Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-02-23
NUMBER 8.

Il dIGn't nr,ul im;:t Lad l!c;,r'! from
him. ard don't know where Ec is.
But--but they always come bacn.'
"You say that because your man-be-
cause Lieutenant Beverley has return
ed 1t is always so. You have every
thing to make you happy. while II
Again her eyes spilled their shower,
and she hid her face in her hands,
which Alice tried in vain to remove.
Don't cry. Adrienne. You didn't see
me crying
mo, of course not: you didn't have
thing to cry about. Lieutenant Bev-
erley told you just where he was going
and Just WHAT
But think. Adrienne. only think Of
the awful story they told-that he was
killed. that Governor Hamilton had
paid Long Hair for killing him and
bringing back his scalp. oh. dear, jnst
think, And | thought il was true
well. I'd be willing to think and he
lieve anything in the world If Rene
would come back" said Adrienne, her
face, now uncovered, showing pitiful
lines of suffering. "Oh, Alice, Alice.
and he never. never will come"
Alice exhausted every device TO cheer,
encourage and comfort her. Adrlcnne
had been 80 good TO her when she lay
recovering from the shock Of Hamil-
tons pistol bullet. which. although 1t
came near killing her. made no serious
wOunl-Only Il bruise in fact. Ii was
one of those fortunate accidents or
provi,lcntially ordered interferences
which once in awhile save life. The
stone disk worn by Alice chnnccd to lie
exactly IN the missiles way. and.
while il was not broken. the ball. al
ready somewhat checked by passing
through several folds of Father Beret's
garments. nattened itself upon it with
a shock which somehow struck Alice
scnSeleSS
Here again, history in the form Of
an ancient family document Ia letter
written in 1871 by Alice herself gives
us the curious brace of mridonfS--to
wit the breaking Of the miniature on
Beverlcy's breast by Britisl, nv
ball and the stopping Of Ha, uS
bullet over Alice's heart by the Indar
charm stone.
(Which shows the goodness of God
the letter goes on, and also seems 10
sustain the Ina!an legend concerning
the stone that whoever might wear il
could not he killed UnIueStipnabie
Isle, Mr. Hamilton's shot. which was
aimed at poor. dear old Father Bcr"t,
would have pierced my heart but for
that charm stone As for my lochet, il
did not. as some have reported. save
FitZhugh's life when the mU>krt ball
was stopped. The ball was :" Nr'At
that the blow was only hard enough 10
spoil temporary Cs!cl the face of the
miniature. which WAS aftcrward re-
stored fairly well by an artist in Paris.
When II did actually save FitZhughs
life was out on the Illinois plain. The
Savage Long Hair. peace To his men,
ory. worked the miracle of restoring To
me- Here n fold in the paper has de-
stroyed Il line of the writing.
The letter IL sacred family paper.
and there is nor Justification for going
farther into its faded and. In some
parts. almost obliterated writing. But
go much may pass into these pages as
pleasant authorization Of what 9th
erwise might be altogether too sweet
double nut for the critics teeth TO
crack
While Adrienne and Alice were still
discussing the probability of Rene dc
Ronville's return NJ. RouSsillon came to
The door. He was in search OF madame,
his wife. whom he had not yet seen.