The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-10-02

She fetu her bird and ga,lopcd attei, 1t.
me. When they came up. was greet
cd In chorus. Where Is the prlncess?'
said she bad gone Off with her hawk
ard had lett ire to bring them after
her. held them talking while could.
nnd when we started to follow took up.
the wrong scent, ~ short ride made
this apparent. w,:on | came in for my
full share of abuseSand ridlcule, for /
bad led them againsh their Judgment.
was credited With beiag Il blockhead-
when. in fact, they wefo the dupes.
We rode hurrlcdly back to, the point
of, Mary's departure ana wound our
horns Justify. but my object had been
accomplished, and knew that within
twentYL Lniniitns- fEnili-Afiia 4lilaaa- Ik-last
saw her she would be with Brandon
on the road to Bristol, gaining on any
pursuit we could make at the rate of
three miles for two. We secured the
forest far anI near. but of course found
no trace. After Il time rain set in and
one Of tho gentlemen escorted the la
dies homo, Willie three of us remained
to prowl about the woods and roads all
night in soaking driZzlc. The task
L
ed motive, and when we rode into
Berkeley castle next day a sorricr set
OF hcdra%Slcd, rain stained, mud COW
cred knights YOU never saw. You may
know ihc castle WAS wild with excite
ment. There were all sorts of conjcc
tlIcs, but soon We unanimously con-
cludcd it had been the work Of high
waymen. Of whom the country was
ful! and by whom the princess had Ger.
tainiy been abducted.
The chaperons forgot their gout and
each other, and Jane, who was the
most affected of ail, had genuine ex-
cuse for giving vent to her grief and
went to bed-by far the safest place
| for her.
What was to be done? First, we sent
| message 10 the king, WHO would
probably have us all layed alive, fear
| which the chapcrons shared to tie full
| est extent. Next, an armed party rode
| back to look again for Mary and, IL
| possible, rescue her.
The fact that | had been out the en-
| tire night before. together with the
small rcpute in which | was held for
deeds of arms, excused me from taking
part in this bootless errand, so again
! profited by the small esteem in which
L was held. l say ] profted, for
| stayed at the castle with Jane, hoping
! to find my opportunity in the absence
of everybody else. All the ladies but
| Jane had ridden out and the knights
who had been with me securing tho
Forest We're sleeping, since they had not
my incentive to remain awake. They
had no message to deliver, no duty to
perform for an absent friend A thou
sand! Only think of it! / wished it
had been million, and so faithful was
to my trust that / swore in my soul
l would deliver them, every one
And Jane loved me! No more walk
ing OH the hard, prosaic earth now.
From this time forth l would fly; that
was the only sensible method of loco
motion. Mary had said, "She told me
80" Could 1t really be truce Yoa
Will at once SEQ what an advantage
this bit OF information was to me.
L hoped that Jane would wish to see
me to talk over Mary's escape; so |
sent word to her that was waiting,
and she quickly enough recovered her
health and came down. | suggested
that we walk out to secluded little
summer house By the river, and Jane
was willing. Ah. my opportunity was
here at last!
fro BE coNTINUED.l