The Minister's Wife
By MRS. HENRY WOOD
CIIAFTEIt XXIII.
Richard Maude-Dyncvor, Doctor of Di
vinity, Canon and Subdonn of Oldchurch,
was seated In his study at his sister's
house, Eaton place, when two young men
were shown into it. The sight of the
first, Charles Baumgarten, was sufficient
to make him spring to his feet, his very
hoe buckles sparkling with wrath.
"Again I" he stuttered. "Do you dare
appear in my presence to beard me with
your insolence? Hut for the memory of
your father, I would order my servants
to put you forth."
"Why, you are more pepery than you
used to be, doctor," cried a voice from
behind Charles that of Cyras, who had
about as much reverence for a high church
dignitary as for n native savage of his
adopted land. The canon stretched his
8tern, dark face round, to see whose bold
voice might bo thus addressing him.
Charles spoke.
under such very doubtful circumstances.
"The circumstances will bear the strict
est investigation," laughed Cyras. "The
lady I escorted to tho theater Is charm
ing, and one of my very good friends.
I'll bring her to see you, If you like."
".Mary," whispered Charles, while Aunt
Ann was striving to frame a fitting nn-
swer to this last most astounding propo
sition, "they did not make you doubt
me '
"Never, Charles.
"Were It my case." sDoko Regina. bold-
ly, "I should get married at once and
live upon cold mutton and barley water
until Charley's briefs came In moro quick
ly, lou may get parted for good If you
don t by some plausible tale or other.
Une never knows what may happen."
A soft flush lighted uo Mary's cheek:
cold mutton and barley water bore no
doubtful prospect for her. But Charles
sighed deeply. He could carry out Re-
breakfast, lie had squared up his ac
counts and would sail tho following day,
leaving a promise that when ho came
again his wife should be with him.
Tho subdean condescended to perform
tho marriage ceremony for both parties?
and Miss Dynevor honored tho company
in a new flaxen wig and a bird of para
dise; a very magnificent specimen which
CyraB had specially procured for her from
some Island In tho southern seas with an
unpronounceable name.
(THE END.)
SPANISH WEDDING DANCE.
'When 1 assured you I was not at the glna's suggestion, and add something to
Haymarket Theater the other night, sir,
you might have trusted my word, after
knowing me all these years. It was my
brother who was there; and Miss Dyne
Tor was deceived by the resemblance."
The subdean gazed at both of them
"What, is it you?" he exclaimed. "Come
back to trouble England !"
"I am here to honor it and Its natives
with a visit: you among the rest," cried
the undaunted Cyras, as he shook the
6ubdean's reluctant hand. "Glad to see
you in robust health and voice, sir.
The reverend gentleman coughed. Cyras,
years ago, had gone in and out of his
house as one of his own boys, and been
on the same familiar terms with him. He
turned to Charles:
"Then am I to understand that you
were not at the theater, Charles Baum
gartcn? She insisted that you were there
most positively, you know, and she did not
allow me to doubt her assertion."
"To be there under the circumstances
described would be very unlikely for me,"
returned Charles. "I think you might
have known, sir, that I was not capable
of it,
"I'm sorry I offended Aunt Ann," said
Cyras. "I hear she looks upon my nod
ding to her as a personal Insult. What
if I had a lady upon my arm when I nod
ded? Aunt Ann never liked pretty wom
en, I remember, and that one is pretty
beyond common, a star, doctor, of the
first water."
For once in his life the subdean's fancy
was tickled. He enjoyed a side fling at
his sister. And Cyras was, in his opin
ion, so very lost a sheep that had he ap
peared at the play with an army of ladies
Instead of one, it would have given the
subdean no manner of concern.
"You had better go to the drawing room
and make it right with them," he said,
when the young men had explained about
Irs. Carrington and one or two other
matters. "Tell Ann all this, and re-es
tablish ourself in her favor."
I .It chanced that Miss Dynevor was this
morning in an exasperated mood, brought
on by her ineffectual endeavors to induce
Mary to say she would give up Charles
Baumgarten,
"It seems to me that the world must
ibe coming to an end," she said, haran-
jming all three girU in general, but Mary
3n particular, "and the .sooner the better,
if this is the order of things. In my
.younger days we modest maidens never
so much as looked at an unmarried man ;
-as to talking openly of one, as I have
-seen you girls doing over and over again,
we should have been shut in our rooms
;for a month after it. While you, Mary
IDynevor, scruple not to uphold Charles
IBaumgarten's conduct the other night!"
"What I say is this, Aunt Ann that
Charles could not behave in the manner
you have related,' 'responded Mary, a
sound of tears in her voice.
""How dare you insult me by doubting
my word?"
"I don't doubt your word, aunt; I
doubt your eyesight. You mistook some
one else for Charles."
Miss Dynevor shrieked. "You insolent
girl mistook him, did I? When he turn
ed his face impudently toward mine and
grinned and nodded to me? He winked,
too ; I vow and protest he winked."
"ne assured me in the presence of papa
that it was not himself; that it was a
mistake ; for he was not out of bis cham
bers at all that night."
"And you believed him!" scoffed Miss
Dynevor.
"With my whole heart," warmly re
turned Mary, a glowing color dyeing her
tface. "I would rather die than disbelieve
Charles Buumgarten."
"That's a pretty modest avowal," gasp
ed Miss Dynevor.
Aunt Ann's wrath was arrested mid
way, for Charrle3 and his brother at that
moment entered. She knew Cyras at
once, and pushed up her wig a little in
astonishment. Cyras advanced to the
young ladies to greet them in what he
called New Zealand custom, which they
Ifound meant neither more nor les3 than
Sdsslng.
When the noise and laughter had sub
sided, Cyras turned to Miss Dynevor.
"'May 1 venture to touch your fingers with
he tips df mine, Aunt Ann?"
No response. Miss Dynevor had not
.recovered from her potrefaction.
"It's only right to ask, before presum
ing," went on 'Cyras ; "because, you know
at tho play the other night you looked as
ithough you wanted to annihilate me."
However annihilating Miss Dynevor
might have looked the other night, she
.looked very foolish now. Cyras standing
before her with his gay glances, Grace
sand Iteglna enjoying her discomfiture, and
.Mary drawing nearer to Charles as If it
-wero her own sheltering place, a happy
amlle on her eye and lip.
Miss Dynevor's temper was exceeding
ly acid Just then. "The subdean forbade
you the honse," she said sharply to
Charles. "Do you set him at defiance?"
"Tho subdean J" interrupted Cyras. "My
dear lady, we havo been making our
selves comfortable with the subdean In
lila study for this half hour. Ho sent us
4o you here that wo might do the same
with you."
There was no daunting Cyras. Miss
It even, upon his present briefs ; he knew
that; but, then how was ho to help
Uyrasv
Mimic nnd Attendant Tho Drc of
Women nml Men.
Tho wedding dance wnB being held
In n long, narrow building nenr n foun
tain, niul we entered on n smooth enrth
floor ; seats were rnnged about the sides
of the whitewashed room, and the low
rafters were draped nml festooned with
fnncy wall paper with gold scrolls In It.
The music was furnished by ft piano
orgnn at one end of the long room,
turned In rotation by n number of
boys In their clean, blue blouses nnd
brown corduroy breeches, who felt
their Importance, nnd nt tho other end
of the room a tablo wns spread with
enkes nnd bread nnd n wine concoction
very sweet nnd plensant, but seductive,
Tho women, some bringing their
babies, were n plensant set, but not
beautiful, although n few, with their
DOOMED.
By WILLARD MacKENZIE
i
CHAPTER XXIV.
CHATTER I.
The lookout from Penrhyddyn wan
grandly picturesque. Tho ancient Benito
wall of tho uncouth, straggling building
rose upon tho summit of a steep ant
thlfltlv wooded hill, around tho huso o
wnich slumbered a pleasant valley, on
rlrnlr.il liv mmintnlflOtlfl heights of undu
latlng moorland, glided with mawes of
yellow gorse, and purpled with heather
bloom.
Nature, In her wildest beauty, reigned
mnipemo over tlio scone. .nu
works, unvo In the walls of tho old castle
which, from a distance, appeared rather
tho rocky summit of tho hill, tnan stones
fashioned by human hnndi, were not
there might have had no place In tho
world.
In a small chamber, situated at tho
top of tho tower, which flanked the build'
In noon the west, sat a falr-halred,
ihonphtfiil looklnc bov. with dark vlole
colored eves, in whoso dreamy depths
fhpn lurked n world of passion. 1 10
1.- . . .1 i-i I i - c
uun must, ui mem. irrus hiiu n.t.t,t i
ni i. i i . ... ... . iuwuih,
uuu HilVtMlfU UUWIl Willi Illuming
to Great Whltton ; Charles had whls
large dark eyes, came very nenr to It
They did not wenr tho gny costumes i,,. , , , ,.
In one of the pleasant rooms at Avon of mv hnnclnntlon. hnt their dresses .
- ... i n i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 v iii i ( uniit'.
iiouse mere stood a group of fair people, ghowed great care nnd conscientious Ti,L hnv Arthur Penrhrddyn. tho
gay handkerchief was 'only child of Sir Launco I'cnrhyddyn,
often folded around the neck nnd the owner of tho castle. J he room in
. . . I ' l.l-l. I.- --ft ....... m .Italian.! nun 'Pico
pered to his mother all about Cyras' pros- ncross l ntl lttr carruiKs , 'V ' " 0tVn rL r of nnth ue form
pects of the partnership and of Anna Jan- d big breastpins were the vogue even old Jtcn that
sen, and of how he meant to help him. among tho young women. ' J (f 1
. .11.1 - 1 T- ... f , .1 m 1 - . 1 , 1.1 1 ' ..... ...V. ..a.w.w .
it uiu uui piease iaay urace. uyras nau xue men wore oroau-uninmeu uiiick . . .., ,,i ,,-i,,,r..
stepped outside. felt lints nnd clean blue blouses.
I O-ilUL VIMl't Willi "f ' n
duroy trousers, either light tan or portrait of a woman. Dust and damp
brown, nnd the long red or blnck sash had played sad havoc with what had
belt cnlled a "fnjo," wound many times once been a fine work of art ; the colors
nbout thi waist, the folds servlnir as of the dress could scarcely be distill
"Don't tell me, Charles. I know Cyras
If you help him to-day, he'll need help
again to-morrow
"That is rather unjust, mother mine,
t i i. i i ,
rus UUS neeueu no neip irom us up to , .... ,.A !, n, n, mtl.W- nml dirt that
this very day. He did not ask for it i ciKreui. luuuvw jiuucu -
T . i . i . I nnd i-ll In Iiimio l.nlfn tlinf ni-aprium eUCTUSieU UlCHl.
uow. i imns you nave aiways misjuugen "--. u.v . v..w u,nlnr
him a little. You never loved him as you
loved me and Gertrude,
"How could I?" somewhat sharply re
joined Lady Grace. "Another loved him
more than all if I did not his father."
"Well, I. feel that we ought to help him
to this chance, mother," said Charles. "I
will do my part to it, and perhaps Uncle
Henry will do the rest."
Gertrude Baumgarten came forward, a
tenderness in her blue eyes. She spoke
in a low, sweet tone,
"I have been listening, as Charles says,
mamma. 1 am sure be considers it right
that this help should be given to Cyras."
"And what is your opinion, Gertrude?"
demanded Lady Grace.
"My opinion is that it would bo a sin
not to help Cyras. If Charles is willing
to do so, why oppose it, mamma? I only
wish," she earnestly added, "that it was
in my power to do it."
re you doing penance, Gertrude?"
suddenly exclaimed a rich, mellow voice
from the door of the room ; and Gertrude
rose laughingly to face Sir Everard Wil-mot.
I am not convinced," exclaimed Lady
Grace. "You are both of you misled by
your affection for Cyras. I wonder what
you would say, Sir Edward?" And she
put the case before him in a few words.
Sir Everard listened, and laughed a lit
tle. "That must have been Cyras I saw
flying over the grass just now," he re
marked. "Undoubtedly Cyras must be
helped. Four thousand pounds! Why,
it's nothing; a mere bagatelle."
"To you it" may be, Sir Everard," re
torted Lady Grace, compressing her lips ;
"but not to others."
"Then suppose I take it upon myself,"
ho laughed, in a tone which might be
meant for jest or earnest. "Charley can
keep his two thousand pounds in his own
pocket."
"Charley is in debt himself, I'm afraid,"
severely remarked Lady Grace.
No, I am not, mother, he answered
quickly. "It was all a mistake, and has
been set right.
"I said it must be so," cried Gertrude.
Lord Avon and Cyras entered together;
Cyras full of merriment. He had been
enlightening the earl upon the whole past
mystery, winding up his account with a
humorous description of his interview
with Miss Dynevor in Eaton place. Lady
Grace spoke a few words freely, which
served to check the young man's laughter.
"What?" he exclaimed. "Charles is to
hand over his savings to me and defer
his marriage with Mary? No, that be
shall not. Why, you can't think I would
let him do it ! I used to put upon Char
ley as a boy, but I will never do so as a
man. I loved him then and I love him
still."
"Not even to help you to the partner
ship, and to Miss Anna Jansen?" laughed
Sir Everard.
"Not even for that. Not If it would
help me to every good In the world. How
on earth could it have entered any one's
head?"
"Do you remember me, Cyras?"
Cyras did not answer in words; only
smiled as he looked at Sir Everard. Their
hands met in a warm clasp.
"Will you accept the money from me,
Cyras?"
"From you !"
"You helped mo once, though not with
money. Buffer me to Help you now.
Don't fret yourselves into fiddleatrlngs,
young people," spoke up Lord Avon, "I
will see to Cyras."
"Not in this instance, Avon," said Sir
Everard, decision in his tone. "Don't you
understand that I owe him a debt?"
I will take It as a loan from you,"
said Cyras, in a low tone of feeling."
"All right," laughed the baronet. "Then
It's all bcttled."
And I hope you will make it tho turn
ing point In your life, Cyras," said Lady
Grace, "and become as steady as Charles
Is."
Cyras laid down a spray of lilac he
had brought In, and spoke with emotion.
I promise you that It shall be so by
the memory of my dead father."
Very shortly after this a double wed
ding took place In London ; for Gertrude
Baumgarten and Mary Dynevor were mar
ried together. Everything went off with
great success, and Lord Avon gave Ger
"""' .... .. .1 1.1 I ..!!
,,. ... ... . i against me wan, ine suuugui uinn-u tun
xue unnces were "rounu. inter- nn .,,.,,, iilnmlnln.? the face.
spersed with a square dance, where Uhlcli, unlike the rest of the picture, was
tour people comprised n set n sort or as vivid as though it had been painted
fandango, with lota of stnmplng nnd, but a few years. Instead of nearly two
attempts nt lithe, serpentine motions, centuries back.
with the hands raised above the head. Strangely It seemed to have fascinated
There wns a very old man who danced tll( vloIet eSn ot ,lmt falr-halred boy as
with irre.it mistn nml nmiisnd tho crowd ' he sat there contemplating It with a rapt
. . , look of awed wonderment. I his contcm
,1UT 1 . 1 r . e"u " T'plntive reverie wns broken In upon by
uu ciappuiK ot nanus. acrioner Ule opcnnf of the roon, door anj the
uiifeuiiui.. aiHiparnnco of a second Demon.
"Why, Master Arthur. I've been look
lng everywhere for you !"
The speaker was an plderly man, evl
dently a superior servant. Tho boy, hot
moving his position, beckoned him to come
close. "Whose picture is that, Daniel'
he nuked
"Mercy on us, where hav you ferreted
PERIL IN PAINLESS FACES.
n
Victim nf Di-catl Mnlmlr Slur
Hurt Without ICnoirlnK It.
"The red-hot wire," said the elec
trician, "burnt the man's cheek till It
sizzled nnd smoked. Yet he never
moved out of the way. He continued to out that ill-omened plctur'?" cried the old
laugh nnd Joke nnd pull on bis clay man, a look of almost consternation dls
pipe nnd a smell of burning rose Into
the air.
"I pulled him to one side.
" 'Would you stand there,' I said, 'and
be burnt to death?'
"'Was I burning?' ho snld, with a
turbing his Iron face.
"I found it In that closet," answered
the boy, pointing to a half-opened door,
"I want to know whoie It Is; and why
do you call it ill-omened.1'
"I never did know such a boy for
ferreting about," answered Daniel, half
scared look. And he put his hand to angrily. "Why, 1'vo never seen that
the side of his face the wrong side.
Was It possible that he couldn't feel
that horrible hurt?
"Gentlemen, that man had no feeling
In his face whatever. He told me that
he had been operated on for tic dolour
eux, and the operation, while It had
cured the tic, had left his face dead to
all sensation.
"I had often read of tic doloureux
In English novels, but I thought It was
a trifling dlsense. This chap said It was
a facial neuralgia so painful thnt In
the past 90 per cent of Its victims
either went crazy or killed themselves,
but now there Is an operation that
gives relief.
"Every victim of tic undergoes the
operation. Hence there are a lot of
people walking the earth with no feel
ing In their faces. Tlio condition Is a
dangerous one, because you are likely
to get hurt without knowing It." New
York Press.
Uncle Hunk' Idea.
"Uncle Hank," ventured the city
boarder, "what do you think of a yonng
man going to college?"
Why, It's a big skin game," replied
the. old farmer.
'Think so?"
'I know It In the spring he Is look
ing for the sheepskin, in the fall he
is looking for the pigskin nnd the rest
of the time lie Is trying to skin the old
man out of extra allowances for cigar
ettes and celebrations."
Glml to I.one It.
The suburbanite awakened with a
start Peering down In the deep shad
ows of the porch he discovered the de
termined face of nn Intruder.
"Who are you?" ho demanded.
"I am a burglar," was the bold re
tort "A burglar, eh? Well, here Is n five
spot Go out and steal that lawn mow
er from under tho tree before my wlfo
wakes up."
Choice of ISrllw.
"But," protested the first politician,
"tho man you want to head tho ticket
Is practically unknown."
"Well, that's something in his fa
vor," rejoined tho pecond politician,
"Tho man you favor is entirely too well
known."
Thin Hummer' Sire.
Mrs. Stubb John, that must havo
been a very eccentric burglar that call
ed on us last night Why, ho didn't
take anything away but the Icebox.
Mr. Stubb Well, Marie, our Icebox
was so small ho thought It was tho
Jewel case.
Very llttlo food satisfies the Dcdouln
Arabs. Six or seven dates soaked In
triwle flwnv. flvrna mmnlnn1 In F!nolnn,l
Dynevor demanded whether ho knew the for It. Ho was In high form, and insist- melted butter serve a man a whole day,
meaning of the word Impudence, and why ed upon kissing not only tho brides in with a very small quantity of couraa
be had presumed to address her that night ciiurcn, but the bridesmaids afterward at nour or a lltuo ban of boiled rlco.
pictur' since I was a boy; I thought It
had been done away with long ago."
"It is the first timo I have ever been
In this room," replied the boy. "I never
could turn the key before, nor persuade
any one to do it for m,
"There's a wicked pixlo lives up here,
who eats up curious people," said the old
innn, gravely.
"Oh, I don't believe In fairies!" an
wcred Arthur, quietly. "I know all
that sort of thing Is not true. Never
mind the fairies; I want to know who
that beautiful Indy was, and I am deter
mined to know."
Daniel looked perplexed. As far as his
own feelings were concerned, he had not
the slightest objection to tell what he
knew. But Daniel had the fear of hi
master before his eyes.
A strange man was Sir Launco I'enr
hyddyn a studious, stoical, severe man;
but just, and even generous, when duty
dictated.
A good master, a good landlord, and a
humane man. Tho tidings of a vcaael In
distress, of a shipwrecked crew and such
incidents were of continual recurrence
upon that dangerous coast would sum
mon him from his bed even upon tho
stormiest winter's night. Ho h.td had a
lifeboat built, and many scores of lives
had he saved from the hungry sea.
Ills great desire was to Inoculate young
Arthur with all his own ideas and pre
judices. The boy had been left mother
less In his second year; but, although
thus brought more entirely under pa
ternal control, education could not do
stroy a naturally poetic temperament.
And to listen to the wild stories of fairies
and wizards, that abounded among the
fishermen, was his especial delight.
Daniel knew very well that the legend
of the picture was well known to several
besides himself, who would willingly tell
it, and thus deprive him of the pleasure,
"A fine row you'll get mo Into if It's
known as I've told you what your father
would call a foolish story," ho grumbled.
"Daniel," said the boy, earnestly, "I
give you my word of honor that I will
never breathe a word of what you tell me
to any one, without your permission."
Instead of repeating tho prolix narra
tive of the old servant, we shall place tho
story before tho reader In a moro terse
and simplo form.
Among the gentlemen who, after tho
battle of Worcester, followed tlio fortunes
of Charles Stuart to Franco, wos Sir Ar
thur Penrhyddyn, whoso estates had Just
beforo been seized upon by tho common
wealth. Ho was a perfect type of the
Cavalier.
Soon after his arrival In Paris ho be
came deeply enamored of tho beautiful
Mademoiselle do Soissons, one of tho la
dles In waiting at court. Of a noble but
impoverished family, this post had been
bestowed upon her at the death of her
father. ,
Hurried out of all prudence by the
violence of his love, ho proposed a prlrato
marriage, to which, after great solicita
tion, she yielded. Tho event whs kept
a profound secret from all. After a time
sho retired from tho court, and resided
In a small houso near Versailles, whither
her husband used to repair as frequently
as be was ablo to enjoy her socUt.
Years paused awny, nnd but few know
their secret. Two children woro born to
them, and still there appeared to bo no
diminution In tholr lovo.
At length camo tho Itostoratlon. Sir
Arthur accompanied his sovereign to Eng
land, leaving his wife, however, nt their
old homo until such tltnoi as Penrhyddyn
Castle could bo rendered fit for her ro
ccptlon. Hut that ho might still lm able
to have before him tho Image of his be
loved wife, ho took away with hltn n
portrait of her that had boon painted a
few months after tholr union,
Several months pawned away, nnd al
though ho wrote to her long and frequent
letters, full of lovo and Anticipation, she
jot remained In France. After ft tlmo ho
camo over to visit hor loving, tender ns
ever, but still ho mnde good exeunos to
delay her departure for England,
Ho returned home, but sho wan again
left behind only for n few weeks longer,
ho said. Hut tho weeks passed Into
months, nnd yet sho was not sent for,
and, worso still, his letters grow brief,
cold nnd Infrequent.
Leaving her children behind In tho care
of her servants, without ono lino of warn
ing to her husband, she set out for Eng
laud. Alone nnd unprotected, sho accom
plished the whole of the then formidable
Journey from Versailles to Cornwall,
It wns night when, worn out with fa
tigue, she presented herself nt tho gate of
Penrhyddyn Castle. Some grand festiv
ity was evidently going on, for lights
shono from every window, sounds of mu
sic and of man, voices camo from with
in ; the door of tho grand entrance stood
wide open, and iooplo nnd servants were
hurrying hither and thither. that for
n time sho could get no reply to her In
quiries for Sir Arthur Penrhyddyn.
"You can't see him to-night, nindnin,"
dual- -i . -
mgio iieronfter. il "7
It Wl eomnl" ,lU' ""t J
WM thoso lnt
nnd expired. ftord' ti
Nought of the
to tho now-mnda Lrlav!.W7,tl
of noble nnd wUIT M
Arthur lmd marrU Van
fortunes, Illt ' ?nd
out of tlw .om V A h!M
uui irom that ,n il
camo a gloomy, ,, ,
during tl,0 whni. ,,lm,n'
was telling thi. "I the
tlonleu. w,h hi. VS.".
nnrrator, but m.n .i. ' IT1 "ot
tlmt, and not th. ,,,clu
.."And this, , ,;;VA
that wns n,ed ? ' the
hoy, at Inst. m lcH
Tho very tame."
Ann do you think iv. 1
"Prav. don't ..l .
down upon. 7 . hX , r, "
7 their mnrrl K ,aJn( f
vlve her mnM " ho M
but i nev ,;;. r. x i
liv since . 1 1 1 1 i !i ,?.Ti. . ? nccted 1
tht nyoinl n r,
of nnybody th'
"VVI..t i . .
mi urcnino 01 thn rhlli. 1
niked t)i.. lui.. ,fl9 "lUrtnl
"Well. It wn. ..l.t .....
Kmnco hearing (he rtorr. ,'t.J
n em on account of their raothl
Hy, nnd that one of Vm 3
Brent man.' ""H
Thoughtfully the fey fol) J
linn .lr.it... ...i ' ' """WJ
....... .. ,v. , ln j
lory ho hmUioflnl.
(To bo continued.)
MYTHS OF THeTndTaI
Some of Th mii Are l.'nur ..
Til CMP 1,1 Or... 1
Hie Indians are thn mJt .1
tlniM people on earth." m,i ,1
few dnyH nm W,0 taught for rfJ
Crock Indian school, to a Kan.il
.-star writer. 'They have mythj
i-Kuim uy win Kcore. Some of th
icy
l
.Al-fi. 1
SAW
m
l V - v -1
THK IXtJK.ND OIT THE I'lCTlIIE.
wild one of tho servants, respectfully; for.
splto of her trnvel-stnlneil garment nnd
faded looks, there was that In her man
nor which compelled resiK'ct.
"And why?" she nsked haughtily. It
was on her tonguo to declare herself to
the man, but some feeling checked the
words.
"HecaiiM It Is his wedding day. You
must have come from a long way off not
to have heard of my inantT weddln
with the great helrtvt of Tregnrthen."
She did not gasp, nor faint, nor cry
out ; It seemed to conic upon hr llko tuo
confirmation of a long, undefined dread.
For a moment she did not answer, and
tho man hurried away; but the novt in
Mant sho tore a bracelet off hr arm
one wlilcn tier nusiinnii una given ner
upon her wedding day nnd stopping nn
other hurrying servitor, lmpcrIouly bade
him to take It to his mniter nnd tell 111 in
that the owuor waited for htm In the hall.
Her messenger quickly returned, with
on amnxeil look upon His race, no con
ducted her up tho long winding stnlrcnse
of the western turret, into tho very room
whero another Arthur Penrhyddyn wns
now listening to her story.
Thither soon afterwards camo her bus
band. There was a stormy scene. He
boldly nvowed his right to marry, on the
grounds that hi man-Inge with Elconore
dc Soissons, having been celebrated In n
foreign country by a Catholic priest,
could not be held as a legal contract In
England. '
Tho wronged woman could hato nn pns-
Hlonutely ns she could lov, nnd this cruel
blow stung her to mndncss; falling upon
her knees, sho sent up to heaven, out of
the agony of her breaking heart, an awful
curse upon him and his race forever;
then springing to her feet, ran wildly
down tho stairs, and so out of tho castle.
Hut the strangest part of tho story Is
yet to bo told. About a week after these
events, a ship conveying paxxntigerx to
n port In Hrlttnny was wrecked upon tho
coast opposite the castle. As soon as tho
tidings were brought to him, tho mnstor
of Penrhyddyn, with n body of his do
mestics, went down to tho shore, n was
his custom at such time, to afford what
succor lay In his power to tho poor un
fortunates who could ho saved.
While he stood upon tho rocks giving
directions to tho men, tho body of ft wom
an was borne upon a wnve, and cast at
his feet The torch ho hold In his hand
glowed redly upon tho pallid, upturned
race, and snowed mm tlio rcaturca oi
Eleonoro de Soissons,
Hy his orders they carried her to a
fisherman's hut closo by. Hot blankets
and friction called back the fleeting
breath. She opened her oyes nnd behold
her husband bending over her, Sho rec
ognized him, and an ovll firo lighted up
for a moment the dulled eyes, Ho re
quested to bo left alono with her, and
then ho fell down upon his knees beside
tho bed and prayed to her for forgive
ness of the wrong ho had Inflicted.
"I hnvo no right to pardon 1" alio cried,
in her hollow, dying accents, "Mlno Is
hut a portion of tho wrong. What right
have I to pardon the destruction of my
two children? Mark mo, Artlrfir Pour-
hyddyn 1" nnd sho roo up upon hor nrm,
and her blnck sunken eyes blazed like
coale of fire out of her pallid checks, "my
curse will cling to you and youra for
ever, until It crumbles your race Into the
n iieuuwiui ami picture si
legends of the old Greeks nnd It;
"I boarded for five years wl
Creek Indian who, hnd been Mlacal
Carlisle. Ho knew the Indian la
and used to tell them to me u
children as we sat u round the fin
of an evening. You know, the i
have n legend that they nreonei
lost ton tribes of Israel. This I
wns the noli vS a inedMno man
wns once great and jwwerful
tribe. All his knowledge of Indian
cnino from his father, tho medicine!
"He repented the tales to me i
father had told them to hltn,
that the linpresslveneM of the I
soj-corer, with Ills long, trallln? rd
eagle quills, the conjuring waul an
iintnstlf and the weird surroundin.
tho Indian teepee on a lonely rlaln
absent The element miwt 1
right mood for tlio medicine man IS
close the secrets of his race.
"Tho storm spirit mid the tbd
god must bo abroad when the Renei
tlio Creeks was repented, iwmm
man would send out Ills umuiouj
the likeliest nnd the braved ofthe
would bo gathered In bis tel
imfriMlPIltf'il L'lllcll.
"This medicine man M thatj
Creeks were ono of the lost ten tl
of Israel. Tho legend ran uw j
wcro once associated wit" "
trll.iu mill that they lmd wandw
hoeomo separated. They wandereJ
tr in tlm north until they
There tliey built Ml
embarked. They steered their rour.
the wuud of a im-lic no j
inornhiK he went t ,tf ,BJ
.... ..i.. ,n..iniiu. rod und toia h
Up Ilia n " Thpri
which direction to puwue. TOM
lowed this rod fvn a ff-y
.. n ...i.ieh they M"'
tom " . . .U they travi
sen was crowd, mm
toward tho Houth nnin. . ,1
"The Creeks hnvo a cov W J 1
trlbo which Is kept wim . - j
. ..... ..... .inM I ever Friu""l
ono uui -"" - pMulnel
seo this Kiinranteo iu -.....
rvir Mifh nnd origin. i
bollevo nun -- f
t'lnst ten triue
Ul wo (IffflV I
These tribes wnuu,.- -
. .i it'll rn
Palestino nn - ,hat tl
heard of. So.no be He J J
. , ii. n west taW.. A
..Ml.tflJirflfl 111 IM" " - .. hd
. i .Innff It 10 l"v
cine ami nortmvuru to a
g straits, which W ffrd
kaand then wan iB8J
were dlHperseu
tho nice that follow
Otinner-Wnsn't It odd
Flasher?
II' II n f r .
Ouycr J wj four
n....nr Why. B ",.. n),me
wu". . ,,!. nrpi -
hands nnd oacu u-
William. ah Vint1
uyur?H Elector.
beea ft rocmr