Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-07-27
to take the evil along with

lated Davtdotf, pacing the floor and
rubbing his hands together with the
air OF q man who has just learned q
piece of most gratifying news.
DIR. DavidOtf." exclaimed Nine. de
Vignes, with mingled contempt and in
dlgnation pictured on her face, lis this
the time and place"
Madame de Vignes." said Davidoff,
bowling with the grace of a Partisan OF
the North and raising Nine. de vignes'
hand to his lips. II know l was brutal
In giving way to my feelings in this
way, but, my dear madame, think of
the scientific value of this piece of
news; think of the honorable mention
of my name in the scientific journals,
after so many years of contemptuous
filings: think how l have labored to at
tract the attention of scientists to these
magnificent problems of psychology:
think of all these, and condemn me if
you can"
And g woman's feelings, a mothers
Vignes. goes for naught. She may
weep, she may wiring her hands, but
your science cares nothing for that.
She was brought into the world to show
how much weight O human heart can
bear and not be crushed"
Dear madame" pleaded Davidof,
"syour grief is as noble as it is affect
ing. Don't think that / do not sympa-
thize with you. My whole being is
stirred at sight of your sorrow; but
look at it in another light. This is the
price paid. Good and evil are SO mixed
in this world that one cannot be had
without the other"
Nine. dc Vignes' shapely head vas
Ns0afinr nm how, h md IL, n~ rl- -e
deep attention. but her look of anguish
showed that she was drawing but little
consolation from the Russians words.
Davidof. Don't be too impatient. In
the unseen, as in tho visible, world
there arc conflicts, commotions, up
heavals. Give the psychic ether time
to settle and purify itself. Turpidity is
nature struggling to rid herself of i'm
purities. She begins with graphite
and cndsw with the diamond. AS jacques
grows stronger and stronger, he
will grow more and more like Pierre,
Pierre, you remember, while he
was subject to sudden n violent likes
dislikes. yet, in the end, his vision
cleared and his judgments were aston.
ishingly sound and sane"
"And yet, Doctor" replied Nine. de
Nignes, sadly, IF it should transpire
that l'ierre's love for this woman was
the outcome of his deep, earnest. man
~ nature, you must admit, in order to
be logical, that my poor boy would in
herit that inclination with increased
intensity"
lido, madame" said Davidoff, calmly:
but do not admit that Pierre Laur-
ier's affection for Clemence Villa was
at the time of his death such as you
describe it. There had been differences
between them, and, who can say, may
hap Jacques took the title to that re-
mainder of affection with a cioud-if 1
may so express myself-of suspicion,
even hatred, resting upon it,"
God grant that it may be So" ex-
claimed Jacques mother, fervently.
madame" added Davidoff, with a smile,
"be guided by my judgment. Do Moth
ing, say nothing. Let jacques 90 his
way without let or hinderance, as the
lawyers say"
Nine. de Nignes promised to follow
Davidoff 8 directions implicitly. Break
fast was o announced, and the Rus
sian scientist was easily persuaded to
accompany his charming friend to the
table.
NO psychology with my potato ONE
%lette,'" whispered Nine. de Nignes,
pressing Davido:f's arm ON entering
the breakfas. room.
Here they were joined by Juliette,
looking as radiant and velvety as the
roses at her throat.
AS Davidotf's eyes rested upon this
vision OF delicate ana sympathetic love-
illness he murmured to himself:
Man is q strange creature. There
is but II animal to which he may be
compared. and that is-nan.."
Clemence Villa was gazed at with
envious eyes by the thoughtless. giddy
throng which lowered around the gam
ing tables at Monte Carlo. Not only
does the poor lover with delicate con-
%sideration commit suicide. and his rich
friend make haste to fall madly in love
with her, but she wins 10000 francs in
the very nick of time for her trousseau.
She is in luck"
This was the gist of the conversation
at the Casino.
To say that Clemence enjoyed her
suddenly acquired notoriety would be
putting it very mildly-she fairly rev
eled in it.. 1t seemed to impart q new
charm to her beauty, a new strength
sprang up like armed men from the
dragons teeth. and were just about as
really to destroy each other; but as
Clemence, with persistent and SEEM
ingly unaffected constarcy, turned a
deaf a to the honeyed words of all
these WOO rs, Jacques de Vignes felt
battered by the vehemence of the court
paid to the beautiful woman whose
smiles seemed to be so carfully gar
nered for an.
| The fact is, Clemence Villa, with
the quick sightedness of the woman of
the world, had noted in herself the
first faint trace, invisible to the keen
discovery had alarmed her, and she
had not been slow in coming to a CON-
i clusion, which was to draw Jacques de
Nignes nj q marriage as speedily as
possible. She saw that in the natural
cour:e of events her reign as a queen
in Bohemia must come 500 to q close,
and she called to mind the utter heart
lessness and cruelty with which the