Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-01-22

that she was beautiful would be
UNIV, .uIIu5nsI3N IofBW ..'u1utoA,
proud to cry aloud, This is my daugh-
teri" To pron enade with her on my
ARMAND i must hide this secret from
all h world. That is my torture. And
ii Is the chastisement of all that has
not been right In my life. All, sad. UNI
happy loyes,' That same inalediction
for the past came to his lips as 1T had
come to his thoughts. The old work
man, burdened with labor throughout
the week, who could promenade on the
Boulevard de Clichy IN Sunday. with
his daughter on his arm. was happier
than Revere. And-a strange thing,
sentiment of shame and remorse-feel-
ing himself travelling fast TO his last
resting place in the cemetery, he ex-
pressed no wish to see that child. to
send for her to come to Blois under
some preteXt or other. easy enough to
find.
mo, he experienced q fierce desire
for solitude, he shrank from an inter-
view in which he feared ell his grief
would rush to his lips in a torrent of
words He feared for himself, for his
weakness, for the strange feeling he
experienced in his head
lit seems as If Ii oscillated upon
my shoulders he said, If Marthe
came'-and he repeated the name as q
child would have pronounced 1t who
was just learning TO name the letters
of a word-I would give her but the
sad spectacle of a broken down man
and leave On her mind only the impress
sion of a human ruin. And then-and
then-not TO see her, not to have the
right to see her, that is all right-it Is
my chasttsement.
Let 1t be so. / understood. l feared
hat an interview would be mortal; he
had been so terribly agitated when he
a sent for me that other time.
but / at least wished TO recall to
him his former wish which he had ex-
pressed OF providing for the girls flu
ture. l desired that he should make up
for the past, since money is one of the
forms Of ~reparation. But | dared not
speak TO him again In regard to 1t or OF
that trust of which he had spoken.
II said to me, this strong man
whom death had never frightened and
whom he had braved many times. he
said to me now. weakened by this ILL
ness which was killing him hour by
hour:
IF / knew that my end was near, I
would decide. But / have time
Time! Each day brought him a lit
tie nearer TO that life about which /
feared TO say to him, The time has
come The fear, in urging him to a
last resolution, of seeming like an exc
whose presence seemed to say
Today is the day prevented me. You
understand, monsieur? And why not?
/ ought to wait no longer. RoVere'S
confidence had made of me a second
who possessed the strength and
force OF will which the first one now,
/ felt that / held in my hands, !
- a. - - |
her, but | looked upon her as a
in her vocation of nurse to the
old p%aralytic TO whom she was paying,
In love, the debt of the dead wife. /
to myself: 1t Is to me, to me
alone, that Revere must give instruc-
ions Of what he wishes to leave to his
daughter, and it Is for me to urge him
to do this. 1t is for me to brace his
weakened will / was resolved. It
was a duty. Each day the unhappy
mans strength failed. / saw it-this
human ruin. One morning, when /
went to his apartments, / found him in
singular state of terror. He related
a story, / knew not what, of a
thief, whose victim he was. The lock OF
MS door had been forced, his safe
Then suddenly, interrupting
himself, he began to laugh-a feeble
augh, which made me Ill.
~ am q fool he said. L am dream
wake / continue in the daytime
he Nightmares OF the night. A thief
lere! No one has come. Nine. Moniche
las watched. But my head is so weak,
70 weak, / have known so many ras-
in my life. Rascals always return,
HE made a sad attempt at a laugh.
.It was delirium-a delirium which
Ioon passed away, but which frightened
nc. 1t returned with increased force
Zach day and at shorter intervals.
well, 1 said to myself, during a
ucid interview. He must do what he
las resolved to do, what he had willed
o do. what he wishes TO do! And 1
lecided-it was the night before the as
assination--to bring him to the point,
o aid his hesitation. / found him
that day. He was lying on his
OUNCE, enveloped in his dressing gown,
With a travelling rug thrown across his
hin legs. With his back skull cap and
IFS grayish beard he looked like a dying
HE held out his bony hand TO me,
giving me a sad smile, Ind said that he
better, a period of remission In
lis disease, a feeling of comfort, per.
his general condition.
tContinued Next Week.l