Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-12-22

fellow who calls himself the Duke Of
Richemont He has followers who believe
absolutely in him Somebody. seeing him
asleep, declared it was the face of the
dead king!'' .s -as
1 felt stung. remembering the Marquis
du Plessy's words
''Oh, yes, yes said Able Edgeworth.
HE has visions too. Half memories.
when the face Of his mother comes back
to him.
what about his scars2'' I asked hardi-
! Iy.
Scars! yes, am told he has the proper
stigmata of the dauphin. He was taken
out of the Temple prison; a dying boy
substituted for him there. We all know
the dauphin's physician died suddenly:
some say he was poisoned; and new
physician attended the boy who died in
the Temple OF course the priest who re-
ceived the child's confession should have
known dauphin when he saw one. But
that's neither here nor there. We lived
then in surprising times
Madame d,Angouleme would recognize
him as her brother If she saw himgs I
suggested.
81 think she is not so open to tokens
as at one time. Womens hearts are ten
der. The Duchess d'Angouleme could
never be convinced that her brother died.
But others. including her uncle, were
convinced?''
The Duke of Richemont was not What
do you yourself think, Monsieur VIII
liams?'',
81 think that the man who is out is an
infinite joke. He tickles the whole world.
People have a right to laugh at man
who cannot prove he is what he says he
is. The difference between a pretender and
usurper is the difference between thel
top of the hill and bottom" 4
The morning sun showed the white NOR
tar ribs of my homestead clean and fair
betwixt hewed logs; and Frightened the
inside of the entrance or hall room. Soc
I saw the door stood open. II had been
left unfastened but not ajar. Somebody
I told Able Edgeworth we would dis
mount and tie our horses a little distance
away And / asked him to wait outside !
and let me enter alone. (
He obligingly sauntered on the hill over
looking the Fox; 1 stepped up on the gal
lery and looked in
The sweep of a gray dress showed in
front of the settle. Eagle was there II
stood stiIl. - e7Rs
. She had put on more wood. Fire crack /
led in the chimney. i saw, and seemed
to have known all night, that she hads
raKen pieces of unbroken bread and meat
left by Pierre Grignon on my table; that
her shoes were cleaned and drying In fronr
Of the FIRE; that she must have carried
her dress above contact with the soft
ground
When I asked Able Edgeworth not to
come in, her dread of strangers Influenced
me less than a desire TO protect her from
his eyes, haggard and draggled as she
probably was. The instinct which made
her Aeep her body Ike temple had not
failed under the strong excitement that
drove her out. Whether she slept under
bush, or not at all. or took to the house
after Pierre Grignon and / left 1t, she
was resting quietly on the settle before
the fireplace, without a stain Of mud upon
her.
/ could see nothing but the foot Of her
dress Had any change passed over her
face? or had tnerundisturbed smile OF my
Cloud Mother followed me on the roadl
Perhaps the cloud had thickned. Per-
haps thunders and hghtnings moved
within it. Sane people sometimes turn
wild after being lost, running from their
friends, and lighting against being re-
strained and brought home.
The gray dress in front OF my hearth
could not see without a heaving Of the
breast.
CTo Be continued-)