The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-02-22

HNNlN 'hNl'I INNfU m moment. /
viii therefore take mo- rest until this
thing o. made clear swear that
your son hall De- Duke Maurice and
SO in his fathers place. as Is right
and fitting For mc. ash nothing but
the daughter portion-a grange such
as this as solitary and us peaceful. a
garden TO delvc and a BEACH to wan.
der upon at cvc!'
As she spoke Thcrosa's eyes sudden.
ly frightened proud high look sat
on the fuluos, Of her lips. which grad.
ually faded as some other thought
asserted Co., supremacy She rose. aud
going straight TO Joan. for the first
tlmo she Kissed her ON the brow.
Now do ! know" she said. that
you are Henry the Lions daughter
That Is spoken as he would have spo-
ken g. Il is greatly thought Yet
20 cannot De-"
"lt shall beg" cried Joan lmpcrlous.
ly
Nay returned Theresa won Lynar
once ON q time would have given
my Right hand that for half a day. for
one hour men might have said OF me
that ! was Henry the Lions wife. and
my son his SON. n would have been
right sweet An God. how sweet It
would have loou'" She paused mo.
ment a. o. consulting some unseen
presence. no I have vowed my vow.
Here was I hidden TO stay and here
will I abide"
Maurice OF liohCustoin shall cit In
his fathers seat said Joan firmly.
II have sworn &c. II 7 live I will see
him settled there with my captains
about him Werner won Orscin Is an
honest man lie viii do him Justice
Won Dcssaucr shall get him recognlz.
cd. and Huso OF Plasscuburg shall
stand his sponsor before the Diet OF
the Empire"
Il would 10 could be So" said The.
rosa wistfully III my death could
cause this thing rlghtcously to come
TO pass. how gladly would I end life!
But I am bound by an oath. and my
son is bound because ! am bound. The
tribunal IS not the Diet OF Ratisbon.
but the faithuinoss Of womans
heart. Have I been loyal TO my prince
these many years 30 that now shame
sits on my brow as gladly as a crown
OF bay, that I 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 n In
any sphere Of sinful or imperfect
spirits. be n heli or purgatory. he
ana shall encounter. think you for
an empire ! would meet him shamod.
And whek he says. Woman OF my
love. hast thou kent Thy troth?' shall
be compelled 10 answer MOI"
But" urged loan, this thing Is
your sons birthrlrht Aly father. for
purposes OF state. bound my happi.
ness TO a man loathod. have cast
that bond 20 the winds The fathers
cannot bind the children; no more can
you disinherlt your son"
Theresa Won lynar smiled a sad.
wise smile infinitely patient. infinite.
IS remote.
"Ah," she se.d, "you think sog You
arc young You have never loved.
You are his daup'ior not his wife.
one day you shall kuow. n God Is
good to you!"
At this Joan smiled IN her turn. She
knew what She knew.
you may think .pu know" return.
ed Theresa, her calm eyes on the
girls face, but what mean by Low.
ing Is another matter. Tho band you
broke you did not make / keep the
vow made. with clear eye, undulled
brain, willing hand made lt-because
he wllled t. Let my son Maurice
break Il, n he can. n ne 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 sho was
impressed by the noble heart OF the
woman who had bssn her father's
wife. But she also had vowed a vow.
and that vow she would keep. The
sparhawk should yet be the Eagle OF
Kernsberg. and she. Joan. home.
keeping housewife nested IN nilet.
ness. a burndoor foWl about the or.
chards OF Isle Rugen
Madam She said your word Is
your word But so Is that Of oan OF
Kernsberg. II may be that out of
the unseen there may leap q chance
which shall bring all 10 pass. the
things which We both desire with.
out breaking VOWS or looslng Of the
bands Of obligation For me, being
no moro then a daughter. | will keep
Duke Henry's viii only In that which
Is iustl"
"And l." said Theresa Won Lynar.
"will keep q, just or UNJUST"
Yet Joan smiled as she went out.
For she had been countered and
oheckmated IN sacrifice. She had met
a nature greater than her own. and
with the truly noble that is the pleas.
ure Of pleasures.
All the while Conrad sat very sim,
listening with full heart TO that which
q did not concern him 10 interrupt
But within his heart he said. Woman.
when she is true woman. IS greater.
worthler fuller than any man-ay
were it the Holy Father himself Per
haps because they draw near Christ
the Son through Mary the Mothorl"
But Theresa Won Lynar sat silent,
and watched the girl as she went
down the long path. the leafy
branches spattering alternate ilgbt