The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-03-18
CHAPTER xII.-(ContInued.)

serene Gnu 70 4 Gay OF most brutal De
~ginnings- They were on the eminence OF
tina Morne d'0range. Pelee was a bale
ful changing Jewel In the black north.
Breen heard the woman's breathing. He
had no pity for her. He had spoken with
sxcseding gentleness. but It was forced.
In the same voice he continued. since she
tid not speak:
You could not walk to Fort de France,
and there Is neither boiat nor carriage
tonight / thought you were going to
let him be happy again"
Did he send you to mef'
He does not know that 1 am here.
Miss Stansbury." Breen replied. AS we
rode In from the mountain, l begged him
to come to you tonight. but he said that
II there were any hope Of his saving your
life. you would have shown him SOM sign
this morning, instead"
She felt herself called to her W de-
Tense Gould he not see that the news
papers brought a shock to mel" she ques-
TONED pitifully.
The shock was just as great. and the
matter contained in the newspapers just
as new, to him" be said. DO you sup
pose he would have introduced me to you
II he had understood all about me2 l am
all to blame. not our good Peter. Because
I brought ali this trouble upon him.
came tonight to undo the tragedy Of your
being AVA from him, and yet 50 close
to the volcano"
And you went with him to the crater
to-dayf'
DO you think 1 would let him kill
bimselff"
"0h. no.-but you said-you spoke
about riding back with him from the
crater" ahe returned hastily. The mans
anyielding position wrought upon her
strangely, sometimes startled, sometimes
steadied. her.
4 heard that he had gone mp the
mountain. and followed l found him
at the summit. In a faint, lying at the
very rim of disaster"
-1ou-saved him from deathf"
"A very essential proceeding. since l
sent him there"
"Oh, what do you meanY'
1t was my presence that prevented
you both from being out at sea tonight.
II was a very little thing to
bring him back from the crater, Miss
stansbury. but a big accomplishment to
make him glad that I brought him back"
Did he intend to kill himself By going
theref Do you mean that I-I-Y'
Breen felt that she deserved wildly to I
spprehend her failures Of performance. Z
No. Miss Stansbury, but b was dazed
with punishment. That a doubt could ex- Z
list In your mind. regarding his integrity,
pulled him out Of his orbit, so to speak"
But 1t was all so intricate and mys-
FArXrmu - -. -1--1-I aV Tr-n 81 4
DO wrong, but you must see that a wom- $
IN who can only wait, and never be told
'hingsEmay not know what Is best :"
His heart kindled to her now, but he
vas not building for the moment LET
ne tell you about Peter Constable" be Il
aid gently Il was hunted to a corner b
n New York / am all that the papers e
ay, and much beside which they have o
overlooked Only, / have never robbed Il
ne poor, nor widows and orphans, and / q
ever have betrayed a friend until to- I,
ay, when my history arose IN its wrath n
nd m~an-handled poor Peter All my Il
perstons were over when be found me- q
my farces and ~strategies. / had lost Il
~ wcolcap. and the lambs would no
niger play with me- They drove me to
be water front l was At the edge Of the
nd when Peter Constable called. . q . ii
ONE, Miss Stansbury. let US walk on to-
ard the launch"
Breen had judged well the instant 10 m
AXE this suggestion Though afraid
rat she would turn back. he spoke brisk
!, lightly, as IL she had merely paused hi
survey the night She obeyed. and pr
) he talked on, their steps grew faster
I'D faster OWL the morne toward the m,
lge Of the silent, stricken city. Breen
how his friend had put aside for -.
II the c~entury-rare opportunity Of study
g Pelee In the throes- OF the volcano -,
self, be spoke familiarly, trenchantIy. -
only one could do who had peered into -,
e roaring sink Of chaos that day. He
ctured at last the man with whom he =.
ID ridden, their last ride together, the Iar
Imeness which men love. and-in tints
most ethsrealEthe brooding romance. cir
She was thrilled By this stranger who 81,
d played with men and lived to pray nIs
r one. BY his W word, world-weary Il.
d a skeptic Of human character, he had i.
his Utopia in a friend. Be 4,
use she burned to believe all Breen said. II
) words rang true. Higher In her heart ~
an be had reached in any Of the days 81.
CITATIONS, Constable was appraised now -
d held. She did not call It Ioye-sbe %
not call it anything: but 1t was a ~
liant presence to cling to, az she entered &c
tn this stranger, hunted Of men. the ~
othered lane which Rue Victor Hugo sI.
q become. one
You are a prince of defenders she ma
tua
"A man less white would not need a ~
end to champion bis cause he replied. "s s..
Where is Peter Constable nowTy
will put you In the care Of Erurt n
the launch, and then bring him to )
l." be said = J
Where is Mr.. c~onstabIeT' she demand
imperiously. cum
In a little shop up in the Rue de you
'oli.S wne
The did not fail in this last pitiIess as a. !,
II. though the dreadful final sentences dr.a
her mother came back. This night -
rst apart In her life for the learning ~
he truth. -
shall not walt at the launch. I shall a,h.
o him-there-up In the terrace. Why Ar
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