The Dolores star., 1920-07-16

"e ""ppier thhn In the past And
we"
The name!" he cried. Selling her
BY the shoulders. Tell m. now 7
walt no longer!"
The old obstinate look came on bor
face. Her remorse and pIty Ipst.ntIv
uied' she compressed her lips and
was silent. '
lie name! Thou shalt tell mel 7
should have beaten thee when tbou
vast child. But shall not beat thee
now. Tor ! can compel thee to tell me
The name! The namer'
She remained silent and utterly mi.
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 bv
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
al such a time before. And there came
into her mind an idea which bnd
never seemed possible. that some day
she might yield up her secret. The
mental Inhibition Of q lifetime was
breaking under the STRESS
Dupont strode toward the door,
stopped there, and looked back.
u so now to the schooner" he said.
Il shall be aboard till we sail this eve.
ming. II thou come 70 me before I sail
and tell me the name, 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 n man
devil-haunted.
"DoSt thou think do not know" he
cried, "of Monsieur Askew and thee
or that Mademoiselle has broken her
betrothal with him because of thee"
He turned toward her with a menacing
gesture. The name," he thundered
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 Frightening
sky as she had watched 1t 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
unIntelllgibe to her. Yet st. Bonlface
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 soft
undertone accompanying the horror In
her heart. 1t 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 slOuch toward the
vessel. She recognized Pierre and Le-
blanc. And in moment she under
stood the meaning Of their appearance.
Murder was being planned, against
Hilary, who had saved her. she
watched them go on board, paralyzed
with fear.
Then the power OF action. return
Ing, shattered the paralysis of VIII
that held her. She ran bareheaded
from the cottage, through the streets
of ST. Boniface, toward the Chateau.
She must get help there; her thoughts
turned instinctively thither, as 81.
Boniface had always turned for aio
toward its Seigneur.
Madeleine, seated In her room, WIN
her memories of her dead, heard the
door bell jangle. She went down, 10
see Marie in the hall. At the sight
Of the girl a feeling of repulsion, wlld
and unreasonable. stiffened her but
when she looked into her face, she
spoke gently.
what is it?" she asked.
"Mademoiselle," 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. 1t is not true. Ana
they are going to murder him. ! came
to you to save him."
"Where is he?"
"He is going on board tonight. per.
hans he is there now. Pierre ana L'e-
blanc are waiting for him there
"Wait here!" cried Madeleine.
She ran back into the Chateau. put
on her coat and hat. and took re-
yolver which had lain for many years
unused In drawer of cabinet. she
hurried to the stable, harnessed the
horse. and brought the sleigh to the
door. She motioned to Marie to enter
leaped in, and took the reins. and the
two girls started along the ro"u
through the forest. ,
II was difficult journey through
.ho dam snow Often the horse nOuh-