Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-12

/ be no-tnIrd person present when the deed was done, and some hours~passed before they found the officer quite cold and stiff beside the sled. His head was crushed to pulp.
 Hamilton, now thoroughly exasper- ated, began to look upon the French inhabt6ants of Vincennes as all like | M. Ronssillon and Rene-but waiting for ansopportunity to strike him una | wares. increased his emilitaryt wig 1Iance, ordered sthe4 4,townapa apatrolleds day and night, antI'sfocbade public gather ings of the citizens, while at the same ttmeshe aforced. them to furnish him a largevam amounts ofsprovistons.
 Whena a1fttle4 4Adrienne aBourcier heard 1 o6FRene'ss terrible act, followed by his successful. escape to sthe woods and of l thestempt ting garewards. offered by Hamil- ton forsthis scalp. she ransto Roussillon placeawelI,nigh crazed with excitement. She hadE dEalwaysn depended upon Alice for advice encouragemen ands comfort l in, her troubles, butffn the espresent case there. was.not much that her friend could do to cheer her. With M.fSRous- sfllon and Rene botht fugitives, tracked l by willy saUages, d prfce on their heads, while every day addedsnew dangers to the French inhabitants of Vincennes, . no rosy view could possibly be taken of the situation. Alice did her best, | however. to strengthen her little ] friends faith in happy outcome. She quoted what she considered unimpeach- able authority to support her optimistic argument
 .sLieutenant Beverley says that the Americans will be sure to drive 'Hamil- ton out of Vincennes or capture him. Probably they are not so very far away now, and Rene may join them and come back to help punish these brutal Englishmen. Don't you wish he l would. Adrienne? Wouldn't it be TO- manticY
 1 He's armed; I know thatgS said l Adrienne brightening little. and he's brave, Alice; brave as can be. He came right back into town the other night and got his gun and pistols. He was at our house, too, and, oh"-- Shesburst out crying again. Adrienne's simple heart could not grasp the TO- mantle criterion with which Alice was wont to measure action. Her mind was single, impulsive, narrow and di- rect in all it's movements. She loved, hated, desired, caressed, repulsed not for any assignable reason more solid or. more luminous than because" She T adored Rene and wanted him near her.
 tWhy couldn't he be quiet and do as your man, Lieutenant Beverley, did?" she cried in sudden change of mood, the tears streaming down her cheeks. "Lieutenant Beverley surrendered and took the consequences. He didn't kill \ somebody and run off toabe hunted like bear. No wonder you're happy, Alice. I'd be happy, too, if Rene were here and came to spend half of every day with me. F'-
 Why, what silly girl you arer' Alice exclaimed, her face reckoning prettily. s'How foolish you prattle! I'm sure don't trouble myself about Lieutenant Beverley. What put such absurd nonsense into your head, Adrienneg'
 Because, that's what, and you know it's so too. You love him just as much as love Rene and that's just all the love in the world, and you needn't deny it, Alice Roussillonw
 {. Alice laughed and hugged the wee, brown faced mite of girl until she almost smothered her.
 Itwas growing dusk when Adrienne left Roussillon place to go home. The wind cut jelly across the commons and moaned as itswhirled around the cabins and cattle sheds. She ran briskly, [ z -a .