Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-03-02

"Ill XIII You!" Painted ssptiste.
and waited. Her hand, which had
rested upon his arm, remained there.
| But whereas it had been a living,
warm part of her, it now felt cold and
| heavy, and lifeless..
! Then out of the crowd burst Jean
Baptiste, screaming. He ran toward
| Hilary knife was flashing in his
| hand. His onset was so swift that it
took Hilary and Madeleine completely
! by surprise. AS the little man closed
with him Hilary just managed to
| grasp his arm.
"Ill Kill you!" painted Baptiste. and
| the breath whistied through his throat
as if the force of his passion had con-
/ stricted it tC pipes dimension. 1T
| is She and YOU took her from her
| home last night. l sought for her; l
| was waiting and watchful; | did not
/ sleep. | swore you should die"
/ He fought for freedom of the stab
bling arm like man possessed of q
| thousand devils He worked the hand
| free ana it weni Ir end down, the
| long knife flashing and srI,irg into
Hilary's coat. And Made cine did Int
| utter I; word.
She r'atched the struggle like a
woman in q dream. Twice Hilary felt
the point of the knife as it drove
| through the air and slashed to the end
of Baptiste's reach. Then the crowd
| closed about them.
But EaptiSte fought like devil He
| hurled the lumbermen aside; three
times he fought out of their grasp
and made for Hilary, who, Mortified
and still uncertain, made no attempt
| to escape or strike. Each time he
/ caught the knife hand by Il miracle of
! luck, and all The time he fought Bap-
| tiste never ceased shouting
Let me get at him." he painted. 81
watched them. | waited. l did not
| sleep. He took her last night TO the
island. swore to kill him. Let me
/ so! Let me gO''
/ His voice rang high above the
| Silrieks of the frightened girls and the
/ shouts of the men. They had closed
/ about him now. but for the fourth
I time he broke through and made for
/ Hilary, the knife hold low now, ready
/ for the ripping upward stroke. Hilary
/ grasped at his arm again and missed.
/ The knife flashed back-and then in
I an instant Madeleine stood where Bap-
/ tiste had been, and the blood dripped
| from her sleeve. And still! she Fad
1 not uttered SOUND.
I They had got Baptiste down now,
still fighting like wild beast. They
/ were holding him, one man to each
/ limb, and his body wrthed and curses
I broke from his lips. And Madeleine
+ stood before Hilary, quiet and calm
and silent
He sprang toward her. Madeleine !"
/ He seized her arm and tore the
/ sleeve away There was cash, long,
but not deep, from which the blood
/ WAS yelling He felt beside himself
with mingled fury and fear. He began
to bind it with his handkerchief, the
/ Jelly cold arm that had been warm
/ against his shoulder. But Madeleine
/ drew herself away.
| 1T is nothing" she said. and began
/ TO walk toward the head of the wharf.
/ Her rig was waiting there, the horse
held by a boy.
Hilary walked by her side, speaking
he never remembered what it was he
Said-imploring; Madeleine said moth
Ing. Nothing nntl she reached the
carriage steT5. Drops Of blood faarked
her progress. There she paused and
looked at him. He could see aer face
now in the light of the boys lantern,
and ii was neither scornfUl nor proud,
but very hard-Iike the SeIgneur's,
Hilary thought afterward.
But all his thoughts were on the
wound. Madeleine. your arm p he
cried. catching at #.
IT is nothing" she said once more,
turning to mount the step.
Then Hilary knew what be bad not
let himself know he knew. lie caught
her hand and pressed II TO his lips.
Mareleine :" he cried. "You do not
do not-sureIy you are not going TO
condemn me when +"
She placed her foot on the step.
Il told you nothing but your faith
lesSness could kill my love-" she said
in whisper. And, in a lower whis-
per. "Good-by!"
The wheels were moving before Hill
airy could grasp the scene. bring Il
home L, his consciousness. And after /
ward nc remembered that he ran be-
side TIE carriage. senselessIy calling
70 her % let him bind her arm He
must haze been half way through the i
village before his reason came back
to him.