The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-22

~whAn shsss Aoue ves1s." Q11 ~.
a1A hts fscs va vsr1 wbiss.
"ls that your sentencs?"
Call II that II you Nike. Therese."
"Do you mea that | am not to
put foot outside OF these premisesl.
she asked. ~widseyea. He nodded his
head. my keepers! Who are they
to be? The old men Of the sea"
"Your keeper will be the thing you
call Love-" said he.
DO you expect me to submit to
this"
He held w his hand. II expect you
to remain here until l return. Therese.
! did not intend to impose this condi-
ton upon you by word OF mouth. l
was going away without a word. but
you would have received from Mr..
De ives . sealed envelope as soon a.
the ship sailed. 1t contains this YER
dict in writing. He will hand 1t to you,
OF course, but now that you know the
contents 1t will not be necessary to-"
And when you do come back an
l to hope for something ore than
your pardon and . release?" she cried,
with nne irony in her voice.
II will not promise anything" said
he, slowly.
She drew a long breath and there
was tho light of triumph In her eyes.
Laying her slim hand on his arm. she
said: Il am content, James. am surs
Of you now. You will and mo here
when you choose to come back. be It
In one year or twenty. Now 80, my
man! They are waiting for YOU. Be
kind to them. poor souls. and tell them
al that you have just told me. II viii
make them happy. They love me. you
see" ].
yes, they do love you." said he. put
ting his hands UPON her shoulders.
They smiled into eaeh others eyes.
"Good-by, Thsress. will return"
"0ood-by. James. No, do not kiss
me. 1t would be mockery. Good luck
and--0od speed you homo again"
Their hands met in . warm. arm clasp.
4 will 60 with you - far IS the door
Of my prison."
From the open door she smiled out
apon the young people in the motor
and waved her handkerchief In gay
farewell. Then she closed the door
and walked slowly down the hallway
to the big library. She was alone In
the house save for the servants. The
old men had preceded the voyasers to
fhA N&AP OAnAANns In thu NontAr At
the room. she surveyed this particular
cell Ia her prison with a sort Of calm
disdain.
He has taken the only way to con.
quef himself" she unused, half aloud.
He u = wise maA-a very wise man.
| might have expected this Of him"
She pulled the bell cord, and Jones.
who had just re-entsred the house,
came 1t once to the room.
Yes, madam"
When Mr.. Dawes and Mr.. Riggs 70
turn from the ship, tell them that
shall expect them to have luncheon
with me. That'e al. thank you"
Yes. madam"
by the way. Jones. you may always
set the table for three"
Jones blinked. 1t WAS . most IN
usual order. He had been trying to
screw up his courage to inquire what
his mistress plans were for the i'm
mediate future-whether she intended
to travel. should he dismiss the serv-
ants, would she spend the heated term
In the mountains. ETC.. etc. He. ~
well ~ the rest Of the servants, won.
dered why the masters wife had bsen
left behind. Her instructions. thsre-
fore, to lay three places ut the table
took him completely by surprise
Knocked the breath out Of him." A
he expressed It to the cook . few min
utes later. She had never been known
to take : meal with the garrulous old
men. They bored her to distraction.
according 70 Celeste. And now he va
Ito lay places for thsm-Always! h
was most extrordernary!
A cold. blustery night in January,
six months after the beginning OF
Yvonns's voluntary servituds in the
prison 70 which her husband had CON-
mitted her. In the big library, before
. roaring are cat the two old men,
very much ~ they had sat on tho De-
csmbsr night that heralded the ap-
proach Of the new mistress OF the
house Of Brood. except that on this
occasion they were eminently sober.
On the ornsr Of the table lay . long.
yellow envelope cablegran ad-
dressed to Mrs. James Brood.
ITS been here for two hours aud
she don't even think Of opening 1t to
See what's inside" complained Mr..
Riggs. but entirely without reproach.
ITS her business. joe" said kr.
Dawes, pulling hard 1T his cigar.
Maybe some ones dead" said Mr..
Riggs. ~dolorously.
Like - not" said his friend. "S1f
what Of IT."
what Of II. you infernal-but, q.
cuse M. Danbury. l won't say 1t. It's
against the rules, God bless EN-. But
l will say that II anybody else had
aakAA that nunation IsA aav h. : ;.