The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-04-25
pat1ent-the one who came aboard

paClent-Ine one VINO came doooAo
.ast?"
His face sobered in an instant.
"Martigny is his NAME" he said. and
he's in very bad shape. He must have
been desperately anxious to get back
to France. Why, he might have
dropped over dead there on the gang
plank"
ITS a disease of the hearth"
"Yes-far advanced. He can't get
well, of course, but he may live on IN
definitely, if he's careful"
He's still confined to his bed?'
oh, yes-he won't leave it during the
voyage, if he takes my advice. He's
got TO give his heart just as little work
as possible, or I'll throw up the job al
together. He has mighty little mar
gin to go on
/ turned the talk to other things, and
in a few moments he went on along his
rounds. But L was not long alone, for
| saw Miss kelnball coming TOWARD ne.
looking a very Diana, wind-blown, and
rosy-cheeked.
so mal-de-mer has aid it's hand on
you, too, Mr.. Lester!" she cried.
"Only.a finger" L said. But a finger
is enough. Won't you take pity on a
poor landsman and talk to him?"
But that's reversing u positions!"
she protested, sitting down, neverthe-
less, to my great satisfaction. 1T was
you Who We're to be the entertainer!
Is u Mephisto abroad, YETI" she
asked in a lower tone. Il, too, am feel
ing his fascination long for another
glimpse of him"
"Mephisto is still wrestling with his
heart, which, it seems, is scarcely able
to furnish the blood necessary. to keep
him going. h doctor tells me that
he will probably spend the voyage a
bed"
so there'u be nothing for us to do,
after all! Do you know Mr.. Lester,
that l was longing to become a female
Lecog."
Perhaps you will still nave the
chance | said gloomily. Il doubt
very much whether Mephisto will con-
sent to remain inactive. He doesn't
look to be that sort"
She clapped her hands and nodded
a laughing recognition to one of the
passing p~romenaders.
You are going to Paris, aren't you,
Miss kemball?" 1 asked.
ITO Paris-yes. You too? You must
be, since you are going to France"
We go first to Etretat," L said, and
stopped, as she leaned, laughing back
in her chair. why what's wrong with
that?" 1 demanded in some astonish-
ment.
Wrong Oh, nothing. Etretat's a
a most delightful place-only it re-
called TO me an amusing memory of
now my mother was one day scandal
llzed there by some actresses Who were
pathlng; It's the prettiest little fish
ing village, with the finest cliffs I
ever saw. Only, it's hardly the a
for Etretat-the actresses have not
arrived. You'll find it dull
Wen not stay there long," I said.
But tell me about it. I should like
to know"
"Etretat," said my companion, sis
raIner a bohemian rncnrt tl~l.--~
KARI discovered it somewhere back in
the dark ages, and advertised 1.-THE
Etretatians We're immensely grateful
and named the main street of the town
after him-and since then a lot of
artlsts and theatrical people have built
gravel where people battle all day long
When one tired of bathing, there's
the cliffs and the downs, and in the
evening there's the casino. You know
French, Mr.. Lester?"
Why" | explained, IT vas supposed
to study it at college. 1 still remem-
Der my 'j'ai. tn a, ii a."
You'll remember more when Won ret
to Etretat," she laughed. you'll have
to, or starve."
oh, l also know the phrase made
by Mark Twain"
AVez Yous du vinY-yes."
And l think I also have a hazy rec
objection Of the French equivalents for
bread and butter and cheese and meat,
We shant starve, besides l think Mr..
Royce can help. He's been to France"
"Of course-and here he comes to
claim his CHAIR
I won't permit him to claim it il
you will use it a little longer" 1 pro-
tested.
"Oh, but I must be going" and she
arose. laughing. Have 1 beer a salts
factory entertainer"
More than satisfactory; I'll accept
no other"
But o won't need any at all, af-
ter this morning. don't really believe
you're i'll now"
She nodded to Royce, and moved
away, without waiting for my an
swer, which somehow halted on NV
lips; and SO I was left to the rosiest.
the most improbable of day dreams.
Saturday, Sunday and Monday
passed. with only such incidents to en-
liven them as are common to all vow
ages. But | saw that quiet, and sea
air We're doing their work well with
my companion, and that he was stead
lily regainfng his normal health. So
l felt more n more at liberty to de-
vote myself to Miss, Kemball-in such
moments as h would permit me-and
| found her fascination increasing In
a ratio quite geometrical. Martigny
still abed, and. so the ships doc
tor told me, was improving very
slowly.
Continued Mat 1af.a