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

q i!sht and shadows sets.s she aess and ne
10 could Sos az the other end 4 narrow, iahce-
shaped open. postern door showing the moonlit
which tho mother and cur6 had Just passed out
hsr n rapidly toward K A. he did 20 be heard
room he had g1ittod-the youns siri had svi.
IDENTITY been discov,rcd-Rnd this would give
Stopped To- ectiV sud hs en nS1 hGsr Hood 5d"S Chilled l. with TR' nw 9i
It was his turn TO BE- territlcd-bo was standing,
Apparently. before himself. -
OF his face and figure reflected. But a second
and he saw It was . pnnclicd portrait on The
wall. 1t was q man of his own aye, height, beard.
bis own. falling over a lace Van Dyke Collar.
which, however, again stimuli ted tho appear
brimmei hat in the picture, whose dropping
plume was lost in shadow. was scar ely distinct
co to Dick was NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. As he
sss sss o at E Il ,hs " wi SfS dv slnGk eyes iyS c seemed d,t 70
He was recalled to himseii by step in the gal.
leryi. u was tho euro, who had cn,cro hastily,
partly from a feeling Of Sravsdo and partly
he had some claim to be there, he turne and
faced the good priest with q slight dash Of i'm
the portrait, But he was sorry for It the next
moment. The priest, looking up, suddenly, dis.
7 CONeTel WnNt SeCfnCu 10 ulm 10 90 the portrait
standing before it's own frame and glaring at
HIM; Throwing mp his hands with, an avorted
ssoft. S %Sec S1 N snd 4 sf, o1s s%sg. BLK b. s' ssiRsa
the opportunity, darted through the, narrow
door on to the roar terrace and ran. under cover
new and unexpected diversion 'Oecupisd
sSH 'O on in tho hoo ho %ssn to WIN link "1 ~ ,w hss
might happen outsi e. Dick re ched tho
mcnts threw himself painting on his blanket.
In The single look he had cast 6e6 nd him hS had
" iiRhted-where, no doubt, the whole terrified
household was now assembled. He had no fear
his own likeness In the mysterious portrait he
understood % eyesythi il =. The APP rently super,
Plain to S limits" his r9f, e' vanity n'nity'i %,s s sooth i%spo
himself. and rolled about until, in his suppressed
he. stopped. Its freshness and fragrance re-
called the limo ,ent young girl he had frightened.
lis hs cf@Sn a SssSa her Vel Witt IL i had done yG ,Ss S Sa
be could In bringing her back TO the hous.-at
WI safe now. II that stupid French parson
didn't know the difference b. tween a living m n
But he fell asleep with the rose in his fingers.
He was awake at the first s. reak OF dawn: He
again bathed his horses shoulder. s,ddled. but
ter, was still stid. md Dick wished to spare him
for, the journey TO stu distant Hsvre, although
first wayside inn. Luckily FOR him the disturb
ance at the chateau had not ex; ended to the
forest, for Dick had to lead his horse slowly and
could not have escaped, but no suspicion OF ex-
ternal intrusion seemed to have been awakened.
vaded. BY dini OF laying his course by the sun
and the exercise OF a little wooicraft. In the
hay cart and knew that he was near a Unveiled
road. But TO his he presently
S Sn%ra. 10 this = h us1, ioH wa al iss WHICH noad. hf from sy x. emily NIL.
he. Time. however. had made frequent breach $
in the stones; these haa been roughly, hlled
To "r POINTING Fu coward aS't tbs road Sa .0s Blu, an" as these sesS
werc mainly designed TO prevent intrusion into
no difficulty in rolling them aside and emerging
at last with his limping steed upon the white
was yet early for traffic, and Diek presently
came upon a WINE shop. "a bakery. a blacksm, this
cafe and hoteiin a broader space, which marked
the junction OF another road. Directly before
i; e0 Ss { ,ine to 9ds eq IFon = ,i.s 81 % " bark ,hS WHICH %si,
Dick did not doubt WAS the one in which he bad
ss 50 % f 'hs P.sT III IL. nj nre h . Bit sIir |, ~ ss5 ip Sp ssIsIS
approached the restaurant, As he was prepsr.
ing to make his usual explanatory. signs. to, his
broken English. mixed with forgotten American
sling, by the whits;trousered. black alpaca
AmerisaIhad he poi been 10 .Bosiown " and
!. hooaoT !" and had much pleasure in that
beautiful and free eountryl Yes! 4 was .
-yoir street cars. your "stenmbots "-ahi such
serve! compare your rrii rroads and the bufei
Of the Pull manIwiih the line from Paris. fol
ly. positively. without doubt-nowhere!
Letter, at an apPet.iaing breakfast-at which
: more Ioqua, ious. For what. then, he woult
!, FranceI He would tell. Il was the vie tofrup
|: tion Of Paris: the gsasping Of capital and compa
!. nob!esse, and the insidious Jesuitic,i power O
: III priests; As; for ex mpe. Monsieur "lht
. OF the park beforeithe ,nfei. Ii was the pressrv,
. the bunting park Of one OF the grand old scign
Q OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of acres th.t had DeVe1
: been titled and kept as wild waste wilderness
kept or a days pleasure in a %yesr-and, looI
r And the present Comte de Fontonelles cascad
Q Ing gold on his mistresses In Paris, ami tn,
Comtesse. his mother, and her daughter Twins
there to feed and fstten and pension a brood o
!; Plo,tin Ting, el sGkS,IC. Pr eSIs: ,tAIhn, Dab wher'
would come. The "BoohebiII"" had withon
!. breaches in the wall Of the park ! 'a'
. Dick: with a slight dry reserve. "reckone'
;. They were made by the scythes and pischferk
Of the peasants in the revolution OF 90. whei
. soe. c@ ssfsd TGs iff%!s ts s Ct; a. . SHe Ley Ley ,Sem I fs1
the next ,dn tine that they burn out tho chateau
. 1.-THE chateau" said Dick. with affected care
lessness. "Wot's the blamed thing likei"
o 1t was an old affair, With armor and a pictur,
5 gallery and bric-a brac. He had never sr.n Il
! Not even as a boy-it was kept very seclude'
t then. As a man. you understand. he could no
r ask the favor. The Comfesse de Fontoneiles AM
r himself were not friends. The family did no
lk q caie near their sacred gates. where hat
s stood only the huts OF their retaincrs. Tn
I American would observe that be hal not Gale,
i Il Cafe dc Chateau" nor "Cafe de Fonton
l. Giles the gold OF California would not Undue,
Q him. Why did he remain therei Naturally. L
r goad them. II was n principle, one I'm G stood
To 20 d them and hold them In check. One KEEP
0 a c~Ife-why mott One had ones principles
a ones conviciions-that WAS. another thing
= TIL / was the kind OF "'airpin.' was 1t not, tina
8 he. Gustav Rioaud. was likei
5 Yet for all his truculent socialism no wa
Q quick. ~obli2ing. and charminvly attentive 4
I Dick nd his needs. As TO Dicks horse. h.
Q would have The best veterinary surGron-ther
I WE an Incompatible one in the person OF tn
p blackslnith-see to him. and IL II were an anal
r of days and Dick must go. no himself would b
glad TO purchase the beast, his saddle and accou
trements. 1t was an affair Of businessman nd
h yertisement for. the cafe! He woul ride tn
horse himself before the QafeA nj iha mark \