Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-09-03
HSTANIEY D.WEYyAAE
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1T Is the black art" the other an
swered, crossing herself.
maybe it is! But he will need It all
to give that big man the slip to-day"
replied the first speaker, comfortably.
"That devill" Maigot exclaimed,
pointing with stealthy gesture Of hate
at the vidame. And then in fierce
whisper, with inarticulate threats, she
told a story Of him, which made me
shudder. HE did! And she in re-
ligion, tool" she concluded. MAY our
Lady Of Loretto reward him."
The tale might be true for all l know,
horrible as 1t was! ! had heard SINH
lar ones attributing things almost as
fiendish TO him. times and again; from
that poor fellow lying dead on Pa
vannes' doorstep, for one. and from
others besides And the vidame in his
pacing to and fro turned towards us,
gazed at him fascinated by his grim
visage and that story. His eye rested
on the crowd about us, and ] trembled,
lest even at that distance he should rec
ogn'ze us.
And he did! | had forgotten his
keenness OF sight. His face flashed
suddenly into a grim smile. The tail
Of his eye resting upon us, and SEEM
ing to forbid us to move, he gave some
orders. The color fled from my face.
To escape indeed was impossible, for
we were hemmed in by the press, and
could scarcely stir limb. Yet ] did
make one effort.
"Croisette!" muttcred-he was the
rearmost-- "stoop down. He may not
have seen you. stoop down, lad!"
But St. Croix was obstinate and would
not stoop. Nay, when one Of the mount
ed men came, and roughly ordered us
into the open, it was Croisette who
pushing past us, stepped out first with
lordly air. l, following him, saw
that ms Ups were nrmiy co'nprrsseu'
ana tnat tnere was I'LL easer nsh' II,
MS eyes, AS we emerged 'he ero"u
IN our wake broke .hc me- anu 'i'eu
70 pursue u.s. e''her noS'''.'y
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third time may prlng luck.
Not that | felt much Indignation at
the vidame's insult, or any anger with
the lad for mourning it; as | had felt
on that other occasion. Life and death
seemed to be everything on this morn
ing. Words had ceased to please and
annoy, for what are are words to the
sheep in the shambles? One mans life
and one womans happiness-outside
ourselves we thought only of these now.
And some day, ] reflected, Croisettc
might remember even with pleasure
that he had, as a drowning man clutch
ing at straws, stopped to last prayer
for them.
We were placed in the middle OF a
knot Of troopers who closed the line to
the right. And presently Marie touched