The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-01-02
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At the back OF abe Hotel des Postes
Is little garden where the flower beds
are isianded in a harsh lake of broken
schist. and where in summer time the
gray stone walls which bound the garden
on three sides beat back the heat of the
sun upon the air like the reyerberators
of furnace Unobservant visitors won
der to find themselves hotter here in shade
than they are in sunshine elsewhere in
the same village.
Athanos Zeno SAT- here pretty often,
leaning back in springy chair OF painted 4
strip iron. with his lustrous black eyes
half closed. A delightfully."- idle man to
look az was Athanos Zeno, and on the
outside nearly always distracted from
the world. though to a keen observer
there was visible when people talked in
his neighborhood that curious listening. Il
obsersant poise of the head which Austin
Farley had noticed in him He had moth !
ing 10 conceal. and but little to observe.
just now Dooroski. Fraser and O'Rourke I
were talking together in front Of the Z
Cheval Blanc. and now and again a stray I
village girl came down 70 the village c
pump for water, but there was nobody )
else in sight o
Mrs. Farley walked into the garden b
with the boys hand in one Of hers. and D
seating herself at some distance from v
the Levantine. busted herself over a Bit v
of lace work. il
AT an open window overlooking the gar a
den sat austin. with rumpled hair and "a
disordered aspect, occasionally scratching
his head with The feathered etsamD OF a Ii
very short quill pen Lucy, WHO had 50 al
arranged her seat as to command z view ii
OF him at will, observed him smilinxIy SD
and tenderly for awhile. but he began to in
rumple his hair so wildly at length that ex
she spoke to him. tn
Cant you work to-day, dear?r re-
Its tinzIing all over me- he an in,
sHered, with an irritafed flourish Of the alt
hands, Actually and absolutely ting
ling" nc
you do nothing in that mood she ="
aid. smiling Leave it for little while. hal
c0me down into the garden" her
Il think I WILL" be answered: and say
ne watched him whilst he swept away hin
rom his table disorderIy double hand nea
III Of papers, and snatching straw hat HE
rom hook on the wall, stuck it fretfuI- yer
' at the bac kof his head and left the SUD
pom. Dali
just at that moment the carriage drfv- iyn'
D By Maskelyne pulled up in front of the O
heyal Blanc, and the good wife cried. In pre-,
hurried whisper, Austin, here are the the
sople from Houfoy. And you in your the
ippersi Go sway and make yourself the
'esenfable-" still
Austin arose with something Of an air and
humorous discomfort, and sauntered eyes
to the hotel, reappearing in time to the
Get Maskeiyne and Dobrosh at the door. and
here the young American introduced GER
ISIS Butler with solemn little phrase theil
two about the noYeIist's fame. which ter,
used him to blush like q schoolboy. the
lgela looked upon him with eyes of ven der
ztion-the first live author she had be- gan
Id She was at the age when yenera- II
70 Is at its freshest, and this encounter he u
Is an unfeigned and unique delight to same
!. Bren
By and by they were all seated in TIE tinRu
rden together, and 0'Rourke and fra and
came In, and each took a chair in the AZ a
shade Of the trained lines. Angela tae o
riley and Maskelyne were lust begin wind.
g to feel at home together. aud were her >
ling into talk. O'Rourke sat near and tflsn5
4 silence, though 1t was common rapid
III Of his to lead conversation. He was be he
semed good talker, but his power az s1orl-
steiner was rarer and more remarkable. to dr..
listener he was full of subtleti.n his K
responded silently to the slightest which
de Of thought, and the taIker always presse
certain Of sympathy with bin. After
Ie saw but little Of feminine society. folded
knew but little OK womeD's manners togeth
heir interior ways He watched with velope
oser interest than he could altogether the BIZ
; accounted for at the moment for any frock
Of rapport between Maskelyne and 'aTh
ella. and saw none whatever on either the n
Dobroski sat by. silent. and many cIaspe,
ces Of affection and understanding hands.
ed between her and Maskelyne. elerica
Engaged. perhaps" said O'Rourke 20 years
elf. Sure Of each other" A mo one Of
later, with little touch Of passing BIZ cha
r at himrslf. what has 1t to do with know
poorer
voice spoke from the road below the send II
'n asking for Monsieur Dobroski. The me thI
r. postmsn, politely raising bis on thsrs q