The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-08-21
CHAPTER XIV.

the dead lies the glory!!' J.
! CHAPTER Ky.
lfTN 1HREE weeks after the battle
II i Of Zaraila Cigarette, in con
9MSSaSN! versation with Cecil, had been
| d@GSgs scoring England.
| We talk Of Albion there is one Of
her sons" she said suddenly. II de-
test your country; but my faith, |
1 must confess she breeds uncommonly
| handsome men,
| She was a dilettante in handsome
men. She nodded her head now to
where, some yards off, at another of
the campfres stood with some officers
of the regiment one Of the tourists
| very tall, very fair man, with a gal
| liant bearing and tawny beard that
glittered to gold in the light of the
| flames.
| Cecil's glance followed Cigarettes.
With a cry he sprang to his feet and
stood entranced, gazing at the stran-
ger. She saw the startled amaze. the
longing love. the agony of recognition,
in his eyes. She saw the impulse in
| him to spring forward and the shud-
| dering effort with which the impulse
/ was controlled. He turned to her al
most fercely.
| HE must not see me! Keep him
away-aWay. for Gods sake!''
He could not leave his men. He was
fettered there where his squadron was.
camped. He went as far as he could
from the famelight into the shadow
and thrust himself among the tethered
horses. Cigarette asked nothing; COM
pretended at a glance. with all the tact
| Of her nation. and sauntered forward
| to meet the officers of the regiment as
they came up to the pickes fire with
the yellow haired English stranger.
| The eyes of the stranger lighted on hes..
and his voice laughed in mellow music
| to his companions.
| Your attendance is perfect; your
ambulance is perfect; your camp cook
| cry. is perfect, messieurs, and here you
| have even perfect beauty too. Truly.
campaigning must be pleasant work in
Algeria
| Then he turned to her with compli-
| ments frank and gay and full Of a
4 debonair grace that made her doubt he
/ could be of Albion.
| Retort was always ready to her. and
| she kept the circle of officers in full
laughter round the vedette fire with
a shower Of repartee. that would have
made her fortune on the stage of the
4 m A
cry now and then her glance wandered
to the shadow where the horses were.
tethered.
Bah! Why was she always doing
him service? When they We're quite
i gone. she came softly to him. She
could not see him well in the gloom,
/ but she touched his hand.
"Dieu! How cold YOU are! He is
gone 8
He could not answer her to thank
her. but he crushed in his the little
1 warm. brown palm. She felt CULVER
shake his limbs.
rs he your enemy Y she asked.
.sNo.'''
/ What then? ~
Il Ne Iudll lOY0@USS tOu Stt1Ilu.
/ .sAh!' She had felt a surprise she
4 had not spoken that he should fee thus
from any foe. He thinks you dead,
/ then r.
4 81 Yes
1 And must always think so -
Yes He held her hand still, and
his own wrung it hard, the grasp Of
4
| woman. Child, you are bold, gener-
GUS, pitiful; for Gods sake, get me
sent out Of this camp tonight. / am
1 poWerless. s
There was that in the accent which
struck his listener to the heart He
was poWerless, fettered hand and foot
as though he were prisoner; a nights
absence, and he would be shot as a
4 deserter. will try, said Cigarette
simply, without anything Of her au-
4 dacity or Of her vanity in the answer
Go you to the fire! lou are cold z
on have ingenuity, compassion,
tact: you have power here, too. in your
\ way; for the love Of heaven, get me
sent out on some duty before dawn!
! There is Biribi's murder to he
avenged would they give the errand
to me r.
She thought a moment.
e will see,s she said curtly 81
think I can do il. But go back or you
will be missed. will come to You
soon. q
She left him then, drawing her hand
quickly out of the clasp Of his.