The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
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From her. also she received a note say | ing that she was not his unknown ! friend in need. Simultaneously with Lady Saras letter arrived one or a different tenor from Miss Dundas call ing Thaddeus several kinds of villain, assuring him that her sister Euphemia l hated him. and commanding him never again to attempt the insolence of ap- bearing in her presence" She also as- sured him that this is the language
 of every one in the house, including Miss Beaufort"
 What Miss Euphemia thought was of no moment to Thaddeus. but that
 Mary Beaufort should believe the islanders against him cut him to the heart He determined to hurry at once to Harley street and clear his charac-
 tre in the eyes of Miss Beaufort. But
 arriving there he found that Lady Dun
 das and Euphemia had gone to Scot land and Miss Dundas and Mary Beau fort to Somerset Castle. "I will seek
 out Lady Tinemouth," thought the
 exile and have advice from her" More to escape the society of Miss
 Dundas than anything else. Pembroke Somerset shortly afterward fled from
 his fathers castle for a visit to the
 Shaftos, who lived neighbors to liar
 rowby Abbey One evening, when
 Lady Tinemouth had been making a
 call on his hosts, he noticed that she
 was allowed to depart without an es-
 cort for the walk to the Abbey and
 hastened after her. As he came up
 to the countess he saw that she was
 leaning on the arm of a stranger, who
 had evidently come to see her safe
 home.
 He apolized and was about to with
 draw, but Lady Tlnemouth, calling
 him by name. invited him to continue
 his walk with her to the Abbey, and
 introduced him to MT. Constantine" :"
 Thaddeus bowed, but overwhelmed by his emotions, did not trust himself to
 speak In the darkness Somerset did
 not recognize the stately stranger. and
 1t was only when Lady Tinemouth, not imagining that Somerset and the Count had any previous knowledge of each
 other invited them into the supper
 room that the eyes of Pembroke fixed themselves upon those of the man be- fore him. Then he exclaimed. as- founded: "Is it possible? Am l right Are you Sobieski?'
 q am" replied Thaddeus. scarcely Knowing how to interpret Somerset's behavior.
 And have you forgotten your friend. Pembroke Somerset?' cried the young
 Englishman. seizing the Counts hand. why did you not inform me that you were Tn fUBldIus w ny dlu JOu IlOl answer the letters l sent you to Poland?"
 Lady Tinemouth stood astonished at
 seeing Pembroke and Thaddeus turn
 out to be old friends. and asked why
 the Pole had not told her before of his acquaintance with Pembroke. Then
 series of explanations passed between Thaddeus and Pembroke. Neither, 1t transpired had received any of the letters written to each other, and each had supposed that the other had wished to drop the friendship.
 Lady Tinemouth retired, leaving the two friends together, and they talked until far into the night. Pembroke suspected at once. and rightly, that the letters which he and Thaddeus had written to each other had been sup pressed hY Mir Loftus, who was still an inmate of Sir Roberts household and still feared that the secret of the Polish adventures might be betrayed to the Baronet. IL was the custom in Sir
 Roberts house to place the letters
 which were to be mailed and those which had arrived on a table in the | hall This had made the tutors per- fidious task easy.
 "I long to present you to my father" said Pembroke after the period of ex- plantations and much talk of Polish
 wars and of Villanow How happy
 he will be to show the grandson of the Palatine of Masovia the gratitude of
 6 Briton's heart, Besides, there Is a lovely cousin, Miss Beaufort who,