The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-07-05
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lowed to enter.
. A gentleman in waiting bowed deep
ly, but stood before the door. "Your
highness must pardon my reminding
your highness," he said firmly, that
no one may enter his majesty's pres
ence without permission"
'"Then 60 in," said Hedwig, In a
white rage, "and get the permission
The gentleman in waiting went In,
very deliberately, because his dignity
was outraged. The moment he had
gone, however, Hedwig flung the door
open. and followed, standing, a inquire
Of tragic defiance, inside the heavy
curtains of the kings bedroom.
There is no use saying you wont
see me, grandfather. For here / am
They eyed each other, the one, II
must be told, a trifle uneasily, the
other desperately. Then into the
kings eyes came q flash Of admiration
and just q CLEAN Of amusement.
$50 l perceive" he said. "Come
here, Hedwig."
"A SlSNCK Vi SAulAl was
the kings bed. She had cared 1or
him through many illnesses. In the
intervals she retired to her cloister and
read holy books and sewed for the
poor.
The sister went out. her black habit
dragging, but she did not sew. Some
time later she heard bitter crying III
the royal bed chamber, and the king
tones, soothing now and very sad.
There is a higher duty than happl'
ness" he said. There are greater
things than love. And n day you
| will know this"
When she went in Hedwig had gone
| and the old king, lying In his bed, was
| looking at the portrait Of his dead
son. .
The following morning the Countess
| Loschek left for a holiday. She hac
the choice of but two alternatives, tt
| do as she had been commanded, for II
amounted to that, or to die. The com
| mittee would not kill her, in case she
| failed them. It would be unnecessary
| Enough that they place the letter ant
| the code in the hands Of the author
| tiles, by some anonymous means. Wei
| enough she knew the chancellOr's In
| flexible anger, and the Archduchess
| Annunciata's cold rage. They would
sweep her away with a gesture. ant
she would die the death Of all traitors
A week! Time had been when 4:
week Of the dragging lays at the pal
ace had seemed eternity. Now TIT
hours flew. The gold clock on he
dressing table. a gift from the arch
duchess, marked them with fyini
hands.
During the afternoon came q pack
age, rather unskillfully tied with q gil
cord. Opening 1t, the countess dis
closed q glove box of wood, with q de
sign of rather shaky violets burnt int
the cover Inside was q note:
1 am very sorry you are sick. This !
to put your gloves in when you rave
Please excuse the work. / have done
in q hurry.
FERDINAND WILLIAM OTTO.
Suddenly the countess laughed, chok
ing hysterical laughter that alarme'
J Minna; horrible laughter, which lief
her paler than ever, and %gasping.
The old castle of the LOschek
looked grim and inhospitable when sh
reached it that night. Built during tn
years when the unbeliever overra
southern Europe. it stood in q con
handing position owe a valley, and
steep, walled road led up to it.
But, its ancient glory and good RI
pute departed, its garrison gone. IT
drawbridge and mOat things Of tn
past, its very hangings and furnish
ings moldering from long neglect,
hung over the valley, q past menace
an empty threat.
To this dreary refuge the counties
had fed. She wanted the silence G
it's still rooms in which to thinl
Wretched herself, its wretchednes
called her. AS the carriage which ha
brought her from the railway turne
into its woods, and she breathed tn
pungent odor of pine and balsam, sh
relaxed for the first time.
Why was she SO hopeless? Sh
could escape. She knew the wooo
we'll. None who followed her coul
know them so well. She would e
away, and somewhere, in a new worl'
make a fresh start. Surely, after al
peace was the greatest thing in tn
world.
The carriage drove on; Minna. o
the box, crossed herself at sight of tn
church, and chatted with the drive
q great figure who crowded her to tn
very edge of the seat.
II am glad to be here" she said.
am sick Of grandeur. My home is l
Etzel." She turned and inspected tn
man beside here. "YOu are a neV
conner, I think?"
81 have but just come to Etzel."
"Then you cannot tell me about m
people," She was disappointed.
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