The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-02-04
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rho barge Autiet IS u lay IN the
sslne. looked iiks sshss harxcs-, DE
clumsy. black ono would not have
suspected that sovs dwslt Ia Ne uriy
tuih
nut "a = weii known fact tiis,
tbs iittie sod ~ indifferent whether
be lives In : cottage ar IN a paiacr.
Indeed. enr 81 hts favofiie ahriaes
was 10 shr Aasisl Nighin gne bosom
II f1urrs
WHIST ussseefed II tn him ft8f his
MASTER had said BE- Nas tho best
bafwefnan ne ever taaf what mat.
tered anything ~ long a. ~ o.
arairea ~ winning eusssss or Ne
@ifss Hasctta vas the meat isesp.
tffsa n M FAIR daughters - f'fancs
AZ tease 80 Pierre thgughl ne had
nesn her first on the barge entch
her Gather eansd and whleh ha had
worked nr and auNu the rfKes -
long ne I'teFrea rsemory mxteuAea
Pierre had kuown her AZ d child
nut ttieu ahe had suddenly hpdted
infa bTnutifsl Wsmanha0d AMI
Pierre knrw b. fos'sd her.
Now fferfs had q nao1IY mtprk
~ humility wnich. throiue ssra aef
r. . first virtue. Pierre had aasSn,tal
THAI h. surveyed Euastts and thet
himself and decided nir lovf Wfa
absolutely la vain he. mere
barge man. uarry susetis. fhe neai-
tifpl and daughter 81 the owner 81
a barge Would cordannfar marry
the presidents daughter
And 20 honeat Pisrfs had SET 70
work q crush the poisson which
safmed like an angry heA wtthin firn
Hs worked the harder. he ciaftered
the louder IN his wooden shoes. he
tried to whistle az his work a.
though this wound which tine ufiie
sod had made with an arrow shot
right through hts blue blouse could
be healea ~ such superficial means
Pierre eafne uut from hia bunk IN
ths stern ~ she Autrlsi anc fine
morning when the Nun was rising
over France tn All the beauty 81 a
Preach sumnicr day He had amAh
rn~d and felt coming over him the
old longing for that which he knew
be could not have. beautiful Suaette
Then be had jumped out II bed. put
on lila clothes. wound his red sash
around his waist and hurried up the
ladder 80 the dcck ~ she AnttaI
The little god of loYs ~ detrr-
mined fellow Il may b. that he
viewed with alarm" pierfe's brave
effort az self conquest and had come
back 70 see the #affairn" through.
However this may be. the fact re-
mains that Fiarrr'H EYES fen upon
the barge Of the father Of susstta
not 30 meters away and going IN the
same direction a. the Auteii And
there IN the stern, hanglng clothes
upon q line and singing no she
worked. was ausctte.
u may have BEEN fate Or q may
have hren accident that auHctta
turned a. that very moment and
her innocent dark eyes met the
eyes 81 Pierre. Hef look ~ SUR
priae changed to one ~ pleasure.
Then The roses flew into her checks
and her eyes fell 10 the ground.
stiii Pierre gazcd as though on.
NitNffUa
Tho barRes were now nearly side
~ side. In Fierro'a mind arose
something which changed him from
an humble bargeman 20 deter
mined man. lie measured the dis.
lance between the boats with his
eye, then ran and ieaped II. A mo-
ment later he held the hand of
Su#eite In his and was eazinr at
her who Hilli was too much moved
tp raise hcr eyes from the ground
suHette had always lived an The
barge She WIS not mistress ~ amy
arts Of deception and when Pierre
Atammercd
DO you love me. suaettog' she
answered simply.
yes"
Tho two barges moved on up the