The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-01
CHAPTER III.

limo
~, rnment detracted from its scknowl-
.iged nobility.
re ssStrafford." he cried impatiently, 81
.,ra been kept waiting. Servants are
- This moment searching palace and
ss-t for you. Where have you beenY'
~ WAS In the forest, your majesty.
ON deeply grieved to learn that you
ueeded me"
~ never needed you more than now.
Are you ready to travelT'
strarord's gloomy face almost light
Mup.
ION the instant, your majesty" he
,enlied. with sigh of relief.
aTbat is we'll l trust your malady
"a olleyiated, in some measure at least
sill I know that sickness has never
hoen bar to duty with you. Yet /
ask no man to do what / am not will.
inc 70 do myself for the good Of the
stata and | shall be shortly on the road
ct your heels
"Whither, your majesty?' asked the
i with falling countenance, for it
was TO Ireland he desired to journey,
and he knew the king had no inten-
+on of moving toward the west.
"To London, of course; short stent
over bad roads. But if you are ailing
and fear the highway, barge on the
river is at your disposal
TO London" echoed the earl, some
hing almost akin to dismay in his
ss-Ale. Il had hoped your majesty would
0rIer me to Ireland, which, assure
your majesty, has been somewhat neg
lected Of late
Eyes, yes, exclaimed the king brusque,
"; II know your anxiety in that
quarter. A man ever thinks that task
the most important with which he in
timately deals, but my position gives
me view over the whole realm, and
the various matters Of state assume
their just proportions in my eyes, their
due relations to each other. Ireland is
well enough, but it is the heart and not
the limbs of the empire that requires
the physicians care. Parliament has
opened badly and is like to give trouble
unless treated with a firm hand"
The hand of the earl appeared any
thing but firm. 1t Wavered as it sought
the support of the chairs arm.
Have your majesty's permission
to be seated? i am not WELL" STRAIT
ford said family.
Surely, surelyw cried the king, him.
self taking a chair. 81 am deeply
grieved to see you so unwell, but
journey to London is a small matter
compared with march upon Dublin,
which is like to have killed you in your
present condition"
u indeed, your majesty, the smaller
= ySney may well have the more fatal
Muination," murmured the earl, but
'he king paid no attention to the re-
mark, for his wandering eye now
caught sight Of a third in the confer
ence, which brought surprised displeas-
ufe 10 his brow. The girl was stand
ing behind the high back Of the chair in
which she had been seated, in gloomy
angle where the freight which played
%Painy on the king and STAFFORD did
not touch her.
Nhom have we here? The flippant
prophet Of the forest, or my eyes de-
"l'e me! How comes this girl in my
pa1aCe' SO intimate with my Lord
oGancrd, who seemed to meet her as
stranger but yesterday"
lue slumbering suspicion of Charles
"as aroused, and he glanced from one
Tue other in naughty questioning. 81.
never met her until encountered
4e' In the forest when l had the honor
accompany your majesty. Today,
walked with De Courcy and 9th
w. Were came second accosting from
WI Us unexpected as the first. The
81. cfaved private speech with me,
y, I'Gn | somewhat reluctantly grant
~. ine upshot is she brings me proof.
Ts scn l cannot deny, that she is my
eldest daughter"
=, IOur eldest daughter! cried the
s' amazed. "Is your family, then.
~ "uely scattered and so far un-
NV. O"n to you that such a claimant
.! spring up at any moment"
s, was married privately to the
sn'er Of Sir John Warburton. Cir
mis-. 'ances separated me from my
he ahd' although her father curtly
n. ''ined me Of her death. he said moth
VI Issue. There was a feud be-
psus a uS-entirely on his part. had
hsss SUI against him. 1t seems he has
d.u-, uead this year past, and my
amos getting news Of her father
sr.s Sir Johns papers, comes thus
ward ward to make inquiry"
Vow r0u iaii into good fortune, my girl.
,r ~ extraordinary claim is most read
sf RANGES finding nothing to say. kept
WIZ and bowed her head to the king,
with she had regarded throughout
'.1a rapt attention
cr, Ie got you your gift Of prophe-
yon, :. prescience hereditary, and has
yon- - 'ners mantle already fallen on
you sais oulders? He is my best friend.
and my worst enemy. Mad
.Ou Old not lack for holiness, but
I & asss se OF the flattery Of your father
telstio.o oy my knowledge Of your