News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-04-23
Ely r. n. Thorpe.
Copyright, 1901, by T. II. Thorpe. ,
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testify.
~ do not. l sense it. inherit that
from my grandmother"
Bah, Laure! That is nonsense,
which you did not inherit from the doc
1resS.'
"Have it your own way. But there is
second reason why you will not
mourn"
what is that?"
Because you will not be sorry"
do you not think you are overstep-
ping the boundsY
II have no bounds. talk so because
know you. | have studied you, but
] need not have done so, for under
stand you without"
"WellE"
You are in danger"
"Erom whom"
yourself"
"rhen am doomed, for cannot es-
cape from myself" And Fvariste
laughed at his poser.
But you can escape" Laure said,
andisturbed.
How"
avoid Quillebert from this time on"
THAT would be inconvenient. though
II would not break my heart"
"And leave off your hopeless pursuit
Of that girl again stretching her arm
down the bayou, for you shall never
narry her"
us that a threat?" he demanded.
ut is a prophecy" she said, with
eonfident air
81 was got aware Cassandra survived
Troy"
AZ do not know what you mean, but
Jon know what | mean"
well, thank you" he said gather.
ing the reins of his bride and raising
his hat.
Unless you heed you shall have no
cause to thank me-" She kept her eyes
fixed upon him until he disappeared
behind the crest of the bayou bank,
and then with all the intensity of her
nature she exclaimed: lie shall come
NY way! l will it,
Evariste continued to the cabaret
and there found his two customary
companions at their usual devotion to
FUN and cards. Quillebert was FESTIVE
and FASTENED the intoXicatiOn and de-
parture of old Latiolais, after which he
drew his chair near to Evariste and
said:
WHAT are your plans now that your
Brother is dead"
"They are not definitely formed. |
must have notification of this report"
Put you believe it?' asked guile
Bert.
Il incline to-"
"lf it prove true, what is your pur-
pose toward Latiolais granddaughter"
Il will marry her"
NWill she conscnt?"
Yes, when convince her she must
m order to save her home and the old
mau'S honor"
''How will you do that?'
''By means of the papers | bought
from you and the two you still hold,
which l will buy also"
You mean the power Of attorney
and the order to cancel her mortgage
1pon his plantation?"
yes"
''How did you learn l had them?"
ut is not necessary to explain"
IF l put them at your service with
cut price, you will not relent|
'Never" said Evariste, setting his
teeth together determinedly.
"The papers are subject to your de-
mand. Give me your hand" Qullebert
o1I bo 11,, cd
~Aha, my little Laure of the 'shalP and
Ghe shall notr"
'What do you mean by that?" sharp
IL asked Eyariste, eying QuilIebert sus-
piciously.
"Oh, as you said just now, it is not
necessary to explain" replied the lat
ter, continuing his low, malevolent
tion of the news"
And await they did, though impa-
Giently enough. until two winters and
springs had rolled by and fallen into
the Unreasonable and insatiate nav
of the past. Though the battle of Per
ryVille became a known historical fact,
no list of the Confederate dead was OBJ
give the roll Of the slain. Between
AvoyeIles and the dwindling army of
The southwest lay the impossible I'm
Son line along the mighty river. But
at length when this latter stretched to
the western shore and beyond the re-
gion of middle Louisiana came the con-
drmation so devoutly wished.
In rags and unshod, his right arm
6apdIess and his left leg from the knee
gone, Yalsin Mouillot hobbled back to
his old home, discharged as incapable
of, service. To eager listeners, many
OF them weeping, he recited what of
the engagement he had seen, which
was little, for he was in the heat of it.
He told of the drought parched section
of Kentucky, dusty and waterless,
khrough which forced marches were