The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-10-13
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lyon liar! You she>wolf! I would
kilt you, but 1 promise you to the man
Royce. An now there come something
that tell you. In you there is not the
blood Of Stepho la Vitte. But you
never shall know your name. You she.
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He thrust himself toward her, his
fangs cleaning in his merciless mouth,
but without fiinching she now laughed
in his face. @,'.
f"Oh, you make me 80 thankful that
am not your child. You hang his
faIher and would murder him! But he
WIN be gone; and If you kill me, it
makes no matter. And you think
win stay here and let the man come to
marry me! will,
He yeixed her, and Tony ran in to
help. She fought with the dirk, but
they wrenched it from her hand, held
her helpless, dragged her into her
room; and she lay for q time on the
floor while she heard them fastening
her In her prison. It was now dark.
She got up, went to the window and
found that heavy bars had been nailed
across It. She lighted her lamp and
with . pencil began to write note to
Drace, praying In her heart that she
might find some way to send it to him.
Little she slept and in the dawn she
was at the window, the vines all of
them gone. She heard footsteps near.
and she tried to look out to discover
who It might be. but she could gaze
neither to the right. nor the left. so
closely was she .mewed. She spoke.
lsftly, louder and then there drew the
darkened form Of a man, Batoche, an
cid .frog.hunter whom once before she
had employed. 9.. 49,
81 am here to borrow the mushkrat-
smear for the one day, for mine he was
broke: but they are still asleep" =
Come closer. good Batoche, and lis-
ten to me. Take this note to Monsieur
Drace, lat General, Bethpage's house
oplck, with no one to see you, and i
viii give you 4 diamond when you
come back" 24.
f"G,ve me the note, an I be there
sn0n." .si..$$~ T.. ~.
She gave him the note, and he has
tened away. She. stood at the door,
wondering why she had not heard her
flther stirring about. Once she
thought she heard him call Tony. A.
ter 4 long time Tony came, and she
heard them together as they went out,
Then all was silent.
Sick In mind and body, Drace made
his way back to Bethpage. He made
himself as presentable as possible be-
fore he entered the house; fortunately,
too, the attention Of Tycie and the
General was at that moment conferred
on Colonel Josh, who had stopped of
to nay them q call-and who showed
establishment when asked to walk out
to. dinner. though he yielded with as
tonishing alacrity to the pressure Of
the Generals hand upon his arm. He
was busy with helping Of late mus
tard greens and hogs jowl, when Tycie
inquired: D.. ..
s""And how Is dear Lucy?" 49,
MADAM" said Josh, II am grieved
to impart to you distresstul piece OF
news. She Is soon to be married to a,
msn named Spivan."
"Oh, I'm so sorry, Colonel JOSH"
Madam, it is a calamity. Luke
spivan!"' ..
whats the matter with hint" the
General inquired. ''Isn't broke, is hep
f"General, the man has money. But
do you know what his calling is?
shall enlighten you. sir. This fellow Is
4 dealer in oysters, the-the excres'
cence Of the sea, you might say. And
not only that, but he deals in crawf1sh
a. well, back.crawlmg crawdsh, sir.
I offered her my heart and my home.
I told her that I would devote my life
to.sher, and from week to week she
nut me on. But when this fellow
Sylvan asked her, I understand she &C
cepted him at a jump, sir. And now
I advise him to keep out Of my way"
aOysters and crawhsh, ehl" said the
General, winking at Drace. 3a,
Those were my words, General
not only oysters but crawAsh. I would
not have believed 1t If she had not as.
sured me, with her own lips, lips that
viii please pardon my nearness to
profanity" ~ I'D 81. a77ts 5sfa
Tycie's sympathy went out to old
Joah, haloed him; and with her eyes
she begged the General to drop the
subject, but 1t was sweeter to him
than any sugar ever grained in hts
mill. ae.. s.. h-r$
! After dinner they were in the par
lsrewhen they saw a vagabond equip
age stop at the gate. an old carry all
drawn by a staggering horse, driven
by 4 ragged negro. There was one
passenger in the habilaments Of Z
scarecrow, topped of with a yellow
cotton hat--enough to disguise any
man, on earth save one, and this man
was the exception.
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