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I Homo Sum um Joshua Etc Etc fri Irum servant from toni Imprisonment labor In Inthe inthe the mines or death So stands the case Am I mistaken woman or ordo do you ou persist In iii your our assertion The Tho nurse who had hall hoped to find In lim Orion her mistress mistress' advocate had followed his discourse with waxing horror From Prom his oyes flashed sometimes sometimes some some- times moc mockery err then a again aln violent re resentment ie- ie s but althou although h her eyes oyes had filled with tears at this unexpected assault sue she maintained her presence or of mind and assured him hini that now as ever er she sime hall hail done honor to truth The setting sot set ting Ung of her lien mistress mistress' emerald III I prove pro that Hereupon Orion shrugged his lila shoulders should should- I ers ore ordered the nurse to summon her I mistress whose app nce ar in person hall had now become Indispensable an ami called out to time the treasurer treasurer- r Go meet her hel A 15 servant ant 1 imi un i bring the Ihl trunk here her in order that lint It Itma ma may be bo opont opened d b by Its owner before QUI oui eyes ees and eve ere anyone anone else has to Its Us contents I would not sull suit for tor thiN thib errand for tor nobody In this I house house hardly Indeed one of ot your selves selves has has found an any favor in t tI ic eyes ces of the time fair tall te To me me a alas alas' la lashe she Is eSI especially inimical an and so I must commit to others and regulations that thal might lend lead to misunderstandings Conduct her hither Nilus of ot course with mithi all nil the respect due to a high-born high damsel amsel sel As soon sooim as the envoy oy had hat withdrawn Orion began to pace the court room with ha hasty ty disordered erel steps Only once did dill he stand still the Judges and exclaim But if It the time setting Is found how shall wo YO explain the pr presence sence of ot the two Jewels each unique of at Its J kind ItIs It ItIs Itis Is enough to lo make mako ono one lose 05 patience A tender hearted m maiden to venture t. t to mislead a grave glave court of or Justice to I benefit benefit- herewith he stamped his hh foot loot Indignantly an and continued his silent I wa walk I klie k lIe He Is but a novice as yet thought the tue JUd Judges who noticed ed his great s-reat Uneasiness un uneasiness uneasiness un- un easiness else eise how could he l let t such sucha a foolish attempt to whitewash a criminal crim crini- inal dl disturb him him so NO and lose loso his tern tem per about a n. thing of the sort sort Ilna Finally Paulas Paula's appearance put an 1 end to Orion's promenade He lie received cJ her laer with a formal bow ant and Invited her herto herto herto to have hae a sent seat Then he lie requested Nilus to explain to her w b hat t had been done so far in the case cas and what line han Induced lien her In the time opinion of himself stolen stoe-n emerald I Ifor and others to claim the for her imer own He lie would as much a.- a. possible commit her imer examination in to n others for she know best on what whal terms the they stood Before his hits entrance Into time the hall ball of ot Justice she had had her explanation of at the time th theft rt communicated communicated to the time treasurer through but for his lila part part and and here he lie raised raiseh his voice voice lie he would have thought It more becoming and cousinly cousin cousin- ly h if she chic had confided to him Orion her intentions In bt behalf of or her imer freedman freedman freed freed- man for then thon It would have been heen possible possible pos pos- sible to warn her But Dut to act thus and Ignore him he lie could but consider as a new proof roof of her dislike and she must blame herself for time the conse conse- Now tho time law must take Its course with Inexorable severity The angry n flashing of his eyes ces b be be- to her imet what she had hall to expect from tram him and that war was declared between them She told lold herself thai that he ht was of or opinion that she sue ha had l broken the time promise so 0 recently given ghon him However she Rhe had imad b by no imo meant means con I Perpetua to meddle with this Ibis affair no she had rather desired her herto herto herto to leave the producing of proof to h herself In case of at extremity Orion must believe beHove that sh she had wronged him but could he lie on that account so far forget himself c as ne I to verify hl hist thre j nt man In order to free tree J lt m lol ant brand her as al a false talIe witness f His rimming flaming eye ee his d disordered inich his heaving chest declared this plainly plain plain- I ly enough Then let th time the battle be begin ln At this minute she he would rather have died diet than have ha att attempted to conciliate him him b by an apology Like him her whole being was wa In ferment and arid by and byshe by byshe byshe she would have liked to throw herself herselt at his feet feel and anti Implore him to lo be at ll peace pence with her to abstain from further deeds of recklessness But she maintained maintained main main- tamed her lofty lorty dignity and amid tho the look with which she m mt rod t Orion's Orlon's was no less passionate and menacing than his Like Like- two young a who with fluffed fe feathers st stand nd opposite one another ready read for the fray with elevated et ed wings s and outstretched necks she assured of oCr of victory through h the tins con comm of or her righteous cause but much more fearful te for him than her self l he lie almost blind to his own danger danger dan dan- ger er but like a gladiator who faces his deadly for loe In the arena much more Intent upon uon destroying de him than defending de do- Ii fending life Ufe and anti limb While the treasurer was laying off before her lien what she already alread knew and repeating the time suspicion 11 that she sue had allowed herself to bo ho betrayed Into E falsehood In order to save savo th time the life liCe of or who had probably her lid servant committed com corn 1 the robbery for love ove of hits his lost master she looked more frequently at al Orion Orlan than titan the speaker At Al last hd lie mentioned the trunk brought with I Paula from rom her lien chamber and an announced announced an- an to her that thai the time council was iras rend ready to hear and amid test everything e that she had hat to lo bring forward forwar In iii lien her de tle- de- de I Now Orion's excitement rl reached ache its climax He lie felt fet how time Iho blood vanished van van- Ishell from his cheeks amid how lion confused confused con con- fused became his thoughts thoughts- The Time Judges the time accused acc his enemy all time the environs en en- Irons of ot that lint vast V court room were for him bun enveloped whirling greenish mists What hat he saw mW seemed to him him as If tr colored a bright emerald green The Time hair hall the faces faceR t the tho forms torms of those present all an shimmered shimmered shim shim- m and amI glittered In greenish splendor md d dor dol on but when but when Paula advanced toward the time trunk with wIlh firm and sure flure stop toola took tool tooka a a. key from h lien her r pocket handed it t to the officer In char charge e. e all and then lien as IH her 1 sole answer anN to Nilus' Nilus discourse Sandas Sand and ant andas as If timEs this were wert too loo much said with cool condescension Open th tho trunk again he beheld her glossy gloss brown hair hall the 1111 fiery fier brilliance of or her blue eyes ees j the ti-me white and red rod of her lien cheeks check time the the white robe th that t gracefully Infolded I her splendid n figure ure and her triumphant smile lIow How beautiful how well worth winning was this woman Soon would she be compelled to stoop before him but hut this liEs victory over oer lien her cost him hini him all all that was good goot In him pine mire or worthy of ot his father An Inner voice J kept re repeating repeating re- re this to him but it wa d drowned 10 n etl with tho the fierce forward 31 shout t I of the lie charioteer Ye Yes still push on till iii the goal oal Is reached on on over rub dali and anti stones stone through blood am arll arid mire until her ier l proud roud neck ben bends F. F until until un un- til II conquered and broken en in RC she sho sues for merc mercy V Now the time lid 1111 o of the tIme trunk new How open now Paula stooped now she he held her necklace out to tho ho Judges s. s catching it h by the two ends displaying it at full lull length and now now now- What hat a rending heart shriek of despair Even Orion himself could never never have wished to hear th time the like again now she cast her ornament upon the lie table and amid with the ejaculation lation atlon Shameful shameful Infamous she fell teU backward and amI caught fast tast hold haM of ot her hel faithful Perpetua for tor her knees were trembling and antI she elme felt felthon hon herself olf to be In him dan danger er of falling failing to the ground Then Orion rushed forward to lend her support bul but she thrust him him hac bacK at the time same time withering him with witha a look so full tull of pain scorn and ami deep contempt that lie he stood motionless before be he- fore Core her pressing his hand han against the place where a heart should have been And nd this game which was wan to lo be so fraught with woo for Cor two human beings be be- ings Ings had It begun with a smile This fools fool's s play pill in which a sentence of or death ll lay concealed to what a horn horri- blo Issue might It lead I C |