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"Wliy, child,"
aro KllMunliifr.
CHAPTER XVIII Continued.
At liifit who irot Hoigimld, and whnt
alio heard from hiin ruvo body to liur
vauuo fenrc. Ilu ion 1(1 toll her m I hint,'
about Itnltih, vxiopt tl (it omo lio luid
ven tuicd tu uik tliu clitiiucllor uliotlier
anything h:id io.nltod from IiIh ihIphIoii
to rtourhritliio I'uir, imd lm 1 been
ehnrply t'ommanded novor to open IiIh
mouth on tlio Mibjoit n;inin. "I de.-liu
nuvur to hour IiIh iiiudu ujmIii," thu
chumollor hud Mild, with frowning em
11iiihIh. What lnd ho doro? What hnd bo
conio of liim? Why had hu kont no
mct-wiKO to liorv
Thu London rcniiloncu of tl o prlnccHH
at HiIh time wiih thu lioiif-o known uh
the KIiih'h Wanliobe, n St. Androw'H
Hill, betUeon thu Umck Frlurn and St.
I'ntil'H.
Onu afternoon, in thu ferond week of
Peceinbur, thu prlneum cuiiio in from
e.xpirH at St. l'aul'H, and !ound Claia
tented in tl.e oiiiliritfino o( u window,
looking out dieamlly at thu dying day.
A p!u o of enil) o'dury lav in her lap,
and oiipoi-itu l:ur, in u low rtunil, wui
an ohiii book, but tint light lu.d fuihd,
niid now miu lay I tick with her eyeo
flxu I on tliu vrncH of f-t. I'hiiIV, which
Htood out clear abou thu dark tops of
tho lntnr uiiitig houtuy. Shu had been
dio.iiiiliM tlitiH himu thu vo.Hjior bellu of
St. 1'iuiI'h began to ring.
Claia roiu Inutlly w lion thu jirlneecH
pntuiod, but thu prim o-ih kindly badu
hur to ceatcd, and rat down bo.sidu bur.
"You look Had, my child, " hIiu mid.
"What iH it tint t nnblm youV"
"Nay, inadauiu," mnmi'ml Clara, "I
linvu no nil on to bu tad. You aru
very kind to mo."
Thu p'lncucH looked ut hur faco for a
momui t with thoughtful iuturett.
hI o mid, "your uyun
Tl.uy aru full of tearri."
"I wiih liHlunlng to thu hullH, nut
damu," mid Cla u, uvunivoly. "Thuy
bine a inoiirnfiil hoihhI In thu fa ling
light. And tho footHtupu in thu Htreet,
too."
"Only if thu heart In mournful,"
said thu princoH.1, cheerfully. "Wo do
not think of mich thingH when wu aru
happy."
"I liavo no rca'on :o Do unhappy,
mndnmu," Mild Clara again. "You aru
vory kind U mu."
"Hut Hon.otlmuH wo aro unhappy
without reiiMin. I niUHt hciiiI Futl.ur
Willuim to you. Ih it thu book that
liaH inovid you? Let mu khj whut it
Ih."
It wan Chaui'or'H '"Ihok of tho
Diti'lioH-," thutoxquigituly tundur pcum
In which the llrnt wife of John of Ciaunt
Iihh a riiiiro hitting mumorial than any
other of tho I'latiiageiiut ladiu.i, with
nil thu glory of thuir richly caned
tOlllllH.
Thu w Idow of thu Hlack I'rincu in d
mother of thu joung Itichard wiih' not
over pluatud when hIki wnv what thu
book wiih. Thu ntpiring Duke of I.im
CAHtur, a man of many ambitloiiH, wiih
mitpected, with or without roamm, of
ucmgiiH uiion thu thronu. It wiih nat
ural, at loiiHt, that thu young klug'u
mother Hhould ilit-triiHt and (Unlike him,
and it wiih with hoiiiu drynetfl in hur
touuH that hIiu unkud, when hIio hiiw
that Clara hnd beuu rending thu "L'ook
of tliu DucheHH," "Wluro did you gut
thin?"
"It wiih a Now Yoar'H gift from n
friend when I wiih at Cavei dlwh Hall."
Thu prluccHs Ht II 1 looked liuiulrlngly,
though hIiu Hiid nothing, iih if wonilor
iug how thu book could hnvu reached
Cuveudlhh. There wiih ii touch of de
fiance in Clura'H voice, iih hIiu aiiHwured
thu MipprcHhcd luiuiry.
"Italph llardelol ct pled it for mo.
IIIh brother Ih in thu nervicu of thu
nrchbihhop, and obtained a copy when
ho wiih at HrugCH with thu iirchbiHhop,
nud tho Duku of lancuhtcr and IiIh ret
inue wuro iiIho thiTo."
Clara gavu thin Information in n
hard, mattur-of-fiict tone, iih if chal
lenging any one to pay that it wiih more
than mi ordinary mutter of fact that
alio Hhould have rocolvod a present from
Itnlph Hardelot.
Tho princes repeated thu nnnio with
a Hinilu. "Ah, Italph Hardelot! Thu
young clerk who fought hi well ut
CiiHtle Hedinghnui, nud who helped
you to ihciihi from Sturmero?"
"Yh, nittdanie," iinhoiiUM Clara.
"And what of Unit?" fhe would havo
added, hut for her rocpect for tho
princes. It wan with dilllcuUy that
fhe kept Iter volco from tuggeatlng thu
delimit intuition.
Tho priiuoHH looked wully ami
thoughtfully for a miuutu tut into thu
dei pjuiog twilight. "Ah, I tee now,"
iho h lid at hint, "why you look sad.
Do you know I mu r.ither glad to boo
Kiine in Mnro In your ujch?"
Clur.i would fain have dlHolaimed
Fontimeutiility, but nhu wti9 too much
In u wo of thu prince h. Hut bIio could
not hi pproH iv look of demuro mockery
which would havo been vUlblu in a
clearer I ght.
'Iho priuceHi wont on: "Do you
know why? Iidy Cnveiidioh baa told
mu Unit you have a heart of tllnt, that
alto never aw you betray tho tenet
Hymptom of pity or toiuloriieea. And
that, my child, is not u good character
for a woman. Nothing, bho mi id, would
m vo you."
"Udy CavendiOi," wild Clara, In n
lower touo, and with a nlihgt quiver of
thu lip, "never tried thu effect of kind-
IUH."
"Hut I fear," lumwored tho priiuvss,
with n tml'.o, "that tho good pricroa
of Dartfoid given you no better a char
ncter. Shu lelln mo that you almost
frlchtened to death a guutlu creature of
n nun thero; that you appeared at her
bedside in tho middlo of thu night with
n knife in your hand and commanded
bur to toll her beuds, for her last hour
had como."
Thu impenitent Clara could not keop
from hiu.liing at tho reminiccenco, mid
the piiucesH caught tho infection and
laughed too.
"It wbh ho dull in tho priory, mn
dnmu," pleaded Clara, In an apologetic
touo, recovering hurculf.
Tho princess oliook lior bend. "And
thnt was your way of nmiifcing your
mil?" "I was vory sorry nftertvnrdH," nald
Clara, with an effort to asetitno nn nir
of jienitenco. "Tho dear old Bister was
to frightened I could hardly pormindo
her I wan not in eurnent. When I
Htooped down to IcIhh hur, bIio Rcroamed.
I did not think liu would go into nutli
a panic."
"Woil, I hopo tho prioroBS gavo you
n proper penance. Sho Boomed to bo
glad you woru not going hack to tho
priory."
"SiHter Anno forgnvo mo," nnid
Cln-u. "Tho prioreHH would never
linvo known if bIio hnd not Hcrcumcd.
Thu dear old thing cried about it lifter
wards, and begged mo to forgive her
iui rLiuiiiiiiiit
Clura'H oyoH wero glittening ngnin,
though thoru wuhii Biniloupon hur lipn.
"Wull, thon, child," mid thu prlu
cchh, "I know now that you havo n
better heart than thuy think."
"Ugly women aro nlwuvH Bpituful,"
mid Clara, in indirect comptiiuunt to
her patroncsH.
"Let tin hcu," naid bIio, umlllng at a
(lattery which wiih evidently sincere,
"lot ue fco, if wo can, what you hnvo
beuu rending. I beliuvo I can guenn.
Tho talo of Coyx and Alcyone."
Sho took thu book cIobo to tho win
dow, nud road:
" 'Ah morcy, Bwcoto lndy denrl'
Quod hIio, to Juno her goddcHB.
'Help mo out of thin dlstruBH,
And give mu gruco my lord to coo
Soon, or wit who'orHo ho bo,
Or how ho faroth,or in what wIbo.' "
"It 1b n vory touching- talo," mid
Clnrn, with a tiigh.
"Yoh," miHwerod tho princcfls, emll-
ing, and Alcyone is not tho only hidy
who longfl to know where hur lord Ih."
"My lord, nindnmo, though I hnvo
novel iidniltUd him iih euch, Ih in Hrit
tnuy, I hopo," Buid Clam, in a hubdued
voico.
"Trom which," Bald tho princeci",
Impatiently, "wo both hopo ho will
nuvur return. Hut UiIh Italph Hardelot
in thnt not IiIh iimuo?"
"Yoh, madnmo."
"Havo you no deHiro to know what
Iihh becoiuo of him?"
Clara wiih Hlleut.
"Answer mu, child," nnid tho print-cm,
impuriniiHly.
"Huh ho never como back to report
to thu king?" nuked Clara, in n hoHitat
iug voice.
"That Ih not an niiHWor," Baid tho
prluccNB. "You lovo him, do you
not?"
"I do not know whethor ho lovoa
mo," taid Clara, burtUlng into toare,
"and I do not ki.ow where ho in."
OHAPTKK XIX.
Tho rofiilt of tho conversation bo
twoun Clara and thu prlncuts wan that
thu princess npoku to thu king mid tho
king Hpoku to Sir .Simon Hurley. Sir
Simon told tho king that Itnlph hnd
toroly dimippointed him; that ho had
turned traitor mid had been arrested,
hut had escaped. Thin had been duly
ruported to Clara, and hIio wondered
much why, if Ittilrh had escaped, ho
did not communlcato with hor In homo
way. hliu iiHsortoil noidjy to tho kir
and tt thu princess that she did not be
liuvo that Ralph was guilty of treach
ery. ut it wiih Huveral months beforu
sho know whoru Itnlph waa, and thuu
tho information emtio .through a mo.t
unexpected niurce. About noon, one
day not long after Christinas onu of thu
njulres of thu princess' household re
ported that a Flemish merchant wished
to submit to her inpsection tomu won
ful bnrgiiing in gold and silver work,
which ho had purchased cheap Ip
Ghent in consequence of tho troubles,
thero, Tho princess had some scruples,
but thuy gavo way before tho irresist
ible temptation of a bargain. Sho
would buy some trlllofor Clara at least,
ind consented that tho merchant
should bo admitted. To Clnra'a aston
ishment, eIio recognized in hliu one of
ltalph'a associates, tho henchman
1-awrenco.
Fortunately all oyes wero bent upon
the pack which hu carried in bis arms,
and procooded at once deferentially to
open, so that Clara's astonished look
passed unobserved. All the ladiea of
the household gathered in a flutter to
examine the merchant'a wares, which
consisted chiefly of clatpa, brooches and
earrings in gold and silver filigree.
He hail not many things, but they were
of tho most delicate workmanship, and
soon there was a lively bun of criticism
and haggling.
In tlio midst of this excitement,
Lawrence, who had not thown the
slightest sign of recognizing Clara, con
trived to say to her two words, to which
nobody hut her would havo attached
any meaning, if thoy iiad happened to
overhear. These words were "Black
frin ri vespers."
When tho hour or vespers came,
Clara excutod herself from attending
tho princess and St. Paul's, and hur
ried down to the church of tho Black
Friars, then ono of tho finest in Lon
don, though all trace of it haa now dis
appeared. It was but a atone'- throw
from tho Wardrobe s
In tho north nislo she found Law
renco waiting for hor.
"You understood mo, madnmo!" ho
enid, ealutlng hor respectfully.
"Perfectly."
"I havo been Bont to speak with you
about Itnlph Hardelot."
"Whcro Is ho?" bIio akaed.
Ho looked surprised. "I thought
you know." ho mid. "Ho is in prison
in Cambridge Cnstlo."
It was Clara's turn to express aston
ishment. , "Hut wo wero told ho had
escaped. "'
"Tho king is under that belief?"
"Yes. This waa told to tho king as
a proof that ho waa guilty of tho
chnrgca mado ngalnst him."
Lf.wronco informed her that for somo
timo lie and his follows had Biispectod
italph of treachery to them. Through
a confederate in Cambridge Cnstlo thoy
hnd learned tho truth of tho case, that
Italpli wus kept a prisoner thero on tlio
charge of complicity In their designs.
Then Lnwrenco hr.d boon sent to assist
hi in to oscnpo. Hut Italph hr.d refused
to stir. Ho would listen to no argu
ment; ho was a prisoner by tlio king's
orders on charges that ho repudiated,
nnd hu would remain in prison till ho
woh cleared of thoin. It waa then thnt
Lnwrenco had been commissioned to
hco Clara, nnd urgo her to press for an
inquiry.
"Suroly," Biiid Lnwrenco, when Clnrn
hnd told him how matters stood,
"surely when thu king knows that
Mustor Hardolot Ih still a prisonor, ho
will at once havo him roleaBcd?"
Clara's intelligence and practical in
stinct hnd developed wonderfully dur
ing her short oxperienco of court lifo.
blio wiih nolo to correct J.iiwronco on
this point. "That might bu," sho
mid, "if tho king wuro free to follow
IiIh own inclination. Hut ho must havo
been misinformed for n purpose. Those
who misled him must hnvo a renson for
keeping Italph out of sight, nnd "
Shu shuddered nt tho conclusion to
which herv argument pointed. Lnw
renco saw it. "It might bb better,
nftur nil, tlint ho should oscnpo," ho
Nnid.
"If ho does oscnpo," mid Clnrn, "I
think ho might bo holpod to an audi
onco of tho king."
Before thoy septrnted Clr.ra told him
what sho knuw nbout tho espionngo of
Docket on himself and his nmstor.
"Then wo hnd bettor muko all hasto
from London," ho said. "Wo havo
now learned nil that wo wished to
know."
Clara left tho church with a lighter
heart then sho had known for somo
months. A prcttlqr or brighter figure
you could not Imagine thnn hers its sho
hurried up St. Andrew's Hill in tho
gathering dusk of tho frosty f Janunry
evening. I'urplo hood and mantle, thn
ground white with snow, big flakes bq-
ginning to fall from tho dark sky flut
tering down past the quaint gables and
windows of tlio winding street. It was
a pretty flguro hurrying along, and if
you hnd bcou near enough to seo tho
sweet, oval, warm-tinted faco and
sparkling eyes looking out from tho
gray fur edging of tlio purplo hood, the
vision would havo warmed your heart
for hours.
Father Wilimn ascribed tho change
in her demeanor to tho elllcacy of his
excellent counsels, and nccopted tho
thanks of tho princess with hii"py humility.
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(To ho continued.)
WOES OF A REPORTER.
lUd
Hard Time Finding Good Suit of
Clothes In Hit Faml'".
"Talk about linrd luck running in
famUles," said thu llrooklyn rcportor
nt tlio city hall to a ronortor for a Now
York nnnor. "Why, wo get it in
chunks."
"For instanco, when I wib told that
I would havo to linndlu Homo of tho
functions con hoc tod with tho reception
of I'rincu Houry, I dug out my evening
clothes, for which I hnd found no use
for several woekH. A family of hoiilthy
mice hnd iiiudo etich linvoo with tho
cont thnt it wns no longer lit to wear.
"Says I to myself, '111 htop n round
nnd borrow my hrothor's suit.' My
brother looked pained when I an
nouiiced tho object of my visit.
" 'I'm real sorry, old man, ho said,
'but I'm afraid I can't accommodate
you. You i-oo, I let a friend havo it n
fow weeks ago nnd ho hasn't returned
it.'
" 'What's tho matter with asking
him to return it?' I said.
" 'Well, tho fact is,' taid my
brother, 'tho )oor chap died before ho
had a chance to rend it back and his
folks, not knowing that tho suit was a
borrowed ono, buried him in it.' "
Ofltndsd by Senator Lodge.
Members of the Somerset club, an
aristocratic and famous organization of
Hon ton, aro much put out because
United States Senator Lodgo has fitted
up some nearby buildings as stores.
Theso aro part of an estate which the
senator's mother occupied until the
time of her death. In one of the
houses Mr. Lodgo was born, which fact
makes his conduct all the more flagrant
in his townsmen's oyes.
Might Settle Cakeverty.
The presence of a Shakespearean
company in Kansas reminds ua of a
dramatic criticism once passed by a
Kansas paper. "Mr. 8oandSo played
'Hamlet' in this town last night," said
the paper. ''And right now is tho
timo to settlo that Shakespear-liacon
controversy. Let tho graves of both
bo dug up and see which of tho two
turned over." Kansas City Journal.
George Bancroft's Big EiUte.
It is ton years since George Bancroft
died, Meanwhile tho securities belong
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bo divided, havo increased in value
from abouA f 550,000 to 050,000.
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