The Cairo bulletin., 1904-01-21

swear that had such beauty ever sci
loot in Paris before now the new,
would SO have spread that all Franc,
had been At her feet
Law locked at the impudent you'll
with a sac that seemed to pass
throueh him. seeing him not Then
suddenly this scene and its sisnid
canoe. its ultimate meaning seemed t6
take instant hold upon him tie coulC
feel rising within his soul a flood q
irresistible emotions All at once hi.
anger. heritage of an impetuous youth
baged up hot and furious. He trot
step farther forward, after his fash.
ion advancing close TO that which
threatened him
This lady. your grace said he
"has been known to me for years
Mary Connynae, what do YOU masqucr
adjns hcre?'
a sudden silence fell silenc,
brokon al length by the voice of The
regent himself
surely. Monsieur Las, said Phil
ipro surely We must acreW yoU'
statements But Monsieur must re
member taat this is Tie table Ot the
regent. that these are The friends q.
The regeaf. We brins no recollecuons
he7e which shall cut short the joy OF
any person Sir. I wuuit not repri
maHd you. bat mnst heg thar yol be
seated and he calm,
Yet the impelous nature of the
other bra1bed NOT even SO pointed
rebuke As though he had not heard
Law stspped yet pace nearer 10 the
woman upon whom he now bent the
ulazo ut his angered ewes, He looked
neither TO risht nor lotI but yisualiy
commanded he woman until IN turn
her eyes sought his own
~Ths woman, your grace, said Law,
ut length. was for some time in et-
lect m} wife This 10 not offer as
matter of interest What | would say
to your grace is this she was also my
glavot"
"SiTah,' cried Tho resent
All. damei" exclaimed the nuc dc
RicheNcu And even from the women
about there came little murmurs of ey-
no5tuadan Indeed there might have
been pity even in This assemblage for
the agony now visible upon the brow
Of Mary Connynge
Monsieur the wine has turned your
head. said the regent. scornfully
You boasti7
i boast Of nothing, cried Law, saw
agely. his voice now ringing with a
/ lone none present had ever known it
to assume. II say % you again, this
woman was my slave. and that she
viii again do as / shall choose Your
grace she would come and wipe the
dust from my shoes if should COM
mand it' she would kneel at my feet
and beg Of me, If should command tt!
Shall prove this. your grace
"Oh assurcdly," replied the regent
with a sarcasm which now seemed his
only relief "Assuredly if Monsieur
| as should please We here in Paris
are quite his humble servants
Law said nothing lie stood with
his biting blue eyes still fixed upon
Mary Connynge whose own eyes fall
tered, trying their utmost 10 escape
from his, whose fingers resting just
lightly on the snowy Hollands of the
table cloth. moved TREMENDOUSLY; whose
limbs appeared ready to sink beneath
her.
Come, then Mary Connynge," cried
Law q last, Ills teeth setting sayagely
together Come then, traitress and
slave. and kneel before nc, as you did
onra hefnro'"
Then there ensued a strange and hor-
rible spectacle A hush as of death
| fell upon the group. Mary ConnynEe
trembling. hating. yet always advahc-
ing. did indeed as her master had bid
den, She passed from The head Of the
Table. back OF the chair OF the regent.
who stood gazing with horror in bis
\ owes, she passed the chair of Aisse
near which Law now stood she paused
/ in front Of him. and stood as though
I in a dream Her knees would have in
/ deed sunk beneath her. She drew
from her bosom a silken kerchief as
! theugh she would indeed have per
( formed he igpohle service which had
I been threatened for her There came
neither voice nor motion 20 those who
sew this thing The sheer force Of one
strong nature. terrible in The intensity
/ If ono supreme moment-this might
have been The SPELL which commanded
( at the able of the regent Yet this
aid occur
There came a sound which broke The
silence. which caused all TO start as
with swift relief A sob. short. dry
/ hard rs from ono whose heart is
broken. came from beyond the place
I where Law stood facing the trembling
woman Tho eyes ri an turned upon
WtI laW. from whom had burst ibis
I irronre bic exclamation Of agony
Wal Law. as one grown swiftly old
/ h1zaard. nrnl cu-dowp. STOOD ga Ing IN
/ wide eyed horror al This woman. so hu-
initiates la f9o presence Of Ill I'm ihiz
brilliantly lilmed han. before the
( blsdne mirrors which should have 70.
/ feato3 bl-t nauShf but beauty and
/ ios urder The tainiae ros which