The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-12-20
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Then he didn't live at Fond-corre?'

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Then he didn't live at Fond-Corre?
!; 'At Fond-Corre? Oh, MOI! He wa
4. q zombi-tn the air. In the earth, ev
'erywhcre. Doudoux would fight wit
MIN an hour at a time. Oh, it was ter
rible!'
l leaned back in my chair an
watched the smoke from my cigare
letter h q had been tattooed on TIL
arm of the man killed in suite four
teen. So Tremaine had some cause Il
hate him-he had helped him, hat
supplied him with whisky, with money
tbrough fear n not through friend.
ship. To establish that was to tax,
another step forward.
did he have those spells often
Cecily?" l asked. at last.
ooh, no; sometimes not for months
Then. phut! the zombi would charm
him"
Charm him?"
With a little scrap Of paper. yes
There would come q letter: doudou,
would open IT; always in 1t there
times 1t had writing on it. sometimes
printing, as though 1t had been cut
from a newspaper. Then. tambou!
face would grow black. he
would tear the paper into little bits
uttering curses the most terrible. AND
we WOulu Gil rum
Clippings from u newspaper Here
7 J q coincidence. But ] cudgelled my
vain valniy--I could form 10 theory
VS. to why a clipping should cause
those fits OF rage.
The last one. though, did not give
him a spell" she added, after a NOM
cnt. We were watching the sun set
out across the water when Dodol
brought the letter to him. This time
It was printing and writing both;
got up. ready to flee, for I thought
that would be twice as bad; but no.
he sat reading 1t and his eyes glisten-
~; then he sent me running for his
vat and hurried away to st. Pierre.
Wheil he came back. he told me that
York"
II was exasperating. I felt that the
secret lay just under my hand, and
vet I could not grasp 1t. 1 seemed to
c~5reVoiving round and round about it,
without getting any nearer. What
gould this message be which brought
hot foot to New York?
That was the question to which there
seemeu no possibility of finding the an
swer ut present; besides L thought it
well to lead the talk away from Ire
maine for a While, or even Cecily, I'M
Suspcct1ng MS She was, might guess
.G1y purpose. So l turned to another
point. ~
You have some very pretty jewelry.
Eecliy,' said. touching the great
Brooch Of gold that cleaned at her
throat. 80
y laughed k a pleased ceIild.
Yes---are they not pretty, che? Let
ne show you" inc springing from the
couch. she ran into her bedroom. IN
q moment she was back again, a box
of tnlatd ebony In her hands.
sSRekn she orlod pnd <l,o,, l.-,
the lid. eN
indeed they. We're worth seeing. and
4 was not wholly to disarm her sus-
pictons. " she had any. that I fingered
sver them. AT last, I came to the piece
I wanted.
An opal in a circle of diamonds" and
held 1t up to the light. But see, Ce-
tily, one of the diamonds is missing.
Have you lost it?"
.Doudonx lost it," she answered.
Fl Wore 1t sometimes as a Din for
MIS- scarf. Tainbou! l was angry when
: found It gone. You should have
II have a diamond" 1 said. getting
replace 1t. Let us see IL II win At !"
I u%nyvrapped the little brilliant and
epplied 1t to the break in the circle.
Then my heart fell. 1t was evident
"a an instant that 1t had not come
from therc7-lt was much smaller than
tne otiler stcnes-differently u $50
! have seldom experienced a more
poignant pang Of disappointment. I
seemed to have lost more than I
lad gained. Where, then. had this
diamond come from? Who was 1t had
cropped It In suite fourteen? I was
Stst. confused, utterly at sea. And
z moment before, l had been SO con-
snCaNfA AYVnIy ~ Va,on vfs~AA ~
This would be the fate Of the whole
Willy. nimsy fabric we were trying to
build against Tremaine.
No. It will not do" I .stammered. at
ast. 1T Is too SMALL" and I re-
burned It to my pocket. II shall have
to get you another trinket, Cecily."
And she thanked me with a child's
sx~lberance. then put away her Jewels
2 came back to the divan, talking
of many. things. But my attention
wandered: I answered her mechanical
y. or not ut all: l felt the need of
being alone n setting my discoveries
m order; or finding out whether 1 had
gained or lost ground. In any event,
Ne should have to AXE a fresh start
IoWhere-ended IN q swamp.
Cecily perceived my indifference in a
a:oment-she had a temperament
which seemed to scent instinctiyely
every change of feeling-and she threw
aer arms above her head with that
gesture OF WEAKNESS which I had seer
before.
"Adie, che" she said abruptly.
Good night. Cecily," 1 answered,
Using. smiling in spite OF myself nj
my curt dismissal. at her change OF
tone.
"Bon-Die Ike benz ou."
And you. Cecilv."
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;ustle OF her gown as she arose from
INC couch. My and on the knob, ]
glanced arou--l. expecting to find her
at my elbow. Instead, she was kneel-
ing. with bowed head, before her yir-
Gin,
CHAPTER II.
TREASURE TRoyE.
1t seemed that my sudden abstrac-
don had offended Cecily more deeply