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THE governors ORDERS" said the
man. bowling hideously. They are to
zee no one"
Then let them up at onosi %
you heart At once!"
And as he began to unlock the door,
walked on. After that. her interest
in the rock waned; the Mount seemed
but prison; she. herself. desired
only to escape from 1t.
Have my saddle put on Saladin,"
she said to Beppo the next day.
toward the end Of a long afternoon.
Very we'll, my lady. Who accom-.
panies your ladyship7"
mo one!" With slight emphasis.
Il ride alone"
Beppo discretely suppressed his sur
prise. 'Is your ladyship going far?
If 30. I beg to remind that tonight is
the change OF the moon. and the
grand not the little tide may be
coming In"
Il was already aware Of It, and shall
Keep between the Mount and the
snore. Have my horse sent to the up
per gate" she added, and soon after
ward rode down.
The town was astir. and many
looked after her a. she passed; not
kindly. but with the varying express
sions she had Of late begun to notice.
Again was she cognizant OF that feel
ing of secret antagonism. even from
these people whose houses chung to
the very foundations of her own
abode. and her lips set tightly Why
aid they hate her? What right hac
they to hate her? A sensation. n
nest OF relief. came over her. when
passing through the massive. feuda.
gate. she found herself on the beach.
Still and dangerous was the day;
not breath stirred above the tiny
ripples OF the sand: calm. almost
unnatural. seemed to wrap the world
in its embrace. The girl broathcd
deeper. feeling the closeness OF the
air; her impatient eyes looked
around: scanned the shore; to the
left, low and fiat-to the rient,
marked BY the dark fringe OF a fer
est. Which way should she go? lr
resoiutely she turned in the direction
of the wood.
Saladin, her horse. seemed in un
Usually fine fettle. and the distance
,crarating her from the land was
soon covered: but still she continued
% follow the shore. swinging arounl
md out toward q point some distance
EDWARD. Not until she had reaches
hat extreme projection Of land. wherc
he wooing green crept out from tn,
forest as far as 1t might. did She
draw rein. Saladin stopped. albeit
With protest, tossing his great head
You might as well make an end OF
that. sir!" said the girl, and, spring
ing from the saddle. deity secured
aim. Then turning her back towaro
The Mount. shadowy pyramid IN tho
distance. she seated herself in tho
grass with her eyes to the woods.
Not long. however. did my lady re
main thus: soon rising, she walked
toward the shadowy depths. At the
verge she paused; her brows grew
thoughtful; what was It the woods
recalledy Suddenly. she remembered
"a boy she had met the night she
eft for school 20 long ago. had told
ner he lived in them. She recalled
Ton as child. how the woman. Marie
who had been maid to her mother
had tried to frighten her about that
sequestered domain. with tales OF
fierce wild animals and unearthly
creatures, visible and invisible, that
roamed within.
She had no fear now, though faint
rustlings and . pulsation of sound
held her listening. Then. through the
ieafy interstice, . cleaning and flash
ing as II some one were throwing
Jewels to the earth. lured her on &c
the cause of the seeming enchant
ment-a tiny waterwall!
The momenA passed: still she lin.
gered Around the Mounts high top,
her own home, only transcendent 81.
fence reigned; here was she surround.
ed DIV Dabbling voices and all manner
OF merry creatures-Iively little SPUR.
reis; winged insects, romping in the
twilight shade: . portly and well-sat.
isfied appearing green monster who
regarded her am1cably from a niche
OF green. A butterfly, poised and
waving its wings. held her a long
time-until she was suddenly aroused
by the wood growing darker. Raising
her eyes, she sew through the greer
foliage overhead that the bright Sky
had become sunless. At the same time
a rumbling defamation. faint, far-off
broke in upon the whisperings ano