no
question touching his character. l
would rather talk Of this man who
has Just left us. l, who am only a
poor slave. could love such a man"
Ulin lifted her hand to her heart.
and pressed It there as though some
new feeling had crept in to worry her,
and, as she sat thus. one Of her black
slaves came in to see II she would like
! her supper.
mot now, Calypso" said the prin-
cess starting up. You may bring
me some grapes. and few dates. But
first, tell me what these strange men
are doing. How many OF them are
there here?"
mot more than a score Of them are
in the palace. my mistress. but there
are thousands Of them outside of the
valley"
Ulin had NO disposition to argue the
point; so she asked what the robbers
were doing.
Abba" said tie princess, after the
black slave had gone, II do not believe
that Julian is such terrible looking
man, after ali. What do you think"
Il think" replied Abba, that PED
pie have described him who never saw
him, and that their fear-fraught imag-
nations drew the picture"
"So think" returned Ulin. She
Ea9ed 4 few moments upon that old
vacant spot, and then added: II shall
see him on the morrow, and must say
that the thought is not frightful. I
feel assured that he means me NO
harm"
"Yet," ventured Abba. at is . curl
ous whim which should lead him to
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