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 "M0u dioui How can mere man say that2 She Is woman ] do not know mot iu the least,' the general exploded st him
 "Eut pietru loves her7' Francois asked again. his wistul smiling eyes searching Che generals face.
 'Yes-I am sure of it'
 And Francois smiled.
 "No one could help it," he said half to himself
 In a day more httle BattIsta came Into Francois cabin and put clothes on him and wrapped him like a mum my In coats and rugs. and carried him in his arms up on deck, and there laid him in a hammock on the sunny si0c nf tha shin And Che salt air blew on his face and he gulped it in and by and by Alike brought a chair and sat by him and read Co him. and Francois lay quiet and wondered if heaven could be any improvement on this
 So. on that long. bright calm moru- ing at sea Francois lay in the ham mock and watched the million little waves Elisten and break for unknown miles over the sunlit water and lis- tened to the voice he loved best in the world. as it told him of those others whom he loved also, and of the places dear to him. and he wondered that he had indeed come through the long nightmare of prison to this happiness.
 "Mr Hampton has been talking to me about Virginia it must be a beau tiful country" said Alike. 'I should love the free friendly life of those great domains. believe could leave France and Vicques for such coun- try as that where there are no politi. cal volcanoes on top of which one must live With us it is always plot. ting and secrecy. Always a war to look back on or to look forward to- ! should like to go to Virginia"
 But" said Francois with his great eyes glowing. "the war one now looks forward to in France will be short and glorious And after that will be peace ! for there win be a Ronaparte ruling and that means strength and good government"
 "How you believe in the great cap tain and in his blood and Alike smiled down at the pale face on fire with its lifelong enthusiasm
 "One must" said Francois simply and paused, and went on. "For me- ! you know, Alike. how it is. How tho star of the Bonapartes has always l seemed to be my stari l believe that ] believe that my life is tied to thai house. Napoleon was more than hu ! man to my mind, his touch set me aside for his uses in my cradle"
 And made you a chevalier," Aliz= ] considered. That was @ true acco ] lade Francois. You would have right to that title under another Bona parte"
 l 'I believe SO, Alike"
 1 And my father believes it So yoJ ! must hurry and get well and com, back to France and be ft for worl . when the prince needs you. ChevaHel . Beaupre My father has told you ,ha a movement is prepariug2 He is reck 1. less, my father and it troubles me. T i might be unsafe for him 0 live iI l France if his part In these plots werl known
 'Theu you could come to Virginia to CaruifaX. " and Francois smiled
 But Alike flushed. That is Pletr01 estate not ours" she said quickly and then she rose and bent over tn sick boy CT must go to my fathe now" she said, and caught his piu ful hands suddenly in both hers "Bu ohl Francois, ] wish ] could tell vol how it changes all the world to hay you back again" she was gone
 Francois, trembling with a raptur he could not quiet, lay, not stirring, be cause he feared bo break the spell O the touch or her hands, feeling within him a rebel hope that yet he woul not let take hold of him. Could 1t be Was it tue2 Did she care for him am not Pietro? Was that the reason tha in all these years she and Pietro wer still only sister and brother? Yet h caught and chOked the thought Evei
 then he had no right be could moi would not tell her what she was t him. He would be Pietr0's friend al
 ways as he had promised long ago
 more, a thousand times more now
 when Pietro had given back to hin freedom and life and hope.