Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-11-18

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zxn. an extra bottle az Besoe. and NV
majesty s.nt . man. Count s~chfn.
yonder 70 bring H. Ny majesty de-
sfr-w-
-Sachio here"
Yea here Tou nay. said that
tvtcs- Hs vas her-. rxtcs or once
know not nuw many times. Bur nov
yo1 are here. ma6ennfselIs. aud that
u enough. MY majesty desir-x-
ia advanced tuvzr-1 her. Tia leer
upnn his pulled taes ave her swim
disgust as veil as tsrrur. VITA no
purpose Whatever. "A NJ stumbled fur
ward ahe dsd from the roam. 1ef sne
Knew not vhere-
Without much plan. Kitty turned
Inward the tnrersnr OF the palaca. and
dnwn the long haIl vhicn oefur. that
time she had sxplored- Soneshinx rnIri
1er that Fredsr1ck. II he vers hers IN
rhs palace now. had PASSED that way
Tia torture chamber-thar dread
SPOT. Must she 60 tners 70 Iuuk eur
him, She sped On rapidly zznnx tneze
passaxswaTs which she had learned
1sfnre- Through the last deep suuken
tunnel vnich led to the duur Of the
turrure chamber itself snn passed
alone. trembling with tear. and yet -
solved
The door was locked She turned 70
see the ksy upun the vail As she
turned there came To her n faint
sound someone vas knocking at tas
door The blood stopped AZ her heart
She 1eir her faEs 60 cnid- Fad the
dead indeed coms 70 MA, Was II IN
deed r-ne that some hand from beyond
the grave aiane could point out the
hiding place az this r-.zsurs- What
could Il mean
BUT the knocking az the door x--w
oolder- she heard q VOICE faint
voice through the steel facing Of tsis
inner cavern Trembling. she dr1ed
the key. gave ane great push 70 open
the door. which yielded TIE more
quickly % n power exereed within. She
saw the faint xieam of q Hgnr added
To those uf her own candle. saw rhe
lace az tse man she had sought.
-Tcu- she cried IT Ii you
She heard him answer calmly. slow
". without agitation a. tAsuzh all the
time he had besn convinced she would
cume-
IT "a ended" said Count Frederick
NJ last. slowly Newer again viii I
doubt. I prayed for you. prayed that
you should understand hefure I died.
Bun II was meant for yuu 70 come for
ne. thar might k1nw-znow as much
a. tasy who are hare. who have been
ny fellows and ny friends. AadsmGi-
seile-I had said snod-by u every
thing excepting enc There was that
left which no man should die without
znowtng-thaG experience which only
makes life worth living. have dread.
ed all things. bur now I hope I must
II shall hnper-
He stopped toward her now. and for
the moment each was careless Of the
strange surroundings IN which they
stood For n half moment ina heart
Of Kitty Gray was IN the point Of sur
render
Monsieur lie eumfe. for thar We
have No time now said she gently IN
waa but chance which brought NE
here
-Chances Yes. II tare. II thu hand
OF heaven mean chance. I shall call II
not otherwise 7 say that IL
was tina plan Of fate long ago that you
should come 70 NE. now and here"
We have come close 70 the secrsr--
said Kitty Gray slowly But We have
eume closer to periIsE-
True. more than you know
What do you mean
-Sachio was here-it was he and his
man who thrust ms In here. where
had planned to place him They know
Il ail-au that we do now. made
moiseIle. Sachio himself has gone 70
carry his news 70 his king We are
undcne. madenniseiles There viii ha
war"
Il war. then why do re wait hers.-
she demanded Of him War is what
We have sought % avoid for this king
dom by our own knoVisdge az the
coin n Il be too lzte-why. than.
We must fight Al. how I wish
were q man. that I might fight rs
well
You have fought vei1 for al az us.
nademniseila.' said Frederick we
have repuIsed cur snemieA Would
you rsuuise-your t-tend-
She made no answer. but waz away
be11rs him In the dark passagsway