New-York tribune., 1903-01-17

silken train going from step to step. I was sure
Yet wandered. and could not disentangie its
Yet here was /. clear Of the fever. and In the
gsay gsa dawn lying with head as cool as ever Il had
to the soft aiiuring sound.
,bs bsorgettng gnd my wound sprang up and followed
Gas case the lady was out Of sight but hurryng upon
below in s6oS Shs of the
bramed head as though soma one 'Sa Rad show
Her Blew u out He5 eSnd her was as h
indeed fafufn ft 4 1heTs " TeTe an open door below
was Of gauze- delcately embroidered But that
Golden bead Nv was WITHIN seeing distance Of her
followed as fast as 1 could. although the weak
ness ness Of my illness tripped me The Sound Of her
satin skirt. the tapping of her shoes. were an al
resist. But now 1 was consumed with iInpatience
her golden head that baffled while it led me on
Inc postern door. indeed. stood open The gar
mountain top the morning star yet trembled while
little nn lines @ of green and rose grew in the gray
were To1 yet obscure The garden was drenched with
under The air was G fresh agd
sweet Ny lungs drank large draughts of it while
the yew hedges cut in swans and peacocks. around
shea fhf aia past the fountain with its basin of gold
Roses began to glimmer rosily in the gray
I to spend many hours and even in the eager
ness Of my pursuit the size and beauty Of the roses
and little way off in the mists the rose coIored
Across many, CLASSY lawn. down green alleys.
oyer the lake by its rustic bridge. followed her.
greenish hue. and the sky and the garden began to
gn9 o we had m t 6 f9e behind @ US
tween tN, walls of green box Sometimes I lost her
ose he an ssah OF the path fesaned her only to
In and out round and about the maze went in
lost her ai.9gethsr if she had wilied it. but even
perceive tnat she did not will it. Sometimes
so close that her scarf hoated toward me in the
wrought upon it. Again she had slipped. it
It was a strange dawn for now it had grown all
green, and pulsed In waves and floods OF green
wound in and out; and yet 1 felt as though /
could keep up the chase forever. at last should
Then l L lost her for a second and Immediately
judged, to be the middle of the maze, and there
streaked with rose IT was most unnatural light
m that lay upon the world at that hour and such as as
people saying he mispainted nature,
grass; The trees that hemmed it in were the yews
and the expresses About their feet were many
could have sworn that in shady corner caught
So much saw half-consciousIy. In the middle
OF the sward there was figure; life size. of
whom 1 had heard. from whose uonstrous worship
may God. the God of my crusading fathers. de-
IT The e place smst Of sin 4 were not for her WIG
ldu leu me tnere SnS StOOu DelOW Lne venus anu
at last her face turned toward me- Such
arch. rosy. sweet face!or so it would be in happy
save something Which might have 6een coping
of marble in the ground few feet from the Venus,
The green and rose of the dawn seemed to have
her expression was full of warning and entreaty.
and again n, saw the & euE de lis and pOppes of her
1 made step to her. She put out both hands as
heP W to the ang4 W of Which her ewes 20
signals, She retreated and followed Again she
followed When at last emerged from the maze
The physician who attended me. and who kept
me alive by my br2thsr's ordsrs-that was
would not dispatch ne-found my fever increased
when next he visited me | liked him as little as
he was skilful and handled wounds as though he
'I have Slept ILL.," said. land had the strangest
dream"
rs there" asked. anywhere in the grounds of
this Castle of Boding Black Venus at the heart
He started. and then recovered himself.
knows. he said. but Know Of no such thing
visits his illustrious guest"
His most unwilling guest" said
Your highnsss is free to come % and 60 said the
your highness can take the air the park and gar
And ali guarded said 1. bitterly. lest word
SHOULD should & reach IN my men that was not killed in
But there was use in following that vein,
since the physician and the master of Boding were
to me that he who had proved himself so brave a
soldier albeit, so INSCRIPTIONS. as Sir Lancelot
ASkew. should lend himself such wickedneSS-
yea, put his head in the moose and his castle in
the melting pot if so be escaped my Imprisonment
Your highness muttered in your sleep went
OF the physician, still watching with those cold.
malignant eyes of his. of lady in rose colored
sack who e led you o, to the & maze Twas part OF
1 had not meant to speak to him of the lady, and
bit my lips with chagrin because had betrayed
TT was strange dream" he went on. eff 1t was
night your highness was wounded. when you lay
on the floor in the picture gallery while applied
of Dame Alice Askew. lady with golden curls and
pink satin sack who lived in the days OF queen
So that was the memory which had puzzled me
Compassionate face as I opened and closed my
eyes, drifting into unconsciousness from the weak
She pointed downward. L said, IN the pict-
She pointed downward" he replied AT the
edge of the picture is something that might be a
We'll They say her one son was drowned in the
We'll The picture is replica of one painted by
Zucchero in her lifetime. the detail OF the well
I could not doubt him: the picture returned to
my mind he had said And so my IS sickness ax
played me strange tricks. Yet could nave sworn
that no ghost memory could have drawn me
AZ After that my wound mortified and was very
like to die. night. wherein went as low dS
and lean figure of Sir Lanceot Askew fitting about
the shadows of my room and looking as thouSn i ne
had StepDed from the something else L
fancie6 saw bv the curtains of the window, some
thing of rose and gold but it was gone as quickly
as il came and l put il down 10 dying man
fancy I could see that the physician thouShl L
was dying Yet he never relaxed his care for me
= am SLOW in dying. Master Fiippo said
No one grudges your high1ess MS leisure ABOUT
Such q business" he answered me- . -,
.,TaiI me now ! said. "ere 1 co. why is 1t that
Won have kept me alive when a little thing 9mltted
to say nothing of something done had sped me on
my way. :. .i5 .n,;,,o, coIdIx-
=. - oitbongh II would be mighty convenient for
sonne Of ms if vour hghness slept with your fath-
solAe ,ot cncb a clumsy manner of speeding you
,S 20, not commend itself to him whom we serve
wouiu 'i,d 40 have dropped poison in your drink. or