Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-01-16
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dem. She was gone. Breens facs bors
drained look. $50
AN orchid?" be whispered xviii the
visitation be repeatedf Do l wake or
slespT
"Old Pere Rabeaut married a French
woman Constable observed.
: "Some Daphne Of the islands, she must
have beeu, since Pere Rabeaut does not
seem designed to father a SUNRISE" Breen
added his eyes lost iH.t the shadows of the
court, from whence the bird sangs came.
Pere Rabeaut was worthy soldier of
France, I have heard" said Constable II
have never seen the mother, but every
year l have seen Soronia-for a moment
like this. She was but child when
anne frst--hye years ago-but a. radiant
child even then"
Five years ago." Breen unused. Five
years ago | had not ceased to paint
should have put her on canvas"
There was a moment of silence, then
Constable said in low voice. II must 20
back. Tell me the shorter way"
Peter, you are man, and she wom-
an Forgive me, but / know what has
sprung into your heart In the past twenty
four hours from the seeds that have beer
there FIVE years. Tell her-tel her all
about those FIVE years and the one day
what they have meant to you, and your
dream Of the future. II you tell her
nightly enough, she will follow you to
the Madame, and cast no longing look be-
hindi | shall stay here for an hour or
two."
Constable left the shop. He was very
miserable, full of undirected wrath. New
err In. his life before had there been
tine when stiff shoulder, dollars, an atb-
letic mind, or all three, had failed entirely
to move an obstacle in his way. Here be
was ground by impotence absolute. The
suggestion of Breen entailed such deep
and vital thing that he dared not think of
It., here in the glazing day, with the pant
ing crowd about him. 1t was against the
very structure of his mind to act .precipi-
lately In this, of all matters, most deli
cate. IL is true that he meant now to
win Lara Stansbury, IL such stately
citadel lay within, range of man of his
caliber; but he had vouchsafed to strike
only after hawess investment were
laid. 49,. Df ~ ~
Breen. did not return for luncheon.
and the name of Pelee was not heard. In
his room, afterwaFd, Constable fell. asleep,
with his face to. the north. He awoke
out Of horrid dream, IN which black
Fingers were tightening, like a gdrrote,
upon his throat. 1T was the ash and
sulphur fumes. again. Pelee was obscur-
ed by the fresh fog Instantly, upon
awakening, the old thoughts and breads
resumed theft hateful swing In his brains
The sight Of, the. Madame, lying out in the
harbor. her neede-boom pointed like a
black, heshless finger across the smoky
SUNSET whipped him again to the sense
Of action which had no means of express
sion. Thoughts Of the night-the locked
doors, the still halls, the wall of chill
dren from the native cabins. sleeplessness
without Aops, VIGILANCE without meaning,
and this. new. master-romance shining far
and bright and alone, like a brave star
| above, wind-hurled clouds--oHt of. these
wers. moulded thoughts of little mercy, as
f'the shadows grew long upon sthe whiten-
ing lawn. -~..- -,-
Pelee's moods were variable that after,
noon. The twilight brought ease again
and with the old freshness of evening
came glad hour of reaction. There WINS
ripping wave OF. -merriment f-oin- the
darby quarters, and score Of childcer
went bllthely forth to battle in the sea
Never; before was the volatile, tropic sou
so .imperiously evidenced-simpls heart.
which glow at little things, whose swift
tragedies come and 20 like blightinf
winds, which slsy but leave no wound. ~.
| iConstabs was ashamed for the mo
naent. Throughout the day his eyes hat
txsd Il stubborn gloom upon catsclysm
up the stairway, airily as laughter. oam'
4 bright melody from the plano. lie wal
Thrilled. and held, and his mild was stir
red with tenderness. She was like he
island people, quick to enter the. groves
of serenity when the black cloui bs,
blown by. Could Breen be right? h
thought. The suggestion appealed to hin
now in a new high-Iight. Were Their
not some words which had never ye
found the ears of woman from the lips o
man-some key to instant supremacy il
the undiscovered country of Lowell.
woman's nature?
(To be continued.) *