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Love of a Lady
Chapter 41
ANOTHKB BE8CCB
Before the dismal tan at the land
lord, his helper 8mm and a rough
man whose garment unacted of
hips and the see, all drinking ale.
-Fifteen golden guineas. Sam.
Lord. Master Tucker, a load of
money It be!"
'And a rolght, proper genTman
be be eh?" . -
"For sure, 8am. ain't be a lord and
Tl-countr '
"' sure du seemed in might;
urrjrl"
"And no wonder, wT such a and
some creetur waiting. I never seen
finer young woman."
Though turble fiery. Master Tuc
ker." "Well, being a man o' sperrlt, X
likes 'era fiery. Wot eyes! Wot a
shape wot n ".
came to them a faint rhythmic
sound growing ever louder now
thundering In the road toward the
Inn.
"The vi -count at last!" shouted
the landlord.
"Avt erlerf Aim. Dointinc.
"Ay, kut." quoth the landlord
'e s coming from tne wrung
d'rection."
"Wen. lis no wonder," cried Sam,
nn he not the Vl-count!"
"Whv then, 'oo fet 'e, Sam?"
unwifi ' a-comlnc to " -
For now, as they watched this
rapidly approaching horseman, he
swerved from the road and. with
out checking his wild career, came
galloping straight at them,
"in in wl' ve." cried the land'
lord. AU three tumbled into the
tan-room, nell-mell. but when they
would have shut the door there
UD-rearlng was a loam-tlecke
hone with mighty hoofs lashing
above the very threshold.
Then his rider was out of the sad'
die and next moment the little din-
cv taDroom rang with the sounds of
furious combat, awild uproar that.
suddenly subsiding, gave place to
silence broken only by a voice tnat
groaned and a voice that gasped.
"It only them white-livered dogs
adn't run and left nel" walled the
groaning voice.
Where .... is ... . she?" de
manded the assnlnsT voice.
"Aloft, mate. And if only them
lubberly dogs." .
"Look . . . -at this!" panted Sir
Richard, showing a small, surer
mounted plstoL "Lie where . .
vou are. or "
"Lord love ye, mate I dont
want to move. I'm a Iambi But
If them Ulv-ltvered does
But Sir Richard was oft stum
bling up the dark and narrow stair.
"Helen!" ha called, and was en-
swered by a cry wildly glad and
eaeer.
"Richard ... Oh. Richard, pray
er, pray coma to me . . .they've
locked me in . . . .Ob. Richard-
He backed away and hurled him
self against the door, yet thrice
it swung wide. . . . And then al
most before he knew It, she was In
his arms, laughing and sobbing,
shivering and clinging to him in a
very passion of thankfulness.
'Hold me. Rtchardl" walled she.
In small, pleading voice. "Hold
me fast, fast oh. Richard!"
She moaned and clasped him the
tighter, and hew as stroking this
lovely head that pillowed Itself
noon his ranged coat with such un
wonted and most delightful humil
ity.
Dick Full-o'love. thou rt very
"Oh. Dick." she sighed. "Oh.
dsmpl
"A bucket of water!" he ex
nlalned.
And thou "rt a very dusty Dick!'
I shall xdoU thy finery."
Then pray spoil It ... : .Thy
heart beateth very fast, Dick.'
"I . . . .I've been busy."
"Indeed, I heard you 'twas like
thunder and earthquakes."
"Come . . . .shall we go?
"Ay. but whither?"
"To the Moat House."
"No. no. twere madness I " And
here her hands stole up to creep
and 'lasp themselves about his
neck. "You would be seen and 11
they took thee again!"
- Twill nothing matter. For to
night. Helen, if ail goes well"
A hoarse voice oeuowea louaiy
from the road.
"Oh, God pity mel" gasped Hel
en. "They are naei ... we vis
count."
"Eh Brocklehurst? Come, let
us go look!"
Hand clasping hand tney crept
from the room, and so to the front
of the tavern whence they might
neen down at the road.
A horse -ea tne grass ncim
the Inn. while Immediately below
the lattice, wherefrom they peeped,
stood the talL unlovely figure of
Jonas Skag. .
Rir Richard neered crown, mea-
cured the distance with his eye and,
squeezing through the casement,
had vanished before Helen might
stav him. She heard a hoarse cry.
and. looking down, beheld two
forms that writhed and twlstea . .
Shrinking from the lattice she cov
ered her face, and In that same
moment heard a cheery voice cal
ling her name: so she fled from tne
room and down the stair cut Into
t e roll twilight.
"Richard . . ah. how could your
she wailed.
"We needed this fellows norse,
he exnlained. "The poor beast
rode b well-nigh foundered." So
saving he swung to saddle and
reorheo tier nis nana.
"Up with you, child you loot on
mv toe now!"
Mutelv she obeyed ana next mo
ment was seated before him in the
crook of his bridle-arm.
Lord. mate, and wot o pore
Jonas 'ave ye killed 'lm?" asked a
dolorous voice.
"Nov. the hangman snail do tnat
for nun one day, belike. The rogue
will be cursing lustily anon."
"Well. mate, you ve tne kick on
t but if only them llly-souled.
lousy " "
But Sir Rtcnara was on ana
away, riding at furious pace and
with sombre eyes watching the
gathering dusk, and yet supremely
conscious of the lovely face so very
near his own. of the silky tres-
that tickled his neck, his ear.
his cheek with such determined
persistence, and of all the warm.
soft, yielding, extremely feminine
tenderness of her.
"Alas, thy Door face!" she mur
mured, so tenderly that Instinctive
ly Ms arm tightened about her.
men tney rone suemiy again.
Richard ever pressing the horse for
added speed.. At last my lady
spoke:
"Why must we nurry so r .
"The evening falls apace. TIs
some miles to the - Moat House.
There Is much to do."
Helen smiled slyly and spoke:
"Then why not do It, Richard, and
be done?"
"Because what Is to do. If all
goes well tonight, Is to be done at
the Moat House."
"Why there, Richard?".
"Because my two best, my two
most faithful friends await me
there."
"And what Is to do there, Rich
ard?"
"A matter that something touch
eth my future welfare."
"Pray Richard, what matter?"
"That which shall, I hope, prove
the faith of friends In me no vain
thing."
."Who?" she asked. "Who are
these so kind and faithful friends?"
"Madam the Duchess, your aunt,
(Continued on Paee 16)
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