St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-08

1907 Ny All nights
CHAPTER ".
With an exclamation and hurried glance
around him, De Ferrieres threw himself be-
fore the intruder. But, slowly lifting his
large hand. and placing it on his lodger's
breast, he quietly overbore the sick mans
feeble resistance with an impact of power
that seemed almost as moral as it was physi-
cal. He did not appear to take any notice OF
the room or its miserable surroundings; in
deed, scarcely of the occupant Still push
ing him. with distracted eyes and immobile
face, to the chair that Rosey had just quilted,
he made him sit down, and then took up his
own position on the pile of cushions oppo-
site His usually upderdOne complexion
was of watery blueness, but his dull, ab-
stracted glance appeared to exercise GER
tain dumb, narcotic fascination on his
ledger.
Il mout.', said Mott, slowly, ''hev laid ye
ont here on sight, without emmy warnin' or
dropped We in yer tracks in Montgomery
street. wherever ther was room to work six
shooter in comf'ably? Johnson of Petaluny
him. We know, eZ had a game eye-fetched
Flynn comm outer meetin' one Sunday,
and il was ONLY on account of his wife, and
she secondhand one, so to speak There
was Walker Of Contra Costa plugged that
young Sacramento chap whose name l dis
remember, full o holes jst ez he was sayln'
'Good-bye' to his darter. l mout hey done all
this. if it had settled things to please me. For
while you and Flynn and that Sacramento
chap ez all about the same sort o. men,
Rosev's different kind from their sort O.
women"
.eMedemoiselle is an angelo said De Fer
rieres. suddenly rising with an excess Of ex-
trayagauce. "a saint Look! l cram the
lie, ha down his throat who challenges it."
EFF by mam'selle ye mean my Rosey,"
said Mott, quietly laying his powerful hands
on De Ferrieres' shoulders, and slowly pin
ming him down again upon the chair, ''ye're
about right, though she amt nam 'selle yet.
Ez l was savin' l might hev killed you off
hand if 1 he'd thought it would hev been
good thing for Rosey."
For her? An well! Look, I am ready"
interrupted De Ferrieres, again springing to
his feet, and throwing open his coat with
both hands "See! here at my heart--fre!''
'tEz 1 was sayiu,''' continued Mott, once
more pressing the excited man down in his
chair. 81 might hev wiped We out-and
Inebbe We wouldn't hev keered- or you might
hev wiped me out, and l mout hev said,
Thank 'ee' but l reckon this amt case for
what's comf'able Tor you and me. IT'S what's
good for Rosey. And the thing to kalkilate
ia, what's to be done"
His small round eyes for the first time
rested on De Frrreres' face, and were quickly
Withdrawn. It was evident that this abb
Btracted look, which had fascinated his Iodger,
was merely a resolute avoidance of De Ferri-
eres glance, aud it became apparent later
that his avoidance was due to a ludicrOus ap-
probation of De Ferrieres' attractions.
'tAnd after we've done that we must kalki-
late what Rosey is, and what Rosey wants.
P'raps, We allow, you know what Rosey isl
P'raps you've seen her prance round in vel
vet bonnets and white satin slippers, and
SIGH. P'raps you've seen her readin' tracks
and v'yges without watin' to spell a word,
or catch her breath. But that amt the Rosev
ez know It's a little child ez ulster crawl
in and out the tailboard of a Mizzouri wagon
on the acali pizened plains, where there
wasn't another bit of Gods mercy on yearth
10 be seen for miles aud miles. It's little
gal as lister hunger and thirst ez quiet and
mannerly eZ she now eats and drinks in
plenty; whose voice was ez steady with In
inns yellin' round her nest in the leaves of
Sweetwatcr ez in her purity cabin up yonder.
That's the gal ez know That's the Rosey
ez mt ole woman puts into my arms Que
night arter we left Laramie when the fever
was high, and sez, 'Abner,' SEE she, the
chariot is swingin low for me tonight, but
thar amt room in it for her or you TO git in
or hitch on. Take her and rare her, so we
kin all line on the other shore, SEE she. And
I'd knowed the other shore wasn't no Kali
fornv And that night, p'raps, the chariot
swung lower than ever before, and my ole
woman stepped into it, and left me and
Roscy to creep ON in the old wagon alone.
It's them kind o. things" added Mr.. Mott,
thoughfully, ''that seem to pint to my KILN
you on sight ez the best thing to be done.
And vet Roscy might not like it,"
He had slipped one OF his feet out of his
carpet slippers, and, as be reached down to
rut It on again, he added calmly: And ez
TO Yer marrying her, it amt to be done"
The utterly bewildered expression which
TRANSPORTED De Ferrieres' face at this an
nouncement was unobserved by Motifs
averted eyes, nor did he perceive that his lis
tener the next moment Strengthened his erect
figure and adjusted his cravat.
.'Ef Rosey he continued, "hez read in
vv'ges and tracks in Eyetalian aud French
countries Of such chaps ez you ans kalkilates
YOU'RE the right kind TO tie to, mebbse IL
mout hev done, If you'd been livin' over
thar in pals. bat somehow Il don't jibe In
over here and agree with ship-and that
Simplifying comfable ashore in San Fran
cisco. You don't seem to suit the climate,
YOU see, and your general gait Is likely to
stampede the other cattle. Agin,' said Mott
with an ostentatiou Of looking at his com
pauion, but really gazing on vacancy, this
fixed mp, antique style OF yours goes better
with them ivv-kivered ruins in Rome aud
Palmyry that Rosey's mixed you fp with,
than il would we're. aiut sayin, - he added
as De Ferrleres was about TO speak, II amt
sayin' ez that child amt smitten with We. 1t
amt no use to lie and say she don't prefer
YOU TO her old father, or young chaps Of her
own age and kind. I've seed it afor now. l
suspicioned It afor seed her slip out o. this
place tonight. Thar! keep your hair on,
such ez it isl he added rs De Ferrieres at
tempted quick deprccstory gesture. II aiut
askin' yer how often she comes here, nor
what she seq 10 you nor you to her. | amt
asked her, aud don't ask you. III allow ez
you've settled all the'prelimiuaries aud bought
her the ring and SIGH; I'm only askiu' you
now. kalliatin' you've got all the keerds in
your own hand, what you'll take to step out
and leave the boardt''
The dazed look OF De Ferrieres might have
forced itself even upon Motifs one-idesd IA
tuity, had it not been part OF that gentle
mans system TO delicately look another way
at that moment So az not TO emharrass his
adversary's calculation. Pardon" STAN
mered De Ferrieres, ''but do not compre-
hendN' lie raised his baud 70 his head. ~
sm not we'll am stupid. Alb, mon Dieup'
Il amt sayin'," added Mott more gently,
''eE you don feel bad. It's nat'ral. But 1t
aint Business. Tn sskiu' you," be con-
tinued, taking from his breast Pocket large
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