Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1920-04-09


river closes Then we shall ne to-
gether here through the winter. we
shall be happier than In the past. And
We
%The name" he cried, Selling her
by the shoulders. "TelI me nowl
walt no longerT
The old obstinate look came on her
face. Her remorse and pity instantly
died. She compressed her lips and
was silent.
"The namel Thou shalt tell me! |
should have beaten thee when thou
vast child. But shall not beat thee
now, for can compel thee TO tell me.
The name The namei"
She remained silent and utterly qui-
escent So strong had the inhibition
grown that she could not have told,
had she been willing to do SO. save
under the impulse of some overpow-
ering mental shock. And, armed by
the years, she grew calm as he grew
violent, and her mind passed under
the domination of the old habit.
He let her go and stood beside her,
pulling at his gray beard and smiling.
Marie had never seen her father smile
at such time before. And there came
| into her mind an idea which had
never seemed possible. that some day
she might yield up her secret. The
mental inhibition of lifetime was
breaking under the stress.
Dupont strobe toward the door.
stopped there, and looked back.
Il go now to the schooner" he said
i shall be aboard till we sail this eve
ming. Ii thou come 20 me before I sail
and tell me the name, l give thee his
life, one life for another"
What life? What other?" cried the
girl wildly.
He glared into her eyes, and the
look In his own was that of a man
| devil-haunted
"Dost thou think do not know" he
cried, s'of Monsieur Askew and thee,
or that Mademoiselle has broken her
betrothal with him because OF thee?"
He turned toward her with menacing
| gesture. THE name!" he Numbered
She covered under his words, and
the name now trembled upon her lips.
But before she spoke II Dupont was
gone.
He was gone, and she was alone in
the gray Of the morning, watching the
gray sea heave under q Frightening
sky, as she had watched II all her life.
And her fathers appearance in her
room seemed unreal as dream.
All day she watched him from the
cottage, busy about his ship. piling the
logs on deck All day she waited.
stunned. and incapable of action, re-
peating over and over in her mind her
fathers words, whose meaning was
unintelliglble to her. Yet st. Boniface
remained unchanged in that ruin that
had come upon her. Men laughed
noisily as they strolled from their
work at noon, children shouted at
| play; the hum of the mill was a soft
undertone accompanying the horror In
her heart. Tt seemed incredible that
| st. Boniface could know nothing, when
the whole universe was crying out
| against her.
/ 1t was late in the afternoon when
she saw two figures SLOUGH toward the
vessel. She recognized Pierre and LIE
blanc And In a moment she under
/ stood the meaning of their appearance.
Murder was being planned, against
Hilary. who had saved her. She
watched them SO on board, paralyzed
with fear.
Then the power OF action. return
Ing, shattered the paralysis OF will
TINT held her. She ran bareheaded
from the cottage. through the streets
of st. Boniface, toward the Chateau
eshn vas..& renA haIv &f,.vo. ha,. %T1o,,rl,4c
turned instinctively thither, as St
Boniface had always turned for aid
toward its Seigneur,
Madeleine, seated In her room, with
/ her memories OF her dead. heard the
door bell jangle. She went down. &c
see Marie in the hall. AT the sigh
| Of the girl feeling Of repulsion, wild
and unreasonable, stiffened her, but
| when she looked into her face. she
spoke gently.
what Is lt2" she asked.
'sMademoIselle.' stammered the girl
they are planning to kill him."
''Whom?.
Monsieur Askew. who saved me
from Pierre that day. Mademoiselle.
have only now learned what they SAY
of him and me. IL Is not true. And
they are going to murder him. ! came
to you to save him.
where is he7"
HE Is going on board tonight. Per
haps he is there now. Pierre and lie
blanc are waiting for him there"
'Walt here r. cried Madeleine.
She ran back into the Chateau. put
on her coat and hat, and took q re
volver which had lain for many years
unused In drawer Of a cabinet. She
hurried to the stable. harnessed the
horse. and brought the sleigh TO the
door. She motioned to Marie 70 enter