The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-06-28
broke on the nigAs6cunfoating to those

teeth, with effort 10 speak calmly, he
added:
"That day | told you that you sold
yourself. 1t was only your body then;
now it is body and soul'
For some seconds the woman stared at
him in dumb wonderment. Suddenly
she recoiled as if he had struck her with
his fist; surprise, horror and contempt
sweeping over her face. She dropped
her eyes, but held out her hands to him,
entreating piteously:
"Adrien, you must hear
He broke in almost brutally.
go! Go at oncep he cried hoarsely,
cor you will force me to do what Inever
feared before-insult woman
There was no installing the tone, even
had the mere words been less plain. In
stantly her face changed. The hard,
proud look rose to it and set there.
Without another glance at him Adrien
Latour's old love turned her back upon
him and, drawing her rich laces about
her, passed under the orange trees out
of his sight.
And again the hooking maskers' cho-
rus, ringing out upon the night, was
borne, meaningless yet Earring, to his
stunned sense.
For full minute he stood still as
though carven stone Then he dropped
upon the seat, the proud head buried in
his hands, with the wrung cry:
"Fallen! and through him"
For minutes, that might have been
,ha,1ss FOR aJlght ha knew the still moon
light flooded the motionless figure.
Then the street gate opened again
and Dale Everett, followed by his tive
aids, re-entered the garden. Passing
straight to Latour he dropped his hant
upon his shoulder as he began:
81 just missed her. Arnold say
l she"-
e AT the touch the Creole had sprung t.
: his feet, his face full in the moonlight
=, Something in that face cut off speech a
t thunderclap might 1t was marbl
n calm, but the set lips and the ugly glea1
@ in the eyes there was no installing. Th
8 cold steel ring in the voice nullified tn
n excess of courtly polish in manner, q
Latour said:
e "Pardon but you have been at to
n much pains to amuse me. And trul
J! your new carnival does show strane
s. sights?"
"What do you mean?" Dale asked wol
II dering.
IS at unmasks characters, while it masl
faces" the other went on coldly. /"
teaches that in your service, Gen. Eve
If EFT, man may rise to his brigade an
y yet be a-scoundrel!"
q. The quietly whispered word fell
a distinct and clear that Everett recolle
10 as though he had stung him.
"You say-that" he exclaimed IN su
rs prise, almost breathless.
The Creole drew one step nearer. a
5y ugly smile twisted his lips, that scarce
IS moved, as he whispered:
IN "You shall fight me-here-now!
re have used one word; do not force me
Of use another-cowardW
For a single instant Everetts rig
in hand clinched, his arm half raised,
er his brow grew black and knotted. L
re next, the arm fell, the hand unclost
of but the teeth were set through viii
nd he forced the words:
n, Had another spoken either word
70, had stretched him there! From
" brother of my boyhood l must bet
understand ~
of "Do you understanu-that?"
W. With the quickness of light, Abr
I'd had drawn the torn glove from his bre
i'll and passed it sharply over the otht
d. face. But, vivid as was the mott
Dale had seized his wrist in a grip
IN; steel and held it motionless.
w, While one might count five seco1
Ike no sound, no movement, was ma
Ter Then Everett softly loosened his or
and dropped his hands. His face b
aw no trace of anger, his voice only sole
DO pity, as he said: -,
ow "Adrien Latour, you have put bl
between us. Why, God alone can
ere May he pardon you in your madness
ne, Dalo Everett had no bigotry. a
ur- soldier he used the soldiers weapon,
if he condemned he followed the tene
tep the school he was reared in. l
minutes sufliced for preparation. Nell
she the generals humor nor his rank broo
you question. The aids acted as seco1
we their sabers went into. the oppone
or hands,
Tor Capt. Arnold, you will act for {
Latour," Dale had said, as calmly
ov- he gave the aid an order to +
yet parade, I'VE prefer this matter
mes absolutely private. Should chant
be hurt, remember, Gen. Latour is t
less passed by you, masked, by all sentil
,sed We are ready"
has While he spoke Everett had thr
len, off his uniform coat and vest and
wo- his hat on the ground. Barring his
above the elbow, he took his saber 1
the the young captain and stood still.
erry Latour tore off his mounteoa
ter, Jacket, stripped the sleeve OF his