Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-10-04
CHAPTER Observation-Disclosures

Here, for the time concealed was
he safe; none followed, and leaning
against the damp blocks of masonry,
breathing hard, as man weak from
fatigue, loss of blood, he sought to
recover his strength. 1t 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
-ohe vast stretch of beach between the
Mount and the distant lights of a ship.
The sandy plain had never SCENE ed
so interminable; before him, his shad-
ow and that of my lady danced ever
illusively away; behind, the great rock
gave forth 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
flaunt it's ominous blackness from this
majestic outpost of the land. Walk
ing in a vivid crimson glow, the Black
Seigneur gazed only ahead. where now
on that monotonous desert, the rim
of the sea on a sudden obtruded. AS
ile advanced, sparkles red as rubies-
laughing hghts-leaped in the air; at
the same time a seething murmur
broke upon the stiffness.
Toward those leaping bright points
-ond the source of that deep-sounding
-~adence. 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; strove
TO get out. only to settle the deeperi
The edge of the lise. with safety be
yond, we'll he could see, where the
satin-like smoothness of the treacher-
Gus slough merged into a welcome
-silk-like shimmering 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-
rded. 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
iicles 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
".Herei"
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 ovel
the sea, where. far from the Mount,
ship swayed and tossed In the mar
row confines of her masters cabin, the
faint glimmering of a lamp revealed
man bending over a paper. yellow
and worn; the lines so faint and deli
gate. they seemed almost to escap,
him,
How strange. after all these years tbs
sight of your Northumberland now. Il
Zoe writing you'll Yet is il meet-to say
farewell, For that which you have heard
mon ami. is true 1 am going to die. YOU
say. you heard / not well: 1 answe
what really you heard; the question. MOI
ami. beneath your words, And
soul on earth-except you. my friend
she years would efface that old memory
you say they have not 1t is wis.
you are going away
The reader paused; listened to tn,