The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-05

and SILENT
II agres with you, eohora. Then per-
haps he 10 IN love with horP'
Betty shook her head, and replied:
'P0ter Bronze doesn't think anything oil
women, Senior. At least he never speaks
20 Of Of Them
which shows that probably he thinks
about them ali the more. Well. well, II q
no affair OF ours, IL iti Only 1 am glad "a
hear that there IL nothing between them,
since your mistress ought to marry high
and be a great lady not a mere merchants
wife,
'Yes. Sehor. Though Peter Bronze il not
q merchant. at least by birth. he IL high
born, and should be Sir Peter Bronze IL his
father had not fought on the wrong hide and
sold his, land. He ID a soldier. and q very
brave man. they say, as all might see last
night
sNosdoubt, and .psrhaps would make a
great captain II he had the chance. with
his stern face and silent tongue. But,
Sefiora Betty. say. how comes II that, being
90 handsome. Inc he bowed. you are not
married eltheri I am sure it can be from
no lack OF suitors.'
Again Betty, foolish girl. flushed with
pleasure at the compliment.
You are right, Se6or. shO answered. Il
have plenty Of then, hut / am Hike my cousin;
they do not please me. Although my father
lost his fortune, / come OF good blood. and !
suppose that is why / do not care for these
low born men, q would rather remain as
am than marry M Of them.S
you are quite right, p said D,AguiIar in
his sympathetic voice. do not stain your
blood. Marry IN your own class, or not all,
which, indeed. should not be dificth for one
90 beautiful and charming He looked
into her large eyes with tender admiration.
This quality. indeed. BOOT began to DEM
onstrats itself 90 actively. for they were now
In the fields, Where few people wandered.
that Betty. who although vain was proud
and upright. thought IL wise to recollect that
abe must be turning homewatd, So. in
spite OF his protests, she left him and do
parted. walking upon air.
How slender and handsome this foreign
gentleman was, she thought to herself, really
. great cavalier. and surely he admired her
truly. Why should he notY
Such things had often been. Many o rich
lady whom abe knew was not halt 90
handsome or 20 wen born as she was, and
would make him q worse Wife-that Ia. and
the thought chilled her somewhat-if he
were not already married.
From all of which 1t will be seen that
D'Aguilar had quickly succeeded in the plan
which only presented itself to him a few
hours before. Betty was already half in love
with him.
Not that he had any desire to possess this
beautiful but foolish woman's heart, who
saw In her only q useful tool. q stepping
stone by means Of which he might draw near
to Margaret. For with Margaret, IL may
be said at once. he was quite in love. At the
sight Of her sweet yet imperial beauty, az he
saw her FIRST. d~ishevelled. angry, frightened,
in the crowd outside the Kings banqueting
hall. his southern blood had taken sudden
FIRE.
Finished v~oluptuary though he was. the
he experienced then was quite
new to him. He longed for this woman
as he had never longed for any other. and.
what IL more. he desired to make her his
wife. Why notf Although there was a
nav in IL. his rank was high. and therefore
she was beneath him.
But for this her loneliness would atone,
and she had wit and Learning enough to all
any place that he could give her. Also,
great as was his wealth, his wanton, spend
thrift way Of life had brought him many
debts. and she was the only child Of one Of
the richest merchants In England, whose
dover. doubtless, would be a fortune that
many q royal princess might envy.
Why notf He would turn Inez and those
others adrift-at any rate. for a while-and
her mistress Of his palace there in
Granada. Instantly, as is often the fashion
of those who have Eastern blood in their
veins, D'ARuilar had made up his mind, yes,
before he left her fathers table on the pre-
vious night. He would marry Margaret
md no other woman.
Yet at once he had seen many difficulties
his path. To begin with, he mistrusted
MIN Of Peter. that strong, quiet man who
could kill q great armed knave with his
stick, and at a word call half London TO his
Tide,
\ Peter. he wal sure. being human, must
Do in love with Margaret, and he was q
ival to be feared. Well. II Margaret had
10 thoughts Of Peter, this mattered nothing,
Ind II she had-and what were they doing
in the garden that morning?
Peter must be got rid Of. that wa all. I
Z was easy enough II he chose to adopt
,ertain methods; there were many Of these
fellows who would not mind stick I
q knife into. his back In the dark. 4
But, sinful as he was, at such steps his !
conscience halted. Whatever D'AEuilar had {
lone, he had never caused b man to be
murdered, he who was q blgot, l
rho atoned for his ~misdoines by periods 9
remorse and prayer. in which he placed '
Ito purse and talents at the service Of the "
as he was doing at this moment. q
No. murder must not be thought Of; for Q
could any dissolution wash him clean 81 {
hat stainf But there were other ways. {
'or instance, had not this Peter, in self y
II Ia true, killed n Of the servants r
{ an Ambassador Of Spain? v
Perhaps, however, it would not b. neoes- Q
AIRY 10 make use Of them. 1t had seemed
0 him that the lady was not i'll pleased q
him, and after all he had much to II
der. He would court her fairly and II he e
'ere rejected by her or by her father then h
would DO time enough TO act, o
Meanwhile he would keep the sword II
over the head Of Peter, pretending "
hat It was he alone who prevented IL from B
fling, and learn all that he could as to
astell and his history. II
Here, indeed, fortune In tho shape Of h