The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-06-16

,ng half hcnrtcdly
An ~ sirur'" shr rcproaolcd him Tor
his nudhclty
81 don't cnrc" he dcfod her anger
why Will We tempt mo Nam sella
Drlphlnc SO with your sweet. pretty .
WAYS, and that toss oy your head that's
liko an Invitation. though mlHdyubt -
are meaning the hair of irr ArSyI % man
or-or what that I should be oud iu
yc..7'
AN, but ,ou are man m'sieuf. as
YOU have tonight well proved" Hhr iold
him desperately "Yuu were asking what .
what you could do 10 even our rrDrc''
yes. mamsell"." hc sald. humb.
Then. m'siour" And now she drew
nearer 10 him. trusiiugly almost plead
ingN. Then, .slcuf sou haze oulg 10
cOn'llur what you rot out tO do even
~ tho risk of your Ne An m'nrur o.
is much that ask, hu' ann not 90 b.,
pIuod' Indeed. ! AIN mad. mad with
anxiety Go n.urur. II sou would .,ry,
me 80 on and 4" save the little Duke
Think msieur, what ih'y mry br doing
to my son
"Your ron Mnm'scllc Delphlus
ORourko Jumped back na though he
had been shot then stood To,..sil1.
trnushH"d Win aul2emrut your son"
he cried hgain
an m'ueur ycs II ls true mat
deceived sou. but az FIRST ~ WIS 200 sn,r
you from arrest mHI'ur nw
Madame IA Durhesso" he cried 'HIiud
fool that wss not 10 have guessed i'
Pardon madame
And he -auk upon ls ar,c. orri rg
her hand io hls lps "Nldlmr. Do mui.
tired humhN "Ts rN. EnYrlc vho
would go 30 the end as tn' earth 10 serve
We"
was u accident rrcm,dlt,uon- or Vht'
deeper that l'd the Vumtna fingers to
s'fat among the sof dark rurls ~ the
man
"MNeur. m riour sHr cried breath.
lessll Rise. m scur fuuHfuI are
vor Kind 10 me-"
/ Her voice seemed 'o nH h,r She
paused O.Roursc 200, aIuVi.. f''.IU.
iug bus hold upon her bond iIf mind
cast back lu rpd r0rosror' of uI-
events of the dhf. since BUS advent Hf
the Inn Of the Winged sod r. D'. iU
him as a flash ~ lighting 'NH f't'M-
/ ton, making clear much that might niH.
crwisc have seemed mysterious Ana hr
/ knew that she was indeed Madame Va
Duchessc d" LutEelburg this g.r she
seemed no more this rirl whom hr WIS
suddenly holding IN hir arms. who
sobhcd Iassionatoly, her face hidden upon
his breast
/ For that. too came 20 him thsrc IN
/ the infinite quirtud" ~ the woodland
under the soft falling radiance oi Gods
stars How N came tn pusr neither
could have told Whether n WIS brought
about hy either some sudden flush ~
dawning love on her part iur this man
whom many had loved ana were yet 10
love. or by thr tender. imp"tuous heart
~ him. whose blood coufscd iu his veins
never 80 hotly ~ when for beauty In
distress who shall say
Hut one thing was csrtnin-t-hat she
Law content IN his arms for n time
Hut one thing was certain-that rhr
time and brok" nom his arms
All MNeur'" -hr cried And the face
he saw was beautiful even though
stained by tcars, though wfuur b1 d's.
tress nut this II madness. madness 700
she cried again.
sure" be said. confus,dly. for iu-
deed and the world w-s upside down
with him then. "tIs the sweetest Wpd
ness that ever mortal DID know fai'h.
me heads awhirl With tina, sam" mad.
ness. and the hear, of mes on FIRE all,
eadRme madame
"No" she cried. SOFTLY $50 myHm,
I frisnd-I- cannot" And she pui forth
hand TO ward ou his swift advances
Lead on. madame he presently told
hct his tone duggcd
She may have guessed from that what
war wagcd itself In the bosom ~
ORourkc Tier gaSe grew very soft and
tender ~ she regarded him And abrupt.
" she wheeled nbou, upon her heel
Come. m seur' she requested, coollN.
The night is Noune. hut as YOU say,
there IL much go ho accomplished 90
He started and followed after hct, into
the hIne-sc- ~ tho forrest where the
right gathered black about them and he
could only guess his NN, hy the gliuncf
of her white ncckrrchicf nittug before
him
"wwr. nov. mad,ms' ne asked. after
a great while. Tot n began Go seem as
though they we're 20 walk On thus for
ever. and u'Rourkc was growing Nrar,.
we are goiug To the hunting lodge
Of ot nv son, the grand duke. she
said And hct manurf showed What con.
strain, she put upon herself told NJ What
humiliation ~ spirit She was undergoing
And for Why" hr would know
IL 10 where shall change my dress "
she said
Nv then the, had come ont into a
clearing In the woodland Briurr them
a s,nall building doomed. darn aud cheer.
less of seeming not rhmmct ~ ugh,
showed In any ~ lts windows Nor wa,
a sound 10 he heard IN the clearing, save
tho coughing Of the Wind IN tho boush-