The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-16
CHAPTER XIII.

DEVOTED TIC CUPID AND HIS
ARCHERY PRACTICE.
Bright and crisp dawned the au-
tumn day. Sounds of unusual excite
ment in the lower town greeted the
ears Of the two comrades as they start
ed out from the Chateau in search of
Frontenac. They met him in front OF
the cathedral, in company with /
young M dressed as near the Paris
fashion of the previous year as the
e%xigencies of the climate and place
permitted. The governor haired them
with a hearty Bon jour- Messieurs!
How has your first night in the will
derness passed?" Then turning to Ais
companions he presented her as the
wife Of the always faithful Lieut.. Isl
Yard Of his guard. Il will leave you,
M. lie Capitaine Tonti, to the tender
mercies of my fair lieutenantess, who
will show you the bewiidering novelty
of the marriage market this morning.
Take good care of him, madame, and
do not let the bright eyes Of n Of
his appropriations capture him and
deprive us of his estimable assistance.
II you will accompany me back to the
Chateau, Sieur de la Sale, I have some,
what to discuss with you;" and with q
lift Of the hat and a wave Of his hand,
he left Tonti and his new acquaint-
ance together.
AS the young man turned with a
smile to speak to his companion he be-
held a graceful figure whose every
adornment bespoke a care and taste
that could have been learnt only in
Paris; q pretty face, small and we'll
rounded, whose cheeks glowed with
the brisk air of the morning; a pair of
gray-blue eyes that dropped coquettish-
ly beneath their long lashes as his
glance met hers.
Lieut.. Bizard had been of that cele-
brated regiment of Carignan-Salieres
that was ordered home in 1868 by the
king, but a portion of which had been
sent back to New France two years
later. He had had time, however, dur
ing this stay in France to WOO the
comely daughter of a Partisan shop
keeper who, woman-like, c~aptivated
by the lace and buttons of the soldier
her feminine pride tickled by the ev!-
dent envy Of her associates as abe
walked about with him, had deter
mined to cast in her lot across the ses
with her stalwart lover, dreaming Of
conquests and advancements for him
until she beheld in his bluff face the
features of a future colonial turenne
A year of the social life at Quebec
amidst her primitive surroundings had
dissolved these dreams and left her a
disappointed, unhappy woman, an ar.
rant tiirt. whose food and air we're ad.
miration and attention, loving excite.
ment and a touch of danger in every.
thing. She had thus easily became 9
ready aid to Duchesnesu in his intri.
CUES. At an early interview tina. morn,
ing she had received her instructions
from him and had set out upon hel
task with a light heart, as the playing
OF a game with a young. handsome
cavalier, fresh from Paris and the
court, was far from repugnant to her
"If M. lie Capitaine Tonti will per
NIT" she said demurely, IT believe
can find him entertainment for the
morning that will show that we arc
not all savages here"
Par Dieu! madame" exclaimed
Tonti gallantly, Il can well believe
that. The sight OF your person has
already proved to me that beauty, wit
and youth are to be found the whole
world over"
"Fie! M. Deeeiver." was the blush
ing response. seek not to try the fiat
teries of Versailles on us poor artless
exiled creatures. Have mercy on oui
helplessness, lest we succumb." Their
with a tender, half-audible sigh she
turned away. Come" said she. "tt
the Place d'Armes and I will show yor
how marriages are arranged in q new
country"
Together they approached thu
square. his fair guide pointing out tn,
various ~huildtnss 10 Tonti. togethel
With ~ distant spiSes A ~ 1oRaf