The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-01-06

QUESNAY
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the time. He began with cognac and
absinth In the morning. you know.
For myself. ! always supposed the suit
pie generally. think He'll probably
have TO stand trial. and Of course he's
technically guilty. but ! don't believe
he'd be convicted, though ! must say
it would have been a most devilish
good thing for him If he could have
been got out Of France before la Muir
sia ma heard the truth"
Nothing Is changed" Louise Har-
man said finally. her eyes still fixed
Gravely on Miss EliZabeths.
At that the others face famed up,
and she uttered a half choked excla-
nation. oh" she cried. you've fall
en- in love with playing the martyr!
It's self love! No one on earth could
make me believe you're IN love with
this degraded imbecile. It's because
You want 70 make shining example
OF yourself. You want to get down on
your knees and wash or the vileness
from this befouled creature. You
want
Madame" Keredec interrupted trem-
ulously, you speak out OF no knowl-
edge! There is no vileness. No one
who is clean remains befouled because
Of the things that are gone"
They do not:" She laughed hys-
terically.
The soul that stands clean and pure
today Is clean and pure" insisted the
professor.
But a soul with evil tendencies"
Ward began 1mpatiently.
"Ha. my dear sir, those evil tenden-
cies would be In the soiling memories,
and my boy is free from them"
Surely you can't pretend he may
not take that direction again?"
THAT" returned the professor quick
ly, rs his to choose. III this lady can
be with him now he will choose right"
"So!' cried Miss Elizabeth. First
she is to be his companion through a
trial for biGamy and II he Is acquitted
his nurse. teacher and moral precep-
tor" She turned swiftly to her cousin.
That's your conception or woman's
mission?"
II haven't any mission" Mrs. Har-
man answered quietly. ST only know
belong to him; that's all I ever
thought about It. don't pretend to
explain It. And when I met him again
here Il vast vast was proved to
me-"
Twill you tell us?''
It was who asked the question.
spoke invoIuntarily.
"Oh. when first met him." she said
TREMENDOUSLY. II was frightened. but II
was not he who frightened me. X was
the rush OF my own feeling. did not
know what | felt. but ! thought ]
might die. and he vas so like himself
as I had first known him. bur 80 chang
ed too. There was something so Won
derful about him. something rhnt must
make any stranger feel sorry for him.
and yet It IL beautiful" She stopped
for q moment and wiped her eyes. then
went on bravely: "And the next day
he came and waited for mel should
have come here for him II he hadn't
and l fell in with the mistake he had
made about my name. You see. he'd
heard was called Nine. d'Armand.
and l wanted him 10 keep on thinking
that. for thought IL he knew | was
Mrs. Hartman be might find OUT
She paused, her lip beginning to trem-
bic. oh, don't you see why didn't
want him to know? l didn't want him
to suffer as he would-as he does now,
poor child-but most OF all I wanted-I
wanted to see IL be would fall In love
with me again! kept him from know
ing because IL he thought I was
stranger and the same thing happened
again-his caring for me. mean
She had began to weep now. freely and
openly. but not from grief. oh" she
cried. don't you see how it's all
proved TO me?"
Later went into the garden to think
over the perplexing situation of the
HarmanS.
sank down again I'm wicker chair
and contemplated the stars. But the
short reverie into which I then fell
was interrupted by Mr.. Percy, who,
sauntering leisurely about the garden,
paused to address me.
You folks thinks you was all to the
gud gittin' them trunks off, what"
"You speak I'm mysterious numbers"
returned. having no comprehension
OF his meaning.
II suppose you dom know nothin'
about it." he laughed satirically. you
didn' 60 over to Lisieux % aftnoon to
ship 'em? oh. no. not you!"
Il went for a long walk this after
noon. MIR. Percy. Naturally ! couldn't
have walked SO far as Lisieux and
back
LUX here. m friend" he said sharp
ly; lido you think you got any chanst
G. Git that Teller or t Paris?
lido you think 1t will rain toniGhtT
I inquired
In simple dignity he turned bis back
upon me and strolled 70 the other end
OF the courtyard
observed him ID the act OF saluting.
with gracious nod. some one who
was approaching from the road. I'm
mediately nfter-and altogether with
the air OF a person merely happening
ina slight figure clad 10 long coat.
q short skirt and a broad brimmed.
ven bound brown hat came into full
view Id the light or the reflector.
sprang to my feet and started to
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