The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-02-08

Sang terrible chords on summer epenings.
fully, too, and both had to stand against
odds i'll many sour argument, for
they were not only abolitionists, but op-
posed the attitude of their country in
its difficulty with Mexico, and, in COM
mon viii other men Of the time who
took their stand, they had to grow ac-
customed to being called disloyal trail
tors, foreign toadies, malignants and
traducers of the flag. Tom had long
been used to epithets Of this sort, suf-
fering their sting in quiet, and was
glad when he could keep Crailey out Of
worse employment than standing firm
for an unpopular belief
There was one place to which Van
revel, seeking his friend and partner
when the latter did not come home at
night, could not go. This was the tow
er chamber, and it was in that mysteri-
Gus apartment Of the Carewe cupola
that Crailey was apt to be deeply occu-
pied when he remained away until
daylight. Strange as it appears, Mr..
Gray. maintained peculiar relations of
intimacy with Robert Carewe in spite
Of the feud between Carewe and his
own best friend. This intimacy, which
did not necessarily imply any mutual
fondness, though Crailey seemed to
dislike nobody, was betokened by a
furtiye understanding of a sort be-
tween them. They held brief, earnest
conversations on the street or in cor
ners when they met at other peoples
houses, always speaking in voices too
low to be overheard, and they exercised
a mysterious symbolism, somewhat in
the manner OF fellow members Of a
secret society. They had been OBJ
served to communicate across crowded
rooms by lifted eyebrow, nod Of head
or a surreptitious turn Of the wrist,
so that those who observed them knew
that Il question had been asked and an
swered
It was noticed also that there were
five other initiates to this masonry
Eugene MadrillQn, the elder Cheno-
weth General Trumble, Tappingham
Marsh and Jefferson Bareaud. Thus
on the afternoon following Miss Bet
tvs Introduction to Rouen's favorite
sons and daughters Mr. Carewe, driv-
ing down Main street. held up one
forefnger to Madrillon as he saw the
young man turning in at the club.
Eugene nodded gravely and as he went
in. discovering Marsh, the general and
others listening to Mr.. Gray's explana-
ton of his return from the river with
no fish, stealthily held up one finger in
his turn. Trumble replied.with a wink,
Tappingham nodded, but Crailey
slightly shook his head Marsh and the
general started with surprise and star
ed incredulously That Crailey should
shake his head! If the signal had been
for church meeting they might have
understood.
Mr.. Gray's conduct was surprising
two other people at about the same
time Tom Vanrevel and Fanchon
Bareaud; the former by his sudden de-
votion to the law; the latter by his
sudden devotion to herself. In breath
he became almost domestic charac-
ter.
Miss Bareaud was even happier than
she was astonished - and she was
nightly astonished-to find her be-
rothed developing a taste for her So
ciety alone. Formerly she had counted
upon the gayeties of her home to keep
Crailey near her; now, however, he
told her tenderly he wished to have her
all to himself. This was not like him,
but Fanchon did not question.
The Bareaud house was the most
hospitable in Rouen. Mrs. Bareaud, a
southerner, loving to persuade the Wis
itor that her home was his, not hers,
lived only for her art, which was that
OF the table. Mr.. Bareaud at fifty had
lived so we'll that he gave up walking,
which did not trouble him, but at sixty
he gave up dancing, which did trouble
him. His only hope, he declared, was
IN Crailey Gray's promise to invent for
him concave partner.
There was a thin, quizing shank Of