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After a time he sat down and wrote some letters He had just finished when there came a sharp tap at the door Before he could open his lips some one had entered He heard the soft swirl of draperies and turned sharply round, then sprang to his feet and held out both his hands There was expression in his face now--as much as he ever suffered to appear there

"Louise!" he exclaiers for a moment in a manner which betokened a more than common intimacy Then she threw herself into an easy-chair and raised her thick veil Bellamy looked at her for a moment in sorrowful silence There were violet lines underneath her beautiful eyes, her cheeks were destitute of any color There was an abandonrief about her attitude which moved him She sat as one broken-spirited, in whom the power of resistance was dead

"It is over, then," she said softly, "thisThe word has been spoken"

He came and stood by her side

"As yet," he reminded her, "we do not knohat that word may be"

She shook her head mournfully

"Who can doubt?" she exclaimed "For myself, I feel it in the air! I can see it in the faces of the people who throng the city! I can hear it in the peals of those awful bells! You know nothing? You have heard nothing?"

Bellamy shook his head

"I did all that was hulishman in Vienna to-day has very little opportunity I filled the Palace with spies, but they hadn't a dog's chance There wasn't even a secretary present The Czar, the two Emperors and the Chancellor,--not another soul was in the roo had been taken!" she exclairapher I have but to lift h I would have had the truth frohtfully It was not for nothing that the Press of every European nation had called her the htly at her last words, for he loved her

"Von Behrling was not even allowed to cross the threshold," he said sharply

Shea little forward now, her chin resting upon her hands Soested to hi She was quiet, but her bosouess at the passion within With purpose he spoke to set it loose