Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-08-19

$50; anu W Wnom the princess had Ger
ttaeinly been abducted. ~ ~
me ehaperons forgot their eout and
acn orAer, and Jane, who was tho
st aHected of all, had genuine ex-
cuse Tor giving vent to her grief and
went to bed-by far the safest place
w lat was to be done? First, we sent
message to the king, who would
PlooHiy have us all fayed alive, fear
Wme the chaperons shared to the fun.
est ftent Next, an armed party rode
oack TO look again for Mary and. If
possible, rescue her.
LIE Iact that had been out the en-
lre night before together with the
an repute in which l was held for
ueeus OF arms, excused me from taking
part IN this bootless errand, so again I
prohted by the small esteem in which
l was held. I say l profted, for l
stayed at the castle with Jane, hoping
10 md my opportunity in the absence
OF everybody else. All the ladies but
Jane had ridden out and the KNIGHTS
VINO had been with me securing the
forest were sleeping, since they had not
my incentive to remain awake. They
had no message to deliver, no duty to
perform for an absent friend. A thou-
SAND! Only think of it.! 1 wished it
nad been million, and so faithful was
l TO my trust that swore in my soul
would deliver them, every one.
And Jane loved me! No more walk
Ing on the hard, prosaic earth now.
From this time forth I would fly; tlat
was the only sensible method Of loco
motion. Mary had said, "She told me
So" Could it really be true?sa You
Will at once see what an advantage
this bit of information was to me.
1 hoped that Jane would wish to see
me to talk over Mary's escape; so I
sent word to her that l was waiting,
and she quickly enough recovered her
health and came down. I suggested
that we walk out to a secluded little
summer house by the river, and Jane
was willing. All, my opportunity was
here at last!
James whole attitude toward me was
changed, and she seemed to cling to
me in shy, unconscious manner, that
was sweet beyond the naming, as the
one solace for all her grief.
After I had answered all her ques-
lions and had told her over and over
again every detail of Mary's fight and
had assured her that the princess was
at that hour breasting the waves with
Brandon on their highroad to paradise,
I thought it time to start myself in
the same direction and to say word
in my own behalf. So l spoke very
freely and told Jane what I felt and
what I wanted.
"Oh Sir Edwin" she responded,
''let us not think of anything but my
mistress. Think Of the trouble she is
in"
mo. no, Jane. Lady Mary is out Of
her trouble by now and is as happy as
lark, you may be sure. Has she not
won everything her heart longed for?
Then let us make our own paradise,
since we have helped them make theirs
You have it, Jane, just within your
lips. Speak the word, and it will
change everything, if you love me, and
I know you do"
James head was bowed, and she re-
manned silent.
Then told her of Lady Mary's mes
sage and begged, if she would not
speak in words what so longed to
hear, she would at least tell it by al
lowing me to deliver only one little
thousandth part Of the message Mary
had sent, but she drew away and said
she would return to the castle if l
continued to behave in that manner. l
begged hard and tried to argue the
point, but logic seems to lose it's force
in such a situation, and all I said
awaited nothing. Jane was obdurate
and was for going back at once. Her
persistence was beginning to look like
obstinacy, and soon grew SO angry
that 1 asked no permission, but deliv-
cred Mary's message, or good part of
it at least, whether she would or no,
and then sat back and asked her what
she was going to do about it.
Poor little Jane thought she was un-
done for life. She sat there half pout-
ing, half weeping, and said she could
do nothing about it; that she was alone
now, and if I, her only friend, would
treat her that way she did not know
where to look.
"Where to look p I demanded. "Look
here, Jane; here. You might as well
understand first as last that will not
be trifed with longer, and that intend
to continue treating you that way as
long as we both live. have deter
mined not to permit you to behave as
you have for so long, for know you
love me. You have half told me so a
dozen times, and even your half words
are whole truths. There is not frac-