Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-03-04

1T is the Marquise de Ferrier."
The Marquise de Ferrier?'
Eyes. madame"
do you know herr"
81 have known her ever since can
remember"
THE Marquise de Ferrier! But,
M's'r Williams, did she know you?"
"She knows me-" I asserted. But
not as myself. ! am sure she knows
me! But she confuses me with the
child she lost! l cannot explain to
you, madame, how positive I am that
she recognizes me any more than l
can explain why she will call me Paul.
think ought to tell you, SO you will
see the position in which am placed,
that this lady is the lady l once hoped
, to marry"
Saints have pity, M's'r Williams!"
81 want to ask you some questions
Bring her down to the fire. Come
dear child" said Nine. Ursule, coaxing
Eagle. Nobody is there. The bed
rooms can never be so warm as the log
fire, and this is bitter evening""
The family room was unlighted by
candles, as often happened; for such
an illumination in the chimney must
have quenched any paler glare. We
had a few moments of brief privacy
from the swarming life which con-
stantly passed in and out
placed Eagle by the fire and she
sat there obediently while | talked to
Nine. UIsule apart.
WAS her mind in this state when
she came to your"
"She was even q little wilder than
she is now. The girls have been a
benefit to her"
They were not afraid of her?"
and who could be afraid of the
dear child? She is a lady - that's
plain. All, M's'r Williams, what she
must have gone through"
yet see how happy she looks!"
"She always seemed happy enough.
She would come to this house. go
when the Jordans went 10 Canada
Pierre and both said, Let her stay "
S who were the Jordans?"
Q THE only family that escaped with
their lives from the massacre when she
lost her family. Nine. Jordan told me
5, the whole story. They had friends
among the Winnebagoes who protect
e ed them"
d did they give her their manner"
mo. the people in La Baye did that.
We knew she had another name. But
| think 1t very likely her title was not
used in the settlement where they
lived. Titles are no help in pioneer
d ing"
o did they call her Madeieine?"
: "She calls herself Madeleine"
Q How long has she been with your
70 family?"
NEARLY a year."
l. did the Jordans tell You when this
change came over herr"
u Eyes. 1t was during the attack when
her child was taken from her. She
n saw other children killed. The In.
a dams were afraid of her. They re.
y spect demented people; not bit OF
harm was done to her. They let her
N alone and the Jordans took care Of
o her."
The daughter and adopted daughter
d. Of the house came in with rush OF
r. outdoor air and, seeing Eagle first
ran to kiss her on the cheek one after
b the other.
o Madeleine has come down." said
II Marie.
e 81 thought we should coax her in
q here some time" said Katarina.
u Between them. standing slim and
II tall, their equal in height, she was yet
like little sister. Though their faces
u. we're unlined, hers held divine youth
Is paul has come" Eagle told Kata-
10 rina and Marie. Holding their hands
she walked between them toward me
% and babe them notice my height 81
am his cloud mother" she said. "How
u droll 1t is that parents grow down
little while their children grow VI
70 big!"
Il Nine. Ursule shook her head pitt
W fully. But the girls really saw the
droll side and laughed with my clsud
"a mother. left the room and was fling.
ing myself from the house TO walk In
N the chill wind, but she caught me.
III II will be good!" pleaded my clout
mother, her face in my breast.
" Her son who had grown up BIZ
while she grew down little went bach
"a to the family room with her.
Our singular relationship was estab,
ie lished in the house, where hospitality
made room and apology for all human
'r weakness. h
r, Nobody of that region except the in.