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Show & 5 RCRQCKETT..4SS- - cS TRc&xdxido (Copyright, IMS, 1900, by 8. R. Crockett.) XXVI. stein so long as your son aid, "what have yon been saying to my husband's daughter? "I have been telliug her that I lore Hs her! answered Conjd simply. felt that what he had listened to gave this woman a right tu be answered. "And what, I pray you, have princes of Holy Church to do with love? They seek after heavenly things do neither marry nor aro given in mai rlage. said Conrad humbly, "I know, and without taking I he least offense. "I know it well. But I have put off the armor I have not proven. The burden Is too great for me. I am a soldier I was trained a soldier yet because I was born after my brother Louis, I must perforce become both priest and holy cardinal. Rather a s thousand times would I be a and carry a pike! Then am I to understand that as a soldier you told the Buchess Joan that you loved her, or that as a priest you forbade the banns. Or did you wholly forget the circumstance that once on a time you yourself married her to your brother? "I did Indeed forget, said Conrad, with sincere penitence, "yet you must not blame me too sorely. I was car--1 rled out of myBelf " "The duchess, then, rejected your suit with contumely?" Conrad was silent. "How should a great lady llaten to her husbands brother and a priest? THE MISSING MAN P. HATCH Tho Bank Tragedy By MARY R. Author of "There's method la his madness, though, and It Is only too evident that Constance believes his story, said Hmrllton. gloomily. "But, no matter. He will learn that I am not to be trilled with." I djn't believe he could get a lawyer lathe country to take his case if he should think of bringing suit. And Mr. Carter was right. The claimant went to nearly every lawyer la Grovedale and the adjoining town of Uncolnshlre, but not one would Incline his ear favorably to the suit. It was plain to be seen that they saw neither profit nor favor in It, and more than one advised him to drop the matter at once. That night a letter reached Constance at the hotel. Dear Constance I did not mean to address you or ask you for help. But what can I do? No lawyer will undertake my case. They think me poor, without credit, and an imposter. For your sake, for all our sakes, 1 cannot give up so. You have money. Will you risk It In making plain the mystery which enwraps our lives? 1 would not ask your aid if I could hell It, for I know the act will be mlsinter preted by others, If not by you. Can you advise ms of anything better? Your husband. YANK HAMILTON. Constance sat a long time In deep thought, and then, with sudden resolution, dressed herself with exceeding plainness and went out on to the street, walking in the direction of the office of Morley & Stevens. Morley was the first lawyer In the connty. and Stevens was scarcely less dls tlngulshcd. They were the first to whom Edes had applied. Both members of the firm were, as It chanced, In the office, and both wondered, not a little, at her errand. She did not give them long to specu- Copyright, IMS, br Em lid fthfpard lives.' My father's compact and condition are of no effect. The Diet of the Empire Thareu Ketpa Troth. CHAPTER XVII. Continued. made was to go to the mill and deBut they had reckoned without would cancel them In a moment. I T admire no woman mand to see the "mnn known as Vane hut wife, my von Lynar. Conrad and Joan will therefore take no rest until this Mr, and as for my Interests and charHamilton. came back from the ruined fortificathing is made clear. 1 swear that acter as Primus Edes they are of no Shall you see hlin." asked Mr. Carwith son illent but thrilled tion, your mostly, shall, be Duke Maurice and account to me. auy more than the ter. the thoughts of that which their eyee sit la his father's place, as is right hell of a caterpillar is to the butterf"Yes, it may as well be now as had Been, their ears heard. Each had and fitting. For me, I ask nothing but And now let me tell you some- later. ly. listened to the beating of the others the daughters portion a grange such thing, my good sir. Constance knows Edes entered and confronted the heart Both knew they were beloved. as this, as solitary and as peaceful, a that I am her husband. two men. He held out his hand to Mr. more wanto alter that any delve and a beach to Nothing could garden she "Hu so? said Carter who, however, did not appear forever. As they had gone out with der upon at eve! 'Not exactly, but she might as well, to aee it. As she spoke Theresa's eyes suddenTheresa watching them from the dusk nd furthermore, she has never believYon will see Very well, ancle. of the garden arcades,, their hands ly brightened. A proud high look sat ed In this man railing himself by my yonr act In Its true light some day,' had drawn together. Eyes had sought on the fulness of her lips, which gradname. aid the former workman with so answering eyes at each dip of the ually faded as some other thought Rumors of sort this come had to much the dignity that Mr. Carter stared path. They had listened for the finest asserted Its supremacy. She rose, and ears of the busy doctor as well as con- at him. shades of meaning In one another's going straight to Joan, for the first cerning the Interest said to exist at "Oh, come now! That's all bosh, Aces, and taken courage or lost time she kissed her on the brow. one time between Edes and Mrs. Ham- my man Now do I know, she said, "that nope from the droop of an eyelid or asked Edes. ilton; but he had not thought much Do you think so? the aulver of a syllable. you are Henry the Lions daughter. about the matter, believing It gossip looking full In the face of the other Now all was changed. They knew That Is spoken as he would have spowith little or no foundation in fact. man. ken It. It is greatly thought. that which they knew. Yet But now he saw, or fancied he taw, "I do; but I am willing to hear anyAnd now Theresa von Lynar, the it cannot be. kia mistake. enThis thing you have to say In support of woman who had given her beauty and It shall be! cried Joan Imperiouslergetic man was a far different person yonr claim, for, I own, I am curious her life like a little Valentine's gift ybe had supposed him to be. He to understand It.' than into the hand of the man she loved, "Nay, returned Theresa von Lynar, was a man clearly capable of making "You know all about it now. If you content that he should take or throw "Once on a time I would have given and supporting a claim of nature so did not you would not be nere. But away as pleased him best Theresa my right hand that for half a day, for utoundlng that. Improbable as it was, Victor, my brother, if yon realized all von Lynar met these two, who In one hour, men might have said of me could not fail to create wide dis- you would not do It, I know. Did it I new was. renunciation that of their , glory Henry the Lions wife, and turbance. If Mrs. Hamilton Joined you not know you were my brother, thought that they had plumbed the my son his von ! It would have been with him It would he far more seri- my twin brother." sweet. how as God. wheu sweet of Ah. It love, yet they right abysses ous still, and the results could only No, I confess I did not," dryly. "I had taken no more than a single would have been! She paused a mobe guessed at, not foreseen. always supposed that my brother died She ment as If consulting some unseen sounding In the narrow seas. The hint that be had been shot to In Infancy. Can you prove that he did stood looking at them as they came presence. "No, I have vowed my vow, be got out of the way was, or would not? - toward her, with a sympathy that was Here was bidden to stay and here "I prove that he did not! Yon are he, doubtless, a strong feature in the will I abide. more than mere tolerance. mans and brother and not I. Before our were case, that there complica"Maurice of Hohensteln shall sit In "You have faced the sunshine! tions relating to the late bank mother died she asked me to search late. Thus she greeted them as they came. his father's seat, said Joan firmly, I called to see you in regard to the troubles which, no doubt, ronld be for yon two weeks of every year, for I have sworn It. If I live I will see "Sit awhile with me in the shade, claims of two men. each professv rival to never would believe bear she dead, It yon brought likewise. upon have here a bower where Maurice him settled there with my captains to be Yane Hamilton, my husdid. Yon ing one else Moreover, the man before him, Dr, although every loved to play before he left me. about him. Werner von Orseln Is an she said, with much compoo-urband, me In Peck She stolen were gave be considered, infancy. might Ashley None save I hath entered it since that honest man. He will do him Justice. and dignity. himself, who by Mime strange mistake the ring you wear on your finger. In Von Deasauer shall get him recognizday. Ah! Strange, very strange! Edes In was trust The are to believed trust for words have was you. died, it not and was a small, rustic, It. ed, Hugo of Plaisenburg 'shall came to see us about this claim, hut unlikely. In the light of these astound engraved on Ihe Inside. lodge, thatched with heather. Its lat- stand his sponsor before the Diet of ing claims It was very probable, he Everybody In Grovedale knows we dismissed him." ticed windows wide open and creeper-grown-, the Empire." I am sorry yon did. You perceive that. Perhaps you will tell me how thought. I would It eould be. so. said Theto which Theresa led them. It case Is a very serious one. I the If A came man it as such this upon my finger ring Ashley was proved "If my death could had been well kept; and when Joan resa wistfully. could wish that it might be as ably to into was have delivered adhiB been the of lor keeping. your access cause story a sudden found herself within, this thing righteously to come ventures was well known in Grovedale "I cannot. I confess It Is a mys- - conducted as it would be to have yon of t Jerness for this lonely mother, to pass, how gladly would I end life! was the man, If any such eould be tery. It Is also a mystery how you and Mr. Stevens upon one side and who sad offered herself like a sacri- But I am bound by an oath, and my A Ferguson on the other. It shall not be! cried Joan, Imperi- found, to prosecute such a claim like became possessed of my papers. I Stone fice upon an altar, took possession of son Is bound because I am bound. The You have doubts, then, I conclude, tribunal Is not the Diet of Ratlsbon. her. ously. ' which Is the real Vane Hamilton. For about the walls was fastened a but the faithfulness of a woman's Theresa went on remorseless. What I have. Even if these doubts were Homeheart. Have I been loyal to my prince said the Lady Joan when you told her dead child's pitiful armoury. less slight than they are, I should made swords of lath, arrows winged these many years so that now shame that you loved her? wish for a thorough examination.' I with the cast feathers of the wood- sits on my brow as gladly as a crown "The words zhe spoke I cannot rewill even go so far as to pledge myland, crooked bows, the broken crock- of bay, that I should fail him now? peat, but when she ended I set my Low he UeB, and I may never stafad lips to her garment's hem as reverentself to pay the costs. I wish to have ery of a hundred Imagined banquets these, and many more, were carefully beside his sepulchre. No son of mine ly as ever to holy bread? everything brought to light, every The slow smile, eame again over the weighed, and to do this kept In place with Immediate and lov- shall sit In his high chair. But If In ith sides must be well presented. Maurice would be back ajy sphere fib sinful or Imperfect face of Theresa von Lynar, the smile ing care. Very true, madam. veteran who watqhes again presently, they seemed to say, spirits, be 1 when or. purgatory, he of a , 4J V " I shall encounter, think you for the children at their drill. and would take up his play Just where f'Do I understand that f 1 ' . wbulu meet Him shamed. consider your refusal, Mr. he left empire "You do not need to tell me what jiY There was Silence in the arbor for And when he says. 'Woman of my he answered, my lord, she said, for We will talk with "Undoubtedly. no one of silence which a the loye, hast thou keot thy troth? shall the first time leaving out the ecclesia space, the person hitherto known as Edes, three was anxious to break. For Joan I be compelled to answer Nd? astic title. "I know! and report to you later. ' But, thought of her promise, Conrad of urged Joan, this thing Is Conrad stared at the woman "Oh, thank you. You perceive, I Joan, and Theresa of her son. It was your sons birthright. My father, for She told you that she lovkd you think, that both sides of the matter the last who spoke. purposes of state, my happli from the first.' concern me equally. "Somehow it Is borne In upon ness to a man I loathed. I have cast "How know yon that? he falter. "Certainly. I had uot looked at It me that Kernsberg has fallen and that that bond to the winds. The fathers None must heat that ttocnt-g'Jin that light before, Mrs. Hamilton. cannot bind the children; no more can must guess it! ' my son Is in his enemys hands! Would you object to telling us which Joah started to her feet, and thrust you disinherit your son. Theresa von Lynar laughed In your belief Is your husband, for I Theresa von Lynar smiled a sad. mellow laugh. !r which & keen ear her hands a little out In front of her perceive you are not certain? blow. a to off wise as if ward smile, infinitely patient, Infinitemight have detected how richly and (To be continued.) How can you know that?" she ly remote. her laugh must once have pleasantly be, cried. "Who No; It cannot Ah, she acid, you think so? Yoii sounded to her lover when her pulses WAS FREE FROM PREJUDICE. Kernsberg was victualled for a year. are young. You have never loved. beat to the tune of gladness and the It was filled with brave men. My You are his daughter, not his wife. unbound heart. Talesman Able to Try Case Against captains are staunch. The thing is One day you shall kr.ow. if God Is Do you think to deceive me, Thean Indian Fairly. good to you! Impossible." resa, whom Henry the Lion loved? In a northern California town a At this Joan smile.' '.n her turn. She Have I been these many weeks with Theresa von Lynar, with her eyes supposed murder had been committed. on the waving lo.1age which alter- knew what she knew. "Enough! You are either mad or think I am! you two in the linns and not seen wife of sn Indian The You may think ; m know, returnnately revealed and eclipsed the ruddy I this? Prince Conrnd. kew it that as had the husband died, most can said, from much his on easier a account adventures for rethis, of the orchard the ed evincing your apples Theresa, her calm eyes on the night of the storm when globes bent her natural causes, and was buried withtrees, slowly shook her heard. girl's face, but what I mean by lov- over the couch on which you lay. daring nature and great nerve and de- semblance, for we are twin brothers. I deny It. I deny that there was out the usual formalities being first Granted he had fled to "I cannot tell you how I know, she ing Is another matter. The band you 'I love, you say boldly, and you think termination. to Grovedale evade I know. Is Here broke you did not make. I keep the great things of your lore. But she pursuit, disguised any reason for such a search, or that complied with. After a lapse of two said, "nevertheless dement- - my mother believed her child to be weeks the body was disinterred by She laid vow I made. With clear eye, undulled loved first as she will love most, and I1 10 VPe something which tells me. her hand upon her heart. "Those who brain, willing hand 1 made It because your boasted love will never overtake ed and as a common workman. It was alive. Your statements affect me very the authorities at the Instance of a are long alone beside the sea hear he willed It. I et iny son Maurice hers no, not though you lov her all not too much to believe of such a man little, nor will they any one else. Still, particular enemy of the accused and voices and see visions break It, if he can. If he will as you your life. Well, what do you pro- that he had become Infatuated with I must warn you that when you ac- marks of violence, as the lnformec Mrs. Hamilton and sought to claim cuse me of wearing a ring and pos- had said, were found upon the body. But It Is impossible,' urged Joan, have broken yours. Only let him pose to do? as his wife, basing his actions on sessing papers that belong to you, yon her The prosecuting attorney was ex"or. If It be true, why am I kept here? never more ca l Theresa von Lynar (To be continued.) her attitude toward her returned hus- are making a serious charge. Your amining the talesmen to ascertain if I will go and die with my people! mother! band and hla slight resemblance to other claims are too absurd to be any of them were prejudiced against "It Is my sons will. said Theres- aJoan rose to depart . Her intent HAS FOUND HER LIFE WORK. the latter. Then, too. the shot fired noticed. Of course, I am now speak- Indians. had not been shaken, though she was on Mr. Hamilton's premises might ing of Mrs. Hamilton. Talesman Taylor was upon the impressed by the noblo heart of the Syracuse (N. Y.) Woman a Successful well have been done by his own hand woman who had bwn her fathers If I were not convinced that you stand undergoing a rather stiff Electrical Contractor. to evidence his own assertion that the were my brother I should wife. But she also had vowed a vow, One little woniiu in Syracuse, say, 'Do not "Did an Indian do you or your famand that vow she would keep. The N. Y., wasted no time in search for design was to get rid of him and his dare to take that name between your which would suggest that " Sparhawk should yet be the Eagle of the aesthetic when slu wanted a life claims, ily any harm at any time?" asked the lips.' Hamilton did It himself. The two men were deadly pale now prosecutor. Kernsberg, and she, Joan, a home- business. Rose B. Richardson is her Dr. Feck was no lawyer, nor did he and their In housewife No." replied Taylor. nested keeping eyes glittered with excitequietname, spinster is her state. She is reckon himself particularly astute, ment. Mr. Carter seriously apprer fowl about the or- the only electrical contractor in petDid you or any of your family ever ness, a but as he aat there facts and deducchards of Isle Rugen. ticoats In the United States any- tions evolved themselves with start- hended trouble. But he need not have dealings or trouble with an Inhave feared. Each was too much en- dian? Madam, she said, "your word is where In the world. It may be. Her force and rapidity, mingling and In the effort to maintain calmyour word. But so is that of oan of list of customers is large, and she em- ling No, replied Taylor, "except that gaged commingling in the wildest confusion ness to have a It may be that out of ploys a goodly force of mother was killed by tn Indian. of Kernsberg. my thought harming the unseen there may leap a chance workmen. Miss Richardson enjoys until his brain seemed bursting. the othor. Llpplncotts. which shall bring all to pass, the her work, though it isnt one of the Strange how dormant ideas start into "I think there la no use In talking being and range themselves side by more about this matter, Mr. Tm in the busi- side things which we both desire with- pretty occupations. any Too Much for Capt. Winslow. to do battle for or against a startout breaking vows or loosing of the ness because I like It, she says. "I Some years since Seaman Jack A luminous path seem- Edes, said Hamilton. assertion. ling bands of obligation. For me, being was the first telephone operator in I will not Mackln of the old Kearsarge which Don't call me Edes. no more than a daughter, I will keep Syracuse, and always bad a liking for ed open to his vision, leading straight to the time when Vane Hamilton left deny your name la Hamilton, for I was lying off Charlestown after a long Duke Henrys will only In that which things relating to .electricity. My home In the first place, and he saw truly think It Is. I believe you are cruise, was brought before Capt. WinIs Just! brother-in-lawished me to go Into hours. the long line of events since Victor. I cannot doubt It. Then, In slow as an absentee of fifty-si"And I, raid Theresa von Lynar, the contracting business with him clearly then down to this strange declaration the name of brotherhood, of our The captain, in admonishing him, "will keep it. Just or unjust! and I consented. He died three years Just made to him. Back of it all was mother's memory, drop this masquersaid: Yet Joan smiled as she went out. ago, and since then I hare run It Mackln. dont you know you are a dark Villainy was ading, these monstrous claims. I will For she had been countered and alone. Several contractors have tried deep, sorrowmystery. could not be far distant, i overlook them all, everything, for her fool, sir? there, checkmated In sacrifice. She had met to get me to take them as partners, and for Yes, sir, replied the sailor, and every one concerned in the sake, and he held out his hand, but a nature greater than her own, and but I prefer to have It all to myself. matter there would be suspense mad- ihe other stepped coldly back and the world Is full of them, but being with the truly noble that is the pleas- Some persons hesitate about iploy-- ) dening and extreme. so long at sea I was taken with growsaid: ure of pleasures. ing a woman to do their work for arose In his heart toEnough! You are either mad, or ing pains on shore in good company, Indignation All the while Conrad sat very still, them, as they fear she could not make ward Kissed It humbly. the man before him. It became you think I am. I refuse to hear an- and if this had been any other ship "the will of the son of Henry the listening with full hear to that which her workmen attend to their duties, In an instant too deep for expression, other word. I am not your brother, Id a never come back again unless Lion. He Is like his father there- It did not concern him to Interrupt. hut I have no trouble that way. and he arose without speaking an- I know nothing about you. Now leave you were cgptaln of her, sir. But within his heart he said, "Woman, always personally Inspect all the fore women will do his will! Jack got a chance to be good until other word and left the house. me, and do not repeat these inquiries I have after the men have finThe words were not spoken bitterly, when she Is true woman, Is greater, I warn yon.1 shore leave came around again. worthier, fuller than any man ay, ished. In that way I keep np a high 1 will leave you, but not in but as a simple statement of fact CHAPTER XVIII. quty Mies Richardson Is still Joan looked at this woman and un- were it the Holy Father himself. Per standard. For Welsh Rabbits. possession of what does not belong draw near because Christ Is and they a her haps derstood for the first time that she young to you. Recollect that. I shall not regarded by "Marvelous! Marvelous! He was a receut recruit from IreSon the Mother! , the through Mary was the strongest spirit of all great-qualntances as one of the handsomest In a weeks time the man known as charge you with attempted nlurder, lands green turf and had secured hit But Theresa von lynar sat silent, women in Syracuse. er than her father, better than herPrimus Edes was up and about and for I hope and trnst you are not re- first position In a grocery store. self. And perhaps because of this, and watched the girl as she went One day a customer approached the proles sed himself well. He said little sponsible for the shot. It restored me Explained. about his wound but It was well to reason. But I shall regain my prop- new clerk and Inquired for some cram nobility and sacrifice stirred emulous-l- down the long path, the leafy branches spattering alternate light In her own breast. Agnes Gottrox Yonr friend is an known that he had said once he knew erty, my family, and my name," and bled store cheese for a Welsh rabbit, slender- figure. awfully good letter writer, isnt he? "Madam, she said, looking directly and shadow upon her nothing about It in anyway. It hav- without another word or look at After supplying the customer with Mabel Kurttch Oh. yet; he used to ing occurred before ho regained his either. Edes left the room. at Theresa von Lynar. It Is time that Then she turned sharply upon Conthe desired cheese Fat Inquired, "And. rad. go to one of these correspondence sense of Identity. He is as crazy as a loon, said Mr. sure. Is that pbwat yer feed them on? yon and I understood each other. And non. my lord Cardinal," she school. 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