Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-12-17
CHAPTER VII
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FACE 10 TACR
TIE journey TO 81. Seurin occupied more
IN. than ! aDt,Ci patel. reac!se1 Parls
lii. Ii 4 morning, aud, without halting for
l.. :ook he frs tan to Rennes From
l. mes / had TO x to l. y. ..nt, which
found was as far as inc rail way could carry
me toward my DIES tinatIoA.
r nnes reaChei in the evening Here
q, compelled to sIend the night Their
.ny no train 10 LO:ient until the next
pornlng The morning train wa, a pain
ful slow one; 1t was not until late in the
a. ..rnoou of the second day that l reached
he .er,itsi port OF he Bav o! Biscay.
tie l inquired as TO the best way OF
getting to st. Seurin. l found the place
was nearlJ twenty mIes away. A diligence
which PASSED It left LOrient every other
morning at 10 q clock must wait and 60
10y mat.
Ichafd at to t1ne which must eapse
he ore l mat mv enemy. and was on tbs
point Of or .erlng a carriage and horses t.
take me 20 st. Seurih at once. But ref1ec
ron toll me that the arrival of q travel,r
In such a way, At a village so small as
ascertained D.. S;urin 10 De, must excitr
curiosity. Peopl, would gossip, and the
man whom l loneed to NEE. might hsar OF
my arrival, and once more nv ami leave no
trace. So ] curbed my impatisnce staid
tue night at L Orient, and started in the
morning BY the lumt sring old diligence
Why il it, that when vne is burning to
reach . certsin place, the sole available
mode Of progression seems not only the
slowest, but in many cases actually is the
slowest that can we'll be hit upon. Those
twenty miles, or their equivalent In kiio
me;reS seemed longer than al, the rest of
the journey. True, the roa'l was in many
places ste,p, and the heavy vehicle not ado
qustsy horsed; AMI vary likely no one save
myself was in a hurry
But The most wearisome journey ends at
last. A snail, il allowed time, will arrive
at his goal. Tue diligence reached St Seu-
rim, aud as dismount.d IN front Of mis-
cradle looking little inn could scarcely re-
press a cry OF exulta.ion. Eustace Grant
was all hut within my grasp.
] eHers1 the inn, whers was received
Wis. j,y.ui faces. Guests were, no doubt.
few. ana sheir visits far between. l asked
If Loud Lave accommodation, and was as
sur d could CONT UPON the best out OF
Pacs. Al nnotner time this gran iiloqnsnt
assertion would hava anusof M Now
nothin, amused nae, AMI l cared for moth
ing so iong is l couli have food snl drink
EEd a place to lay my lead until naI &C
comp!ished my mission
l dine., for / vas beginning to fee the
effects Of tho exhaustng journey. Then l
walked cut AMI took stock OF my surround
ings,
St Seuriu wa as l had been INFORMED
small decaying village Some Of tie
j. rls's we're picturesque in their WAY, but
:rnuv "ero ha.f in ruins. There was q
Hc',, whole six, was, Of course, utterly
:.,i"por Toned to tn, village There were
.'ons necessary to supply the needs OF
-c:aCy population. SO far as / could
20 ihare was nothing else.
truck my heel on the dusty, sandy path
J. -. it for life in such place as this that
VIOLA hsi left NET Had she given up all
,...' comforts and Injuries with which l
'.api cave surrounded her to hide with the
partner of her niSh. IN q wretchei hole
wncre she could $40 no one sava rough
fsAermen, pcasants, and such Ike! If So,
her love for Grant must Be moro thou NOR
tai to tring about such . sacrifice Of all
that woman, from the time Of Eve down
ward, have bean credited With longing
after: Thoss question: and the only answer
could give to them did not improve the
state OF my mind
1t was now growing dusk. I walked
tack TO the little inn, went to my room,
and asked for lights and coffee A broad
faced, troat -shouldored Breton lass minis
tered to my wants. l entered into con.
versation with her, and in spite Of hei
pa;ois managed to understand her.
ASKED about the place and the people.
q shrugged her shoulders. All! hut the
p.ac, was decay ing-going down-gone
down. Onc., sho had heard that people
Could live thors and make money; but that
WAS hundreds OF years ago. Now, every one
was poor as POOR could be. Parents could
not give their daughters dots-girls could
20. save them. Besides, many Of the
young men went away. They went to
LOrient and became sailors. It was q
rare thing for girl to get married in st.
Eeurin.
Were there no visitors-no English, for
Misunderstanding IN the neiRhborhooii No
yes. There was one monsieur-he was
English. He livs1 at Pierre Boulay's farm
tho farm Just over the sea cliff yonder;
the house nearest to the sea.
His namel Ali she forgot those strange
names. He was tall and handsome He had
been here, of and on, many months He
was hereto, but kind to Door people.
What lid he DO with himself in this DESC
late placei ALL shs knew not True, young
5enn, old Picrres sou, said that tho gentle
man shut himself up for hours and hours,
writing, and the cure who knew him, said
he was a learned man.
1t was he! Ny journey had not been in
vain. / longed to ask the girl il lady
lived with him, but / forced the question
back When l had finished with Eustace
Grant could then think Of Viola.
where was he to be fountf Was he at
til. farm nowi She thought not. She had
M hin, for 10
came down the hill and walked along the
coas.-far, far along the coast. If mon sieur
wlsEel to meet with him he would surely
tn him thore.
Yes, the coast was very fine Sometimes
artists came to paint it. Perhaps monsieur
was an artist
She glanced at me- No doubt my coming
hal created curiosity. The question sug-
gested an excuse for my staying at such q
place as St Seurin
Yes; she had guessed right l was an
ertist. had come to draw pictures Of the
coast. Size seemed pleased at having
guessed the nature OF my occupation, and
qu!ckls left me, no doubt to make her dis.
covery known to all who were interested in
the matter. Ineedel her no longer. l had
lcnrned enough.
Fate seemei shaping everything to my
han1. L mad learned that Grant was al
most within stones throw; that nearly
every day be took solitary walk along the
coast. 1t was on the coast, far away from
feer OF interruption, that l would arrange
ior cur meeting to take place. All now
wished 10 guard against was premature
discovery OF my presolcs
The ne1t n,orling l stepp,l on. and
SifvsIei the sceae OF acton. Far, far
eva: rs eye couli Sc, was IN, stretch of
sInooth.yeiiow sall Arrnnin, from the Q lge
Of the glorious Sea 10 the tall, rugged
cii';s, in freak Of which the tiny villag,
nu-tlol
climbed he hill AMI from the too, look
in across the valley. could see the small
f'rnlhons, i'll which the Object of nv hatred
Lv t. ,s-cd 20: g near to it. | turrei
ifi rtg:inei the sea coast, aud Wake 1
a.tn, under h, eff. pic:uring with savage
"a; -ure III moment When, utterly un su =
T. eli - CT ar cont.gui;y Eus.ace Grant
'd.i fin! ia eff confronted by ME an
Gid up, Z TO r>c.oI up the cost Of his
lou. ;rcacl!efv.
b;.- that daS, aud other days, passed. with
Out IN. cen; a sign of him. l spent nearly
al tle Acur5 Of daylight on tho Goa It