Show iam GIF LV BY B 5 P CR 0 car a it UM 18 lyoo 1900 liy S it CHAPTER prince wasp stings margarot Mar girot did not answer her tor tar a taunt ifer arms mete about manila mamie a 8 neck and tier her li liph salt aalt with tears sought his in a last kiss the acer of the phlip palmo o 8 9 guard touched her on the shoulder she shook him off eft atul then having corn com plated her farewells bhe loosened ler her hands and went ment slowly backward towards the further end of the hall with mith her ea ejea as still upon the man she loved ao 0 o cried pianca louis in the uneven voice of a coward lashing himself into a fury you havo have played out bour our la er y upon a reigning prince of courtland you cheated me at castle Ke insberg ingberg lou ou have made me a stock block throughout tile the empire you have shamed a maiden of mi house my ats als ter the daughter of my father V hat have you to say eay ere I 1 older sou to bo be flung out atom the battlements ot of the western tomera gentlemen aal tin princes maurice von I 1 answered that chich I 1 have hane done I 1 have done for tho the sake ot of my mistress latress in the I 1 ady joan arid and I 1 am all not afraid prince loats bouts it ft was as hex bet will and intent never to come to courtland Courtia nd as aa sour lour wife she m would not have been tal en aili ache e it ft as therefore the duty of her secants sen ants to preserve pre serNe hei bet till lift and I 1 offered myself la in her stead ad M life was hers at al ready for she had bad preserved pic pie served it she had given it mas v aa hrs h rs to take with the chief captains of I 1 plotted that thai she should tie be seized end canad to a place of refuge wherein no foe could evel flad dad her she abides with chosen men to suard guard her I 1 took her place and was mar delivered up that Kerns berg might be cleared of its enemies gladly I 1 camo came that I 1 might pay EL a little ot of my debt to my lady and laage mistress joan duchess of Kerns berg and iivohen stein nobly perorate dl 1 cried prince ivan clapping ills hands so BO porously sly endal dut but listen sir mum mer tn in all this there Is no ord aard ot of the princess margaret ilow bow cornea comes it that ou oil loudly proclaim ila having ing given ghen our tel a noble sacrifice for one fair lady when allen at the same time you IOU aie bratly married to another are ou on a deliverer of ladies by wholesale spat to this point let lct us have an all other noble period its subject ray my am alced bilile aheady ahead me e lime have heard ot of your high devotion to prince I 1 oula I 1 alfo I 1 fo 1 ell wt next but it was aa tho the princess mho ho spoke from aho stood behind the crossed sm swords of her guat gneids do that I 1 m ill ana anami c 1 t am a m woman and veal meah in our hands princes loth both you foil have set the giamp of tude men at anna upon the of a princess of courtland coin Coutt hand land dut but ou can never corn pel her soul biellier bi oiher oLlIer lavils ray my father committed me to i 3 ou on as a little child have I 1 not been a loving and faithful sister to iou and till this muscovite came between were more ou not good to me have hava you changed why has he made you cruel to dour our i little margaret prince ouia louls 7 plater moving ills his hands uncertainly and even ian moved quickly to his side and whispered something chich te kindled the light of anger in the wea weakling klings s ebes you ate aie no sister of mine I 1 lie he eat said IOU i on irive hive disgraced lour family and lour self hether IN li ether it be true or not that you ate aie married to this roan mail matters little I 1 it Is 1 hue I ue I 1 do not lie lifa said mar garet recovering herself it Is the wai bome tie then an I 1 lie he shall V r I 1 F 1 1 I 1 y you ou are no sitter sister 0 of mine ine puffer uffer for it at least I 1 can hide 1 I cannot prevent till lour our shame harne fc I 1 I will never give him vp up nothing on oil earah shall part our loe prince sailed turning to tu whore she stood at att f nl nd of the hall sweet prill he said la Is I 1 loutrary Lont dry to your holy roman faith but in rny my land we have a feadler vay than any papal bull be good enough to ob bere ahlm ile held a dagger in hla his hand I 1 IN a of 0 steel but A kapan pan ling antl ft narion as one ona of your pur dainty daan trims et ct 4 N will ITT divorce the be lair lq ill the horld orld abut bait neither dagger nor the hate of enemies cart t ani an sm breit ayou ulay alay slay elay roy my ahu atit bells winene still bwl i eft y kd k oula 7 A T IL the prince shrugged ht his sho shoulder aldei dei and op in ili 1 I 1 his hi palms ma lam allm lie be said I 1 shall b h itis ills fled bed bilth i valuing bour bodin in holy nu ot iii wo ar arc plain mn men IN have a saving to no on ont halh bath ear sn s tn a soul let tin OIL body cont nl tit you wh whit a this gentleman lb what I 1 shall make mahe lim him he h la 13 welcome to any corn com of spirits to which lie he can at a tain with mith sou I 1 promise lou aou that ii far as he be is concerned IOU ou beall find me neither exigent lover nor jealous husband husban df and the prince of laughed loud and long but prince louis did not laugh ills ilia eyes glared upon the prisoner like those of a mild boast beast caught in a corner when it to flee but cannot lie shall die di ethis this day shall be his last I 1 swear smear it ho he cried ile he lath hath mocked me and I 1 will id slay him edth my iny hand IT lie drew abo dagger from ids his belt bell but in the center of the hall tb stood so blell and quiet that prince louis hesitated ivan laid a soft hand upon his wrist and as gently diew the dogger dagger out of his grasp nay my prince he be will mill give him a worthier pr passing assing than that so no ble a knight en ant must file cite nn n tolli ioni roon mon death what say you to the ukraine cross the clogs of steeds I 1 have her bell four horses all wild mild from tile the steppes this squire of dames I 1 a in es this thia woman moman mummer hath bath as now no w WP we know four several limbs Ds a sti arige coincidence I 1 lime hae a wild horse for each of these let limbs and steeds be serially attached my cossacks Cossac Cossa clia ls know how bow upon each flank let the lash asli be laid and well mell the princess Al margaret argaret Is welcome el conio to her liege lord a soul I 1 warrant she will not desire hla his body any more at tills this margaret tottered tattered her knees giving way ay beneath her so that her guards stood nearer to cotch catch her it if she should fall louis ruy my brothel she cried do not listen to the monster kill hill my iny husband if ou on will because beci luse 1 I love him but do not torture him by the last voids of our mother by the memory 0 of f our father by your falth alth in the most alost pitiful son of god 1 I charge ou do not this deill ry prince ivan did not give gine louis ot of courtland time lime to reply to his sister bister B s appeal the most noble liable princess mistakes he murmured suaN suavely lely death ly the class ol of steeds Is no torture it II la Is the easiest of death I 1 haye have wit mit it otten in my country it Is for the greatest and most dis no conanon felon dies by tile the clops or of steeds but men whose pride it la Is to dlo die greatly we will show vou von to morrow on the plain acl across oss tile the rh aher er that I 1 speak the truth it Is fit a noble sight and all courtland shall ho be there hat say aou ou louis shall flits seat scat himself in bour cely chair oi shill we try the choss ci oss of the ukraine I 1 have it your own way may prince ian it an said loula louis and vent ment out with out another word the muscovite stood a moment looking from maurice to Al margaret argaret and back bach again lie waa mas smiling his inscrutable oriental smile let the princess pass he cited the guards dropped their swords to their sides instantly the Princ princess esq margaret ran form fonaia at a with ell enger ger appeal on her face she dipped on her knees before the prince at 0 and clasped her hands in ili supplication prince tian han she said 1 I pray you for the loie of god cod to spare him to let him go I 1 promise never to see him more I 1 wll will go to a nunnery I 1 will look no more upon the face of adli that aloe all things I 1 cannot a al low said tho so fair a face roust must see many suns soon boon I 1 trust in moscow ind by my side margaret said bald the it la Is useless to plead do not abase abage our wit self in the arf presence sence of our enemy loll 1011 aa cannot touch a mans man a heart when his bjaast cheis a a stolle bid me good b bi and be brave the time will not mot be long I 1 II 11 e a child after its bedside prayer she lifted ill up her face to ie be kissed hissed goodnight good maurice she faa said id simply bait alt for me I 1 shall not be long off after r I 1 she laid her brow a moment on his hi bateast then she ehe lifted her head bead and walked slowly and proudly out of at the hall the guard fell in behind her and main ice um on lanar mas aa left alone vath th the prince pi luce ot of As the door upon cess a sudan devilish gi ireae of fury dinoi led the of the ivan he ha had been studiously ana an even caressingly COUT teona but now jae he strode swiftly up to his hig captive and smote him across the mouth with tile the back of his gaunt feted hand band that h ho said furiously that toi foi the be lips lipa which have hissed hers bers to morro morrow A I 1 m will III pay the rest of cf ray my debt ties 11 es I 1 will mill pay it rith ith usury mury thereto I 1 A thin thread 0 of scarlet showed upon alie tit e v lite of maurice von on lynar s chin chim and trickled alov y downwards dut ho be littered litte no word only he be looked bt alg eneany very straightly in the eyes and those ol of the muscovite dropped before that manful regard CHAPTER f the ukraine cross upon the grae gr ae plaint plain belldo the alla alia a great 1 was assembled f wa 9 r I 1 mn Y 14 ht they had come together to witness sight ight never seen in courtland b re the dread ot 01 the ukraine cross it was to IP be doall doix they said ali upon tile the tody body of the lian ban lome iome auth with whom the he princess margaret was wai in love even whispered married to him at ten a cicat green square ot of river side grass w I 1 is h hid held id by the archers of courtland the people extended as aa far back as aa jbf shrine ot of the he virgin where at th cit eutra uc tra trailers elers more me M e vont mont to give thanks roi foi a favor ihle ible journey at elt eli von ven the lances of pi ince nee ivan a cossacks Cob Backa mere ere seen topping the alt viall all on h high bank if f the alla alia tho the people were craning their necks and looking over each other s r shoulders the lane bi b which the gate communicated with mith the bland set apart for the gi eater spectators the princes louis anil and ivan foot fool and knave servant and master took their aa way ay and they haul scarce passel passe 2 4 iti J 1 I 1 J I 1 the ukraine cross when hen the people mutinous and silent surged back behind the archers guardi guard ll 11 back tilde stand back way to for their excellencies wayt way stand back your yourself seli es came the th growling answer we be free men oll OB courtland you N will III find us no muscovite serfs and that or the day bo be done kali kail wendelin wendelen ln thin shame J thou that art my sisters sister 8 son to be b aiding and abetting such heathen beathe nJ cruelty to a aln italian man all that 5 lou on may inay eat a great min a meat and wear a jr jerkin rhin with gold thus angrilli ran the taunt and jeer till ill the courtland glaid mostly oung fellows mith a ath relatives and among the crow crom it grow grew well nigh tran frau tic with rage and shame see 3 onder jonder I 1 what are they doing peter Alt maar ahat hat are they doing tell us lob long mant toan of at what use la Is lour graat arc at fathom of pump water 1 I 1 T can you do nothing for your but l leach down domn blade black puddings aiom abo ho rafters rafter sf at this all eyes turned to peter a lanky overgrown lad with a keen eye a weak eak mouth and the gift of m words they are bringing up four horses from the muscovite camp the folk are getting as far off as they can from their heels began peter Alt maar looking unace his hand over the people a heads halt half a score of men are at each brutes brute a head bead now how they plunge they never a moment ali ah they are tethering them to the four great boits of stone la n the middle of the green square between there la Is a table no a wooden square stand like a pil pi tests ests platform in lent when hen he tells us our sins outside the chui ell ch the princes are sitting their horses watching dim that was well done wo came near to seeing the color of the muscovite brains braina that time one on ot of the wild horses his hoots on 0 either side of prince ivans bead god send him a better aim next time tell on peter aye go on good peter to be continued |