The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-05-31
CHAPTER vii.-continued.

So far as II lay In my power,
would perform my self-imposed tasl
An a direct and businessllke method
AS 10 this method, a dozen extrava
cant courses OF action occurred TO me
al once or the dozen | selected two
as possible.
Every English gentleman comes OF
race of warriors" the mysterious
woman OF the reading room had said
10 me last night. Miss Brett, being an
Englishwoman. had the blood OF sol.
diers in her veins The physical cour.
age of the battlefield. then. must ap-
neal 10 her II. for instance. | should
enlist in the Foreign Legion. there
was the Legion OF Honor 10 be won.
The little ribbon would tell its elo.
quent story.
Bat Wil.oughby's life had been lost
amid the dread silence of the white
SHOWS. looked long and earnestly
where the sun touched the mountain
ton with a rosy light out OF the morn
ins misis The mountains seemed 70
beckou 10 wait for me
had shuddered-I still shuddered.
as bought of their awful gloom and
loneliness And yet they seemed TO
bee. onto wait for me. ! had been
HELPLESS and weak They had con
qucrea me- Well, | must return to
conquer them. Their very immensely
need net appal me- Mans glory Is 20
slndue the vast forces OF nature-to
make them his own.
7 thought Of the Hospice az St.
Bernard There for centuries men
hai even laid down their lives to save
the nerishing. Well. why should / not
De- one 0i the little band for the time
be.ng2 Why should | not become
n9vtaie IN the order? A few months
o. ariuous training. and | should be
ready FOR The battle
II went TO the monastery and told
tho good father superior OF the sacred
yow I had made. would he laugh at
me f0r a madman. or would he under
stand and help me TO fulfill IL?
began the day therefore. vaguely
hopeful ] no longer permitted my
SELF % re troubled at the whispers OF
servants and guests. | even courted
The society Of my fellowmen paid
mr two francs admission TO the kur-
seal and listened with real enjoyment
20 rs excellent orchestra.
Ny coat was lightly brushed.
There was a faint but exquisite per-
tume glanced. as did a dozen
others al the woman who was pass
Ing
The small, but superbly poised fig
ure gcwned with a marvellous sim
plclty paused by my side a fraction
o. a second. II was my acquaintance /
q Tho reading room again, and she
had mrrmured a good morning. A
dozen had noted the greeting and en-
We'd me
] did not return It, She continued |
he7 way daintily furnishing me for my
raieness by smiling across al me
n9cNnely as she seated herself AZ
my right. There was something OF a
childish. almost fairy malice in the
Elusive smile.
The intermission came All the
World pushed back their chairs. and
made their way through glazed doors
AZ The rear. whence an electric bell
rang persistently. The motley crowd
@. officers. tourists, and such of the
society Of Lucerne as was ar the
Alrsaal passed through the glazed
doors 70 play the petits chevaux-a
ra'ler harmless form of dissipation.
-am1ling toy that permits one TO
io'e AZ tho most a five-franc piece
mingled with the crowd about the
green-baize table on which the little
meal horses were whirling around an
imaginary race course. A croupier
changed a 50-franc note for me
% f a coin on one OF the numbers:
an lost ! staked another coin. this
e AGAINST the field. Again | lost
raked all my five-franc pieces but
.wo
While weighed them thoughtfully
z my palm my arm was touched ,
I-Htlt IL was my adventures OF ,
ao reading room once more. Sho /,
ll'ei her eyebrows in whimsical con-
ern at my IN luck
Even these little horses. you see. :
madam, know that / am TO be =
hInned. | said in low voice.
~ friend" she smiled. vivacious- \
they are simply frightened at q
NV black face. They are sensitive. !
n' little horses. But II YOU coax 4
v shall see Allons. we will be pru- '
ent- little shining franc on number I
Z" Now. If my brave horses only /
nov that il is | who am asking them v
WIN for us. we shall win" b
Ne rien va plus" croaked an on. \
.ai ~ q dingy dress suit and crumpled
i,it bosom He spun the mechanism q
sky between two bony fingers and
luiho' The tiny Jockeys in blue. bun. b
'en' and red sped swiftly around '
I, course. Presently they struggled |,
No behind the other. and came TO
pause The croupier stretched out b
II rake. and drew in our two shining n
ahes with the other winnings of the Il
ank. - INC :,
: turned to her sternIy. "You see, .. 4