Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-13

70 ne3tnen hearts TOT the glOrtoUo truths of her religion.
 Madame Bizard had several timee touched upon La Salls's exploring ex. petitions but had spoken of no mem- Der of 1t other than It's leader. Him she denounced as a thief, liar, and swindler. Renee listened eargerly, not daring. to question her companion closely, fearing lest the sound of the beating of her heart would be Over- heard; and bent her face low over nef work or turned away her head that the glow on her cheek might not disclose the fact that her interest in the sub ject was other than that of a stranger.g Finally, one day she essayed to mako some inquiry as to the personnel Of the party. Madame Bizard, whose fund of local gossip was low at the mo- ment. quickly branched of into full description of the chief members of the enterprise.
 There was one young man, ma chere," she said, "who deserves to be eaten by the savages. His name Is Henri de T0Eti, and he occupies po- sition next to that of the leader. Had he remained in Quebec I should have considered it my duty to warn you of him, for more dangerous person for 8 young girl to meet cannot imagine. He behaved scandalously here. coquet.. ting with all the women of the place. It is pity; they say he has g wife and child he abandoned in Paris. We women are so weak that 1t would be small wonder if some of us were to believe the honeyed words spoken by one who. will admit, is so handsome, gallant, and possessed of so winning manner"
 Renee, pale and agitated, made her needle fly faster as her companion rat- tied on. She dreaded what the woman would say next. yet longed for her to proceed.
 He will never come back hern, r know" continued Madame Bizard, for he ought to. know that my husband would shoot him down the instant he arrived. Yes," she went on, as she saw Renee give start, he even tried his wiles on me. the miscreant! Of course, one cannot blame a man for desiring to be friendly, and for seek ing the acquaintance of a woman of my position, who, although i repeat 1t myself, is said to be at least pas- sably good-looking. He should, how ever, have paid attention to the ordi- nary prcprieties of civilized people. and should not have so outraged ruy feelings of wifely honor and womanly pride by actually making love to me, and the night before his departure urg- ing me to flee with him to the wilder- ness"
 An exclamation from Renee inter- rupted her, and she saw that the girl had pricked her finger with her neeflle and stained the fabric she was working with drop of blood.
 "There is a man." the woman ccn- tinued. much to Renee's relief. "who has all Of his virtues and none of tis faults, who came on the same shtp with you; I wonder you did not see him. He Is called le Comte,' and is staying with the intendant, have met him several times when at the palace and have seen him in the distance while walking. want you to meet him. M. 1e Gouverneur will not ott- iect to your receiving a friend of the intendant. have in fact invited him 10 call, and, mon Dieu!" she cried with blush of pleasure as she glanced out of the window. "here he is coming to the. house this moment" Renee looked in the direction pointed out to her and saw the figure of a young man approaching He lifted up his face toward the window; the sunlight Bmote 1t. Renee uttering cry of ter TOT fell back in a swoon. She had recognized the Comte de Miron.
 Matinee and Night.