Evening Star Newspaper, November 26, 1898, Page 18

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1898—24 PAGES. = Fi 5 | i Inburgh, with such following as shall seem | together to protect him. Maud and Mar-|man indeed! Would that 1 had been born What thoughts in her heart. who shall ven- | Composed largely, of the water colors, he d to him. in order that he may be duly | garet found the Lady of Douglas busily one!" ee v guess. § is "a nad Maas = s he @. Invested with the office of lieutenant fen- | embroidering a vestment of silk and gold | “Nay, Maud,” said Sholto, trying to draw ily averted from the Marsnal de Retz, and | Mass. eo eral of the Kingdom, which olfice was his | for the abbot. She Jaid aside her work and | the girl again near him, who kept him at | once whea ne touched her arm to call “het * a t father's before him. So shall the realm | listened with gentle patience to the hasty | arm's length by the unyielding strength of | attention co something she “sfudilere land ce eye x * : 4 8 t+ '@ abide in peace, and evildoers be pat down, | tale told by Maud Lindesay. her wrist, “none shall ever come near my | moved a iittle nearer to the chancellor. rince Troubetzkoy will soon have his : the peaceable presented with power and| “I will speak with William.” she an-| heart save Maud Lindesay alone! I would | Neverthelesa, she obeyed hor uncle im- | new studio in the Corcoran haldine seme “\e. t. the Earl of Douglas stand in the honorable | swered, softly, “but I know well he will go | that [ could ride away as sure of you as | plicitly and without question when he hide | foro. non and will be prepared % § place of his forebears.” his own gait for aught that his mother can | you are of Sholto MacKim!" her ride fo-ward with them (9 receive the pasate bik Saas Gite Wen ak e ; The chancellor finished his reading und | say. He is his father’s son, and the men cf |” “Indeed.” cried the girl, with some show Yee ee Peet » | Mer ts sarger and t ' han th : : looked around for approbation. James of | the house of Douglas, they come and they | of returning spirit, “to that you have no Crienton tcok it upon himsoif to rally the | Uer 1st etter lighted thar eo Avondale was nodding gravely. De Retz, }go, recking no will but their own. And | claim. Never have I said that T loved you |#'flon her silence. A, phic hoe st Season, and he fs having he with a ghastly smile on his face, seemed to [even so will my son Wiliam.” or indeed thought about you at all. “Of what may you be thinking so se- manner mere to bis tas ke be weighing the phrases. Livingston, with | “But he is taking David with him also!”! “It is true," answered Sholto, “and yet— Soren Sa iee iaie ial els * e a self-satisfied smile, was admiring the | cried Margaret. “I met him even now on/T think you «will remember me when tne agence rty feces of silver!” she replied Aas eeu jah dis ra seve pinkish lights upon his finger nails, and | the stair, wild in haste to put on his shirt | lamps are blown out. God speed, I near mer ne Se eae fox _ © at have bee . the girl, with a steady aspect, was gazing, | of mail and the sword with the golden hilt | the trumpet blow and the horses tramping. Repay eeaippegibekate) the x oe fuk ur ne ntly on exhibition in the Corcoran Art y IN. LrPOS ett. as before, out of the window into the gree | which the ambassador of France gave| And put, on) thaligrsen| batora the eaecle | bro the Rid a read s0/Uiack and retent- ery, there are a number of portraits 5 AUR oF - close, wherein the leaves stirred and the | him.” were the earl's guard mustering, and Feg- | le Se Salen CHARAN (02 i= Tp eabe Sie Minit wbtabik Ok cot : % 4 / Gccall science eee = shadows had begun to swim on the 8rass | A’ quick flush colored the pale counte- | or’ytne-nneh “une cane trumpeter, blew |Ccunter 1 shrank abastiod, even us ie Tay aga a oe the % : : = wita this’ t would and se colo; h. aa re eae Seu@uough tovaect the thi Soper Biee Sat sspemen soveneee 0 Lier tae meary ep: pied cise eae 1 evil. | of the Willet c tion, Bright pect | “To this [ would add as followeth,” con-{ “Nay, but one Is enous! this effect: x y eve ne maser of evil. | of let collection, Brights . x HN < ee eee tinued Crichton. “The chancellor of Scot= | chancellor. David should not go. He ts | 01 OO puut the Lady Sybilla looked calmly zt |The face ts lifelike and full of expres is land to William, Farl of Douglas. greeting i 2 ed GE Te aoe Ge ae) Ses gad he Be = OSE EUs pbk Sonelain eas aud ae. sad ahs artist has been remarkably sux ificul Sie DOLLAR yeu RU GH LORL eles - Donte come, comé Galloway, Annandale; i inamintel sting” ahs Gruhn {ful in conveying a sense of the sitter’s pr ait am -ross- | unite in destroy! is curse of the com- thac thee Ane fi tde re: is F y- . ee ee eee ey eantita | monweal—and afterward to settle any. dif: Se aris ees igre ea Me IHGTaERERIES Hin ARSON Stomlert |) Shiglto Red con hisiarme at the stirring | that which you have made me, mine uncle. | splendid example of the English art of ing his estates, char fib tee ferences which maybe in the past have | oc ‘ho. a Beate to the healing of | entirely to the care of Maud Lindesay. j sovnd, and the girl, all her wayward pride | F ; 1 will do part! = period. ‘Then there ts the striking pastel lady, on> of the retinue of the French am- | irisen between themselves : Be erence ue que ter sconce heslinei or Ty Pace cee Doceies Sent ealy Gow = from her in a moment, came straight of ARE handsome looked the young Earl and By Mlle Mehta cue bassador, who is on his way to Edinburgh, | “Good—.” said the chancellor, “you speak | {> tne ambassador of the King of France | stairs. The earl, with Sholto by his side, o them. 3 iat | and Sploneure ea dle feOE meh eoae ee eee | Samat cian aad herban ore cae ‘The young earl lozes his heart to the fair | well. But how are we to bring the earl | {0 the ambassador of the King of Fra was ordering the accouterment of the | “Good-bye, my sweetheart.” he sald, |and pleasure cn his face he rode upto th jength portrait eit, by Jacauen de lady, and. on the point of promising to xc oe online a neve wa] cit is a worthy epistle,” said James the | mounted men-at-arms in the courtyard. pears Sena eatitally va his | bin 2p sande ls Gbeloanouran Reville mee | eo Ming Alice Handing and ax srmmnrete with her to the court of the Scottish king th mine honorable friend, the tutor of the Parade ue clecoseqaiabied fora cuc | Pircturysuluage navel eachell ite tested || tircents tastes Con cata pohaniensae with a look of aupremest happiness in his | Good copy by Accarisi of Reynold et SE SORCIDI, Cor eee eore eeea Se Mae an ons eat ganswer the | “There is, at least, in it no lack of the|as he was with his work, but that little | shall rest again on the desire of my. heart. Sito see tee momen had given their /Of binele complete the number a Meaty store, Ue Metice Meceie Oy prone citer of Sunriss etacmee ‘chancellor of Scotland,’ sneered Living-| Margaret raised her chiliish treble and} Mand looked into his face steadily and | all form Iles horse, end mylene he, leap. | ortraite tn the loan gallery on the wecom Douglas armorer, and Abbot Wiliam Doug | The lips of Sir Alexander Livingston | (Chancellor of called out: “William, our mother desires | searchingly. : he bent and kissed her hand. trait’ of General Scott by unknown nk th witch ayeyee Bic seemed to fe tabine ocie Dit | | eeu; scully, areetccny” interpoced'| tosceak wih jou: ive sou Wetm-arhee?" | “you G6 mure-sou sill mek forget ann, My Lady Sybilla.” he said. “i am, as | artist, which ic in the single peom ppalighgmerninats he great review J ‘Nd nauseous drug of the apothe De Retz, as the chancellor looked up with} The earl turned him about, ard seeing his | Sholto?” she said. “you wol love'me as} pa aaa Mae ee eee m endo Douglas cétaiders! the eirl acate W;gc8en Sim Alexander, 1 ase) you Dave 2b cya na) ve snove cite Saree | TS Ce ree ture eee meriand) stood (bare: ‘much’ tomorrow, when/ you. are tar Aways §( re cnenenor Gant cise earbaeanoy hak Tome important composition belonging. to miccte the Lau Sybilla, and at once makes | Smead tlio ea Me gdow cat doe. sehat | As! you will after the snapping of the trap. | headed before her Hold BONES Inyene cee oo ire 7 1 | Doth dimmpunter, motto be oatlonedan cour: | Manaine Sossin, anltinecer Goreme hae Ee ee ee Ma aa perth cre ctr see cay Cates bree ceernaesena utile a Netntw eC weracmia (all ie yen) ree ale aimed tar cnuintelasncee || ania Geet inne oes tesy, and one after the other they greeted | Juuan James, tas just tech hone on her the Queen of Beauty. Shoito Mackim, | scoff throughout broad Scotland d ter of life or death. Willinzm?” she said, still softly. ‘ Before Sholto had time to answer the | nim with what cordiality they could muster, | Second floor, and it Is a we we son of the armorer, distinguishes himscif in | “For that he will suffer if God give me | “put the Douglases wiil wash us off the| “Nay. mother mine,” he answered; smik trumpet rang out again, with a call more | phe narrow, thin-bearded of the chan- | Pays a projonged and careful aie tain’ of the castle | Speed, sald the tutor, for the answer Was | s,7e or) Scotland! if we so much as lay a jing: “do not fear; I but ride to visit the | instant and Imperious than before. cellor and the paliid death mask of De Retz, | the action of the two figures the painti SRCIEE YS eee Son sear repeated to the queen, who, belng Emslisit, | nand on the earl” objected Livingston: “it | Chancellor Crichitan (in his castle, and slso| ‘Sholto Glassen hee close to nin am the out of which glitsered eyes like no eyes of | e¥idently depicts Judith placing the head eee Shetty tte te Poet | iauahon at (he nit of tie rents: might even affect the safety of his maj-| to bid farewell to the French ambavsador | summons shrilled into the alr. human bemg, furnished a singular contrac: | Of Holofernes in the sack held Me Ines Riukesny, sania of bi to the earl’s sis: | “1 would that my boy should grow up | ent even - who abcde here as our guest.” | nc 20d Keer my little lass?” ho sald. “Wear | with the uncovered head, crise, black curis, | in€ woman, a subject that has heen chen ter, and, on the first might of his steward- } such as that Earl Douglas!” said she. James the Gross laughed a low laugh and; A sudden light shone in upon the mind of | not; T have never loved any but you.” slight mustache and fresh, olive complex. | DY artista ‘without number. There je a ship, prov-s his valor by wounding a buge | The tutor stroked his beard faster than | ; aug ae ng cross! Maud Lindesay. Peas He was gone. And through her tears | ion of the young Earl of Douglas, masteriy arrangement of Hne in this pic ammal which has frigntened the youns | ever and there was in his eyes the bitter “Perhaps,” he said, “but what if the gal-} “'Tis all that French minx*” she whis- | Maud Lindesay watched him from the top| And as often as he nol luoKing at her | ture, and a charming richness and depth of ladies. The next day the French ambassu 9k of a handsome man, whose vanity is | iant David go with his brother? Whoever pered into Sholto’s ear. “She hath be-| of the great square Keep, as he rode off | the eyes of the Lady Sybilla resied on Lord | Color. dor Js suspiciously iti, but Lady Sybilla, ac- | wounded in its weakest place. shall be Rarl of Douglas will easily prevent | witched him. No one need to try to stop | gallantly behind the earl and his brothe Douglas with a strange expression in them * companied by the three Douglas cousins, “But after all, who is to cage che Hon that. Also Angus is for us, and my Lord | him now. | “In time past I have dreamed,” she] The color in her cheek came and went. The mee ees > ek : Fides away to witness the second uays | said the chancellor, pertinent ‘ Maxwell will move no hand. There re-| His mother went on: | thought to herself, “that I loved this one | vermeil of her lip flushed and paledalier- The new Mauve which Mr. Thomas tourney mm the prec.nets of th» Cusule af | | The marshal of France raised his kand | maing, therefore, only Galloway, and my | “But you wil mee take my Mile David [ and that. But Jt was not at all like this, I] rate trom the pink of the wild rose leaf io | Waggaman has recently added to his wa Thrieve, winning on tne way the coveteu | from the t s if commanding sience. . the red of its autumnal berry. lery is avowedly a study, and not to t promise from Wiliam to accompany her | His souave and courtier-like demeanor had —_—-_— But presently at a glance from her kins- compared to the splendid oil picture by th. fo Edinburgh. Sloito's arener guarus je | changed into something more natural. man she scomed to recall herselt with dit. he splendid oil pict tect the caustic haus, wound a servant ot | There came the gaunt forward thrnst of a ficulty from a land of dreams and with an| same hand which for several years has the French amogassad-r and ko-p Maud | wolf on the trail into the set of his head. obvious effort began to talk to William] been one of the gems of his collection, but Lindesay and fer cnatge imprisuncu vy | His long teeth gleamed and his eyelids Dougias. fs ah extreny datmeting think af dc mist ail aay. On tue third tay Une | clesed down upon his eyes tiil they became ia 2O™ havo you brought to see me?” she | ying te is a broadly treated sketch of a OO Cousins enter the sis, as aise the | mere twinkling points. said. F Sa dly treated sketch o Sonn aeeeine ene toully casts his | “I -have that at hand which hath already Only, ja fey anes at acon Ogave Shona | Rustabe Mh bie Boars As Gtk Gaaaae Spear at th: yours bart of boug ana | tamed the liou, and is able to lead him into my squire, and my brother David,” he made | ing near the crest of a wind-<wept 8 ope wounds him. In tne combat that toiiows | the cage with cords of silk.” answer. “I did not wait for more. But let] and the figure is partly silhouctted apaloes Shoito shows such bravery inat ne is | He rose from the table. and, going to a me bring the lad to you. Sholto you did| a luminous belt of twilight chy Deen knighted. Or. the return to the case Maua » that concealed the narrow door of not like when he was a plain archer of the | ful in color and tone, it ie a worthe ome Linuesay playtudy bus farewell to the |an ante chamber, he drew it aside, and Buard, and I fear that! he will not have | panion te the vehee tia we in ne oe Shoite of oi and only apycases ms sud- | there came forth, clothed in a garmeat of Reen in your grace since I dubbed him | man’s possession, and swells the number sequent Wrath py assuming a Joving pen | gold and green, close-fitting and fine, ght. ; of pictures by this Dutch master te ete, fence. ra : Glasped about the waist, with the twining vid Dougias willingly obeyed the sum-| thus making an interesting soo waneaes — belt of srakes, the Lady Sybilla mons of his brother, and came forward to CHAPTER XXV. The Degs and the Wolf Hold Coanc It was a week or two after the date of the great Wappenshaw and tourney at the casile of Larieve that in the midmost golden haze of a summer's afternoon four men sat talking te; about a table in @ room of the royai paiace of Surling. No one of the four was any Icpger you one at jeast was immoarrately fa ‘Tis was James, Earl of Avondaie, grand u of ihe tart of Dougias id save tor young David, earls brother, nearest her the tite ana all the estates and nors pertain shereto, with che single execption of ird=lip cf Galioway. Phe other three were Sir Alexander Li a guardian of K.ng’s per-on, handsome man wiih a curlea bearu, to siand hugh in the imme- @iate lavor of the queen, and who was tutor to bis majesty as well as the guaru- jan of his pers n. Gpposite to Livingston, a Was supposed and careful.y avoiding ais eye, sat a man ef a thin and foxy aspect, whose smoo.h face, smail, shifty mouth and perious triangular eyes marked him as a mia in- fnitely moi igerous than either of thi f 1 am Crichtcn, chancellor rea.m of Scotlanu. fourth was speaki and his aspect, gz, is aireads wuo | 1 CHAPTER XXVI. The Lion Tamer. On this summer afternoon the girl's beauty seemed more wondrous and magical Her eyes were purple black than ¢ p like the berries of the deadly nightshade seen in the twilight. Her face was pale, and the scarlet of her lips lay like twin ranium petales on new fallen snow. Gilles de Netz followed her with a certaun grim and ghastly pride as he marked the sation caused by her entrance. “This,” he said, “is my Mon tamer!” But the girl never looked at nor in any way responded to his glances. 3 é nid de Retz, holding her with hese gentlemen are with us. ‘also are of the enemies of the house of Douglas—speak freely tnat which is in your heart “My lords id the Lady Sybilla, speak- ng in a level voice and with her eyes fixed on the ieaf-shadowed square of green h alone could be seen through the open ‘ou have, J doubt not, each de- ie grievance against’ William, Earl of Douglas. 1 alone have none. He is nt. gentleman. France I have traveled, Spain also and Portugal, and ¢ plored the utmost east, wherever indeed my lord of Retz hath voyaged. But no braver or more chivalrous youth than Wil P the pallid, corpse-1ke | 1137 Douglas e I fou I have no face, the biue-biack beard, the wid bast | J20. bce seainet him as I say, yet for that look in the eyes of the Marshal de Ketz, | whi een, Wil I deliver him into amoassador ot ihe King of France, were how more than ever h.gktened in eifect t Or men before her grew mani- the siuuied suavity of demeanor a! caus Se ee ee ee : me hither to listen to the Was clothing what he had to say praises of the Eari of Dovugias, even from Seca ne $ oun LOR et NCE SEVEN: | lips so fair as yours!” sneered Crichton, the counsel wiht ary 500d lord lift his eyes one moment I am aware, most nob-e sei rchment before him to the bee flerences as to the conduc is our enemy,” said the tutor of the éreat kingdom; but I am | king, Alexander Livin: on, More gener- rect wishes and the | ousiy, “but { will never deny that he is a ds of my own king in en-| gailant youth. Also of his person proper bring you to an agreement. | to took upon.” t th phin And \ery complacently hesmoothed down t eess | the lace ruffles which fell from the neck of and thai therefore he | his silken doublet midway down its front. i in the wel of ths | | “The ung man is a Dougla: said Gross, eurtly. “If he were of urs, it cannot be hid from | 1 we had not needed to come P aie, | edeth not four buteh to kill a } said De Retz. ning that Proceed, my Sybilla.” vuraine, warden eutenant gen- ously at it had beer way from France to endue hi look like pu im down from bis high F nee til he finished his ex Par he sak me yet a moment, most high ‘ch . but’ have you heard so little of the deep skill and craft of Louis our most notable cauphin, that yeu know not how he ever embraces men with the arm whilst he bi-rces them with a daz his right? chancellor nodded appreciation. It Was a detail of statecraft well known to bir rauch practiced by his house in all periods of h story Now, my the “ambassador con t vu are here, all three—the me ost to end this matter—you, my ndale. will you deign to deliver r mind upon the matter?” fat earl hemmed and hawed, clear- ms throat and knitting and unknitting sers over his stomach. “ he said at last, that I should say aught of Douglas, but this I be no peace in Scotland zn and his brother are De Retz exchanged of the next-of-kin to jouglas for the peac the realm seemed to Xceedingly natural in rosperity of m both as mst ow. Sir Alexander, what say you?" eur de Retz, turning to the : who had been caressing the curls of his beard with his white and Bigneted hand. he replied, in a courtly tone, aterests of the king and of aay whose care for her child hath led her to such sacrifices, we aught to t to the pride and insole of at the Queen mother had “It is doubt ton sacrifices miacle said that which for her son. ir Willlam Crich- tne kone and his the “a mether should dwell so long within this | # rude } © of Stirling. Diast from these barren her bring him to the mild and equitable climate of Edinburgh. watch, as | am sure your excellency must have culiarly suited to the rearing stle exposed to every Grampians. Let bs: ach tender appealed to the Sieur de Ret ‘The marshal bowed and answe-ed imme- Hately, “Indeed, it reminds me of the sun- niest and most favored part of my native The tutor of the king looked somewhat uncomfortable at the suggestion, and shook his head. He had no idea of putting the King of Scots within the power of his arch enemy in his strong fortress of Edinburgh. But the Frenchman broke In before ihe M1 effects of the chancellor's speech had time to turn the mind of the king's guard- fan from the present project against the Ear! of Dougias. “But, surely, gentlemen, it should not be | Earl of ed, is pe- | ning more quick- irl was now r bosom rising and fallin et beca those that have b house of Douglas before him, n upen William, be of two dea: will I deliver to vou the wh mouth hath hardly proper gus ¢ living. heard a thousand times: T was in France, it skills not where, a vi quiet summer Sabbath day. vines hung ripe clustered. The olives rus- Ued gray on the slopes. The bell swung in the monastery tower, and the cottage in | the dell was sa as the ¢ uoon the hill, Then came the foreign leader of an army, and lo! in there were a hundred dead men in the valley, all honorable men, in defense of their own doors. ‘Tn flicker of flames broke through the roof in the daylight. There was heard the crying ef women. And the man who wrought this Was : of Douglas.” he aused, and in a ow whisper, in- the have thereof duke, into ome the Th ruse yet This is tie the breathing of the sea, sae said “And for this will [ deliver into your | hands William of Dougla: j n her voice came again to the ear! of the four listeners, in a nove low monotonous, like the “wind that goes abc the house on autumn evenings.” a | } “There was one who, being but a child, | caped from that tumult and had | shelter in a white convent, with the ! , Who taught her to pray and be | happy in the peace of the hour that is ex- actly like the one before it. The shadow of the dial finger upon the stone was not more peaceful than the ho.y round of her life. “There came one who met her by the convent wall, met her under the shade cf the orchard trees, till his soul had power over hers. She wed him by camp and city, fearing no man’s scorn, feeling no woman's reproach for his sake. last he cast her aw: d sailed over the She was my mother.” And at «he like an empty husk, as to his own land. “And for this will I reckon with William, of Duke ef Touraine. ed, and De Retz began to speak. ars ago I gave shelter to this girl's mother, and she herself hath been to me as a daughter. By me she has heen } taught the d wisdom of the ancients. I have delved deep in the lore of the ag that this maiden might be fitted for her task. For J, also, that am_a marshal of France and of kin to my Lord Duke of Brittany, have a score to settle with Wil- liam, Earl of Douglas—as hath also my master, Louis the Dauphin!” “It is enough,” interjected Crichton, the chancellor, who had Hstened to the recital of the Lady Sybilla with manifest impa- tienes. “It Is the old story—the sins of the fathers are upon the children. And young man must suffer for those that went before him. They drank of the ful! cup and so he hath come to the drains. It skills not why we each desire to make an end of him. We are agreed on the fact. The question 8 how. It was the voice of De Retz which re- plied, the deep silence of afternoon resting ke a weight on the others. “If we write him a letter inviting him to come to the castle of Edinburgh he will assuredly not come, but if we first enter- | tain, with open courtesy, at one of your | castles on the way. where you put yourse f Wholly in his hands, he will suspect noth- ing. There, when all his suspicions are luted, he shall meet the Lady Sybilla. It will rest with ber to bring him to Edin- burgh.” The chancellor had been busily writing on the parchment before him whilst De Retz was speaking. Presently he held up his hand, and read aloud that which he hed written. “To the most noble William, Earl of Douglas and Duke of Touraine, greeting: In the name of King James the Second whom God preserve, and in order t th realm may have peace, Sir Wi!'ia7 ton, chancellor of Scotland, and Sir \ ander Livingston, governor of the king's person, do invite and humbly entreat the Douglas to come to the city of Ed- | | | | “su 1 WILL DELIVER) WILLIAM DOUGLAS INTO son William will answer for that. I, my- self, am old and fat and love not fighting, but this shall be my part, and assuredly not the least.” All this while the Lady Sybilla had been standing motionless gazing out of the win- dow. De Retz now motioned her away with an almost imperceptible movement of his hand, whereat Sir Alexander Living- ston, seeing the girl about to leave the chamber of council, courteously rose to usher her out. And with the slightest ac- knowledgment of his obeisance, Sybilla de Thouars went out and left the four men to their council of treachery and death. Vu. The Youngs Lords Ride Away. This was the letter which, with the chan- cellor's invitation, came to the hand of the Earl William as he rode forth to the deer hunting one morning from his castle of Thrieve: My Lord—If it be not that you ha wholly forgotten me and your promise, this comes to inform you that my unele und [ purpose to abide at the je of Crichton for ten days before finally departing forth of this land. It is known to me that the chancellor, moved thereto by oue who de- sires much to see you, hath invited the Earl of Dougias to come thither with What ret- We 18 Well beseeming to so great a lord. Sut ‘Us beyond hope that we should meet in this manner. My lord hath douutl ere this forgot all that was between us, and hath already seer others more worthy of his courteous regard billa. This is as lord, who taketh u: than the Lady Sy- well beseems a mighty pb a Cup full and setteth it down empty. But a woman hath naught to do, save only to remember the things that have been and think upon them. Grace be to you. my dear lord, and so fur this ume, and it may be forever, fare you well!” When the earl had read this letter from the Lady Sybilla, he turned himself in his s_ adie without délay and sa “‘ake back the hounds, we will not hunt the stag this day.” Phe messenger stood respectfully before im Wailing to take back an answer. “Come you from the town of Edin- burgh?" asked the earl, quickly. “Nay,” said the youth, greatness, { am a se Crichton, and come the dowdens.” “Doth the chancellor abide there at this present?” asked the earl. “He came two days ago with but on? at- tendant, and bade us make ready for a great company who were to arrive there this very day. Then he gave me these two jJettars and set my head on the safe de- livery of them.” “Sholto,” cried the young lord, “summon the guard and men-at-arms. Take all that can be spared from the defense of the cas- tle and make ready to follow me. 1 ride immediately to visit the chancellor of Scot- land at his castle in the Lothians. it was Sholto’s duty to obey, but his heart sank within him, both at the thought of the earl thus venturing among his enemies, and also because he must leave behind him Maud Lindesay, on whose willful wayward self his heart was set. “My lord,” he stammered, “permit me one word. Were it not better to wait till a fol- lowing of knights and gentlemen beseeming the Earl of Douglas should be brought to- gether to accompany you on such a jour- ney?” “Do as 1 bid you, sir captain,” was the earl's short rejoinder; “you have my orders."" “O that the abbot were here,” thought Shoito, as he moved heavily to do his mas- ter’s business; “the might reason with tha earl with some hope of success. On his way to summon the guard he met Maud Lindesay going out to twine gowans with the maid on the meadows about the mains of Relton. for as Margaret Douglas complain2d, “All ours on the isle were tfod- den down by the men who came to the tourney, ard they have not grown up again.” “Whither away so gloomy, sir knight?" cried Maud, all her winsome face alight with joy in the bright day, and the excel- Int joy of living. “On a most gloomy errand,” said Sholto. “My lord rides with a small company into the very stronghold of his enemy—and wil! bear no word from any!” “And do you go with him?’ cried Maud, her bright color leaving her face. “Not only I, but all that can be spared of the men-at-arms and of the archer guard!” answer:d Shoito. Maud Lindesay turned about and took the little girl's han “Margaret,” she said, “let us go to my lady. Perhaps she will be able to keep my Lerd William at home.’ So they went back to the chamber of my Lady of Douglas. Now, th3 countess had ‘ever been of great influence with her son even in her husband's lifetime, and had cer- tainly none with him since. Still, it was pessible that William Douglas might at least Hsten to advica and delay his setting out till @ suitable retinue could be brought bh » “yet it please your rvant of my Lord of from his new castie in with you? You will leave me cne son here in my loneliness and old age?" The ear: seemed about to yield, being careless whether David went or no. “Mother,” cried David, commg ruaning forth from the castle, “you must noi per- suade Willam to make me stay at home. I shall never be a man if I am kept among women. Sholto MacKim, he is little older t , and already he hath won the archery and the sword play and hath fought in a tourney and been knighted— while I have done nothing cxcept pull xowans with Maud Lindesay and play chuckle stones with Margaret the And at that moment Shol-o « ished this fate had been his, and the honors Javid's. He told himself that he wonid willingly have given up his knighth od that might ubide near that dainiy torm andl that witching face. He tortured himself with the thcught that Maud woutl listen to others as she had listened ‘9 him, tat she weuld practice on others that h ing slow dreop and qui lashes which he knew so weil not be at hand to aid her io blow out Jamp when the guards were set of nes | the corricors of Thrieve?” | “Mother,” the earl answre3, ‘David speaks good sense. He will never make a man or a Douglas if he ts to bide Acre within this warded He mast go forth » the world of men and wom and ta: | man’s pleasures ard chance a man’s dangers like the rest “But are you certain that you will bring him safe in to me?” said his mother, wistfully. Remember, he is so young and ok oO reck! Mes ay,”’ cried David, eageriy, “I am no younger than my cousin James was when he fought the strongest man in Scotland, nai i warrant I could ride a course as well as Hughie Douglas, though William chose hum fer the tourney and left me at hore.” The lady sighed and looked at her sons, one of them but a youth and the other no more than a boy. “Was there ever a Doug!as yet who would take any advice but his swn ‘Leste? she said, leoking down at them like a douse varndeor fowl who by chnace has reared a ralr of eaglets. “Lads, ye are over strong for your mother. But T will not sleep nor eat Ul I have my David gick again. and can see him riding his hors: homewat.l through the ford.” CHAPTER XXVIII. On the Castle Roof. Maud Lindesay parted from Sholto upon the roof of the keep. She had gone up hither to watch the cavalcade ride off, where none could se her, and Sholto, not- ing the flutter of something white by the battlements, ran up thither, pretending that he had forgotten something, though he was indeed fully armed and ready to mount and ride. Maud Lindesay was leaning over the bat- tlements of the castle, and hearing a ctep behind her, she looked about with a start of apparent surprise. ‘The after dew of recent tears still glorified her eyes. “Oh, Sholto,"” she cried, “I thought you were gone. I was watching for you to ride away. I thought—" But Sholto, seeing her disorder and hav- ing little time to waste, came quickly for- ward and took her in his arms without apology or prelude, as is wisest in such cases. “Maud,” he said, his utterance quick and hoarse, “‘we go into the house of our ene- mies. Thirty knights and no more accom- pany my lord, who might have ridden out with 3,000 in his train. “Tis all that witch woman,” cried the girl. “Can you not advise him? “The Earl of Douglas did not esk my ad- vice,” said Sholto, a little dryly, being eager to turn the conversation upon his wn matters and to his own advantage. ‘And, moreover, if he rides into danger for the sake of love—why, I think the more of him for it.”” “But for such a creature,” objected Maad Lindesay. “For any true maid it were most right. Where is there a noble lady in Scot- land who would not have been proud to listen to him—yet he must needs run after this mongrel French woman!” “Even Mistress Maud Lindesay?” said Sholto, soraewhat bitterly, releasing her. “Maud Lindesay is no great lady, though the daughter of a poor baron of the north, and much bound to my Lord Douglas by gratitude for that which he hath done tcr her family. Maud Lindesay js little better than a tiremaiden in the house of my lord.” “Nay,” said Sholto, “I crave your pardon I meant it not. I am hasty of words, and the time fs short. Will you pardon me, and bid me fareweH, for the horses are being led from stall and I cannot keep my lord waiting.’ “You are glad to go,” she said, reproach- fully, “you will forget us, whom you leave bebind you here. Indeed, you care not, so that you are free to wander over the world and taste new pleasures. That is to be a in YOUR HANDS.” cannot put him out of my mind, even when 1 woulu. As the brothers William and David Doug- las crossed the rough bridge of pine thrown over the narrows of the Dee they looked back simultaneously. Their mother stood on the green moat platform of Thrieve. with their little sister Margaret holding her dress. She waved not a hand, fluttered no Kerchief of farewell, only stood sadiy watching the sons with whom she had tra- vailed, as one watches the dear dead borne to their last resting pls “So,"" she communed, “ever thus do the women of the Douglas house watch their beloveds ride out of sight. And so for many nights they return through the ford at dawn or dusk. But there cometh a time when every one of us watches the gray shallows to the east for those that shail return no more!” “See, se cried Margaret. “Look, dear mother, taken off their caps, and Sholto hath his steel cap in bonnet in his hand. They are bidding us farewell. I wish Maudie had been here to see. I wonder where hidden her- self? How surpr she will be to find that they are gon It was a true word that t loway spoke, for according to the pretty custom of the young earl, the cavalcade had halted ere they plunged into the woods > maid of Gal- of Keiton. The Douglas lads took their bonnets in their hands. Their dark hai was stirred by the breeze. Showo also bared his head and looked toward the speck of white which he could just discern on the summit of the frowning keep. “Shall ever he ashes rise and fall again for me, and shall I see the pout waver alternately petulant and tender upon her lips For, being a young man in love, these things were more to him than matins and evensong, king or chancellor, heaven or hell —as, Indeed, it was right and wholesome that they should be. CHAPTER XNXIX. Castle Crichton, Crichton castle was much more de- fensed chatcau and less a feudal strong- hold thai Thrieve. It stood on a rising ground above the little water of ‘Tync, which flowed clear and swift from beneath the blind hopes and bare valleys of ihe Mcorfoot hiils. But the site was wel! chesen for pleasure and defense. The ground ‘ell away on three side: Birch, alder, ash girt it round and made ple: summer bowers everywhere. The fox-faced chancellor had spent much money on beautifying it, and the kitchens and larders were reported to be the best- equipped in Scotland. On the greer praes of Crichton, therefore, in due time tne young Dougiases arrived with their sparse train of thirty riders. Sir William Crichton had ridden ouc to meet them across the in- numerable little valieys which lie around Temple and berthwick to the brow of that great heathy table land which runs back fzem the Moorfoots to the Solway. With him were only the Marshal de Retz and his niece, the Lady Sybilla. Not a single squire or man-at-irms ac- companied tkese three, for, as the chancel- lor weil judged, there was no way more ef- fectually to lull the suspicions of a gallant man like the Douglas than to outdo him in generous confidence. The three sat their horses and looked to the south for their guests at that delight- some hour of the summer gioaming, when the last bess are reluctantly «disengaging themselves from the dewy heather belis and the circling beetles begin taeir bcom- ing curfew. “There they come!” cried De Netz, sud- deniy, pointing to a few specks of lisht which dancec and dimpled between them and the low horizon of the south, aga pst which leaned a drift of primrose sunset cleuds. “Phere they come—I see them aiso!” said the Lady Sybilla, and suddenly sighed heay- ily and without cause. “Where, 1nd hew many?” cried the chan- cellor, in a shrili pipe usually associated with the physically deformed, but which with him meant no more than anxious Gis- ccmposure. ‘ne marshal pointed with the :teady hand of the practiced commander io tie spot at which his keen eye had detected the caval- cade. “Yonder, where the pine tree stands up against the sky," he said. “And how many? I caanot see them, my eyesight fails. 1 bid you teii me how many,” gas3ed the chancellor. ‘The ambassador looked Jong. “There ar2, as I think, no more than twenty or chirty riders!” Instantly the chancellor turned and held out his hand. “We have bim!” he muttered, withdraw- ing it again as socn as he saw that the ambassador Gia not take it, being occupied guzing under his palm at the approaching train of riders. The Lady Sybilla sat silent and watched the compaay which rode toward them, with sant kiss the hand of Lady Sybilla, “Here, Sbolto,” cried his lord, “come hith- er, man. It will do your pride good to see a lady who says that conceit hath eaten you up.” Sholto came at the word and bowed before the lady as he was command- ed, meekly enough io all outward aspect But in his heart he was saying over ant over to himself words that consoled hin mightily. “A murrain on her. The cozen- ing madam. She will never be worth nam- ing on the same day as Maud Lindesay! Nay,” cried the Lady Sybilla, laughing. “indeed, I said not that 1 di : young squire. What woman thinks the worse of a lad of mettle that he does not Waik with his head between his feet. But “us pity that there is no fair, cruel maid to bind his heart in chains and make him fetch and carry to break his pride. He thinks overmuch of his swordplay and ar- row skill.” “He must go to France for t said the earl, gayly, “or else mayhap some day a maid may come from France to break his heari for him. The like hath been and may be again.” “I would that I had known there were such gallant blades as you three, my Jor: of Douglas and their knight, sighing t have your hearts broke for the good « your souls. I had then brought with me a Uerce of damseis. fair as cruel, who would have done it in the flashing of a swallow’s wing. But ‘tis a contract too great for one poor maid! “Yet you venture all alone into this realm of forlorn and desperate men?” answered the earl, scarcely recking what he said, nor aring, so that her dark eyes should ‘con- tinue to rest on him alone with the look he had seen in them at his first comi “All alone—yes, much, much aloni wered range glance about her. “My uncle hot womenkind, and neither in his castles nor yet in his com- pany does he permit any of the long to abide!” she 4 Toe men now mounted again, and three rode back in the midst of that cava!- cade of Doug spears, the chancellor talking as freely and confidently to the earl as if he had been his friend fer years while the Earl of Douglas kept up the con. verse right willingly so long as, looking at the chanceli also for a romeni on the d head and graceful form of the And behind the Marshal de of his blue-t them out of the corners eye! Presently the towers of the castle of Crichton rese before them on its greer jutting spur. The Tyne valley neath into the level meads and tures, while Dehind the Mvoorfe brown and bare, without promi’ or distinguished with a large vagu cullarly their own The tet b which the chancellor comed his guesis were many and splendid But in one respect they differed from t which been described at ©: Thrieve. There was no military pomp « any Kind coanected with them. ‘The chan- glens, by cellor studiously avoided all pretense of any other distinction than that of a plain man whom circumstances had raises egainst his will to a position of réspons bility. The thirty spears of the earl’s guard in- deed constituted the whole military for within or about the castle of Crichton “Tam a lawyer. my lord, a plain lawy he said; “all Scots lawyers are plain. I mtst ask you to garrison my D't p tower of Crichton in a manner more be- ftting your own greatness and the honor due to the ambassador of France than a humble knight is able to do So Sholto was put into command cf court and battlements of the casth And e and he castle, posted and changed guard as though had been at Thrieve, while the chancetlor bustied about, affecting more the style of a rich and comfortable burge: of n that tha feudal baron. his is a snug bit hoose,” he would say, ‘opping into the ccuniryside speech; “there's nocht fine within it from cellar io roof-tree, save only the provend anc the jolly Malmeey. And though I be but a poor eater myself, U love that my betters, who do me the honor of sojourning within my gates, should have the Wherewithal to T: eS even as he sald, for the tables were weighted with delicacies such as were never seen vpon the boards of Thrieve or castle Douglas. (To be continued.) ART AND ARTISTS. The exhibition of the Water Color Club, now in progress at 1020 Connecticut ave- nue, will close December 3, so all who wish to see this interesting collection of pictures should not fail to make their visit next week. The galleries are open daily from % a.m. to 6 p.m., and on Wednesday and Sat- urday evenings from 8 to 10. On these evenings it is expected that the artists will turn out in force, and there will be oppor- tunity for pleasant social intercourse, as well as for viewing the exhibit. One of the most notable canvases in the exhibition, a large pastel by Mr. Brooke, arrived at the very last moment, too late for any mention last week. It shows a shepherd driving his ficck into the barn at sundown, and pos- sesses to a marked degree the full rich color that one has learned to expect in the art- ist’s productions. * ** Max Weyl, who was one of the last art- ists to desert the country, has returned to his studio, and is now busy unpacking the many pictures and sketches he brought back. He stayed late enough this year to take full advantage of the autumn coloring, and he will doubtless have many glowing color studies to display this winter. * ** Mr. Walter Paris, another of those who have been slow in returning to their stu- dios, reached the city last Saturday. He did not spend ali of the autumn working in the country, but remained for quite 2 time in Boston, where he held an exhibition, group. * : * * In the studio of Mr. Frank Moss there are a number of we I-studied of] sketches, which he made near his summer residenca at Prout’s Neck, Me. In one study, show- ing a group of stunted trees with nothing but sea and sky beyond, there is some ex cellent detail work, but Mr. Moss is per- haps seen to better advantage in his mora broadly handled subjects, such as the hastily executed sketch of wide reaches of and left bare by the tide. In this canva a small gray spot on the distant dicates Sp r Reed's summer hom: artist has a natural tendency to work in a tow key, and on this account finds his best shore success with indoor subjects, but nevertho= ss he brought from the north quite @ zroup of interesting outdoor studies * _* The officers elected at the last meeting f the Society of Washington Artists wera as follows H. Miller, president; Rot Coleman Child, vice president: J. H. Mose+ secretary; W. B. Chilton, treasurer. Frank Moss was elected chairr Mt the execu Uve committee, and the other members wh will serve with him are U. 8. J. Dur Jules Dieudonne, E. C. Messer and Hodgkins. * ~_* > large mu’ ul decoration which Mr, Uh painting for the cefling of the music room in a private resid in Cleveland Ohio, is already well advanced, though | does not expect to finish it for two or thr months. The Apothcosis of Music t subject that Mr. Uhl has chosen for this large design, and each of the several grow of figures has a special significance. Tt figures are shown floating in space, ab the only way in whiea they can intr duced on a very large ceiling, except by th. use of cither real or simulate chit tural divisions and ornamer Ur decoration is unt n by a hit ural work, and he has com 5 he would a picture, by ng ment of the figu Both t and the scheme of color his preliminary cartoon as planned the decoration will douby most successful * The specimens of Tiftany rile g now at Fischer's form a display that will ful. Tiffany glass occu; eeition seme= ur to Rookw tery, in thot que and stand one of 1 inctively American contributions to has won universal recognition beauty design has been added, the pieces on view is a’ triumph « tive art, * *_* Mrs. Cornelia Cassady Davis, whose name is fami i rin western exhibitions. ‘omer in Washington. who a new is now o pying a studio in the Mount Vernon flats. She 1s a portrait painter by training and inclination, but recently a short residence among the Indians of the southwest ir spired her to make a study of their cus toms end characterist Her largest pic- ture, showing a Moqui snake ceremony, was painted with the greatest difficulty, owing to the queer superstitions that ara current among these Indians. It is the first time that any one has able ta make sketches of the costumed figures in this snake dance. This large comy ion is painted with aa ex ss and care that gives it a valne from an ethnological siand- point, but on purely artistic grounds one 1s likely to prefer the weil-handled study of a bright-eyed Navajo boy. The mes of both tribes afford opportunities for bril- lient color, and Mrs. Davis has exec many well-chosen sub: a most cred- itable manner. She placed one of her Indian studies, a h painted head, or exhibition at Veernoff's. * * * The pleasant side of the art student's life was well exemplified In the social gathering on Wednesday evening at the on the third floor of the old Octagon house. The Misses Brockett, Shonborn, “McKee, Reese and Swingle, who have recently fit- ted up a cozy studio there, invited a num- ber of their friends to spend the evening, and the visitors were entertained in a man- ner reminiscent of the days when the ha tsteps of Dolly Madison The hostesses were dressed in costumes of that period, and when the whole company was trooping up and down the winding stairways to the uncertain light of many flickering candles it took no great stretch of the imaginatioa to fancy that the hous? was repeopled with the shades of lung ago. oo His Case. From Puca Brown—“What disease is Crankley suf- fering from?” Jones—“I don’t think it’s a disease, ex- actly;-I think it would be more accurate to describe his malady as a complaint.” —_ +e (Copyright, 1898, Life Publishing Company.) “If yer please, ‘um, dat young lady is me affianced bride, and if it's de same te youse, I'll take dat Uckin’ fer her.”