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rum... Trrssiliafl, renowned
' ,. -;w[o:ts on the Spanish
\. Ln‘rnHu‘d to Rosamund
,- I'm! brcause of personal
ring out of land dis-
,, .- marriage is opposed by
r 3 -:r;'.‘7,.‘477(1;‘3 brOtMr, Peter,
.. 7'.’7rdi1'ln, Sir John Kali:
'. p, 4-,. takes every opporht-
quifest his antagonism.
1;", rage one day, in. the
n‘ Parson Flack and Jus-
‘, ho insults Sir Oliver,
will; his whip and rides
on a threat to kill him,
‘nvm in. furious pursuit.
» : ringt‘r cools he realizes
w-lmi would never for-
:r' it; should harm her
"cl 1'0 turns his horse
' :01: young half-brother,
"‘1’ ore-Wing accomplishes
would hove liked to
r firm home wounded from
~‘rv‘, Peter, still drunk,
mum's, and in a fit of jeal-
n-vrr a woman. had of.-
, m nwi drawn his sword;
J « .-.‘r»7.~ "wrcly in self-de-
* . 11 irh no witnesses to at-
. «oath of this statement
‘{ in accused of Peter’s
N‘r' his part in it to be
' r:7r—F!rirke‘n he extracts
-nm nlner to tell no
’ ‘I THY“.
CHAPTER v
l‘fili HL'CKLER
= 0:1 Nicholas who brought
next morning to the
_,, :2: they were breaking
.r: should have kept his bed
3}: but dared not. lest the
mil arouse suspicion. He
* rover. the natural result
E114 wound and of his loss
M was inclined to wel-
u‘hnr than deplore it. since
“ :_-h on cheeks that other-
. have looked too pale.
via: upon his brother's
."l" down to 3 breakfast
and small ale before the
i that December morn-
‘i risen.
b'irSt in upon them with
- and shaking limbs. He
' his tale of the event in
-‘ terror, and both brothers
‘o bo shocked, dismayed
"'“'l’ll0l15. But the w ‘rst
' "M old man '5 news, the rue
’ “~19 to rrible agitation. was
‘ 0 ”announced.
'j-zny do zay." he cried with
:fvcrinz through his fear.
>- ray that it were you that
w. Sir Oliver!"
.. mth Fir Oliver, staring.
’ir‘nly like a flood there
In his mind a hundred rea-
-
til!
‘ aosamund!’ he cried . . . ‘I am
m-crlooked until. this moment,
:: nvitahly must urge the coun-
- ;o this conclusion, and to
« molusion only.
:9 board you that foul lie?"
'20 tumult of his mind he
» -- 32vrvrlr3d what answer was re-
.. . i ,— Nicholas. There was one
:o take. and he must take it
"sly—as he had taken it once
to .in ‘like case. He must
a :‘1: m Rosamund to forestall
mar. others would carry to
‘Iod send he did not come too
1 ‘r'ruix'.
“nod for no more than to
- boots and hat then to the
' ":== for a horse, and be was
“ -v over the short mile that di-
T‘i i Ponarrow from Godolphln
min: by bridle track and
. sir-w siraight to his goal. He
r. no until he fetched up in the
'''' and at? Godolphin Court.
“re a babble of excited voices
1‘. rrarhed him as he approached.
> a? sizht at him there fell a gen-
r‘a‘. ciir-ucn. ominous und staring.
‘ ”Al's": men 01’ more were nonem-
' =1 fibre. and their eyes consid.
r'nri him first with amazement and
’ fonts. then with sullen eager.
l'n loaned down from his Biddle,
=‘ood a moment wuiflnj for
“= P.’ the three Godolphin grooms
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to take his reins. Seei u;
a at of. none
“How now?" he cried. “Does no '
one wait here? Hither. slrruh. and
hold my horse.”
The groom cadre-sod heath-ted .t
moment. then. under the stare of
Sir Oliver's hard commanding eye.
be shuttled lullenly forward to do
u be we: bid. A murmur ran
through the group. Sir Oliver
flushed o glcnce upon it. and every
tongue trembled into silence.
In that silence he strode up the
steps. 1nd entered the rush-strewn
bull. As he vanished be head the
hubbub behind him brook out new,
flercer than it had been before. But
be nothing heeded it;
He found himself face to face
with a. servant, who shrank before
him, staring as those in the court-
yard had. stared. His heart cent.
It was plain that he come a little
late ulready: that the tale had got
there ahead of him.
"Where is your mistress?" said
be.
"1—1 will tell her you are here,
Sir Oliver " the man replied in a
voice that (altered: end he passed
through a doorway on the right.
Sir Oliver stood a. moment tap-
ping his boots with his whip. his
face pale, a. deep line between his
brows. Then the man reappeared
closing the door after him.
"Mistress Rosamund bids you do
part, sir. She will not see you."
A momei'. Sir Oliver scanned the
servant's face—or appeared to scan
it. {or it is doubtful if he saw the
fellow at all. Then for only answer
he strode toward the door from
which the man had issued. The
servant set his back to it. his face
resolute.
"Sir Oliver, my mistress will not
see you." '
“Out of my way!" he muttered in
his angry. contemptuous fashion.
and as the man persistent in his
duty stood his" ground. Sir Oliver
took him by the breast of his
Jacket, heaved him aside and went
in.
She was standing in mid~apart
ment. dressed by an odd irony all
in bridal white, that yet was not as
white as was her face. Her eyes
like two black'stains, solemn and
haunting as they fastened upon this
intrudcr who would not be refused.
Her lips parted. but she had no
word for him. She just stared in a
horror that routed all his audacity
and checkedvthe masterfulness of
his advance. At last he spoke.
"1 see that you have heard." acid
he. "the lie that runs the country
side. That is evil enough. But 1
see that you have lent an ear to it:
and that is worse."
She continued to regard him with
a cold look of loathing.
"Rosamund!" he cried. and ap-
proached her by another step.
“Rosamund! i am here to tell you
that it is a lie."
here to roll you thlt It lo c "0."!
"You ind beet go.” she “1d. And
her voice bad in it o qunllty that
made. him tremble.
"Go?" he echoed stupidly. "You
bldme go? You will not hear me?"
“I consented to hear you more
than once: refused to hear other:
who 'knew better than I, end was
headless of their weruingl. There
43 no more to be uid between us.
I pray God that they may take and
hang you."
He wu white to the lipl, pad for
the first time in his life he knew
feu- und felt his great limbo trem-
bling under him. ‘
“They muy- bung me cud wel-
come eince you bellove this thing
They could not hurt me more the
you Ire doing. nor by hanging me
could they deprive me of ought I
value. since your hith in me is o
thinitobeblownuponbytbe
first rumor of the countryside.”
Ho new the pole lips twist them-
selves into I. droodm gulls.
"There is more thou rumor, I
think.” odd one. ~ “There to more
then on your use will ever serve
to clout.”
"My lleef" he cried. “Renaud.
I swurtoyoubymybouorthotl
have had no bond in the eluyfng
of Peter. May God rot me where
lltaude this be not true!”
(to to continued) _‘
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