The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-07-20
ROBERT MAGAIRE.
CHAPTER II.
PIERRE pEpARR

the lovelorn swains. now that their
chances had hopelessly gone. settled
down ns men almost invariably do to
the acceptance Of the inevitable. And
the village maidens. now that so danger
ous n rival was removed into the calmer
atmosphere Of matrimony. could afford
to 70 back to their loving kindness to
their old companion.
Marie lived in dream Of joy. She
adored her husband. and he returned her
love with u young husbands plenitude Of
caresses. He was tender with her moth
er and each evening entertained her IA
Their with host Of "reminiscences. The
cottage became each evening new so
cial center. One after another old friends
dropped in TO hear the wonderful tales
which Marie's husband had to tell. Need
less to say these stories were all. or at
lenst in great part in some way reminis-
rent Of his own prowess. his daring or
his acuteness. The simple rustics sat
with open mouths. and the speaker grew
in heroic proportion in their minds His
adventures seemed to be marvellous. In
his absence from France In the foreign
Countrywide name of which. by the
way. be was very careful never TO men,
tion--he seemed to have been always in
hot water. His record OF escapes from
prison would have led wiser audience
to infer that there must have been some
good reason for his so constantly getting
into prison. since he had so many time
need to get out again.
Once he went so far as to show on his
ankles the chain marks which he bore
with him In his escape from the galleys.
This was an occasion of Il festive nature.
the silver wedding of his parents-in law.
when the wine had flowed pretty freely
and the tongues of all had been loosened.
Marie did not like such thing spoken
Of even in jest or for the purpose of
boast. Her husbands honor and credit
were dear to her. and it was like blow
TO her to hear even from his lips the
mention Of the fact. The rest, however,
were not so particular, and to the men
1t was only an excuse for another glass
while the pity of the women grew
Some Of the latter had even little jeal-
ousy on the subject--their husband or
their lover had not such marks to show,
and therefore could not be distinguished
in similar way.
The next day. when Robert had quite
recovered himself. he did not care that
amy allusion should be made to the occa-
son. and when his wife with her heart
full of pity wished to comfort him with
caress for his past suffering he got
quite cross and spoke SO sharply TO her
that for good while she felt little
afraid and did not venture to allude
again to the topic.
hsreEas only one of those who had
been present when the confidence was
made who seemed to remember it, This
was Marie's old lover Pierre. he said
nothing ut the time. but few evenings
afterward when he was by chance alone
with the husband and wife he asked
Robert how long he had worn the chain.
Robert answered tartly that he had worn
1t longer than he had cared to wear it.
whereupon Pierre somewhat nettled. an
swered that it was pity he had to put up
with SO much unpleasantness and won
Serefi IL haa ..,t Chosen ~ get nd of ii
sooner when it troubled him SO much
Ee said this in an aggravatingly doubt
fulway, as IL he did not believe the story,
which. to do him justice. was but the
exact expression of his sentiments. Rob-
ert got very angry, but restraining his
passion said to him slowly and with
such an intention of affront that the
other could not but notice 1t had he been
never SO thick skinned:
my good fellow. we often have to put
up with unpleasant things and with un.
pleasant people. too. but we who are
not mere vulgar Doors know well how
to get rid of them when the time comes
Pierre did not want to distress Marie
by quarreling with her husband in her
presence. so he simply shrugged his shout
ders and seemed to take the matter as n
joke. All the same. however. he took
the matter to heart. and although he let
the conversation drop for the time he de-
tarinined TO renew it at another time
when Marie should not be present. In
the meantime he was i'll at ease at such
rebuff and took the earliest opportuni-
~ he could of getting away. He never
came to Farmer Beaumont's house again.
!. and Us the incident had the effect Of cur
= ing him Of his seemingly hopeless pas
zion he was perhaps in the long run glad
Of the rude rebuff
Not very long afterward be had q
slight alteration with Macaire. The lat
ter. when he had taken certain amount
Of wine which. by the way. began TO
occur with incommendable frequency
was given to rude kind Of "chaff.r
which had always in it such a measure
Of unkindness that 1t became apparent
that be had rough side to his character
and something of decidedly bullying
nature. the very suggestion OF which be-
gan to make him enemies. From this
he began in u measure to be feared. and
there were not wanting some who when
he was not present predicted some evil
to him from his rough tongue. Among
those who felt aggrieyed by Roberts un.
kind badinage was Pierre. but he 10
solved not to have any alteration il be
could avoid il for the sake Of Marie's
peace of mind
he was, however. only a very young
man. and the blood OF youth is hot. and
there are limits to young mans pa
thence.
The occasion came one evening when
Macaire was more than usually rough
In his manner and seemed almost as II
he had determined TO have q quarrel
with some one. lie tried to provoke his
usual victims. but without avail This
irritated him. and he grew nastier still
Co., were TIC. With liabilities OF 81 ,S5f,-h.
100. as against 100 during the correspond =.
ing six months Of 1892, with liabilities Of
1867 700, and l52 for the first six monthstls
Of 1891, with 4. go 300 liabilities. Wash. N
ington's record shows up well by compar- a
ison with almost any other state In the
union, and the record Of the entire Pa
cific coast ID much better than that of the, ".
eastern anG middle states. he
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