New-York tribune., 1902-12-27
II Christmas MaSque.
I'm 7 zU0 Parts.
PART II.

s fg9 nsF Vo7Ss hst of
ny Nov she believes In very truth She does. She
believes Loves my you? love; witb fhs.g gasp.
Then She has lied. Lied. Lied. l say. Bah!
she fools you to the top of your bent Yes! you
sag CARLY yne Lord @dFaa aGasteh whose ather sent him
G h nd% to catch If of hf the Sses ct in m
BE silent: 1t is false ,,,,
Doi Fool. IoTesick fooI Why to-night this very
night may have proof Of 1t II yGq W na5 5sRe the m
masque is over-nOne pass that way to their rooms
she she has been each @ night mig since they have been
An Ah e she aqEd n6 m T ta eorg S Is
Etheridge could have better planned Ny N.Y. lord en-
and-my God! thereby provides them with their
"one may not tell woman" the marquis said,
calmly. his face white as marble 'that-that
himself. can use the proof suggested by that
woman Ny lady. will be in the picture gallery
at .Ay.Hif tHe nH4i it is sT true rue As it is
IF IL is although this lover is my guest here
beneath my own roof l will slay him or he shall
slay me" ~, hin, .,.aa before her eyes for
aught L shall heed. But for her-what will you do
Inform every woman of her own rank what she
is Her fellow women will be her worst execution
If It's then. Lady AIderoury your fellow women
Two hours later. and it was now past midnight
foe p @ fhe gre double staircase frs and
furbelows and silks and satns rusted red , neeis
and jest heard men and women trooped to
Their nod a shook 1 the hands and 2f
wishes for the nights repose while telling % & 1ne
he would be with them at the Ombre and Basset
Stay With me-. he said to Cyril vanstone. who
gave signs of seeking his bed stay re-
aps GaTe yG Not one sc ast paptatng as
but still something you should see. ,,.,
vaguely perhaps suspiciously. at the marquiss
that may concern vou" Then. when
all ladies had turned the top of the stairs ne
anne6 san 10 into an acoVe of the hall and unlocking
his sword from peg, threw the sash across MS
"A swordl Here, Indoors. in your own house.
my lord!' the boy-for he was still little better
"Ay To kill maybe. a. rat Come. Cyril. 49,,
heavy hangings which shut off the picture gallery
from the hall IN another they were brough
from France when the English boy Henry VI; was
Eg worn 0i in nn that ancient fabric they passed the
moon noon - ,,,u, an
other 's porton of more modern arras which was
neither frayed yet nor but divided into two
Closely at thisor looking had they been been able 1sr to
lying on the 6angngs that vastly resembled fingers
Perhaps they would nave nQtfia no 1Sie moment their
eyes fell on something that startled them and at
Woman aa I'M in light lowered Indian chintz was
stealing along by the inner wall until Soe Sne S9e9d bead
Rae5 9e fs m dark Rer ce Then as she under
the lamp from behind statuenit was & Of Tenusa s
kissed KISS d'fpPSqI her long s'' and fondiy, ,a
silence of the e. night; they heard the man urmur
'At last! at lastt' and kiss her again And nd s tney
ard the man: they recognized her sweet brown
nan M1 SnG GdG nf fell from those mems lips while the
marquis muttered, II haye We seen see -sopf enough Come
have one 'I hand nd left With that will throttle
70 Of m
rgsRed rsRss 9es fnto the @ room the aTaas
you. who are attianced to DAvrancOurt meet an an
other here at mid midnight E such
as he there could be fear-upon his ST face , had
the on the ShfF Fo side bt Of the nFs2 that hat
held it together, and Lucille vanstone advanced
You thsrs@snd here5. the marquis exclaimed
and and heTs 9eon t99 for Mhf6 96a Cr
Whoever this thing is. It masqueraaes as my my
vancing toward the woman who had drawn back sSl
from the arms Of the man bnG %np and nSd in moment
had torn from off the w2mans esnfr face the mask
"h,d My iady Aiderbary:' he and the marquis
claimed together i1 MY lady 1 Adfr6gTy faST Aderbry
who like thief in the night endeavors 70 d steat an
steai that boase had
done it Ny Lady AIderbury-who bribes the maids
dresses eopyRg to steal the mnaqFg e59 Of sv nsT
make S0 tnas fne Perfecf ecfnSnIb Te5embing mask
And now for this fellow" said the marquis
apDroaching the masked man. Yet, ere he could 90
so. Cyril Vanstone had once more sprung 1or"aru
and torn the mask off his face also. - ,
You, you,'' he cried to Doramount. So us
YOU who traduce honest girl thus-youi on whom
She would wipe her feet! YOU! and he IIted
his only hand strike his ordShtp across the race
But the marquis seizing it with his own excalme1; @
Nav Cyril This is my house and ne IS my
guest But Tomorrow regret it's Christmas Eve
I will ask your lordship to meet me outside the
mark wall on neutral ground There, II heaven 1S
willing / will avenge the affront you have put
upnn nv future Wife
Il shall fight with you ..
90 hest for Won Thus may your days be longer.
Then going over to where Lady Alderbury had
sunk into chair. Lord D'Avraucourt said: AS
for Won who pretended to love me, how could you
do this? Cod what would you Rave done II you
had hated me! OF yOu-what shall SdyE
SAY her ladyshp whispered, turning up ner
streaming ewes at him Say? All! Herbert say
that In nv womans vanity my won1anS hopes. L
deemed YOU loved me. Say that-be this as 1t may
! loved YOU from the first. that love you now;
that God help me''-and her hand touched tlr7 ~
The lace of his cuff shall love you always ay.
100. remember too. that woman-onfy a
wonan!-and So forgive. Say that you forgive me
Let me assist you TO rise Caroline" p'Avran-
court said putting his right hand TO help her-
And as his hand touched hers she knew that. In
the days to come, if not now. she might De lot
Civ King