Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-06-24

@M-NlNAYI1 worse Tor pair of
iAS%SSNg stiff shoulders and
NsMSO a few cuts upon the
" head.
~ ~ The surgeon
~ 81 wiry. sharp-eyed
W. little man, of half
his staiwart patients weight-rallied
him upon his sensitiveness to pain In
a tone Of irony which brought the
blood hotly back into his cheeks, and
gave them once more the bronzed glow
of health. Dick would have given much
to be able to explain the true cause OF
his agitated condition on the previous
afternoon, but even his business at the
Admiralty, and its result. seemed a
futile reason to offer for such weakness
especially to an inquisitor whose eyes
were already twinkling with sus.
picion Of the truth behind.
So he turned the conversation by ask.
ing whether he might go to his rooms
to-day.
ooh yes, dare say you might" wa.
the reply; "but why hurry? You're
comfortable here. aren't your
Hmm. pretty WELL" said Dick
with transparent affectation.
''Well, WELL" said the old man, "pool
Madame de Montaut did her best, yor
know. But you may CO." he continued
making for the door with humorous
pretense of bodily fear; ''you may &c
to-day, but don't get overheated. an6
don't be out after sunset. Good-byY
And he fled chuckling.
Dick was left laughing and swearing
to himself. "Confound it! why am sc
rsv stu
round and round me, and stare into my
galley windows!" But he was onl,
half displeased. This little bout hac
warmed him after all, and he felt the
sanguine current Of hope and active
thought running through his brain Xix.
mill-race In the spring sunlight. HI
had escaped the dreaded good fortune
that had threatened him with imme
diate Punishment. and he had begur
to find his bargain with Camilla ever
more profitable than he could hav;
ventured to expect when he made it.
It was not until close upon o'clocl
that Camilla returned. However, whel
she did come, she came alone, and tina
was consolation worth waiting for
She joined Dick in the morning-roon
downstairs. and settled herself by tn,
fire with perfect ease Of manner. II,
felt that his confidence might forsak,
him If he waited, and after he had re
piled to her inquiries he took plung,
at once.
':Are you really Irish, and not French
at all?" he asked.
''Irish by BIRTH she replied; ."Frencl
by breeding and adoption. Oh, 1t is n
secret" she went on, with smile, g
Dick hesitated to press, the inquiry
"and would gladly tell you all abou
it II thought it could interest you
but your sympathies lie, as told you
in another direction altogether"
Everything interests me that con
Germs your burst out Dick. Il an
longing to hear more"
at is true that the more tell yor
the more completely you will acknowl-
edge me to be in the right" she replied,
~and that consideration would tempt a
woman to even greater imprudences
than this
She laughed and looked him frankly
n the face. He felt that this was not
an opportunity for sentiment, and
caught gratefully at the camaraderie
yhe offered him instead.
'Good!' he said, smiling back at her;
"then will abandon my sympathies
and own you to be right; and 1t shall be
simply story that you tell me. IL you
will"
Eyes; but I shall claim one from you
In return. And now listen. was
born" she began, "in the year 1896, in
the county of Tipperary. Ny mother
died when I was but a few weeks old.
My father, Anthony Donoghue Of Castle
Carol, was wrongfully suspected Of
being concerned in Wolfe Tones con-
spiracy, and when the rebellion broke
out in '97 the Orangemen were upon
him like tigers He took me-a child Of
less than year-upon the saddle in
front of him and rode for his life.
He succeeded, after many narrow es-
capes, in reaching Bantry Bay, where
a number Of patriots under Fitzgerald
and O'Connor were met to receive Gen.
Hoche and the French troops which he
was bringing over at their invitation.
My father. who had previously held
aloof, was now tempted to join them
for the sake Of revenge.
HE sent me over to France in charge
of deserter's wife, to whom he was al
80 obliged to entrust the realized part
of his fortune and the jewels which you
have sometimes seen me wearing. She
proved worthy Of his confidence. and
when he came to Paris after the final
collapse Of the rebellion he found both
his daughter and his diamonds safe in
the house Of Gen. Bonaparte himself.
to whose protection had been COM
mended by a letter from Hoche.
"sAh! said Napoleon, when my faith
er went to thank him. here comes Meta
bus in search Of his little Camilla II
appears that there is a story in Virgil
of warrior pursued by his enemies,
and encountered by the burden Of an liz
FAINT daughter named Camilla. Stopped
in his flight by rapid stream, he binds
the child to his spear. and with a prayer
to Diana hurls her across. and himself
swims the food to find her safe and