The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-24
Storyof Francis Cludde
ARomance Of Queen Mary's Reign.
BY ]. Y M
CHAPTER x~vl-continued.

CHAPTER xV1-Continued.
Can guess? All, what happiness II
was! Outside the sun fell holly on the
steep rcd roofs. with their rows OF
easements. and on the sleepy square
talking of the mornings events.
could see below me the guard which
Duke william. shrewdly mlstrustins
the subdean. had posted in front of the
house. nominally to do the duches
honor. I could hear in the next room
What happiness 1t was to live! What
happiness to be loved! How very
very good INC beautiful n glorious q
world seemed the world to me on that
old May morning In that quaint Ger
ma town which We had entered sc
oddly!
AS I turned from the windows full
of thankfuiness. my ayes met those OF
Mistress Anne. who was sitting on the
FAR side ,of the sick mans couch. the
baby In a cradle beside her. The risk
and exposure Of the last week had
on any of us. She was paler. graver,
Older, more of q woman INC less. much
less, of q girl. And she looked very
III. Her eyes. In particular, seemed to
have grown larger, and as they dwelt
on me now there was a strange and
- hhh Ah ~ NAA1N "a a
grew uneasy
"You have been wonderfully pre-
served" h said presently. speaking
dreamlly. and as much to herself as to
me.
II have. indeed" 1 answered, think
Eng h referred only to my escape of
the morning.
b. she did not.
There was. firstly. the time on the
river when you were hurt with the
oar" she continued, gazing absently at
me. her hands in her lap. and then
the night when you saw Clarence with
l0ymphna."
.Ors rather. saw him without her"
] in%terposed. smiling. 1t was strange
that she should mention 1t as a fact,
when at the time she had SO scolded
me for making the statement.
And then" h continued, disre-
garding my Interruption, there was
the time when you were stabbed in
the passage. and. again. when you had
the sktrmish by the river, and then
today you were within a minute of
death, You have been wonderfully
preserved"
II have I assented t%houghfully.
The more as I suspect that I have to
thank Master Clarence for all these lit
tic adventures"
tered. removing her eyes from me that
she might fix them on the 1oor.
What Is stranger"
The abrupt %questioner was the
duchess. who came bustling in at the
moment. What is stranger" she re-
dancing eyes. Shall I tell your" She
paused and looked brightly at me,
holding something concealed behind
9 guessed in a moment, from the
aspect Of her face. what it was-the
letter which 1 had given to Master
rs IiN6Sfvnyo N. tho r,oNr,,tor orx1 ,1,V1iol,
with Il pardonable f~orgetfulness. I had
failed to reclaim.
I turned very red. ut was not in
tended for you to now" I said shyly.
FOR in the letter I had told her my
story.
Pooh. pooh!" she cried. ut is just
es y thought. A pretty piece of folly!
No" she continued as l opened my
mouth Il am not going to keep your
secret, sir. You may go down on your
Knees. Y VIII be Of no use. Richard.
Cotton End in Warwickshire?
oh. yes her husband said rising on
his elbow. while his face lit up and /
stood. hashfully shifting my feet.
" have danced with him a dozen
times. years ago!" she continued, her
cir. this gentleman. Master Francis
Carey, otherwise Won S~antonkirch. is
ran Ciudde. his nephew!"
Sir Anthony's nephew?'
Yes and the % of Ferdinand
CIne.de. Whom you also have heard of.
Of whom the Less
She stopped and turned quickly, in
~terrupted by a half stifled scream. 1t
WaE a scream full of sudden horror and
amazelnent and fear, and 1t came from
Mistress Anne. The girl had risen and
was gazing at me with distended eyes
n blanched cheeks and hands
etretch out to keep me off-gazinR, in
deed. as II she saw in me some awful
portent or some dreadful threat. She
did not speak. but she began, without
taking her eyes from me. to retreat
toward the door.
"Iioity. toity!" cried my lady, stamp
Ing her foot in anger. What has hap
pened to the girl? What
What. indeed? The duchess stopped
still more aston,shed. for, without ut
terlng a word OF explanation or
apology. Mistress Anne had reached
h door. CROPPED blirdly for the latch,
found 1t and gone out, her eyes, with
h same haunted look OF horror In
chem. fixed on me to the last.
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