The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1906-12-21
JOAN 4 III SWORD HAND
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CHAPTER XVII
wife and Priest

wife and Priest,
Of have right Too call myself the
widow of tho Duke lcnry OF Kcrus.
berg and H0h,n.tnu." said Theresa
Won Lyuar iu roply to Coual's quos.
ton MS To whom l, might thank for
rescue and shelter
And therefore the mother OF the
Duchess loau?' Dc continued
Theresa shook her head.
40" s.o said sadly: II am not her
mother. but-aud oven that only in
a sonsc-hor stcpmothor a promise
to a dead wau has kept me from
claiming any privileges save that OF
living Unknown un tnis desolatc isle
" sand and mist Ny son Is an OF.
fcor In tie service OF the Duchess
Joan.
The face OF the PrIncc.Bishop light
cd up insunianouusly
Most surely. then. know him. Did
he not come 20 CORTLAND with my
Lord Dos.luor the Ambassador Of
plascnhurg?'
The lady Of Isle Rugen nodded In
differently
YES" she said. 81 believe he went
to CORTLAND with the embassy from
Plassonburg
Indeed. was much drawn 10 him. %
SAID the Prince eagerly; II remember
him most yiyidly He was OF an olive
complexion. his features wlthou,
color but craven even as the Greeks
cut those of young god on gem"
Yes" said Theresa Won lynar gc'
rcncly. "he has MI. fathers face AMI
carriage. which are those also OF tie
Duchess joan"
In the morning Joan came TO bid
the patient good morrow. while Wcr'
ner Won OrsDln stood in the doorway
with his ..col cap doncd In his hand.
and Boris and Jorlan bent the knee
FOR a rrlcstly blessing But Theresa
did not nrniu appear iill night and
darkness had wrapped the earth. and
being an alone be- listened to the
heavy plunge of the breakers on the
beach among which his life had been
so nearly sped The sound grew slow.
or and slower after the storm, until
az last the wayclots Of that sheltered
sea lapsct on the shInglc In a sort OF
breathing whisper
Aud 80 day passed and came again
Long nights too. at first with hourly
tendance aud then presently without
But Joan sat no more with the youne
man after that FIRST watch. though his
soul longcd Tor her. that he might
again toll her that she was his broth
or's wife and urge her TO do her duty
by him who was her welded husband
SO Conrad contontod himself and
salycd his conscience by thinking
austorc thoughts Of his mission ant
high place In the hierarchy Of the onlS
Catholic and Apostolic Church. Sc
that presently he would rise up and
soel, Werner Won Orscln In order q
persuade him TO lot him go, that h,
might proceed TO Rome at the com
maud u the Holy Father, whose ser
want he was.
But Werner only laughed and pur
him on.
"Whou we have sure word OF whaN
your brother does az Kcrusborg, ther
we will talk OF this matter. TIL ther
q cannot be hid from you that ne
hostage half so valuable can We keeI
In hold"
So after many days Il was permitted
20 the Prince to walk abroad within
the narrow bounds of the Isle Rugen
the voorhees, Man guarding him a
hfty PAGES distance. impassiye an,
inevitable as an ambulaut rock OF IN,
seahoard.
As he went Prince Conrads eye
glanced this way and that looking fo
a means OF escape. Yet they saw
none. for Werner Won Orsoln with hli
ten men OF Kornsberg and the wv,
captains Of Plasseuburg were not sol
diers to make mistakes. II CHANGED
however that upon warm and era
cious afternoon, when the bree2ei