The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-25
CHAPTER XIV.
If There Were Need.

Time wore on in the ancient capital OF
England. The tramp OF troops echoed In
the streets, and the fleets Of Britain made
ready to carry her sons over seas for
wars and for adventures. The dntrignes
Of party against party, ofrschureh Hagainst
church, of parliament aEadnst king; the
loves, the hates, the ambitions. the de-
sires Of all the city's aaurTying thousands
went on as ever. Who. then. should res
member single prisoner, waiting within
the walls OF England's jail? The hours
wore ON slowly enough for that prisoner.
He had faced a jury Of his peers and was
condemned to face tho gailows. Meantime
he had said farewell no love and hope aud
faithfulness, even as he bade farewell to
iife Since she has forsaken me whom
thought faithful" sadd he to hinaseH,
'swhy, let 1T end. for ltfeRts ia anpcAksry
would not live cut" And tsAngefGFth,
haggard but Laughing. pale abut nm
broken courage, he trod on his way
through his Few Remaining kays. tho WON
der OF those who saw him.
AS for Mary Gonnynge, fIsszrsly ishe iaad
matters enough which were ahest kept
secret in her own soul. While Lady GRth-
arine was hoping, And praying, and
dreaming and believing, even sas the roses
left her cheek and the f0Nows fell be-
meath her eyes, she saw about her In the
daily walks Of life Mary Connynge, sleek
and rounded as ever. They sat at table
together, and neither did the one make
sign to the other of her own anxiety, nor
did that other give asign of her own
treaclery. Mary Gonnynge, ffalse guest,
false friend false woman, RAecetWed go per-
fectly that she left mo INDIGESTION of deceit.
She herself knew, and bltndly laatdshed
herself with the knowledge. thAt she alone
now came close into the lie aof ssIaeau"
Law, the convict: t.Ieasaany Lew the
Law, her lord and master. Heraiu she;
found the sole compensation possible IN
her savage nature. She had found the
master whom she sought.
tCynieally mirthfal or irreNerently IN.
different, yet newer did her masters
strength forsake him, newer did his heart
lose it's undauntedness And fMslaan he
ibade Mary Connynge do tllis or that saae
4obeyed him; when he sbaf1e her arise she
arose, at hts word she came or depantsd,
"A dozen nights In the amontht
she was absent from the horse sof Kaagl-
slys. "A dozen nights viii Law wees COZ
ened into frenzy, iaslternating hetwesn ID
heaven of dshght and - hell OF despaar,
and ignorant OF her twO7fold dnphctty.j
IA dozen nights John Lew knew well
enough where Mary Connynge Evas,
though no one else 1right know. There
was feminine triumph NOW In full Din the
heart Of this Mary Connynge, who had
gone white with rage MT the sight OF a
rose sofferad across her fase TO smother
woman. Had she not her ixaaster? Was
he not hers. all hers, bsi0Efssiitg I'm no wise
ITO any other?
For the future, Marry sConnyTa ge did mot
sparder TIT. An efsaenara, once sbuNiet seser-
CREATIONS deep In tire 1lfire and Slime sofi
lower conditions, and now craving bliIltalyi
sfor the sunlight Rof the day, she would
have lsought the Aeadl sdf III sssesen
yflrosaghaat that moment 1T had Hsstlen her
deem. Foolish or Wise, she wRs jas she
swaa sifrce under ionr trail secisty lie
lie as lit U.s.
only AT might, eon those Rights when
che was sleeping son her own couch be.
meath the roof sof Catherine KnoliJN. did
Mary Ocnnynge aIl0w zherSah ito ltinlk.
Tell, then, we who may, sWiaetiler 4or NOT
she was mere survival OF some Forgotten.
day Of the forest and the glade, as she