The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-11-01

YSoz|ooy was to bring him back to Par j
CaeysSJ is Il day before the time orgt H
nally fixed upon, Rose had left her COL !
itary home to spend the evening wiha
her brother. They had sat talking to \
gether long after sunset and had XII
the darkness steal on them insendblyA
Thus it happened that just as LeH
maque was blowing out the candles at
his office Rose was lighting the read
Ing lamp at her brothers lodgings
Five years Of disappointment and
sorrow had changed her to outward
view. Her face was thinner AND NNN
ger, the once delicate red and white q
her complexion was gone, and Ha
stopped little when she walked. Ia
manner had lost it's maiden shynes
only to become unnaturally quiet ana
subdued. OF all the charms which bid
allured her heartless husband but oE'
remained the winning gentlenes d'
her voice. 1t might be touched Dm.
and then with a note of sadness bd
the attraction of its even, natural tine
still remained. This one harmony n !
been preserved unchanged. Her no
er, though his face was carewnA
his manner sadder than of Old mta
much like his former self.
And so you think, Louis, @uu
perilous undertaking has really ndA
well by this timer" said Rose ANXIOUS
ly as she lighted the lamp and placed
the glass shade over it. ''What Re
lief it is to hear you say we have sue
ceeded at lastw
81 said hoped. Rose" replied hs
brother.
"Well, even hoped is great vOla
from you, Louisa great word IRON
any one in this fearful CITY,"
She stopped suddenly, seeing De-
brother raise his hand in warning. Tne'
looked at each other and listened Ins
sound of footsteps going slowly pass
the house-ceasing for moment ]uS
beyond it, then going on again-cal'e
through the open window. There WIZ
nothing else to disturb the silence OIL
the night-the deadly silence OF teflu
which hung over Paris. 1t was X
niflcant sign of the times that even
passing footstep was subject % :"
picion.
Louis" whispered Rose, when ~ ,
footsteps died away, when mH
trust our secret to my husbandI I,
mot yet! Not word, not n'ns v
1t, till 1 give you leave. Remenu. d.
Rose, you promised silence from ~
first. EVERYTHING depends on your pO''
Ing that promise sacred till re'e'''
you from It,"
II will hold it sacred under all PRIV
cations" she answered.
"Let us change the subject n's ~,
these walls may have ears, anu -
closed door yonder may be no plvS ~,
ton" He looked toward it uheo'''
while he spoke. -, ),
"By the bye, ] have come rounu 80
your way of thinking, Rose, aooul .p
new servant of mine. There % sO -,
thing false in his face. | Wish r -,
been as quick to detect 1t as ~
were"
HAS he done anything suspio'Osr
Have you caught him Watching
Tell me the worst, Louis" ,.ud
flush, hush, my dear! Not SO ' ,"n
Don't alarm yourself. He has wv
nothing suspicious" ~
pray turn him off before F." -
late!" :, 20
"And be denounced by him ~ ~ ~
venge the first night he goes 10 Do snt
ton. You forget that servan'. ann
masters are equal now. | am nV' sov
posed to keep servant at all. N
q citizen living with me who iays h,c
under domestic obligations, ior ,sn
I make a pecuniary acknowieus r.
No, no; if l do anything, ! mus =, -
to entrap him into giving me mr.
Ing. But we have got to ano'ns,
pleasant subject already. SUPP u, pend
change the topic again. You VIII =, - Il,
little book on that table there - s,tr
corner. Tell me what you think =, o,lle'
The book was copy of Corps aecf
"Cid," prettily bound in blue ,''o,O yes
II found 1t in a booksellers snoP