The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-02

Excellency, had you not come here I
but have loved him and he has for
gotten, and I must 90 back to my own
country alone and ashamed
She spoke in such low tone, the
childish eyes were SO WIDE open, the
fine lace which covered her breast, that
one who knew nothing of her eastern
birth or of all that the love of a man
meant to her, might well have believed
her story hysterical fiction and turned
from it with just Impotence. To Eve
other word Of all that evil night had
done. The peril of the house, the ven
geance which might fall upon 1.-THE
price of the betrayal. her own silence
when a word might save a man from
the penalty Of his sins-this all flashed
thru her troubled brain and left her
with new sense Of helplessness and
Elbow did you come here; how did
you enter this roomq'' she asked
quickly.
tMolines, my uncle, who brought you
heremhe keeps the keys, excellency."
"Then he let you in-he knows OF
your being heref"
che knows, excellency, and is afraid.
We must save the English lady, he
said. That is why he sent me to you "
ct must see your uncle at once,
Diala- = : I must tell the count.
What you speak of is a great crime.
Let us make them hear us. Oh, my
God, we cannot be SILENT 49,
The doubt and suspense of it all be-
came overwhelming and she stood CROP
ing in the dim light for the doorway
and beating upon it with both her
hands. No one, however, answered her.
The little gypsy crouching by the fire
seemed afraid to move or to speak. The
silence of the house remained unbrok-
en-. Evelyn turned away in such de-
spair as seemed to her scarcely human.
"When is your brother coming
heres" she asked the child:
II do not know, but he will come,
excellency v and he will speak
for me to the count. Yes, and then -"
The words were stilled upon her lips
and she sat up to listen. A sound Of
mems voices suddenly made itself au-
dible in the room below. The gypsy
heard it first and spoke no more Of her
97That is my brothers. VOICE. she
said-and then, realizing what she had
done, she caught at Evelyn s dress
with both her hands and implored her
"save him, excellency, for Christ g
dear sake, save the man I love,' she
impiored. :.
save him. $500. =. 49,
:. They waited together, hand in hand,
listening to the story which the voices
told them. Now it would be to the
voice of argument, then to that Of en-
treaty, ultimately to the swift inter
change of phrase which spoke of an
ger. When the duolog ceased, the ST
lence had greater terrors Of doubt than
happened, then9 Why did none come
to thems They could but hope that
reason had prevailed. .s.
"Let us light lamp, excellency;
am afraid of the DARK
.tI cannot do it, Diala-
cannot find the SWITCH
"Let us try together, excellency-
how your hands tremble! And mine are
e sold, :! 50 cold. Let US try to find the
They felt along the wa1l, gathering
courage from their occupation. The
main switch was upon the landing out
side the door, but they found the plug
of the bedside lamp and managed t.
fix it, getting for their reward a littlt
aureole Of light upon the bed ane
greater shadows upon the further walls
That, however, which pleased them bet
ter was green silken bell rope hang
ing down by the bedside and revealed
now by the lamp. Evelyn took the corr
in both her hands and pulled it thrice
But no bell rang.
cit is broken, 5Diala; they did no
mean us to ring it-hush- isten-the,
are talking E ag g9i is the count Z
She caught the child's hand impul
sively and drew her to the door a
tho it would help them to hear tn,
voices more plainly. The controvers,
below had been resumed suddenly AM
with a bare preface Of civil words
Loud above the other theNcount 8 voic'
could be heard in threatening expostu
lation. It ceased upon haunting or,
lingering, horrible, and to be hear,
by the imagination long after it hat
| died away. 80
Diala did not speak when she hear,