The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-25

man and woman, evidently ssrvants.wer SLOWLY
vuxSdn winch S Re K mi inn Int ~, the shadows O the
dsrstand VII they were saying. hut he WAS
ABOUT TO speak and indie to his desire to Gnd
speak to ntr companion. caught 81 1t OF his
Iace and shoulders above the hedge, To his sur
p prh Of @h no. condemnation, he saw the CO or drop
turned md ied toward the, house. The MN
%horrifed Glante ut Dicks face. uttered a
so'rss "sacrei" crossed himself violently. and
Amazed. indignant, and for the first time in
bis life humiliated. Dick Raxed sptechIessiy
eIter them. The man. OF course was a sneaking
1t had not been Dicks experience 10 hnve
women run from himl should he follow them,
dem,nd an explanatory Aiasi be knew not
the l.ngnaESi They had already reached the
'Weill, Let them 9o-for a moan pair OF country
opmpklns5he wanted no ,avors from them!
ms ear; hard by was q spring where. at least. he
could water the mustang; He stopped to OK.
set sky to. throw b ok. from tn 1t little mirror
the reflection OF his thin oval face, his long
tnchc. Yes, this was his face--the face that
many women In Paris had agreed was romantic
S nnSs dis ssnn = E,o Had these wreiShsd Trssnh0tns
or insane a sudden reeollectlon of the silence
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ersi But it was getting dark in the wood; no
made haste to, recover his horse, to drag II to
water mixed with whiskey taken from his flask.
His saddlebag contained enough bread and meat
r nIrs hI' S SSn suSp pp wD so s wSn Mi,S camp mr. s Gs, , fer The o'
whence no came. As the, light slowly faded
from the wood he rolled himself in his saddle
blanket and lay down.
But not g slccpl His strange position. the nc.
the incident oil the frightened servantsNtriviM
as II might have been to any other, man-.and
Si9S wake val an a imfT %rSstless. eh PEesen, fiSfhi he eoSid fs sss
also that 1t was growing lighter beyond the edge
Of the wool. and that the rays Of a young ores.
cent moon. while IL plunged the forest into dark
ness. AMI imp ,ssable shadow, evidently was L.
Illuminating the hollow below. He threw aside
formal lines OF the old garden more distinGt1lSn
house. with LIGHTS now sieamins from a
its open windows. B fore one OF these 49, 5
t taSIe Mif On t inS set apps w Spd sl s%a.s T nna q q
, 'Ssss new s8' Signs As Of IL life s saS oc Sa!1S1Sos he Ss
nous tap upon the stone dass Of the terrace.
Suddenly he saw three figures slowly turn from
the building and walk toward the table. Tho
central figure WIS that OF an elderly WON IN.
stick. whose regular tap he had heard, Supported
on. the one side by an elderly cure in black sou:
ia Sb Tad on nth the Other d BY , = tall 7 and s, slender md o, Fdrl
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end OF the terrace. as II performing a regular OK
e%rcise; and returned. stopping before the open
yersation n lew moments, the elderly lady and
her ecclesiastical comp,nion entered. The
terrace. and. leaning against n huge vase as she
looked over the garden, seemed lost In eontem.
platton. Her face was turned toward the wood,
but in another direction from where he stood.
There, was something SO e ntle. refined and
graceful in her figure. yet dominated by a girl.
tsh youthfulness Of movement and gesture, that
AlkRli Dick was singularly interested. He had
probably never seen an ingenue before; he had
th't caste and secIusion In his brief p tristan
experience. He was sorely tempted 10 leave his
fheFe s wss a III fri no o o. lilac a bushes nsasss r xisM 81 fr ner;
shadows. he could descend into the garden;
moi Why -, that il be vensared to speak to
q the servants; She was not Q, ths,
iiiacs. and began The descent so ty and securely
In the shadow. But at the same moment she
o opess w fnlIe% and e teys eq's to descend weiss To. 1S" ster. th g
but The young siII sn;we!e 4. In Iaashins
tinued her way into the garden. Here she
paused a moment and huns, over a rose tree
thrust into her belt. Dick paused. too. hall
crouching. half leaning ever a lichen lined
had long been overthrown and forgotten. To
his surprise. however,. the young girl. fol
tiously to ascend the hill, swayine from
side to side with a youthful movement. ant
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was frightened; his confidence OF the moment
before had al gone: be would sym"nd yet
moonlight. He could see the grace Of her deli
the waist with broad satin ribbon. and ito Low,
knots OF pale blue ribbons on her shoulders: h'
olive tint Of her oval cheek. the delete swell
ing, nostril OF her straight clear-cut nose: h
iiG lils h sSsD T iPsll .a sss e a1Iy 81: 'Ss i ff5siof he. in lone he
lashes. and her large gray eyes met his.
Ais! the same look Of yasant hofEor cam
pupils. But she uttered no outcry-there wa
something in her blood that checked it-some
s=ea4ea that 4T made s' Dick { f lush With IL h sdn rssSlIin;
She put her hand to her side, as IL the shock o
the %eSsrt hon o. .hh her a. ;s ee, ,d had set Tb her h heart 80 {
look gave way to one OF infinite s,dness, pity
and pathetic appeal. Her lips were parted
AT last her voice came wonderinRiy. timidly
tenrerly;
Marie . cru voir!. Que yenez vous faire lei. Ar
man de Fontonel'es Responder
Alas. not n word was comprehensive to Dick
made an uncouth. half.irritafed. half-despairln
gesture toward the wool he had quilted, 10 II It
me nineless to the frightened yet exalted cir
be ore him. Her little hani crept to her brens
and clutched a rosary within the folds OF he
dress, as her soft voice again rose low but ap
pealingly:
"vons SQUIRREL! All. mon Dieu! Peut on Won
s%ecourirl Moi meme. mes prleres pourraien
Giles .nterceder pour vous Je supplierai le Gle
de prcnHre en- pitie Fame de mon ~ancetre. Mon
sieur IL Cure est Ia. Je lui p%arlerai. NJ mer
ct lui vous viendront en- aide" She clasped he
hands appealinGly before him.
Dick stool bewildered. hopeless. mystiied; h,
had not understood a word; he could not say
word. For an instant h. had : wild idea OF seiz
ing her hand and le iding her to bis helples
horse, and then came what he believed was hi
salvation, a sudden Hash OF recollection that h
had seen he word he wanted-the one word tn ,
would explain all in pIacsrded notice at tn
the single word "prrdu." He made a ste
toward her, and In voice almost as faint as he
own, sthmnlered:
"Pcrdu."
With a little cry-that was moro like a sig
than an outcry-the girls arms fell to her side
she took a step backward. reeled. and fainte
away.
Dick caught her as she fell. What had b
said-but. more than all. what should he d
nowi He could not leave her there alone an
helpless. yet how could he justify another ai'
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