The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-09-06

! ask you again. did anyone come wIil
\ you were here?"
NO. monsieur"
: your pardon, de Chabot." inter
rupted the Comte de Kersaint, lie
/, ME ask another question. Re
! 3nd, was there any one here besides
mademoiselle and her maid when yot
i ame in?"
. The Breton looked stubbornly at the
, sailor.
You are not my master, Monsieur
dc Kersaint," he answered.
} Answer his question, Jean-Re
maud" said the marquis SHARPLY.
The old man stared at the two gen.
tlemen in silence.
Answer II to me, then"
The lips Of the old servant remained
sealed.
You dogi' shouted the marquis fu-
risusiy. "lioW dare you disobey my
orders! And to what end? Your ST.
fence proves that some one was here.
Vino was it? Speak. command you!
IN your allegiance, by your faith,
by the duty you owe me, charge
you. | wish to know VINO was here.
will know it. Ten thousand devils!"
he roared, txasperated beyond meas
ure at the mans stubborn silence
VIII you speak, or moi As God hears
me, II you do not answer immediate
~ shall pass my sword through
you." m s
That is as monsieur pleases,' an
swered Jean-Renaud sturdily. Mon
sieur is a gentleman, and | am only
Breton peasant, but have my ideas
of honor, too. Serving monsieur and
his son for 50 yeafSip this house,
how could 1t be otherwise? And my
honor bids me be silent Monsieur
may kill me, | am his man, my hfe
is his. but monsieur can not make me
speak,"
Furious with rage the marquis short
eRed his arm ant drew back his |
sword
Strike not, de Chabot." cried de |
kersaint interposing, laying his hand
upon the others arm What need? I
It's certain some one is here. The ST.
ience of the maid, the acquiescence
of nademoiselle, and the refusal of
this old man to confirm or deny, prove
ii beyond a doubt There is no exit
from this or the other chamber, if
remember the castle. save by the door
through which we came. The man
or woman must be there. Lot us
seAch. Honor your servant for his an
cid@ fidelity, de Chabot. He would
not betray woman. There is some
one hers--sOme one in the roam of
the woman | love, the woman who is
this night plighted to me. Let us
search. That door, yonder? What room
Is THAR" =
Monsieur" cried Anne, stepping
across to the door, her face ahame,
"tis my bed-chamber You may not
pass within 1t but over my body"
She had not remembered dc yitre,
out she was on fire to protect Grafton |
yet 1t was desperate, hopeless sit
iation. No matter, she would fight J
or him to the end-they snoxd not c
larm him.
"Mademoiselle, assure me on the !
Ionor of de Rohan that there is 40 !
me there and withdraw" S
She endeavored to speak, vainly d
her dry lips. but she could
ot, so she stood silent and determined \
etween him and the door behind /
lhich Grafton. his sword out, his blood
p, was in readiness to make dash p
or liberty But his time was not o
ct a
Enough. de Kersaint." exclaimed h
he marquis, you may not enter those {.
aered precincts, but I. an old man,
to this hayward child. p
lay go anywhere. Stand aside. Anne 90
r"
Mercy! mercy" cried the girl G
roppisg to her knees before the door. u
Mere de Dieu. Help me, have pity p'
pom mel"
ooh. he is in there, then? A mo- sa
ent, de Kersaint. and you shall have G.
IN before your sword, cried the mar to
us springing forward. ,..,..l.... by
Grafton thought, his hour was come.
ut no, npt yeti 4. =, srs 81 f< X
Search no farther. exclaimed as
arp voice from the other side of the DR.
'om, as de Wire, pale as death. threw tn
'wn the screen and revealed himself. ST
e had heard all. OWNED all Anne
we'd hin not. He would sacrifice
mself for her. for her lover, pay back -
me of the debt he owed to Grafton.
"Oh. thank God, thank Godi" cried
me. rising to her feet and shrinking
ok against the door-frame
Monsieur de vitre," the marquis
lied out, in great surprise.
capt, de Vitre, by, heaven, what do
u here" demanded de, Kersaint,
ringing forward threateniBgly.
!" Messierrs, | came here as che right ~,
betrothed OF Mademoiselle Rohsn. ~
the man who had received her troth g
New France. Resolved to make one 60
1re appeal to her. | left the banquet ~
II TO throw myself at her feet" -
Did you soTse by the invitation of III
?" asked de Kersaint.