The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02

as she could command herself she deter-
 mined to seek out Thaddeus lodgings and
 if possible, learn the truth about his ar- rest. Secretly pursuing her inquiries, she found that he was indeed a prisoner for
 debt in Newgate. After General Butzou
 had died Thaddeus having received from
 the Dundases no money for his services
 except d first advance of ten pounds, had been unable to meet an apothecarys bill
 of thirty pounds and had been arrested. The exile would have applied to Lady Tinemouth for aid, but just before his
 arrest he had received a letter from her saying that her husband had written her
 an insulting letter in which he charged her with having Thaddeus for lover and . ordering her to repair at once to an un- occupied country place of his.
 When Mary Beaufort returned to Har- | ley street she found that her cousin, | Pembroke Somerset, had arrived to take | her down to Somerset castle. Scarcely had | she greeted her cousin when Lady Dun das came rushing into the room, dragging Euphemia by the wrist and scolding volu- bly,. "Jade Hussyr' cried her vulgar
 ladyship. "She shall be sent to Scotland
 and locked up. l caught her writing verses to that MT. Constantine-love verses, mind you, to a mere teacher! Then, turning fiercely on Mary, she cried: You see, madam, what disgrace
 your rediculous conduct to that vagabond foreigner has brought on our family This
 bad girl has followed your example, and even done worse; she has fallen in love with him."
 For pity's sake" said Pembroke, shocked at the manner in which Lady Dundas was shaking and berating her daughter, do compose yourself. 1 dare say Miss Euphemia Is pardonable. In these cases the fault generally lies with our sex"
 You are right" exclaimed the fright ened Euphema; '1 never should have thought of MT. Constantine If he had not
 leased be with his devoted love every
 time he came" Then, catching the glearn of indignation which shot from Mary s eyes, she went on: "I know Mary will deny it. because she thinks he is in love
 with her. But, indeed, he swore to me a
 thousand times upon his pended knee that
 he was a Russian noble and admired me above everybody else in the world" .'Euphemia," said Mary, indignantly, you know well that you are 'slandering an innocent man who never gave you the slightest reason to think that he was att tached to you. As for me-upon the honor of my word, he never breather a sentence to me beyond mere respect" Miss Beaufort now walked from the room In 1n0lgndtlOn anu dS lHe uOOf closed behind her the Dundas family fell { upon Somerset with torrent of islander, abuse and falsehood concerning M. Con stantine Therefore when, little later, Mary Beaufort commanded her cousin to go to Newgate, pay the debt of the exile and also leave with him the sum of R50, Pembroke consented with bad grace and assured her that she was making a big mistake in thus taking up the cause of a needy adventurer.
 But Miss Mary had a will of her own and money of her own, and Pembroke was good atured, combination which resulted in Thaddeus receiving his liberty and a comfortable sum in hand that very afternoon As Pembroke did not see the prisoner and did everything anonymously the exile did not know to whom he was indebted for his good fortune. He sus- pected, though. that his liberator had been Lady Tinemouth, and immediately wrote her grateful letter and inclosed to her the $50. saying that while he ac-