The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1915-08-05
CHAPTER xxIv-contInusd.

AT night as he lay in his bed In his
'ent' fremont and Hammet Abou
cooled his temples with water from
me earthen bottles. where the sweet
'oze stood out humid and refreshine
'n the damp clay. They gave him acid
ina cooling drinks. and now and then
sabron would smile on fremont, call
ng him petit frere," and fremont
heard the words with moisture in his
ayes, remembering what he had said
% the Marquise d'Esclignac about be-
ng Sabron's brother Once or twice
me soldier murmured a woman's
aame, but fremont could not catch II.
Ind once he said to the duke:
"singI Singh"
Inc frencnman obeyed docilely,
aumming In an agreeable barytone the
'natches OF song he could remember.
La File de Madame Angot," I'll Tro-
Vatore;" running them into more mod
srn opera, La Veuve Joyeuse." But
me lines creased In Sabron's forehead
indicated that the singer had not vet
ound the music which haunted the
'ioAhohy VI the SICK man.
S1ng!' he would repeat. fixing his
hollow eyes on his companion. and
fremont complied faithfully. Finally
ais own thoughts going back to early
lays, he hummed tunes that ha and
little girl had sung at their
James In the allees OF an old chateau
n the valley Of the Indre.
"Sonnez les matines
D1ng-din-don,"
nd other children's melodies
In those nights, on that desolata
ray alone, In travelling tent. at the ,
ioe OF man he scarcely knew. Rob
~ de fremont learned serious Loo
ons. He had been soldier bimsalf
ut his life had been an inconseonent
ne. he had lived as he liked, behind
I'm always the bitterness of an early
eception. But he had been too young
preak his heart at seventeen. He
al lived through much since the dav
Is father exiled him to Africa
Therese had become a dream
iemory around which he did not al.
avs let his thoughts linger. when
nad seen her again after her hus-
and's death and found her free. he
as already absorbed In the worldly
lie OF an ambitious young man. He
ad not known how much he loved bsr
nth In the Villa des BougainvtlIeos
had seen and contrasted her with /
llia Redmond.
All the charm for him of the past q
eturned. and he realized that as s
oney goes. he was poor-she was 1
oorer. was
Inc dif,culties OF the marriage made Il
IN all the more secure In his deter t
nation that nothing should separata p
m again from this woman.
BY Sabron's bed he hummed b,s II
tie Insignificant tunes. and his heart
nged Tor the woman. When once or n
nee on the return journey they had 3
en threatened by the engulfine sand a.
orm he had prayed not to die before cl
could again clasp her In his arms Ell
sweet. tantalizing. exquisite with u
passion OF young love, there came ~
MIN the memories of the MOONLIGHT
shts on the terrace OF the old Che.
'u He saw her In the pretty Girl
dresses of long ago. the melan.
oily droop Of her quivering mouth
bare young arms. and smelled the he
GRANGE Of her hair as he Kissed oil
r SO humming his soothing melo- he
s to the sick man. with his voice wi
tened by his memories, he sootbed MI
bron. Aeu nv
'abron closed his eyes, the crease. fire.
his forehead disappeared as tbouvh
shed away by tender hand psr sid
% the sleep was due to the fac, an
t. unconsciously. fremont slinnsd ere
humming a tune which Miss Pa wa
nd had sung in the Villa des Ron the
nvilieas, and OF whose Enelfsh me
DIS De fremont was quite ignorant DIRE
WIN he last until Algiers, Hammet PIT
,u7" Inst bee
What win be will be. monsieur,- !.
u replied.
he must" De fremont answsrsa Ane
,ely. He shall" pau
Q became serious and med,tat,v