Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1915-02-26

"Mademoisclle," l interrupted swift
ly, II ask nothing. All I seek Ia the
opportunity Of service. There IL no
truth / am going TO deny. TO prove
Il l will say thls-you have remained
In my memory since the first hour we
met. l desire your trust, your friend.
ship: whatever you may tell me Will
be held sacred, ~inviolate. | will serve
you though you speak no word. give
no explanation. beg the privilege"
/ thought she would never speak,
standing there before me In the dim
light, swaylng slightly. her bosom ris.
ing and falling with quick breathing. A
great sympathy welled up In my heart,
and all unconsclously. | extended my
hands. She must have seen them, but
she made no response, but the glitter
OF unshed tears wal In her eyes.
what Ia the use OF II talking like
this 2" she said i%mpetuously. at Is as
though we exchanged compliments In
Montreal. Instead we are In the will
derness. with danger all about us. You
are what you are, monsieur. and am
n woman OF tho Wyandots. Let all
elise pass; | care nothing whether your
thoughts OF mo be good or evil. ! am
what I am; what birth and conditions
have made me. All | appeal to In you
is whatever OF manhood you may still
retain. tell you my story, because
you swear you know II not; then lis
ten, and you shall. No, do not move,
but hear me; ! would not do this with
out reason"
She glanced aside ut Schultz, and
then into the red cmbers OF the fire,
her eyes coming slowly back to rest
on my face.
IL am Rene D'Auvray. and my father
lies dead there In the next oom. lie
was all | had In tho world. yet | knew
little enough OF him. He spoke seldom
OF his past life ever TO me. still, |
have much reason to believe that In
his younger days he was intimate at
the French court. ! know he was a
soldier, an officer OF the kings guard.
decorated for bravery. He never told
me why he was exiled to this liant
buried In the far wilderness, made a
companion OF savagea. never asked,
although my heart ached to do so, for
he was not a man to be questioned
lightly, and | early learned that the
very thought brought him pain. But |
know this, for | saw a letter once, n
yellow, creased letter. which ] think
he ~purposely mlslaid hoping I would
see. lie wanted me TO know, yet had
not the heart to tell mo. II was from
a French comrade in arms. and there
was q crest on the paper, aud n great
name signed. | wept as | read. for
the writer loved the man to whom he
told tho story, and the words came
warm from his heart. Whatever else
you may know OF VI. Monsieur 10
seph Hayward. you have never known
this. II was because OF a lady my Ia.
ther loved. q relative OF the king. For
her cake he fought the Prince de MIL
lier, and killed him In the royal gar
den. II vas q fair fight, but the kine
saw II not SO, for H. di|sarranged his
plano, and my father had TO flee
France to save his own life. Then was
he prescribed. a price set upon his
head"
She paused. and sank Into n chair
bowling her face upon the table.
stood silent, unable to speak. Ia,
sound OF her voice still IN my ears
/ She looked up again. dashing her han,
across her eyes.
, 81 must be far more French thar
) Indian TO become 81 weak" she ex
+ plained. ashamed OF the emotion. u
Ia the memory OF him lying yonder
r monsieur. with no word-no last wor,
for me. So II was he came to Amer
[ lea, but they would not let him res
| In either Quebec or Montreal. The.
q drove him forth into the woods. int
r the camps OF Indians. lie told m
once about those days; OF how h
a traversed the black waters Of the Ottf
o wa and met hardships on the Erea
q lakes, his companions voyageurs an
courlers des bois, his only means Q
support the furs he could send bac
10 Montreal. But he might not vel
q ture there himself, but was doome
forever to a life beyond civilization
A His associations would have brutalizc
n him, made him a III denlzen OF thos
I wllds, turned him also into n savagl
but for one thing-he vas a ferveI
Catholic. II was this which kept hi
IL ever gentle, sweet and strong. l.
d possessed tho passion TO save Boult
he became an evangel TO the Indiar
among whom he lived. lie was
ID Macklnac and Green Bay; he told n
10 Pottawattomies OF Christ, but the
cast him out; he Travelled TO the "
/" lagos OF the Illinois, but the Jesul
"a were already there, and gave him I