The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-11
oHAprEn xxx111.-continued.


CHAPTER xXxIII.-Continued.
She knew all that, yet she did not
hesitate. Her love for Wessex had
filled all her life, first as child, then
as an ignorant girl worshipping an
ideal. When she saw him and In him
saw the embodiment of all Der most
romantic beliefs she loved him with
all the passionate ardor Of her newly
awakened woman's heart. From the
moment that his touch had thrilled her.
throbbing. that her pure lips had met
his own, she had given him her whole
"Your Eminence." said Ursula very
quietly. after little while. you SAID
Just now that I could save HIS l,,. Grace
e en M Sessh 1 rs me- neW What
1T is simple enough, my daughter"
he replied. still avoiding ner Gear,
steadfast gaze, you have but TO speak
"The truth, they say. oft lies hidden
in a we'll, my lord" she rejoined. II
pray Your Eminence to guide me to its
Il can but guide your !, memory EN- my
night, when Don Miguel was muir
dered."
"You were there. in the Audience
Chamber. were you not?'
II was there" she repeated mechan-
with Don Miguel de suarez. who,
taking advantage Of the late hour and
the loneliness of this part of the palace,
a1et n lss saE .h yqn he insulte Or me
His Grace then came upon the
scene?"
IT,"
And twas to defend your honor that
the Duke Of wessex killed Don
Miguel"
wessex killed Don Miguel" -,
This you will swear to be true?
without hope of absolution.
and YOU will make this tardy con-
fession, my daughter, to His drace's
Judges freely
whenever it Is deemed necessary !
will make the confession to Ills Grace's
Judges freely"
SHE swayed as If her, senses We're
leaving her, 1nstinctively the Gar ,,.
with mighty effort she drew herself
together and looked down upon MIN
with all the regal majesty OF her own
sublime self-sacriftice; rio E,,.
hence cared nothing for the contempt
of the vanouished 1t had been harh,
fought battle HIS Grace ,,s was T TaIea
from death, ana 9ut'tt '&aAS 'a'
could not help but keep her word. 1t
was triumph indeed.
He touched a hand bell. servan,
appeared. A few whispered instruc.
tlons, and the end was accompiisheo ~
last. ,,,
But God in heaven. at what terrible
cost,
CHAPTER X%X1N.
Westminster Hail.
A surging. seething crowd, heads
IAtN
a double row of men, women, boys ana
girls, held back with difficulty by tbs,
superintendent and his men arfne"
with halberds and tlp-staves'
a crowd come to Gape ana grin. soiiis
to sympathize--but only very Few or
these All come to see how the proud.
est gentleman in England would pear
himself in a felons dock.
The dull gray light of an early SO
yember day came in Ghostly streaks
through the huge window of the nan,
throwing into bold relief the scarlet
clad figures of the twenty-four noble
lords who were to be the Dukes triers;
the gorgeous robes OF the judges. and
the dull black gowns of the attorneys
and the minor dignitaries.
up hareheaded. holding the white roo
in his hand and the Sergeant-at-arms
stepped forward into the immediate
centre of the hall facing ~ croWd
and read out the proclamation. as
follows:
INV Lords Grace, the Queens Ma
iesty's Commissioner High Steward OF
England. commanded every cry, ma man =, . Il 10 :
and to hear the Queens commission
read"
This was followed by the reading of Of
of the Crown. after which-still stand,
ing-he read the Indictment in loud
voice SO that all might hear, 80
Whereas Robert D'Eselade NTH
o iii Il hn n mr.
the 18th of October of this year OF our
Lord one thousand five hundred and
fifty three. unlawfully kill Don Miguel:
Marquis de Suarez. grandee OF
The voice of the clerk went droning
on: the people. amazed. Mortified. tried
not to lose one single word OF TINS
strange document which so loudly pro
claimed the fact that a dastardly crime
unparalleled in its coWardice and re-
rocity had been committed by one VINO
until now had stood above all Eng
lishmen as model of honor, Loyalty
With every fresh charge. skilfully
woven together and interviewed with
sundry dispositions obtained from my
lord Cardinal and his retinue. the
crowd Of spectators realized more and
more that they We're face to face with
weird and mysterious tragedy not
a pageant. but an appalling drama, the
prologue of which was being enacted
before them now.
And the people as they listened knew
that they had come to see mans last
dav upon earth.
Proud. rich fastidious Wessex! this
is the end of all things! Pomp and
ceremony, gorgeous robes and costly
apparels! these to speed thee on thy
way. but as inevitably as the dull win
ter's night must follow this gray No
vember morning, SO will pomp and cir
cumstance fade away into the past and
leave thee with but ore red-clad figure
by thy side-that of the headsman with
the axe.
Justice to-day could make short work
Robert D'Esclade, fifth Duke of Yves.
sex, had confessed to his crime. Why
should Justice trouble herself to prove
that which was already admitted? She
had merely to think out the form and
severity of the punishment for this
man of high degree who had sunk and
For FORMS sake a few dispositions
had been taken, for this was an un :
usual. event, specially atroclous
crime!-the murder of a foreign envoy
at the court of the Queen OF england
and at the hand of the premier peer
Of the realm.
The Cardinal de Moreno. epvoy-in-
chief of Els Majesty the King Of spain
had given the matter poltlcal sis
nificance. In the name or MS royal
master he had demanded Judgment on