The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-20

troubadour; the graceful, elegant Call.
lette of Francis court. It seemed in
credible: At the same time, thru her
mind passed. the memory of the plat.
SAINTS reiterated exclamation in pris-
on: "Caillette-in Spain! words
she had attributed. to fever, no mag
lining they had any foundation in fact.
But now this unexpected encounter
abruptly dispelIed her first @supposition
and opened >, a new field for specula-
ton. Certainly. had he been: on "a mis-.
sion of some: Kind, somewhere, but
A diplomat in tatters, serving a fellow
I jester. Fools had oft intruded them
selves in great events ere this, but not
those who wore motley; heretofore
| had the latter been content with the
/ posts Of entertainers, leaving to 9TH
ers the more precarious Offices Of in
Ctrigant.. - 10y ~. 49, ~. ~ p
+ But If She was, surprised at Gail
Ilette's unexpected presence and dis
Eguise, that counterfeit troubadour had
been: no less amazed to see her, the
joculatrix Of the princess, In the mean
garba of a wayside: ministralissa, wan.
dering over the country like one born
to the nomadic.. existence. That she
had, "a nature as free as air and the
spirit Of a, gypsy he well believed, but
that she would forego security of the
royal household for the discornf forts
| and dangers Of a. Vagrant life he, could
not reconcile to that other part of he1
leharacter Which he knew must Shrink
from the actualities of the strag
1inn; how she held herself; how she
was a part of, and yet apart from, thai
! migratory: company, and what he haC
j seen5had but added to his curiosity;
J. Have you left the court, mistress? 2
Il he now asked abruptly. >s::s5~ = -
" ~" Y esq she answered CURLY: :. ~.
.Caillette gazed at her. and her eye
! fell. Then put. out with herself and
:, with him, she looked up boldly. -
"Whys not 2" + She demanded. ::-s.- p,
why not, indeed ?''*t he, repeated
!. gently, altho obviously wondering.
X The ,constraint lat ensued betwee1
them was broken by: a new ASPECT %
the distant conflagration.. Famed b,
the breeze, the flames had ignited tn
thatched roof Of the &hostelry an,
fiery forks shot up: into the Sky, east
, ing a fierce glow over The surrounding
; scene: = Thru the. glare many: birds
=: uncerenoniously routed from ..thei
nests beneath: the caves, flew dis
Etractedly. =: Before the tavern, nov
tinguished a number of figures, fran
!. tically running hither. and ~thithel
l. while above, the cracking of tn
: flames and the clamorous cries: Of TIL
:: birds WAS heard the voice Of the pro
t prietor, alternately pleading with tn
knaves to save the :, tavern and exc
e Grating him who had applied tn
nzI torch. FIX ILL 5t:s. = ~ -
: cap de. %Dieu! 7 the landlord wi
!: snare no more: travellers" said Gail
NJ lette. My horse had become road
Q worn and perforce I had tarried ther
|, sufficient while ito know the compan
t and the host. When you walked i
I with this fair maid, I could hardl
$ believe my eyes. Twice a nice tral
and the landlord an unctuous fello'
a for a villain. Assured that you coul
d not go out as you came,5I cen pre-
d pared a less conventional means 1 {
e exit r. =
nj He had scarcely finished this e.