The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-17

and had never had one there, or on |
any other part of his person
How strangei" Alice remarked, Il. !
too. have a mark on my shoulder
pink spot, just like a small, five-petaled
flower. We must be of kin to each
other, Father Beret."
The priest laughed.
If our marks are alike. that would
be some evidence Of kinship." he said
But what shape is yours. father
I've never seen il. he responded.
Never seen it. Why?n
We'll, it's absolutely invisible, and
he chuckied heartily, meantime gIanc-
ing shrewdly at NJ. Roussillon out of
the tail Of his eye.
It's on the back part of his shout
der" quickly spoke up NJ Roussilfon,
and you know priests never use look
Eyeglasses. The mark is quite invisi-
bic, therefore, so far as Father Beret
is coneernedl"
You never told me of your birth
mark before, my daughter said
Father Beret, turning TO Alice with
sudden interest. 1T may some day
be good fortune to you.
why so. father2''
If your family name is really Tarie-
ton, as you suppose from the inscrip-
ton on your locket, the birthmarlz, be-
ing of such singular shape, would
probably identify you. 1t is said that
these marks run regularly in families
With the miniature and the distin-
gushing birthmaFk. you have enough
TO make a strong case should you once
find the right Tarleton family
You talk as they write in novels,
said Alice. I've read about just such
things in them Wouldn't it be grand
if 1 should turn out to be some great
parsonage in disguise?'
mention Of r-ar,faTad
Father Beret of that terrible book,
''Manon Lescaut," which he last saw in
Alice's possession. and he could not
refrain from mentioning it in a voice
that shuddered.
Rest easy, Father Beret,'' said
Alice; that is one novel 1 have found
wholly distasteful TO me. 1 tried TO
read it. but could not do it. 1 flung
it aside in utter disgust. You and
mother Roussillon are welcome to hide
| it deep as a well, for all l care. /
| don't enjoy reading about low, vile
| people and hopeless unfortunateS; /
like sweet and lovely heroines and
strong, high-souled, brave heroes"
Read about the blessed saints, then,
my daughter; you will find in them
the true heroes and heroines of this
world said Father Beret-
NJ. Roussillon changed the subject
/ for he always somehow dreaded to
| have the good priest fall into the
strain of argument he was about TO
1 begin. A stray sheep, no matter how
( refractory feels a touch of longing
when it hears the shepherds voice NJ
Roussilion was a Catholic. but stray
| ing one who avoided the confessional
| and often forgot mass. Still, with all
his reckless independence, and with all
! his outward show of large and breezy
! self-suf1icieney, he was not altogether
free from the hold that the church had
laid upon him in childhood and youth
Moreover, he was fond of Father Be-
ret, and had done a great deal for
| the little church of St Xavier and the
mission it represented; but he distinct
ly desired TO be let alone while he pur-
sued his own course; and he had prom
ised the dying woman who gave Alice
to him that the child should. be left
as she was, a Protestant. without uIl-
due influence TO change her from the
faith of her parents. This promise he
had kept with stubborn persistence
and he meant to keep it as long as he
lived. Perhaps the very fact that his
innermost conscience smote him with
vague yet telling blows at times for
this departure from the strict religion
of his fathers, may have intensified
his resistance of the influence con-
stantly exerted upon Alice by Father
Beret and Madame R0uSSiflon, &c
bring her gently but surely to the
church. PerVersenesS is a force to be
reckoned with in all original charec-
ters.
few weeks had passed after NJ
ROussillon's return, when that big
hearted man took ii into his head tC
celebrate his successful trading Ven
lures with a moonlight dance giver
without reserve to all the inha bitant:
of Nincennes. 1t was certainly dem
ocratic function that he contemplated
and motley to a most picturesque eX
tent.
Rene de Ronville called upon Alic,
a day or two previous to the occasion
and duly engaged her as his partena; e
but she insisted upon having the err
gagement guarded in her behalf by :
condition so obviously fanciful that h
accepted it without argument.
IF my wandering knight should ar
rive during the dance, you promise [,
stand aside and give place to him." sh
stipulated. You promise that2 Yol
see, I'm expecting him all the time.
dreamed last night that he came on
great bay horse and. STOPPING, whirle'
me up behind the saddle, and away W
VENT
There was & childish, alf-banterin;
air in her look. but her voice sooundel
earnest and serious, notwithstanding
its delicious timbre of suppressed play
5 fulness.
: "You promise nae?" she insisted.
( "Oh. 1 promise to stink away into
2 corner and chew my thumb, the mo
1 ! ment he comes Rene eagerly assent
l ed. "Of course, I'm taking a grea
: risk, I know; for lords and barons an
knights are very apt TO appear sud
: denly in place like this
: You may banter and make light
( you want to- she said, pouting ad
t mirably. Il don't care. All the sam
the laugh will jump to the other corne
: of your mouth, see if it doesn't. The
d say that what a person dreams abou
: and wishes for and waits for and be
=. lieves in, viii come true sooner {
: later"
: If that's So" said Rene, you an
q l will get married; for I've dreamed
/, every night of the year, wished for /
S waited for it and believed in it, and
k 1t was madly sudden rush. He mad
r it on an impulse quite irresistible, q
;, hypnOtlZed persons are said to do
s response to the suggestion of the hyI
4 notist, and his heart was choking h
Il throat before he could end his speecl
o Alice interrupted him with a heart
burst of laughter.
d A very pretty twist you give to m
= words, 1 must declare she said; s'bI
Il not new by any means. Little Adrienr
Bourcier could tell you that She SAY
Y that you have vowed to her over ar
u over that you dream about her. ar
. | wish for her and xx-aif for t,a,- ,,~...s.-