The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-07-17

/ rette. and TO entrcat YOU TO take care
/ of her if she survives hardly think
/ she will.n
.'All that is fair nv good fellow" i
cri ed. IF you ask it viii carry her
: back TO France, 10 her family | viii
never leave her until she wishes TO be
rid Of me, but / do not think she win
survive it.
He took my hand and pressed ii.
"Most kind captain; i see you suf-
fer more in this business than / do
but there is no help for ii. thrust you
viii preserve what little property Of
mine is left, for her sake, and that you
will take care she gets what her poor
old mother may leave her. / put her
life, her honor in your hands She
isn land how fondly low his voice be
camel "a delicate little creature
her chest is often affected she must
keep If warm and if she could keep
the two diamond rings her mother
gave her, i should be glad but OF
course if money is needed they must
60. Ny poor Laurette how pretty
she looks -
Ii was getting too much for me /;
and | began to knit my brows.
''0ne word is as good as a thou
sand" / said. We understand each
other. Go TO her.
i squeezed his hand he looked
wistfully al me, and added STAY a
moment, let me give You a word Of
advice Don't say word TO her be
easy; that is my business il shall be
managed in the best manner"
aAh p said he, Il did not under
stand YES, much better. Besides,
this leaye-taking this leave-taking y
YES y said l. Don't behave like
a child-much better No lcave-tak-
ing if you are lost"
| kept nv seat, / saw them walk
ing arm in arm upon the deck for
about half an hour.
( i now called the mate to me, and
when be had read the letter, j said
"Garley, that is bad business-bad
business. ] put If in your hands /
obey the orders, but remain in the cab
in until II Is over.'
How do you wish the thing done,
he asked in a noncbalant manner.
Take him in a boat--out Of sight
do II as quick as possible don't say
ANYTHING Of this TIL the times comes"
( Garley sat FIVE minutes booking al
me without saving a word. He was
strange fellow. / diden't know
what to make of him. He then went
out of the cabin without saving a
word.
Night came at last. Man boat:
go n quarter Of a mile: be quick"
To obey slip of paper! for it was
bat slip after all Something in the
very air must have urged me on.
saw the Young man kneel down be-
fore his Laurette kiss her feet her
knees her gown / cried like
madlnan.
Part them, Part them this in
slant Part them-curse the repub-
lie curse The. dIrectory-the d!rec-
Tors! / quit the service: curse the
lawyers, YOU NAV tell them If Won
viii y
She was dragged into her berth.
and the boat rowed away in the
darkness.
Sometime after dull rollev came
over the sea TO the vessel. 1t was
all over.
Fool, madam, how / paced the
deck and cursed myself. All night
long ! paced back and forth, and all
night long i heard the moaning Of
the poor stricken bird
Often / halted and was tempted TO
throw myself into the sea, and so
end this horrible torture of brain and
heart.
DAYS passed; i saw nothing Of
Laurette ! would not see her. She
avoided me, and / was glad Of II. /
could not bear the sight of that Woe
stricken face.
TIE mate, Garley, how / hated
HIN, He was as cool and uneon-
cerned as though he had no remem-
branee of shooting the poor wretch.
At Cayenne l resigned nv ship
Going to the city | made all nv ar
rangements and took the steamer for
New York | placed ample funds
in the hands Of trustv friend, and
told him 10 send Lsurette 90 me al
the end Of six months. / could not
see her until Der grief had host its
edge.
Weary, sick and careless Of nv
life, | wandered off in New York
State. and finally bought little place
where hoped | should lie down and
die.
i sent for Laureae. Poor bird. /
must see her / could wait no longer. |
One summer night / sat in the (
porch Of my home, smoking NV pipe. |
and gazing down the road. Soon |
the rumble of wheels was heard, and |
the stage halted.
The next moment pair of soft 1
arms was round nv neck, and the /
head of nv sobbingLaurette was on /
nv bosom.
'f0h, you dear excellent captain. y
Heavens! who is that man behind /
vou?"
There stood the manly form ofAn-
tome Hindsclear, the convict.
What does this mean" demand
ed, hardly knowing whether / was
dreaming or not. {
Are you glad to see ne,r
Thank God, thank God" was
all could calculate. |
] understood it all. The mate Gar
ley had read NV heart better than / !
did myself After leaving the brig
in the boat, be arranged the whole /
affair.
The volley was fred bat no bullet 4
touched Antoine Hindsclear. He |
was smuggled into his berth again, |
and took care TO avoid my sight. The /
whole crew were in the plot, and, |
thank God. 1 was duped.
j sent Garley thousand dollars as
q reward.
/ am an old man; but am happy.
Ny children and my grandchildren Il |
call them nothing else) seem to think !
old Captain Fontainbleau is not such