The Washington times., 1914-01-15

~ into the light, hatless and dusty.
n Marthc Trered, gave an eN-
clamation, ana took her hand
rom the door, her heart beating quickly
with excitement Mon Dieu, II is NJ.
..eyden!'
She stepped quickly out into the mid
lie of the road and planted herself in
drawn and white. She gTinned up a.
i'm with a taunting expression in her
yes.
"Ah! NJ. Leyden!' she said. so you
lave come back. ch? You are going to
LAY golf with Toinette Guerchard again,
suppose, among the sand dunes? I
ave not forgotten
An expression came into Everard $
rCS which the child could not under
stand. He raised his hand as though to
ftTikc her. She understood that, how
ever, and lodged away into the cafe
With a mOcking laugh.
Play golf with Tofnette.''
Everard repeated the words to him
elf as though their meaning had not
.snetrated his brain. The light from
he cafe window fell on him He was
rhite with dust from head to foot, his
lothes all disheveled, his hair unkempt
He had landed at Bculogne early that
Forming with one fixed idea in his
mind. He was going to find Toinette.
-he had gone into the sea at Amble-
use. He was going into the sea at
-NnbleteuSe. 1t was the only way.
During the night journey from Eng
md he had sat just as he was. with
ut coat, huddled up on a bench on
ne deck, needless of wind and cold, his
cad sunk on his chest People looked
him and whispered and passed again
ind wondered.
Everard was not aware of their ex-
s;ence. He had been unable to 90 to
uiuCttc by means of a revolver. He
Would follow her into the sea.
BOulugnc was wide awake when the
I
rains. lie set OF on foot She was not
ar away row.
But he struck inland, and as the sun
became hotter and climbed higher up
sky, Everand trudged the dusty roads
hour after hour. needless OF the hat
which a gust OF wind blew into field,
needless of dogs which barked at him.
OF people who stared as he passed
through villages. of peasants who gave
IN boHjour in passing. He had to find
Oinctte. She was waiting for him at
10" bottom of the sea She was calling
him He could. hear the call. hear al
lost the very words, but the voice of
ne SEQ drowned them-as il had
rOwned her. He must go into the sea
he able TO hear her distinctly and
nswer her. Hour after hour he walked.
ever stopping. never seeing anything
.' the road. making unconsCiously 4
Ing loop. Motor cars hOOted at him.
le did not hear. They passed him so
'Osc that they almost touched him
tust. StiI he walked. foodless and
NithUut drink. his eyes fixed. his mind
IrninE OF the one idea to find Toinette.
@hC WaS calling him.
Crossroads did not make him halt.
windy lac wheeled into the first turn
I'iat presented itself until. halfway
trough the afternoon. a big stone trip
cd him and nc staggered and fell onto
4 II We strip OF grass at the roadside He
y there exhausted, unconscious OF the
act that he had fallen in his mind he
ds still walking, he still heard the
-egular crunch, crunch Of his feet.
II was q labOrer returning from the
|clds who found him lying there and
layed the good Samaritan.
Then, without a word, he started
liking again straight into tne sunset.
..ut the extraordinary dazedn,sss which
a logged his brain up TO that moment
tied like a mist and for the first time
..- remembered the others who had been
urhcd by the ripples made by the
~ one which he had cast into the pool.
-DinetteS father Her uncle the able
ntuette had left no word they could
row nothing Of what had happened ::
0l!y that she was dead. He owed il to
TOuette TO tell them. They must know.
, was their right He .cOuld not Join
er until he had confessed.
EYerard silivcred as he walked. 1t
as impossible 10 confess. 1t vas ask
& too much Of any man. lie could
~ face them and say what he had
bic months already. Was not that
.Ough2 No He must confess. Tel
-tte asked il Of him. His soul cravcd
nCtuary, and without confession it
UUld be denied. He must do ii. Hip
.,lyte Guerchard, her father? or the
Jb" her uncle? Which? He re.nenl-
cred the huge, sobbing father whose
myers worked in the bedciOthes, who
sd looked up at him in dumb agony
hen he had entered the little white
tedrOUm in which were The crIcIfix ard
ne girl whom he had killed. How
,'uld he 90 and tell that man that ne
IS the cause Of the tragedy. The able,
rem Yes. il must be the big priest.
FaOse searching gray eyes which looked
.e through and through would be hard
O.. face. The ordeal would be terrible.
ut il was for Toinette's sake. and for
cr he would do anything, everything.
AS he dragged one foot after the 9th
le began to think out the way in
Ii6h he could do il. He pictured him
IL at the priests door, wondered how
would be received. thought Of be
innings Of sentences. cast them aside,
.cCioed that he would tell no one after
H. But all the while the knowledge
Iat he must tell grew and increased
% his mind until it was as strong as
is determination to find Toincste.
A. last. when the final afterglow of
he sun had disappeared and the stars
eSan TO come out, he found himself in
ai2ht OF the village, saw the fort
s.h4NsN4AiE w Jul VI INC NStltI. anu BllLS
.otted here and there In the cottages.
ie passed his hand over his forehead
18th cry of thanlZfulneSs II was
though he had beer walking for
yer and ever, in a nightmare and al
est felt the first strings of wake
illness and release The village street
as empty and dark as he vent Up.
iCre and there the blackness was clI;
y lights from an open door, low
ct window. The entrance to the cafe.
Then. suddenly from nowhere had
'~ome that girl whom he recognized as
ne !mpish girl who had caddied for
lrm before-the thing happened.
You are going 20 play golf with
Toinette again among the sand dunes?''
A surge OF anger went through him
'Oinette Was dead. How could he play
rolf with her? Could this girl know?
Was she tauHtinE him with it? He
aised his hand 10 strike her, and like
n tsntalizins impish spirit she dis
appeared again into the darkness,
leaving only moeAng laugh. Play