The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-08-10

CHAPTER xii-contlnued.
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"What have you saidY' he wills
pered. La Casa-in the Grenadines
You are Louise L'Estrange7 You
are the child Of the refugees from
Martiniquer'
Monsieur she answered wonder
ingly: Surely How could you
known" And then she stepped nearer
with a cry that rang: Monsieur de
Almonasteri"
He took her hands, and. bowling,
kissed her fnger-tips. A great light
was In his eyes-the glitter Of an In
credible triumph. The girl flushed,
and her own glance went from one
gentleman TO the other.
The elder was In rapt surprise. He
took snuff gravely from a golden trim
ket of a box; and then regarded them
with the air of one who knew every
thing, had planned everything. and
was but merely watching the consum-
nation of his desires.
Louise Lestron cried out joyfully
again, coming closer to the younger
gentleman. There was In 1t a swift
relief, as If she hurried to his pro-
lection. The gamester had said he
loved her +. that he would claim
Monsieur de Almonaster, who be-
friended me eight years ago after the
blacks massacred my family, de-
stroyed u estateI"
'The very same. l went to Paris.
I visited Quebec after my
three years at st. Cyr. I searched in
the Indies ports-I sought word of
little Mademoiselle LEstrange, the
orphaned giJ of the slaves revolt"
There was hardly need to guess at
the reason for his search. The girl
turned aside. The Captain Sazarac
bent upon the younger man a look Of
odd remembrance.
my name was changed a trlfle-
Anglicized, Monsieur, by the family Of
Colonel Carr. l am his ward" She
hesitated and turned to the commander
of the Seraphine. you came to me
at the hour of my deep despair, Mon
sieur. The night at the HOTEL broke
with Carr's i~ntrigues from that mo-
ment. And then-well, l knew too
much for his safety. A ~discredited
adventurer, his commission already re-
called by his majesty's government,
plotting with the indictments of the
Northwest and with the Spaniards
across the Sabine against Louisiana.
The conspirators seized me, hurried
me upon the Genaron lest l disclose
the truth to Mr.. Langhorne, my ma
tion's consul at New Orleans. Carr
is in the pay of the Spanish king-an
agent of tlse Holy Alliance that wishes
to embroil England and America again
In var lest the United States grow
too powerful in the West"
~ guessed as much" said Captain
Sazarac absently, taking his snuff
again. "Even before that night at the
hotel, MademoiselleE"
"That night" queried Raoul. at
has been a mystery-you did not chal-
lenge Colonel Carr, as all the town ex-
pected. From that night, there was a
change In you. Monsieur S~azaracl"
Monsieur Sazarac shrugged. Louise
Lestron's glance upon him seemed to
appeal to whatever chivalry there
could be in a gamester Of the packets.
Suddenly Raoul swept about impet-
uously and addressed the elder man.
Monsieur! Do you recall the din
ner at my co~untry-seat? A confidence
/ made to youl A memory-a child
a lovely child-burned in the memory
Of a dreamer-schoolboy Paris-all
the world could not make him forget?'
The other bowed. His faint smile
came; the nonchalant voice flowed
smoothly on: Il am twice honored.
am twice the chosen confidant. Mon
Sazarac brings, with a sweep
either hand, two charming stories
out of the thin air. He understands
everything-does Monsieur Sazarac.
He will now be the second Jester Of
the Seraphine."
"Jean" The young man started to
him in hurt grief.
II beg you" The masters bronzed
hand uplifted.
"Ah, Sazarac!" Raoul placed his
ingers on the gold braid Of the others
De Almonaster seemed stunned
~ some resurging revelation that he
forgotten. He placed his arm
quite about the others shoulder.
81 will not speak," the flushed youth
whispered. II am In honor not to
peak. Monsieur. can you understand
ne?" Add he whispered even lower
% that no accent might come to her
wondering ears. you are Sazarac, a
gentleman who sails the Seraphine.
vou have stirred her deeply with sons
MYSTERY of, Won Monsieur
she shall follow her heart
nto that mystery OF not-as she
hooses."
The two gentlemen parted silently.
"Under what flag. Messieurs, IS this
The two gentlemen looked oddly at !
ach other. :
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