The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-20


CHAPTER xv.-Continued.
.,At your feet. fair one.,, he replied,
with undisgulsed admiration express
viii VII = Jealousy al the thought 81 him
for whose sake your sweet fingers
She still held The flower. half-strip..
IN IN ordorst take Il from her. Ior per.
-haps merely for tho sake OF touching
for ono second tho soft velvet OF her
own.
nssF F!s1'sfssst 9lSsi III le .s ss
still a little shy and and nervous s that i 49,
that was for favorlte brother who Is
absent and wished to know II l,e
'rnlpossiblc." lie replied with daep
conviction. even for a brother"
your Grace Is pleased to ftatter."
THE truth spoken to one SO fair.
must ever seem a flnttery.
he loved To watch the color come
and go in her face. the dainty. .Elrllsh
movements. simple and ,,naffected.
that little curl which looked Ike liv-
ear. Ills passionate love for the beau
tlful was more than sntiated at the
exquisite picture before rim. and then
she had such musical and tender
vi"re: lie had heard her singing just
now.
,"But you seem n know me- fair one.
he sald after awhile.
who does not know His Grace OF
Wessex" ai,e responded. making q
Then let me be even with you.
sweet SINGER. and tell me your name
ursula dartcd sudden shy look at
him. Obviously he was conveying the
truth: he did not know who she was.
y quick thought crossed her mind; she
looked demurely down her nose and
said plnc!dly:
v name Is Fanny"
"Fanny?"
Yes You do not like tt?"
II didn't before" he said with n
smile. "but now adore IT,"
II am getting to like ~ better too"
she added thouRhtfully.
but. sweet Fanny. tell me how is
II I.never Rave seen you before?"
Indies of the Court
No. but l thought I knew all the
pretty one. Yet. meseems that beauty
was but an empty word now that I
| have seen It's queen"
! "Ah! my. lord! fear me your re-
J putation doth not wrong you after
| all" she added with quaint little
| sigh;
| "rhey cali you tickle. and say the
| Duke OF Wessex loves many women a
i little .:; but constantly. not at all"
i tried to meet her eyes.
4 Then will you let me. prove them
/ wrong?" he snid with sudden serious
ness which perhaps then he could not
/ h imself have accounted for.
/ II? ...' sic enid artlessly, what
anything you like" he replied
Nay. have no power for !
fear me nothing short Of putting yo'lr
/ you of that fickleness."
4 Then put me under lock and Key"
/ he suggested gai,v.Fa
Tn an inaccessible tower?''
Wherever you please"
1 She gave merry. happy. little
| laugh. for 10 was standing quite ctrse
to her now. his proud head slightly
bent so that the quick whispered
word. nigh easily reach her ears: aud
Il there was an -unmfstakable look OF
I. ardent admiration In his eyes. a
demon OF mischief suddenly seized her.
4 She wondered whether he had guessed
who she was ard tried to nettle him
Into hetrayirg himself
Il And to whom sfall I give the key
nf trat tower?" she raid demureiy
ITO the Lady Ursula GIyrde?"
No" he replied. come inside and
tArnw the he key out ct tfs shs sIs,.
4
He made quick gesture of mack
imrs tierce.
What warton erue'ty 70 mention
ears ere turned to FANNY"
6"'ri~ wrong they should he 80 turn.
ed-I.ady uasula, they say. is YOU.
! prn~ised wife. y.
.srhey say she is not 'iiI-fayored."
"Lll-favoreh to me. like the bite,
! pills the medicine man gives us. whilst
oree more she interrupted min
"You have never seen her" she pro
she Is like"
NAV. 1 can guess The Glyndes ar,
al alike 49,. sandy. angular. large
she laughed a long. merry. rinn1irt
: laugh. which ret his ears tirelinR witt
4 the desire to hearit ohce q gain. Ursuls
vas Indeed enjoying herself thorough
THEY all have brown eyes" he con
II could not endure brown eyes,"
size cast down her own. yelling then
What eyes could your Grace ben
endure for the moment7" she aid Will
the same tartalisirg demurrer css.
l3ut something magnetic must haV
: passed at that moment between thes
: two young people. some SUBTLE cur
: rent from him to her, which forced tn
Q jtnnocent yours girl oaraiset her eve
i lalmnst against her WILL He looket
! straight into their wonderful depths
a and tmurmured softly:
: The very hluest the blue. and We
I 50 grey that should feel they mus
: somehow be green. =. - 80
r "a little shudder had gone through
= her when first she met his ardent gaze
8 she tried TO free herself from a sudden
I strange and delicious feeling Of obses
sion. and said with somewhat force
: merr'mert now:
! 'erfe Queen has ereenish eyes an,
Ladv Ursula's are grey &. Z.
Then she held out the marguerlt
n to l. m. IS
!, would YOU Ike II know which 70
: love hest?" she added: consult tn
! !. marguerite and take one pota
:. Lat 4 tlme,'' 5; gf{. t2s1 q
: But he took the hand which held tn
n flower. LIZ, n 8Si Z. * a ss'5 81
Ono petal ut a time she VIII isneref
He took thesslerdAr fingers and lslsse
& each In Its turn this the snftest5
that the WI test al roserti!ppe
II and q feast for the gods ..