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


grew gentler--"nauc kenS that better
than myself, for name has been more
tossed in mind than / have been. llka
man, and also woman, must walk the
road as they see it before them, and
do their part till the end comes; but
the roads cross terribly on the murs.
in the West Country. III was uncivil
minute syne L crave your pardon,
Tor that was not my mind But IL ru-
NOR be, true it matters not to you what
any man says far less my Lady Coch-
rams daughter, for We We're made TO
gang ytr ain gait"
4 sfc are wrong there Lady Jean, far
wrong" Clayerhouse suddenly turned
round and looked at her with new
ceountenance win not deny that
l am made to be careless about the
strife Of Tongues, and to give little
heed whether the world condemns or
approves II do: my devoir rightly to
me TO the heartitYhat you thought Of
me. They say that woman knows IL
n man loves her, even though his love
be sudden and unlikely, and If that
we walked in this pleasaunce those
fair evenings. that have loved you
from the moment | saw you in the hall
that day. Confess it. Jean. If that be
lock. was bound in honor to be silent"
Was Pollock the only bond of
honor and Jean blazed on him with
sudden fury. rs there no other tie
y
love to me and Offering me insult in
my fathers house? Is this the chiv-
airy. of a Royalist, and am !. Jean
Cochrane. to be treated like d light
Of the countryside we can play with at
your pleasure? Pleased by your notice
and then flung aside like a flower we
wore till it withered"
Before God, what do We mean by
those words?" They were both stand
ing now. and Grahanl's face was white
as death. is the love of John Graz
ham of Claverhouse dishonor?"
1T is. and SO is the love of any
man II he be pledged to another We
man. Though we go not to Court,
think you have not heard OF Helen
Graham, the heiress of Monteith, and
goes, We have been more successful
than catching ministers OF the kirk?
Ye would play with me! thank God
my brother lives, and they say ne Is no
mean swordsman.
IF 1t We're as you believe. my lady,
and | had spoken of love to you when
/ was betrothcd to another woman,
then ye did well and worthy OF your
rane's sword If 1t had found its way
to my heart, had rid the world of q
rascal. Rumor Is often wrong, anu
1t has told you false this time. deny
not. since | am on my confession. that
l desired to wed Helen Graham, and
will also say freely. though it also
L
her, not only because she was a Gra-
ham and q gracious maiden, but be-
cause should obtain rank and power,
for have ever hungered for both, that
with them l might serve my cause
My suit did not prosper, so that we
were never betrothed, and now | hear
she is to be married to Captain Raw
don, the nephew of my Lord conway.
l would have married Helen Graham
in her smock IL need be. though say
again I craved that title, and would
have been a faithful husband to her.
But have never loved her, nor any
other woman before. Love. Jean"-he
went on. and they both unconsciously
had seated themselves little apart
lis like the wind spoken of In the
Holy Gospel. 1t bloweth where it lis.
teth, and is not to be explained by
reasons. In my coming and going to
Court / have seen many fair women.
and some of them have smiled on me
and tried to take me by the lure of
their eyes. but none has ever been so
bonnie to me as you. Jean. and your
hair of Furnished gold. Doubtless
have met holierf women than you.
among the saints, but though one
should show me hundred faults in
you. We are to me to-day the best. and
I declare IL We had snned ! would
love you for your sins only less than
for your virtues. love you as a man
should love woman: altogether, your
fair body from the crown of your head
TO lue SOlc aOl lOOl,s pui 4HAli,
your eyes. your mouth, your hands,
the way you hold your head. the way
you walk, your white teeth When YOU
smile. and the dimple on your cheek.
Yourself. too, the Jean within that
body with your courage, your PRIDE
your scorn. your temper your fierce de-
sires. your fiery jealoustes. your changing
moods. And your passion, with its de-
mands, with its surrenders. With its
caresses. with it's pain. YOU. Jean
Cochrane, as YOU are and as you shall
3 be, with all my heart and with all
my body. with all my loyalty next
to that give my king, ! love You,
Jean" He leaned towards her as lie
spoke. and oil. the passion that twas
hidden behind his girl face and Court
manner-the passion that had made
him the most daring of soldiers, and.
was to make him the most success
full of 3leaders-poured from his eyes,
from his whole self. like a hot stream,
enveloping, overwhelmins and capti-.
waiting her. Strong as she was in will
>e1r1,o n II ,,N,