The Forrest City times., 1913-12-26
CHAPTER xxxiIi.-(continued.)

CHAPTER XxxilI.-{Continued.)
 Here, for the time concealed was he safe; none followed, and, leaning against the damp blocks of masonry breathing hard, as a man weak from fatigue. loss of blood. he sought to recover his strength It returned only too slowly; the passing lassitude an- noyed him; for the moment he forgot he had but recently come from the dungeon and the hardships that sap tient to move on.
 Several moments he yet stood. breathing deep; then. starting away, set himself to the task of crossing the vast stretch of beach between the Mount and the distant lights of a ship.
 The sandy plain had never seemed so interminable; before him, his shad- ow and that of my lady danced ever illusively away; behind, the great rock gave forth a hundred shooting flames. while as emblematic of the demolition of so much that was beautiful, higher than saint with helpless sword on ca thedral top, cloud of smoke belched up; waved sidewise like a monstrcus funeral plume. A symbol, it seemed to fill the sky; to move and nod and Haunt its oMinous blackness from this majestic outpost of the land Walk. ing in vivid crimson glow, the Black Seigneur gaZed only ahead, where now. on that monotonous desert. the rim of the sea on sudden obtruded As he advanced, sparkles red as rubies- ,
 the same time a seething murmur broke upon the stiffness.
 Toward those leaping bright points and the source of that deep sounding cadence. the young man stumbled for ward more rapidly. less cautiously, also, it may be- for while he was yet some distance from the waters rim. his feet fell on sand that gave way beneath them. He would have sprung back. but felt himself sinking stroye to get out. only to settle the deeper! The edge of the lise, with safety be yond. well he could see, where the satin-like smoothness of the treacher- ous slough merged into a welcome silk-like skim mering of the trustwor- thy sands. That verge, however. was remote; out of reach of effort of his to attain; his very endeavors caused him to become the more firmly imbed- ded. Had he cast my lady aside. pos. sibly could he have extricated him self; but with her, an additional weight, weighing him down
 Loudly he called out; only the sea answered Now were the clinging par ticles at his waist; he lifted my lady higher; clear of them, Once more raised his voice-this time not in vain!
 Mon capitaine, Where are your"
 "Here!"
 We don't see you"
 You won't soon. unless"
 The end of a line struck the sand
 The night had almost passed; its last black hour, like a pail. lay over the sea, where. far from the Mount. a ship swayed and tossed. In the mar row confines of her masters cabin, the faint glimmering of a lamp revealed a man bending over paper, yellow and worn; the lines so faint and deli cate, they seemed almost to escape him!
 How strange, after all these years. the sight of your handwriting !-and now. fo be writing you! Yet Is it meet--to say faTwel! For that which you have heard mon ami, is true. am going to Gle. You say. you heard l not well: l answer what really you heard; the question. mon ami beneath your words And. dying, II Is well with me. I have wronged no soul on earth-except you. my friend and you forgive me. l had hoped the years would efface that old memory You say they have not. It Is wise you are going away.
 The reader paused; listened to the