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I had been too nigh gone then to greatly care that I was saved; now I cared, and thanked God for ht in the future, the past was ain, I had that hour in the state cabin of the George I loved, and was loved again

There was a noise outside the door, and Rolfe's voice speaking to the gaoler Impatient for his entrance I started toward the door, but when it opened hein," he said, with a face that he strove to keep grave "I only ca soure, co forward out of the dimness behind him, crossed the threshold It was a woman, cloaked and hooded The door was drawn to behind her, and ere alone together

Beside the cloak and hood she wore a riding mask "Do you knoho it is?" she asked, when she had stood, so shrouded, for a longwhich I had found no words hich to welcome her

"Yea," I answered: "the princess in the fairy tale"

She freed her dark hair fro her cloak let it drop to the floor "Shall I unh "Faith! I should keep the bit of silk between your eyes, sir, and my blushes Am I ever to be the forward one? Do you not think me too bold a lady?" As she spoke, her white hands were busy about the fastening of her mask "The knot is too hard," she h and a catch of her breath

I untied the ribbons

"May I not sit down?" she said plaintively, but with softyet My heart--you do not knohat pain I have in hts and when none are by, indeed it does!"

There was a settle beneath theI led her to it, and she sat down

"You arden, that hath only a lane between it and the gaol" Her eyes were downcast, her cheeks pure rose

"When did you first love uessed why Master Rolfe alone went not to the bear-baiting, but joined us in the garden She said the air was keen, and fetched me her mask, and then herself went indoors to embroider Samson in the arms of Delilah'