Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-03-04
uApTER XII.-(Continued.)

u.ta English, her SIildlleIlhS vi
s"..b and a base maceration of Ger
.rora hurled at the black girls
Meta pretended to understand
sirg BETTY said to her. Tyoga was
u+ lie Nalheureux apparently had
,..,naared into thin air, and Betty
like 4 Gagged lioness. She was per-
.n.a5 IN wander through the castle,
~, s,ch the edifice proved to be, but
18th Meta ever at her side. The ar
y.,,,otura Of the castle was of non
5,,sriDt type, and it was rudely fash
,,rsd Of granite. moss and vine grown
nd surrounded by parked gardens
sr.5 with tropical foliage and flowers.
81 =, tho end Of the gardens was MAS
,r, river. thickly green and vile Of
,4,- filed with rank reptiles and nau-
..ons water plants. Beyond the river
,-stched the desert, yellow and hard.
Al rhis YOU could see from the upper
j rfriov.s Of the castle, farther than
j ,,3ins Of fifty yards around the por-
inns Betty nor her handmaiden was
~. allowed TO set foot. Within the
c,,,Ia was a small sandpacked court
u4,b an asthmatic fountain and heat
r~.rp plants There Betty and Meta
s,- and Betty read the few books that
ware available, tried to teach Meta to
dance and learned dances of her in re-
turn. tried, too, to learn Meta's gut
m-al speech and failed sadly in teach
N f7g English to Meta. Which, along
with certain other occurrences that
happened as time went on, made Betty
tI7o+ lot oIra9 DIV smoke
English. or else understood it so per-
,ecly that the girl was under instruG-
tDns to betray no familiarity with the
bregn tongue. A faVOrite game OF
these two girls became a variation Of
lawn tennis, a native game, which they
played seated, hurting over a low net
c.0uoid balls Of light weight and gay
co.orings.
The evening of the third day Betty
grew overwhelmed with such an I'M
C3a.r0lIable loneliness that she could
no. help crying Meta, who had just
brought her supper of cOcoanut, fresh
II cut, mixed with pineapples and
ggavas, a trussed pigeon. figs, dates
and fell sObbing, too, and tried mar
u,-.1tely to find out what she want
ed
~Tyoga, Tyoga." walled Betty. Her
nerves were at breaking point and the
jieial who hoWled in the hills to the
north was Grazing her with his yoWl-
Ing and she was sick, so sick, of it
al, OF the mystery, the silence, the
b2altness.
Meta hesitated and then ran away
like deer She came back troubled
after an absence of a quarter of an
hour OF so, bearing in her hand a wax
tablet on which was written in an old
fashioned sIanting hand:
lFoga cannot come to you yet. viii
you be patient but little longer? She
very busy. She will try and come
IL a few mornings"
Betty took the tablet to bed with
he'. telling herself that she was get
ting positively foolish.
Meta went along, Caressing her as
much as she dared. Betty began to
nse sight Of the fact that Metals skin
was black, She had already done this
WITH Iyoga. AS Meta aided Betty to
Cssobe the slaves hand caught in the
t2t Betty wore always round her
throat, and snapped it's links asunder.
.2a chain fell to the floor and as it
T.. the thing the locket flew open,
disclosing Larry Morris face. Meta
h'A5d it up sighted the face, and
s..-.Ike, scented the trouble. She
saE71 ntentIy at Larry's counterfeit
E'sentmert studying it closely. Then
ST. nodded her approval and shook an
accusing finger at Betty, which moved
Getty To tears again.
Meta laughed, and with much sim
pairing began to finger around within
'~2 cap3ciOus founceS of her striped
"-- With much perspiration. and
WIKI what might have been bushes on
.aiTer skin she finally produced an
.lA little hand, painstakingly carved
"oh ivory with inlaid nails and veins
d, gold. She held this high for Betty
% gaze at, then pointed alternately to
herself and Larry Morris picture with
s~Sh Illuminating pantomImes that
's''F Immediately estimated that the
"0sE hand was the troth- sign of Meta
'-1 Of somewhere dusky- beloved!
-yosa was three days in coming.
'aeo She was much distraught and
-oAed like a ragged edition of her
y12e ouXOm self. First she called
Meta aside and spoke with her long
'2d earnestly-Betty would have VOW
81 Il was in French. Then .Tyoga came
10 Betty.
You are in danger Of your life" she
SAID simply. We all are. We are
>9E.E for this. Miss Lancey, we had
80, expected it. We had thought all
-~2sers were we'll guarded against,
,.3, all precautions had been taken.
10" and Meta must be left alone here
d. The castle for weeks. But be not
rad Besides the secret entrance
N"'h none knows but Meta, there is
~ approach to the castle save from
20. .."' river on the south and to cross
she shuddered-"to cross that is
~, swallow death. 1 have promised |
- .~ safe return to your people, and |
now to make that assurance doubly |
b- lie MaIheureux sends you his
,- wishes, and is sorry he cannot |
-, IN person, and now. FAREWELL"
Co., hegress turned and left the two |
boas .osether, Betty terror-stricken,
~; II inn