The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1913-06-19
Tell Something Very

and unhappily. well. | Will answer
for you. 1t was because there was
some one in the room who was in
your way. Christine, some one that
you did not wish to know that you
could be interested In any one else!"
IF any one was in my way. my
friend" Christine broke in colby. "ir
any one was in my way, that evening,
1t was yourself. since told you to
leave the ROOM"
Yes. SO that you might remain with
the other"
What are you saying. monsieur
asked the girl eXcitedly. And to
what other do you refer"
ITO the man to whom you said, I
sing only for you! tonight /
gave you my soul and am dead!'"
Christine seized Raou's arm and
clutched 1t with a strength which no
one would have suspected in so frail a
creature
Then you were listening behind
the door,"
Yes, because love you And
| heard everything. :"
you heard what"
And the young girl, becoming
strangely calm. released Raouls arm
He said to you. Christine. you
must love mel"
At these words, a deathly pallor
spread over Christine's face. dark
rings formed round her eyes, she
~
swooning. Raoul darted forward
with arms outstretched, but Christine
had overcome her passing iaintness
and said. in low voice:
GO oni Go on! Tell me all you
heard"
Raoul answered: Il heard him reply
when you said you had given him your
soul. Your soul is beautiful thing
child, and | thank you. No empero!
ever received so fair gift. The
angels wept tonight"
Christine carried her hand to her
heart, a prey to indescribable emotion
Her eyes stared before her like a
madwomans. Raoul was terror.strick
en- But suddenly Chrstine's eyes
moistened and two great tears
trickled. like two pearls. down her
| ivory cheeks.
christine"
"Raoul!"
The young man tried to take her in
| his arms, but she escaped and fled In
| great disorder
While Christine remained locked In
| her room. Raoul was at his wits end
what to do. He refused to breakfast
! lie was terribly concerned and bit,
| terly grieved to see the hours, which
he had hoped to find 30 sweet. slip
past without the presence OF the
young Swedish girl, Why did she not
| come to roam with him through the
| country where they had 80 many mem
/ cries in common? lie heard that she
| had had "A mass said, that morning
| for the repose Of her fathers soul and
| spent long time praying In the 1T
| tie church and on the iiddlcr's tomb
| Then, as she seemed to have nothing
| more to do at PerroB and, In fact
I was doing nothing there, why did she
| not 20 back TO Paris at Once2
RaOu walked away, dclectcdly, tc
the graveyard In which the church
stood and was indeed alone among tho
| tombs. reading the inscriptions; but
/ when he turned behind the apge he
| was suddenly struck by the dazzling
note Of the flowers that struggled over
| the white ground They were mar
ycIous red roses that had blOsgDmod
| in the morning, In the snow, giving a
glimpse Of life among the dead, Tor
| death Was all around him II also.
I Ike the flowers. issued from the
ground. which had fung back a mum.
Der OF It's corpgeB. Skeletons ana
skulls by the hundred were hcapcd
against the wall Of the church hcld
IN position by wire that left the
/ whole gruesome stack visible Dead
mems bones, arranged IN rows, Ike
! bricks. to form the first course upon
I which the walls OF the sacristy had
J been built. Tho door OF the BacriBty
opened in the middle VI that bony