Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-23

toward the villa. The meaning Of sl :
on my ATTENTION. y this were true,
and II seerned plausible enough in view
q all that had qsaspired here. ! was
danger. Happily danger was not a new
fellow-traveler: / merely turned over
In my mind the best to meet X.
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 IL,
but simply to mount the best horse and
ride away alone-if that course became
necessary.
/ 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 ! but
known of It at the time, 1t would rave
saved me many weary months Of SUI
fering.
Madame Agnes de la Mora sat placid
ly, her work basket by her side, busted
chevalier studied a number of military
maps of Louisiana at his table. 1t was
q pretty picture of domestic harmony,
then quite questionable at Sceaux. A
timid rap at the door, and a voice:
Sister, may l come in?"
Yes, child" and her sister Charlotte
slipped silently In and sat herself upon
the floor at madame's feet. There was
a striking similarity between the two.
Madame, for all her dignified title, be-
ing but a year the elder, and she scant
20. Charlottee, somewhat slighter and
more delicately colored, was even Of
greater beauty than her sister, with
. n1l1Rh nrnnniCn for tho xyon ra tn cnn,n
To the casual observer, though, espe-
cially 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 pensiye meditation.
Sister, / must tell you OF something;
l know not that / did we'll or ILL.," and
she lifted her face with a surety Of
sympathy.
What is 1t, dear, what weighty mat
ter troubles you now?"
The chevalier looked VI long enough
to say:
Have you torn your frock, or only
quarreled again with the good able
over your task ?" The girl very evident
ly "a nothing TO fear from his harsh
ness.
mo! No.! Don't tease; it's really
important. This day at noon Madam
Chartrain was in her ~chamber-you
know the young man who came with
NJ. Jerome?" de la Mora nodded.
The same / ran into at the door,"
and she flushed again at the memory
of our discontinue.
We'll, today noo at Madam Char
trains ] Heard hat danger threatened
him concerning some papers or some
thing which he has-and Madame du
Maine, too, they mean him harm: and
-and-well, l told him. Did / dc III,
sister,"
What is that, Charlotte? Come
here"
She crossed the room o%bediently and
stood before him.
The chevalier asked: How did It
happen, child? Tell me all about 1t,
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 hurrie
warning.
We'll, what did he say to all that A."
He didn't say anything; / gave hi n
no chance; / just ran up near him al i
told him as quick as ever / could tn :
he a better so off somewhere, ar q
thcn-and then-well, l just ran we,
again. He looked SO startled and sur
prised he could not say anything.
When l turned again to peep through
the hedge he was still standing there
with his hands stretched out as If he
would have liked to stop me, but l was
already gone"
Continued Next week.)