The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-04

! draw away from me- I was NNu
would. Please Try 70 forgive NE ] shsil
see the Jesuit IN the morning. or rather
| before the night Is over. 10 vs. going 10
be At the Half Moon tavern tonight what
well, 4" began nab. "you surpriss noe.
and l am glad ~ 7 have nut you IN the
| wav Of turning over p new leaf, but you
know that Allen Is nothing to me" she
caressed his hand teuderly There Is one
/ thing, however. ] want to ask you You
spoke Of Father Garnet Is not that the
"Yes; but must not bother your head
Indeed you must ~ am 10 be your
wife, 7 shall share all your thoughts
You must promise me not to mix yourself
up. in his plans. I know that no, good
VIII come Of Il; II is dangerous; I can
ger ger '3' ~ mus ''D' ~
Bah nestled up close to him, and julie
took her in both his arms. She was trem-
bling with excitement. for she saw her-
| self about to discover some plot whose
| significance she could ss yet only guess.
Little by little she drew from julie every
detail Of the famous intrigue to carry OF
the king, which IS known in history az
the Bye plot She could hardly control
| herself as the unexpected news fell upon
her ears. Then, as new resolution began
70 shape itself in her mind, she could not
help thinking of Jack, and how she would
make his fortune
ut is time to go, she said abruptly.
| II am ready" replied julie.
Start down the ladder; but look nrst
to the fastenings; it may not be strong
enough for two"
The dim light Of the moon, which did
not fall directly through the window, was,
however, sufficient for julie to examine
the fAstenings of the ladder; then he swung
| himself upon the window sill with his feet
Come, dear, let me help YOU" he said,
stretching out a hand towards Bah.
Go q little farther" she answered, not
caring to come into the full light while he
! Wnf
julie fitted his feet in the piiable steps
and climbed down till bis face was level
with the window sill. Then Bah cams for
give me kiss," she said sweetly '-fos
you must not look up till we are down
Julie began to descend slowly. AS soon
as he was fairly started Bah removed her
veil, and then leaned out Of the window.
julie was Il safe distance below the win
dow when Barbara suddenly drew knife
and cut one Of the side ropes OF the
ladder The adventurer felt the sudden
sagging and looked up in alarm
What is thatr' he cried,
81 have cut one of the ropes, and II
you come one step upward shall cut the
julie could see the severed rope and that
only one strand now held him suspended
in midslr. he could see the dancing
black eyes and the haunting ex-
preston on Bab's face, for the moon fell
full upon 1t; and he could see that she held
the knife with its edge upon the single 70
naming rope that stood between him and
death.
What does this meanY he growied
hercely.
ut means that l am Barbara Burton,
please, your honor. Ho, no, you are 30
different, dear. from what YOU were yester-
dayl On my life, Master julie, / do not
wonder that you thought So for abe never
loved you nor meant to marry you at all
How do you like my hssea7 Do remind
you OF your mother nowl Stopi II you take
1 g@n 49, -h,1t AHn
julie stopped, FOR he had commenced to
ascend the ladder again. IL had never oc-
CURED to anyone who knew julie to call
his bravery into question; but he knew well
enough when he was beaten. One slash OF
BarbGras knife meant his death, and he
, knew that she would cut the remaining
rope without hesitation II called upon to
do so. He stopped, rested a moment, ana
began to descend.
, ''wait bit longer" cried Bah. ~ am
not done with you yet"
julie paid no attention TO her, but went
on three or four steps nearer the ground.
III you go another STEP" shouted Bah,
II shall cut the rope"
! At that threat, so hrmly uttered, the BAT
fed ndyenturer paused.
, Now listen" continued Bah, II have q
, story to tell you My mistress hates you.
She knows as we'll as l do that you tried
10 murder Sir Richard Allen. 1t was /
who planned her escape. She Is now with
him. At least she Is with Master Sav1le,
II what you say about Sir Richard iA true.
You may DO sure she scorns you, and /
scorn you, too. On. what a shrewd rogue
you are! How 1t pleased me to hear your
"You managed to have Master Jack Kne-
vet discharged from this house. Well, you
might have kept your eye on him, for 1t
would have done you yeoman service. II
was he who got noe here, and you, You fool,
thought that you let me come into the
house yourself. When I knocked on the
door yesterday merely walked down stairs
from this room. Dear, your innoeenca Is
lovable Kiss me, dear, you are % off
ferent. Those are not the only fool things
you have done. Those clothes yoa wanted
that belonged to Sir Richard-I gave them
to Master Jack Knevet, and he
Bah stopped for two reasons she was out OF
breath and prudence suggested that she had
better ray nothing further about Ciceiy.
she knew me-, Jules sensihnitS to ridicuie: ana
him; however, she could not resist one last
fling. as she let him go.
Now run on down, deari My ven Is on
now. and II You were nearer should let
you kiss my lips, Poor fellow, you can not
even squeeze my hand Good-by. shall
give her all your messages, tell her every
word How she and Sir Richard will laugh
when l tell them how different you found
her. / was different, wasn't II / told
Mistress Ciceiy | should give you q taste
Of real love as lesson. Goodby, senh-
mental You may go now"
julie. raging Ike tempest, obeyed her
Instantly. He had not forgotten for q mo.
ment that he was hanging all this time
between life and death, and that his life
depended on the girl who directed this
, TRADE against him. he was Indeed glad of
the chance to escape. AS he reached the
street he set out almost on a run and was
soon lost to sight.
julie led from the scene OF his disaster
IN towering rage. The good impulses
that were due to Cicely vanished as com
pletey as II he had never known them
His idol was shattered utterly with the
knowledge OF her deceit The realization
that he had been duped stung him in a
thousand points Above all, the ridicule
that Barbara had heRped upon him rang in
MS ears TIL It drove him nearly 10 dis
traction.
For a moment he cursed himself for his
stupidity, Then his anger found vent IN
muttered curses against Cicely and Bah.
julie, for all his faults, was man enough
to know that he could wreak no personal
vengeance upon women; but there were
two who fell within reach OF his revenge;
one was Allen; the other was Knevet lie
set out at once for the Half Moon Tavern
where he knew he should hnd the Jesuit
priest and the other eonspIrators who were
concerned IN the mock literary club An
the way he was formulating his plans
| against kncyet. He bore deeper grudge
/ against him than against all the rest for