The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-29

/ Farnsworth in a low tone. 1T is the
best I can give you"
| Thank you" was the answer spoken
quite as if he had handed her a glass
/ Of water or picked up her handkerchief.
He held the door a moment. while she
/ stopped with her back toward him, in
/ the middle of the room; then she heard
\ him close and lock it. The air was al
most too warm after her exposure to
/ the biting wind and cold dashes of rain.
/ She cast of her outer wraps and stood
/ by the fireplace. At a glance she com
/ pretended that the place was not the
/ one she had formerly occupied as a
/ prisoner. and that it belonged TO a man.
/ A long rife stood in a corner. a bullet
pouch and powder horn hanging on a
I projecting hickory rdmrod. heavy fur
/ top coat lay across one of the chairs.
! Alice felt her situation bitterly
enough: but she was not of the stuff
that turns to water at the touch OF
misfortune. Pioneer women took hard
ships as a matter of course. and met
/ calamity with admirable fortitude
There was no wringing of hands, no
/ frantic wailing. no hollow. despairing
gI0an. While life lasted hope -four
ished. even in most tragic surroundings
and not infrequentIy succor came at the
L
/ reward of unconquerable courage. a
/ girl like Alice must be accepted in the
[ spirit OF her time and surroundings. She
was born amid experiences scarcely
/ credible now. and bred in an area and
/ an atmosphere of Incompatible dangers.
/ Meantime Farnsworth. who had given
/ Alice his own apartment. took what
I rest he could on the cold ground under
( q leaISv she'd hard by. His wound, not
yet altogether healed. was not benefited
: by the exposure.
/ In due time next morning Hamilton
/ ordered Alice brought TO his office. and
when she appeared he was smiling with
| as near an approach to affability as
/ his disposition would permit he rose
! and bowed like a courtier.
II hope you rested we'll. Afademos-
/ selle." he said IN his best French. He
| imagined that the use of her language
| would be agreeable to begin with.
The moment that Alice saw him
/ wearing that shallow veneerinE Of
/ p leasantness on his never prepossessing
/ visage. she felt q mood of perversity
come over her. She. too. smiled and
/ he smistook her expression for one Of
! reciprocal amenity. She noticed that
I her sword was on the table.
Il am sorry. Monsieur. that I cannot
/ say as much TO you" she glbly re-
sponded. II You lay upon q bed Of
/ needles the whole night through your
/ rest was better than you deserved. ny
/ own sleep was quite refreshing. thank
/ you"
/ Instantly Hamnton's choler rose. He
/ tried 70 suppress It at first. but when
/ he saw Alice actually laughing. and
/ Farnsworth twho had brought her inn
/ biting his lip IUriously TO keep from
I adding an upTOariOUs gufaw. he lost all
/ hold of himself He uuconsciousIy
picked up the rapier ana shook 10 TIL
/ its blade swished.
/ 4 might have known better than to
/ expect decency from a wench OF your
I character" he said. I hoped TO do
/ yOV a favor; but 7 see that YOU are not
I capable of accepting kindness politely
I am sure, Monsieur. that I have but
I spoken the truth plainly TO YOU. You
would not have me do otherwise.
/ hope"
Her voice. absolutely witching in its
/ softness. freshness and suavitv. helped
/ the assault of her eyes, while her dim
I pies twinkIed and her hair sh0ne. Ham
I ilton felt his heart move strangely. but
/ he could not fOrbear saying in English:
/ IF you are so devilish truthful. Miss
/ you probably viii tell me where the
/ flag is that you, stole and hid"
/ It was always the missing banner that
! came to mind when he saw her.
/ Indeed 7 viii do nothing of the
sort" she promptly reAied. When you
/ see that flag again you Will be a pris-
/ Oner and I VIII wave IL high over your
/ head"
She lifted a hand as she spoke and
made the motion of shaking a banner
Q .
/ sWeetened almost TO delight that took
/ hold OF the Briton. He liked pluck, espe-
+ cially in woman; all the more if she
I was beautiful. Yet the very fact that
/ he felt her charm falling upon him set
I him hard against her. not as Hamilton
/ the man. but as Hamilton the com
+ mander at Vtncennes.
You think to fling yourself upon me
/ as YOU have upon Captain Farnsworth. 80
/ he said, with an insulting leer and in
7 q tone of prurient innuendo I am not
/ susceptible, my dear" This more for
/ Farnsworth's benefit than to insult her.
/ albeit he was not in a mood 80 care.
You are a coward and liarl" She
/ exclaimed. her face flushing with not
/ shame You stand here" she quickly
/ added. turning ferCely upon rams
/ worth. and quietly listen to such words
You, too. are a coward If you do not
make him retract! Oh you English are
low brutes,"
Hamilton laughed: but Farnsworth
looked dark and troubled, his glance GO
ing back and forth from Alice to his
commander, as II another word would
| cause him 10 do something terrible.
| I rather think I've heard all that 1
care TO hear from you. Miss" Hamil-
ton presently said. Captain Farms
/ worth. YOU viii see that the prisoner is
confined in the proper place. which I
/ suggest to YOU. is not your sleeping
quarters. sir"
Colonel Hamilton" said Farnsworth
in husky voice, I slept on the ground
+ under shed last night IN order that
| Miss Roussillon might be somewhat
comfortable"
"Humph Well see that you do not
do it again. This girl is guilty Of har-
/ boring a spy and resisting a lawful at
tempt Of my guards to capture him.
Connne her IN the place prepared for
prisoners and see that she stays there
until 1 am ready to fix her punishment. -
There IS no place fit for a young girl
to stay in" Farnsworth ventured she
can have no comfort Or"
Take her along, sir; any place is
good enough for her so long as she be-
HAYES like a.
Very we'll" Farnsworth bIuntlv in
terrupted thus saving Alice the stroke
Of a vile comparison. Come with me.
please, Miss Roussillon"
He pulled her toward the door. then
dropped the arm he had grasped and
murmured an apology
She followed him out. holding her
head high. No one looking on would
have suspected that a sinking sensation
{ IN her heart made II difficult for har n