Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-04-26
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1p~atient-the n who came ABOARD
.ast?'
His face sobered in an instant.
"Martigny is his name" he SAID, ana
he's in very bad shape. He must nave
been desperately anxious to get back
10 France. Why, he might nave
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, ii he's careful"
Hes still confined to his bed?"
''Oh, yes-he won't leave 1t during the
voyage, If he takes my advice. He's
got to give his heart just as little work
as possible, or III 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 i was not long alone, for
/ saw Miss Kendall coming oWard me,
looking a very Diana, wind-blown, and
rosy-cheeked.
so mal-de-mer has laid it's hand on
you, too, Mr.. Lester!" she cried.
only a finger" / said. But a finger
is enough. Won't you take pity on a
poor landsman and talk to him."
But that's reversing our positions!'
she protested, sitting down, neverthe-
less, to my great satisfaction. 1T vas
you who We're to be the entertainer!
Is u Mephisto abroad, YETI" she
asked in a lower tone. II, too, am feel
ing his fascination-I long for another
glimpse of him.
"Mephisto is still wrestling with his
heart, which, il seems, is scarcely able
10 furnish the blood necessary to keep
him going. The doctor tells me that
he will probably spend the voyage a
bed
S therem be nothing for us to do.
after all! Do you know Mr.. Lester,
that l was longing to become a female
Lecoq."
Perhaps you will still have 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 promenaders.
You are going to Paris, aren't o
Miss Kemball?' / asked.
ITO Parishes. You too? You must
be, since you are going to France
We so first to Etretat," l said, ana
stopped, as she leaned, laughing back
in her chair. Why what's wrong with.
that?' l 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
how my mother was one day scandal
lized there by some actresses who were
bathing. It's the prettiest little fish-
ing village, with the finest cliffs l
ever saw. Only, it's hardly the season
for Etretat-the actresses have not
arrived. You'll find it dull"
We'll not stay there long l said.
But tell me about it. l should like
to know"
rather "a Bohemian resort. Alphonse
KARI discovered it somewhere back in
the dark ages, and advertised 1.-THE
Etretatians were immensely grateful
and named the main street of the town
after him-and since then a lot OF
artists and theatrical people have built
villas there. 1t has a little beach of
gravel where people battle all day long
When ones tired OF bathing, there's
the cliffs and the downs, and in the
evening there's the casino. o know
French, Mr.. LESTER"
Why" l explained, Il was supposed
to study 1t at college. l still remem-
Der my jai, tn a, IL a."
You'll remember more when you get
TO Etretat," she laughed. You'll have
to, or starve."
oh, l also know the phrase made
immortal by Mark Twain"
'AveZ you du vin?-yes."
And think | also have a navy rec
election of the French equivalents for
bread II butter n cheese and meat.
We shan't starve, besides / think Mr..
Royce can help. He's been to France"
"Of course-and here he comes TO
claim his chair"
Il won permit him TO claim it il
YOU will use it "a little longer | pro-
tested.
"Oh, but 1 must be going" and she
arose, laughing. Have l been 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 my
lips; and SO l 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 L saw that quiet, and sea
air were doing their work well with
my companion, and that he was stead
lily regaining his normal health. So
1 felt more and more at liberty to de-
vote myself to Miss Kemball-in such
moments as she would permit me-and
L found her fascination increasing in
a ratio quite geometrical. Martigny
was still abed, and, so the ships doc
tor told me, was improving very
slowly.
Continued Next Week.