Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-24
BY ALBERT BOISSIERE

shat u malice, but 1t became so ex-
aggerated that 1t was ridiculous.
st can't be very ENJOYABLE to you.
this Paris life he continued.
son the contrary, find the Parsian
life most agreeable.
eyes. ! understand. but just little
tame. Always the same thing. Nothing
exciting, nothing unexpected"
It was with difflculty that l refrained
from laughing in his face. Tame!
Nothing unexpected! Mon dieu. /
should be difficult to please If l
thought SO!
He spoke as H.sic AS possible about
-, but it was obvious that 1t gave
him pleasure when broac@ed the sub
iect. Then his enthusiasm knew no
bo. nds. was man of heart-a man
of generous impulse! My act, so sim
pie in itself, became noble when ne
smoke Of It, He compared me to great
men who had given up all for hui
name cause! He was too ridiculous.
"Ah," he cried, excitedly, what
ereat service YOU are doing for human
itv. A POOR hoy slaht'y den entad, is
condemned to an asylum, because ne
has no friends. no one to take care OF
MIN. If DR.. Kingsley did send MIN
out into the world again he would fall
into a worse place He would be sent
TO Saint Anne or Vile Everard The
youth will bless you all his life, Mr..
Douglass"
During the five last days that re-
NAMED n went three evenings to dine
in the Rue Michel Ange. Evelyne and
her uncle. showed me every attention
possible which secretly enjoyed. The
night i,efore my departure. Eveiyne
played me my favorite airs from
Grieg. She was a talented musician,
and played with rare feeling. When
the last note had died away, she closed
the piano softly, and came and sat
down on low chair beside me.
.You cannot understand no" much
i am interested in =, she SAID.
aalthough at first he caused me so
much fright. love you so much for
what you have done, Mr.. Douglass, but
would like you better still--a nun
dred times more-if you will promise
me that when you are over IN New
York Won will always look after him.
would like to tell you more but
cannot"
I patted her cheek and replied smil-
ingly.
"What contrary little girl you are!
Eight DAYS ago you made me promise
to use my influence to keep this poor
IDIOT in the asylum all his life, and
nov you are perfectly satisfied that l
am going to take nlm away with me.
But promise you that will always
keep an eye on g. do not think
he is entirely without intelligence, so
| will do all can for him. /"
ut is very fortunate for him, and he
ought to be pleased that he Is going
away" she said.
"He does not seem very pleased" !
answered he does not seem to ap-
preciate the situation"
"Oh, I am quite sure he does. Mr..
Douglass. lie does, indeed she said
imprudently
Her spontaneous words caused Mar
cadian some uneasiness. He quickly
changes the subject, !.
If they thought . was pleased
about going, they we're mistaken. he
was totally Indifferent. When told
him that / was taking him out OF Eu-
rope, he did not show the slightest sur
prise. He did not seem to understand
that henceforth he would be safe from
the police. and that under the name OF
Douglass he would begin life afresh.
He listened absently to all | had to
say, and when had finished explain
ing to him how much he had to be
thankful for such an escape, he replied
|listlessly:
what does it matter to me what
you do. Take me to the tropics, or 70
Greenland; it is all the same to me. |
don't care whether you have millions
and call yourself Douglass: can your
fortune give me Lucie? Will all your
scheming for me bring her back to life?
MOI Then how do you Lnink that any
plan you make can interest me. |
shall obey you like machine. There
is no happiness for me now that Lucie
is dead, so don't bother me about what
you are going to do"
Several times | returned to the sub
iect, but it was useless. 1t was in
deed a machine had to deal with, a
machine from which could draw moth
ing good. Polydore was entirely with
out a soul.
We had to take the express for
Hayre at 10 O'clock and as the hour
drew near for me to take my son away
from the asylum. I began to feel very
anxious The doctor wanted to come to
the docks and see me of, and also to
have the satisfaction Of seeing his pa
tient safely on board. naturally
could not object to that. but had
tried all in my power to prevent Eve
lyne and Marcadian from taking the
trip to Havre. They insisted upon
going, I was afraid Evelyne would do
or say something imprudent.
finally arranged matters fairly sat
isfactorily. contrived that we should
not all be together in the same railway
compartment. The doctor, Eyelyne and
Marcadian would go In carriage
alone, whilst Kingsley and !, with
- who was guarded by Bambou.
would occupy reserved carriage.
Polydore looked very different from
the miserable creature who had oc-
cupid cell No 10. His new clothes
...,l.,. - tho latest cut. the small