Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-05-28
CHAPTER XVIII.

AHo isd~ ubnink VlllAGo OF 5a1uto-
Croix. lying at the mouth Of q valley
or gorge which opens from the sea
between high cliffs ON tho coast of Nor
mandy, has OF late been revealed 10
Parisians. especially artistic and liter
ally Parisians. One giant of the latter
order has even built himself a villa
well mp on the steep side of the val
ley. Artists encamp In the fisher cot
tages, turning the kitchens, with their
carved oak drsssers and settles, into
livfns-rooms, and cooking in outhous-
es, or getting their food from a ram
bling hotel and restaurant lately insti-
tutcd by Joining several cottages to-
gethsr, with additions and improve
ments, where a few yards OF level
ground intervene between the sands
and the cliff
A struggling growth OF fine beech
trees stretches down from large
wood which crowns the gradual ascent
OF the valley whore It merges into the
1at table-land above, we'll cultivated.
and rich with fields of corn and COLA.
At the date Of this story II was known
to few, but. obscure though 1t was,
MIA SRvills chose II for q resting
place before she returned to London.
It was nns glowing August evening
when, with Miss Desmond, her Ger
man courier, and her English maid.
Mrs Saville arrived and startled the
sleepy little village into lively curl
osity. as she drove through 1t In an
old-fashioned traveling-carriage drawn
by four scraggy post-horses, the whole
eQuipase secured with some difficulty
by the careful courier at the nearest
railway-station. The dogs barked, the
hens cackled, the ducks and geese flew
out OF the roadside pond with prodig-
ious noise and hutterings, as the scare
crow team ratified down the hill to the
shore of the rook-encircled bay along
the edge Of which the Hotel de l'Eu-
rope" stretched It's low, irregular front
The landlord and one male and two
female walters were drawn up to re-
ceive the distinguished guests and
usher them to their apartments.
Madame has fine view of the bay
and cliffs. The sunsets are superb, nay.
exquisite, in good weather; and II is
generally good at Sainte-Croix. I do
not remember having had the honor Of
receiving Madame before"
81 dare say not You were not old
enough to be the head of such an es-
Enlistment when I was here last"
returned Mrs. saville. moro graciousiy
than she would have spoken to an I'm.
glishmAn.
Impossible. madamel" cried thu
host, with polite incredulity. "Wnen
viii madame diner
AT 9. Meantime, We want tea: but
my courier viii see to the preparation.
He understands X Pray. In Madams
d'Albsvills 1t the chatsaur-
mo, madame. Unfortunately, tho
second son of Madame In Maruuiss was
wounded = week ago in a duel, and
she has gone to nurse him-at Greno-
BILE. l think. Her arrival IL quite un
certain"
"Indesdi am sorry to hear it,
And she bowed dismissal to her polite
host.
This IL = disappointment" said
Mira savills to Hope. II quite count
cd on Madame d'Albcvills's society.
She II an agreeable. sensible woman,
and rather pleasantly associated with
my former visit to this little hamlet.
Coma, let us look At our rooms"
They were small, but more comfort
able than the guests had anticipated.
Hope was greatly pleased with the pio-
turesQue surroundings. and was Anx-
ious TO survey the village
Then take Jessop with you for q
rambls. / have letters to writs, and
do not feel inclined 10 move Tell
them to light IRE In the salon. l
like . fire and open Window The air
In very fresh and deliciously salt, but
/ can quite bear q fire."
Hope willingly accepted. the suxsss-
ton. and ~ soon ~ they had . CUP Of
tea she sss out With the prosaio lady,y-