Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-05-05
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my clever little lady. YOU have outiuue
Your own cleverness at last ! fancy
even the kings old love for his SON :
mother will not save You nos. [
would knew what was in Them
I'VE can easily see. aud close them
snug again. ventured jerome, but
noting Serignys frown, he turned IL
off with a laugh "or SO our friend
Madame would advise"
1T thus became manifest no had not
abandoned his idea of nterccptinE
whatever might compromise Madame
ue Sl,ai'iaii'
Serigny continued: These must &c
placed before the king .lnopened by
any OF us. es. its Il risk ne caught
Jerome's knotted brow OF lndecisipn.
y srahl you it IS a FISK, Tor know not
Whal colnplicalons are mere contained
WI liliaseIi seeh ,i'e hlilS' ANA WIN
.iiest am SUR 70 Sam ms CIV y ear.
ollle '.il .iils Mi,lie 80 no Nusa'
nv h'i.s .'ie iiIu'' pi ms hoot y
a'iu nuns ah i'iiies' ''"'h ROW alia
a'loii 10 ''eisieis.
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means 70 Aoli amy coi.'e'sPi;4lcu 'Teach-
cry upon ms part aila wondering
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ihe,s WIS ever SIM hteie tHG'. Y
pIiNe s,'ilsh iisure WHICH STOOD fasp-
lu.H ana lreiEp'ln2 before me IN me
Iaih; Viiat lll'ruoen between me llll'
| .iie va u'l nc spiehaof on ON N'si'fli
VARS. MOI uia raise u iiaAi 10 bi"sn
| lhe VISION ASIDE. III toned down Hue
inmate saNaserE ol man. sofiened the
stern, callnus impulses nt The soldier,
and all the currents Of my being trick
led through quieter,e sweetel hanncis
OF life and love. Even the sla;iDlc of it
made not the thought less sweet,
There WAS hut n ,ri1iine p.riod 10
spare for such sentler musings. for
Serigny, by a gesture. called attention
to his we'll packed luggage.
500 I IN, raa,,v nnl,, ,,..;t,,l ,.,,,,.
connino ana ranort Ia ,,,t a,,t ~ 49,,
for 10 D,unhin NV noa,,,a b.ya ~
re.ar .,onn fn,.y.rl 10 .,.,,, .,,,,l 49,
vision nor for tba st,.ua,.,a VA ,,,,,,.,
no n,o,nnt There lie ,,,,,,'h "a NC -, I,
dav myself vill go on ,o,,,o,,,,,s
and have IN II, an,,,,,..,a ,a.,,iin,'..,. ~.
the VOYAGE and Who knows for ~
hphtin, ON ,he other she No,y ,ive
heed pIa,ide.s,, .,,,t.,in a. ,in,re., 80.
ba NO.. ,,Iu..,.s ,.,,,,i..,,i., A., MAN;
,,,ish tho man rrnn, 49, eol,;n, .,,,,l ~
giving o,dors 10 ..,l,,ress M. Inv ,,,,.
proner line ..,rba war. bas I,ae,,. 40.
1ided r,,on vo,, vim yen,s,in lIn,.a .,,,d
watch de,.oio,,,oents,'- ~ 49, MO,
ceedine 10 acu,1aint me wi,b VIVA, w,s
eynected of mo l,na,,, ma, ,..r,, H.,
s,pht CIV hat felt i,,,,.iaa y, '' ,,,',
oi,t silent warning which even tbou..n
he unders,o God If nnt he 1eas l,,,is.l.
! enough TO take. I.,. ,,'.,,sa,l and lon,s,s,l
4 mo inn,,isitively An ma face ,,,.,n,ad
awkwardly from him 10 Jerome and
back again
The thought then dominant was "a
growing distrust for Jerome, and the
desire to have our movements secret
| remembered I3ienNile's words s.Me
know not who to TRUST" and beng ig-
norant of what orders serigny meant
to give. or how much information thc9
would convey To jerome. deemed 1T
(, best to let all the occurrences of the
day rome out. / could not forget the
/ lads gallantry, mon must | lose sight
of the fact that as affairs now were.
he might very we'll have gone over 10
tho other side for the sake OF Madame
! things stranger ,ham that took place
every day. and ! had learned 10 he dis
\ Greet. He might thus come into v,t!,I
/ able hints and afterpSald cast them in-
TO the scale against l}ienyille. ion cy-
cry means good or bad would he used
by them to save their own influence,
to uplift the Duke of Maine If I,ien-
| Vile We're involved in the general ruiz,
| why, what mattcred il 10 then2
While | remained hesitating for n
4 word, Jeromes ready Wit had already
conprehended my purpose He took
the words from my lips. His eounte-
| nance first flushed then became hard
| and fixed. compelling me for the time
4 Into silence.
Monsieur de SeriGny ! perhaps can
speak you better our good Captain S
mind. He misTusts me"
YOU" burst out Serigny greatly
surprised. Why you have ever been
! our staunch and loyal friend. What is
this. Captain de Mouret, surely You
are above young mans jcalousy?''
4 jerome gave me no time to explain.
Softly, softly, sir The captain, has
/ good'couse. Give me heed, my friends
/ To you, NJ. de Scrisny, / Will say upon
my honor. which until this day was
never stained by thought or deed ]
will say, this day | would have be
/ trayed You. Nay. do not look 50
panied and unbelieVins; all men are
but mortal, and passions stronger even
than duty. stronger than loyalty. yea
stronger than honor itself, may tyran-
nize over the best of u.s. repeat, this
day would gladly have betrayed You
betrayed my friends to save-well ii
/ boots not whom, but u woman. For
the woman / love may lose her liberty
| ~ ber IA ytrba 1i1Dcp nc