Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-01-06
ELEVENTH YEAR.


CHAPTER XXXVIL-fCoSIINuEp
Once safe on English soil Caussidiere
became himself again. He forgot his
abjec, terror and resumed his cid man
ner. Then, before he had been In Lon
don many days. arose the question:
How was he to subsist? He had little
or no money. and such talents as ne
possessed were not Mt that time IN
much demand. A happy thought struck
hin-he would go down to Scotland.
hunt out the rich mistress of AMMAN
dale Castle. and perhaps secure some
help from her sympathy-or her fear.
Thus il befell that he arrived quietly
one day in the town of Dumfries. ana
within a few hours OF his arrival heard
that Marjorie was alive and dwelling
with her mother at the Castle. Up to
that moment he had been In doubt
\ whether the woman he had betrayed
was alive or dead-indeed. he had
scarcely given her thought. and cared
not what fate had befallen her. But
now 1t was very different. She lived,
and by the law Of the land was his law
fll wife.
His plans were soon laid. He deter
mined to see Marjorie alone. and II she
was obstinate and unforgiving, to use
what power he had over her to the ut
most, with the view OF securing present
and future help. On reflection. he had
not much doubt that he would soon re-
gain his old influence over her; for In
the old days she had been as wax In his
hands, and her character had seemed
altogether gentle and unresisting.
He rechcned without his host. These
seemingly feeble and too faithful ma
lures. when once they gain the strength
of Indignation and the courage of de-
spair. assume a force of determination
sometimes unnown and foreign to the
strongest and most passionate men.
As matters had turned out. however.
1t was not with Marjorie herself that
the Frenchman had had to reckon. but
with her lifelong friend and protector,
John Sutherland. This pertinacious
t, young hero whom he had always hated.
had now fully asserted his authority In
4 giving him the first sound thrashing
he had ever received In his life
Bahled, bruised and bleeding. livid
with mortified rage, Caussidiere re-
\ mained for some time where Suther-
land left him. and when he at last
found speech. cursed freely in his own
tongue. Then he paced about madly.
calling Heaven to witness that he
\ would have full and fierce revenge.
N 81 will kill him." he cried. gnashing
q his teeth Twill destroy him-I will
& tear him limb from limb! He has out
ragged me-he has profaned my person
but he shall pay dearly for 1t, and so
N shall she-so shall they all! was
y right-he is her lover: but he shall
MIND that am master. and she my
4 slave"
n Presently he cooled a little and sat
down to think.
III What should he, what could he do?
,fOf his power over Marjorie and the
yschild there was no question; by the
laws of both England and Scotland he
could claim them both. But suppose
they continued to set his authority at
defiance, what then? They were COM
paratively rich, he was poor. He knew
3 that in legal strife the richest is gen.
orally the conqueror; and, besides,
a while the war was waging, how was he
to subsist?
linen lie DtluouShl NM VI HIS Ulu
lahold upon Miss Hetherington, of his
'i&;knowledge of the secret Of Marjorie's
3sbirth. 1t was useless to him now, for
|~the scandal was common property. and
l,sMother Rumor had cried 1t from house
$fo house till she was hoarse. The
yaproud lady had faced her shame. and
s,Iad overcome it; everyone knew her
;xsecret now. and many regarded her
Mwith sympathy and compassion. For
the rest, she set public opinion at de-
and knowing the worst the
world could say or do, breathed more
freely than she had done for years.
XXI Thus there was no hope for her. In
4 need, look which way he might, he saw
no means of succor or revenge.
NJ AS he sat there, haggard and furious,
: xshe looked years older. but his face still
a certain comeliness.
, Suddenly he sprang up again as II re-
y solved on Immediate action. AS he did
a so. he seemed to hear a voice murmur-
ing his name. .
"Caussidiere!"
N NHe looked toward the window, and
4 saw there. or seemed to see. close
1,nressed against the pane, bearded
u human COuUteHdHtt SaLihS III upoh
h him.
N He struggled like drunken man,
Y glaring back at the face.
~ was it reality, or dream? Two wild
A1eyes metyhis. then vanished, and the
tyfafe was gone.
u If. Gaussidiere had looked old and
wori before he looked death-like now.
Trembling like n leaf he sank back
into the shadow Of the room. held his
ham: upon his heart. like a man who
had received a mortal blow.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
e,U- ~ AUSSIDIERE re-
\ - n a WI " mained in the room
S f$I1 for some time, but
SSS2AA as the face did not
Ak as&ss reappear, his cour-
<r AstSS,,LH.F age in measure
lE:9; ,SSS.JI|I, IL. returned TO him. At
1 E8 EiDs4Hfh3x sN last he took up his
Hsht.S25E; :.!syj4s hat and. left the
'|iasEsVNNr,,shs.:5i house.
.SlK@4Sshs:- 9;%s!4pS9 He was still very