Show JOAN GIF I 1 a S R CR 0 a 0 aee p lulu cidh 10 1900 bys by S R crokett cro Crock kett etl CHAPTER love a clear eye anil and now died led uie the princess mar afar clappi clapping n g h her er hands to together boether ether ina fin pu lIvely now tit lit imbt I 1 behall hear bear svery everything thing eliy hy you oil went awa awai and who rave gave you up and about the light fight lug ing slurp it lh conr our do not cot tell me thai dial yuu oil have never look ed in it since you tame come to courtland or that you can put up tip with ith that f squinting j qui a ting falsifier up tip there she 1 pointed to the oval framed venetian mirror which was as hung opposite her 1 I have never enen looked in either said the your conr Is ii hoarse somehow you are differ different crit ehe said taking the pin aiom hei bet lips and slipping it through tile he rebellious plaits with a vindictive motion I 1 have caught a cold riding into tile the elty city the bp arbak hastily bastil bl under her eyes but for the time being ills his dis disguise guiRe mas iafe babe already alread margaret Mi rgaret of court land m was aa thinking of something else tell me bhe began going to the window and baying pensively out upon tile tho gren ren white nicked pour of the alla alia sir swirling ling under the beams of tile the summer palace how many of a suite have follow followed Aed pd you hither 9 only alt AIL my second cartain captain bald the and your chief captain von or spin von ormin has gone back to the baltic dige to raise laise on my behalf the folk of tile the mat matches eliest answered the warily marily then there was the princess hesitated and hel hei onn voice grew a trifle lower the oung man who ame aine hither as Des dessauer gauer a secretary what hat of him the count ion all im lou a if I 1 mistake not that was his name I 1 ile he is in the where bere he most wishes to be with the woman he be oves the light died out of the bright face A t the princess margaret at the an amer even as aa a fonow cloud wipes the anshine un shine oft off a landscape the woman he loves she s tam stain as if blie bhe coull coul I 1 not have heard ay said tile the false bride bilde loosen ing her cloak and casting cabling it behind her I 1 swear sear it lie ile la is with the woman he loves but in his heart the was mas saying stead mater master maurice ion oil alnar or all will be out in five mill utes the princess laid tier her hand band upon the sleeve of the velvet gown A flush of anger crimsoned crim her fair face ali ah she blie cried I 1 see sea it all now madam the you loe the count and you think to blind me this is the reason of your riding off with him on your our wedding day it w m as for his sake that sou left my brother prince louis at the church door ll 11 llop k p draws to like illie they say and your 3 our eyes I 1 are as like as peas to of the count von non imen and this indeed wild the spar ha hawk k in no wise deny the princess went her angry way there have been many lies iles told she cried raising the pitch of liar her voice but I 1 am not blind I 1 can see through them I 1 am a woman and can gauge a woman s pretext you your self are in love with alth the count von loen and yet aou ou tell me that he Is with the woman noman he loves there came a knocking at the door who Is therea demanded imperl I 1 bously the princess Maiga iet I 1 the pi trice of AIu Alu to present his duty to the princess courtland Courtlan tit eater sold said the flip princess haughtily the opened the door buor and stood on oil the threshold bowing low a to the ladies el quelled margaret Mar paret of court C 6 I 1 t your voice Is i hoarse somehow you are different 11 land without It hout further ac knowledg ment ot at his salutation than the slight est and nod my service to both noble ariu ceases the answer came alth with sauve deference the liine e loula louis nent ent me to beg of his noble spouse the princess joan that she would deign to receive him tell loula louis that the princess will receive him at her own time anil and you prince ivan vou ovi have buie our leoe leave to go eo lie he on oil bied deferentially and margadet Marga iet and the spar baak liaw kere aa ere ical lc fLonce once mot gioie e alone ta h e 1 thus bus belsk I 1 oat te p AD Wil lince wasp thinned ou down the cort cori then ft Mar margaret giret curnc I 1 raw in ill oa cornuand i sf 1 t sh bif ton ion find and still keeping her hand she bhe pulled maurice over to the window T there li er e 1 in n t the li a f fuller uli e r 1 light i g b t she b e scanned r i a e d vi the t h e S p a rh a w li a features f e at u r e s with t it li a hind I 1 t 1 n d ling eye and puling poling lips god in heaven sho palpitated holding him at a greater did distance tance ion oil are not the lidy joan you are you are the roan man who loves you oil sail said the Sparl iak who bo was ers cn pale the count vou von uen len ohl oh why did ou oa risk ilsk it sh gasped they will kill ou tear belv to pieces v without remorse when ihen they find out aind nd it la Is a thing that cannot be kept a secret why did ou do it IP for your our sake beloved said the coming nearer to her to look once more on our face to behold once it if no mon the lips that kissed hissed me in the dark by the river brink but but iou may forfeit your life I 1 and a thousand lives live cried the nervously pulling at his Non comans womans lans drass as if ahamed that he be must wear it at such a time life without you Is naught to maurice von Lr alnar jart fhe Princ ebs held out her hands im pul and then retracted red acted them sud denly now we must not waste time she ehe sald said 1 I must save you they would euid slay elay vou on the least suspicion but I 1 will match them U would to god that conrad were here to him I 1 could speak I 1 could trust him lie he would help belp us let me see let me tee see she lent bent her head and walked slow ly to the window like every court lander she thought best when she ca could uld watch the beirl of the green alla alia against its banks the white foam fleck which abich margaret was fol lowing with mith her ebes had not vanish ed from her sight when the door of the summer palace v was as rudely thrown open and an meer er announced in a loud strident tone the prince louls louis to visit his princess Princes sf prince louis entered flushed and excited ills his eyes had lost their fur live meanness and blazed with a kind 0 of f reckless fury quite foreign to the man for anger affected him as wine might another man lie ile spoke birst to the princess mar garet and so eo my fair sister he be said iou concoct conspiracy with my own onn married wife make mahe reads madam for to o mairow you shall find bour 3 our mas ter I 1 will marry you to the prince ivan of Iu he will vill carry you a to moscow ft here ladles of your breed are taught to obey you shall be wed ed and that immediately and leave me alone with my wife ma M brother auls louts T cried the prin ess cess margarct running up tip to him and taking hn his arm coa kingly do not be so hasty i with ith ta two a poor women belth er of us its deslie ought aught but to do your our will mill dut but give us time louis louis I 1 thought you ou were ak wise ise and yet I 1 see bee that you have not the alphabet of love here Is sour lady have you ever said a loving word to her bent the knee kissed her hand which aich being 1 resisted in Is the true way ay to kiss the mouth C if lie he does elther either growled the my sword will kiss his nil midriff driff I 1 prince louis smiled ile he was vas not used to women a flatteries flat teries and in his present state of exaltation the c ci jol orles erles of the princess suited his mood I 1 know more of women than 3 ion oil think sister he made answer I 1 have had bad exper experiences lences in my bouth that Is I 1 am no puppet by saint markl mark once on a day I 1 had bad strutted with the boldest and today to day well sell now that I 1 hive humah d this athla i phoud madam and brought her ber to my own on cita alt I 1 will show sou nou that I 1 am no boor I 1 can sue a lady a baior as courteously as a any aan re an slid and margaret if aou will prom I 1 he mo me to be a good girl and get lou leady to be darrid tomorrow I 1 promise that louis of courtland Courtia nd will solicit his nil hd 8 favor with all grace ani ant 1 observance gladly will ill I 1 be married tomor to mor row said the princess cares caressing bing her brothers sleeve that hat Is if I 1 cannot be married today she added under hr her breath out but bhe paused a few moments as it if embarrassed then bhe went on brother louis I 1 have spoken with ray sister here bour our wife the lady joan she hath a scruple concerning matrimony she li would have it resolved before she had speech with ith you again permit our good father cle to advise with ler father clement our conrad is tutor lutor why by he more than another well do you not understands 0 lie ile ly Is old pleaded margaret and there are things one can say but to an old man you understand brother loula louis the prince nodded well pleased this was as pleasant ills ilia mentor prince wasp did not usually flatter him rather ho be made him chafe on a tight i on As soon as he can be sent for the prince answered he will come dt dl erectly here to the summer palace and till then hen you two fair air maids can abide together princess ani ra wife ife I 1 klas kiss bour 3 our noble hand margaret our cheek till tomorrow till to mor rawl cowf ile he went ent out with an attempt at atry airy grace ly pruned grafted on his hie usual saturnina man larr el els 9 then auh h tier her lovers A i 7 t flower finger margaret took look hold 1 of I h bei dress at elther sida dain daintily aai cief 1 cled about the in a light tripping dance all ah louta louis we will ie be good and tillable tomorrow to morrow tomorrow to morrow you will see me a loving and obedient obedie ut wife tomorrow to morrow I 1 will wil I 1 wed prince was wasp p meant meantime I 1 me today to day you and 4 I 1 maurice will consult father clement mine ancient angieri t eo confessor n f casor w who blo will do da anything n at b 1 I 1 a ask eik him h f m today to T c day da y we w vy wilt t 11 bauce n 0 e ngu put t your arm about my waist firmly sot so there we will dance at a wedding today to day aou ou and I 1 for in that brave velvet robe aou ou shall be b married mar marguieri Marga ietI iet cried cred the and with one bound he be had bad her against hla his breast oh she ehe cried with a shrug of her pretty shoulders as she submitted to hla his embrace I 1 don t love you halt half as much in that dress why it Is like histing another girl at the he convent ugh the tats oats she was vias not permitted to say any more the alla alia was waft heard very clearly in the summer palace as it swept the swift moments with alth it away towards the sea which la Is oblivion then after a time and a time and halt half a time the margaret slowly emerged no she said retrospect retrospectively vely it tr Is not like ilke the convent after all not mot a bit affection Is ever beekly especially between great ladles ladies also unusual 6 aa 40 I 1 for tomorrow you shall find your master said a bass basa voice speaking grave and kindly behind them father dear rather father clement cried margaret Mai garet running to the noble old man who vilio stood b the door and kneeling down dovin for his blessing ile he gave it simply and benignantly and then laid his hand band a moment on the rippling bambes of her fair hair rhen he be turned his ees ebes upon the spar hawk then the confusion of his beautiful penitent the flush which mounted to her neck even as she kneeled added to a certain level defiance in the glance of her taller companion told him almost at a glance that which had bad been so carefully concealed ills his glance traveled back and forth from the to margaret and from margaret to the Spar baAk ahl ah he be said at last for all comment the princess rose to her feet and approached the priest my father she said swiftly this Is not the lady joan my brother a wife but a youth marvelously like her who aho had offered himself in her place that she might escape 11 nay said the it was t see you ou once again lady margaret f I 1 came to courtlandt Court landl iou oil must not interrupt she went on putting him aside with her hand band lie he is the count von toen loen B R lord of Kerns kernebert Ker berg and I 1 love him we want mant ou to marry us now dear dar I 1 lather anther now without a moments de lay for it if sou aou do not they will kill mm him and I 1 shill hale hae to marry prince wasp to be continued |