Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-05-11

ately Il am beginning 20 fear you are
obstinate, and | abhor obstinate peo-
pie"
I'm not at All obstinate, l objected.
I'm 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 / enumerate
them?'
No" she said, 1--WE haven't time.
Here Is mother"
They were to take the company's spe-
ciai train to Paris, which was waiting
on the wharf, 200 feet away, and we
slowly pushed our way toward II. IN
the clamor and hurry and confusion
wholly Latin. there was no chance Tor
intelligent converse. The place was
swarming with people, each or them as
IL seemed 70 me, on the verge OF hys-
terra. Someone somewhere, was shout
ing EN- voiture!" in a stentorian voice.
Suddenly, we found our way blocked by
a uniformed official, who demanded to
see our tickets
you can't come any farther I'm
afraid said Mrs. kemball, turning TO
us. Wen have 10 say goodbye, and
she held out her hand. But well soon
see you both again in Paris. You nave
the address,"
"Oh, yes." I assured her; felt that
there was no danger Of my ever for
getting it.
Very well. them we shall look for
you and she shook hands with both
Of US.
For an instant, ! felt another little
hand i'm mine, a pair Of blue eyes smiled
up at me in q way
Good bye, Mr Lester said a voice,
Il shall be all impatieuce till we meet
again"
80 shall l." and ! frightened. THAT
was nice OF you, Miss KembalL'
"Oh. | shall be anxious to hear how
you succeeded" she retorted. Nou
viii bring Miss Holiday to us?'
If NE find her, yes
Then, again goodbye"
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 We've got our own journey
to look after" and he started back
along the platform.
Then, suddenly 1 remembered Mar
tigny.
IN be back in a minute" l called.
and ran up the gangplank. Has NJ.
Martigny left the ship yet?" l inquired
OF the first steward l met
"MartiEny?" he repeated. "Martigny?
Let me see
The sick gentleman in $780," I
prompted
oh, yes. he said. Il do not know,
monsieur"
"Wen no matter I'll find out my
self"
I mounted to the upper deck and
Knocked at the door of 375 There was
no response. After a moment | tried
. H.. 9. j n.HfV.
dow, however, was partly open, and,
shading my eyes with my hands. /
peered inside The stateroom was
empty.
A Kind of panic seized me as ] turned
away. Had he. indeed, Seen through
my artifce? In attempting to blind
him, had l merely uncovered my own
plan? Grand my cheeks burned at
the thoughtl--was he so wen intrenched
that he had 10 fear Of me? Were his
plans so well laid that it mattered not
to him whittier | went or what | did?
After all, / had no assurance of sue
cess at Etretat-no proof that the fugi-
tives had gone there-no reasonable
grounds to believe that we should find
them. Perhaps indeed Paris would be
a better place to look for them; per-
haps Martigny's advice had really been
well meant
passed a moment OF heartrending
uncertainty, l saw quite clearly what Il
little, little chance of success we had.
But | shook the feeling off, sought the
lower deck, and inquired again for
Martigny. At last the ships doctor
told me that he had seen the sick man
safely to a carriage. and had heard
him order the driver to proceed to the
Hotel Continental.
"And, frankly Mr. Lester" added the
doctor, Il am glad to be so well rid Of
hi q So ff,trfrt to hot he a 81
not die on the voyage. In my opinion,
he is very near the end
/ turned away with a lighter heart
! From a dying man there could not be
much TO fear. SO hunted up Mr.. Royce,
and found him, finally endeavoring to
, extract some information from a super
Cilious official in a gOld-laCed uniform.
1t was, II seemed, a somewhat COM
plicated proceeding to get to Etretat.
In half an hour a train would leave for
| Beuzeville. where we must transfer TO
| another line to Les Ifs: there second
transfer would be necessary before we
could reach our destination. How long
would it take? our informant
shrugged mis- shoulders with fine non
! chalance. 1t was impossible TO say,
There had been a heavy storm two
! days before, which had blown down
wires and damaged the little spur OF
| track between Les IFS and the sea.
| Trains were doubtless running over the
! branch but we could not, probably,
/ reach Etretat before morning
! Amid this tumble OF uncertainties,
| one definite fact remained train was
| to leave in half an hour, which we must
! take. SO we hurried back to the boat,
| made our declaration had our boxes ex-
/ amined perfunctorily and passed,
! bought our tickets, saw our baggage
! transferred. tipped a dozen people, more
| or less. and finally were shut into a
| compartment two minutes before the
| hour.