6 LOVE'S CLOCK. O, the hours of Love may be many or ft'W, So they be gny. But the Clock of Love—one-two, one two— Ticks out the time alway. Nought recks Love of the hours that fleet. Borne on the winds of sighs, •But the Clock of Love has grown dis creet, And old and wise. Tlck-tock, tiek-tock. The Clock . Is old and wise. Each hand that points to the hours of Love Is a Cupid's dart; Each tick that bids to the tryst of Love Is the pulse of a beating heart. And forward and back the pendulum swings, Ever for joy or woe. For the Clock of. Love has seen many things. And he should know. Tlck-tock, tick-tock. The Clock— And he should know. "Then one arid two and three and four. And seven and eight, The hour hand circles the dial once more— O, dreary and long the wait! Love may quarrel at Time's delay- Straight move the hands and slow. For the old Clock knows that the golden day Too soon may go. Tlck-tock, tick-tock. The Clock Has seen them go. —Wallace Irwin. In Criterion. M A ROSE OF M NORMANDY J WILLIAM R. A. WILSON *•*% w CHAPTER I. IN WHICH A PRISONER ESCAPES AND A SOLILOQUY Iri INTER RUPTED. The sun slione fair in France one bright June day in the year of our Lord, IG7S, and the thirty-fifth of the reign of that Louis whom men called "Great." And nowhere was the sun light fairer than in the capital city, "where the presence of a conquering and pleasure-loving monarch and his be wildering court attracted the bravest and gayesi of all Europe. The streets of Paris resounded on the self-same day to the prancing and pawing of war horses, the gay fanfare of trumpets announcing ilie return of a victorious general from the Nether lands, or the rumbling of the great <-oach of state as the king himself hurried 011 to take part in some fan tastic dance or ballet at the palace, stopping, perchance, at the cathedral door to off-T thanks with all true loyal subjects and join in some great "Te Deuin" sung in honor of another battle won. Amidst such confusion the ordinary affairs of liie and state went on as ■though naught but the humdrum plans of a peaceful nation were afoot. People lived and died a natural death (occasionally) they ate, drank, and slept, through it all. The dead were ■buried and the living blest, much the same as they had been since first the church spire and the dark-robed priest had superseded the old savage faiths. Even the millstones of justice (that is to say, th? king* ground silently and with their Accustomed fineness, while ithe ax, the rope, and the wheel did •their kind work in sending prisoners •of stale to a eouutry where lettres d" cachet were unknown. llis most christian majesty believed in the deterrent effect the sight of the final act in the drama of a criminal's 'life had upou all good citizens. He likewise wished it. times that his peo ple, even those of the lower classes, should t»e amused. Accordingly ha achieved these two ends by frequent public even turns in the Place de la Greve. This. being a commodious square hard by the Pont Notre Dame, was well adapted to a large audience, while th. 1 balcon> of the Hotel de Ville at it.-* southern end afforded an excellent pedestal on which the king and the beauties and gallants of his court could show themselves when ever an execution of especial impor tance took place. On the day wi.'ii which this narra tive opens the morning had worn away until the sun with vertical rays beat down upon the heads of the spectators. There had been three instructive and successful executions thus far. "Phe first wretch was broken on the wheel, tiie second hanged, and the third torn to pieces by horses. The king and ■ nun party in the gallery had departed after repeated half-suppressed ex pressions of ennui at th'' end of this third act. and there remained but one poor devil of i nameless fellow to be •dispai.:hed by the knife. A raised pla'iuni occupied the cen ter of the S't'iai • About it was drawn up a double line of soldiers, some armed with halberds, others with muskets, who keot the people from crowding too ru-.i From the scaffold n narrow lane w,i3 kept open by a company or archers to a cart, on which the condemned had ridden to t!i» scene of their execution, and on which they awaited in silence their tturr. Every oilier available inch was r>< eupied by a d -nse mass of perspii inn. jostling humanity, who good-humor edly enjoyed fh • irene, despite the heal and pi ess. It was to be no-iced by a careful i ••observer tlia; neither pfty nor con- j •u-rn was anywh'TJ manifested for the 1 area already even though one was of comparatively high rank lie had, in the collection of the taxes, made the fatal mistake of trying to cheat the king as well as the com mons. But as the preparations wen!, on for the dispatch of the fourth and last, an uneasy feeling spread about among the throng. Although few knew accurately his crime or even name, yet many felt him entitled te their sympathy because he was not a noble whom they could admire for his magnificence and hate for his selfish arrogance, but one of themselves, a man of the people, who for some un known cause had incurred the dis pleasure of the king or one of his creatures. On the outskirts of the crowd, not far from the cart on which the re maining unfortunate sat, stood a small group of spectators conversing in tones so low that the near-by soldiers could not hear them. "What think you, friend Picon," said a muscular fish-wife to a swarthy butcher fresh from the neighboring shambles, "has it come about that M. le Ministre Colbert can arrest, con demn, and behead whom he pleases?" The man addressed scowled at the armed men guarding the prisoner, and muttered: "Devil take them!" Then turning, he replied in a low guttural voice' "They say yon fellow is no criminal, but has been hounded to the galleys and the Bastille, and from the Bastille to the block by the hate of my Lord Colbert." While this conversation had been going on and the condemned man was being helped down from the cart, the sun's brightness gradually lessened, and more than one spectator involun tarily looked up to see what cloud ob scured the light. But there was noth ing visible in the clear sky. Yet little by little did the noon-time brilliancy fade away, as though the eternal fires o®* '. v HIS ATTITUDE WAS ONE OF DE JECTION. were being quenched. Soon others no ticed it, and craned their necks to catch a glimpse of the cause of the sudden change. They too, seeing no cloud, became uneasy, until their fear spread through the crowd, making it surge to and fro. A few of the women crossed themselves and others mut tered a prayer. "Le bon Dieu is angry," some one said. "This man must be innocent," another shouted. Through it all the soldiers never faltered, but went steadily on with the preparations for the final execution. The prisoner had started up the hu man lane towards the scaffold. Half way to his destination, he was halted while the lines of soldiery who had been driven together by the pressure of the multitude forced the people back. No one but the soldiers watched lhe prisoner, who, after a glance at the darkening sky, smiled grimly, then watched keenly the turn of events. The light did not increase, but be came more and more obscure, and that nameless terror which often seizes a great multitude and forces them to attempt to flee manifested itself. Only one more terrifying element was need ed to change the assembly into a panic-stricken, stampeding mob. Nor was this wanting, for the wall of a building that was being dismantled on one side of the square, now occupied by a clinging crowd of spectators, sud denly fell with a crash and a great cloud of dust. During the confusion, the prisoner, with an eye alert for any opportunity to escape, was partly torn, partly dodged away from his captors, and was soon lost in the tumult. As he was borne along, he passed a hercu lean butcher and a fish-wife struggling in the jam. The latter, with a smile of satisfaction, ran the keen edge of a small knife over the cords that bound the fugitive's hands, and he was free. High up in the most weather stained of a row of gable-ended houses that overlooked the square wherein the above scene of terror was enacted sat a man. His room was on the top floor under the eaves, whose side walls were formed by the slanting roof. Two windows admitted both light and air; one of them opened upon the square, the other upon the Hue de la Tanerie. The only furniture besides •he bed was a table, three chairs of rough wood and fantastically carved, and a small-sized cupboard, half ward robe, thai occupied most of the spac<? at one end of the room. Qn the table rested a glove and a sword, such as Ihe gentlemen of th" court wore, while a plumed hat lay on the floor where it had been care lessly dropped. The sole occupant of the room was sealed in (lie largest chair beside the table. He was about eight and twenty, clad in an attire that proclaimed him to be a ( once the soldier and the courtier, and his clear eye and cheek bronzed by many a league of ocean wind and southern sun betrayed a man n«rl long returned from active service. A little above th" average in height he was, but straight-limbed and suple as a Grecian CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE I, 1905. athlete; a man of muscle and sinew, yet without an ounce of superfluous i'at- His long black hair clustered about his wrists as he sat with el bows upon the table, leaning his head upon his hands, one of which was gloved. Something more than the tan of sun and air darkened his cheeks, while the black eyes, the curved nos trils that expanded and contracted as he breathed, and the scornful lip, all proclaimed him to be other than a Frenchman. His attitude was one of dejection and disappointment, yet in his eye was that inextinguishable glimmer of hope that lightens up the face of every true soldier after first shock of a bat tle against great odds passes away. It soon spread, and from a glimmer it. became a glow that overran his counte nance, until he burst forth into a laugh, and, raising his head and lean ing back, he spoke aloud to his sword, which he took up in his ungloved hand: "Ma foi! mon brave, here we are at the bottom of the ladder again whence we started ten years ago. What mat ters it, though' When the king needs us again, he will remember us. If there be an expedition against the Mediterranean pirates undertaken, it will be a summons for Capt. Henri de Tonti to attend his majesty's conven ience for the purpose of fitting out and leading that expedition. And there will be a year or two of fighting, and a wound, with a plr.ster to patch it up with when we return in the shape of another order on the treasury for 300 livres, and the promise of a place in the guards—and then, forgetful ness. Or perhaps 'twill be land duty against the half-drunk Dutchmen. Then it's powder and bang at a dis tance, and sword thrust and parry when we have charged the works, like this, en garde!—or this —or that —or that —mon Dieu! avec mes compli ments, Messieurs," and, springing to his feet, he fenced with an imaginary adversary now parrying, now thrust ing, until, ending with a fierce on slaught that pierced his enemy to the heart, he bowed mockingly and sat down. "Ma foi! then it's powder and wigs, slim waist and curved ankle when we return, for nothing pleases me more than to see again a French-woman aft er a foreign campaign. Those stupid Dutch oxen, with their big eyes and clumsy feet, may please Mynheer, but —cuistre! none of them for me. What right have I, a battered soldier of for tune with neither penny nor power, to talk of women, or wigs, when I have but a single louis d'or between me and the street! Come, mon coeur, and let us face the situation. My rent is not due for a week come Tuesday: that will take half; with the remainder I can get bread and wine enough to last for that period. Dame! ten days are sufficient in which to conquer a prov ince, marry a widow with fat money bags, or run inlo some lucky adven ture that will give me gold enough to live like a prince for another month. But, peste! how dark it grows, and yet. it is only midday"—and going to the window overlooking the square, he glanced anxiously about him. "Ha! another execution is afoot," he con tinued to himself half audibly. "Some petty noble who has displeased the king, or a poor farmer rebelling against Colbert's taxes. An eclipse too! That augers well for me. 'Twas an eclipse that I watched just before my appoint ed captaincy at Messina. Again, the shooting stars appeared the last night of my captivity after Libteso and warned me of my release. It means a change of fortune; and, aa any change can but be for the better, I welcome its arrival. Mordi! but the crowd is fright ened; like the sheep I used to see out side Naples when a boy, as the thun der startled them from their grazing— Ha! they break through the lines of guards—Cor Dieu!—the prisoner es capes—he flees-—what fools and cow ards togo mad over a falling wall and a blinking sun." And speaking thus he turned away from the window, threw himself down into a chair placed in front of the other casement, which he opened, and sat half dreamily watching the still daikening sky. He sprang up with a cry of amazement, as he saw the opening of the window suddenly ob f trueted by some opaque body. By the time he stood upright, this body re solved itself into a pair of human legs, that, after dangling a moment in the air. found lodgment on the sill, anil before the young soldier could move or utter another sound, the figure of a man descended inio the room and stood before him. CHAPTER 11. SHOWS IIOW AN OFFICER OF TDK GUARD ALMOST MAKfCS A DISCOV ERY, AND THE FIRM OF TONTI AND COM FA N Y lb, F<) RME D. There was good need of Tonti's sur prise, lor the suddenness of the ap parition, its means of entrance, to gether with the grotesqueness of facial expression visible, were all calculated to startle even the bravest of soldiers. The figure was that of a man a little over five feet in height, whose age might have been anywhere between 30 and 45, clad in the black clothes that only condemned wear on their way to execution. Ifis featuies were small and sharp, with a look of min gled cunning and resoluteness. In places the skin was disfigured with the marks of smallpox that in some lights see.'Bed to extend themselves over the 112 ntlre face. The scars above and below the eyes were so plentiful that in their healing they had appar ently drawn down the lower and raised tit-' upper lids, so is to present the wild staring eyes of a madman. ! 'I he mouth was large and of plebeian shape, and the lower jaw, seeming to hang like a half-shut door, revealed three glistening fangs ihat resembled more those of a wolf than the teet.h of a human being, while saliva jripped incessantly front the corners of the mouth clown the chin. The ears, of unusual size originally, had been clipped so that only the lower two thirds remained. A sear, starting be tween flie eyes at the root of the nose, ran upward until it w;as lost in the tangled masses of his reddish-brown hair. His eyes, which were the most remarkable feature of all, in addition to their stare were of that rare and curious shade of gray which changed in expression according to the mood of the owner; then they seemed to gleam alternately with the mad fires of the hopeless maniac, and again with the all-but-quenched rays of reason of an idiot. All of these physical pecu liarities were accentuated by the crea ture, as he stood with arms akimbo, feet well apart, eyes almost starting front their sockets, tongue protruding, and ears slowly moving tip and down, while a most diabolical grin overspread the crreater portion of his face. "Mordioux!" cried Tonti. "What have we here? Some gargoyle strayed from his post on the stone corners of Notre Dame; or is it a new court jester; or one of the Gadarene swine that be came possessed of devils the good Abbe Renaudot told me of? Ha, ha! or best of all, one of the progeny of that hell-bound Mazarin or my Lord Colbert —hola! none of that, or out of the window you shall go as you came, only head first." This last exclamation was induced by a sudden movement of the fantastic creature before him. During the first part of Tonti's speech the little man had stood playing the idiot, but as soon as Colbert's name was mentioned, he suddenly changed his expression. The gray eyes lost their look of mad ness and gleamed with a light of in tense hatred. Suddenly drawing a small dagger from his person, he threw it in the face of Tonti, who stood about three paces off. The sol dier had often seen that look in an adversary's eye in duel and battle, and he knew well it portended some sudden action. Instinctively he raised his hand to ward off the impending danger, as he saw the movement of the man's arm. The weapon glanced through the air, and struck the up lifted paint of his left hand. Instead of piercing it, as one would have ex pected from the force with which it was thrown, it stopped with a metallic clink and fell with blunted point to the floor. Quick as thought, the young soldier sprang to his sword, seized it, and came at his treacherous visitor, who stood awaiting his approach with out making tho slightest movement. Tonti presented the point against his breast, exclaiming: "Now then, my fine fellow, if you have any more such compliments to give me, kindly do it now, and I shall show you in return how we spit a chicken for roasting in my native town." The man glared at him a moment, then with a sudden effort reorganized his features completely. This was as much of a surprise to Tonti as the attack had been, for in an instant the protruding tongue and fangs disap peared, tiie eyes became less promi nent and lost their wildness, and the whole man was changed; even the scars seemed to lose their whiteness and become more like the surround ing skin. A supplicating look came i*to his face, and as Tonti's sword point was dropped in his amazement, the man fell on his knees, murmur ing; "Pardon! Pardon!" [To Be Continued.] ThuiiKJit frtmi MnKarn. John Jacob Astor, at a dinner in ; Philadelphia, lallied about Niagara. "Every one who goes to Niagara," j he said, "hears some absurd, ridic- j ulotis and inapt remark there. You | stand and gaze at the falls, profoundly I moved, unspeakably impressed, and j than, all of a sudden,somethingfatuous J is said, and the effect of all that gran deur is dissipated forever. "Who, since the falls were discov ered, has been allowed in peace to drink in their superb beauty? Not i for one. "The day I first saw Niagara a man touched my arm as 1 looked up at those white waters. I turned to the man. He had the silly and vacuous smile of the confirmed joker. " 'lt seems a shame,' he said, 'tc see all Ihis going to waste.' " 'What are you?' said I. 'An elec trical engineer?' " 'No,' he answered. 'A milkman.'' —San Antonio Express. Mndi' ii Great Liiiikli." There are conversational "bluffers" who are sometimes reduced to such straits that they make a pretence of lieiiig entertaining on the good things they have forgotten. Simeon Ford tells of one who, at a dinner, said to his neighbor: "Did I ever tell you of a famous good thing I once said to Mark Twain? Well he was alluding to my former occupation as an oculist, in which he ssid it.was no wonder I had failed, since a man must he blind indeed be fore lie would apply to me. Well, of course, that was very good, but I floored him completely with my reply. 1 can't recollect just now what is was, but you can depend upon it that it was capital and made a great laugh at the time."—N. Y. Times. from SiveetN. That was a fair retort of a pretty girl, annoyed by the impertinence ol a conceited beau at a wedding party. "Do you know what I was thinking of all the time during the ceremony?" he asked. "No. sir; how should !?" "Why, I was blessing my stars I was not the bridegroom." 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