Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-05
a-dark window. She cut the cord
which fastened the girls hands.

a-dark window. She cut the cords
which fastened the girls hands.
The carriage stopped. She opened
the door. Celia sprang out onto the
pavement. She sprang 80 quickly
that Adele Rossignol cadght and held
the train of her dress. But it was
the fear Of the +vitriol which had
made her spring SO nimbly. 1t was
that, too, which had made her run
so lightly and quickly into the house.
The old woman who acted as SER
want, Jeanne Tace, received her. Celia
offered no resistance. The fear of
vitriol had made her supple as a
glove. Jeanne hurried her down the
stairs into the little parlor at the back
Of the house, where supper was laid,
and pushed her into a chair. Celia
let her arms fall forward on the table.
She had no hope now.
h was friendless and alone in a
den of murderers, who meant first to
torture. then, to kill her. She would
be held up to execration as a muir
deress. No one would know how she
had died or. what she had suffered.
She was in pain, and her throat burn
ed.
! No Mercy for Her.
She buried her face in her arms and
sobbed. All her body shook with her
sobbing. Jeanne Rossignol took no
notice. She treated Celia just as the
others had done. Celia was la petite;
against whom She had no animosity,
by whom she was not to be touched
to any tenderness.
La petite had unconsciously played
her useful part in their crime. But
her use was ended now, and they
would deal with her accordingly. She
removed the girls hat and cloak and
tossed them aside.
for you" she said. And Celia, lifting
her head, said in a whisper:
"'Water!" n.
The old woman poured some from.
aug and held the glass to Celia's lips.
Thank you," whispered Celia
gratefully, and Adele came into the
room. She told the story of the night
to Jeanne, and afterwards to Hip
polyte When he Joined them.
And nothing gained!" cried the
older woman furiously. , "And 1--WE
have hardly a fve-franc piece in tn.
house."
Eyes, something" said Adele. "A
necklace good one-some good
rings, and bracelets. And we shall
ind out where the rest is hid-from
her. And she nodded at Celia.
The three people at their upper.
and, while they ate it. discussed
Celia's fate. She was lying with her
head bowed upon her arms at the
same table, within a foot Of them.
But they made no more Of her nres.
ence that II she had been an old shoe.
Only once did one Of them speak to
her.
An Awful idea.
stop YOU whimpering," said Hin
Polyt roughly: We can hardly hear
ourselves talk" h
He was for finishing with the bust
ness altogethe, tonight.
TITS a. mistake" he said, it.There,s
been ,bungle, and the sooner we are
rid OF It the better. There's a boat
at the bottom Of the garden.O
Celia listened and shuddered. He
would have no more compunction
over drowning her than he wn,,ln
have shad over drowning a blind kit
'.It'A cursed luck" he said. nRnt
we have got the necklace-that,E
something. That's our share, az voi,
seq The young spark can look tor
the rest
But Helene vauquier,s wish nra.
vailed. h was the leader. They
would keep the girl until she came ID
Geneva. !s -,
They took her upstairs into the III
bedroom overlooking the lake. AdaIe
i opened the doorsSof the closet, where
e trucaklefbed stood, and thrust the
This - my Dor she said war;.
ingly, pointing to the bedroom, "Take
q I hear no noise. You mipht
shout yourself hoarse. my pretty ona.
no one else would hear you. B,,t I
should, and afterward-we shouId "a
longer be able to call you my pretty
lone Ell ~ TSrs
And with a horrible p~layfulness sha
tpinched thes girls cheek.
Left In the Dark.
Then with old Jeanne's heip she
stripped Celia and told heH to Get In
Ito bed.
I'lI give her something 20 ks.r
her quiet said Adele. and she fetch
ed her mGphia-needle and injected
dose Into Ceiia's arm.
Then they took her clothes ayrav
and left her IN the dark1less. shs
heard the key turn In the lock. ana Z
moment after the sound OF tfa bsr.
stead being drawn across the door