Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-03


THAT is so.'' she answered. naiveiy,
and u last hope vanished. But
what of that? He was back with me
again, and only yestcrday-only yes
terday!' she continued, elssping hei
hands, W were SO happy
And now, madame?" m
She looked at me, not comprehend
Ing.
II mean" / FASTENED to explain, we
do not understand 10Y you come to be
here. And a prisoner l was really
thinking that her story might throw
some light upon ours.
II do not know, niyeelf," she said.
Yesterday. in the afternoon, paid a
visit to the Abbess of the Ursulina9.
Pardon me-" Croisette i~nterposed
quickly, but are you not OF the new
faith? A Huguenot?"
"Oh, yes" she answered. eagerly.
But the abbess Is a very dear friend
Of mine, and no bigot. oh. nothing of
that kind, l assure you. When ! am In
Paris l visit her once a week. Yastcr-
day, when l left her, she begged me to
call here and deliver a message"
Then" l said, you know this
house,
Very well, indeed she replied. 1T
Is the sign OF the Hand and Glove
one door out OF the Ru Platriehe. l
have been In Master .Mirepoix's shop
More InAl OlCt ptlplts sNalilN lAClN
yesterday TO deliver the message, leav-
Ing my maid In the street, and was
asked TO come upstairs, and still up
until | reached !his room. Asked TO wait
h moment, / began to think IT strange
that / should be brought to SO wretched
a place, when | had merely q message
for Mirepoix's ear about some gaunt-
let's. | tried The door; | found it was
locked. Then l was terrified, and made
n noise"
We all nodded. We were busy build
ing up theories-or II might be one and
the same theory-to explain this. Yes
| said, eagerly.
"Mirepoix came to me then. What
does this mean?' demanded: He
looked ashamed OF himself, but he
barred my way. Only this, he said,
at last, That your l-dyship must re-
main here a rev hOurs-two days AT
most. No harm whatever is intended
10 you. My wife ssh wait upon yon,
and when you leave US all shall be eX-
planned He would say nc more, and
Il was in vain that | asked him If he did
not take me for some one else; IL he
thought I was mad. To all he answered;
NO And when / dared him to detain
me he threatened force. Then / sue
cumbed.' I have been here since, sus-
pecting | know not what, but fearing
everything"
This Is ended, madame" l answered,
my hand on my breast, my soul In arms
for her. Here, unless / was mistaken,
was one more unhappy and more deep
ly wrongcd wen than Kit; one too
who owed her misery to the same viii
lain. Were there nine glovers on the
stairs" I declared %roundly, we would
take o out and take you home!
Where are your husbands apart
ments?"
I'm the Rue de Saint Merri, close to
the church. We have a house there"
M. de ~Pavannes," | suggested, cum
ningly, lis doubtless distracted by your
disappearance"
"Oh, surely" she answered, with ear
nest simplicity, while the tears sprang
to her eyes. Her innocence-she had
not the germ os a suspicion-made me
grind my teeth with wrath. Oh, the
base wretch! The miserable rascal!
What did the woman see, ! wondered
what had we all seen in this man, his
Pavannes, that won for him our hearts,
when he had only n stone to give in re-
turn?
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