The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1906-12-14

ud man ON the beach," /
They carried the body into HE great |
han where the duchess aud the old |
srry.tor met them There they laid |
him ON q table Joan hcrplf lifted the
lantern and held 90 To- his face AT
the sight The heart of the duchess
luapod wildly within her
Conrad She crIcd-t that word and |
uu more And the lantern fell TO
'h, floor from her uorvcl,ss hand
% was the White knight of the
! CourIaud lists the noble Prince oi
the summer parlor the rod.robod pre-
late of her marriage day Conrad OF
Cour'land Prince and Cardinal. but
FOO her "hc'. the only he"
when Conrad. Cardlnaldcdguntc
/ nt The llul, Roman church and Arch
bishop Ut Couulaud opened his eyes
/ % seemed io him that he had passed
/ through warning waters into the
/ serenity ui thy life beyond
/ 4 GIRL sweet and stately. sakby his
| bedside by the door to which alone
10" could rlis' his eyes. stood tall
cauul man clad boz gray from head
To foot hs hands clasped In front Of
him and his chin sunk upon his
| breast
The Prime, Bishops eyes rested Ian
guidIy ON the girls face, ON which fcll
the light Of shaded silver lamp.
There was a book In her lap. written
. upon sheets NJ thin parchment bound
loo silver embossed leather But she
did not read H. Instead she breathed
softly and regularly She was asleep.
with her hand ON the coycrlet OF rosy
silk.
Slowly the drifting mlsts stcadled
themselves athwart his brain The
actual rocomposod Itself out Of the
shrods Of dreams Conrad found him.
self ln O long. low room such as he had
seen many times In the houses of
wclliodo rttors along the Baltic
shores The beams Of the rooftrco
above were c0rvon and ancient Arras
went everywhere about the walls SIl.
yer candlostIcks with prinocly crosts
craven upon them stood by his bed
head Aflor each survey his eyes gci.
ilod ON the sleeping girl She was
very young and very beautiful u
wos-yot @ could not bc-tho Duchess
Joan, whom no himself had married
10 his brother Louis In tho cathedral
church Of his own archicplscopal city.
Conrad Of CORTLAND had not been
trained a priest. vet. as was common
ut that age. birth and circumstaneo
had made him a prince OF the Rontl,
church. He had been thrust into the
hierarchy solely because Of his name
for he had succeeded his uncle Adrlir
In his posts and omolumonis as
legal heir succeeds TO an undispuiel
q property In due time he received Dis
red hat
Nevertheless. Conrad Of Courtland
had an the warm life and lmperloas
impulses Of a young man within hk
breast Not he was no Borgla or Della
% Revere, cloakng scarlet sins with
scarlet vostmonts For with tho hlrh
Glgniuos Of his position and the SOL
omn work which lay to his hand IN
his northern province there had come
the resolve 10 be not less. but more
faithful than those martyrs and con.
fossors Of whom he read daily IN his
Broylnry So this finest and most chy.
alrous N young northern knights had
laid down the weapons Of hls warfare
to take mp the crucinx. and now bad
set out ioyully for Rome To receive
his cardinals hat on his knees as the
last and greatest gilt Of the vicar Of
Christ,
But scarcely was he clear ~ the
CORTLAND shores when there had
come the storm the shlpwrock. the
wild struggle among the white and
foamlng breakers and then won.
, drously emergent, like. heaven after
nurgatory, the quiet Of this sheltered
room and this sleeping girl. with her
white hand lying lax and delicate on
the rosy SILK
The book slipped suddenly from her
fingers, falling on the polished wood
Of the floor with a startling sound.
Then from the pillow on which his
, head lay Joan OF Hohonstcln saw the
eyes Of the Prince Conrad gazing OF
/. her. dark and solemn from within the
+. purpllsh rings of recent peril
r You are my brothers Wife" he
said softly, but yet In the same rich
T. and thrilling voice she had listened to
p with so many heartstlrrIngs boz the
| summer palace. and had last heard
! through the cathedral church OF Court
/. land on that day when her lii0 had
ended.
A chill came over the girls face at
, his words
, | am indeed the Duchess Joan OF
, Hohensteln," she answered. MY
: father wlled that should wed Prince
= Louis OF CORTLAND, Well. / married
: hin and rode away. In so much ! am
your brothers wife"
He smiled wanly. The light Of ihe
lamp seemed 10 wayer again before
I his eyes. The world grew iUll Of
sleep and rest and refreshmont There
\ was no longer need 10 care about amy.
I thing.
= His eyes closed and he seemed about
10 sink back into unconsclousuess
when Joan rose and with a few drops
Of Dessauer's phlal, which she Kept
d by her IN case of need she called him
s. back from the misty yerges NJ The
things which are without, He came
}. TO himself with a start.