The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-25

den thrill. What did they not mean te
 the alien. to the prisoner. to the out
 cast, anywhere in the world!
 She stepped to the window and look
 ed down. An old man. brown. bent and
 wrinkled. was digging about the shrub
 bery. Josephine leaned out and softly joined in the refrain:
 "Gtve mo back my native land or take my
 life awayP'
 The old man dropped his spade and looked all about, around, then al
 .'Ah! Good morning, tnademoiseliey ? he said. smiling and taking off his old fur cap. You spik also my language. mademoiselle7
 '.Yes, monsieur" rejoined Josephine and addressed him further in few sentences on trivial topics. Then. sud denly resolved. she stepped out of her own room, passed softly down the stair, out through the wide central hall and so. having encountered no one, joined the ancient man on the lawn.
 s'You seeng my song also. madernoi- iselle? You like the old song from Ca nadian village, aye?"
 "Who are you ?. demanded Josephine.
 "Me. l am Eleazar. she or trap man. Summers. I work here. for Monsieur Dunwodee. Verr' reech man. Monsieur Dunwodee. He say. tEleazar. you live here, all right When winter come go back in the heel, trap ze fur-r, ma dame, ze cat. ze h'ottaire. ze meenk. sometime ze coon, also ze skunk. Pret soon I'll go h'out for trap now, made moiseIle."
 How long have you been here, Eleazar ?''
 Many year, mademoiselle. In these 2o;ntree perhaps twent-thirt year, I'll don know.''
 "were you here when the lady lived heref''
 1 He frowned at this suddenly. ..rn l not know what you mean, mademoi- selle. Monsieur Dunwody he'll live h'alone here. hall tam.'' | She affected not to understand him. "How long since she was here, Flea zar?'' she demanded.
 "What for you'll talk like those to mel I'll not know nossing.z mademoi- selle. I'll not even know who is ma demoiselle, OF why she'll been here, me. I'll not know for say. whether tmadame,' whether .mademoiselle,-but .mademoiselle'--I think SOL She looked about her hastily. "I'm AO1 C d&3dAA4SS AAAy " to-As 4SfOOHoAs I " 6AAS to get away from here as soon as 1 can. Do you like money, Efeazars'
 ssOf course yes. Every one likes money"
 s1Then listen, Eleazar. Some day we will walk. perhaps. How far is it to Cape Girar1eau, where the French people ive?''
 My son Hector, he'Il live there vance, on Cap Girardeau. He'll make the tub. make the cask. make Sae bar rel. Gap Girartieau. oh, perhaps two tree day Me, walk neem once, maybe so feefty mile. maybe so seexty mile, in wan day, two-t,ree little more tam, me. I was more younger then. But now my son he'll live on St. Genevieve. French place there. per- haps thirtee mile. Cap Girardeau. seventy-five mile. You'll want for go there 2'' he added cunningiy.
 ''Sometime.'' she remarked calmly. Before she could resume the converse tion Josephine heard behind her In the hall step, which already she recognized. Dunwody greeted her at the door. frownine as he saw her sud den shrinking back at sight of him.
 "Good morning. he said. ssYou have. I hope, slept well. Have you and Ele azar here planned any way to escape as yet?s' He smiled at her grimiy. Eleazar had shufded away.
 ssYou intruded too soon"
 "At least you are frauk. thenl You will never get away from here except ing on one condition.''
 She made no answer. but looked about her slowly. Her eyes rested upon q Iitties. inclosed place where some gray stones stood upright in the grass. the family burial place.
 @One might escape by going therer' she pointed
 'They are my own. who sleep there" he said simply but grimly. -.I wish it might be your choice, but not now not yet. We've a lot of living to do yet, both of us. If you could only find 1t in your heart. how much I could do for you. how much you could do for me-. Look at all this. It's home but it's just a desert-a desert-the way it is now.e 'tSo you desire to make all life a desert fof me! It is very noble of your'
 Absorbed, he seemed not to hear her. 1 Suppose you had met me the way people usually meet-and you some l tinfe had allowed me to come and ad- l dress you-could you have done that, l do you reckon? P s"That's a question which here at l least is absurd" she replied.
 ''You spoke once of that other coun l try, abroad''-he broke of, shaking his 1 head. "Who are you? 1 don't feel | sure that I even know your name as | yet"
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