The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1888-11-03

a start Of pained surprise showed his wife 8
and daughters dismay.
And why nOtin Kate asked, with we'll
fclgned calmness. "Why not Mr. Lecroixi"
The question was too much tor the old
sailor, who rose abruptly and said, with az
much Of a sneer as he could assume, for
the good-naturcd Captain was not strong in
sarcasm
" So be IL, then. II Is natural that birds
Of feather should flock together; but |
little thought Miss Frobisham, that should
ever be glad to"
He colored crimson and paused, for after
all the girl was his guest.
"To get rid Of me :" Kate suggested, with
apparently unstrained composure.
The Captain disdaincd reply and left the
room, almost rudcly ignoring the hand sho
held out 10 him. Had he noticed tho
dropping cyelid and quiyering lip which sud
denly betrayed her deep emotion be might,
by kind word, have opened the food
gates Of her emotion, but hc was blind 70
every thing, and burned with a mad rage a,
the wrong she had done his boy Harsn
The wrong done his boy Harry Aye,
there was the rub. II was but natural that
she should cleavc 20 her own kin and be
true % the associations Of her childhood
nay, the Captain could even forgive her
treason 30 the Union; for women, he argued,
are emotional creatures, and always side
with the undcr-dOg in the hght'-but that
she should turn from him and his % the pro-
lection Of AlphOnse LccrOix was an outrage
beyond his powers Of silence endurance.
AlphOnsc LccrOixl He dctcsted this Al
phOnse Lecroix with an aversion which
knew no bounds Of reason; not that he had,
when he came 30 analysc tho situation, any
Just grounds for such strong antpathy
against the young man, but he b!indly based
his contempt for him on general principles
Alphonsc Lccroix, who was stirring such
torrent Of anmOsity In tho Captain 3
heart, was young French Canadian, re-
siding in ncighbOring village across tho
river, possessed Of "a small fortune which
hc had inherited from apcnuriOus father.
Fortune had been fairly generous 20 him,
and nature had been more than prodgal in
her favOrs. HIS was the ideal Of a school
girls type Of manly bcauty-back, curly
hair; large, luminous dark eyes; regular
features teeth, which Duchess might have
cnvicd; soft, musical voice; ten
der, sympathetic manner with women,
and 1.-the, active figure, whose
every movement was grace itself
Then, his dotinR father had given him a
college education, and, though his accom-
plishments were OF tho vericst veneer, no
had acquired the art Of making the most Of
the little he had lcarncd-surcly not such
an Objectionable parsonage after all. But
his volatile manner clashcd with Daniel
Winthrop's stad views of life, and in the
best Of times, when LccrOiX had been ad-
mittcd at the Orchard House as frequent
guest, hc had set hlm down as "frivolous
iackanapcs;" but when the Young man let
slip indiscrcet expressions Of sympathy for
tho sccccdcrs and cvnced n too warm APP
probation Of Miss Frobisham's society," his
wrath knew no bounds, and no had ordered
his n-fricnds 20 close the door on "thc
internal young copperhcad."
Therefore, when from his retreat in the
pilot-housc he saw the Frcnchman drive 10
his door and bear away the young lady, he
might bo forgiven the storm Of impreca-
tons which rose TO his lips. Ono thing com
fortcd him: neither his wife nor daughter
appeared on the threshold TO bid God-spccd
10 the departing guest
And Harry was coming homo that night,
too. How could he meet his boy with this
tale Of sorrows He would rather face tho
worst storm that ever ragged on Lake Mich-
gan than tell the poor lad that the girl he
loved had been false TO him
Nevertheless, I'm the gloam Of the evening
he went forth TO mcat his boy, Intcrccpting
him in the big meadow, whore years ago no
had taught him TO fly his kite and shoot
reed birds. As tho buggy approached, he
stopped the driver and said:
"Gct down, Harry, and walk with mo
TO the house. l have something TO say to
you"
Well might the father be proud Of such n
son-tall, erect, the picture OF animal
strength, with n frank expression in his
handsome face which would be his passport