6 THE COMING WOMAN. Coming across the eastern hills apace with hastening morn, la garments stainless as the light and ra diant as the dawn. With steadfest gaze, majestic mien. And brow where wisdom sits serene. Before her evil flies, to hide In darkness far away. As flees the gloom of night before the swift approach of day; For heaven Is in her shining eyes As In the deeps of cloudless skies. Sovereign of home's broad realm Is she, and fairer 'tis to-day Because she rules within, yet far beyond extends her sway; For all the world shall better be, And holier, for her ministry. And little children round her throng lis tening for her voice, Whose sweet-toned cadences their hearts encourage and rejoice; Her swift, light footsteps to and fro On missions of sweet mercy go. She lays her tender hand In love upon the lone and sad. And hearts unused to Joy look up and look ing are made glad; Her very feet are shod with peace Before which wars and tumults ceas»>. The star that gems her coronet Is herald of the day When Christ shall claim Ilis own again and sin be swept away; His handmaid, she shall sooner bring The welcome coming of the King. —Meta E. B. Thorne. in Banner of Gold. ft- S U*TT TfcATS. (Copyright, ißq7, by Longmans, Green & Co.] SVNOPSTS. Chapter I—D'Auriac, commanding out post where scene is laid tells the story. De Gomeron has lieen appointed by Gen. de Hone to examine into a charge made against him. Nicholas, a sergeant, brings tn two prisoners, a man and a woman, who are from the king's camp at Le Fere. D'Auriac,angered by insulting manner of de Gomeron toward the woman, strikes him. A duel follows, and during the commotion the prisoners escape. De Hone happens on the disorderly scene, and d'Auriac, upon giving his parole not to attempt escape, hears this remarkable sentence: "To-mor row you must die on the field. Win or lose, If 1 catch you at the close of the day, 1 w r ill har.g you as high as llaman." Chapter It—D'Auriac next morning takes liis place as usual on de Rone's staff In the course of his ride over the Held he saves the life of Nicholas, the sergeant, who, a victim of de Gomeron\s malice, is found in imminent danger of almost instant death. Chapter 111—After the batttle in which King Henry utterly routs de Rone's forces, •dA'uriac, lying severely wounded, SIPS the forms of a man and woman moving under cover of the night among the d< ad and wounded. They tind u golden collar on de I.eyva's corpse,and Babette stabs Mauginot (her partner) to gain possession of the prize. After this hideous scene Henry with a retinue, among whom is the fair prisoner who had escaped from the /hand of de Gomeron, rides over the field. Chapter IV—D'Auriac In the hospital of •Ste. Genevieve discovers his unknown friend is the heiress of Bidache. She vis its him daily, and when he is well enough la taken to her Normandy chateau where ,je arrives shortly before noon. CIIAPTEI! IV.— CO;.TIXI ID. A turn in the avenue at this moment brought U3 in full view of the gray walls of Bidache. and on the wide stone sUaircu.se that led to the great hall we «aw the servants of the household us faeuibled. Mailt'trie waved her hand in greeting, and the eliwer which broke from them was drowned in the boom ■of the bombard from the keep. As the blue wreaths of smoke curled upward, •a little ball rail to the top of the flag staff on the keep, and the next moment the banner of Tit mouille, with t he arms ■of Uochemars of Bidache quartered thereon, spread out it.* folds to the morning, and madame was come liotne once more. We dined an hour or so later than usual —madame, d'Ayen, Palin and my self at the high table, and the rest of the ■household with all Bidache at the next. Madame, who seemed in nowise fa tigued with her long ride, was in the gayest of spirits and rippled with talk. As if thinking she had punished d'Ayen enough she directed till heT conversa tion towards him, and the old beau was in his element in discussing the in trigues of court life, and let me add interesting, for his memory went far £>ack. At last the dinner caine to a close, and Palin, rising, opened his lips in a long thanksgiving, to which all, madame included, listened devoutly. Our host ess then retired, and we three were left together in an absolute silence. Had it been any other place, I would have felt bound to call D'Ayen to account, and ask him to name a proxy if he was un able to meet me by reason of his age. But as it was, this was impossible, nfid I contented myself with a frigid re serve, in which I was joined by the Huguenot. He looked from one to the -other of us with a satirical smile on his thin lips, and then rising made a slight bow, and left us to ourselves. As we returned to our seats from our re sponse to his greeting, I blurted out the questions: "Who is M. d'Ayen? Why is he here?" "Who is he? It is enough to say he is one of those men who live on tho follies •of kings. And it is enough to say that his company is forced upon us." "I have heard that before; but ma dame seemed to like him well enough at dinner." I felt I was wrong as I said this; but the words came out. "He is here by the king's orders—by the onli r of Henry the Great," said Palin, with bitterness; "monsieur, you seem a man of honor. What do yjm think of a king who would force a mar riage on a woman to—" and he whis pered words in my ear which struck me speechless. I could riot believe him. It was in credible. Was this the hero king—the g-allant soldier—the father of his peo ple? It could not be true. Palin saw the doubt on my face. "Kven you," he said, "will goto Paris and see." "I shall go lam going to-day." "It w ill be at the risk of your life." "Maitre Palin, there is the king's peace—and even if it were not so I will He looked at me long and attentively. "Let it be so," he muttered to him self, and then loudly: "Well, chevalier, I have warned you —if you go you will want a safe lodging—seek out Pantin in the Kuo ilea Deux Mondes, and mention my name. The house faces the Pont Neuf, you can't miss it." "Thank you, I will do so." Then after a few minutes more of talk we wished each other good-by and parted. As for myself I was on the cross with what i had heard My mind was nicked with doubt, and at last, in despair, I sought my own room to think over the matter. I could make nothing of it, turn which way I would. Tome Palin's story was incredible. But jet it ex plained and made clear so much! It was not to offer my sword to the king that I would now goto Paris. It would be to save the woman 1 loved, if possi ble. How I was to do this, I had no definite idea—the one thing at present !n my mind was Paris—Paris. I there fore g'ave the necessary orders to Jacques to make ready to start at once, and, descending the winding staircase of the tower wherein my room lay, sought the great hall with the view of either finding madame there, or of sending some one with the request to permit my waiting on her to say good fcy. The staircase ended in a long dark corridor, hung on each side with trophies of the ehase, old armor, and frayed and tattered banners. At the end of this was an arched doorway, hid den by a heavy curtain. I lifted the cur tain and passed into the great hall. At first I thought it was empty, but a sec ond glance showed me madame, seated at a small table in the recess of the bow window that overlooked the park. Her face, leaning on her hand, was half averted from me, and I caught a glimpse of n small foot resting on one of the lions' heads in which the legs of the table finished. The foot was beat ing up and down as if in unison with the impatience of madame's thoughts, but I could see nothing of her face be yond its contour. She was, as usual, robed in black, wearing no jewels ex cept a gold collar round her neck. For a moment 1 stood in silence looking at her, half thinking that here was a chance to speak out what was in my heart, and then stilling the words by the thought of how impossible it was for a poor man to woo a rich woman. As Is tood, hat in hand, madame sud denly turned with a little start, and hastily concealed something as she caught sight of me. I went up at once, and she rose to meet me. "I have come to say farewell, ma dame," and I held out my hand. "So soon," she said, as she took it for a moment, her eyes not meeting mine. "Yes—Paris is far —and it will be well for me to be there as quickly as possi ble." "Paris! You are surely not—" and s/he stopped. "Why not, madame?" "O, I don't know,"and hastily, "one sometimes says things that don't exact ly convey one's meaning. But I can Imagine why you goto Paris—you are tired of Bidache, and pine for the great city." "It is not that, but," and I pointed to the rolling woods and wide lands that spread before us, "I have no responsi bilities like these—and Auriac, which stands by the sea, takes care of itself— besides I have my way to make as yet." "You have friends?" "One, at any rate, and that was re stored to me by you," and T glanced to the hilt of my sword. She shook her head in deprecation. "Very well, then, I will not recall it to you; but I can never forget—life is sweet of savor, and you gave it back to me. We will meet again in Paris—till then, good-by." "At the Louvre?" As she glanced up at me, trving to smile, I saw her eyes were moist with tears, and then- —but the wide lands of Bidache were before me, and 1 held myself in somehow. "Good-by." "Good-by." I turned and, without another look, passed out of the hall. As I went down the stairway I saw on the terrace to my right the figure of d'Ayen. lie had changed his costume to the slashed and puffed dress which earned for tlie gay gentlemen of Henry's court the nick name "llergarrets," from M.de Savoye's caustic tongue, and his wizened face stood out of his snowy rutT in all the glow of its fresh paint. With one foot resting on the parapet, he was engaged in throwing crumbs to the peacocks that basked on the turf beneath him. I would have passed, but he called out: "M. le Chevalier—a word." "A word only then, sir—l am in haste." "A bad thing, haste," he said, staring at me from head to foot. "These woods would fetch a good price—would they not?" and he waved his hand toward the wide stretching forest. "You mistake, M. d'Ayen. lam not a timber merchant." '*Ot A good price," he went on, not heeding my reply, "M. le Chevalier, I was going to say, I will have them down when I am master here. They obstruct the view." I could have tiling him from the ter race, but held myself in and turned on my heel. "Adieu, chevalier!" he called out after me, "and remember what I have said." I took no notice. The man was old and his gibing tongue his only weapon. Iran down the steps to where Jacques was, ready for me with the horses. Springing into the saddle, I put spurs to the beast, and we dashed down, the avenue. CHAPTER V. A GOOD DEED COMES HOME TO ROOST. We dashed through the streets of Bi dache. arousing the village dogs, asl.'ep in the yellow sunlight, to a chorus of disapprobation. About a dozen sought CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1898. to revenge their disturbed slumbers, and, following' the horses, snapped | viciously at their heels; but we soon ' distanced them, and, flinging a curse or so after us in dog language, they gave up the pursuit and returned to blink away the afternoon. It was my inten tion to keep to the right of Jvry, and, after crossing the Eure, head straight for l'aris, which 1 would enter either by way of Versailles or St. Germnins, it mattered little what road, and there was plenty of time to decide. For a league or so we galloped along the undulating ground which sloped to ward the ford near Ezy; but as ve be gan to approach the river, the country, studded with apple orchards and trim with hedgerows of holly and hawthorn, broke into a wild and rugged moorland, intersected by ravines, whose depths were concealed by a tall undergrowth of Christ's thorn and hornbeam, whilst beyond this, in russet, in somber greens, and grays that faded into absolute blue, stretched the forests and woods of Anet and Crofh-Sorel. As we slid, rather than rode, down one of these banks, my horse cast a shoe, and this put a stop to any fur ther hard riding, until the mishap could be repaired. "There is a smith at Ezy, monsieur," saiil Jacques, "where we can get what we want done, and tlieit push onto Rouvres, where there is good accom modation at the Grand Cerf." In this manner we jogged along, mak ing but slow progress, and the sun was .setting when we came into view of the willow-lined banks of the Kure and en tered the walnut groves of the outlying forest in which Ezy lay. As we ap proached we saw that the village was three parts deserted, and the ruined or chards and smokeless chimneys told their own tale. Turning a bend of the grass-grown road we came upon a few children shaking walnuts from a tree, about 200 paces from us, whilst a man and a woman stood hard by observing them. At the sight of us the woman turned to the man with an alarmed ges ture, and he half drew a sword —we saw the white flash—and then, changing his mind, ran off into the forest. The chil dren followed suit, sliding down the trunk of the tree arid fleeing into the brushwood, looking for all the world like little brown rabbits as they dashed into the gaps in the thorn. As for the woman, she turned slowly, and began to walk toward the village. "They are very bashful here, Jacques," I said, quickening my pace. "Except the lady, monsieur," and then we trotted up alongside her. Reining in, I asked if she could direct me to the blacksmith's, for there " 1 WILL GUIDE YOU." seemed no sign of a forage about. She made no answer, but stopped and stared at us through her hair, which fell in thick masses over her forehead and neck. As she did this I saw that she appeared to be of the superior peasant class, but evidently sunk in poverty. She was young and her features were so correct that, with circumstances a little altered, she would have been more than ordinarily good looking. At present, however, the face was wan with privation, and there was a fright ened look in her eyes. I repeated my question in as gentle a tone as I could command, and she found tongue. "Monsieur —pardon —I will guide you." "O! That is all very well," began Jacques, but I interrupted him, won dering a little to myself what this meant. "Very well, and thanks." She dropped a courtesy, and then asked, with a timid eagerness: "Monsieur does not come from the Blaisois?" "Ma foi! No! This js hardly the way from the Orleannois —but lead on, please, it grows late." She glanced up again, a suspicion in her eyes, and then without another word went on before us. We followed her down the winding, grass-grown lane, past a few straggling cottages where not a soul was visible, and up through the narrow street, where the sight of us drove the few wretched in habitants into their tumble-down houses, as if we had the plague itself at our saddle bows. Finally we stopped before a cottage of some pretensions to size, but decayed and worn, as all el*e was in this village, which seemed but half alive. Over the entrance to the cottage hung a faded signboard, mark ing that it was the local hostelry, and to the right was a small shed, apparently used as a workshop, and here the smith was, seated on a rough bench, ga/ing into space. He rose at our approach and made as if lie would be r.tT; but his daughter, as the young woman turned out to be. gave him a sign to stay, and he halted muttering something I could not catch, and ns I looked at the gloomy figure of the man, and the musty inn, I said out loud: "Morbleti! Hut it is well we have time to mend our trouble and make Rouvres—thanks, my girl," an-* bending from the saddle, I offered our guide a coin. Sine fairly snatched at it. hihl then, coloring up, turned anil ri»u into the inn. I threw another coin to 1 the smith, and bade him set about shoe ing the horse. lie shuffled this way and that and an swered dully that he would do the job willingly, but it would take time —two hours. "But it will be night by then," I ex postulated, "and 1 have togo on—lean not stay here." "As monsieur chooses," answered the clod; "but you see—l havm nothing ready—and I am slow J cannot help it." "This is a devil of a plaAt," I ex claimed, resigning myself tc circum stances, and dismounting, handed the reins to Jacques. As I did so I heard voices from the inn, one apparently that of a girl, and the other that of a man, and it would seeia that she was urging something; but what it was I could not catch, nor was I curious as to the point of discussion; but it struck me that as we had to wait here two hours it would be well to inquire if I could get some refreshments for our selves, and a feed for the beasts. For answer to my question I got a gruff "go and ask my daughter," from the smith, who turned as he spoke and began to fumble with his tools. I felt my tem per rising hotly, but stayed my arm, and bidding Jacques keep an eye on the horses stepped toward the door of the inn. As I put my hand on it to press it open, some one from within made an effort to keep it shut; but I was in no mood to be trifled with further, and, pushing back the door without further ceremony, stepped in. In doing so I thrust some one back a yard or so, and found that it was the girl, who was try ing to bar me out. Ashamed of the vi olence I had shown I began to apol ogize, whilst she stood before me rubbing her elbow, and her face flushed and red. The room was bare and drear beyond description. There were a couple of rough tables, a chair or so, an iron pot simmering over a fircof green wood, whose pungentodor Ailed the chamber. In a corner a man lay apparently asleep, a tattered cloak drawn over his features, so as to entire ly conceal them. I felt in a moment that this was the stranger who had fled on our approach and that he was play ing fox. Guessing there was more be hind this than appeared, but not show ing my suspicions in the least, I ad dressed the girl: "I am truly sorry and hope you are not hurt; had I known tt was you I should have been gentler. 1 have but eome to ask if I can get some wine for ourselves and food for the horses." "It. is nothing," she stammered, "lam not hurt. There is but a little soup here, and for the horses—the grass that grows outside." "There is some wine there at any rate," and I rested my eye on a horn cup, down whose side n red drop was trickling, and then let it fall on the still figure in the corner of the room. "There is no fear," 1 continued, "you will be paid. I do not look like a gen tleman of the road, I trust." She shrank back at my words, and it appeared as if a hand moved suddenly under the cloak of the man, who liy feigning sleep in the room, and the quick movement was ns if he had clutched the haft of a dagger. [TO BE CONTINUED. I I nele Knew It All. I was stopping at the Arlington, at Augusta, and I fancied that I had been preaching long enough to have preach er ways and preacher looks, but I was mistaken. An old darky approached and with an apologetical pull at his hat said: "Boss, kin you tell me whar I kin git er set er de minuits er de meet in'? Brer Jeems Ilenry, he say he want er set an' he ax me ter git 'em ferhim." I told him where he could get the min utes, and he thanked me. after which he said: "Boss, when de bishop gwinter preach ?" "We have no bishop," I replied. "Yasser, I know dat; course I know dat; but I mean de bigges' one er you all, de president; when he gwinter preach ?" "Oh, he's not a preacher. That's ex- Gov. Northern" "Is dat a fack? Well, sab, I voted for dat man, but I tell you, sah, I laks de way dat man talks frum de cheer, an' 1 wanter hear him preach, lie sho' do talk lak a sponsible man."—Atkinta Journal. I'iiii Made ivlth Gravity. Gen. John W. Norton is a clever pun ster. Some years ago a prominent young local attorney died of alcoholism. He was a talented chap, a brilliant or ator and full of promise for the future. Gen. Noble was one of his best friends, and none regretted his sudden end more than did the ex-secretary. At a meet ing of the bar which passed resolutions on his death the general was asked what he knew about the end of the young man. lie knew no more than was reported in the newspapers at the time, and said so. "I wonder if he died hard ?" suggested some one in the crowd after the meeting had adjourned. "No, he died in 'good spirits,'" remarked Gen. Noble, as seriously as if delivering a funeral oration. Then he added, in an undertone.to a friend, who happened to be passing out with him: "I'd hate to have any of you fellows ask if I died hard some day when you are eulogizing me."—St. Louis Republic. Didn't 1.1 ve l|> to It. "I never made a promise that I did not live up to," she asserted proudly. "No?" he said, inquiringly. "No," she said, emphatically. He made no reply. Argument, he knew, was useless. Facts alone would count. Therefore he hunted up a copy of the book of common prayer, and when he had found it he turned to the marriage service and where it says "love, honor and obey" he underscored the word "obey." What happened after that is n matter that does not concern the public. It is enough to know that, while there wa. no doubt that he had proved his poiai. he deeply regretted having done so.— Chicago Pos* INTERESTING CAREER. A. \V. Met'nne, an Ambition* Utah Millionaire, Ileican l.lfe an a Woodchopper. "From woodchopper to United States senator." Such may be the fate of A. W. McCune, the millionaire mil road and mining operator of Salt Lake I City, Utah, who wishes to succeed United States Senator Frank J. Can non. If he does not win he will score his first failure. Mr. McCune is to-day a most pictur esque figure. Starting as a farmer's hoy, he is now president of the Utah & Pacific Railroad company, owner of the famous Payne gold mine in British Columbia and the posse c «or of other A. W. M'CUNE. (liegan Life as a Woodchopper and Is Now a Millionaire.) varied and valuable interests. His in come is variously estimated at from $50,000 to SIOO,OOO per month. lie probably gives away more to benevo lent, charitable and church institutions than any half dozen men in the state. McCune made his first big money by filling an immense timber contract for the Anaconda (Mont.) Mining comj>any some years ago, despite the fact that his competitors predicted lie had taken the contract at a figure that would re sult in a large loss. A few months ago McCuae appeared In the Third district court for Salt Lake county to justify on a $:!00,000 bond, and when asked his occupation replied: "I am a woodchopper." He is everybody's friend, the same ns he was eight years ago, when he wore a flannel shirt and overalls, and was hustling night and day to get a start in the world. Mr. McCune resides in the Gardo house, commonly called "Amelia's pal ace." the magnificent residence erected by the late President Brigham Young for his favorite wife, Amelia. Three of the rooms are set apart for costly pieces of statuary which Mr. McCune purchased while in Europe. Mr. McCune's parents were Mormons, but he has never been a churchman himself. His wife is an active member of the church, however. MRS. SARAH TERRY. Site la a l\ Ife an Well an a Dauthlrr of the Revolution, and I'roud of Her ION Yearn. Sarah Terry is 108 years old, and she has just celebrated the anniversary of her birth by joining the Daughters of the Revolution. She is the only mem ber of that honorable body who is not alone a daughter of the revolution but tt wife of the revolution as well. Mrs. Terry lives with her granddaughter at 545 North Sixteenth street, Philadel phia. She persoually knew George Washington and I.a Fayette, and says that the father of his country had twinkling eyes* and that La Fayette had rosy checks. She remembers very distinctly when Queen Victoria was 12 years old, and recalls, as if it were yes terday, the return of the her. - from *. MRS. SARAH TERRY. (She Is a Wife as Well as a Daughter of the Revolution.) the war of 1812. She lived in Philadel phia at the time that Benjamin Frank lin lived there, and she lias seen the city grow and develop as has no other person. Mrs. Terry sits upon a great rocking chair and talks clearly about matters which she herself saw more than a century ago. And. although her hair is as white as it used to be black and her form bowed, her appetite is good and her brain clear. The Quaker city chapter of the Daughters of the devolution is being congratulated on having acquired so very distinguished a member. 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