The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-08-10

my absence. n seemed to me: the
shock had told perceptibly upon him.
IL h fate brought you to u.s." no r..
peated. TO be the consolation OF my
Did ago and the hopc OF the DIVES .
Then we began talking OF Charles,
and. a. briefly "a possible, since there
was not time for emotion, I laid bare
tho story OF our arrest, placing spe-
oial emphasis upon tho fact that the
conspiracy vas breaking down.
And then ! laid before them tho
plan that | had formed. OF flying 10
scouto. and. 10 my astonishment. they
both fell in with Il Immediately. But,
hough could doubt their love
'or me. their eagerness for nv safety.
ne family. as ever IN France, ranked
paramount IN their eyes. Il seems
strange now. az look back on II, this
persistent clinsing OF theirs 10 the old
orms and dutiea OF past aecs IN faoe
OF modbrn change. hut n did not
seem strange then.
You have flown IN England" said
the old Comte enthusiastically. land
here the winds are no less favorable.
Your act will be no more. In its pecul.
lar way. than other women Of our line
have done. II Is not for Charles
alone that you will offer up your life
to the gods OF the air. Anne, but for
tho race, for the long line OF the
OWES. And | know that you will sue
coed. God has not sent you to us Ia
so miraculous n way, and guarded you
through such great dangers, that you
should fail now. You will return at
the appointed time" he continued. his
eyes flashing AZ he paced up and down
tho room. "and you will save Charles
from the hands OF his enemies. The
battle has been long but II has been
shorter than the wars OF the Fronde.
We have suffered much-Richelieu
prosecuted us more harahly, and yet
Clichy has never fallen. almost be.
lieye,'' he ended. chat you VIII live TO
inherit Clichy and TO restore It's for
tunes. and hand II down to our de.
scendants."
But when | urged that ! should start
that night neither would hear OF Il.
Tomorrow at dawn" said the prac-
teal mother OF Charles. what you
would gain IN time you would lose in
strength. You must conserve your en-.
ergles. Now we will have supper. and
afterward We will discuss u plans"
/ mad stopped to purchase n map
before returning, and after the meal
we opened Il and pored owe Il. My
first course. on the morrow. we esti-
mated, would pass through Troyes and
end at Dijon. where I should replenish
my gasoline tank and stay over night.
Sunday would see me through Lyon
and along the Rhone TO Avignon.
Thence. on the Monday, l should
strike east over the Basses-Alpes and
the Alpes Maritimes 10 Monaco; and
on the Tuesday there would be the
perilous sea flight OF two hundred odd
miles TO Corsica. anu along the coast
for City miles to Scouto. Al best, |
could reach Scouto by Tuesday eve.
ing; and this would leave mo but q
single day of four and twenty hours
in which to persuade Zeuxis to return
with me.
That night ! went out to the shed In
which the monoplane rested and looked
at her. For one moment. az I gazed,
a terrible fear oyercame me. Next
moment something of the brave spirit
OF the machine entered into my heart
and inspired me with It's own power.
There she fioated. as II almost seemed,
so etrong and yet so graceful. with her
enormous spread OF wings outstretched
beneath the roof OF the hangar. l
took my seat. and az once the memory
Of her control came back 10 me !
placed my hands upon the levers. and
10 each slightest touch the mechanism
responded. | tested the motor; Il
worked admirably. After I was sat.
ishod ] descended and babe the an
cient servant MI the tank with gaso.
line. There was nothing TO DO now
until the morning.
a letter had come for me from Can.
ada, having been forwarded from Lon.
don. ! glanced at the superscription
without enthusiasm and tore open tho
envelope. II was from Mary Jenner.
hnd dated from winnipeg three q
before. The weather had been sti.
fling. she wrote, but, thank heaven.
the school term was ended. A party
OF the teachers vas going TO Europe,
including herself and Mr.. spratt.
whom she characterized as an "odious
little prosecutor" Mary intimated
that he had transferred his volatile
affections from myself TO her. and that
she detosted him. she hoped hat J
had met my kinsmen and had gone to
visit them az the chateau. and hoped
70 see me soon perhaps sooner than
! expected, we're the words she used.
nut Mary 1enHer. With whom I had
cooked so many midnight suppers in
our tiny apartment, and sworn indy
ing friendship. was the least Of my
thoughts Just now.
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