The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-04-21


ieering IN desecrated the sacred
relic of my vanished saint.
De Virelle scowled somewhat at my
precipitation, but, meeting a no less
determined air, passed the matter by.
His ladies affected not to see. They in
turn piled me with inquiries about the
savages in America, asked all ann
of silly questions, and completed with
their foolish simperings the disgust |
already felt at such an interruption to
my thought. Yet so great is the force
of novelty to women they chung about
me as IL / were some strange tame AMI
NAL brought to Paris for their diver
tiSement.
POUNDS, Margot dear" de Virellt
blurted out aside, for even his dull
senses saw l was not pleased, 'our
good Moliere must have had this her
nit captain in his mind when he made
Alceste to rail so at the hypocrisies of
the world, and urge the telling of truth
and looking of truth at all times"
How brutally frank! What bad
breeding" assented that young woman.
This captain seems so full Of weari-
ness at u coming, and lacks the grace
to veil it decently; let us go"
Finding no hand Of mine raised to
hinder them, these fair danes and
demoiselles, with many pretty pouts
and flutters and flounces, betook them
selves away, followed by their faithful
squire.
1 began then to feel sorry at having
disgraced Jerome's gentle teachings.
The light dying way cross the distant
fields and streams, l resigned my soli-
tary communion and set out slowly
toward the villa. The meaning of all
the girl had said now forced itself up
on my attention. If this We're true,
and it seemed plausible enough in view
of all that had transpired here, I was
indeed confronted by Il new and serious
danger. Happily danger was not a new
fellow-traveler; / merely turned over
in my mine the best means to meet 1t.
Going rather out of my way. ] found
the grooms without much difficulty,
and telling them we were to leave
Sceaux at once, ordered the horses sad
died, and made ready at a side door
Where | directed them to wait. My own
mind was to tell Jerome nothing of it,
but simply to mount the best horse and
ride away alone-if that course became
necessary.
!
I will break in a bit just here to
speak of an incident which occurred
that very night in the modest boudoir
OF Madame de la Mora. Had 1 but
known of it at the time, it would have
saved me many weary months OF suf-
fering.
Madame Agnes de la Mora sat placid
ly, her work basket by her side, busted
about some lace h was mending. The
chevalier studied a number of military
maps of Louisiana at his table. 1t was
a pretty picture of domestic harmony.
then quite unfashiohable at SceauX. A
timid rap at the door, and a voice:
Sister, may | come in?"
Yes, child" and her sister Charlotte
slipped silently in inc sat herself upon,
the floor at madame's feet. There wa
q striking similarity between the two.
Madame, for all her dignified title, be-
ing but a year the elder, and she scant
~. Charlottee, somewhat slighter and
more delicately colored. was even of
greater beauty than her sister, with
much promise for the years to come.
10 the casual observer, though, espe-
c1ally when viewed apart, they seemed
almost reflections one Of the other.
There was something Of a loving
guardianship in the attitude of the eld-
er, of confiding trust in that of the
younger, as she leaned her head upon
her sisters knee in pensive meditation.
Sister, must tell you Of something;
l know not that I did well or ill., and
she lifted her face with a surety Of
sympathy.
What is 1t, dear, what weighty mat
ter troubles you now?"
The cheyalier looked up long enough
to say:
Have you torn your frock, or only
quarreled again with the good able
owe your task?" The girl very evident
ly had nothing to fear from his harsh-
ness.
NO! No! Don't tease; it's really
important. This day at moor Madame
Chartrain was in her chamber-you
know the young man who came with
M. Jerome 2" de la Mora nodded.
The same l ran into at the door?"
and she flushed again at the memory
of our discontinue.
We'll, today noon at Madam Char
trains I heard that danger threatened
him concerning some papers or some
thing which he has-and Madame du
Maine. too. they mean him harm: and
-and-well. I told him. Did 1 do i'll.
sister?"
What is that. Charlotte? Come
here"
She crossed the room ob%ediently and
stood before him.
The cheyalier asked: How did it
happen, child? Tell me all about 81.
where you saw him. who was there,
and all"
So she went on to tell of her seek
ing me in the park, and her hurried
warning.
We'll, what did he say to all that?"
H didn't say anything: I gave him
no chance; I just ran w near him and
told him as quick as W I could that
lie had better go off somewhere, and
then-and then-well, I just ran away
again. He looked SO startled and sur
prised he could not say anything.
When I turned again to peep througb
the hedge he vas still standing there
with his hands stretched out as if he
would have liked to stop me, but I wag
already gone"
Continued Next Week.)
A Plea for Good Manners.
In delivering the Founders day ad.