Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-03-05

cloak and ued very tightly 70 my
belt
"Dieu de Dieur whispered the 9th
er; and then to himself: as this the
FEVER? the brandy7 or
the secret soul OF my friendT
Monsieur Sazarac suddenly thun-
dered to recall his lieutenant's mind.
Silence! I was saying-in prece-
dencei First Monsieur Sazarac.
Then, Beluche, the admiral; Johan-
ness, the bo'sun--and then the Others
to the green water. order-you win
obey"
u viii obey, Monsieur Sazarac."
The last adventurer turned away as
II he had petition to offer. It was
hard to conceal that he desired to
keep one little thing for himself out
OF this ravishment.
See here-Corsair. The little
bracelet which you ordered must be
stolen? Is 1t needful that it go to the
bottom of the sea with you tomor-
row."
Monsieur Sazarac fixed his bright
restless eyes upon the others somber
attentive face. The flicker of a wise
ruthless smile came to him.
1T is needful. 1t is my plumber. It
washers. Name O. namesl There
can be no discussioni Pin 1t to mv
new Waistcoat-do you understand"
The last man turned away from the
emperor's bedside. He took his snuff
absently, and sat down with the air of
one who had lost the last battle.
Ihen he looked at the plumber of Mon.
Sieur Sazarac upon the emperor's pill
low.
Even the bracelet" he sighed.
What buccaneer, this Sazarac :.
and tomorrow he will be less lonely
than II"
: Monsieur Sazarac, outstretched
with some luxurious peace upon the
silkeH, imperial coverIet, appeared to
hear this whisper. He turned to see
the other man staring out the open
port at the sloop rolling in the gentle
seas.
"rhey have reached the deck"
murmured Laf1tte absently "She is in
De Almonasters arms she is
crying, or laughing, 1 cannot say
which, but she is waving a little hand
to us"
TO Sazarac-I will have that, too"
smiled the jester. my ragged heart
has always longed for tear or a
smile from a lady What riches have
at the end Here-Monsieur La
fitte-" He lifted Mademoiselle Les
irons bracelet and tossed it to the
other. "Out of the wealth of my en-
pire and my love 1 give you this
trinket as keepsake from her and
from myself. Sazarac must be gener-
GUS to the last, eh-Jean?"
"He must fail In nothing" The
adyenturer lifted the bracelet to his
lips and smiled in turn: "He must be
as she dreamed from the first. Thank
you, Monsieur Sazarac."
And the two watched the distant
figures on the Hornet They could not
know what the girl was crying out
from her lovers arms:
"Raoul The Seraphine Is not fol-
lowing usI She is sailing eastward
after all. Oh, Raoul what is the
mystery?"
1.-THE seas are wide-there are many
far secret places for Monsieur Saz-
arac," he whispered. Louise! Dear
est-and always longed for! :.
you love me! :. 4. you love mew
81 love you" She smiled out of her
tears, glad for his arm, his tenderness,
his understanding, when her eyes
turned again to the black schooner
with the gold line along the water. It
had broken out to snowy sail; it was
growing smaller, fainter, in the east,
like lily floating in the sun-wash Of
the gulf.
"In New Orleans you will know
everything" Raoul smiled, out Of his
joy. 81 will tell you everything
Of my love again! Look, dearest
r. Sazarac, a phantom fading into
the mist! !"
"Ah, but my little bracelet In the
end, perhaps / shall understand every
thing except why he stole my brace
letl'
Which was exactly the way things
fell out.
Long years afterward Madame, the
Countess de Almonaster's children
and then the children of her children
stood before a shabby little shop
which was once Pierre Masperos gam
ing-house, and looked across at the
faded facade of the gray house which
their forefather built for the exiled
emperor. They went, also, of Sum
day afternoon, among the tourists, to
the low tomb in the old st. Louis
cemetery where the city had carved q
flattering inscription from Voltaire's
"Henriade" to the memory Of an hon.
est councillor:
"The Victor of a Hundred Fights
on Sea and Land"
All, what jests may live in stonel
Madame, the countess, could relate
everything to her children, except