The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-04-01

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John Law. magRificenfly clad. walkir
now as though he trOd the floor OF son
great hall or banquet room.
The woman waiting without the gai
reached out her arms. She would hay
cried aloud. Then she fell back again.
the wall. whereat had she not graspe
she must have SUM, down to the floor.
Upon the arm of John Law, and look
ing up to him as she walked, Their
hung the clinging figure of a woman
lalf-hidden by the Pickering shadow
ii The torches. A deep CLOAK fell bael
from her shoulders. II might hay'
seen the light fabric of the aborigine
Upon the foot OF Mary Connynse
showed the crudely garnished littl'
shoe OF the Indian princess over seas
dainty, bizarre. singular, covering the
smallest foot in all London town.
by all the saints!" Law was saying
you might be the very maker of this
little slipper yourself. have won the
10 crowns, sweari Perforce, I'll leave
Them TO you in my will
The shock of the light speech made
even Mary Connynge vince. For the
moment she ayerted her eyes from the
handsome face above her. She looked,
and saw what gave her greater shock.
Law, too, stared, as her own startled
gaze grew fixed He advanced close
TO the gate, only to start back in a
horror of surprise which racked even
his steeled composure.
"Madaml" he cried; and then, Cath.
arine!"
Catharine Knollys made no answer
to him, though she looked straight and
calmly into his face. seeming not in the
least to see the woman near him. Her
eyes were wide and shining. "Sr.
said she. keep fast to Hope! This
was fo.' Faith, and for Lovel"
The jailer with one quick gesture
swung wide the gate. Haste, haste!"
he cried. "Quick and BECOME! This
night may mean my ruin! Get we
gone, all of We, and give me time to
think Out with We all, for must lock
the gate!"
John Law passed as one stupefed,
the slender form of Mary Connynge
still upon his arm. Hands of men hur-
ried them "Quick! Into the car
riagel" one cried.
And now the sounds of feet and
voices approaching along the corridor
we're heard. The jailer swiftly swung
The heavy gate to and locked it. Cath
arine Knullys caught his last gesture
which babe her BECOME as fast as
night be. Her feet were strangely
leavy in spite of her She reached
he curb in time to hear only the whir
If wheels as a carriage sped away over
he stones of the street She stood
llone, irresolute for half an instant
is the crunch of wheels spun up to the
urb again. A hand reached out and |
'eckoned; involuntarily she obeyed the
Her wrist was seized and I
he was half pulled through the door
# the carriage.
What" cried voice. "You, Lady
katharine! Why, how is this?'
1t was the voice of Will Law, whom
he knew, but who certainly was not
he one who had brought her hither
he Lady Catharine accepted this last
ituation as one no longer able to rea-
on. She sank down in the carriage
eat, shivering.
rs all well?' asked Will Law, Gag
rly.
''IIe is SAFE" said Lady Catharine
.nollys. at is done. 1t is finished"
What does this mean?" exclaimed
Will.
His carriage-there 1t is. 1t goes
) the ship-to the Pool. He and
larry Connynge are only just ahead of
S. You may hear the wheels. Do voc
OF hear them?" She spoke with lead /
n voice, and her head sank heavily. (,
What! My brother-Mary Con t
ynge-in that carriage-what can You I
lean? My God! Lady Catharine, tell q
le, what do you mean?" t
Il do not know" said Catharine I
nollys. All things now seemed very =
lr way from her. Her head sank I
'ntly forward, and she heard not me !.
OrdS of the man who frant1cally ,
ught to awaken her to speech.
From the prison to London Pool was .
journey of some distance across the
reefs of London. Will Law called out :
the driver with savagery in his
ice. He shouted, cursed, implored. 3
omised, and betimes held one hand
lder the soft, heavy tresses of the q
ad now sunk so humbly forward. =
The mad ride ended at the quay on /"
lames side, where the shadows OF the v
II buildings lay rank and thick upon
e earth, where tarry smells and evil p
ors filled the heavy air, penetrated y
ne the less by the SAVIOR of the keen
II air. More than one giant form u
Is outlined in the broad stream, YES :
IS tall and Oh ost-like in the gloom, y
adowy, suggestive, bearing imprint -
d promise of far lands across the
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To the brigantine beyond" cried -
II Law TO the wnerryman VINO came