The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-05
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Every tlbre within him cried g

81 Every Hnre Wltnln MN .CTlSo ayus
plucked marguerite petal By petal:
and auivcrcd with delight at the sound
OF the nighttngalc's voice among the
willows; not the woman on whose sol!
girlish cheek he had loved to call
forth, with an ardent gaze or a bold
word, a tender blush of rosy red: not
the woman whom In one brief second
he had learnt to love. whom In one
r ad heavenly n1cment he had kissed.
Every sense In him Glamored for the
belief that 1t had all been an ugly
dream, an autumn madness from which
he would presently wake at her feet.
Every sense! Yet his eyes had seen
her, his ears had heard her respond to
her name. when uttered roughly by
the man who seemed to he her master.
The truth Itself never once dawnee
upon him. The whole trick had been
managed with such Gevjlish cunning
every piece In the intricate mechanism
OF that Intrigue had beor so carefully
adjusted. that It would have required
superhuman Insight or the cold. calsu-
lating mind OF an Unconditional mathe-
matician to have hit upon its natural!
explanation.
q Wessex possessed neither. Ee wac
Just man tVucued for the frst ttnle
in his life WIKI t.c strongest passion
OF Wnicii human creatures are caDao!e.
He loved a " oman Hitn oil the Araor.
all the unreaaOniug Instincts, a!i tns
sublime " eakness and tViiy, OF Wnich
a loyal ana strong neart IS capauie.
That woman had proved llhr ana .
Nanton In his sight.
RIO thought o. everything. OF every
solutlon vi every possibility. Heaven
.help him. of every. excuse but never
Maynard moods In which no one would
dare deny Kat she at times INDUCES.
mad fashioned a kitchen wencn no Il
1Iifelike replica OF one of the most
beautiful woman In England-tnat one
simple, indisputable. easily verined
mind.
She was mad! yes!-irrcsponsible for
Ter own actions, yes!-viIfully wan
ton! no! A thousand tines. no! Hers
was dual nature wherein angels and
devils alternately held sway
CHAPTER XXI.
NInrye the Qucene.
Thus day followed day. whilst in The
great world without England was pic
raigned before his peers on q charse
OF murder. And in one OF the smaller
e Not a Queen now, not proud and
chambers Of her own private apart
3ments OF Hampton Court, Mary Tudor
ing and praying again.
sMilful Tudor. passionate. cruel or ca
3lrlcious. but only middle-ageI
!brokyn-hearted woman. with eyes
o0o11Cu Wall EWCkSQlllEs tAiS@ ~ ctbA bSoFS
with eternally reiterated desires.
s To, save him. to save hint
That he had committed so foul a
% s tb bsD 81 sa Face If lis e own
confession, Mary still ohstinntsly ro-
fused to believe. Tho rumors anent
/ The presence. OF q !, woman Y IN that part
Of the palace and at that fatal hour
Eousy and hatred, which mad ragged
within her, had q readily fastened on
Ursula Glynde as the cause. II not the
actual perpetrator, OF the dastardly
crime. 81
connected with tina terrible events OF
That night every one was Of course
ready to adm I. but In what manner
no. one was able to- conjecture.
:tlat thsre could be no doubt. Dor
MIguel&de Suarez had been stabbed in
the back! Not In fair fight, but bru..
tpl]y Gallously stabbed, and he q guest
at the English court! 45s
OF this barbarous. abominable act
the Duke OF 7Wessex stood self-con'
Imposslble. q course! PEspq i, : qg 5;
pronounced his friends. tie.S tn e..tar !; J.
gen IN ENGLAND braye IS q naTraci
sWorasman to i BOOT! The very acousa
T ton was ridiculous, US. . s., IA II
iYet he stoodSself -convt Ct ed.5s
Why? Tn the ma me OF = !. eaven. WY =!
To s shield @ ;5 NJ ma 2. sa1u 4 ~ \!
what woman ~ retorted his enc.
Tie name Of Lady Ursula Glynde
mad been family WHISPERED, yet y
seemed al most ms nrepo sterous to SHIP
nose that a n beautiful YounR Eirl-re,
nned, gentle, poetic scarce out OF her
teer, s-would. have the pfysical strer 9Th
toscomnit SO foul a dc ed, as to think
| n HIS Grace IN connection with 1t, $H
yet IN y spite Of that. the idea had
gained ground ttat the Lady Ursula
Glynde could, and she would, throw
some light on the mystery VIII 'ch sur-
rounded + the events of that terrible
night. and no one broodeds overs5tra
.idea more q termlnedly than did Mars
The young girl had OF course denied
Tall Knowledge OF what had or hnd snnt
|occurred. ere was n OF a single def.
Unite fact that fmlrht even renn ts,s.
lconnept l'erswlth tho snnnossd Aenmity
lsbetYeen4 WesseS and Don Miguel.
The C.arsiirpl was not , kelY8to sneak
for thetSrrasert turn Of events suited
his ownSnlans Il q 4nerfeTtinn.
h NV Lord of Evcrin nh am was awaS
lin Scotland, and n ews ira vel ed slovlls,
these avs. fnv the 10 an. al I; l,a{
Isnothing on which to Il found her. sns'
Enictpns, save her oyvi I'm tired nf thu
4 aipl end the firm conY let lon that or