The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-04-21

so,in-law. the baron land
ING nei che muttered to herself
Yes, sue n,ain-terrlbly plain
Thereupon she fell asleep, nsmor
No Chauxville had a soou ,d capa-
ne moreover, a good ana ,' ~,
n "a So Catrina did not nne
DE Wa, na knew nothing whatever o. w. me
that ne k nstcbed the plain face as .he
nrs;c rose and fell, himse'i with
nns to its transcendent ,ones, rt,, Ca
ous ~ cunning he waited unut ~.
pla,' wss almost intoxicated VIII m
trim was ar,ootion to which all great
musicians are liable. now
"Ab" he said, ~ envy you you al.
With music like that one ore
Met imagine that life IS VIM
could wish 1t to be" ,de-.
ehe did not answer, but she "anu.l
I'd of into another air a
.urhe schlummerlied,' said ue me
ma SOFTLY. 1T almost has the po'
10 send q sorrow to sleep, ,ossi.
rhis time she answered nm pos
h,v because he had not looSea a' 10
..s,,ch never sleep she saiu'
40 YOU know that. too he "SAe''
not in a toni that wanted repiS'
She made no answer.
~ am sorry" he went on. lo
r. ,s different. | am a man
mans work to do. l can occupy NY
s.,f with ambition. At all e'en's,
have a mans privilege OF NURSING
venge.' ,-east
He saw her eyes light up. her oreas'
heave with a Sudden sigh. Some'niNs
like a smile wavered for a ohe
meath his waxed mustache,
Catrina's fingers, supple ana suons'
str7,ck in great chords the ar Oh d
gloomy march from the half forSo'''"
nrso Of some monaStic composer.
"A mans privilege" he repeater
musingly.
.Need it be such:' she asked.
For the first time his eyes met hers'
mot necessarily" he answered Ana
her eyes dropped before his mario"
gaze.
De Chauxville did not speak again
FOR some minutes He sat back IN ms
chair. leaning his forehead on his hano
while he peeped through his slim nm
gers. He could almost read the SlrI
thoughts as she put them into music,
"She does not hate him yet" he was
rejecting. But she needs only 10 see
him with Eta a few times. and she
will come TO it
Catrina was an easy tool in the hands
of such as Claude de C~hauIville, for he
had dealt with women and that when
is evil in women all his life, and the
only mistakes he ever made were those
characteristic errors of omission at
taching Ia n persistent ignorance or
the innate good in human nature.
Absorbed as she was in her great
grief. Catrina was in no mood - seek
for motives. to split Il moral straw.
She only knew that this man seemed
to understand her as no one had ever
understood her.
The moment had been propitious, and
Claude de Chauxville. with true Gallo
Insight. had seized ii. Her heart was
sore and lonely. almost breaking, and
she was without the worldly wisdom
which tells us that such hearts must
at all costs be hidden from the world.
In the solitude of her life Catrina
Lanovitch had conceived a great love.
a passion. such as a few only are capa-
Bile of attaining, be it for veal or woe.
She had seen this love ignored, walked
underfoot. by its object with a grave
elaboration which took her breath
away when she thought of it. 1t was
all in all to her; TO him it was nothing.
Her philosophy was simple. She could
not sit still and endure. At this time
1t seemed unhearable. She must turn
ana rend some one, she did not know
whom. but some one must suffer. II
was in this that Claude de Chauxyflle
proposed to assist her.
1T IS preposterouS that people should
make others suffer and go unpublished"
ne said, intent on his noble purpose
Catrina's eyelids fickered. but she
made no answer.
The arrogance of those who have all
that they desire is insupportable." the
Frenchman went on in his favori,e.
noncommitting. epigrammatic way,
Catrina-a second E~.ve-rlanred NJ
MIN. and her silence gave him nerm;s.
sion to 80 on.
Il would he pitileSs to all such men y
said De C~hauxville. They deserve no
pity. for they have shown none Tho
man who deceives a woman is WORTHY
or ""'ns
he never finished the sentence Her
deep passionate eyes met his. Her
hands came down with one final crash
on the chords. She rose am, crossed
the room.
Mother" she said. shall I ring f.,
tea" ing 'o'
Mhen the countess awoke. De Cha,1,
vile was turning over some sheets -,
music at the piano.
TO be continued