The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-03-24

"FfI - EANNhN 49,
in a few short weeks. Still IL was ma
ture.
Boy, boy." he smiled ruefully. Il
had almost forgotten that you could
grow into a man. But be careful
Theon, be careful"
He knew how absurdly useless was
the warning. and he smiled grimly &c
himself. but the smile hardened TO q
sheer as he turned and stared again 81
the gray overs Of the chateau, loom
ing shadowy in the dusk.
After 20 years, And this is a good
day"
The road from B. past the OLD
chateau. is very beautiful. Strangers
travelling through the country take the
drive and exclaim at the fairness OF
open field and massive wood, but tners
Is one spot where silence comes In
voluntarily. a long, Swallowed stretch
where the forest rises darkly on botn
sides. and twilight reigns al high noon
Here the wood to the right extends blu
a few rods. ending abruptly in the high
clif that follows the road for miles
and far below, in the silence Of the for
est. comes the subdued rush and "
muir Of the deep river, swirling against
the rocks in its bed.
In the day II is beautiful but al night
II is awesome, and none travel past
them but those whose way leads them
there OF necessity.
on the night hat jules D'Arblay rode
to B.. the deep forest lay quiet and
still. knowing that the one sound thai
would awaken its echoes would be the
gallon of a returning horse. Jules
D'Arblay always returned late, and
alone. He was later than usual to
night. for he was making arrangements
to leave indefinitely. AS a rule he en-
ioyed spending his summers in the fine
old chateau. but this summer he pre-
ferred to leave.
The trees rose high and met in tnicl
arches over the road. shutting out the
light of the stars. The trees and the
little bushes were the only things oil
the forest not asleep in the vastnssa
of the night. and they stirred and whis.
pered. nodding wisely to n another
and shivering awesomely In the silence
Down the hard road came the whole
some reality Of steady hoof- beats, ane
the ~suivering bushes held themselves tc
listen as horse and rider came nearer
through the black shadows. At one
side the low grass rustled. and two rest
less eyes cleaned at the dark outline
approaching. The slim, straight shadow
sat fearlessly erect and unconscious o
danger.
From out OF the roadside somethinl
rose and struck viciously at the hea'
OF the rider. kissing angrily: "Aftel
90 years. Jules D'Arblay." something
fell heavily, without a cry. and thei
the leaves rustled as the startled hors'
was backed through the blackness b.
a commanding hand. still back. towarl
the steep cliff. for a riderless horse is
BETRAYAL. and If a drunken man ride
over a cliff in returning from town !
Is no ones fault but his own. The al
ouivered with the human scream OF
terrified beast. and the deep rive
splashed solemnly as 1t received its bur
den.
The timld bushes shivered and COW
cred again. bending fearsomely to on
side as the man returned. and a still
warm thing was carried heavily throug
them. its nerveless limbs Imply brush
ing them in its progress.
The wind stopped to hear his heav
breathing as the bearer Of the burde
stros. on. Then II fed up swiftly
afrighted. to tell the tree-tops what
had seen. and the good old trees tosse
! their long arms in sorrow over IN
y treachery OF man to man. and let IN
stars peep wonderingly through. so thu
their clear light shone fair and steadil
9 on the still face.
AZ one who does so against his vii
! the one who bore him glanced down
storm aversion at the dead man. III
linn thing half slipped from his loo
y ened grasp. the distant stars quiyert
g and shrank, as a great cry rang out ar
nm 10 them. lingering and sobbing In u
y troe-tops like the wall Of a strickt
: woman.
! "oh. my God, My Cod"
d The little bushes rustled pitifully. al
through the parted arms Of the solen
trees the stars shone tenderly, even {
this n who knelt shivering on u
ground. staring dumbly into the ia
of the dead.
le On the following day a passing ira
n eIer found two bodies In the wood
IS the Cliff. young Theon Chevrea
a stretched carefully out on the tend
k grass with his cloak wrapped smooth
h about hir,. and the strange old ma
his father. with a bullet in his temp
l. living face downward as he had die
his head on his sons breast-Go
m Literature.
n Japs Communicate by Kite.
&, The Japanese recently flew a large X
into the Russian lines. The kite "
n. covered with photographs showing I
- - D.,atuan in 4.