The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-23

he would have felt under no obligation TO
assume the penalty for Auguste's act.
For Augustes part, this old man Of the
seat stood with his shoulders hunched and
his corded neck sur into his collar several
sizes zoo large IN an attitude suggestive Of
an osprey in captivity, and there was the
same bleak glare in bright, glittering ewes
he seemed then about to speak, his thyroid
carriages working up and down.
buI Jacques evidently sensing this,
turned on him and said: "This faithful
servant should now be examined. AS for
monsieur RaOul, 1t is not necessary to do
more q compliment him on his devotion.
MS courage, and his ingenuity. He is a
most admirable liar. There is a bright
place In the sun for such. Without the
CONFESSION OF the real SLAYER Of Miguel il
would be impossible to break dow the
LaDricatlOn Of RaOuL. But with the per-
mission OF those present, I should like to
look INFO the mind Z Augusta"
rms naturally was accorded. Auguste
seated himself with a gesture Of resigna-
uOn' as II TO say, The game is up. A man
In a slightly different pitch, almost q
IuClng one Jacques began to interpret the
mental workings Of the old seadOg who on
" from middle life had given up the sea to
serve the seignOr Of the place.
Like most individuals Of direct and sim
Ble mental processes, the mind Of Auguste
reads like a child's primer. On that fate
full morning he left the count and Started
for the path in a passion Of rage that caus-
ed MIN, as we say, graphically in America,
to see red The swirling mists Of rage that
sent the blood to his head ObScured his
vision and, no doubt, likewise affected his
lOcOmOtiOn. His step, already shuffling-
spasttc, as the doctors say-Was unsteady
1t made his descent Of the rough path in
secure, so that a little way down., he stop
ped and sat on a rock to get himself in
hand.
cit was then that fate decreed the com.
ing Of Miguel. Perhaps that ill-starred
young man had overheard the passage be-
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had been reported to him by one OF hi;
sinking spies. 1t is even possible thai
Miguel hurried to Overtake Auguste Il
chastise him.
A any rate, he demanded to know
| AuguSteS errand. The butler told hin
Miguel, an athlete, was not the sort t
brook such defiance, least Of all from a ser
want whom he must have known detesteC
MIN. But in this case, he had reckOnet
without his host, Auguste's unsteady gal
was by no means due to the infirmity o.
age or sentle incOrdinatiOn, but the roll
ing gait Of sailors for years accustomed t.
the swinging deck. AND 1t does not neet
) a mind reader to perceive the absurdity o
what he depOsed to account for the lOnl
time taken by him to go down the path
that he sometimes suffered from heigh
vertigo and was obliged to pause to clea
t his head. Would an individual who hat
. passed his bOyhOOd in the tall spire Of tn
= Penmarch lighthouse, then in later year
? gone on lookout in the crows nest of
o. VAN NAA6 tNA4AGA 44AA Ouk OA the y uAu
p to reef and furl in an arctic blizzard, hav
suffered from giddiness Of altitude? AbOu
as much as a sea eagle or gull.
= 1.-THE mind Of Auguste tells me he vel
< coined the attack Of this young man WHOM
he hated with the fierce joy that he nigh
I one time have felt at hurting his harpOOI
e into a carging whale or dropping his blub
Der spade into the soft head Of a sharI
s tearing at the leViathans' carcass close t.
where the whaler stands upon it.
"And Miguel, not counting on a fierc
= and savage defense that had beneath it
long score Of brutalities practiced on thi
o old mans beloved young mistress, was tax
en- off his guard. The mind Of Auguste i
= ing with savage memories Of this and Othe
S cOmbats, some Of them imaginary, that Z
. sWirlS with blood. The pool is muddled 70
o the moment, so that it is impossible for m
j to read with precision. Also, it is NOR
Q complex because not very clear even to him
{ self. He was borne along on a rush 0
S passion, q righteous rage. But this fun
S damental fact is clear; that he acted pr
Il marily in self-defense. He was convince
t that he was fighting for his life; that if b
8 didn't make way with Miguel, then MiguC
a most certainly would make way with hin
"And Auguste ~triumLhed. Whethe
e knitted or struck with a fragment Of rOcl
e or merely seized by hands tOughened {
the grip Of harpOOns and oar and thrus
p along by muscles t~Oughened by the tug an
kick Of wheel and tiller, Miguel was hurle
Ie over the cliff and down beneath. III
n breakers gathered him."
Jacques paused, let fall his hands, leane
lie back, and asked gently, Have / read YOU
mind aright2"
IS A sort Of palsy seized Auguste. He noe