The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-18
In Mary : 5 Reign
BY Baroness Emmuaka orczy
Copyright. 1907. by Emmuska ORGY.
All Rights Reserved.
CHAPTER xy-continued.
BY Baroness Emnluska q

Ursula. in the midst OF those con-
tending parties. was. nevertheless. de-
termined to gain her end. Too unso-
trgae she re 70 en- her w ssnlens
little plot to bring His Grace to her
presence that afternoon had failed:
ncumen; and the young girl for the
first time since her arrival at court, felt
genuinely mortified and not a little
iuespairing OF ultimate triumph.
The Duke, evidently, had no desire
to meet her, or he would have accom-
plished that end somehow. There was
Obviously, for the moment. he was
glad enough TO remain free of those
bonds which truly were none Of his
him 10 fulll Lord Truro's dying wishes,
for the late Earl and the Dukes own
father had been the closest of friends.
allow her to appeal to that ch.valry:
what she wanted was to gain hts love.
Out OF her childish admiration for
the boy had grown kind of poetic
interest in the man. more than fostered
by the great popularity enjoyed by
Wessex. and the praises OF his per
s snns on 70 Se IaG love w
aught else save with love itself with
her own imaginative fancy. her own
conception OF what her future husband
w as shop.a e sa1e and q
Wessex King nmonE o men WHY
IDLY .rg.n. let me have him for
| mine own" was her constant. childish
! prayer
The girl was not yet woman.
| Thus musing and uedifatins ste
1 stroIled out Into the garden. singing
as she went. All the maids OF honor
! had been hidden to wait on Her Ma
= iesty In the audience chamber save
4 Lady Ursula Glynde and Miss Mar,
garet Cobsam. whose, services would
not be required. The Duchess OF In
coir. shrewdly guessing from this sum
\, mons tat His Grace OF WesseS was
\ In the Queens company, had given ti.e
4 two Young ladies leave to waLdc-
WHITTIER they pleased.
i Lady MARGARET had pleaded head
ache and curled herself up In WIN
! dow -embrasure with the express inten-
'jtion Of doing nothing. at all but
Ursula, with a burning desire for free
7 dom and a longing for flowers, birds
, and sunshine, had wandered out INTO
), the open.
parterre OF marguefites was laid
out close to the, terrace. incoming
idream ming. singing. she had picked a
tburch OF these and was mecfan cally
(, lnrucking their snow-white petals ono
, Did she guess what dainty picture
she made. asssre stood for one moment
Ihesida the pond. her shlmmering gown
Of delicate, white g'istsnlnE against a. a
Fair shining like gold beneath N
: soft RAYS of the October sun? Her
], sweet face was bert down. earnestly
oracle: a delicate shadow. thet soft.
: nearly grey. tore beloved OF Rubenss.
4 fell upon her 9irlish breast. her SOFT
round arms, the dainty hands which
y HELD the marguerite.
III
ss"cr at all. -. He loves me ~. a
= 81 wrarred un was she in these im-
4 no-tort r,tes thot she did ret tear
$ ,mpffled footstep unn.n TIE r-avel; The
tirsSt moment she felt two firm raTdt
q sn: wee comr,ated the daisy'a prophecy
q l"Fa ssiora tely!"
!. She give o little easp. hut did not
s immediately turn to look s"hn ire n,
r r or orr guessed the sound Of his voice. The
/ ,rrmert rod come ct last. IT lad beer
+ lsnone of her seeking: she did not pau ST
3 nrlv felt that he was near Ter ant
IL trat her lIfr's ra~r,ress depended ~
: whether he thou~ht her fair.
l. TIE pleasant little demon, Of g'rli.t
t. cor.,,rtrv w',isrerer tn her that In tn
,e world garden, he would be hard t.
y r,rase in1eed " he did not fall vic
V tin, to her smile.
\ SHE turned ard f"ced him.
fe,rnea Surprise. "FI,s Grace # Yves
q Soy! 6.s..I vow v",, frigttanet
~ ~ NE. my lord. ID. thnuglt this part .
y the garden quite deserted. and ~.
n,d tna nrte of Wessey at tho fee
g, g sSa locked n,vire'v pretty ms sh
: stood there4 hefore llr' a dialects
II 1,Ic1
IN rour {, creaks her H rvrs VI, 'rd Nv 4
g. rr,,ea ~ Icsres elirttV darker thp1
r. Lar .olr,ar V ni~-as dai~rv n nictur
Z. - ttis fastidious man had ever gaze
~ upon. 9aj4
is n CTo be Continued Monday.) 85