The Detroit times., 1913-09-23

AAVW suot yOu Will % TO0Oy. i UoS
that the star which leads VI both II
the only light which shines for you
1t holds your undivided soul. Chsva.
lisr-am ! right7"
Francois turned his swiftly chang.
Ing face toward the speaker. drawn
with . feeling which swept over him
for . moment he did not answer
Then he spoke In q low tone.
when q knight of the old time
went to BATTLE" he said. he wore on
his helmet the badge Of his lady
and carried the thought OF her In hia
heart. A man lights better co."
And the silent Prince understood.
cHAuTER XXI.
How Lucy Told.
The Prince was gone. There had
been festivities and formalities,
great dinners, gatherings Of the Viz
ginia nobility to do honor to hia
highness at Roanoke House and else
where: everywhere the ChevalieI
Beaupre had been distinguished by
his highness' most marked favor.
And Lucy Hampton's eyes had shone
with quiet delight to see It and ia
see the effect on her father. For the
colonel. confused in h.s mind - to
how Il might be true. reluctantly &C.
knowledged that there must be some
thing Of Importance about this Chew
alier Dsaupre. that . Prince should
treat him AZ . brother. He believed
that Il would be best to treat him
he also-at least a. . gentleman.
SO the French lessons were con-
tinued and the Jefferson Troop was
encouraged. and Francois was asked
often TO Roanoke House. And - the
months rolled ON he tried with every
thoughtful and considerate enort
to express to the little lady OF the
manor his gratitude for the good.
ness Of her family.
Il troubled him more than little
that the early friendliness and inti-
macy Of Harry Hampton seemed 70
be wearing OF. The boy did not
come 90 often to Carnifax. and when
he came he ala not stay for h0urs.
for days sometimes, - was his wey
1t nrst. He was uneasy with his
friend, and his friend wondered ana
aid not understand. but hesitated to
push q way into the lads heart. He
will tell me In time." thought Fran
coils. and. sure Of his own innocence,
waited for the time.
Meanwhile he was going homo. Go
ing. much against the advice Of the
Norfolk doctor, who warned him that
he was not yet well or strong. that
the out-of-dOOr life In the mild VIZ
xinia climate should be continued
perhaps for two years more, before
he went back to the agitation ana
effort Of Bonapartist agent In
France. But he could not walt; ne
must see his old homo. his mother.
his father. and all the unforgotten
faces. He longed TO watch the bleck
lashes curl upward from the blue or
Alixe's eyes. He Onged TO hear her
clear voice with its boyish note OF
courage. II would put new life intN
him, that voice. II was seven years
now and more since he had left them
all at q days notice to 60 to Pietro
In Italy-to . living death Of hve
years, to many undreamed OF hap
penings. The fever Was on him and
he must 20 home.
There was to be q celebration for
the new and very fashionable cavalry
troop Of which Francois was the I'M
omcial backbone and author. In the
great grassy paddock at Bayly's Folly
tho proud mother Of eighteen-year-
old Caperton Bayly-nrst lieutenant.
and the most finished horseman In
the virginia county--had invited the
gentry from miles about to feast with
her and to watch her con and his
friends show how the Chevalier
Beaupre had made them into SOL
diers. They came IN shoals, driving
from Tar on over bad roads In big
lurching chariots, or riding In gay
companies, mostly Of older men ana
GIRLS and young boys, because oil OF
the gilded youth were in the ranks
that day.
The day was perfect; day ~
membered In that part Of Virginia
among the great families who came
to see their boys ride. Ysardleys and
Carriers and Littletons and Letchers
and Bowmans were there; and Joy
neses and Harrisons and BowdoinS
and Castleburys and Churchills and
wises and Fitchetts and Stewards
and Wards--and the rest Of them,
names there In Virginia when Charles
I. was king. The big carriages were
drawn up In q massive line and the
horvemen and horsswomsu stood
about picturesquely In and out OF the
saddle. Watching. admiring the sur.
prising military things which their
sons and brothers and sweethearts
were doing. And the lads went
throc--A their drill nobly, and the
stalwArt body Of men and horsehesh
formed In TOURS. In twos, melted into
long-drewn lines, wound into close
conoontSic circles and unwound
again, and charged and dismountsd
and leapod into the saddle, ct Harry
Hampton's shouts Of command, with
Surprising accuracy: also to the un-
bounded pride Of Francois, who, IN
the ranks. watched every evolution.
every move Of every rider, with
anxious delight. They did wonders;
the horses were on their best BE-
nsvior and pushed into the places
they had learned % eagerly that the
riders needed hardly to guide them
at all: the whole graceful, Inspiring
exhibition Of strength and skill and
youth end vigor went without fault.
Harry Hhsnpeoa. hushed with deep
pleasure q this nrst TRIAL Of strsagth