The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-02-10

tHOuSut u the WISH WHICH 4 WA
about to make TO that chamber
where his happiness lay dead, over
whelmed him completely, said he tc
me- And for fact, he did seem
strangely agitated and preoccupied
as if mysterious struggle were
passing in his soul
Finally, however, he explained
to me exactly what / must do. It
was quite simple. l must secure
two packages of letters and bun
die of papers which we're shut up
in the first drawer on the right of
the desk of which had the key.
He added:
al don't need to ask you not to
look at them
II was almost wounded by this.
and ! told him a little hotly. Fl &
stammered:
Forgive me, suffer so much
"And he feel to weeping.
Il left him about one O'Clock, to
accomplish my mission.
ut was brilliant weather, and I
trotted fast across the fields, listen
ing to the songs of the larks and
the regular ring of my sabre on my
boot.
Next l entered the forest and
walked my horse. Branches of
trees caressed my face; and some
times | would catch a leaf in my
teeth, and chew it eagerly. in one
OF those ecstasies at being alive
which fill you, one knows not why,
with tumultuous and almost elu-
sive happiness. with a kind of intox-
ication of strength.
ION approaching the chateau I
looked in my pocket for the note
which l had for the gardener, and
] found to nv establishment that it /
was sealed. ! was so surprised and
irritated that l came near returning
at once, without acquitting myself
Of my Grand But l reflected that
should in that case display a sus-
ceptibility which would be in bad
taste. And, moreover, in his trou-
bic, my friend might have sealed the
note unconsciously
The manor looked as though it
lad been deserted these twenty
Tears. How the gate, which was
'pen and rotten, held up, was hard
o tell. Grass covered the walks.
lou no longer made out the borders
4 the lawn.
"At the noise which I made by
licking a shutter with my foot, an :
Id man came out of side door h
nd seemed stupefied at the sight c
leaped to the ground and deliver '
d my letter. He read it, read it y
gain, turned it round, looked at me
skance, put the paper in his peck =
t, and remarked: n
Well What do you want?' e
II answered, sharply: U
You ought to know, since you s.
ave received the orders of your
aster in that letter. I want TO u
lter the chateau II
He seemed overwhelmed. He
lid. p'
so, you are going into 81
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81 began to grow impatient ~
" 'Parbleul But do you mean to III
1t me through an examination, my OF
'od mann re
"He stammered: IN
No monsieur only dc
it has not been opened since nj
e death. II you will wait
e minutes, will go go AMI M
Il interrupted him, angrily: pc
-" Come, comet Are you playing ne
tn me? You know you can't get sp
I have the key an
HE had nothing more to say. su
g Well, monsieur. / will show ap
Il the way. I'M
Z" Show me the staircase, and
We me alone. l shall find the
I'm well enough without you
But monsieur but
This time went fairy into a sin
re-: wo
Be quiet, do you hear? Or my
! will have to reckon with me.
1 pushed him violently aside.
] penetrated into the house. me
First J crossed the kitchen,
n two little rooms inhabited by
fellow and his wife. / next "rn
sed into a great hall, | climbed
stairs, and l recognized the
r as indicated by my friend. nea
| opened it without trouble, and
cred. lois
The room was so dark that at hail
| hardly made out anything. mu.
iused, struck by that mouldy hea
lifeless ordor so peculiar to hail
rtments which are uninhabited /"
condemned, and. as you might Ions
dead. Then, little by little. mel