Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-04-21


Paris, prcfcrring, she said, while In
mourning. the retirement OF Langeoiles.
As for Edmond, he passed his days rs
usual, hunting, sleeping himself In TIE
life giving breath % the woods. And
every day, too, Pascal knew II well, the +
moment drew nearer and nearer-Helene
would yield, forget her duty as wife aud
give up the struggle. The glance, the
word spoken in a certain fashion, the lin
gering hand clasp at parting--Pascal saw
IL all, saw that DE Livrey was slowly but
surely winning the young wife from her
husbands side.
And now, tonight, she had promised her
self to him. This very evening, with his
own eyes, he had seen them in each others
arms It was the first weakness, the first
step. IL was time TO act.
| Softly, with the step OF cat, Pascal
glided toward the two lovers, who, with
| arms still interlaced, were talking In y
low voice. NJ de Livrey was urging.
| Helene listening. II not yielding.
.But why tomorrow, Helenet" cried DE
Liyrey; 'why always tomorrow Why
thrust from you till then the happiness
now In your grasp"
She shivered visibly, hesitated and was
losti
80 be Il: have it as you will; Them she
/ L
cost me. but II shall be as you say. Tonight
at l2 o'clock, ut the window OF my room;
the chateau will be quiet, no one awake
4 comet
II was o O'Clock, "a night In autumn,
sharp breeze rising. Helene returned to
| the salon where Edmond sat reading. She
was pale and still shivering. storm was
In the air" she declared; ''she was weary,
too, and thought Of going to bed mt once"
/ NJ. de Livrey arrived In his turn.
"Yes the weather had certainly changed;
| IL was going TO rain, and rain In torrents.
He must hurry to regain his hermitage"
Helene as she had said, went mt once to
her chamber. There at her window the
| minutes seemed to her to crawl by like
years. A weight OF anguish oppressed her
heart. Again and again she listened with
strained ear. Not a sound broke the still.
ness Soon her eyes accustomed TO the
darkness, she was able to distinguish dim
ly through the night the alleys, trees and
thickets Of the park All the chateau now
was wrapped in sleep.
The hour OF the rendezvous approached.
4 At last II sounded-twelve solemn strokes
Then, suddenly, sharply, through the ST.
lence, shot rang out. Helene. her hand
on her heart. listened and waited, her face
glued to the glass, gazing out.
! Below, at the edge Of the wood, the little
J cottage nestled In the midst Of the trees
Pascal Hubert strobe toward II rapidly, bis
hand still clutching firmly the stock Of his
} gun. He reached 1t; light shone from
: the window. What did IL meant He had
told Cenette that he was ON the tran OF .
poacher and going 20 watch IN tne WOOD
! perhaps, all night long. why shen' Wa
Ceneste not asieeps POOR ht,ie one sne
D was afraid, doubtless, Tor tho man she
} loved-poachers were often wicked, aud
avenged themselves on the keeper who
trahed them.
: All at once the sound OF voices reached
, Paseals ear. Cenette was not alone, then.
Pascal listened.
II "But, Cenette. Cenette, why resist me
longer' Since Pascal Is to pass the night
outside, what are you afraid Off Your
happiness, tell you, depends solely upon
} yourself"
II And ! tell you, nj. Edmond" Cenette
answered firmly, what | have told you
! again and again, that love Pascal, and
Pascal only. II opened the door TO you
. this evening. IL was because l believed
+ that IL was he returning. while You profited
by his absence and your knowledge OF the
7 necessities OF his work TO take me by sur.
prise. Go. go. beg OF you, before Pascal
, returns"
J Reflect. Cenette; will you still refuse,
when ] say to yon that otherwise ! will
dismiss him from my services"
} And do you think, nj. lie Comte, that
Pascal will not ask You why you send him
away"
but, Cenette, he reasonable and gentle.
. Your resistance IL senseless. have loved
you for long time
and !, NJ. lie Comte, love Pascal, my
Q husband
!; Hush, be siientl love you, love you
5 say, and you shall be mine'--
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d the door new open and Pascal paanged in
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