The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-09

you. Tell me what I can dc for you,
and. or my soul. my life is yours if you
require IT.
No. no God grant YOU take no hurt
for my sake
He slipped his arm about her waist
and would have drawn her toward him,
but with more strength than he had ex-
pected her to possess, she held away.
His great love for her almost overcame
him, and ali the prudence he had gath
cred was scattered suddenly 10 the
winds
Dear. dear lass. one touch Of our
! lips and see If all doubts do not dis
solve before the contact"
Now she Wrenched herself free and
would have escaped but that he sprang
forward and caught her by the wrists,
a grip she was to remember later in the
night ia spite Of This prisoning her
hands were raised to the sides Of her
face and a look Of such terror shot from
her eyes that he feared some madness
had come upon her
Not that Not thet." she shrieked
The kiss of Judas 1t would kill mel"
His arms dropped paralyzed to his
sides and he stepped back a pace
/ amazed at the expire ssion she had used
and the terror of her utterance. Next
/ instant he was alone and the closed
/ door between them. Still he stood where
she had left him.
The kiss of Judasi" he muttered.
The kiss of Judas" She loves him,
/ thinks me his friend. trying to take
] Judas advantage OF him because we
! are alone together. De COurcy spoke
truth. Wac is me she loves him and L.
blind foOi-O. God. pity that poor girl
and this insanity Of sassion wasted or
so rank curl"
Frances fed to her room and threw
herself on the bed n an agony of tears.
This storm subsidized into gentle rain
of subdued weeping and finally ceasei
| as she heard the heavy tramp OF riding
boots in the adjoining room. She sat up
( in the darkness listening intently- de
! closed the wooden shutters of the win
dow. shaking them to be sure that their
! fastenings were secure. Then the bolts
/ of the outer door were thrust in their
4 places. but thfs apparently failing 70
4 satisfy the doubts of the inmate, there
was sound Of some heavy article OF
4 furniture being dragged across the
room. then the tramping ceased and al
lSeas stir She sat there thinking OF
nothing; her mind seemed to be dulled
BY the ordeal awaiting her and the
fear Of IT,, but there WAS no thoHght
Of turning back or trying To avoid ~:
Dimiy she Was CORY for herself an"
4 for MIN. sleeping in his fancieG Sc
| curitv. vet in q set trap, but on her
Z. action this night depended her DroIh-
er's life. and that outweighed her Other
[ considera lions. even If her brain were
/ alert enough 10 cast them in the op-
I posite scales. Unheeding she heard Jh-
| clock in a neighboring tower toll the
hour: now it struck again and she
counted the notes. Eleveni IL was
I stfl too early People slept heavier as
the night wore on. She thought OF
their journey; of the halt at York; or
their talk in the niche in the hotel OF
the TemDlars. Of various incidents
along the road: the tramp past OF
/ CromwelFs troopers ahead. and as she
remembered them they seemed 70 pc
passing her now; passing, passing,
passing; then Cromwell stopped ana
smote his steel breast plate with re-
sounding cIang She lifted her head
breast plate changed to the toll of the
bell in the tower heavens, she hDI
been asleep: her brothers life hang
ing on her dropping eyelids! one, Two,
three. four, five. six. seven, IL mast
be midnight and the first FIVE strokes
had been on Cromweli's breast plate
She reused herself and ATTEMPTED 10
take off her shoes. but her hands were
trembling so she was forced TO deslst-
She sat UP again telling herself ~ was
better TO wait until all effect Of t9e
long Ginning had ceased. for the Strlk-
ing OF twelve sometimes disturbed or
kened the sOundest sleeper The
clock tower seemed dangerously near
as If it were approaching her hour ny
hour. AT last the shoes came OF ana III
| stOckinged feet she stOsd by the Sc
cret doe~ waiting till the trighttully
rapid be sting of her heart should mod
| crate. 1t threatened TO choke her. Ten
she slid back the bar and drew open
the door. all so smoothly oiled that
there was not the whisper of creak.
She tip-tOed into the cavern of black
ness and silence. holding her spread
hands in front of her, moving Slowly
with the utmost caution. step by step.
In her mind she had estimated. from
her earlier survey of the room. that
2 nine stems would take her 10 the bed;
now she realized she had taken dozen
, and yet had not come to il. She stoo'
bewildered and listened. The helpless
ness Of a person in the pitch dark
thrilled her with a now fear. upset
ting an her calculations. The pa mis-
of Dulsation in her throat and in her
, ears at first rendered any attempt n
listening futile. but at last she heard
his regular breathing. as peaceful IS
that of an infant. and il came from the
other side OF the room. For moment
this terrified her. and she wondered
II she were really wake or in the nlazes
OF some banllng nightmare; but the
, solution came TO her mind and quieted
her growing agitation. 1t had been his
{ bed that he had dragged across the
floor. and he was now sleeping against
= the outside door.
And all his preparations were as
! naught because of the midnight spec
( tire moving upon him She changed
= her direction and. with her former
! stalth. cane ghost-like, to the edge Of
the coucb.<<
: His doublet was open at the throat
r that was so much to the gord. Like Z
y snowflake in its cOldness and its light
{ ness. her hand stole down underneath
q his vest. nuttering by the slow. steady
subdued beating Of his heart. runninf
, I 10 such wild race as her own a tina
! moment 1t seemed Incredible that a
last her fingers closed on the parch
i ment. but there IL lay, and gently sh'
: drew It forth Was the robbery to b'
she had congratulated herself too soon
1t stuck fast either the silken cor
. | that bound it was caught. or the doc
: ument was secured TO the vest, a con
tingency che had never thought OF
. and vet what more natural? Twice
she tugged il gently. then a third tins
more strenuousiy. when It came unex
p i pectedly away and her knuckles strpcl
the sleeper under the chin. Instantly
r ike the snap of a steel trap. his nnger
2 closed upon her wrist. and his voic
q rang out as wide-Iwake and clear a
ever he had spoken 10 her.
..FraDces.'
i Now the racing heart stopped dead
: Lucky Tor her that at this suprflie mo
a ment all action was impossible, an
, that she was stricken into frozen nfur