Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-16

within these four wallis" said he
and his face was very white.
rs that your sentence"
Call it that If you like. Therese.
do you mean that / am not t
put foot outside of these premises? ?
she asked, wide-eyed. He nodded hi'
head. my keepers? Who are they
to be? The old men of the sea-"
"Your keeper will be the thing yor
call Love-" said he.
do you expect me to submit t.
this"
He held up his hand. II expect you
to remain here until l return, Therese
I did not intend to impose this condi
ton upon you by word of mouth.
was going away without a word. bu
you would have received from Mr.
Dawes a sealed envelope as soon a!
the ship sailed. 1t contains this yer
dict in writing. He will hand it to you
of course, but now that you know thu
contents 1t will not be necessary to-
And when you do come back an
l to hope for something more thar
your pardon and a released" she cried
with fine irony in her voice.
81 will not promise anything" sale
he, slowly.
She drew a long breath and their
was the light of triumph in her eyes
Laying her slim hand on his arm. sh'
said: 81 am content, James. am SURF
of you now. You will find me herr
when you choose to come back. be Il
in one year or twenty. Now go. my
man! They are waiting for you. b
kind to them, poor souls, and tell then
all that you have just told me. y vii
make them happy. They love me. YOU
see."
"Yes, they do love you." said he. put
ting his hands upon her shoulders
They smiled into each others eyes
"Good-by. Therese. l will return"
'Good-by. James. No. do not kisi
me. 1t would be mockery. Good luci
and-God speed you home again.
Their hands met in a warm, firm clasp
Il will 60 with you as far as the dool
Of my prison."
From the open door she smiled out
upon the young people in the motor
and waved her handkerchief In gay
farewell. Then she closed the door
and walked slowly down the hallway
to the big library. She was alone in
the house save for the servants. The
old men had preceded the voyagers to
the pier. Standing in the center OF
the room, she surveyed this particular
cell in her prison with a sort of calm
disdain.
He has taken the only way to con.
quer himself" she unused, half aloud
He is a wise mana very wise man
might have expected this Of him. .
She pulled the bell cord. and Jones,
who had just re-entered the house,
came at once to the room.
Yes. madam"
When Mr.. Dawes and Mr.. Riggs re-
turn from the ship. tell them that
shall expect them to have luncheon
with me. That's all. thank YOU"
Eyes, madam"
by the way, Jones. you may always
set the table for three"
Jones blinked. 1t was q most un-
usual order. He had been trying to
screw up his courage to inquire what
his mistress plans were for the i'm.
mediate future-whether she intended
to travel. should he dismiss the serv.
ants, would she spend the heated term
in the mountains. etc.. etc. He, a.
well as the rest of the servants. won.
dered why the masters wife had been
left behind. Her instructions. there
fore, to lay three places at the table
took him completely by surprise
Knocked the breath out of him." a
he expressed 1t to the cook q few min.
utes later. She had never been known
to take a meal with the garrulous old
men. They bored her to distraction,
according to Celeste. And now he was
to lay places for them-always! II
was most extr'ordernary!
A cold, blustery night in January.
six months after the beginning OF
Yvonne's voluntary servitude in the
prison to which her husband had com.
mitted her. In the big library. before
a roaring fire sat the two old men,
very much as they had sat on the De
cember night that heralded the ap
proach Of the new mistress of the
house of Brood. except that on this
occasion they were eminently sober
On the corner of the table lay long
yellow envelope .cablegram ad
dressed to Mrs. James Brood.
Its been here for two hours and
she don't even think of opening 1t to
see what's inside" complained Mr.
Riggs, but entirely without reproach
Its her business, joe" said Mr.
Dawes. pulling hard at his cigar.
Maybe some ones dead" said Mr.
Riggs, dolorously.
Like as not" said his friend, but
what of it,"
what Of II, you infernal-but. ex
cuse me. Danbury, I won't say II. IT.
against the rules, God bless 'em. But
will say that II anybody else had
asked that question I'd say he was q
blithering. unnatural fool. II any
body's dead. she ought to know It."
But supposing nobody IL dead,
protested Mr.. Dawes.
There's no use arguing with you
She'll read 1t when she gets good