The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02

soon as she could command heEself she determined to- seek out Thaddeus's lodgings and,. if possible. learn the truth about his arrest. Secretly pur- suing her inquiries, she found that he was indeed prisoner for debt in New gate. After General Butzou had died Thaddeus, having received from the Dundases no money for his services except first advance of ten pounds, had been unable to meet an apothe- cary's 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 writ ten her an insulting letter in which he charged her with having Thaddeus for lover and ordering her to repair to an unoccupied country place of his.
 When Mary Beaufort returned to Harley 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 Dundas came rushing into the room, dragging Euphemia by the wrist and scolding volubly. "Jadel Hussyw cried her vulgar ladyship. She shall be sent to Scotland and locked up. I caught her writing verses to that MT. Constantine-loVe verses, mind you, to mere teacher"
 Then turning fiercely on Mary, she cried: You see. madam, what disgrace your ridiculous conduct to that Vaga- bond 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. dare say Miss Euphemia Is pardonable In these cases the fault lies with our sex"
 You are right" exclaimed the frightened Euphemia; T never should have thought of Mir Constantine If he had not leased me with his devoted love every time he camel Then catching the gleam of indignation which shot from Mary's eyes, she wept on. "I know Mary will deny it, be- cause 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 slander ing an innocent man who never gave you the slightest reason to think that he was attached to you. As for me upon tHe HpllpI ol iHS "pANt hS 'iNfti breathed a sentence to me beyond mere respect
 Miss Beaufort now walked from the room in indignation and as the door closed behind her the Dundas family fell upon Somerset with torrent of islander, abuse and falsehood concern ing NJ Constantine. Therefore when, a little later, Mary Beaufort command ed her cousin to go to Newgate, pay the debt of the exile and also leave with him the sum of f50 Pembroke consented with a bad grace and assured her that she was making a big mis- needy adventurer.
 But Miss Mary had a will of her own and money of her own, and Pembroke was good -natured. combination which resulted in Thaddeus receiving his liberty and a comfortable s.m in hand that very afternoon. As Pembroke did not see the prisoner and did every thing anonymously, the exile did not know to whom he was indebted for his good fortune. He suspected though, that his liberator had been Lady Tine mouth. and immediately wrote her a grateful letter and inclosed to her the f5O. saying that while he accepted his liberation he could not accept money in addition.
 When Lady Tinemouth sent back the money, regretting that it had not been her good fortune to know of Thaddeus's difficulties and relieve them. he wrote in the sAme strain to Lady Sara Roos