Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-29

her meaning with difficulty; 'excellency.
wait for my brother and then we Will go
away"
VINO are you, child-how did you come
here?"
II am Zalionys daughter, excellency-
my brother brought me across the sea from
my own country.
Yes yes you were in Derbyshire at my
fathers house. When did you leave there
child?'
IA month ago, excelency. My brother
came to London. We had little money and
were poor The count would follow us, he
said So waited. but there was no mes
sage Exceiiency, he should not nave
treated us so i'll, for he was my lover ana
owes it to me. He should have come 10 US,
excellency and then l would not
have told them. God help him now. for my
brother will kill him Yes, l followed lt nun
told them the truth. Exceliency, had you
not come here I never would nave tolo
them but I have loved him and ne
has forgotten, and l must go back TO my
own country alone and ashamed
She spoke in such low tone, the chlla-
ish eyes were wide open, the heart pedt-
ing so rapidly beneath the fine lace whlch
covered her breast, that one who knew
nothing of her eastern birth or or ali thai
the love of man meant TO her, might wen
have believed her story an hysterlcal fictloh
and turned from 1t with Just impatleAce.
To EVELYN however, it spoke of danger as
no other word of all that evil night had
done The peril of the house, the vengeance
which might fail upon lt-the price OF tne
BETRAYAL her own silence when Woro
might save a man from the penalty OF ms
sius-this all flashed through her troubled
brain and left her with new sense OF
thelpiessness and SURPRISING dismay.
'tIow did you come here; how did you
enter this room?" she asked quickly,
''Molines, my uncle, who brought you
here-he keeps the keys, excellency.
Then lie let you rr-he KNOWS OIL your
being here?'
HE knows. exceuency, and Is afraid. we
must save the English lady, he said. That
is why he sent me to YOU
II must see your uncle at once, D9ela,
- l must tell the count. what you
speak of is a great crime. Let us make
them hear us. Or. my God, we cannot Do
silent
The doubt and suspense of It all became
overwhelming. and she stood cropping in the
dim light for the doorway and beating upon
it with both her hands. No one, however,
answered her The little gypsy crouchlng
by the fire seemed afraid to move or 10
speak The silence of the house remained
unbroken. Evelyn turned away In sucn
despair as seemed to her scarcely human.
when Is your brother coming here? she
asked the child.
Djala answered without looking up.
Il do not know, but he will come, excel
lency and he VIII speak Tor me 10
the count. Yes, and then
The words were stilled upon her lips and
she sat up to listen. A sound OF men $
voices suddenly made itself audible in the
room below The gypsy heard 1t first and
spoke no more of her vengeance.
That Is my brothers voice, she said
and then, realizing Waat she nao done sne
caught at Evelyn's dress with both her
hands and implored her pity,
Save him, excellercy, for Christs dear
sake, save the man love, she impiorea.
II cannot save him, Dtala-am l not as
heInless as YOU? **s l cannot save him.
They waited together. hand in hand. lis
tening to the story which the voices tolo
them. Now it would be TO the VOICE OF ar. ar
tl,a ~ bQf n
to the swift interchange of phrase when
spoke of anger. When the duologue ceased
the silence had greater terrors OF doupt
than any they had yet suffered. what had
happened then? Why did none come 10
them? They could but hope that reason
had prevailed
Let US light lamp, exceliency' am
II cannot do it, Djala. cannot
find the switch.
your hands tremble! And mine are cold,
so cold. Let US try to find the light
They felt along the wall, gathering cour-
age from their occupation The main switch
they found the plug of the bedside lamp
and managed to fix 1t, getting TOT tnelr re-
ward little aureole OF light upon the bed
and greater shadows upon the iurther
walls That, however, which pleased them
better was a green silken bell rope hanging
down by the bedside and revealed now by
the lamp Evelyn took the cord In potn
her hands ana pufieu II tHIiSc. Ius Az iva
rang.
at In broken, Djala; they did not mean
us to ring it-hush-listen-they are talking
again-that is the counts voice
She caught the childs hand impulsiyeiy
and drew her close to the door, as though
It would help them to hear the voices more
plainly The controversy below had peen
resumed suddenly and with bare preface
Of ciyif words Loud above the other the
counts voice could be heard In threaten
ing expostulation. 1t ceased upon haunt
ing cry-lingering. horrible, and to be heard
by the imagination long after 1t had oieo
away.
Djaia did not speak when she heard the
dry; she seemed as one transhxed py ter
ror, unable to move from the place ana
afraid to learn the truth. Presently low
sobs escaped her; she became hysterica4 ana |
sank at Eveiyn's feet. moaning and trem-
bling AZ ~ 80
"They have killed ham, exceiiency
oh, my God, my Godri
EVELYN could answer nothing. STOPPING,
she Iifted the fatnting girl and laid her
upon the bed While shs was not l9ss
afraid or distressed than the gypsy tnls
nearer danger had qutckened her faculties
and awakened her to action. Once more,
though the act seemed folly, she caught |
at the silken bell rope and pulled It with