Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-12-12

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toward the door that led to the gar
den.
'The Lady Elise?" he said quickly.
"Oh, you are Interested? "A mon
beau" moment she hummed. "You
do not urge me?"
Wherefore" laconically, when you
have made up your mind to tell"
"You are right" She threw back
her head. 81 have made up my mind!
How we'll you understand women!
Almost as WELL" she laughed mock
ingly, "as a ship!" He made no re-
sponse.
! when you thanked me once, mon
capitaine, for all it pleased you to say
did for you, you may remember" her
voice was defiant, 81 did not once
gainsay you'll" More curiously he re-
garded her. perhaps it pleased me-"
her hand on her hip, "to be thought
such fine heroine. But now," her
tone grew little fierce, 81 am tired
of hearing people say: 'Nanette risked
SO much!' tNanette did this!-did
that!'-when it was she who risked-
did it all, one might say"
onS! WndL uo YOU nedu uc
black eyes probed hers now with sud-
den, fierce questioning
"That twas the Lady Elise saved
you. Went nowingly-willingly-
hostage"
"The Lady Elise!" he cried, an
abrupt glow on the dark face.
Nanette's eyes noted and fell, but
she went on hurriedly: "She knew Of
the ambush in the forest; saw part Of
the note 1 dropped on the beach-it
was brought to her by my aunt who
warned her." And in quick rush Of
words, as If desirous to be done with
it, Nanette told all that had transpired
at the Mount.
Incredulously, eagerly, he listened;
when, however, she had finished, he
said nothing; sat like man bewil-
dered.
"Well?" said the girl impatiently.
Still he looked down. "Well?" she re-
peated, SO sharply old Pierre stirred;
lifted his head.
"Eh, my dear?"
: She went to the mantel; took from
it a. candle.
"Seigneur finds you such poor COM
pany," she said, ''he desires light TO
retire!"
The dawn smote the heavens with
fiery lashes of red; from the east the
wind began to blow harder, and on the
sea the waves responded with more
forcible sweep. At window in the
, inn, the Black Seigneur a moment
looked out on the gay flowers and the
sea and the worn grim face Of the
! cliff then left his room and made his
way downstairs. No one was yet, ap-
= parently, astir; an hour or so must
elapse ere the time set for departure,
and, pending the turn Of the tide and
adieu to OLD Pierre, the young man
: stepped into the garden, through the
gate, and, turning into a rocky path,
strode out over the cliffs. The island
y was SMALL its walks limited, and soon,
D despite a number of difficulties in the
way he had chosen, he found himself
! at its end-the verge Of great rock
! thatAprojected out over the blue, sui
L len sea. For some moments he stood
8 there, listening to the sounds in cav
/ erns below, watching the snow-capped
waves, the ever-shifting spots on a
:, vast map, and then, shaking off his
'' reverie, started to return.
}, "a brisk wind to take us back to
= France" he said to himself; but his
/. thoughts were not of possible April
n storms, or Of his ship. His eyes,
l. bright, yet perplexed, as If from some
+; problem whose solution he had not
q | hnnt IpWnua rd nn1y
d to be raised where the path demanded
e his closer attention. rAs he looked up
he became suddenly aware of the fig
d ure of a girl, who approached from
l. the opposite direction.
A quick CLINT sprang to the young
3, mans eyes, and, pausing, he waited
watched. At that point, the way raj
Y over q rock, almost eaten through BY
the hungry sea, and she had already
started to cross when he first saw her
The path was not dangerous; nor wal
1t easy; only 1t called for certaint!
e and assurance on the part of the one
lie that elected to take 1t. My LADY,
:, light footstep was sure; although tn
- wind swept rather sharply there, sh'
" held herself with confident poise
O. while from the brown eyes shone
ct clear, steady light.
81 saw you leave the inn," she sait
{ drawing near the comparatively she
Ia tered spot, where he stood, "and know
IN ing you would soon sail, followed
Je There is something / wanted to say
n. and-and felt should have no othe
I" chance to tell you'll"
ra Had she read what was passing
his brain, she would not have face
=, him, 30 confident; but, ignorant {
VI what he had learned, the cause {
er varying lights in his dark eyes, tn
tender play of emotion on his stron
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