The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-25


ence The challenge rang on the
air;
Who goes there
/ lie never heard t.
Halt. or tire'"
Another figure came out OF the
shadow. and stood between him
and the sentinel. II was Chateau.
roy,
1T is one OF my men" said the
chief Leave inc Ia deal with
! him
The guard saluted. and resumed
his beat
Why did YOU refuse the word,
sir2"
u did not hear
And why did YOU not hear"
There was no reply
why are you absent from your
squadron"
There was no reply stu
Chateauroy teeth ground out a
furious oath
why are you here. and where
have YOU becn7" he demanded. once
more.
Il viii not say
4 can have you thrashed like "a
dog for that answer. and | Will.
Hut first listen here. beau sire ]
know as well as though YOU had
confessed To me. Your silence can
not shelter your great mistress
shame. SO Nine. yotrc prineesse
Is 40 cold To her equals. only 20
take her midnight intrigues like a
camp courteean
Cccils face changed terribly AS
the vile words were spoken. With
the light and rapid spring OF n
leopard. he reached tho side OF his
commander.
You lie And you know that YOU
| lie"
And as he spoke. he smote the
lips that had hlasphemcd against
her.
II was broken asunder at last
all the bitter patience. all the calm
and rcsoiute endurance. thru II
long years.
Chateauroy drew his pistol, Cecil
knew that the laws OF active serv'
ice would hold him bu, Justly dealt
with II the shot laid him dead in
that instant
Chateauroy did not fire lie sig
nailed 10 the soldiers ~ the guard
Arrest him" he said simply.
Cigarette leaned out OF her little
oval easement. She who never had
wasted moment in rcvcrie. was
letting time drift away In purpose.
less thought For the first time
also. happiness was not with her.
The touch OF birds wing brush.
ing her hair reused her. II was a
carrier-pigeon. one o. the many
she fed al that easement. and sent
with messages for the soldiers, She
had forgotten she had left the bird
at the encampment.
She saw that there was a letter
beneath ono wing She unloosed
IL. and looked at Il without being
able TO tell its meaning. she could
not read. She gave the pigeon
water and grain. then made her
way down into the passage below.
She found an old French cobbler
sitting at stall. he was her Gus
tomary reader and scribe IN this
quarter. She touched him with
the paper. bon Matthew wilt
thou read this TO me-"
1T Is for thee. Little One. and
| signed Petit Pot.de.terrc
Cigarette nodded listl.ssiy.
'Tis a good lad. and a scholar. g
she answered absently. Read on,
And he read aloud
There 10 ~ news. send
| the bird on a chance 10 find
thee. Victor struck the Black
/ Hswk--a light blow. He has
been tried. and Is 20 be shot,
There Is no appeal to the Con
sell de Revision. thought you
should know about this"
Shot" she said vacantly. -
Shot
The old man rose hurricdly.
/ Child Thou lookest so strange
~ Dost thou love this doomed sol
dicr7"
Cigarette laughed laugh whose
echo thrilled horribly through the
lonely Moresco courtway.
Love- Love-"
She was still moment: her
white. parched mouth quivering
Then she crushed the letter in one
hand. and flew across the city to
I the quay.
I Once only In her hendlong career
I through the throngs she paused II
/ was az one face. on which the strong
light of the noontlde poured. came
/ before her. She wheeled out of her
route, and stopped before the man
who had thus arrested her. lie
was leaning idly over the stall OF a
Turkish bazaar. and her hand
/ grasped his arm before he saw her.
You have his facet she nut.
tered. What are YOU to him."
| He made no answer: he was too
amazed
You are OF hts race" she per.
sisted. You are brethren by your
look. What are you to hlm?"
To whom
To the man who calls himself
Louis Victor? Chasseur OF my
army
He grew pale and murmured an
| incoherent denial
BE still--fool," she muttered.
You are OF his people: you have
his eyes. and his look. and his
features. He disowns you. or you
him. No matter which. He ia OF
your blood; and he lies under sen.
tence OF death DO you know
that"
With a stired cry the other re.
coiled from her.
DO not lie to me" she said
CURLY. II ayall7 you nothing
Read that"