The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-08-13
CHAPTER XIV.
TIE SACRIFICE.

Henry Hampton, thrilled to
E1s core Al this drama, bent over him
rs BztStsra laid him on the deck, and
looked up a~ax1oRsIy at Pietro.
rs ne living he asked.
He vas Irving. though for an hour
Or tHa ttae devoted friends who cared
for a21a doubted II they had not got
hIE hack only to lose him. But that
lasr effort OF the change to the ship
being past. when consciousness came
agE1n ne grew strong more rapidly.
Lhoag1t-ihe Agastrians-wouid
aaa zns-as I came aboard" he wflis-
pe-ea- smiling ga43y AS he gaspea the
~aras 10 Alike. 1T was-arm in nv
mind
AND Alike tangled at him and told
sZ1Tn thai they Rere far out on the
Ad-1aIic noH, safe unaer the American
flag and Austrians left 200 miles
behind
Fan Il they had-nabbed me"
~~9alsps7ed Francois. Athos two days
"5Ln YOU would have paid"
AND Alike -shpdaared q little and told
I'm 70 81 70 sleep N stop thinking of
AzEEgazlfls. for they were out of his life
n0. forever.
My seignepr, said Francois next
aa9 Ry3aen the general took iiis turn at
sitting by his bed. may I ask a ques-
question in the world. Francois,
gaE s&ta.T IKE general groH1ed at him.
ag II the tender WORDS we're a defiance
10 an energy.
Francois hesaated- About Alike and
The general shook his head. All,
that That L Gag not tell you. Fran
eols- Sometimes L bel5ege that / have
been mistaken, that the genera as
ne stopped looked oddly at Francois
arc smiled Sometimes / believe that
egea i eTea GasDard G~ourgusd. might
make = Iaistake ia trying to play the
aood God, n arranging Iiyes. That
Tntgt1t be-~yes. IL any case / cannot
tel.
eraaeois, thinking deeply. hazarded
II believe so. indeed, said the gem
efaj. He cares mort to ne with us-
viii her. All yes. L have no doubt that
~ s1sss aer- BUL why il goes no far
fh-efaaprists, IT is beyond me that.
a.a1uid knock their foolish heads to-
Dues she o ~ Pietro2"
Mon Dicn' HoW can u mert. man
sas sSaatE She IS q woman. / do not
kHoss-slot in the least" The general
exploded ~ him
Bu Pietro ]oyes herr Francois
asked again, his wistfui smiling eyes
searching the generals face.
Yes am SURE Of ii"
And Francois smiled.
10 one coBid help IT, he said half
10 ijnlseif
IA n day more little Rattigsa came
into Francois cabin and put clothes on
lfiln and wrapped him ike 8 mummy in
COATS atlG rugs and carried him in his
sPtns tio Oh decK. and there aid hin
ia y hammock on the sunny eide OF the
ship. And the salt air blew on his
faee and ne gulped ii In. and py and
/ by ADxe brought q chair and sat by
hfta and read to Lin. and Francois lay
quiet and wondered II heaven could be
any Improvement on this.
Then, after o WIliie. the book lay on
tie girls knee, and they fell to rallt-
ing. She told him about mis- mother
and his father at the Fertne du Val.
and The brothers n sisters, grown up
DD@, and some. Of them in homes OF
their ogn. She told him about Pierre's
ne& wife, WHO lad been Jeanne Collr-
tois, Of Beaujfcu, and i1o@ much they
Iafl liked her, and how She and Pierre
! lived at the farm and were TO have 81
one day after the older francois and
Claire had gone. About Tomas and his
titie big shop at DcieSiuontes she old
him, and how little I1eie had married
the school teacher, and had a pretty
house in q street he knew well.
Then she told him about the animals
how the great gray horses he had
known still drew the golden ads OF
hay ia from the fields. With their
\ grandchildren drawing the next wagon.
How the ducks In the pond were hun
dreds now and were Sent to the mar
ket. and made much money for lie
Francois. And how that old gift Of his
in choosing oxen WAS making a fortune
for hfrn-onty now he never played
cards coming home from market day
! or at any other time. In fact. the gentle
mother had made stern rule for
her f~alniiyr-no n Of them eyer played
since tina time n game az chance.
And then Alike told Francois about
tile castle. She told him about Jean