Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-16

In your dreSs1ng-roOm. ne ecnoeQ
stupidity.
Yes, that is where have heard
him: and 1 have not been the only one
to hear him."
who else heard him, Christine?
You, my friend"
'I? 1 heard the Angel Of Muster"
Yes, the other evening. 1t was he
who was talking when you were listen
ing behind the door. 1t was he who
said. You must love me- But then
thought that 1 was the only one to
hear his voice. Imagine my astonish-
ment when You told me. this morning,
that you could hear him too"
Raoul burst out laughing. The first
rays of the moon came and shrouded
the two young people in their light.
Christine turned on Raoul with hos
tile air. Her eyes, usually so gentle,
flashed fire.
What are you laughing at? You
think you heard a mans voice, I sup
pose?"
Welt :" replied the young
man, whose ideas began to grow con-
fused in the face OF Christine's de-
termined attitude.
Its you, Raoul, who say that? You,
an old playfellow of my own! A
friend of my fathers! But you have
changed since those days. What are
you thinking of? l am an honest girl,
NJ. le Vicomte de Chagny. and don't
lock myself up in my dressing-roou
with mems voices. II you had opened
the door, you would have seen that
there was nobody in the room!"
That's true, 1 did open the door,
when you were gone, and l found no
one in the room"
$50 you see! Well?"
The viscount summoned up all his
courage.
Well, Christine, think that some
body is making game of you"
I She gave a cry and ran away. He
| ran after her, but, in tone of fierce
! anger, she called out: Leave me!
Leave mel" And she disappeared
Raoul returned to the inn feeling
very weary, very low-spirited and
very sad. He was told that Christine
had gone to her bedroom saying that
she would not be down to dinner.
Raoul dined alone, in a very gloomy
mood. Then he went to his room and
tried to read, went to bed and tried
to sleep. There was no sound in the
next room.
The hours passed slowly. 1t was
about half-past eleven when he dis
tinctly heard some one moving, with
/ ;-,k ~,
next to his. Then Christine had not
gone to bed! Without troubling for
! a reason, Raoul dressed, taking care
not to make a sound, and waited.
Waited for what? How could he tell?
But his heart thumped in his chest
when he heard Christines door turn
slowly on its hinges. Where could
she be going, at this hour, when every
one was fast asleep at Perros? Softly
opening the door, he saw Christine S
i white form in the moonlight. slipping
along the passage. She went down
the stairs and he leaned ever the
baluster above her. Suddenly he
heard two voices in rapid converse
ton. He caught one sentence: Don't
lose the key"
1t was the landlady's voice. The
door facing the sea was opened anc
locked again. Then all was still.
Raoul ran back to his room anC
threw back the window. Christine's
white form stood on the deserted
quay.
The first floor OF the Setting SUI
vas at no great height and a tree
growing against the wall held out it:
branches to Raoul's impatient arms
and enabled him to climb down IN
known to the landlady. Her amaze
ment, therefore, was all the greater
when, the next morning, the young
man was brought back to her hal
frozen, more dead than alive, and
when she learned that he had beer
found stretched at full length on the
steps of the high altar of the little
church. She ran at once to tel
Christine, who hurried down and, witt
the help of the landlady, did her best
to revive him. He soon opened his
eyes and was not long in recovering
when he saw his friends charming
face leaning over him.
| rev weeks ldteFp WHen the lTdB
edy at the opera compelled the inter
vention of the public prosecutor, NJ
Mifroid, the commissary of police, ex
amined the Vicomte de Chagny touch
ing the events of the night at Perros
l quote the questions and answers a:
given in the official report PIP. Isl
ct seq:
3 Q. Did Nile. Daae not see you
, come down from your room by the
j curious road which you selected?"
/ R. mo, monsieur, no, although
e when walking behind. her, l took N
pains to deaden the so'fhd of m!
! footsteps. In fact, was anxious tina
she should turn round and see me.
. realized that l had no excuse for fol
. lowing her and that this way OF spy
D ing on her was unworthy of me. Blu
+ she seemed not to hear me and actet
e exactly as though ! were not there
She quietly left the quay and thel
e suddenly walked quickly up the road
. The church-clock had struck quar-
ter to twelve and I thought that thi
|, must have made her hurry, for sh'
| began almost to run and continued
|, from the stalls on the left, they foun'