| Show boffi rn DIP gg y 5 P epo qa 01 we copyright copi right 1898 1900 by 1 it 11 crockett crocked CHAPTER continued one ona other revenge I 1 have which aich I 1 shall keep to the last it shall be as sweet to me as yours to you I 1 shall draw it t out that I 1 may drain all its sweetness it la Is the upstart whom the princess margadet dargai mar gamet ct had bad the ilia bad taste to to me not that til at I 1 cared a jot tor for the princess my lily taste Is far other here he looked irp tenderly but the prin coss cess I 1 must wed as mald maid or widow I 1 care not I 1 take her ber provinces not lier herself self and nd uiese these must be mine by of ottlee met and succession as well as an by right ot of 0 conquest quest the way la Is clear that piece ot of carrion which men culled called by a princes name was vias carried out a while ago conrad the priest who bo Is a man shall die like a iman and 1 I ivan and holy russia dball hall enter in by the right ot of mar blar garet sole heir of courtland city and province shall be mine Kerns bers beag ishall be mine shall be mine then mayhap I 1 will try a tall for plassenburg Plass enburg and the mark with etli the executioners Execution ers son and his little housewife but sweeter than ill all lull the e my revenge upon the man I 1 hate bate upon him who took his bis betrothed wife from froin ivan of ali ah I 1 bald theresa von lynar it will indeed be sweet and what shall be your worth and ten teril ihle ble revenge I 1 have thought or of it long I 1 have turned it over this and that I 1 have thought of the smearing with honey bonef and the anthill or trepanning and worms on the brain but I 1 have thought at last ot of something that will make tho the ears of the tha tingle lie ile leaned forward and whispered into the par car of theresa yon L nar lie terrible death prepared tor for her ber only son eon she nodded calmly as she Ps toned but a wonderful joy jay lit up the womans comans face 1 I am glad I 1 came hither she ehe mur inured I 1 it Is worth it all prince lian han too took her hand band in alboth of his bis and pressed it fondly and sou on shall be gladder yet he be said my lady theresa I 1 have some thing to sal I 1 had not thought that there lived in tho the world any woman so like minded yen even as I 1 knew not that there ched any woman so beau together sou and I 1 might rule the world it be h together but prince h an she interposed quickly but still smiling what is iq this I 1 thought 3 ou oil were set on wed A ed ding the princess PrInce gs margaret you were to male make her first widow and then wife theresa tie lie sall said looking amor boualy up at her 1 I wed for a kingdom but I 1 marry the woman who Is my mate it li iq our I 1 must glye give the left hind bind it la Is true but w with ith it the heart my Ther theresaa Theresa esav 1 ile he was on his knees before her now still clasping her hand band you conbene con benl le said with tit til already in his tone 1 I did not ay nay she ansa answered ered with a sigh ile he kissed her hand and rose to his feet lie he would have her in his arms but a noise in the pavilion dis him ile he went ent quickly to the curtain and peeped through it Is nothing he said only the anten tome come to fetch the powder tor for the margraf a cannon but the night speeds apace in an hour N we a assault with an eager look on his face he came nearer to her theresa he be said a wooing mooing must needs be brisk and speedy yours youra and min eyet swifter our revenge beckons us do ou oil abide hole heie till I 1 return with wilh those goods friends whose names wo me have mentioned but now ere I 1 go forth pledge me ayour your love this la Is our betroth bcd othil it X the password princido Prin cedo not forget the password say 11 1 I love ivan aliat I 1 may keep it in my heart till my return lie he would lime have taken tier in his erms arms but theresa turned quickly finger on lip she looked Ani lonal y to towards ards the back of the tent where lay the dead prince hush I 1 bear something I 1 she said bald 1 than she smiled upon hima him A sudden radiance like sunshine onn shine thi foUt a iraln biln clouds clouda come with me I 1 am afraid ef c the dark she said almo almot t like ilka a child for great Is the guile of 0 a woman oman when her all la Is at stake theresa ion on lanar opened the latch of a 0 horn lanter which dangled at a pole and took the candle in her left sh gave her right hand band with a certain gesture of surrender to prince I 1 tvan tax j comel she sold said and led him with in the inner pavilion A dim light sifted bitted through the tha open kopea flap b which tile he men had gonn gomi out with mith their load of powder day was aas breaking and a broad crim crimson aoa bar lay across the path of tho the et 11 milsen run theresa and prince ivan mood beside tho the dead lie he had been dovin on tile the pile of rolph boxe boes 4 which contained the pow dor manufactured by tho the mar grats drafs al chemists at coldIng to tile the famous recipe of adua Sch schwartz the th lid of the largest chest stood open as it the roen were returning for yet another burden bukk I 1 she said here in the tres pres ence af the dead I 1 win will whisper it hei heie chere biere and not flat elsewhere 11 she brought mm bim conrid ro ith the gentle of 0 hand till he in a little angle where the red light of the daan phone on his dark handsome face then she ehe aptt an arm barong as a restless rest leTs about him pt atoning him where he be stood yet he be gra gracious clous smile on the ha woman a lips held him bilm end ii nd content she bent her bead Ll listen sten 1 she ald this hae baie I 1 never done tor for an man maii no not so much as this and tor for you aou will I 1 do much more prince ivan iran you speak true death alone nast part ou oil and rn me e you ask me tor for a lovo love pledge I 1 will give it ivan ot or you have hate plotted death and torture the death of the innocent listen I 1 am the wife of iltner alino ot of Kerns berg the mother of the 1 lid id emilce von lynnr lynar whom a would slay blay by devices prince truly you and I 1 shall die together und and the ilie time la Is now vehemently for liis life struggled prince ivan bunting like a serpent and crying help tiola treachery 1 witch let me go at 01 I 1 will stab ou where lou on stand then thesesa von inar laug laughon hell aloud an aa she held him in her grasp the password prince do not for get the password pass woid you will need it tonight 1 I The theresa reba haie baie not forgot ten rt ft Is cleur the llie lion I 1 I 1 kemem berl and theresa dropped the naked candle she had been holding aloft into the great chest vt of dull black grains which stood open atelier side 0 after that hat it mattered math red little that at the same moment beyond the alla alia the trumpets ts of lingo hugo prince of plass glassn H burg blew their hist blast CHAPTER the head of the church visible so said pop sixtus arale amicably ably your brother was vias killed filed by the great explosion of friar roger a s powder in the camp of the he enemy then you are the heir beir to the ling langdom dom 3 ou on must marry you must matry mairy conrad flushed fiery red holy father lie said eald genously his ees on tho the alban hills lt it was as concerning tills this that I 1 made age to rome that I 1 might consult our rhe ille pontiff nodded amicably ell I 1 will alit receive back your hat I 1 bill annul sour orders but whom 9 hom do you yon vilah to many what bour OUT blathers bi other s widow it adil ft be difficult title mar marriage ringe difficult but not dot im am possible the pontiff paused ito give conrad time to speak I 1 will pay into the treasury othe of the I holy rather on the flay day of my mar alige a hundred thousand ducats dubats sold said coniado corn ad the pontiff about and beck boned to F a tall oung man in a black son tane giulano Giu lUno llano roine hit hither lier he be etlea and as lie he came lie he explained in his low tone my fiel nephew iliew yes tes my dear deaf nephew prince conrad of court 1 rod you are to go and prepare documents concerning this noble prince I 1 will instruct you as to their heir nature mature presently present ent await me in the hither library when he be was mat gone tile he pope sat a absei bed in thought 11 I 1 will send bend him to courtland with you ile he will viii marry you and abrl bring back the he bere benefaction faction your hand my son I 1 am an old man and need blip lp may alay iou on be happy I 1 0 0 epilogue of explication tion IL it was mas the morning ot of a walta day the princely banner flew from evemy tower in castle forthal for that day it was to lose a flu chess and gain a duke it mai joans second wedding day the day of her first marriage never had the little hill town seen so BO brave a gat gathering heiing since the north era em princes laid henry glenry the lion in his big grave in the gloat vault where he slept there was mas a new tomb a plain marble slab with the inscription FV or 01 DUKI nuan OP OF AND JIO IT and underneath and in latin the wol woi ds da TIIE THE tr TEMPEST PEACE for strangely enough by the wonder of providence or some fi bieak eak of the ex floding powder they found theresa fallen abete avle strod blackened but scarce marr marred d la face or figure so tiova doca thet burnt burat out hell they had bad brought her hero here aba that at the last she might rest near the man whom her I 1 soul boul had loved but on this morning of gladness only joan thought of the he dead woman to today day I 1 will do the thing she tho the duchess thought as she elie looked from the window towards her bar fathers fabber a tomb she would take noth ing for herself 3 let et st sull 01 her son eon sit elt in A my place and rule whore hla his ather filled I 1 am gladd 6 0 hot 1 1 tl ft ino bk neb in hor tb hamner amber the tha P arlar r lar ebs eba bl argaret wa making her life a bhrim to him or ff erst quarreling mth him and the drat moment brAil ng her arms abou this neck in a ot of remorse for that Is the wont ot of dainty princess ft ho bo are eitek and know not vat alleth them lutlo little one heinold I 1 want ou to IB IA good this Is a great and a glad tay day today my sister finds the b gnp ir kinei that yon and I 1 have found I 1 am to att it lit in my fathers wat veat and have haie my own name among men you must help me you one onet for twice fee let me ine be bb bour OOT I 1 ibave often it done one ray own tiring when in old days I 1 dared death in garments for your sweet sake bale darest Dt ireat 10 lo do not hurt my part art any inott but help roe me ills ilia w alre ire smiled emeled sad suddenly denly ar ts her teara and cast her aws ite i te neck oh oa ir am bad bad bad rise ghe cried it viere rn no vonder tr it you did not love tile me but so do leep loving me I 1 should die else I 1 will 16 letter better I 1 N will ill I 1 will I 1 I 1 do not know why I 1 should tie lie so bad sometimes I 1 cannot help at but TICE kissed her ber and smiled as iffie linew knew we B m ill live like plain and honest A little one I 1 want you to be good 11 country folk aou ou and I 1 he said I 1 let anna and martha follow their war captains now smile on me little onel ali ah better in margarets april e ees ea the sun bun shone out again and she clung lov antly to her husband a moment before she would let him go not in a vast and solemn cathedral cathedra 11 was joan marbled man led but in the old church of 0 Ke heinsberg Keins insberg berf had bad to BO often raised the protest ot of the church a against the exactions of her ancestors the bridal escort was ot of her ofte tried soldiery now to be hers no more aal an all of them were a littlee sad d for that hugo dlugo and icelene of had bad come hugo because lie he was as the representative of the em ceroi and idelene because she was as a sweet and loving worn an who delight ed to rejoice in another a joy when at last they came down the aisle and the sweet eced choristers cho sang and the white robed maidens scattered floa flo flowers A ers for their teet feet to Y walk alk upon the bride found opportunity to w vh isper to her husband I 1 shall never be joan of the sword I land iland any more ile he smiled back at her as they camo came out upon the tears and laughter and acclaim of the many colored throng that filled fillod the little square fear not beloi be ed he be said and his eyes were ere ver glad and pious be joan to me and I 1 will be your word sword hand 0 the end |
