The new age., April 05, 1902, Image 8

THE NEW AGE, POBTLAIND, OREGON.
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BY "WILLIAM MINTO.
WUWlESfiM
CIIA 1'TKK VII Continued.
"I ennnnt htrotcli out my IiiiihIh to
you I" hti cried, iih pIio grojied lier way
towardH him. "Tlioy nrotifd. Would
God thuy mid I were free for nn hour!"
"I will Ireo your hnmlH, Ituplli," clio
jnurniured. in Iter tremldint; voice.
"Oli, joy, I linvu found jou nt Infct! It
wns terrible to think of dying in tlilo
duiiKeon alone."
Kim throw her unim round IiIh neck
and cIuiik loliitn Hliudderiiij;. "Itnlpli,
you will not leave me here nlono iigiiinl
You will not lot them take you from
1110I"
"I do not fear death now!" she con
tinued. "Hut to die alone in UiIh
darkncHH oh, Jttilph, it wiih horrible!
Hut I have you with nio now, love. I
am not nfraid of doaih now."
"Death!" ho exclaimed: "it cannot
ho that ho menaced you with death!
It can only ho u ilovUinh device to ter
rify you. He intuit relcaHO you preH
ently." "No. no. I will not bo released
now. You in it nt kill mo rather than
let thorn take mo nwayl I fear won-o
than death if ho mjiiiIh for mo iu,'ainl"
"Hut you aro IiIh wife, Clara."
"No, I am not hiH wife. I will never
ho bio wife! I!o may kill me, but I
will never yield to him! And now lot
mo initio your IiiiihIh, and you will
promise not to lot them take mo alive?"
ltalph did not aiiHwor, but pondered
with now horn hope 011 tlio poeflbilitioH
of oHcapo. If only ho had told the
merchant to warn IiIh biother relief
might have come in time. Would tlio
merchant ltlniHolf iicijiiIchco pifHivoly in
tholoHHof IiIh wmM " know tl10
depredatorj would ho huvo inlluenco
cnotiKh to obtain n-dniHH? Kvon if ho
had, it would take time dajH, weekn,
jicrhapM montliH. Ho had Hpokon of
NtirrliiK up the comniotiH nKniimt micb
men iih Hainham. Hut ltalph well
knew that 11 rahblo, In whatever, num
herH they mvarniod up to the BntuH of
the cjihtle, could do nothing to effect an
entrance. There wiih little hopo of ro
liof from tho outsldo, and Halph turned
with ki eater confidence to the chattccH
of ovorpoworiiiK IiIh JallerH when they
ratlin again, iih they tnimt come, to bring
the defiant Clara before her lord.
Meantime Clara, cheered by her con
fidence in him, worked with IndiiHtriouH
pntionco nt tho cordH with which IiIh
iiandH woro tied. Halph nkcd her how
long hIio had been a primmer.
"I do not know," Hhonimwored. "It
ni'oniH agon ago hIiico they thrimt mo In.
Kvon thin gloomy nolitndo wbh rolk-i
for a time. I wan w'irii out, and foil
HHlcep, and Hlept I do not know for
how long on tho damp floor. And
what do you think awakened mo? Oh,
ltalph, it wiih horrible a rat gnawing
nt my nhoe." Kho Hhlvered anil drew
her breath bard at the recollection. "It
wiih hoiiio time before I know where I
wiih, and what the Htrango hotiwition ut
my foot meant. When I realized it, I
htartcd up and Hcrcamed wildly, and
then 1 heard a pattering and Mattering
iih If the floor wore alive. I ruMied
forward, htlll Hcreiiming, and thoy
Hcrambled up the wall, and I paw tho
lnnthconio black thingH crowding out
through the patch of light. It wiih hor
rible! How they frightened mol I
did not Bleep again, but Htood nt the
farther end watching the light, and
whenever a gliHtonlng black thing ap
peared, I M'reamed and niched at it.
Oh, ltalph, bow I Buffered in thin
place. 1 often felt aH if 1 uhould go
mad!"
"What damnable cruelty!" cried ho.
"Oh, mounter! inlcrcaiitl Buroly tho
hnttoHt llroH of boll aro roorved for
Mini"
"You cannot conceive," she Mild,
"how cruel bo In. When I would not
yield to him, hut dolled him, he Htruck
mo, mid drew IiIh daggot, and would
have wltiin mo. Then whon I looked
him lu the face and dared him to kill
me, telling him that 11 heavy vengeance
would bo taken for mo, bo laughed, and
after threatening me oncunr twice with
IiIh dagger, and weeing that I did not
tllucli, hooiihmI to cliango IiIh mind, and
called two of bin men, threatening me
with foul, unutterable thingH."
"Oh, Italphl" idio cried, half Mull
ing, half in toarc, "unruly you will not
leave mo now that you aro freol I can
not Ben you in thin iliirknmt. Do not
go away from 1110, or I rhull begin to
doubt whether you are horo."
"The IiandH you hnvo freed," ho
mild, "are youra. lo not fear. With
henven'H help nil will yet Ui well. Wo
Bhnll Hud u way out of thin dtiumil
prlHon,"
Hut hIio wiih Btlll too agitated to ac
cept the homage which the courtewy of
thofo tlmcH jmlil to beautiful woninn
hootl. liar recent bitter ojrerieneo of
womau'H real weaknexn hud unlUted
her for playing tho part of artificial mi
periorltv. Tho woman lift lot! cloce to
him ami put 0110 aim gently round hU
neck. "Halph, my loo," t-ho mur
mured, "I feel safe when I know that
you nro hero. You imtut Bwear that
you will not lot them t-oparnto tin, and
drag mo back to him, You mutt rather
kill ii)ol I Hliould not four death at
your humid."
What ctnihl he niiawor? Ho could
only throw round her tho arniH whoo
freedom ho owed to her, Ho preHMHl
bur for 0110 brief liictunt to hU heart,
ami vowed that death only uhould tep
rate them.
"Hut do not think of death," ho
raid, tenderly. "I cannot hcllovo that
hiii'Ii Intiiiiltv will h Dormltted to tri
nmplt. It wnBtt tleudliih Invention to
Immuro you in Mich a prifou uh thl,
tho eplto of a brutul and diahonorablo
tSurl, It cannot triumph."
0
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Clnrn chuddorcd. "Hut it was mer
ciful compared with bin firnt denigu.
Oh, ltalph, when tlioio brutal men
whom he called came in with their
glniMly leerH, my bruin took fire; I
Miatched tho dngcer from Iih belt, and
would have killed rnycelf, but the ruf
fiiuiH Hihal my hand, and wrenched tho
we.ipon from mo. Then unu of thorn
took him apart and tlioy whinnered to
gether, and ho laughed IiIh" lildeoim
laugh, and Mild ho had changed his
mind for tho present, and ordered them
to tako mo to tho dungeon. 'I will
bury you and your paramour alivo,' ho
yelled after mo as 1 was carried away,
'with tondw mid ratf.' I did not know
then what ho meant, hut I know now.
Only what ho Intended for my torture
has proved my comfort. It 1h cruel
and t-elllfh of mo, Halph, but I cannot
find in my heart any sorrow that you
nro Jiero."
"God has sent mo hero," ho an
swered, "to comfort and deliver you.
I feel in mo tho strength of ton men,
and n conlldent npMiranco that ttomo
way will bo opened up."
"I will dio horo without a murmur,
Halph," cho tnld, "if you aro with
mo."
CIIAI'TKIt VIII.
Whnt Hainham hnd said about living
burial gave rise inltalnh'H mind to 1Ih-
quicting HupHlcions. Wiih it IiIh Inten
tion to miirvo them to death touethor in
thlHundergiouud hole? And what would
ho their fato when their Btretigth be
came too fcoblo to contend with the
ratH. IIIh heart wan stout enough to
face ovon this prospect for himelf, but
tho mere powihility an affecting his
tender companion chilled 1iIh,IIoixI. In
11 moment ho had controlled the weak-
iiohh, and resolutely illnnlfHlnir all
thought of Mich a contingency, buoyed
hiniholf up witli a conlldent hopo that
before then their jailerH would certain
ly vinlt tho dungeon to wutch tho be
havior of tho prhonerH and gloat over
their MifferingH. Then would IiIh op
portunity come when ho could rush
upon them out of tho darknoHH, and
overjiower them before thoy wero aware
that he was no longer bound unu help
less.
"Their curiosity will not allow them
to leave iih nlono," ho said to Clnrn.
"Thoy nro certain to comoto look in on
us, a ml then tho dnrknesH will bo all
in our favor. 1 will then bo 011 them
before they know that I am free."
She clapped her hands with glee like
a child, and her joy lifted him into the
seventh heaven of delight.
"Let us secure that rope," Hnlph
Mild, "it may bo uceful. I remember
that when thoy wound it round and
round mo they luuglied, and said that
it cont nothing. It may cost mjiiiu of
tlmm more than they thought of.
Tho rope wiih found, nnd they sat
down to unravel it as light of heart as
if they had been loverH "under tho
grconwood tree." Ah they nit thoro in
the darkncHH and untied tlio knots, hIio
told him in iinwfor to IiIh questions
how she had fallen into Hninlmm's
power.
Ho hnd carried hor off only tho day
before from Dartford Priory by a mix
ture of force and stratcgem. Sho could
romnmliiT vnrv littlo of tho iournov.
except that, aa she lay holplcHi on her
lord's saddle she thought It would
never coino to nn ond. Tho trump of
tho horses' feet beat Into her brain nt
first with maddening monotony, but
after a tlmo tho very monotony had a
benumbing effect, and she doed nn
enxilv iih in 11 feverish sleep. From the
eager, excited manner of hor cantors
and their frequent looking hack, she
could gather that they were pursued in
tho first stage of their ride, but after
tlioy crosesil tho Thames by tho forry
thoy rode more ut their ease. It wiih
dark lieforo they reached Sturmere.
Sir Itlchard wiih most ceremoniously
polite at llrst, camo profuse apologies
for his violence, p!oadcd lu liU defence
tho uncontrollable lovo that bad driven
him to this rough method of regaining
his wife. Supper win prepared for
them, and sho was conducted in state
to her chamber. It wiih when ho visit
ed her lu the morning and found her
still obdurately delimit that ho blazed
out In furv, cnrMxl her nnd the trouble
she iiad given him, and conceived his
brutal M'liemo of revengo.
Harpiii, the fowler, instructed by
Docket, lit Sudbury, had brought tho
news that tho merchants would pm-s
Sturmere on tholr wnv to Cnnihriduo.
and that Halph Hardelot would bj in
lliiilr I'liiniuinv.
In shutting" up tho two together In the
dungeon, it wiih undoubtedly tho Drutal
rulUuti's intention that neither should
ever come out alivo. He wub of corn
'oniitoItion hv nature, and bin natural
coarsenecB had been still further brut-
nlized by a long courMi of warfare, in
which there hud been nt Kust aa much
of heartless rapine and murder as fair
fighting. Hough strength, cunning
and cournge bad advanced him to tho
rank of knighthood, as serviceable in
strument for tlio rough work of the
time; but he had rhen without ncqtiir
ing uny of tho refinement of chivalry.
He hud calculated that companion
ship would add to the mhory of hU
victims, nnd he gloated over the despair
that thoy would feel an thoy saw 0110
another dying by inches, nnd could no
longer keep the rut a at, bay, It was
truly a fiend hh conception.
Hnlph wub right In hia conjecture
that thoy would not bo loft undis
turbed, nnd that tho spectacle of their
misery would be too tempting to be
foregone.
I Hut his hope that Ralnham and hU
B HO
men would como down to the door ot
the dungeon and expose thomselvos to
his ndvnntngo was not gratified at once.
TowardH nightfall, whon the patch of
light that was tho sign of day in tho
outer world was almost indistingulsh
nblo, tho prisoners heard a noleo in tho
roof above them, and looking up saw
that n small trap door had beon lifted
in tho top of tho vault.
Hrwontly Sir Hichard'a fnco ap
peared, peering down. Ho was vlslblo
to them, but thoy in tho dnrkness be
neath woro invisible to him. Ho seemed
disappointed, ns if balked of nn ex
pected pleasure nnd called for lights.
Meiintimo ho nmiiEcd himself with
jeering nt his prisoners.
"Ho! How goes it, my birds? Hill
ing and cooing? Speak, or I will leavo
you to bill and coo on empty MomacliH.
Ih it not kind of mo to leave you in tlio
dark? Tho kindost pandor could not
bo more obliging."
This disgrace to knighthood hecamo
fouler nnd fouler in his language as no
annwor wns returned. ltalph burned
with wrath Hint his lady'H ear8 should
bo subjected to such indignity, hut ho
judged that if their tormentor neither
saw nor heard them ho might bo
tempted to come down to tho door, and
thus offer tho ardently desired otmor-
tunlty. Ho whispered thin strategem
,to Clara, and thoy horo thoknight'B In
sulin with patient silence.
Hy nnd by n lump was brought and
lowered by a ropo.
ltalph waited till It had nearly
touched tho ground; then, keeping his
hands behind him so that he should
still appear to bo bound, extinguished
tho lamp with a kick, nnd, seizing tho
ropo, dragged it down with a jerk out
of the holder's IiandH.
A volley of curses camo from tho
night above.
Thoy could hear various plniiH sug
gested for illuminating tho dungeon.
NichoIaH suggcted that a blazing fagot
of tow and pitch should bo thrown
down. This plan was approved of, and
at on co carried into execution.
Halph nnd Clara withdrew to tho
corner of the dungeon next tho door.
"They will not bo able to seo much
through tho smoke," ho said to her by
way of comfort. Sho wnH delighted
with their triumph ho far.
The plan failed ingnominiously.
Such a volume of smoke came through
tho trap as tho knight put down IiIh
head to look, that ho drew hack nt once,
sneezing nnd coughing and rubbing his
eyes. In his rage ho seized tlio uiithnr
of tho contrivance and hold his head
over the opening till ho wiih half suffo
cated. Halph extinguished tho fagot
ut his lehuro.
The knight continued to swear for
some time, but, no other plnn suggest
ing itself, thoy adjourned to supper.
Before thoy closed the trap ho shouted
down1, "Good-by, dickybirds. Wo will
visit you anon."
"Nothing could givo ua more pleas
ure," muttered Halph, in an undertone,
and proceeded to rehearse in IiIh mind
IiIh plans for taking ndvnntngo of tho
visit.
More than two hours passed before
thoro wiih any sign that Sir Itichnrd
meant to fullll IiIh pro mi ho. At tho
end of that tlmo mutlled sounds of foot
stops nnd coarse laughter were heard
on the dungeon stairs. Tho visitors,
from tlio noho they mndo, seemed to bo
in high spirits, nnd hnd not been
abstemious at supper.
".So much tho better," thought
Halph, ns he drew this inferonco. IIo
stationed Clara nt tho further end of
tho dungeon, nnd took IiIh stand in
readiness hy tho door. Ho hnd two
ropes now, nnd ho had provided each
with n running nooi-o.
The holts were drawn, tho koy wns
turned, nnd tho door swung back.
Two men with torches entered in ad
vance of tho knight, and held their
torches high. The knight stepped in
with easy swagger, his hut 011 0110 side
his loose quilted surcont open, IiIh righ
hand resting lightly 011 tho dagger in
bin belt, tho left ready to point ut tho
prisoners in time with tho jest on hia
lips. The red light of tlio torches gave
u deeper glow to bis intlamed counten
ance, broadened in coarse mirth.
(To bo continued.)
Iltlp Wtntcd-Milc
Mrs. Hauskeep GoodnesHl Thla
meat is absolutely raw. This now cook
is wretched; sho never cooks anything
half enough.
Mr. Hnuskeop Don't blnmo her.
She's only a woman.
Mr. Huuskeop What has that to do
with it?
Mr. Hnuskeep Well, "womnn'a
work Ib never dono," you now. Phila
delphia Times
Eiy Figuring,
Ascum I suppose you hnvon't hnd
time to tlguro out yet how much your
cashier took?
Hunk l'resldont Oh, yes. Wo know
in n ery short time.
Acum Why, I thought ho took a
great deal.
Hnuk President Kxnctly. Wo
merely had to count what ho loft.
Short and Swui
Towno Hero'a a notice of the wed
ding of a Miss Annabel Long Story to
Mr. William Leo Short. Interesting,
isn't it?
Hrowno What's bo interesting about
it?
Towno Cnn you imngino a more
pletisnnt wny to mnku A. Long Story
Short? Philadelphia Press.
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Pupa See that spider, my boy, spin
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Do yon reflect that, try aa wo may, no
muu could spin that web?
Johnny What of it? Seo mo spin
this top? Do you rotloet that, try aa
ho may, no spider could spin this top?
Tlt-lllta.
Ira 0110 unil oiuv-hnlt inches thick
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