The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-08-31

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ION the Hornet" repeated Captain
Sazarac quietly.
Raoul stopped with remembrance
Of Sazarac shadowing his exuberance.
"Ah, yes see," he went on slowly.
Nom de Dieul II would be the same
for you-the Seraphine following In
the wake Of the Hornet to New Or
leansl Monsieur Sazarac- All,
welll" He shrugged helplessly; 81
cannot think what to do for Monsieur
Sazaraci"
The girl could not understand, Of
course Monsieur Sazarac bowed with
some satire.
This phantom-Sazarac How 1t
haunts your happiness. Monsieur de
Almonaster Dispel II with a word J
A gesture !"
The younger man came to him with
a gesture. indeed. but of some humble
grief. II have stood aside. have
spoken no word Of love to her =.
l have held my honor. The look In
her eyes l have seen-that is for you
today, If / cannot win 1t fairlyI'
There" murmured Sazarac. "See7
She is looking into the cabin-curious-
lyi Eth, womanl Fascinated by
mystery-this or that ghost. Come,
be the man. RaoulI Call the lieuten-
ants guard. / am Jean Lafittep
"This sword of mine would be at the
throat of any man who breathed that
name upon this ship. That is my
honor still-Sazarac."
"Comel Name of the devil The
lieutenant is fidgeting-he must be
back to report this matter. Why,
what is the matter with your growled
Sazarac impatiently. take what Is
in your graspl The happiness that is
In your power-selze 1t, Monsieur
Honor?1bahi Go down in the en-
peror's stateroom -. ask the Jest
er He would roar the truth of us all
to Heaven 1t appears that he has
protected the good name of Sazarac
long enough, and has tired of it. He
has, in fact now called on me to be
an honest man. 1t must be Lafftte,
the outlaw, who has the lady's fancy
not chivalrous Sazarac. And the
jester rules, Monsieur-he has come
to command at lastp'
Monsieur De Almonaster appeared
not to understand the others laughter
which must conceal SO much of pain
Jarvis must not see her then" he
muttered. There would be no sense
to that I"
Sazarac took the young mans I'M
wounded arm and turned him firmly
toward the Hornet lying up In the
wind astern. "Come-I, too, am
ghost. Sazarac is a ghost-he never
did exist" And then the old somber
look of LATTE, the fugitive, came to
his eyes: 81 tell you, Raoul, If we had
not just learned that Bonaparte was
dead, l would have tried-for a last
desperate venture of the last man of
my Infamous lotto seize Napoleon.
To be at sea To be under the sky
again on good shipl At the end
too late-your dream grappled mel
Monsieur, you see everything else is
gone for me-" he added. 81 depart
from the stage. Jarvis would tell yor
so with his hooking. All, God. l envy
the dead men up there forward"
You love her, then" muttered De
Almonaster, that is plain"
TOO well to have her see me swing
in air at the end. OF course that will
be the end" he said composedly:
"and she will know played role for
her merely. l could not be Sazarac
more than could John Jarvis"
you give her up because there is no
more to do-for Sazarac," returned the
other slowly. "Ah, yesl 1 am sorry,
Monsieur am unfair after all, at the
end"
And then he suddenly seized the ad-
yenturer's bronzed hands. "See, herel
Your life? The Seraphine will save your
lifel / give her to you. Monsieur
The crew of shlpwrecked mariners
why, In some obscure port Of the In
dies you can refit and be off before you
are identified"
The older man put back the IRON
gray wisp that had come to his black
hair above the temples. BE Off
Monsieur I"
(TO BE CONTINUED)