The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-08-17

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have had an almost miraculous
effect.
Early III the morning DR. Huet
- appeared 1t the chateau and went
up to the bedside. lie saw at n glance
that the crisis was past, and after care
full examination and redressing of the
wound pronounced the patient out of I'M
mediate danger. During the examination
the German awoke and made a sign that
he wished TO speak TO the doctor alone; so
the old dame was dismissed, and the two
men were left face TO face.
You have something to communicate
TO me, said the Erenchman, seating HIM
self by the bed
All monsieur, returned the German
officer, it is not of myself that l wish to
speak, but of her whom God sent to save
me in my extremity"
Mile de Cav Giles? Yes, you are
right; YOU owe your life 10 her.
Moro than my life, monsieur cried
the other. in n voice choked with tears.
All, you do not know But when | have
told YOU, YOU will adore her and pity me.
Better if | had died! Better if l do not
live to look again into her noble face,
Charity so infinite is more than / can
bear"
Huet looked puzzled, and began to
think that the mind of his patient was
wandering.
Pray compose Yourself" he said.
"Where is she, monsieur" asked the
wounded man, eagerly. Have you seen
herr
Not this morning Dame Fevereau
tells me that the young lady watched dur
ing portion of the night, and then re
tired to her own bedchamber."
Not before she had saved my miserable
life, Not before she had snatched Inc
from death, though she knew that /, of all
men, was the most undeserying Mon
sieur, / remember. | was sinking fast
when she lnterfered and succored me-
me whom she should have left to per-
ish,-me whom she has cause TO hate so
much,'
Come, come, said the Doctor, good
humoredly: "of course we know yO1 are
n German. one of the enemies of France.
But bullet, look you, absolves all such
enmities, and we people of France do not
carry our ferocities into the hospital or the
sick-Ioom.
Thanks, monsieur, returned the other,
sadly. ITO you, also, / know owe debt
Of gratitude; but that is different To her
] owe far mora debt which leaves me
shame stricken and penitent before my
God.'
His look was so full of anguish, his
tone and manner so solemn, that tie
Doctor gazed mt him in wonder. Tremu-
lousy, with the tears still streaming
down his cheeks, the German reached
out his hand, and placed it upon Huets
arm
Monsieur, listen Do YOU know
have you heard-that she has lost her
father"
MOI" cried the Doctor. starting in
amazement The Cheyalier? he is not
dead?"
woful beyond measure, in its utter
misery and self-reproach, was the look
upon the Germans face as he replied:
Yes, monsieur / killed him
Thunderstorm and horror stricken. the
Doctor shook of the others touch and
sprang to his feet
You killed the Chevalier2 Do you mean
it, Grand Dieu, it IS too horrible! How?
How?
In broken accents the German told his
story he had told it overnight 10
Blanche, but more clearly and in fuller
detail. He described the incident of the
surprise, of the cutting down of Gavrolles,
of the scene enacted afterward in the
moonlight, when the dying man committed
the medallion to his euemy's care. DR.
fiuet who had known the Cheyalier well
and esteemed him above most men, lis
tened in simple horror.
Ii is we'll for you. he exclaimed, when
the othe had finished, that | did not
know this before. ! reproach myself now
that Won were not suffered to die like a
dog It is horribe-it is Infamous! Even
yet when the truth becomes known TO the
PEOPLE, | viii not answer for your life.
My life is nothing, monsieur, returned
the sick man, with groan. 1 set no
store by It, God knows. save for the sake
of those whom / have left at home. II
would have been better, perhaps, if | had
died last night.
But DR.. Huet stayed to hear no more.
With a cry, almost an imprecaution, he
rushed from the room. In the lobby he
came face 10 face with the old dame
oh, monsieur, Will You come TO my
young mistress? | have Just been to her
room, and l have found her lying there
like one distracted. | am sure she has
not slept all night, and she talks so
strangely"
Greatly excited, Huct accompanied the
Z.
stretched upon the bed. her face worn
with weeping. her hair dishevelled and
stll moist and cold with the melted snow.
be found Blanche lying Her eyes were
vide open. but she seemed TO see nothing;
only nj intervals. with strange monotony
ana regularity. She gave vent to that ter
ribie moan with which she had heard the
Germans tale overnight.
1t is cerebral fever, he cried Look,
she Is quite unconscious. Poor child
POOR child! 1t is fortunate that / came
here.
Under Huet's instructions. Blanche was
uudressed and put into bed by the old
dame, who wept freely ut her task. for
Blanche seemed 10 her almost like her
own child
Returning to the chamber. the Doctor
found the poor girl lying with the same
6Ned look and Uttering the same weary
moan Glad in her white night-d dress,
with her silken hair falling around her
face and setting 1t IN n golden frame she
looked strangely beautiful
The Doctors eyes grew moist as they
gazed upon her
Heavenly powers!" he murmured TO
himself. What fatality The man who
killed her father and the fathers heart
broken child both lying under the same
roof his roof-and under my care. 1t
makes my head swim TO think of it. Well.
with Gods help will save her if I can. &"
Fortunately the good Doctor had both
skill and experience; and, moreover. the
information he had received enabled him
10 determine the character of the GIRL
ailment
He walked back to the chamber where
lie had left the wounded man. who. as he
entered. looked up wildly ana exclaimed:
Monsieur, have you seen herr For
pitv's sake. tell me of her, The thought
of what she must suffer is wringing my
heart
She is. unconscious, replied Huet be-
tween his set teeth, frowning and drawing