Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1924, Page 36

Mistress Wilding By Rafael Sabatini Author of “Scaramouche,” “Captain Blood,” etc. Copsright, 1924, by Houghton Miffin Company irresolute a moved on; tichard with eps Richard too other's soft compul- an_entire who t afe was thosc was quite Trenchard S difficult to deny White Cow omerset evi ngxide his co aimlessly of e renchard felt the unwill willing thronged d places stricken t realizing, nty, that som vened to thwart, per- Sir Rowland. For he were knowledge gave surance that th | b rd must have been party that had fallen men and taken them And it wes his fault! traitor to whom perhaps 1 owed their deaths He led to keep wateh o ult it this villain® but gy t his pipe ichard dashed the thing anion's mouth and there sm At a blow R from <ol | fingers. Trenchard looked up. | “What the | "1t is your startied * he began your fault!” cried blazing, his lips who lured de il—? in bland | plague is't | me | THE EVENING ¢| gentlemen who attended him. The whole company came instantly to its,feet and Col. Wade stepped to a window that stood open—for the night was very warm. The duke turned for explanation to his host; the trader, however, professed him- self entirely unable to offer any. He was very pale anl his limbs were visibly trembling, but then his agi- tation was most natural. His wife and daughter supervened at that mo- ment, in their alarm entering the room unceremoniously, in spite of the august presence, to inquire into the meaning of this firing and to reas- sure themselves that their father and his illustrious guests were safe. From the windows they could ob- serve a stir in the gardens below. Black shadows of men flitted to and {fro, and a loud, rich voice was heard calling to them to take cover, that they were betrayed. Then a sheet of livid flume blazed along the summit of the iow wall and a second volley of musketry rang out, succeeded by cries und screams from the assailed and the shouts of the assailers, who Wwere now .pouring into the garden through the battered doorway and over the wall. For some moments ng on steel and pistol shots here and there to the voices, raised A voice called up from the darkness »r the windows to know if his ty was safe. There had been a to take him; but the ambus- < had been ambuscaded in their rn and not « man of them remained which was hardly exact, for undera laurel bush, scarce daring to breathe, land Blake, livid with nd bleeding from a wich in the cheek, but unhurt. rapier therwisc onoe,” came a bitter, ringing voice. They turned, and there on the threshold stood Mr. Wilding. Un- heard he had come upon them. He was bareheaded and carired his drawn sword. There was blood upon it and there was biood on the lace that half concealed the hand that otherwise—and saving that s and stockings were sodden w from the long grass in the orchard—he was as spotless as when he had left Ruth in Trenchard's | g, lodging; his face, too, was calm, save for the mocking smile with and put his hand to hi alarm. Grey whipped his own from the scabbard and placed himself slightly in front of his master, as if to preserve him. ‘“You mistake, sirs” said Wilding, quietly. “The hand I have had in thi: affair has been to save your majesty from your enemies. At the moment I should have joined you word was brought me of the plot that was laid, of the trap that was set for you. 1 hastened to the castle and obtained a score of musketeers of Slape's com- pany. With those 1 surprised the murderers lurking in the garden there and made an end of them. I greatly foared I should not come in time; but it is plain that heaven srsservcl your majesty for better ays.” In the revulsion of feeling Mon- mouth’s eyes shone moist. Grey sheathed his sword with an awkward laugh and a still more awkward word of apology to Wilding. The duke, moved by a sudden impulse to make amends for his unworthy sus- picions, for his perhaps unworthy re- ception of Wilding earlier that even- ing in the council room, drew the sword on which his hand still rested. He advanced & step. “Kneel, Mr. Wilding,” he said, In a at Mr. Wilding’s question and the manner of it. “You knew that I march lonlghf" Monmouth reproached the merchant. nd it was to recelve the money that you Invited his majesty to do you the honors of supping with you here,” put in Wade, frowning durkly. The merchant's wife and daughter stood beside him watching him, and plainly uneasy. Before he could mnl:q any reply Mr. Wilding spoke n. he circumatance. that he has not the money by him is & little odd—or would be were it not for what has happened. 1 would submit, your ma esty, that you receive from Mr. New- lington not twenty thousand pounds, as he had promised you, but thirty thousand, and that you receive it not a loan as was proposed, but as a n him in consequence as fine imposed uj care in the matter of of—his lack of his orchard.” Monmouth looked at the merchant very sternly. ‘You hi Wilding’s suggestion, may thank the god of traltors it was made, else we might have thought of a harsher course. You shall pay the money by 10 o'clock tomorrow to Mr. Wilding, whom I shall leave be- hind for the sole purpose of collect- ing it.” He turned from Newlington in plain disgust. “I think, sirs, that here is no more to be done. Are the streets safe, Mr. Wilding? “Not only safe, your majesty, but the twenty men of Slape's and your own life guards are walting to escort “Then in God's name let us be go- ing,” said Monmouth, sheathing his sword and moving toward the door. Not a second time did he offer to confer the honor of knighthood upon his savior. Mr. Wilding turned and went out to marsha) his men. The duke and his officers followed more leisurely. ‘whelmed all minor sufferings of the flesh. In the dining room at Lupton House she came upon Diana and iady Hor- ton at supper, and her appearance— her white and distraught face and blood-smeared gown—brought both women to their feet in alarmed in- quiry, no less than it brought Jasper, the ‘butler, to her side with ready solicitude. Ruth answered him that there was no cause for fear; that she was quite well—had scraiched her hand, no more; and with that dis- missed him. When she was alone with her aunt and eousin she sank into a chair and told them what had passod ‘twixt her husbadd and her- self, and most of what she said was Greek to Lady Horton. “Mr. Wilding has gone to warn the duke,” she ended, and the despair of her fone was tragical. “I sought to detain him uptil it should be too late—I thought I had done 80, but-— but—oh, I am afraid, Diana! ‘Afraid of what?’ asked Diana. ‘Afraid of what?" ‘And she came to Ruth and set an arm in comfort about her shoulders. “Afraid that Mr. Wilding might reach the duke in time to be de- stroyed with him,” her cousin an- swered “Suc¢h a warning could but hasten on the blow." Lady Horton begged to be enlight- ened, and was filled with horror when — from Diana — enlightenment was hers. Her sympathies were all with the handsome Monmouth, for he was beautiful and should therefore be triumphant. Poor Lady Horton never got beyond externals. nephew and Sir Rowland, whom she had esteemed, should be leagued in this dastardly undertaking against that lovely person horrified her be- yond words. She withdrew —soon afterward, having warmly praised Ruth’s action in warning Mr. Wild- ing, unable 1o understand that it should be no part of Ruth's design PROTECT Your Doctor and Yourself Dewase. PHILLIPS™ MILK OF MAGNESIA SAY “PHILLIPS” to your druggist, or you may not get the original Milk of Magnesia prescribed by physicians for 50 years. Refuse imitations of genuine “Phillips” 25-cent hottles, also larger - size, contain directions Monmouth had ia chair upon gn there hul been B. deep, bitter mel- enwrapped his spirit. Lord s first thoughts flew to the man he most disliked—the one man miss- ing from those who had been bidden to accompany his majesty, whose ab- sence had already formed the subject of comment. Grey remembered this bearing before the council that same , and his undisguised resent- reproaches leveled o nd brought s by awakening inet of self-preservi As they reached the door & woman's cry broke the silence behind them. Monmouth turned. Mr. Newlington, urple of face and his eyes protrud- ng horridly, was beating the air with his hands. Suddenly he collapsed and crashed forward with arms flung out amid the glass and silver of the table all spread with the traitor's banquet to which he had bidden his unsus- pecting victim. g a His wife and daughter ran to him and called him by name, Monmouth pausing a moment to watch them from the doorway with eyes un- moved. But Mr. Newlington an- swered not their call, for he was dead. to save the duke, and went to her room to pray for the preservation of the late king's handsome son. Left alone with her cousin, Ruth gave expression to the fears of Rich- ard by which she was being tor- tured. Diana poured wine for her ana urged her to drink; she sought to comfort and reassure her. But as moments passed and grew to hours still Richard did not appear s fears that he had come to harm were changed to certainty. There was a moment when, but tor Diana's remonstrances, she had gone forth in quest of news. Bad news were better than this horror of sus- pense. What if Wilding's warning should have procured help and Rich- ard were slain in consequence? O, it was unthinkable! Diana, white of face, listened to and shdred her fears. Even her shallow nature was stirrod by the tragedy of Ruth's position, dread lest Richard should indeed have met his end that night. In these mo- ments of distress she forgot her hopes of triumphing over Blake, of punish- Ing him for his indifference to her- self. (Continued in Tomorrow” They are not Keds unless the name Keds is on the shoe voice stirred by emotion. But Wild- ing’s stern spirit scorned this all too sudden friendliness of Monmouth's as much as he scorned the accolade at Monmouth’s hands. “There are more pressing matters to demand your majesty's attention,” said Mr. Wilding, ocoldly, advancing to the table as he spoke and up & napkin to wipe his blade, the reward of an unworthy servan Monmouth felt his sudden enthusi- chilled by that “Mr. Newlington," fter the briefest of pauses, and the fat, sinful merchant started forward in alarm. It was like a summons of doom. “His majesty came hither, I am informed, to receive at your hands a sum of money—twenty thousand pounds—towards the expenses of the campaign. Have you the money at hand?" " And his eye, glittering be- tween cruelty and mockery, fixed it- self upon the merchant's ashen face. It—it shall be forthcoming by my " stammered Newlington. “By morning? cried Grey, who, with the others, watched Mr. New- lington what time they all wondered | in him the tion © could he explain his meaning | without betraying _himself? —and | kit | surely that were a_foll risen with v pale and nchard tugged now that ¢ | the others were no doubt disposed of. .| Let him, rather, bethink him of his | own safety. Trenchard looked at him | keenly. with well assumed intent to |read ‘what might be passing in his | mind, “then re aid for the wine |and cxpressed his intention of going forth to inquire into these strange matters that were happening in | Bridgwater. Meanwhile t 3 Newlington's orchard had caused— as well may be conceived—an agi- | tated interruption of the superb feast Mr. Nowlington had spread for his noble and distinguished guest duke had for some days been goi fear of his life, for already he had been fired at more than once by men anxious to earn the price at which his head was valued; instantly he | surmised that whatever t firing might mean, it indicated some a tempt to surprise him, with the few at lown.” said he. "Sit down. 1 nothing £?' echoed Richard, and his suddenly bent on Trench- ok in which suspicion was with terror. w Mr. Wilding?" he asked, his voice dominating the din of talk t filled the room. “Do we hold the explanation of his ab- bl Monmouth looked up quickly, his beautiful eyes ineffably sad, his weak mouth drooping at the corners. Wade turned to confront Grey. Your lordship does not suggest that Mr. Wilding can have a Hand in this? usketry moment, and | above all cry that 2 next the proar. Me resounded »f which p ated the his majesty was murdered Tn_an instant the common room of the White Cow was emptied of every upant save two—Trenchard and co Neither of them felt n quest of le was the knew what CHAPTER XX. The Reckoning. Ruth had sped home through the streets unattended, as she had come, heedless of the rude jostlings and ruder greetings she met with from those she passed; heedless, too, of the smarting of her injured hand; for the agony of her soul was such that it ‘Appearances would seem to point in that direction,” answered Grey, and in his wicked heart he almost hoped it might be so. ‘Then appearance. speak truth for Star. An unprecedented success — Chipso has shortened washday! Chipso means no more .chipping, shaving or melting of cake- soap. No powder to make you sneeze. No more long, hard rubbing at the washboard. No more weekly boiling. Fewer rinsings. 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