The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-05-31

and unhapplly. We'll, l 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 he interested In any one else!"
| If any one was in my way. my
| friend" G.. .stine broke in coldly. III
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?'
TO the man to whom you said, l
sing only for you! tonight 1
gave you my soul and am dead!'"
Christine seized Raoul's arm and
clutched 1t with a strength which no
one would have suspected In SO frail q
! 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 Christines face, dark
rings formed round her eyes, she
staggered and seemed on the point or
swooning. Raoul darted forward.
| with arms outstretched, but Christine
! had overcome her passing faintness
| and said. in low voice:
Go on! Go on Tell me all you
hcard!"
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 emperor
ever received so fair a gift The
angels wept tonight
Christine carried her hand to her
| heart, prey to indescribable emotion.
Her eyes stared before her like a
madwoman's. Raoul was terror-strick-
en- But suddenly Christine'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.
| He was terribly concerned and bit
terly grieved to see the hours, which
he had hoped to find so 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 so many men,
cries In common? lie heard that she
had had mass said, that morning.
for tho repose OF her fathers soul and
spent long time praying I'm the lit
tie church and on the fiddler's tomb.
Then, as she seemed TO have nothing
more TO do at Perros and. in fact,
was doing nothing there. why did she
not go back to Paris at once?
Raoul walked away. dejectedly. to
the graveyard in which the church
stood and was indeed alone among the
tombs, reading the inscriptions; but,
when he turned behind the apse, ne
was suddenly struck by the dazzling
note OF the flowers that struggled over
the white ground. They were mar.
velous red roses that had blossomed
in the morning. In the snow. giving a
glimpse OF life among the dead. for
death was all around him. II also.
like the flowers, issued from the
ground, which had flung back num-
Der OF It's corpses. Skeletons and
skulls by the hundred were heaped
against the wall OF the church. held
In position by q wire that left the
whole gruesome stack visible. Dead
mems bones. arranged in rows. like
bricks. TO form the first course upon
which the walls OF the sacristy had
been built. The door OF the sacristy
opened in the middle Of that bony