Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-07-06

undone and what she was anxious to
conceal from every one. and. worst of
all. had been discovered by the very
person from whom she was most anx-
ious to hide Ii.
So she turned upon Jane angrily:
Jane Bolingbroke. you shall leave me
as soon as we get back to Greenwich
for this betrayal of my confidence"
She was not afraid now that the dan
ger was over. and feared no new dan
ger with Brandon at hand to protect
her. for in her heart she felt that to
overcome a few fiery dragons and
company or so of giants would be
mere pastime to him. Yet see how
she treated him. The girls had stopped
when Jane called Brandon. and he was
at once by their side with uncovered
head, hoping for and of course expect
ing a warm welcome. But even Bran
don, with his fund of worldly philos-
{, ophy, had not learned not to put his
trust in princesses, and his surprise
was benumbing when Mary turned
angrily upon him.
| Master Brandon, your impudence in
following US shall cost you dearly. We
/ do not desire your company, and will
| thank you to leave US to our own af-
! fairs, as we wish you to attend ex-
clusively to yours
This from the girl who had given
him so much within less than week!
Poor Brandon!
Jane, who had called him up and
was the cause of his following them,
began to weep.
"Sir," said she. forgive me. 1t was
not my fault. She had just said''-
Slap came Mary's hand on James
mouth, and Jane was marched off.
weeping bitterly.
The girls had started up toward East
Cheap when they left Grouche's, in
tending to go home by an upper route,
and now they walked rapidly in that
direction. Brandon continued to fol
low them. Notwithstanding what Mary
had said. and she thanked him and her
God ever after that be did.
They had been walking not more
than five minutes when, just as the
girls turned q corner into a secluded
little street, winding its way among
the fish warehouses. four horsemen
passed Brandon in evident pursuit of
them. Brandon hurried forward, but
before he reached the corner heard
screams of fright and as he turned in
to the street distinctly saw that two of
the men had dismounted and were try
4 ing to overtake the fleeing girls. Fright
lent wings to their feet, and, their short
skirts affording freedom to their limbs
they were giving the pursuers warm
little race. screaming at every step to
the full limit of their voices. How
they did run and scream! 1t was but a
moment till Brandon came up with the
pursuers, who, all unconscious that
they in turn were pursued, did not eX-
pect an attack from the rear. The
men remaining on horseback shouted
an alarm to their comrades, but so in.
tent were the latter in their pursuit
that they did not hear. One of the men
on foot fell dead, pierced through the
back of the neck by Brandon's sword
before either was aware of his pres
ence. The other turned, but was a
corpse before he could cry out. The
girls had stopped a short distance
ahead, exhausted by their flight. Mary
had stumbled and fallen, but had riser
again, and both were now leaning
against wall, clinging to each other
picture of abject terror. Brandon
ran to the girls, but by the time he
reached them the two men on horse
back were there also, hacking away a
him from their saddles. Brandon die
his best to save himself from being GU
to pieces and the girls from being tram
pied under fctt by the prancing horses