The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-07-20

kfe" wuite - mhroie In low voice
he said slowly:
Il have borne all your sights and in
suits without a word. on your wife's &C.
count. but you had better beware or Won
may get your deserts-
From your asked Macairs sheer
ingly.
From me. II necessary answered
the young man. But mp to q certain
point you may escape on your wife's ac-
count"
What the devil has my wife to do
with you? She didn't seem to care very
much about your feelings. although you
were rather spoony on her before she be-
came my property"
This he said with an air Of insolent
triumph which would have reused any
man. Still Pierre kept silent. and the
rest were silent also. for they recognized
that his blood was mp and that his
wrath might possibly fall on some Of
them. Robert did not enjoy the silence.
There was little fun in his torturing un.
less there were others to enjoy it. % he
tried another tack.
Dear me. how hot Of blood we are!
With such a superabundance Of pug
nacity wonder that you do not seek q
place in the army. There is plenty OF
work to be done-by men who are not
afraid to do IL. Why do you not join
the army of England There Is need OF
young men there"
Pierre answered slowly;
II suppose you were ON your way
there when you found your way here.
And yet IL Is strange that you came from
the north. suppose that you had tc
rest yourself and recover from that
wound in your leg where you carried the
shot. AS can claim no such distinction
and have no such honorable wound &c
show. think shall leave such excellent
company. For you should advise you
to go home to your wife and for the fu.
ture keep either your mouth shut or youI
leg covered. You can perhaps afford
one luxury. but you cannot afford the
two"
With this he turned on his heel ano
left the room.
The rustics were now in o greater
quandary than ever as to what they
should do. for. to their great surprise
their bully when confronted had not ven
tured word in answer. but had sal
quite still gnawing his lip. They, how
ever. had not confronted him. and they
feared he would have his revenge out OF
them. SO they all sat still until Robert
Macaire started to his feet and said:
Here's to the health of Pierre Lamar
He is fine young fellow and will be of
to the army before long. you will find
Perhaps he will be gone before the weeh
Is over-perhaps even earlier still"
He can't go tomorrow anyhow" saiG
Gustave. one of the usual butts. "be.
cause tomorrow he has to bring cask Of
wine to the frontier and will not be back
for three days ut the earliest"
"Ah. gentlemen. it will be as ] say.
You will find that the young man will
volunteer: he is keen for fighting. You
saw yourselves how he attacked me on
account of little innocent chaff which
not one of You ever minded"
well. he viii have time to cool down
on the way. for he won't have much com.
pany to cheer him in the morning"
How do You meanr' asked Macaire
turning to him.
He goes by the mountain road. whert
not one person travels in the week. And
he starts early. too. for his father said
that he would call him at 2oclock, as he
had to start at 8"
Robert Macaire said good nigh. 20 ms
comrades. sri the last remark he made
was:
you will find that am right. That
young man means soldering, and when
he leaves this we shall probably have
seen the last of him."
When Robert Macaire arrived home,
his wife was sleeping. he did not awaken
her. but lay down on the bed in his
clothea
The night wore on. The man still lay
without moving When the clock struck
2. he arose softly. The house was wrapped
In slumber. He stole out. and creeping
from shadow to shadow passed silently
up the mountain road. About half q
mile on there was a dangerous place
where the road ran over shelf Of rock
with precipice beneath. Here he stopped
and busted himself for a few minutes
with stake picked up on the way. Then
with an evil smile on his face he drew
back into the shadow