The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-05-22
How a Curate's
Daughter Became
a Marchioness
By EDITH v. ROSS

One day when the Marquis of Bally-
shannon was hunting, hot and thirsty,
he came to a we'll from which a girl
was drawing water. D~ismounting, he
went toward her and asked her for q
drink. She told him that she would
be happy to give him one. but there
was no cup at hand. The marquis said
that he would drink from the bucket.
At this the girl made a grimace, look
ing from the marquis to the bucket. as
much as to say, Its no fit thing for
q gentleman to drink FROM" Then.
making a cup of her two hands, she
dipped them in the bucket, filled them
with the cool water and offered the
marquis a drink from the %improvised
cup.
Though the girl was but a
try lassie. her hands were beautifully
shaped. and while the marquis was
drinking he looked up into her two
liquid eyes and drank Of the soul be-
hind them as we'll as of the water with
In her hands. Not a great deal of wa
ter can be held in such a cup. certainly
not enough to quench the thirst of q
hot and tired huntsman. So the mar
quis drank a number of times from the
tmprovised receptacle, and every time
he looked into the girls eyes till at
last he drew drafts of love.
When he vas ashamed to drink any
more he left a kiss in the cup, with
drew. mounted his horse and rode
away. The girl stood looking after
him till he reached the crest of a rise
in the ground, when he turned, threw
her a kiss from the tips Of his fingers.
then descended the opposite side of the
declivity and was lost to sight.
Somehow after this the marquis could
not refrain from thinking Of the lass,
and the lass was constantly dreaming
Of the marquis. But it. was a long
while before they met again.
There was war between landlord and
tenant in those times, and all ireland
was in cOmmotion. A landlord riding
on a lonely road was shot: another re-
ceiving an unknown visitor was found
q short time afterward stabbed to the
heart. At the height Of the trouble
the Marquis Of Ballyshannon was rid
ing to his home one evening after
dark when he saw a figure step from
the side of the road into the middle
Of it in front Of him. On account of
the troublous times he went armed.
and, drawing a pistol from his bolster.
he cooked it and aimed ut the figure in
the road.
Don't Shoot" came a woman's voice.
spoken in a low tone. I'm here to
warn you"
"Who are you?" asked the marquis.
I'm the girl that made the cup of
her two hands for you to drink from.
Don't 60 any farther by the road.
Cross the field and 60 into your plaas.
by the rear gate"
"Why should l do that?"
1.-TWO men are waiting for you to
kill you"
The marquis made no reply to this
for a few minutes. He was thinking.
Presently he said:
81 am armed. Why should l be turn
GU " CAlCAAH6 uAN OWu Oullu At
the front?"
Because you'll see no enemy.
They're concealed"
The girl by this time was standing
very near the marquis. Bending down,
he kissed her, then turned his horse
to the field. as she had advised, and.
crossing it. rode safely in through his
rear gate. AS he was doing so he
heard a shrek. Turning. he rode back
to the road. It was too dark for him
to see anything distinctly. but as he
left the field he heard a moan which
seemed to come from the road on
which he had entered. Then he caught
sight Of a dark substance lying in the
road. 1t was q woman.
"Who is it?' he asked.
Kathleen"
He did not know the name, but he
recognized the girl who had made the
cup for him and had only a few min
utes before saved his life by warning
him. He did not doubt that she had
paid the penalty for doing SO.
Taking her up In his arms, he car
r1ed h~er-leadlng MS morse Dy the Drl-
dle-back across the field, through the
gate and into his home. There he laid
her on a lounge and sent one Of his
servants for a doctor. The girl had
been hit by a bludgeon and stunned.
When she was able to give IN account
of what had happened. she said that
the two men who were lying in wait
for the marquis came on the ground a
few minutes after he had left the road,
and, finding Kathleen and assuming
that she had warned him. one of them
struck her. But the other had inter
fered and saved her from what would
have been u fatal blow. Hearing a
horses hooflhpats and not knowing who
was approaching. they had made of
lust rs the marquis returned.
Kathleen was the daughter of a
farmer !. ervan maid had heard the
two men. her brothers. planning to kill
the marquis and had told her mistress
Kathleen had thus taken steps to pre-.
vent the murder.
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