The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-11-03

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Raise your sneak's eyes, and answer!
But in place of anything of that sort
JEAN Marie broke into a dismal howl
and fed from the arbor. Anastasie, as
she pursued to capture and reassure the
victim, found time to send one Par
THAN arrow-"Casimir, you are a
brute.
My brother" said Desprez, with the
greatest dignity, 'you take upon your
self license"
"Desprez," interrupted Casimir, "for
Heavens sake be man of the world.
You telegraph me to leave my business
and come down here on yours. come,
ask the business, you say Find me
this thief! Well, I find him; say
There he is! You need not like it,
but you have no manner Of right to
take offense'
"Well," returned the Doctor, II grant
that; will even thank you for your
mistaken zeal. But your hypothesis
was so extravagantly monstrous-"
Look here" interrupted Casimir;
"was it you or Stasie?"
Certainly not" answered the Doc
tor.
Every we'll; then it was the boy. Say
no more about it," said the brother-in-
law, and he produced his cigar-case.
Il will say this much more" returned
Desprez; IF that boy came and told me
so himself l should not believe him;
and if l did believe him, so implicit
is my trust, l should conclude that he
had acted for the best
We'll, WE'LL" said Casimir, indul-
gently. Have you light? must be
going. And by the way, wish you
would let me sell your Turks for you
l always told you, it meant smash.
tell you so again. Indeed, it was partly
that that brought me down. You never
acknowledge my letters-an unpardon-
able habit"
"My good brother" replied the Doc
tor blandly, 81 have never denied your
ability in business; but I can perceive
your limitations"
"Egad, my friend, I can return the
compliment" observed the man of
downright irrational"
observe the relative position" re-
turned the Doctor with smile. "It
is your attitude to believe through
thick and thin in one mans judgment
your own. follow the same opinion,
but critically and with open eyes.
Which is the more irrational?-I leave
it to yourself"
"Oh, my dear fellow" cried Casimir,
stick to your Turks, stick to your
stable-boy go to the devil in general
in your own way and be done with it,
But don't ratiocinate with mel can
not bear it. And so, ta-ta. l might as
we'll have stayed away for any good
I've done. Say goodbye from me to
Stasie, and to the sullen hang-dog of
a stable-boy, if you insist on it; I'm
off,"
And Casimir departed. The Doctor,
that night, dissected his character be-
fore Anastasie. Zone thing, my beau
tiful," he said, che has learned one
thing from his lifelong acquaintance
with your husband: the word ratioci-
nate 1t shines in his vocabulary, like
a jewel in a muck-heap. And, even so,
he continually misapplies it. For you
must have observed he uses it as a sort
of taunt, in the case of to ergotize, i'm
plying, as it were-the poor, dear fell
Iowa vein of sophistry. AS for his
cruelty to Jean-Marie, it must be for
given hint is not his nature, it is
the nature Of his life. A man who deals
with money, my dear, is man lost"
With JeanMarie the process of re-
Cancellation had been somewhat slow.
At first he was inconsolable, insisted
on leaving the family, went from par
oxysm to paroxysm of tears; and it was
only after Anastasie had been closeted
for an hour with him, alone, that she
came forth, sought out the Doctor, and
with tears in her eyes, acquainted that
gentleman with what had passed.
cat first, my husband, he would hear
of nothing" she said. Imagine! if he
had left US! what would the treasure
be to that? Horrible treasure, it has
brought all this about! At last, after
NC udo oOOUOO AAo SOly uSdIL OuL, ne
agrees to stay on a condition-we are
not to mention this matter, this in
famous suspicion, not even to mention
the robbery. On that agreement only,
the poor, cruel boy will consent to re-
main among his friends"
"But this inhibition" said the Doc
tor, "this embargo-it cannot possibly
apply to me?"
"To all of u.s. Anastasie assured
him.
"My cherished one" Desprez protest.
ed, "you must have misunderstood it.
It cannot apply to me. He would nat
urally come to me-"
Henri" she said, ut does; I swear
to you it does.''
"This is painful, very painful cir
cumstance," the Doctor said, looking a
little back. 81 cannot affect, Anastasie;
to be anything but justly wounded.
feel this, 1 feel it; my wife, acutely."
x knew you would she said. "But
| If YOU had seen his distressi We nnust