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amer compact and condit,on 10y
vi no effect. The Diet of tho - ~
"oulu cancel them In a mor,ont
th. 49, therefore take NO rest until tbis
.nlhs is made clear. | swear tba,
your son shall be Duke Maprioo as
slt II MS fathers place. as is r,rh.
ana hitting. For me- | asl, potbira SUI
tne daughters portion-a grange snot
90 tnlS' as solitary and as ueacefuI -
garden to delye and beach 10 won
der upon at eve,' ~ an
As she spoke Theresa's eyes ordao.
~ frightened, A proud high ,ool, 20.
on the fitness OF her lips. which orod
uanS laded as some other thought
asserted us supremacy. She rose and
gong straight to Joan. for the frat
'lme she kissed her on the brow
NOW 10 | know" she said. "tbot
you are Henry the Lions dauebtor
ha' Is spoken as he would have spo.
Ken it l, is greatly thought YET
it cannot be" ie'
IL snail be-" cried Joan imperlous.
Nay" returned Theresa Won Tvnar
once on time would have eivan
my right hand that for half a day. for
one hour, men might have said of me
mat was Henry the Lions wife and
my son his SON. II would have heen
right sweet. All God. how sweet If
would have beeni" She paused mo.
ment as if consulting some unseen
presence. No have vowed NV vow
Here was | hidden 10 stay and here
will abide"
Maurice of Hohenstein shall sit in
his fathers seat" said loan firmly
have sworn it. If live will see
him settled there with my captains
about him Werner Won Orseln is an
honest man He will do him Justice
Won Dessauer shall get him recogniz.
ed. and Hugo Of Plassenburg shall
stand his sponsor before the Diet of
the Empire"
Il would it could be SO" said The.
resa wistfully, If my death could
cause this thing righteously to come
to pass, how gladly would end life!
But am bound by an oath, and my
son is bound because am bound. The
tribunal is not the Diet of Ratisbon,
but the faithfuIness of a woman s
heart. Have been loyal to my prince
these many years 50 that now shame
sits on my brow as gladly as a crown
OF bay that | should fail him now?
Low he lies, and | may never stand
beside his sepulchre No son of mine
shall sit in his high chair. But If in
any sphere of sinful or imperfect
spirits, be it hei. or puTgatory, he
and shall encounter, think you for
an empire would meet him shamed
And when he says. Woman of my
love. hast thou ken; thy troth? shall
| be compelled to answer No'?"
But" urged Joan, this thing is
your sons birthright My father, for
purposes of state bnlnd my happi.
ness to q man loathed | have cast
that bond to the winds The fathers
cannot bind the children; no more can
YOU disinherit your SON"
Theresa Won Lynar smiled sad.
wise smile, infinitely patient, infinite.
ly remote
"Ah," she sad you think so? You
are young You have never loved,
You are his dauehter not his wife.
One day you shall know. if God is
good to YOU
At this Joan smiled N her turn. She
knew what she knew,
you may think gu know" return
ed Theresa, her calm eyes on the
girls face, but what | mean by low
ing is another matter The band you
broke you did not make. | keep the
VOW / made With clear eye, undulled
brain, willing hand made it-because
he willeG it. Let my son Maurice
break it, if he can, if he villas you
have broken yours. Only let him
never more cal Theresa Won Lynar
mother,"
Joan rose to depart. Her intent
had not been shaken. though she was
impressed by the noble heart OF the
woman who had b~sn her fathers
wife. But she also had vowed vow,
and that vow shs would keep. The
Sparhawli should yet be the Eagle OF
Kernsberg, and she Joan, a home
keeping housewife nested in quiet
ness. a barndoor fowl about the or
chards OF Isle Rugen.
MADAM she said, your word is
YOUR word But so is that of oan OF
Kernsberg. 1t may be that cut OF
the unseen thers may leap chance
which shall bring all to pass, the
things which we both desire-with-
out breaking VOWS or loosins of the
bands of obligation. For me, being
no more then a daughter, | will keep
Duke Henry's will only in that when
is Just"
"And l." said Theresa Won Lynar
will keep it, just or unjust
Yet Joan smiled as she went out,
For she had been countered ana
checkmated in sacrifice. She had met
a nature greater than her own ana
with the truly noble that is the pleas
ure of pleasures. I'm
All the while Conrad sat very sun
al tn that which