New-York tribune., 1890-08-31

will be best for the boy. Alcide has brave
heart; the child will be all the better Tor 1ei1s
with him. And Alcide, too; he loves the child
that is what the brave fellow wants-love; ana
Armand cannot help but love him. You shall
sec Il will be all right.
So little Armand went TO AZalea, and for
TIM it was as Pere Chasse said 1t would be-
Thc new home where his will was law, was
happy change for the child from the restrictions
of Iante Louise. In way he returned the love
Of his bcnefactor, and Alcide, no longer morose.
youthcned in the light of the child's countenance
was gladdcncd by his childish careSscs. lie han
something to live for, and as long as he lelt
that he had this something his mind was clear
The long, long summers of fruits and howers
and soft southern gales, the short winters Of
north winds that lost their chill before they
reached the Terrebonne, went one by one uli
Armand was sixteen And every passing year
brought less of comfort to Alcide, for he saw the
thing for which he lived growing more and
more cstranged. lie is sixteen. he should 20
to tie college" advised the neighbors and 10
college he was sent.
Alcide waited anXousy for the vacations, the
old rnoroseness seizing on him till ne was avoided
as he had been once before. In the days before
the day on which Armand was TO return, ne spent
all his time in preparations for the DoyS having
happy holidays. he watch ana sllVer-mouii'eu =.
gun Armand had long desired were bought IN
New-O Orleans, and such horse rs was 10 be the
boys was not in all Terrebonne. Rouge ct Noir
was a mettlcsome beast not well used 10 the
saddle "Tu give YOU q lesson before sundoWn.
nv beauty" Alcidc declared on the morning the
horse was brought to Azaea. IL was a hot day III
July. and when he returned late III the after
noon from the field, where he had been overseeing,
he was heated. tired. his head burning-not at all
in humor for giving the promised lesson. Never
thcless it would he given, for Oh the morrow
Armand would be home.
horse from the stable. masterful animal, the
sun forming ares of light on his polished coat as
he danced across the bit of greensward, following
/ Alcidp's lead Neither the horse nor the man
were in a mood for tri6ing. neither in a mood
/ to be conquered. Rouge ct Noir reared his long
tail swept the ground vieiously. he trumpeted
his defiance Acidc set his teeth. graSpcd me
bridh held Rouge ct Noir's mouth as in vice
and with his mad strength slowly, surely drew
the animal down on all fours. Rouge ct Nol
gave a sudden lunge 20 the of Alcidc's vice
like grasp righted him. Quicker than thought
he vaultcd onto Rouge ct NOirs back and dug
. his knees into the animals angrily palpitatina
sides Down went his head. aloft he flung IT.
/ again he trumpctcd his rage lunGe forward
| again erect and then he tore in giddy circles
about the grrcnsward. His hoofs rooted up the
grass. flung the mould: he swung Alcide against
| the palings of the enclosure not unScatlng hlnr
! and ever tighter and tighter Alclde drew the
| rein Less swift and less swift Rouge et Nor's
gallop of fire Tenscr and tenser the hold OF
| Alcdc. Slower and slower the trot with now
| and again wild squirt for freedom. And now
signing and painting and sweating his TANKS
steaming and foam-feckcd and quivcring, Rouge
! et NOir stands head hung ana conquered
II Alcidc succeeded in conquerlng Rouge CT
Noir, the conquest finished what, had
begun years before in the dNaudry
/ OrdngrfN, WnPn ne ulScONfItl J'huH' i"'' i"'
/ Armand Icmare On that day his reason re-
ceivcd Il shock Bitter disappointment followed
hard on the gangrcncd heels of trouble, ana drove
/ Reason with violence stoutly resisted. from her
! dwclling-pla In an honest brain that was sub,
| >cryicnt 10 his hgh-strung. honorable heart and
! on this July afternoon. when Corell c1mr up 10
| Azalra consult with Alcde as 10 whether or
| not the gang of hands should be added TO, he
| found thc plantations master a-bed IN the de.
! lirum of fever. Alcidc arose from this bed OF
! oblivion a harmless, wltcsS man, nothing lelt
| him save a capacity for suffering only less than
| infinite. 80
! Armand had re'rrned from college while Alcide
| lay woorg death ,Ie had watched by the bed
! nf the man to wi. he owed everything in n
( pcrfurctory way, Lh. 50 little Of duty as
| he gave was very wcarlSome TO him Neither did
! the knowledge that Alcidcs recovery was rapid
! since be watched bring much of comfort to him.
| noi did it rejoice him to know how greatly he
! was loved II was harder for him when Alcde
! cot about and healtnened in the delight OF his
! company, more even than in the balm Of air and
| sunshine. He was young What bleasun could
! he find in the companionship of this broken man