The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-09-15

Bunce and suggested that he and Kir-
by join the game in lieu of the young
creole and the Judge.
"Eh. truly, Anatole" she added. with
some asperity. tapping the others arm
with her fan, you cannot keep your
mind on the game. and so we are un-
able to play. Will you surrender your
place to Colonel Moreau?"
1T seems to me that | have already
done that he responded gloomily.
With as good grace as possible yield
ing to the dictates Of courtesy, Kirby
unwillingly terminated his tete-a -tete
with Adele. and as he approached the
card table his place was promptly pre-
empted by the young Creole. who fol-
lowed Miss Randall to the balcony. 1t
was the first time he had been alone
with Adele. and his long depressed
emotion and bitterness found vent.
"Ah. mamzelle, it is true" he said
reproachfully. You are changed-so
quickly. Yes. you will say wanted to
see you happier. but l also had wished
to be the one to make you so. Adele"
he added earnestly, striving to take
her hand. IF this difference in you
comes only from the gratitude you
feel toto Colonel Moreau because he
tried to protect your father l shall be
happy. But how have this man be-
witched you that
II don't understand you, Anatole,"
she said quietly, drawing away.
"'Tis that do not understand you.
Adele. think you know from the
first he is not Colonel Moreau. have
some very strange suspicion of him"
Instantly the woman in her was up
In arms. seeking to defend, eager to
do battle for the object it sought to
shield. ut is enough that know he
is man who has had great wrong
done him. That's one way of making
woman believe that you love her
when she's trying to help some one in
trouble, make it harder for her-be
| Jealous" she finished, with bitter
laugh.
II am jealous-I do not deny that.
But l am. first of all things. man of
honor" he said quietly enough. al
though white with anger. His voice
trembled with emotion as he added.
with simple dignity: do you think a
man of honor have suspicion of rival
only because he is jealous? Do you
think l would suspect him only for
that?"
81 can't discuss it with YOU" she re-
turned coldly. Leaning on the balco-
ny railing, she promptly became alb
sorbed in the wonders Of the night.
Recognizing the sign of dismissal.
he yet hesitated. miserably conscious
that he had offended. but still feeling
justified in the position he had as
sumed, still holding that those emo
tons which had prompted his words
were but natural. impersonal and sin
cere. 1t was his right to protect the
girl he loved from the wiles of a name
less adventurer, of whose integrity he
had the gravest doubts. 1t was his
right to protect her from herself. for
deny it as she might. it was all too
bitterly apparent that this debonair
inpostor had succeeded where others
had failed and that Adele had discard
was yielding to a fascination that he
firmly believed would prove her ruin,
While he still hesitated. afraid to
make an enemy Of the girl he loved.
yet stubborn in his resolution to
thwart Kirby. Aaron Randall. suspect
Ing some such controversy as had tax
en- place. Joined them on the balcony.
fn1 vx,3tI
ed again to Adele.
"Mademoiselle. here Is your cousin.
He will not be thought tc be Jealous"
he said gravely. II ask him to tell
you what he will not tell me- ask
him to tell you what he thinks about
this gentleman"
cousin Aaron" replied the girl,
turning and confronting the two from
whom she had most to fear, lin my
brothers absence you respect my au-
thority here. do you not? Very well,
then. My introduction of this gentle
man as Colonel Moreau is enough for
you"
1T must be. Cousin Adele" replied
Aaron. evidently greatly perplexed and
troubled.
"And l am responsible for my ac-
lions only to my BROTHER" added the
girl, looking directly at M. Veaudry.
He flushed under the scrutiny of her
eyes and the significant infection of
her voice.
'In his absence l would protect YOU.
l would act for him." he protested des.
perately.
You may when you have his au-
thority. Until then | bid you adieu."
And. with an elaborate courtesy and
pleasant smile, she vanished through
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