The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-04-02
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CHAPTER XIII.

Prince wasp otlnoss
....1aret did not answer her tor
TORS taunt. Her arms were about
y.r,sce's neck, and her lips, salt with
sought his in a last kiss. The
49, $50 of the Princes guard touched
an the shoulder. She shook him
ssnghtiIy of, and then, having com
1900 her farewells, she loosened her
800 and went slowly backward to-
Ids the further end Of the hall with
~ eyes still upon the man she
bored. =,
..,,o,,sly uneven voice OF a coward
sshIng himself into fury, you have
s,.ved out your treachery upon a
ssIgoiug Prince of CORTLAND. You
.hssted me at Castle Kernsberg, you
ssva made me a laughing-stock
,srougbout the empire. You have
sbsmed a maiden of my house, my sis
,sr the daughter of my father. What
AVE YOU to say ere order you TO be
suug out from the battlements OF the
western towerT
ageptlemen and Princes" Maurice
vou Lynar answered, that which 1
nave done | have done for the sake Of
nv mistress, the Lady Joan, and | am
eot afraid. Prince Louis, it was her
viii and intent never to come TO
CORTLAND as your wife. She would
na have been taken alive. It was
therefore the duty Of her servants to
meserye her life. and | offered myself
IA her stead. My life was hers al
ready. for she had preserved it. She
had given. It was hers to take. With
the chief captains of Kernsberg l
NOTED that she should be seized and
carried to a place of refuge wherein
10 foe could ever find her. There she
sbIdes with chosen men to guard her.
took her place and was delivered up
that Kernsberg might be cleared of
It's enemies. Gladly came that
might pay little Of my debt to my
soyran lady and liege mistress. Joan,
Duchess of Kernsberg and Hohen-
stein"
aNobly peroratedl" cried Prince
ivan, clapping his hands Right so
norously ended. But, listen, Sir Mum
mer, in all this there is no word OF
the Princess Margaret. How comes II
that you loudly proclaim having given
yourself a noble sacrifice for one fair
lady. when at the same time you are
secretly married to another? Are you
a deliVerer Of ladies oy wholesale
Speak to this point. Let us have an
other noble period--its subject my afa'
anced bride. Already we have heard
Of your high devotion to Prince Louis
wife. We4l-nextl"
But 1t was the Princess who spoke
from where she stood behind the
crossed swords of her guards.
That viii answer. l am woman
and weak in your hands, princes both
You have set the grasp of rude men
at-arms upon the wrists of Princess
Of CORTLAND. But you can never com
pei her soul. Brother Louis, my father
committed me to you as little child
have / not been a loving and faith
tul sister to you? And till this Musco
vite came between were you not good
to me? Wherefore have you changed
Why has he made you cruel to your
little Msrgaret?"
Prince Louis turned towards his
sister, moving his hands uncertainty
and even deprecatingly.
Ivan moved quickly to his side and
whispered something. which rekindled
the light of anger in the weakling'S
eyes.
You are no sister of mine," be
said; you have disgraced your family
and yourself. Whether it be true .oI
not that you are married to this mar
matters littie,"
IT is true; do not lie!" said Mar
garet, recovering herself.
1t Is the worse. then, and he shall