The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-09-10

words over the dark head bent on he1
hands-"and to nave loved them. Blu,
don't bother. l shall-get over it."
The liquid tones choked q BIZ or
that and Francois lifted his heat
quickly and his eyes famed at her
or course you will, my dear little girl
my rave ademoiselle. 1t is not as you
ihlnk; 1T is not serious, mon annie. II
Is only that your oul Is full Of kind.
ness and enthusiasm and eagerness tc
stand by the unlucky. I am alone and
expatriated; l have had a little OF
misfortune and you are sorry for me
II Is that. Ah. 1 know. I am very old
ana wise, me. 1t would never do
ne Went on. The noblesse of Vir-
glnla would rise In q revolution IL 1t
should be that the princess Of Roa-
noke house gave her heart to q French
peasant. I am come to be a man OF
knoWledge'-and he shook his head
with as worldly wise an expression as
II one of Guido Rents dark angels
should talk politics. He went on again,
smiling a little. an air Of daring in
his manner. Moreover, Mademoiselle
Miss Lucy, there is a fairy prince who
awaits only the smallest sign from
you"
Lucy smiled. mo" she said. And
then. "a fairy prince-in Virginia."
An, yes, Mademoiselle Miss Lucy.
or the true noblesse. that one. A fine,
pAAASSp kio 3i5hl SUIT
"Who?" demanded Lucy, smiling
"Of such q right sort indeed that it
is no matter-ah, no.. but perhaps Just
the thing to make n love him more,
that he is lame"
Harry" Lucy's smile faded.
But yes, indeed, mon annie" and
Francois patted the little hand with
MS big n g Henry, indeed, Henry,
who is waiting to kill me for love of
you; Henry, the best, truest fellow,
the manifest bravest fellow. Who rides
IKE Henry? Who is respected by the
old men,, the great men, for his knowl-
edge n his thinking and his state
craft almost-like Henry? Who has
such a great heart and brain and such
FEARLESS courage as Henry?"
Lucy listened to this eulogium rather
astonished. 1t strikes a girl as alb
surd often, when a brother or a cousin
Is pointed out as a parsonage. But it
pleased her; yet she did not say so.
Harry is a good boy" she spoke
calmly. "but-but it Is only for conve-
nience, for Joining the lands, that he
and my father wish US to marry. I
VIII not marry a man to shape some
fields Of corn"
Francois answered gravely. "But,
no, m~ademoiselle, never must you do
that. 1t Is not the case, however, that
your cousin cares about the shape of
corn fields. He is not interested in
that If you had no corn fields, IL you
mad nothing whatever, Mademoiselle
Lucy, he would give his life to marry
YOU just the same. 1t is You whom he
loves and not corn fields, of any shape
at all. Also be loves you to madness.
For thai he has hated meme full of
qualification to him forever-because
he has believed that 1 would try to
win from him your heart. Mademoiselle
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might. If my life were not as I have
told you ] could not play him false,
my Henry-that dear boy who wishes
to Kill me- Francois smiled a little,
half amused. half wistful. "And In
al case he went on. what chance
should l ave in the end against that
splendid Henry Hampton? Made
moiselle, you will thank me so one day
that 1t will be very painful to me, for
showing you how it was not Francois
Beaupre, the ~Frenchman, but Henry
Hampton, the Virginian, who was
proud heart Of mademoiselle."
You are very loyal to your friends"
Lucy said, half pleased, half stabbed
to the soul.
Certainly. What for is qualification
worth. otherwise?" Francois threw at
her earnestly. There were a few Eng
lish words too much for him still:
gratitude seemed to be one. He
up and his great eyes glowed
down al her. "Mademoiselle," he said,
two women Of earth. my mother and
Alike, are for me the Madonnas, the
of women" and his glance lift
ed to the ceiling as IL to heaven. with
lean could ever have worn. "And,
VOLTA, mademoiselle, my little scholar
will always stand next to and close to-
them" He Dent over her hand and
his lips touched 1t long and tenderly.
rs 1t right between us, mon annie?
Are we friends always? 1t is indeed
SO for life with me-"
And little Lucy felt a healing pace
on her bruised feelings and
heard herself saying generous words
of friendship which healed also as she
spoke them.
Then "I must find that savage boy
Henry, and beseech him to spare my
life" spoke Francois at last. my life
is of more value today, that 1t possesses |
a sure friend in Mademoiselle Lucy"
he said and smiled r~ad!antly. And
was gone.
Lucy. to her establishment, felt light
hearted, felt IS IL moved into a large,
clear, sunshiny atmosphere out of the
stormy unrest which had lately held
her. Also she found herself thinking
over the astonishing things which
Francois had said Of her cousin Harry.
II WOULD seem 1ndeed as II the undying |
love for the Cheyalier Beaupre
which had possessed her yesterday
might, after all. have been a very
young girls infatuation for an
older man, for a dramatic charac-
ter-a manner Of hero worship It
might have been. Such things happen,
Lucy Hampton, 1evel-headed as well
az warm-hearted, began to see In an
unptrased way. eve 10 soon as her
knight had left her, that IL might ba
80 with her. And, with that thought
came the thought Of Harry.
He satd-t1at Harry loved mel
What nonsense!" she whispered 70 her
self; And the broken hearted no was
smiling.
CHAPTER xxxIv.
ONCE MORE AT HOME.
In fewer words, with legs told. Fran.
co.'s neutrality-suspicious. raetatnor-