Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28

this world or the other to have It over
again and pledge my troth to my one and
only love. to my gallant lady and sweet
Thou Wit not be asked to take thy
marriage vow again. Claverhouse, nor
would thy presence be acceptable on this
day. 1t Is the wedding of my Lady Wis
countess Dundee. but be not too sure that
thou art the bridegroom. She that broke
nightly the Covenant with her living heav-
sn brs Drldesr19m will have little scrupe
husband"
From the faces of the bride and bride
groom the mysterious shadow which hides
the future from the present In mercy to
us all, lifted. 1t was Jean as majestic and
as youthful as in the days when he wooed
her in the pieasancc. with her golden hair
glittering as before In the sunshine and
the lovelight again in her eye. And beside
her. oh! fckleness of a womans heart, oh,
irony of life. oh, cruelty to the most faith
ful passion. Col Livingston. now my Lord
kilsyth. And an expression of fierce salts
faction lit up the Covenanter's CHASTITY face.
This then was thy revenge. Jean. for the
insult l offered at Glenogilvie. and | was
right In my fear that thy love was shat
tered. Be 1t So said Claverhouse, Il
believe that thou vast loyal while | lived
and now, while l may have hoped other
things of thee. l will not grudge thee I'm
thy loneliness peace and protection. When
this heart of mine. which ever beat for
thee. lies cold in the grave. and my hair
that thou didst caress, has mingled with
the dust. may JOY be with thee. Jean, and
GODS sunshine ever rest upon thy golden
crown. Thou ddst think. servant of the
devil. to damn my soul in the black depths
of jealousy and hatred. as once damned
myself. but | have escaped and | defy
thee. Do as thou pleasest. thou canst not
break my spirit make bend Hast
thou other vis!ons?
"One more" said the spirit. land / have
done with thee. proud and unrepentant sin
ner.''
BEFORE CIayerbouse is n room, IL, W. I,b
there has been some student disaster. for
the roof has fallen and buried nj its ruins
bed whereon some one had been sleeping.
and a cradle in which some child had been
lying. In the foreground is a coffin coy
cred by a pail
She was called before her Judge with
out warning, prepared unprepared. and
thou hadst better see her for the last time
ere she goes to the place of the dead
And then the cloth being lifted. Claver-
house looked on the face Of his wife. with
her infant child, not his. but KiIsyth's. ly-
ing at her feet. There was no abatement
In the splendor of her hair nor the pride
of her countenance: the flush was stlll
upon her cheek, and though her eyes We're
closed there courage I'm the set of her
lips. BY an unexpected blow she had been
stricken and persisted. but in the fullness
of her magnificent womanhood, and undis-
mayed. Lying there she seemed to defy
death, and her mothers curse, which had
come true at last
so thou also art to he cut OFF in the
midst OF thy days. Jean. Better this way
both for you and me, than to grow old
and become feeble. and be carried to and
fro. and be despsed. We born u
rule and not to serve. to conquer and not
to yield, to persecute If need be- but not
to be prosecuted. kilsyth loved thee. II
not his blame. who would not? He
did his best to please thee. Mayhap II was
not much he could do. but that was not his
blame. He thy husband for awhile,
but am the man forever. Thou art mine
and | thine. for are of the same
md In ham nF
Claverhouse, ard not Kilsyth. will claim
thee on the judgment day, and thou shalt
come with me, the eagle follows her
mate; together We shall go to heaven or {"
hell. for one. Slain we may be.
Jean. but conquered never. We have lived
we have loved and neither in life nor Death
can any ore make us afraid
Outside the trumpets sounded ana CLAY
erhouse awoke, for the visions of the night
had passed and the light Of the morning
was pouring into his room.