Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-04-20

tor has told me that. And you care!
Then it is nothing-less than nothing"
you make light Of it"
He lifted himself on one elbow and
stretched out an uncertain hand to-
ward her. "Mademoiselle," he said,
was l dreaming when you came or
did-or did,
She was on her feet now, and her
eyes turned their gaze away.
mo, no." she answered; you were
asleep"
"As opened my eyes just now 1t
seemed-as If you had-kissed me on
the forehead. Was that dream, made
moiselle"
at was n dream" she said hurried
ly, her voice wavering.
you kissed meT Joy was in his
look.
mo"
"Ah, mademoiselle! He fell back on
the skins.
With suddenly rosying cheeks she ran
toward the door TO meet the old baron
entering from the ball.
There was Mt last long November
week while Anne was at Winchester
and when she and Armand, his wound
.,a.,s MI nas.n. Eror obroon .t,,, 70.
,,a;noa a'as+ d, INC horor. would
haar NJ Nd ~ danor+nre No .wore
no .bon,d MT leove him til the aeason
opened again at williamsburg.
The day before their return to Glad
Wv Court A tho mild November
ae 4o taaad rm.nd and Anne sat
- T., ~ .,,a .,,st,a hansa ,- h,,l+ =, tyisted
nronav,na cot whoro Tho round snur
o. ,,.h;a,, az ,oaaa NO. h,,,,+ felI etaan.
", " 49, .oa,s Nv IN nor Lnoe
- WOW amo,n.t +ba ,onv .a.haa Of
.onah,ro ,,oht +ho .waen of ragged
p,na n,dna staod I,stlossIv Tho river
,,at..,., ~ - s,;o,a. arav raoch ~ stain
s"a,.a, "as h,,ns ,y,+h wros+hs ~
.ua;,,nn e v;,s,n,a oreonar dahh,od IN
49, .,,., 100 ,,,oos =. -. q tho naaks
san Sa.,a -,,th - ,,ira wast,no
- n,,ntad ,,ho,o ,n.t holow tho
49,. ,,a,,o.o,1 ,,,,a s,oo+ ~ snun oil.
nor odaad with soatod velvet
.orha ISd,on. coll a. Sbonnandon she
,o,d s.na,,ahto, ~ +ha Storsn
He ,aonaS ,or,rord and lifted tho III.
+,a' hooS Ito h,nd,na ~ norchment male
ve,,ow Hse ant;nna ,vorv att il n
to,a y, NV own ,ondn no ea,d sofflv
sos nyorn,ondv IN tho old dova when
tho +ronhodonrs eoncn
at houo not VOL FOOD ,+m Ohio onswar.
d .urai, mo +ba storvn
"1+ % ~ tho son ~ noor woodcr+..
for To;i,ne onoo Inv NJ. INT IN +ha for.
oct 10 Cow, ,',. 400 +bo dovohtar ~
king as she rode past with her caval.
cade. He Drought her cup OF water,
and she smiled on him. SO fair she was
that he loved her to desperation and
could not rest nor sleep from thinking
Of her face. He Travelled far and came
by night beneath her window and sang
songs to her, songs delicate and beauti-
full, In phrases that only his great love
mad taught him, and when he sang ne
touched the strings OF his own heart.
Ihe lady listened, and her tears Tell
down from the window IN the palace
wall. She was great lady and he the
lowest OF the land, and in the hopeless
ness OF his passion he sang that he
was prince OF hostile country, WOO
ing in attire of rags the darling to
whose presence he might not rightly
come. HIS were not IKE the songs OF
the gllded courters that locked her
fathers gate. They were more noble
ana true. and his love climbed upon
tnem rs II on stairs OF gold and drew
her heart out TO MIN over the Sill. One
nlght she slipped OUT TO mis- arms In the
darkness. linen ne kneit on the yellow
forest leaves and told hor tho truth and
pleaded as excuse His trent love And
he would hive gone from her and loft
her to 90 back alone.n
"What then p, demanded Anne
"She took his hand and kissad him
and went away with him to lis hnt In
the forestn
Both were silent q momen+.,
The vivid tints in the skv ,vano nal.
ing The. rivers s,lyer du,IoJ 70 ,n.,,na