Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-30

Satisfied, she made no more resistance,
but chung to him with her arms as she had
chung to him with her heart since the hrst
hour he came into her life. Only, wnen az
last he released her, she took the ring lroi,i
her finger and thrust It into his nann VIZ ,a
thankful il / do not have to see II again
1t is Elfgiva's, that Canute gave ner aiter
he had won 1t from Rothgar IN some
wager. 1t is her wish that you oTins II ~ ~
or his wine, where he will come upon II
after he has finished feeding and Is there
fore amiable--" She stopped to laugh mer-
rily in his face. See how the very naming
of the king turns you grave again! When
one gets marshalship, one becomes more
and more stark" Grown mischievous again
in her happiness, she Knocked him Win
courtesies.
smiled at her fooling, as he held the spiral
against the light and shook it beside his
ear. SIS there no more Ito the message,
he said slowly. Am to know nothing OF
her object? Or why I am chosen OF all
others?"
Easy Is it to tell that" she laughed
You were not chosen without a reason
and that is because no one else Is to De
had, since the scullion who formerly serV-
ed her has gotten himself killed in some
way and the man who stepped into his
shoes, out of some spite, has refused
Teboen's gold. And for her object
wonder at you. lord of my heart! What
kind of lover are you that you cannot
guess thatg Feigning to flout him, she
drew away; then feigning to relent. turned
back and laughed it into his ear. 1T is a
| love token! To hold him to the fair prom
ises he made at it's giving, and to remind
him Of her, and to win her crown, and to
do so many strange wonders that no tongue
can number them! Are you not ashamed
to have failed on so easy riddle?"
To her surprise, his gravity deepened al
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ed; and suddenly he laid his hands on her
shoulders and forced her gently to give hin,
eye for eye. "Randalin, If l comply with
you in this matter, will you answer me a
question? Answer with such care as though
your life-nay, as though my life depended
on it?'
Willingly: more than one,' she consent
ed; but forgot to wait for it as memory
wakened by his words, stirred in her
Now 1t is time for me to remember that
there Is one thing I have not been alto
gether truthful about through forgetting
about the Danes we have seen. / recall
now that last winter Teboen often saw one
when she was gathering herbs in the wood
She spoke with him Of the magic things she
brews to make Elfgiva sleep, and he gave
her herbs which she thought so useful thai
she has been fretful because she has not
seen him since"
Unconsciously, the young soldiers hands
frightened on her shoulders until she WINGED
you know with certainty that she has
never seen him since?" he demanded-"that
Danes had naught to do with the last token
Ei1giva sent through the sculion? You can
swear to it?''
Certainly. If they speak the truth l
know it." she answered wonderingly How
should Danes-why, Sebert, what ais your
For he had letigo her shoulders as abrupt
ly as he had seized them, and walked away
to the window that looked out upon the
rain washed garden. After a moment
hesitation she stole after him. "Sebert. my