Morris tribune., 1903-11-28
Observation-Disclosures
| THE GRIP
OF HONOR
Cyrus SosOrasend Brady.
Author of THE Southerners."
In the Wasp's Nest" Etc.
[Contined from page 81
Copyright. 1900. BY CHARLES scnBNEg's SONS

until ne Clio come, De IL one year or TWO,
| and, with the sanguine spirit Of his
race, he could not prepare himself for
disappointment.
| The moon had risen as he walked
quietly through the town and began to
mount the hill. He did not know how
to gain admittance to the castle when
he approached it, and as i'll luck would
have it as he was standing on the
causeway looking toward the gate he
was approached by a squad of soldiers,
| under the command Of a sergeant,
which was returning from an errand in
the town. His meditations as he stood
gazing at the lights shining from the
different windows, wondering behind
which wall was ensconced the idol of
his heart, were rudely interrupted by
the grasp of a rough hand upon his
shoulder and harsh voice in his ear
saying:
"Well, sir, wot are you a-doin' 'ere
at this hour O. the night? Entrance
to the castle is forbid to every one ex-
cept members Of the garrison or them
witch has passes. No one is allowed
on the causeway after sunset even.
There's so many tales Of raidin's an
helPs own doin's on the coast by that
bloody ravagin' pirate Jones an his
bleedin' gang that we're Almost in a
state of siege. Give an account of
yourself"
"My friend" said O'Neill calmly,
glancing rapidly about him and giving
up at once any idea Of resistance, for
he was surrounded by at least dozen
men, one or two of whom had laid
violent hands upon him-"ny FRIEND
he said, speaking in broken English,
with a we'll simulated French accent
II am an officer of the king of France
travelling for pleasure through your
great country. 1 hear of the old cas-
tle-I wish to see it; hence | come here
go free?'
"a Frenchman?
ayes, monsieur, have that honor.
'Well, that settles it. You've got to
come along with us now. A frog eatin'
Frenchman's our natural born enemy
tween my master and your king"
"Don't MONSIEUR me. / don't take
no palaverin, an I don't know nothin'
about whether there is war or not,
said the sergeant brusquely; "but we
always did hate the bloody Trenches,
an'we always will, an whenever we
ketch one Of 'em around here he's got
L of I,;c
you come along peaceable like, all
right-we won't hurt you. If you
don't, We'll just pick you up and carry
you. You can take your choice" he
added indifferently.
A horseman galloping in from the
town at this moment drew rein in front
Of the little group.
'Ah, sergeant, what is it? Whom
have you there?" he queried sharply.
"'Tis Frenchman, sir. We found
him a-prowlin' round here. He's spy,
takes it," answered the sergeant, sa-
luting, but still retaining his grasp.
"Pardon me, monsieur" said O'Neill;
II am no spy. am a gentleman Of
France, as l explain to this man. ]
travel-come here to see the CASTLE
"Well sir. I can assist you to at
tain your end" interrupted the lieuten-
ant on the horse '"and, since you de-
sire to see the castle, perhaps you
would not object to taking look at
It from the inside"
"As a prisoner, monsieur
swell, am sorry you put it that
way, but ] shall be compelled to turn
you over to the governor"
"But l protest, monsieur
"You can protest to the admiral IL
you wish-the governor, / mean-for
you will have to come along now, un-
der the circumstances. We hear that
id Scots buccaneer Paul Jones is
on the coast. and we don't know when
he might strike or whom he might
send on shore. We can't be too care
full, you know"
every WELL monsieur, come" said
O'Neill. struggling his shoulders and
resigning himself gracefully to the in
evitaple.
THAT'S good" answered the young
officer. Bring him along, sergeant"
Eyes. leftenant Now, you Johnnie,
right about face, march,
It was in this unexpected and undig-
nif1ed manner that O'Neill gained en-.
trance to the castle. AS they walked
beneath the great gates of the gloomy
fortress his heart. in spite of the seri-
GUS nature of his position, gave bound
Of elation. This reckless young man
had as yet no other thought than that
by every step he had been brought a
little nearer to his divinity. If other
thoughts had come it is doubtful If he
would have allowed them to stop him
now. AS the party halted in the court
yard, while the lieutenant dismounted
and FASTENED to apprise the governor
Of the capture he even ventured most |
imprudently to ask the sergeant if
Lady Elizabeth Howard was in the
castle.
"She is" replied the astonished func-
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