The Washington times., 1913-05-19

head raging and his constri'.e'
wrists splitting with pain.
He did not trouble to open his eyes
indeed, for the moment ne was pas'
| repartee.
He knew that he. was being borne
J into a darkened place, where he causht
a sickening smell of dampness ana oe-
cay.
Then he felt himself dumped down
with a shock that jolted through every
sbar of his body, He heard a voice
say:
.shau We heave a bucket O. water
over him, sir?'
He heard Bah Ayskew's reply:
! Leave him be. He'll specify co'ie
to-
Then he heard a door SPAWNED 70
and the grinding of bolts IN their soch-
cts. At ltast he was alone.
In due time he opened his eyes. ne
fonnd himself, where already he guess,
"a he must be. in the old dungeon OF
tba keen. ten feet below the lever OF
tba haley. The place was damp anu
dirty and foul-smelling.
He suspected that It harporeu ia, .;,.s
and he hated rats with tne iiis s.a,.,,re
loathing of the cledhis HUI
for the unclean. 20 thu.
iI-ncomfortably he was aware OF tha,,
;f he felt one of tyose obscene creatures
track across his flesh, he shouid ha'e
much ado not TO cry out - co.. =,
A narrow grating, set IN SIX ieeI "a
rau Ier in what light was granted 10
the lower dungeon. ,ool,ad
That grating, he was aware iovhsu t
coward the mound by the keep on "hlch
Tho gallows stood. Day after tofiorFo"
he was to hang. ,.. Lo.ora him
rrine enough, perhaps, for something 10
bannen to his help-or his discomtort:
Ne doubted If Erisey would leave MN MN
alone through all those hours. ne .hu
not been discreet. perhaps' to sPeah '''
libelous truth to Erisey. ,.-,,,roooI,
II the fetid dusk Won kerstenbroock
smiled wanly. Faith, the lhdlscrell"ii
had been worth the price! h,o
Tbis time he should scarcely be auie
m send a word to his uncle in oloeh-
burg. ou thing as a
s,,,'ar of wood have power to pain
man so hellishly? s Wi,
"SIe ist mein mein Gut. una mem
Geld" ,,..,. o;r, o,c. in
OIdenburg-a little bro"h-eSeu Sti
a fishing. impish smile; .r. ,,or
"Schwesterchen. Liebe kleine! Won
Ierstenbroock muttered WIN pam
twisted lips. Had it not been TOT her.
banIy he had not Jared in the last ho"i , :
80 dolOrous a way among the lrleHdS ol
Basil Dormer. ,,,, ,,.s
dead he vet had power TO meet ana
know the few that he had loNed In, the
days OF his life and theirs
Gift AckwOrth or General 'rohl~eli
could have given him assurance on . una
had he knew. They We're so comfort
ahIy cognizant of the Workings ol Inc
aTn1iobty' Himself he could but won
He WAS half-minded TO ask them to
LET him ask Jack Aubrey TO LEND MIN
holland shirt in which TO be hanged
II they had changed places places harand ne aad
lack Aubrey, he would have hansed
lack. YES. as high as Haman; but he
would not have left Jack 10 suffer one
needless rigor in the dreary hours be-
fore his weIl-earned death.
.'Pitying Christ Canst Thou not make
this torment IN wrlSIs 10 cease oHt
for one minute"
He heard the strangled sound of his
own breathing. and for one second was
in ghastly fear lest he had lost his grip
Then. with ali the will that yet was
master of his bruised body. he made
himself close his eyes and count Elm.
zwei. drei;" just as he had done when,
as little rOund-eyed, impish boy. he
had coaxed sleep on the eve OF the
feast of St. Nicholas. ,
He remembered how his little stubbed
shoes had looked in the morning. stuff
ed with nuts and gilded gingerbread.
Then he remembered nothing. for in
the mercy of heaven he had dropped
asleep.
anv case the lower dungeon was thick
IN black when Won Kerstenbroock start
ed awake.
At first he did not know where he
was, and then he knew, for he felt the
iron grinding his swollen wrists. and
across his face.