The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1906-12-21

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Conrad the prisoner greeted Joan |
with the sweet gravity which had been /
characteristic OF him obs Conrad the |
prince. and his eyes shOnC upon her /
with the same unoctioratc klndlincss |
that had dwolt iu them as he looked |
upon his sister in che pavilion Of the |
rose.rardcu but after one glance |
Joan looked steadily away across the |
stoelrrcy sea Her feet turned In.
stlnctlvely to walk back towards the
house and the Prince turned with her.
~ we are two fcllowprIsoners'
said Conrad, eve ought to- see more OF
each other rs o. not sp?'
"That we may concert plans Of es.
capc7" said Joan You desire to con.
iluuo your pilgrimage. I to return to-
my people. who alas. think them.
selves better on without me-
They paced along together with their
eyes on the ground the Wordloss Man
keeping "a uniform distance behind
them. Then the Prince laughed a
strange. grating laugh, like one who
mocks az himself
"Thc world a. 100 arranged" he said
slowly: "my brother Louis would have
made a FAR better Churchman than !.
And strange Il Is 10 think that but a
year ago the knights and chief coun'
clllors OF CORTLAND came TO me TO
propose that because of his bodily
weakness. my brother should be de
posed and that ! should take over the
government and direction ~ AFFAIRS
ne went ON without noticing the
color rising In Joan's cheek. smiling
little to himself and talking with
more animation.
"Thon. had I aEsontcd. my brother
might have been walking here with
tonsurod head by your Side while ]
would doubles have been knocking a.
the gates of Korusbcrg. seeking nt the
spears point for a runaway bride"
"Nayi" cried Joan. with sudden
vohcmonco: chat would YOU not"
And as suddenly she stopped slrlck.
en- dumb by the sound OF her own
words
The Prince turned his head full
upon her lie saw face an suiiusod
with hot bushes haughtIcst pride
struggling with angry tears IN eyes
that fairly blazcd upon him, and q
slender figure drawn mp into an atti.
| tudo Of defiance. at sight OF which
something took him Instantly by the
/ throat.
"You melr-you mean" he STAN.
| merod. md for moment was silent
For Gods sake. tell me what you
meant"
u mean nothing at all" said Joan.
stamping her foot In anger
And turning upon her heel she left
him standing fixed IN wonder and
doubt upon the morgln OF the sea,
Then the wife OF Louis. Prince OF
CORTLAND walked eastward 10 the
house upon the Isle Rugon with her
| face set a. STORMY as for battle. but
hcr neither llp ouyCring while Con.
/ rad Cardinal and Prince Of Holy
| Church, paced slowly 10 the west with
J q bitter and joWncast look upon his
ordinarily So sunny countonnuco.
For Fate had been exceeding cruel
to these two.
And meanwhile right haughtlly few
the red lion upon the citadel OF Korns.
herg Never had the Lady Duchess.
Joan Of the Sword Hand, approyon
herself 80 brave and determined In
hcr forcstors' dress N green velvet.
with the links OF chain body-armor
glintlng beneath its frogs and tachcs,
she went everywhere on foot Al an
times OF the day she was TO be seen
NJ the halfmoons wherein the cannon
were fixed. or on horseback securing
the defencod posts along the city wall
She seemed TO know neither fear nor
fatigue. and the noise Of cheering fol,
lowed her about the little hill city like
her shadow.
Three there were who knew tho
truth-Peter Balta, AT PikRcr. and
George the HUSTLE And when the
guards were set tho lamps It, and
the bars drawn. a stupid Hohcnsteiner
set on watch at the turnpike foot with
command to let none pass upon his
llfe-thon al last the 1.-THE young Spar,
hawk would undo his belt with huge
refreshml gushing Of air into his lungs
amid the scarcely subdued laughter OF
the captains Of the host
Nevertheless In the face Of brave
words and drawer deeds, provisions
waXed scarce and dear In Castle
Kernsberg and In the town below
women grew gaunt and hollow
checked, Then the children acquired
eyes that seemed to stand out Of hol
low purple sockets Last OF all. the
stout burghers grew thin. And all
three began TO dream Of the days
when the good farmfoll OF the black
ened country down below them, where
now stood the leafy lodges Of the Mus
coyite and the white tents Of the
Courtlanders used to come into
Kensherg to market the great sol
emn-eyed oxen drawing carts full OF
country sausages, and brown mea'
fresh from the mill Ia bake the whole
some broad-or when the stout mar
ket-wOmen brought In the lapperet
milk and the butter and curds Sc
tho starving folk dreamed and
dreamed and woke. and cried oul
curses ON them that had walked them