The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-21

a nn, VIII not cnanSe, We under
stand that? No, not. for the warm.
SOFT clasp of your white arms round
my neck; no, not though ye tic me with
the TN, u me ,iii OF your shining hair.
luuse mat We viii not be Il temptress.
put y give you warning | am no Saplp-
son, IN his weakness to woman's
Wftchery, when it comes to my faith
and my duty will love you night
! viii do What ! am told to do, even
though IT be against your own people,
till the evil days be over. And 1t may
pc. Jean, thar ! shall have to lead q
to give me TO death without grtidge,
and send me with IL kiss to serve the
king
stretched his hands towards her--"for
the sake of love, for loves sake only.
for the sight of my face. for the touch
OF my lips, for the clasp OF my arms.
self? If We should, / will be a true
man to you, Jean. till death us do
part have not been better than other
men, but women have never made me
play the fool, and even your own folk.
who hate me, Will tell you that | have
been clean liver. And now L will
never touch or look on any other wo-
man in the way of love save you. II
4 have to leave your side to serve
the king. ] Will return when the work
is done, and all the time i am away
my love viii be returning to you. II
shall ever bein my heart; If win
honor or wealth. it will now be for
you. II can shelter you from sorrows
and trouble, | will do so with my life.
and If ! die my last thought after
the cause will be of you, my lady and
my love.
Jean Cochrane. can you trust your
self to me; will you be the wife Of
John Graham of Claycrhouse?H
They had risen as by an in Stinnf and
We're facing one another where the
light of the setting sun fell softly upon
them through the frettcd greenery OF
For life, John Graham, and for
DEATH" and as she said death" he
clasped her in his arms The brown
hair mingled with the gold, they look
ed into one another's eyes. and their
lips met in long, passionate kiss. re-
newed again and. again, as if their
souls had flowed together Then she
away, and laying her hands upon his
shoulders and looking steadfastly at
him. she said: whittier thou goest I
will go, and where thou lodgest l will
lodge. thy people shall be my peo-
pie, and thy God my Cod
The sooner they were married the
better pleased John Graham and Jean
Cochrane would be-, for life in Paisley
Jean after that betrothal. Three weeks
later Claverhouse rode down one Sat
,lrday from Edinburgh to Paisley
gsnst his marriage day 9v on fd the fa
had steadily grown during those days,
and now was in white heat of antici-
patton. for she was no nun, but
woman to stir mans senses. Yet
keep him sober. No sooner was it
known that he was to marry Lady
Cochrnne's daughter and the grand
nlacpS
and at Whitehall did their best to in
lure him. setting abroad stories that
he was no longer loyal, and that in
future he.woMid play into the hands Of
tainly get round him and shake his
integrity. and it would not be wise to
trust Claverhonse with secrets of
this amazing and homogeneous mar,
riage. the mating of oppostes, would
only work ruin to his career, and that
end for claverhouse. Lady cochrane,
raging like tiend In Paisley Castle,
did not fail. in the interludes of in
vective against her daughter for dis
herself into the hands, of the cruelest
enemy Of the kirk, to remind Jean
also that she was. doing the worst in
jury to the man she protested to love.
be twice damned-for his sin against
the Covcnanters and for his disloyalty
to his own cause Jean was, OF all
women, most capable of holding her
own even whit her masterful mother,
and Claverhousc was perfectly confident
that neither Lady Cochrane nor her
fami, would be able to shake Jeans
fidelity. But there were times, and
they were her bitterest hours, when
lean was not sure swhe her she had not
done solfshly and was not going to
satisfy her love at the expense OF
her lover. On his part he could not
help being anxious, for 1t seemed rs =
every man of his own party had turned
his hand against him. With all his
severity. Claverhouse had Just mind
and he offened Queenshsrry. by protest.
while tho Duke OF Perth, an unprln-
ciplcd vagabond, ready to play traitor
stoseither king or religion, hated Clnver-
house because he was an honorable
man. Ciaverhouse thought 1t neces-
sarv to write to the Duke OF York, eX-
anlainlns the circumstances of his mar
ariage and assuring him Of his con-
tinued loSa'ty, and to the Duke OF