Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-10

Il was determined to see you," he
said. "They shall not kill me, nor are
you to sacrifice your fathers domain.
Worse than all, feared that you might
yield to Gabriel
ZACH! You insult me when you say
that! I yielded to Lorenz because I
thought it my duty and because l
dared not admit to myself that loved
you. But Gabriel! Ach!" she cried
scornfully. "Grenfall Lorry, l shall
marry no man. You love, but you /
cannot marry. 1t is folly to dream of
it even as possibility. When you go
from Graustnrk tomorrow night, you
take my heart, my life, my soul, with
you. I shall never see you again-God
help me to say this-I shall never allow
you to see me again. / tell you, |
could not bear ii. The weakest and
the strongest Of Gods creations is wo-
man." She started suddenly, half ris-
ing. "Did any one see you come to my,
room? Was Quinnox sureT'
"We passed people, but no one knew
me. 1 will go If you are distressed over
my being here"
"It is not that-not that. Some spy
may have seen you. have strange
fear that they suspect me and that !
am being watched. Where is Captain
QuinnoX?"
"He said he would return for me in
an hour. The time is almost gone.
How it has flown! Yetive, Yetive,
not r-1-e xyo,, ,,,,pt Go nr;aI e.iy1,
ing to his knees before her.
you must, you shall! You must go
back to the monastery tonight. Oh,
how pray that you may reach it in
safety! And you must leave this
wretched country at once. Will you
see if Quinnox is outside the door? Be
quick! I am mad with fear that you
may be found here, that you may be
taken before you can return to st. Val
entine's."
He arose and stood looking down at
the intense face, all aquiver with the
battle between temptation and solicit
tude.
II am not going back to st. Valen-
tine's,'' he said slowly.
"But it is all arranged for you to
start from there tomorrow. You can
not escape the city guard except
through st. Valentines"
''Yetive, has it not occurred to you
that may not wish to escape the city
guard?'
t'May not wish to escape the-what
do you mean" she cried, bewildered.
II am not going to leave Edelweiss,
dearest. 1t is my intention to surren-
der myself to the authorities"
She gazed at him In horror for mo-
ment and then fell back, with a low
moan.
"For Gods sake do not say thatH'
she walled. II forbid you to think OF
it. You cannot do this after all have
done to save you. Ach, you are TESTING
should have known"
He sat down and drew her to his
side. Some moments passed before he
could speak.
II cannot and will not permit you to
make such a sacrifice for me. The prop.
osition of Bolaroz is known to me- If
you produce me for trial, you are to
have ten years extension. My duty
Is plain. am no cowardly criminal
and am not afraid to face my &C.
cusers. At the worst I can die but
once
Die but once" she repeated as II in
a dream.
II came here to tell you of my deci.
| sion, to ask you to save your lands, pro
tect your people and to remember that
would die thousand times to serve
you and yours"
"After all | have done-after all !
have DONE" she murmured piteousIy
mo, no! You shall not! You are more
to ms than all my kingdom. than all
| the people in the world. You have
made me love you, you have caused me
! to detest the throne which separates
US. you have made me pray that !
might be a pauper, but you shall moi
| force me to destroy the mite of hope
that fingers in my heart. You shall
not crush the hope that there may be
a-a-some day.
"A some day? Some day when you
Will be miner he cried.
II will not say that, but for my sake
! for my sake-go away from this
| place. Save yourself! You are all ]
have to live for" Her arms were abou,
4 his neck, and her imploring words
| went to his heart like great thrusts OF
pain,
You forget the thousands who love
and trust you. Do they deserve to be
wronged?"
@No, no-ach, God, how / have suf
fered because of them. have betrayed
them, have stolen their rights ant
made them nation of beggars. But
would not, for all this nation have al
| innocent man condemned-nor could
my people ask that of me. You canno
dissuade me. 1t must be as wish Oh
why does not Quinnox come for your
She arose and paced the floor distract
eddy.
He was revolving selfish, cowardl,
capitulaton to love and injustice, whel
a sharp tap was heard at the door
Leaping to his feet he whispered: