Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-20

low the stage.
A few days later, what was not my
amazement to learn by my OWL eyes .
and ears that Erik and Christine \
Daae saw each other and to catch the .
monster STOPPING over the little well, /
in the Communists road and sprink. |
ling the forehead of Christine Daae !
who had tainted. white horse, the
horse out Of the Prufeta. which had
disappeared from the stables under
the opera, was standing quietly beside
them. / showed myself. II was ter
rible. / saw sparks fly from those
yellow eyes and, before / had time
to say a word, received a blow on
the head that stunned me.
When | came to myself, Erak,
Christine and the white horse had
disappeared. felt sure that the poor
girl was a prisoner in the house on
the lake. Without hesitation, l re-
solved TO return to the bank, not
withstanding the attendant danger.
For twenty-four hours, | lay in walt
for the monster to appear; for felt
that he must go out, driven by the
need Of obtaining provisions. And, in
this connection. l may say, that, when
he went out in the streets or ven
tured to show himself in public, he
wore a pasteboard nose, with mus
tache attached TO it, instead of his
own horrible hole Of a nose. This did
not quite take away his corpse-like
air, but it made him almost, say al
most, endurable to look at.
l therefore watched on the bank OF
the lake and, weary Of long waiting,
was beginning to think that he had
| gone through the other door, the door
/ in the third cellar, when ! heard a
slight splashing in the dark. | saw
! the two yellow eyes shining like can
dies and soon the boat touched shore.
Erik jumped out and walked up TO
me:
You've been here for twenty-four
hours" he said, and you're annoying
/ me. tell you, ali this will end very
badly. And you will have brought it
I upon yourself; for ! have been ex-
traordinarily patient with you. You
think you are following me, you great
BOBBY. whereas it's | who am follow
ing you; and l know all that you
know about me, here. l spared you
( yesterday, in my Communists road;
but I warn you, seriously, don't let
me catch you there again, Upon my
word, you don't seem able to take a
hint
He was so furious that | did not
think, for the moment, OF interrupting
him. After putting and blowing like
a walrus. he put his horrible thought
into words:
Yes, you must learn, once and for
all-once and for all, l say-to take a
hint! | tell you that. with your reck
lessness-for you have already been
twice arrested by the shade in the
felt hat, who did not know what you
were doing in the cellars, and took
you TO the managers, who looked up
on you as an eccentric Persian inter
ested in stage mechanism and life be
hind the scenes; | know all about 1t
was there. in the Office; you know
am everywhere-well. tell you that
with your recklessness, they will enc
by wondering what you are aftel
here and they will end by
knowing that you are after Erik
and then they will be after Erik them
selves and they will discover the
house on the lake. If the!
do. it will be a bad lookout for you
old chap, a bad lookout!
won't answer for anything"
Again he pulled and blew like
, walrus.
, 81 won't answer for anything,
II Eriks secrets cease to be Erik
secrets, il will be a bad lookout 10
= That's all ! have TO tell you, and un
. less you are great BOBBY, it ough
TO be enough for you excep
that you don't know how to take
. hint"
1 He had sat down on the stern o
I his boat and was kicking his heel
against the planks. waiting to hea
( what l had to answer. l simply said
:, It's not Erik that I'm after here!
). Who them
[ You know as well as l do: It
4 Christine Daae," I answered.
1 He retorted: Il have every right Z
o see her in my own house | am love
/ for my own sake"
d That's not true" 7 said. "Yo
D have carried her of and are keepin
I her locked up"
T Listen" he said. will you prom
I Use never to NEEDLE with my affair
again. If | prove TO you that l ar
loved for my own sake?"
e Yes, promise you" replied, with
d out hesitation, for felt convince
: that for such q monster the proc
T was impossible
= We'll, then, it's quite simple
t Christine Daae shall leave this as sh
p pleases and come back again.
d Yes. come back again, because sh
l. wishes come back OF herself
n because she loves me for myself"
/, ''Oh, doubt If she will come back
y But 1t is your duty TO let ne
e go"
My duty. you great BOBBY!
r 1t is my wish my wish TO lie
e her go; and she will come back agai
o. for she loves me- A
this will end in a marriage
marriage at the Madeleine. you grea
} BOBBY. Do you believe me now
When l tell you that my nuptiaI mas
nG rNe