The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-02-12

Copyright. 1885, 1900. by s. R Crockett,
CHAPTER XVII.
Wife and Priest.

Wife and Priest.
81 have a right TO call myself the
.i5ow of the Duke kenry of Kerns-
Ssre and Hohenstein," said Theresa
son Lynar. in reply to Conrad's ques-
,ion as to whom he might thank for
rescue and shelter.
aAnd therefore the mother Of the
nuchess Joan?" he continued.
Tberesa shook her head.
mo" she said sadly; Il am not her
uotber but-and even that only in
: seuse-her stepmother. A promise
to dead man has kept me from
claiming any privileges save that of
living unknown on this desolate isle
II sand and mist. My son is an Of
6cer in the service of the Duchess
Joan.
The face of the Prince-Bishop light
ed I'd instantaneously.
aMost surely, then, / know him. Did
he not come to CORTLAND with my
Lord Dessauer, the Ambassador of
Plasenburg?"
The lady of Isle Rugen nodded in
differently.
eYes." she said; 81 believe he went
to CORTLAND with the embassy from
flassenburg."
Indeed, was much drawn to him, -
sad the Prince eagerly; Il remember
him most wildly. He was of an olive
complexion. his features without
color. but craven even as the Greeks
cut those of a young god on a gem"
yes said Theresa Won Lynar Sc
renely che has his fathers face and
carriage, which are those also Of the
Duchess joan"
In the morning Joan came to bid
the patient good morrow, while Wer.
ner Won Orseln stood ia the doorway
with his steel cap doffed in his hand
and Boris and Jorian bent the knee
for a priestly blessing. But Theresa
did not again appear till night and
darkness had wrapped the earth, and
being all alone he listened to the
heavy plunge of the breakers on the
beach among which his life had been
so nearly sped. The sound grew slow
er and slower after the storm, until
at last the wavelets OF that sheltered
sea lapsed on the single in a sort OF
breathing whisper.
And so day passed and came again
Long nights, too. at first with hourly
tendance and then presently without
But Joan sat no more with the youne
man after that first watch, though his
soul longed for her, that he might
again tell her that she was his broth
er's wife, and urge her to do her duty
by him who was her welded husband
So Conrad contented himself and
salyed his conscience by thinking
austere thoughts of his mission and
high place in the hierarchy of the only
Catholic and Apostolic Church. Sc
that presently he would rise up and
seek Werner Won Orseln in order &c
persuade him to let him go, that he
might proceed to Rome at the com
mand of the Holy Father. whose ser
want he was.
But Werner only laughed and put
him of.
When we have sure word Of what
your brother does at Kernsberg, ther
we will talk of this matter. Till ther
II cannot be hid from you that nc
hostage half so valuable can we keeT
in hold"
So after many days it was permitted
70 the Prince to walk abroad within
me narrow bounds of the Isle Rugen
the Wordless Man guarding him al
nity PAGES distance. impassive ant
inevitable as an ambulant rock of the
seaboard.
AS ne went Prince Conrad's eye.
glanced this way and that, looking fol
means Of escape. Yet they saw
none, for Werner Won Orseln with hi.
zen men of Kernsberg and the two
captains of Plassenburg were not sol
Siers to make mistakes. 1t CHANGED
however, that upon a warm and gra
SIous afternoon, when the breeZes