The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-02-06

time to time over LIS sAooSA
went
His statement in the store must nave
created a good deal OF sensation. iof
presently two clerks. as Well as tiie
two loungers, who had gone -inslue' /
came TO the door and stared Diseh-
raging himself from among these came
tbe foreman. tall, lean. lanky New
EnoIander. whose deliberate sloucn
and typical bearing warmed Hilary
heart instantly He knew the type
knew If as only one with the New Eng
! land blood knows his own.
/ I'm Lafe Connell, at Your service
| Mr.. Askew." said the foreman, coming
mn TO Hilary and standing respectfully
! before him.
81 suppose l should have let you peo-
ple know that l was coming, salu
Hilary. :,
He wondered why LATE Conneh
whistled: he knew nothing about
Rrousseau's telephoned warning.
"I guess you'll find things upset a
LITTLE" said Connell "Mr. Morris has
been away for couple of weeks, see
ing TO his other interests, and can
exoctly do much for you till he comes
Il
Mr.. Askew. The men don't go into
/. the woods until September, and we
don't keep a large force employed on
the mill work.
.oromorrow's soon enough to start
a in" said Hilary "pm pleased to have
met you, Mr.. Connell.'
..Wait a minute" said the foreman
/ IF YOU don't mind having me. I'll &C
s. up to the hotel with YOU Maybe
$ therell be some things that you'll
> want to ask me-"
"Au right" said Hilary.
II They went together silently across
e. the shaking bridge and assembled TIT
l. hill. each quietly taking stock of tn
e other At the top, where branci
road ran off at right angles to ina
Df which crested the cliff, figure oil
III horseback appeared in the distance.
At 1t was a girl, riding side-saddle. A
the horse drew near she pulled In
III take the branch road without scatter
or ing the dust, passing within few fee
e. of Hilary. He saw that she was abou
I'd twenty years of age. or little more
C. slight. very straight upon the saddle
elt with gray-blue eyes and brown ma
ad cheeks. There was O combination
dignity and simplicity about her. Dol
al in her demeanor and in the way 81
he rode, and in her acknowledgment
dy Connelrs greeting.
ut Hilary watched her canter up IL
TX road till she had disappeared amor
lal the trees. Then he realized that
it'll had not taken his eyes off her since
lu had first seen her.
he THAT" said Lafe. "is Manuel
ad Madeleine Rosny. Her fathers WI
he they call the Seigneur."
THE owner of the Chateau? ask
red Hilary, although he knew this pt
Be fectly.
her YES, Mr.. Askew. 1 guess
on wouldn't have smiled SO pleasant
est she hid known who you was"
-er, "Why, MIR. Connell?
vas Lafe ierked his thumb vaguely abe
the horizon. proud old boy" he {
on planned. ''Family's been here nigh
a, n thousand years, 1 guess-leastwa
Of since them Frenchmen first came
OCT this continent Hated like thunder
zoo. sell out to your uncle. But l gut
he he was land poor, like the rest of the
+ho and Mamzelle Madeleine must ha
cost him mint of money finishing
o in the convent at Paris, France
ms Hilary turned this over in his m
~ as they continued their walk along
-, cliff and then down the road TO
~. hotel. The idea of any personal
80 feeling on the Seigneur's part or
that of his family had not occurred
49,. him. Though he did not expect
meet Monsieur Rosny, except posi-
In the course of his business, he '
- conscious Of feeling of regret,
and snso u -, 10 ,,,o,,Id not ad,
Tres. - 80, ,IoaSon+ r,
was - pu'
lack ne -, .ho ,ona,ord,s vife ,
hite ,sa-,,,o snnnar They
IS in a. y-,sh,.a aa,,-n with SIR
of an oiSi'