Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-12-12
CHAPTER VII.
FACE TO FACE.

The Journey to st. Seurin occupied moro
time than l anticipated. l reached Paris
the next morning, and, without haltin9 for
rest, took the first train to Rennes From
Rennes l had to 60 to EOrient, which I
found was as fer as the rail way could carry
me toward my destination.
Rennes lreached in the evening, Hare I
was compelled to spend the night, there
being no train to L'Olient until the next
morning. The morning train wa, a pain
fully slow one: 1t was not until late in The
afternoon Of the second day that I reachai
the fortified port on the Bay of Biscay.
There I inquired as to tho best way Of
getting to St. Seurin. I found the place
was nearly twenty miles away. A diligence
which passed it left L'Orient every other
morning at 10 o clock. Unjust wait and 10
by that.
I chat at the time which must elapss
before | met my enemy, and was on the
point of ordering a carriage and horses to
a K Inc to St. Seurin at onca. But refec.
ton tol mo thai the arrival Of a trsvel IT
in such a way, al a village so small az I
a~sc,rta:ned st. Ssurin to I've, must excite
curios'G Pecpl, would gossip, u tbs
man whom l longed to NEE. might hsar of
my arrival, and ones more fy and leave no
trace. So l curbed my impati ,nce, staid
the ni"at a. Orient, and started in the
morning by the lum >ering oil diligence.
Wn: is it, that when one is burning to
reaca a certain placa, the sole ava liable
mode OF progression seems not onlJ tho
soWes, b0' il many tasas ectualiy is the
Stoves tbai can vel. he hit upon. ThoYe
twenty iaIss, or tieir equivalent in ki.o-
nlc;res, Som il longer tLal al. tn. rest OF
tho jas rney. Tru', h, roai wa, in nan ?
riacos sTe!p, ard the heavy vcl.cls not aae-
Guate.y ho:sei; AMI very ikely no one save
myself was IL q hurry.
Blu The moss wearisome Journey ends at
last. A snail, If Flowed time, will arr. \.
at his "oal. lie oil ,geace rea.hsI st. Sci
rln, ard as / dIsmount.d III iron. o. a us
eraDie-look'ng little .nu I ccul. kcarcs.y re-
was ali Luz within my grasp.
I entered the inn, whers I was received
with joyful faces. Guests We e, NJ doub..
few. and ,her v.s.ts tar Letween. ASKED
If ] could have accommodation, aud vas as.
sured ! could count upon tue best out OF
Paris. At another time thus granIiloqueat
assertion wound have amused ma. Now
nothing amused me, AMI I cared for moth
ing so .ong as l could have food and drink
and a place to lay my head until I had 40.
compllshed my m ssion.
] dlnei, for ! was beSinnit4 to feel the
effects of the exhauslng journey. Tnan ]
walked out and took stock Of my surround.
lngs.
st. Seurin was, as I had been informed,
o small decaying village Some OF th1
houses wers picturesque in their wav, bu,
many were half In ruins There was q
church. whose siss was Of course, ut tarly
disproportioned to the village. There vera
the shops necessary to supply the needs OF
the scsnty population. SO far a I could
see, there was nothing else.
l struck my heel on the dusty, sandy path.
Was it for a life in such a plac, az his tina!
VIOLA had left mot Had she given up all
the comforts and lumries with which ]
would have surrounded her to hids with the
partner Of her fight In . wretchel bole
where she could SEQ no " ave. rough
fishermen, peasants, and such Gkel II 90
her love for Grant must be more thon NOR
tai to bring about such a sacrifice OF I'll
that woman, from the time Of Eve down
ward, havo been credited With longing
after: These questions, and the only answe,
could give to them, did not improve tn
state OF my mind.
1t was now growing dusk. I walked
back to the little inn, went to my room
and asied for lights and coffee. A broad
faced, broad -shouldered Breton lass minis
tered to my wanta. entered into con
versatioa with bsr, and in spite OF be-
' patots managed to undsrstaad hsr.