Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-02-27

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 A 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.
"Tll kill you'll" painted Baptiste, and
the breath whistled through his throat
as If the force of his passion had con-
stricted it to a pipes dimension. SIT
Fis she, and you took her from her
home last night. I sought for her;
was waiting and watchful; l did not
sleep. swore you should die"
| He fought for freedom Of the stab
bing arm like man possessed of a
| thousand devils. He worked the hand
| free, and 1t went up and down, the
long knife flashing and slicing into
/ . COdl anu 4sAdOS-CAAS ulu liOt
utter a word.
She watched the struggle like a
| woman in 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 Baptiste 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 miracle of
luck, and all the time he fought, Bap.
tiste never ceased shouting.
"Let me get at him y he painted. 81
watched them. I waited. / did not
sleep. He took her last night to the
gol Let me go"
His voice rang high above the
shrieks of the frightened girls and the
shouts of the men. They had CLOSED
! about him now, but for the fourth
time he broke through and made fol
Hilary, the knife held low now, ready
for the ripping upward stroke. Hilary
grasped at his arm again and missed
The knife flashed back-and then il
an instant Madeleine stood where Bap
tiste had been, and the blood dripped
from her sleeve. And still she ha(
, not uttered a sound.
They had got Baptiste down now
le&i Ro1 Wild hox
: were holding him, one man to eacl
I limb, and his body writhed and curses
broke from his lips. And Madelein,
! stood before Hilary, quiet and cain
and silent.
. He sprang toward her. Madeleine T
o He seized her arm and tore tn,
sleeve away. There was a cash, long
! but not deep, from which the bloot
was yelling. He felt beside himsel
7 with mingled fury and fear. He began
4 to bind it with his handkerchief, tn
icily cold arm that had been warn
l. against his shoulder. But Madelein
n drew herself away.
t sit is nothing" she said, and begal
f to walk toward the head of the wharf
Her rig was waiting there, the hors
J. held by boy.
(. Hilary walked by her side, speakin
d -he never remembered what it was b
e said-imploring Madeleine said moth
a ing. Nothing until she reached th
J. carriage step. Drops Of blood marke
J. her progress. There she paused an
looked at him. He could see her fac
| IN, fchf of ho Sc, lon +nr
3 and it was neither scornful nor proud
I but very hard-like the Seigneur's
Is Hilary thought afterward.
IS But all his thoughts were on tn
d wound. Madeleine, your armp' b
cried, catching at it.
/. "It is nothing" she said once NOR,
l. turning to mount the step.
It Then Hilary knew what he had nc
h let himself know he knew. He caugt
her hand and pressed it to his lip
N "Mareleine !" he cried. "You do not
/ do not-surely you are not going t
10 condemn me when L"
She placed her foot on the step.
e. 81 told you nothing but your faitl
e. lessness could kill my love-" she sal
O. in a whisper. And, in lower whi
q. per, "Good-byw
r. The wheels were moving before Hi
ar ary could grasp the scene, bring
N home to his consciousness. And afte
w ward he remembered that he ran b
ry side the carriage, senselessly callir
rn to her to let him bind her arm. 3
IN must have been half way through Il
village before his reason came bae
IN to him.