The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-22


promise you as fair a reception il it Is held by
France"
" But il the English hold It, what Of your"
She asked
"lpromise You, mademoiscc, that ! shall
not finch from the journey for fear Of the end
Of IT,"
"You are brave she said, and kind
How can you bring yourself to serve with
such inllunlan devils Us Delaney and his
troopss Who are you1 What is your
name!"
My name is Maurice St. Divide am
poor gentleman of France and your humble
servant, madcmoisclle."
You are an officer Of one OF the French
ships?"
"That IS what | was. Now am your
prisoner"
"Then why did they not take you away
with them2 They left no other wounded
behind
@That isa question have asked myself
and answered, he said, with sudden note
Of bitterness in his voice There is one LIE
Bel de Charcst with Delaney Canadian,
the commander Of the voltigeurs and the
Indians This dc Charest is nv enemy.
The blow that fellcd me was struck from be-
hind! II was dark Perhaps you under
stand, madcmoiselle2 z"
"Treachcryn she exclaimed, in wonder
and disgust And then, But what Of this
great DeLanceyo Is he so inhuman as to
leave even his own officers tode uncaredforp"
Perhaps it was beyond his power to re-
turn and search for me, replied St Divide
DE Cbarest Is strong in. the ships, with his
Wild fighters outnumbering the admirals
two TO oneg''a y Ia
@Do you defend him even now9" cried the
4grL5 eHesleft you to die.4 But what is one
teathshfore or less, to that great murderer
Oh, i ,haye heard many Stories OF this De
Lancey. For sinking merchantmen and
putting humble, unarmed fishers to the
swDrd, aheAisssurcly the princesof admiralsl"
He never killed an unarmed enemy"
said ST. Divide.
4 n sYodfsee him as you are yourself, . replied
the girls but we'll do Iknow that in Con
eeptiowBay he set his red savages to torture
the prisoners.
THAT is not true" retorted the French
lfan, with spirit :" That was de Charest's
work, The admirals ship was not in the
bay at The time. He struck Charest in the
Aface for that.
But hate him! cried the girl g He is
my fathers murderer and the murderer Of
my friends. Had found him wounded and
helpless, aS found you, would have killed
him where he lay
Yet you bind my wounds, and feed me,
said St. Divide unsteadily.
Nexl morning, Mary Trent moved her
provisions and few rude cooking utensils out
Of Hearts Hope and away TO the cove beyond
the point She spent the afternoon in build
ing two rough shelters among the boulders
that lay between the black land wash and the
red and brown barren Before sunset she
helped ST. Divide crawl to the new camping
place In spite OF her assistance, however,
he suffered greatly in the journey and at the
end OF it lay still and bloodless.
As the girl knet beside him, trying TO re-
vive him, terrible fear that he was dead
benumbed her heart
St. Divide opened his eyes and beheld the
girl in the abandonment Of her pleading fear.
He heard phrase or two of her prayer
"Do not dic---do not leave me to suffer
alone"
Take courage" he whispered, feebly but
with fine assurance. My heart beats
strongly. Life is firm in me; and shall
never desert you so long as you have any
need Of me-"
This St. Ovide--spirit and body-was
forged Of tempered metal Day by day the
hnc fibre Of him rcgained its old spring and
strength After week of helplessness he
crawled, alone, to the summit of the little ridge
and looked down upon Hearts Hope The
birds still wheeled and settled along the edge
Of the tide and among the ruined cabins
Presently he returned to the camp.
Tomorrow shall find musket and hun,
deer on the moors." he said I" In week.
perhaps, we shall have strength and pro
visions enough for our journey to st. Johns
She glanced at him, and away again, quick
as thought Il shall be ready, whenever
you feel that you are strong enough" she sale
quietly.
A week later, when St Divide was hunting
on the barrens, Mary was starthd by The
! sudden appearance OF a man afound stb'
point of rocks that divided the lahd'Nashp
: the little. cove, from that Of Hearts Hope
Bright as the day was a horrid fancy chile,
4 her for moment In a liieless land, he haC
$ come from the colony Of the dead lie cam,
straight toward her, grinning broadly; and a
the closer sight OF him her superstuous terro
passed He was 4 short, strongly bull
fellow, raggedly clothed. He carried mus
(; ket and bulky bag on bis shoulder and wor
. rings in his ears. He ripped out a good
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