Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-07

down the gang plank.
She looked at me from the corner of
her eyes.
do you KNOW" she said deliberate
ly, 81 am beginning to, fear that you
are obstinate"
Pm not at all obstinate" l object
ed. Pm simply contending for my
rights"
Your rights?"
MY right to be with you as long as L
can, for one"
Are there others?"
"Many others. Shall 1 enumerate
them?'
NO." she said, 1--WE haven't time
Here is mother
They We're to take the company's
special train to Paris. which was wait
ing on the wharf 200 feet away, and we
slowly pushed our way toward it. In
the clamOr and hurry and confusion
wholly Latin there was no chance for
intelligent converse. Suddenly we found
our way blocked by uniformed Off
cial, who demanded to see our tickets.
You can't come any farther. I'm
afraid" said Mrs. Kemball, turning to
us. We'll have to say goodby" And
she held out her hand. But we'll soon
see you both again in Paris. You have
the address,"
"Oh, yes" assured her.
Very well, then, we shall look for
| YOU" And she shook hands with both
of us.
For an instant felt another little
hand in mine. a pair OF blue eyes smil-
cd up at me in a way
"Goodby, Mr.. Lester" said voice.
II shall be all impatience till we meet
again"
so shall II And l frightened.
will bring Miss Holiday to us?"
IF we End her. yes
'Then, again, goodby."
She waved her hand, smiling, and
was lost in the crowd.
Come on, Lester" said Mr.. Royce's
voice. There's no use standing star.
ing here"
Suddenly l remembered Alartigny.
"Tll be back in minute" called
and ran up the gang plank. HAS NJ
Marugny left the ship yet:" l inquired
of the first steward met,
"Martigny:" he repeated.
''The sick gentleman in 49," ]
prompted
"Oh, yes" he said. II do not know
'Well, no matter. I'll find out my.
mounted to the upper deck and
knocked at the door of 1915. There was
no response. After moment tried
the door, but it was locked. The win
dow, however, was partly open, and
shading my eyes with my hands,
peered inside. The stateroom was
empty.
kind of panic seized me us turned
away. Had lie indeed seen through
my artitice? In attempting to blind
him had merely uncovered my owr
plan, or-and my cheeks burned ut the
thought = was lie so well intrenched
that he had no fear of me? Were his
plans SO well laid that it mattered moi
to him whittier went or what did?
passed a moment of heartrendint
uncertainty. saw quite clearly wha
a little, little chance Of success we had
But | shook the feeling off, sought tho
lower deck and inquired again fol
Martigny. AT last the ships doctor
told me that he had seen the sick maj
safely to Il carriage and had heard hin
order the driver to proceed to the Hote
Continental.
And frankly, Mr.. Lester" added the
doctor, 81 am glad to be SO we'll rid OF
him. 1t is most fortunate that he die
not die on the voyage"
turned away With lighter heart
From a dying man there could not b,
much to fear. So | hunted up Mr.
Royce and found him, finally, endeav
oring to extract some information from
a supercilious official.
1t was, 1t seemed, a somewhat com
plicated proceeding to get to Etretat
In half an hour train would leav,
for Bonneville, where we must transfe
to another line to Les Ifs. There /:
second transfer would be necessary be
fore we could reach our destination
How long would it take? Our in
formunt shrugged his shoulders will
fine nonchalance. 1t was impossible t:
say. There had been Il heavy storm
two days before, which had blown
down wires and damaged the littl,
spur of track between Les Ifs and til,
sea.
Amid this tumble of uncertaintie:
one definite fact remained-a train wa.
to leave in half an hour, which w,
must take. So we hurried back to til,
boat, and finally We're shut into /;
compartment two minutes before til,
hour.
Then, in that first moment of mac
tivity, the fear of Martigny came bacl
upon me. Had he really gone to the ho
tel? Had he deemed us not wortl
watching, or had he watched? Wa.
he OH the train with us? Was he able
TO follow?
looked out cautiously from the win
dow, up and down the platform, bu
saw no sign of him, and in n momen
more we ratified slowly away over thu
switches.
An hours run brought us to Beuze
vile, where we We're dumped out, to
gether with our luggage in littl,
frame station. An official informed u.
that we must wait there three hours
for the train for Les Ifs. Beyond tina
he could not say.
"How far is Les Ifs from here?" in
quired my companion.
| about twelve kilometers, monsieur
"And from there to EtretatY'
us twenty kilometers more"
..'Thirty-two kilometers altogether
said Mr.. Royce. That's about twenty
miles. Why can't we drive, LESTER"
Certainly it seemed better than wait
ing on the uncertain railway, and We
set ut once about the work of finding
a vehicle. could be Of little use, since
English was an unknown tongue ii
Beuzeville, and even Mr. Royce's
French was sorely taxed, but we sue
ceeded at last in securing horse anG
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