The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-05-04

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the point with:
"Have you read the account of the
engagement between the Mexican and
the American forces at Vera CruzT'
mo. not yet" she admitted.
"Nor the list of-of casualtiesY he
continued hesitatingly.
"The casualties" she repeated.
why
saint Prosper has no further inter-
est in the marquis SOUS" he said
! quickly.
She gazed straight before her calm
and composed. This absence Of any
exhibition of feeling treasured the at
/ torney.
lie is-dead?' she asked quietly.
Yes"
"IIow did he dieF'
"Gallantly." replied the caller, now
convinced she had no interest in the
matter save that of a mere acquaint-
ancc. Ills death is described in half
column. You see lie did not live in
vain"
WAS he-killed in battle?'
in slirmish. His company was
sent TO break up a band of guerrilla
ranchcros at Antigua. They ambushed
him; he drove them ont of the thicket.
but fell-you have dropped your flow
ers; allow meat the head of his men"
AT the head of his mem She drew
in her breath.
"There passed the last of an i'll fatel
line" said the lawyer rehectively.
Poor fellow! He started with such
bright prospects, graduating from the
military college with unusual honors.
Ambitious, light hearted, he went to
Africa to carve out name in the ar
my The same ship that took him out
carried back, to the marquis, the story
of his brothers disgrace
His brothers disgrace" she ex-
claimed.
Culver nodded. "He sold a French
stronghold in Africa, Miss Carew."
Had the attorney been closely OBJ
serving her he would have noticed the
sudden look of bewilderment that
crossed her face. She stared at him
with her soul in her eyes.
Ernest Saint-Prosper's brOtherT'
The turmoil of her thoughts held her
as by a spell. In the disruption of a
fixed conclusion her brain was filed
with new and poignant reflections.
Unconsciously she placed nervous
hand upon his arm.
"Then Ernest Saint-Prosper who
was-killeG in Mexico was not the
traitor
Certainly not" exclaimed Culver
quickly. Owing to the disgrace, am
sure. more than to any other reason.
he babe farewell to his country-and
now lies unmourned i'm some mountain
ravine. 1t is true the marquis quar-
relied with him, disliking not little
the young mans republican ideas-but
my dear young lady. you are illf'
NO. no." she returned hastily, striv-
ing to maintain her self possession
"How-do you know thiS:"
Through the marquis himself" he
replied. somewhat uneasy beneath her
steady gaze. He told me the story in
order TO protect the estate from any
possible pretensions on the part of the
traitor The renegade was reported
dead, but the marquis nevertheless re-
manned skeptical. He did not believe
in the old saw about the devil being
dead. lie diable lives always he said"
The visitor observed a perceptible
change i'm the young girl, just what he
could not define. but to him ii seemed
most to lie in her eyes. where some
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met his glance.
Ellis brother was an officer in the
French army" she asked, as though
forcing herself to speak.
Yes; ten years older than Ernest
Saint-Prosper, he had already made n
career for himself How eagerly, then
must the younger brother have looked
forward to meeting him; to serving
with one who, in his young eyes, was
all that was brave and noble What
a bitter awakening from the dream!
It is not those we hate who can iniure
rs most; only those we love can stab
us 50 deeply"
Mechanically she answered the law
yer and, when he prepared to leave.
the hand given him at parting was as
cold rs ice
Remember" he said admonshingly.
"leSs closter, more city,"
Some hours later the old lady, dress
ed in her heavy silk and brocade and
with snow white hair done up in i'm.
posing fashion raped on Constance's
door but received no answer. Knock,
ing again, with like result, she entered
; the room. discovering the young gir
on the bed her cheeks tinted like the
rose, her eyes with no CLEAN of recog
! milton in them and her lips moving, ut
tering snatches of old plays. Taking
; her hand, the old lady found it hot and
dry.
Bless mer she exclaimed. "She is
down with fever" And she at once
prepared simple remedy which soor
silenced the babblng lips in slumber
! after which she sent for the doctor.
? To be Continued.