Evening star., 1903-07-18

I pass for my servant to the county of
| Durham. l would send Inn on to my
| brother without delay, so that your release
| may reach him as soon as may be.
| But you? You do not purpose travelling
| further with this Scot?'
Il have done the crime; must not shirk
| the punishment
| Tut. tut. that is woman's talk. There is
| no punishment. He dare not place hand
/ on you. You may have an escort of twenty
] men, who will you safe for all the Scots
| that ever deprecated their neighbors."
| The girl dolefully shook her head.
| My punishment will take the shape of
! no harshness from him. 1t will come to
| me when see his face, knowing me thief
in the night This punishment is with me
| now and will be with me always"
| woman. l do not like your bearing,
| touching what you have done You did your
| duty by your country, God aiding you.
| Neither do l like your attitude toward this
| meddler in affairs of state. What is your
| relationship to him."
| Merely that of the highwayman toward
| his victim
| SHARP words again: hollow sounding
brass and the tinking of cymbals. l ask
| you if there has been any foolish talk be-
| tween you?'
| 'If 'twere so. It's not an affair of state,
| and | shall follow the example of General
| Cromwell and allow no meddlers in it,
a wry smile came to the lips of her ques-
TONER, and he remarked drily: II told you
| the wine would do you good"
| He sat down by the table and wrote the
pass for John. the servant. tying the three
| papers together with the discarded silk cord
| that had wrapped the parchment of the
| king. Giving her the package. he accom-
panied her to the head of the stair. and
| stood there while she descended. He did
| not offer her his hand. say any word
| of farewell. They needed now no candle
| for the early daylight was coming through
| the broad eastern window. Half way down
| the stair she turned and looked up at him
The innkeeper at Banbury did everv-
| thing that was possible for a man to do in
aiding me"
| Cromwell made no comment on this piece
| OF information. standing there as if he were
carVen wooden statue. part of the decora-
tlon OF the hall She completed her descent
PASSED outside without looking back and
mounted the horse which a soldier was
holding for her The birds were twittering
in the trees. and the still water of the moat
faF IKE molten silver in the new light She
rode up the acclivity. then galoped for
Banbury. reaching the town before any one
was astir. The streets were entirely de-
serted. Cromwells command having cleared
them. and the invisible guards of a few
hours before. whom the magic password
stilled. seemed as non-eXistent as if they
had been phantoms of vision
ne sleepy innkeeper received the horse
ana she crept up the stair of Old Johns
room and knocked upon it until he respond
ed She gave him his pass and the two
documents for her brother. and told him to
set on for Durham soon as he got his
breakfast making what haste he could to
Narhurton Park. He was to tell her
brother that she was we'll and would follow
shortly. Then she went to her own room
threw herself on the bed dressed as she
was ana. certain she would never en1oy
innocent sleep again, slept instantly