New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-10-27

NonsenSe! And you're flling his
head with Wild ideas. =
| "Say not. 90. Twas he and your
blessed blue eyed pirate nephew, the
cutthroat L'Olonnois, who filed my
head with wild IDEAS
"How, them
They took me prisoner on my own
i ! mean at the little place where stop
up in the country. And not till by
stern deeds had won their confidence
did they accept me as comrade and
at last as leader. as may modestly
claim to be. And do not think that
you can wheedle either of them away
! from Black Bart. LOlonnois remem-
| bers you spanked him once and has
sworn bitter vengeance"
"Why did you happen to start sail
ing down this way?" vi.
Because I learned Cal Davidson had
i started-with you" 4
"And all that way you had it in
mind to overtake usT'
Eyes, and have done SO and have
taken his ship away from him and.
for all I know, his BRIDE"
| ne Was your IrleV
II thought so. 1Snppose he never
knew that you and;1 used towel, to
know each other before I lost my mon
ey."
HE never spoke Of that"
mo difference, unless all for the bet
ter, for I shall now never give you up
to any man on earth"
"And I thought you the best product
Of our civilization-a man of educa-
ton, of breeding"
mo, not breeding, unless savagery
gives it. I'm civilized no longer.
When you stand near me and your
hair-go below, Helena! Go at onceg"
She turned, moved slowly toward the
door.
I finished calmly as I could. ITO
morrow, at II, shall give you an au-
dience here on the deck. We shall
have time. This is a wilderness. You
cannot get away, and hope no one
will find you. That is my risk. And,
oh, Helena" added suddenly, feeling
my heart soften at the pallor Of her
face-"oh, Helena, Helena. try to think
gently of me as you can, for all these
miles have followed after you and
all these years have thought Of you!
You do not know, you do not know!
It has been one long agony. Now 60.
please. I promise to keep myself as
courteous as can. You and I and
Aunt Lucinda will just have a pleas
ant voyage together until-until that
time. Try to be kind to me, Helena,
as shall try to be with you.''
Silent, unsmiling, she disappeared
beyond her cabin door, nor would she
eat dinner even in her cabin, although
Aunt Lucinda did and found the nine
ty-three was helping her neuralgia.
"Black Bart" said L'Olonnois after
breakfast as we all stood on deck
Helena, Auntie Lucinda and all
whats all them things floating around
in the water?'
"They look like bottles, leftenant,"
said I; "perha. 8 they may have foated
in here How do you suppose they
came here, Mrs. DaniverT' I asked.
"How should I know?' shifted that
lady. 3.
"Well, good leftenant, go overside,
You and Jean, and gather up all those
bottles and carry them with my COM
pliments to the ladies at their cabin.
You can have the satisfaction of throw
ing them all overheard later on, Mrs.
Daniver. Only, remember, that there
is no current in the bayou, and they
will stay where they fall for weeks.
unless for the wind"
"And where shall we be thenT' de-
manded Auntie Lucinda, who had eat
en- hearty breakfast, and must say
was looking uncommon at for one 80
afflicted with neuralgia.
"Oh, very likely here, In the same
place, my dear Mrs. Daniver," said I,
unless war should break out mean
time. At present we all seem to have
a very good modus vivendi, and as 1
have no pressing engagements can
conceive of nothing more charming
than passing the winter here In your
society,"" Saying which I bowed and
turning to Helena. at II, then. If you
please"
l had myself quite forgotten my
appointed hour Of II, feeling SO sure
that it would not be remembered, as
Of covenant. by the party Of the Sec
0nd part, so to speak, and was sitting
on the forward deck looking out over
the interesting pictures of the land
scape that lay about US. slowly turn
ed my head and saw her standing on
the afterdeck. Her football was not
audible on the rubber deck mats, and
she had not spoken. resolved as soon
as had leisure to ask some scientific
friends to explain how it was possible
that with no sound or other appeal to
any Of the sensorial nerves / could,
at distance Of seventy-five feet, be-
come conscious Of the presence of a
person no more than five feet five, who
had not spoken word and was stand
ing idly looking out over the ships
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