The Forrest City times., 1913-12-19
bv FREDERIC s. ISF
cOPYREhy isos BY THE eo6a3 -1ERR,ll co.

upward. Still upward, By wind ing stairs. through passages and door ways. vaguely she felt herself borne. until a cold breath of air, blowing suddenly in her face. revived her; awoke her to confused realization of the place they had at last reached the upper platform at the head of the long. open stairway of granite And With that consciousness, she again sought to free herself: but, for an in stant the arms held tighter, while dark face bent close, scanning her features. then abruptly he released her.
 Your Ladyship is uninjured?"
 Yes; yes,"
 One moment" Turning. he left her, and walking to the verge of that open space. searched quickly the waste Of darkness below, far out to sea. The girls glance followed him: wavered; her first apprehension awoke anew. Her father, Where was he? She ciasped her hands despairingly as she gazed down the Mount: then around
 
 lght-open doorway to the church. caught her eye and she started. At the picture. framed by the masonry. which the glow revealed. a low excla- mation fell from her lips, and crossing the platform, and descending a few steps, she ran to the entrance of the sacred edifice.
 
 Eh. your Excellency; has your Ex- cellency any orders?" sounded a voice.
 There. before an altar, in the dim flicker of candles and the variegaied gleamlng from the ancient stained. glass windows, she saw at last him she sought, in one of the chapels, near the White marble monument to her mother. was his Excellency; but, no. alone. Before him stood. or half crouched. the man Sanchez, who now was speaking.
 Shall l ring for your Excellency's servants and have the noise stopped?" Grotesquely he bowed. the while watch ing like an animal studying it's prey beppo! Where are you-fat rascal9 Consign these swine to the gibbets, What! You can't obey because your ears have been cut off and your throat slit? That's too bad!" F:ercely the man laughed then waved his arm toward the window. as If calling the Governors attention to the sounds of demolition. the abrupt breaking Of glass Platter. Platter, Merry little bullets, presents from the people. your EXcellency! Metayage, your High ness."
 Still the othert said no word; a fig. ure. so motionless and white. it seemed but wrath pausing at the side Of its own marrow house" A louder clamor without a more vivid brightness of the red yellow and purple hues. like sudden wealth of strange flowers strewn on the marble floor. and again Sanchez laughed.
 Too bad! But tis who must pay first! Who owe so much! Has your Excellency his strong box With him? An. he leans on 1t! Such a fine one, all of marble. Not easily broken into-or out 1f! Eh. your FIX. cellency?" Swinging back something bright, Full payment this time, Not coppers, or round bits of lead. but steel. beautiful steel"
 Held to the spot by the abrupt fer. TOT and fascination of the scene. the Governors daughter had made no sound fearful of hastening the inevi. able; but at the moment the man. with last taunting word, launched forward, cry, half articuate, burst from her lips. It was drowned by an. other voice. loud and commanding. which rang out from the entrance to the church.
 "Sanchez!"
 Perhaps the call disconcerted him robbed the old servants eye of it's cer. 'itude. his arm of it's sureness. for the blow aimed at his Excellency the tat. ter was enabled to evade At the same tune. as with singular agility he moved aside 10 save himself. the hand the Governor had been holding to his breast shot out like an adder. It struck Yiciously; stung deep-fulI in the side of his tormentor
 That for your metayagei"
 But momentary expression of sat. isfacticn was. however. permitted his EXcellency, the petty tragedy became oyershadowed by the greater
 The Bastile, Our Bastile,"
 And again a shower of bullets al. rected in hatred, fell upon the church. because It's windows were priceless. shone with saints of measurable value, In the chapel, an aumbry and piscna were struck around the Governor. glass beean to clatter and break into bits on the pavement. when suddenly he wavered: bis hand soush, his heart then felt for and clung 70 the monument. as if abruptly seek. ing support
 "WLy did you GO it. Se gneur?" As my lady. eNclaimirg wlCly. ran 70 her fatfPr. Sanchez. frCiC where he lay