The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-11-17

il5O, NJ. ut ldNeliihy, you ptoNSu
yourself a gallant man"
Thank you, monsieur" l answered.
Il but did what any gentleman would
do. You u Madenoiselle de Cham
bray. then"
/ tried to ask 1T carelessly, but I fear
my burning face betrayed me-. At any
rate, he laughed as he looked at me.
Yes" he said, I'VE found her lying
senseless on the floor of Gou1on's tent.
At first we thought her dead, but she
soon opened her eyes, "a you guess
what her first word was, monsieur?
But perhaps I ought not to tell you!"
Tell me-" l murmured, striving to
restrain the leaptng of my heart.
We'll. l think you deserve some re-
ward. Her first word was Taver-
nay!'"
Yes" l said. my eyes suddenly
misty; She had just seen me dragged
away to be hanged"
And when we told her what had
befalien you, she ran to where you
lay"
But her ankle" broke in. Did
you know
Yes, but she had forgotten 1t. She
ran to where you lay; she washed and
dressed your wound; she had you
borne hither on a litter; and she re-
mainded beside you until yesterday
until, in a word, 1t was certain that
you would recover."
Then she has gomez" 1 asked. She
has gomez" and my heart seemed to
stop in my bosom.
Yes, she has gone"
But her ankle!" I protested. oh,
how she must have suffered"
u do not think she suffered at ALL"
said Marigny. "When she at last had
time to remember her injury. she found
rnat IT no longer existed. She attrib-
uted it's cure to you"
l lay a momen silent, striving to
conceal my notwithstanding to APP
pear composed. She had gone-she
had been brave enough to go; she had
sought to spare me the agony of that
farewell which must, in any event, be
spoken. She had been wise, perhaps;
she knew my weakness; but felt that
| would give my whole life to see her
again, to hold her hand, 10 look into
her yes, to hear her say onc more II
love you"
with a queer smile ufpon his lips.
She left no word for me?" I asked,
at last.
She left a note; but I am not to
give it to o until % are ready to
set out for Poitiers."
bling lssz : 95idiss she herself 5SRs1 nsaie ron foi-
tiers?''
Most assurealy. But why do Q
near Poitiers that her home ISL"
Yes, monsieur l groaned; but my
journey end two leagues this side of
Chafnbray. ThoS two leagues / shall
never cover"
What nonense! Take my advice
the advice of a mar who knows more
han you of women. Don't so much
as draw rein at Poitiers. Press IN
to the end of the journey. You will
find q fair prize awaiting YOU
~ -% 80, ~ ri -rl H. $685., l~-y@
known other women. but not this
one.
Nevertheless, I should like to
have the note, Nj. de Marigny," 1
said. 1T will comfort me some
what. And, besides, 1 am to start
tomorrow"
Tomorrow he cried. "a week
hence, perhaps, If all goes WE'LL
/ smiled and continued to hold out
my hand.
Let me have the note. monsieur"
I repeated.
He hesitated a moment, still look
ing at ms. then went to the other
room and brought the note and
placed it in my hands.
My fingers We're trembling so /
could scarcely break the seal; a mad
hope possessed me that she had alb
solved me from my vow; that she
summoned me to her. AS l opened
the paper, a little heap of withered
rose leaves fell upon my breast.
"Ah, you sect" cried Marigny, II
was right, then!h
| could not answer. but I held out
the note for him to read. 1t contained
but one word:
Wen he said. that is good ad-
vice. That Is precisely what you
need in this affair, NJ. de Tavernay.'
Yes" l agreed bitterly; courage
to give her up; courage never again
to see her. You see she has gone"
.'She could not well remain" he
said drily, after listening to you
three days in a delirium."
MY delirium? ?"
ed-what woman would have been
she was certainly fed &c tti5
ears most of the time, Few maid.
ems, / fancy, nave been treated tt
such a continuous stretch of love
making
/ Redeemed, too, at thought of it.
What she has suffered on my &C
COUNT" / murmlured.
y tell YOU h did not suffer II
the least" repeated Marigny. "Yo,
!, permitted her to see to the very bot
tom of your soul and she saw n
image there except her own"
"She knew that from the first"
said sadly, tina does not alter mai
! 1 tteeffss I there is no way out, Nj
de Marigny. ! can eve hope to mar
~ her-honor forbids tan oath no
to be broken. She herself has pointe
that out to me in the clearest wa.
T She has shown me what a coward
) was when, for a moment, I permitte
my love for her to blind me to m
, duty. and l know now she hates
coward. That is the real meaning 6
/, this message. monsieur; she is afrai
even yet, that l may not be bray
enough
Marigny had risen stood look
j ling down at ME with a queer littl
Smile.
!. aAh. M. de Tavernay.' he said, {
last, Il understand now why that bio
i on the head failed to kill YOU
With which cryptic ~utterance, he lie
the room.
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