The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08
CHAPTER III.

-" ~ 49, ~ POf
ing Dubbed knights. When he awoke'
| cutie early, long before day-break. lie
was no | niger a dreamy boy. but a
belted knight ready to go out and
fight, with his lady's token en- his helm
and his LAZY 5 love in his heart.
The stars shall fall and the saints be
weeping
Ere | cease TO love her-my queen my
u%ueen.n
He kept humming the song to him.
self in a pas, ionate undertonc all the
wa to NJ. E~eynier's. whither he had
determined t. go and explain what
Mr. Black, in the feeble French of his
letter of introduction, had left wholly
unexplained, the why and wherefore
Of young Mr.. ,Jardinc's visit to Swither-
land.
How he got through that eXplana-
ton, as he sat face to face with the
kind old professor. in dressing-gown
and slippers. Rode lex never could
tell. Nor what NJ. Re, nier thought of
it. though he veiied his opinion in
most sympathetic %politeness. and gave
a: once the ad ire IS which the young
man asked. or believed he had asked.
in the most bu -ine.s.like and inditle,-
tnt manner possible.
"Certainly. certai lly. yes: and my
wife and daughters shall call at once
10 congratulate the dear ladies on
their good fortune in being discovered
by so excellent a relative. stay, per.
haps monsieur would like Madame
Reynier to go in advance and break tc
them the good tidings: 1t Nigh,
start'e them. and Madame Jardinc Is
in very delicate health, and they are
Very nDcr mon icup kpnWsI'
Yes. ne knew it, but he did not take
il in-nO more than the young queer
who. hearing her subjects lacked
bread, suggested their eating cake.
Il think. Monsieur teynier.' he
said. with modest hesitation. 81 should
like to tell them myself. 1t IS family
matter. and they would not feel my
visit a liberty. They are my cousins
you see. IT, with a sudden idea thar
almost made him smile-if you would
kindly vouch for me thai | am-wcll
respectable. in short
Even if Monsieur di not carry his
letter OF recommendation in his face,
Mr.. Blacks 9 arantee would have
been quite sufficient" answered the
professor, with grave ~politcncss.
Another time l|olcrick would have
laughed + think wat his mother
would hare thought o. h T. sons owing
his whole credentials Of chara ter 10
Mir. Black the factor. bat now he wa
in too great haste TO linger an instant
more than courte " demanled: and it
seemed hours rather than minutes be.
fore, armed with NJ. Rcynicr's retii
billet. he found himsef mounting the
long stair so like a scotch one, only
clean. scrupulousl, clean. etage after
etage. Nine. .Jardine lived au qua
tricme, almost up to the roof OF the
tall house.
Are they so very pcor::" he thought,
with a sharp pang. followed b; a wilG
delight. To come as the Deus eX ma.
china-thc good genius-the protect.
ing angel-how delicious. Az. ever
though it were actual want he was
about to find.
But nc such discovery ire ented it.
self to the eyes of the young man. del
icatc in his t. ties, quick, morbidly
quick. TO d tect and revolt from any.
thing coarse o >qualid. a little Swiss
dam sci. in sabots. opened the door of
the apartment and showed him into a
salon - cry foreign. certainly: his
mother would have be ii shocked at
the almost carpetle floor and curtain
less windows: but eXquisitely neat.
harmonious in color. refined in ar
rangcmCnt.
And when she entered-nOt madame.
but mademoisel c--he felt more than
ever as if the whole thing were a vis-
ion of the night. She entered with a
soft, silent grace, which made her Pu-
ritanic,namc seem the most appropriate
possible anu standing still in the door
way, bowed to him in the distant Cor
cign way. But she SPOKE in English -
her sweet slow, precise English, very
correct IN accent. though the sentences
were sometimes arranged French fash
ion. and the monsieur" translated in
TO sir" frequently appeared therein
III Il funny un-Engllsh way.
".Mannl& has sent me. sir, to present
her regrets that sac canno see YOU
He had announced himself merely "a
a friend Of NJ. itcynier's. Bat she is
suffering d little more than usual co.
day. IN she has not risen. Will vol
IA, to ne that which you desired 10
say t. her.
Il know ! feel-it IS I who ought to
apologize" stammered Rode lex, feel
ing it absolutely impossible to lace
those great, blue. innocent. ignorant
eyes. But | came on busine bust
ness which could not he delayed"
The girl risibly shrunk. on. |
hope-l hope it is no more SORROW,
Damn las suffered so much"
Indeed, 10. quite the contrary. |
trust. May | he permitted to eXplain:7
Bat he could not explain. His tongue
seemed 20 to the ROOF Of his
mouth. All his sclf-po-session. his
good common sense, even his good
manners, seemed to have fed from
HIM.
81 an afraid-I- Pardon, but il
mademoi,eile wolld condcecsnd "a take
these 70 madame her mother" said
he, LLrriedly, falling back into French.
as If It's formal phrases of roliteness
made Il barrier against himself and his
iln.Annuc.i hla a-t.a4:ar