The Washington times., 1910-01-02

menJs- Let us plunge at once through
the forest TO the river, but first give
me q sup Of wine and take a ffagOn for
yourSef, for the pdilOr has returned
Indeed. your suggestion is both wise
and practicable. Marie ] had not
thought that any woman could he 50
sensible except my mother.
The Eirl laughed; and he, undOiDg
! the Eastenings OF the saddIcbag nearest
/ min, brought out two leathern cups
and poured into each the rich red wine
Il drink" she said. raising aIoft the
/ cup to the success OF that brave and
res0urceful man. De CardilIcc."
And i. cried the youth, pledge the
health of the sweetest and most lovely
princess in the world, Courag eoUs as q
man, ana charming as a child
-. our mother, monsieur she asked.
with an arCh smile
Not this time, Marie, good woman
as she is and with that he drained the
leathern goblet
And now for the river.' he cried.
" anu one moment, suggested the
girl You said 1 could not nave helped
Your NoJnn, and / said YOU could not
asSuage my hunger We were both
wrong. It seems, Tor I am about 30 set
up my surgery against YOU catering
She took from her neck q siIken scarf
and threw Il over his. Tying a knot
IN ~. she put his arm through the loop
There. she said. we must be care
/ tuI OF that arm during the rest OF the
He mounted the horse. held ont q
hand 70 the girl and she spranG Up be
I hind him
Il shall hold on" she said. by your
SWOTu-Deits and perhaps the quick
blush that horse to her cheeks was
caused BY remembrance that the 70
manciug Francois had placed her arm
around the horSeman's waist
Thus the two bade farewell TO the
empty IiEHroa1 and entered the dense
forest, which lay south Of IL II proved
/ 60 be Iu little better condition IHal thar
Z ON q
moon, although unseen. which rode high
ll the heavens, caused the forest to iye
hkli enough Tor all practical purposes
HtitE no" sure OF their direction, they
specify tFaEeTSed the sCaUt league that
separated the hlchrOad from the river.
u ne young man viewed The broad
valley Of the Loire with an exuItztfon
. that he attributed TO the inspiring 05raf-
ny or the wine he had consumed but
ll-f eILneieSS- TINS river produced in his
Hee-fL certain sentimental emotions. II
was the dividing line Eas ggat.rt .l...- -..-
and the south, and, indeed, he REGARDED
lIe Lore more as an entirely southern
river than as the boundary be- ween the
Two sections Of France
II was southern in its temper quick
10 rise IN wrath with devastating con-
sequences quick To subSide into oufas-
eenee again IA spring q raging. re-
SistleSS Hood spreading from hank %
bank bat now under the moonlight II
seemed serious and placid stream.
separated nE long stretches OF gravel.
islands. and DeuinsuIas white and
cleaning between Elitterin% stretches Of
clue water
The Loire The Loire. he muir
INJURED affeCtionately- as he set mis-
! horse 10 the task Of fOrding Il. an un-
GeTJaklnC which the animal veuture5
upon @-itl evident mlSElvinE. il was the
middle Of summer. which meant a s9ar
( low river so the crossing was easily
on the other side CardiIIac halted his
horse under the trees on q picturesque
. bluff where they could see the Loire
without danger of being themselves
deserted. for they were out Of The moon
light under the trees and here they
took their first meal together
Cardiac before sitting down on the
sward. broke one OF mis- Iozves into
pieces and fed them 10 his horse. from
whose head he had removed the bride
once again he removed the saddle from
! the animals back. and was about TO
as ne had done in the forest. when she
lalEliDEi- protested that a picnic fur
1ls1ed with chair was lnco9ETUOUS-
30 ne spread his cloak as a carpet. and
o-s this she ==roucad herself u1avfn--
hostess with admirable vlvaCiry.
lie sp-a wled fui length on the ground
CHpoSi5e ner- and tgSt theT t-'ey en1oyed
the rejection provided by tne inakeepe-
Of BesuEe1Cy-
She. Eith her feet drawn up under
her leaning her elbow on the saddle.
7uUTUUred Ere8m-lE in what The young
man thought was the most musical
voice he had ever heard
cit is now likely that we ara quite
safe from pursuit no said. and there
IS twice as much tine as we need to
reach AiaIoChP'S farm before he and his
family are aSrir- So all in ALI com
pIicared situation has resolved itself In
20 one Of complete SimDiCiiE-auI that's
4 comfort ] do dislike heiuE hurried
and always prefer to fare an enemy
and get ir over. rather then allow him
{ to chase me I dctest q flight from my
foes, no matter how many they are.
for such a contingency causes one 20
I put on a speed that Is announcement 7
like 10 stroll through the U gTIH fuFo-
lenrfE. as 4 gentleman should 90
| Then YOU ought to become a monk.
monsieur, and lead the placid HE"