The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-07-30

ca-it wasn't home"
Now. sin. q her first strong emotio,
{ at the meeting was past. Lucene wa
c]onStrlin" to establishment over some
thing strange and unexpected in the
appearance" OF the man bcfor" her.
"Why. Mr.. Andrew" she said. witt
SoiiIe show of confusion over her own
tcmerity. how odd You look! What 1:
1t? Oh. yes. OF cOuIse! It's you'
tlothes. What can It mean? Tell me.
please"
At the request the smile vanished
from the face Of the Master Mind.
Patience. p%atience!" he admonished.
You shall know all about everything
presently, but not quite yet. 1t isn't
necessary now"
Then he continued:
''Tell me. instead, has our little girl
left her heart in Paris or has she
brought 1t back intact!" Though he
put the question so lightly, it was of
import to him in his scheme Of venge-
ance.
"Oh, neither the one or the other"
Lucene declared, with a mOue Of re-
sentiment against the idea. II left my
heart here. sir, when l vent away.
| You should know that, for l told you
all about my one very meager romance,
which can never come to anything. Of
course"
'Never is a long time" Andrew sug-
gcSted drily. aware of the i%ntricacies
he had set in motion by his mechanism
for the cOcrcing of destiny. $50. then.
YOU have actually remained faithful
to the old memory all this long time?"
"Docs 1t surprise YOU" She became
grave. 81 think that | have that vir-
tup-faithfulneSs," she said. hesitat-
ingly. Its only an ideal, perhaps,
but she was violently aroused by
Andrews next words:
Il fancy" he said deliberately. that
I'm going to surprise you a bit. You
shall sec him soon."
The girl sturtcd. and her eyes sought
those Of the speaker in amazed Ques-
, tioning.
ooh, Mr.. Andrew! You can't NEAL
you can't mean
EYES," the man said with quiet en-
phasis, 81 do mean just what l have
said. You shall see that ideal of yours
very soon. That l promise you, my
dear girl. Yes. you are to meet the
one that owes his life to you. yet
doesn't ever know your name. And
you are to meet him speedily too"
Luceneis eyes We're like stars now
shimmering with the gusty joy of her
heart. and her lips wreathrd to a smile
Of delight.
con, when:" she cried. "Oh. tell me
when. 1t can't be true. It's too won.
derflll to be true. Is hc-quite well!"
quite"
when they took him away in the
nmbulance," she continued pensively,
Il was sure that he must die, in spite
OF what l had tried to do for him."
And so he would have died" An,
drew aid Gravely, but for you"
IL did do the right thing. didn't I?'
she said appealingly.
"ies," Andrew agreed. you did the
only thing that could have saved him.
But tell me. If you please, how did
you ever learn to make a tourniquet?''
"Why, as to that" came the ready
reply. I'D seen pictures Of them In
those first aid things on a placard in
a train, and l studied them until | I'm.
der>tood the principle just because l
had nothing else to do at the time.
And then" a tremOr was in her voice
ut the memory. when he was thrown
from the automobile right there at my
feet almost and lay bleeding so dread
fully. then somehow l remembered"
And you never forgot him." the
man exclaimed. betrayed into open ex-
preston Of his wonder over this light.
ming welding of hearts. And you
never forgot" he repeated softly. with
a half enviOus note in his voice. "YOu
never forgot, though neither Of you
even 81 much as knew the others
name"
The suggestion in his words quick
ened the girls curiosity.
"Oh." she begged. who is he?"
Andrew regarded her quizzically.
at was a small chance, a mighty
small one that you two should ever
meet again. the little. friendless waif
Of the city and the brilliant man of
the world. Yet so it was to be. Yes:
1t was for this purpose that l took the
house here. For this same purpose l
have created a family for you, Lucene,
to take the place Of the one you lost
when you were a mere child. have
provided for you a father. a mother, a
brother. Even I have made for you a
blameless pasta past that will stand
all the scrutiny it ia ever likely to re-
ceive and more"
Nevertheless the girl. even in the
face Of these astonishing revelations.
held her chief interest on that ideal
around which had clustered the dear
est reveries of her heart through the
years. So now she made no comment.
only:
Does he remember meT'
Much more than that" Andrew as,
serted briSkly. He has tried again
and again to find you. Since my hav.
ing you in charge it has been. of