The Crowder City Guardian (Crowder, Oklahoma), Vol. 9, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, October 10, 1913 Page: 7 of 8
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CROWDER CITY, 0 K L A., GUARDIAN
i&eMon
by FREDERIC S. ISHAM Wn7,
AUTHOR OF" "THE iTROliEftOflDfl?TJlfROX DC.
ILLUSTRATIONS BY 7*A/ VdAffsNb
mwritmt i sos Br TH1 BOBBl3 -HfRRIU. co.
to continue. "after wftat the
chei thought—.uspected about
what be said that day at the Mount,
after what h«. the Black Seigneur, did
COPYRIGHT HO* BY THl BOBBJ -rtfRRIU. CO.
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8YNOPSI3.
Comtek* F.li**. daughter of thi govern-
or of the Mount, ha* chance encounter
wtti: a peasant boy. The "Mount." a small
rock-bound island, stood In vast bay on
the northwestern roast of p'rance. nnd
during the time of !.?Mls XVI, was a gov-
ernment stronghold. Develops that the
peaaant boy was the son of SelRneur 1 -
saurac. nobleman. Youuk O^saurac dcter-
mtnea to secure an education and become
a gentleman; sees the governor's daugh-
ter depart for Paris. Lady Kllae returns
after seven years' schooling. and enter-
tains many nobles. Her I.adyshlp dances
with stranKe fisherman, and a call to
arms Is made In an effort to capture a
mysterious I.e SelRneur Nolr He escapes.
I.adv Kllse is caught In the "Grand" tide.
The Black Seigneur rescues and takes
Iter to his retreat Kllse discovers that
her savior was the boy with the fish,
flancher. the Seigneur's servant. Is ar-
rested and brought before the governor.
Lady Ellse has Sanchez set free. Seig-
neur and a priest at the "Cockles."
CHAPTER XIII—(Continued.)
Outside, the wind, blowing sharper,
whistled about the eaves, beat at the
window and shook the blinds angrily;
far below, a steady monotone to those
other sounds, could be heard the rush
and breaking of the surf.
"Why did I cross myself that day
on the Island, when I saw her—behind
yo;j?" Sanchez's taciturnity—the
reticenoe of years—suddenly burst Its
bonds. "Because she made me think
of the former lady of the Mount—the
Governor's wife—who betrayed the
Seigneur, your father! I promised
him to keep the secret—he would
have It, for the sake of the lady; but
now—to you! Your father was
stabbed at the foot of the Mount by
the Governor!—"
"Stabbed! By him!" -
"It was given out," sourly, '"by
rogues—again to shield her!"
"But—"
"That same day he had a letter—
from her. As evening fell he walked
near the Mount—was followed by the
Governor, who sprang, struck In the
back and left him for dead! I found
him and took him home. But before
he recovered, It was reported my lady
had died—"
"How?"
"I know not; a punishment, per-
haps! She was always delicate—or
liked to be considered such—a white-
faced. pretty, smiling thing whose
beauty and treachery this other one.
the daughter, Inherits. It was the
ghost of herself looking over your
shoulder that day on the island, with
the same bright, perfidious eyes—"
"Enough!" Angrily the Black Seig-
neur brought down his hand. "1 will
hear no more!"
"Because she has caught your
fancy! Because you—"
"No more, I say! Think you I
•would not avenge your wrongs at
once, were it possible? That I would
not strike for you, on the instant? But
now? My hands are tied. Another
one who has not tasted food for many
hours. The other, for his part, showed
no immediate desire to disturb that
occupation; for some time waited; and
it was not until the servant stopped,
reached out his arm for a glass, to
drink, that the young man again
spoke.
"The palace? The plan of the
Mount? Did you notice? Tell me
something of it—how It Is laid out—"
Sanchez swallowed; set down the
glass hard. "Yes, yes! I saw much
—a great deal!" he answered with
eager zest. "Oh, I kept my eyes open,
although I seemed not to, and was
mindful of learning all I could!"
"Here!" From his pocket the young
man took a note-book; pencil. "Set it
down; everything! I know something,
already, from the old monks—the
rough diagrams in their books You
entered where? Take the pencil
and—"
The minutes passed and still San-
chez traced; seemed almost to forget
his Injuries In his interest In the la-
bor. Plan after plan was made; torn
up; one finally remained iu the hand
of the Black Seigneur.
"You think—" Anxiously the serv-
ant watched his master's face; but the
latter, straight, erect, with keen eyes
fixed, did not answer.
"You think—" again began the man
when the ancient time-piece, beating
harshly the hour, interrupted.
"Eleven o'clock! High tide!" The
Black Seigneur pushed back his chair
and rose.
"Good!" Sanchez's alacrity indi-
cated a quick comprehension of what
the movement portended.
"You—had better remain here!"
shortly.
"Me?" said the servant with a harsh
laugh. "Me?"
"Have you not had enough of my
family-—my service?" the young Seig-
neur demanded bitterly.
"Bah!" muttered the other. "The
dog that's beaten springs at the
chance to bite! You go to rescue
your comrades. I—will go with you.
"In which case, e'eath—not ven-
geance—will most likely be your re-
ward!"
"I care not!" stubbornly
A moment the Black Seigneur re-
garded him; then made a gesture.
"Well, have your way!" He lis-
tened. "The wind is In the west."
"A Utile south of west," answered
the man.
"A rough night for your boat to
have crossed!"
"Oh, I was bound to come! And
if you hadn't been here, I'd have gone
on, on—till I found you—"
The hand of the young man touched
the other's shoulder. "Come!" he
said, and threw open the door.
eating 'he corpulent figure Intrenched ' and let herself out by a private wsy.
behind a barricade of dishes and bot-1 which had onoe beer the ancient ab
ties on a small table near the fire, bof. way, to an Isolated corner of a
• has finished the little puppet play h. small ^t0 .""passage for* mn"-the Governor started-"that
is writing. • ! •, h« ftivmninK a >rivat Kulf. Itelow and you. If you car* for me at all, h«
poet'rose I had bufwiiTten curtain' aside, where d,.Ied house, clung looked at her strangely, "at least.
tered^nianT'fiags'^yet the" girl did not "As 7 told .von the other day," Ms
"Oh I ciire^^not "or your compii- pauto either to contemplate or ad accents were cold, why concern your-
menis'* slw> returned Tour Tapl- mire. Only when her glance passed self ahoutou.awsand pectus dam-
ments. s « : seaward and rested on the far-away orlng for rights!
tie'ur wUh da' k sedulous Vy". "ha. ocean's rim of iight, did she slop for "But It "**
not found it so much to his liking! ( '^erUp^ 'moved^oti "'Neither yours nor mine." he an
drank"#what' be ££d? «T now tlTfa "down £ ItUne on the swered in the same tone "Only the
,, .. - other g'.de; up winding stairs between j law s!
Wrlln7ful of heT words the young Kiant columns, hlng. at length 'Th.. law's!" sh« returned. You are
II i in old Pierre that bright and grateful opening, the the law
mR?vPu •' h, , O Throw-in* back cloister. With an unvarying air of "Its servant!" he corrected
Veil, she went on, throwing back . , , stepped forward "But—you could spare tbelr lives!
h r head "if you lose your ship, come i resolution ne si< pi , . . , ,,h more mercl-
har head, u j ' ' looke,l In; the place was empty st You could deal with them more merct
me. and—I you h,w "u |„nt gave for the tinkling of the tiny fully!"
fountain in the .-enter, ; "The law Is explicit^ In the King
"Are you looking for some one, my atone rests the power t-
I.ady?"
The voice was that of Beppo. who
other!"
Above In his chamber at the Inn,
not long thereafter, the priest, looking
out of the window, saw a line of men
tile down the narrow stairs, embark
But before word could ]
H1 down tn«* narrow aiaua, *-iiiuui«v , ...
1„ ,he small boats from the sheltered i re^tm, her from an angle In
nook where they lay. and laer. In the , 'he cloister v ;.k
light of the moon, breaking from be j "1 ' looking for his Excellency 1
tween scudding clouds and angry va- ! suppose he is -
pors, a ship that gut under way- "In the apartment, of state, my
gilded like a phantom craft from the . Lady. Hut- 1 he girl frownei
heaven und set seaward through the
foam.
CHAPTER XIV.
The Pilgrimage.
From far and near the peasants and
the people of the towns and villain .
Joined In the customary annua' •'
scent upon—or ascent to—the V i
None was too poor, few too it
to undertake the Journey. A v ■*
age, was the occasion called; h (
though certain religious ceremo.ies ^
were duly observed and entered into ,
by some with fanatical warmth, matiy j
there were, who, obliged to pay tithes, j
nourished the onerous recollection of
the enforced "ecdeglast'cal tenth' to
the exclusion of any great desire to
avail themselves of the compensating
privilege of beholding and bowing be-
fore the sacred relics. To these recal-
citrant spirits, license and a rough
sort of merrymaking became the or-
der of the hour.
Early In the morning the multitude (
began to arrive—in every manner of <
dilapidated vehicle, astride starved-
looking donkeys and bony horses, or j
j on foot. Many who had camped out
the night before, by wayside or in
j lorest, brought with them certain
i scanty provisions and a kitchen pot
I in which to boll thin soup, or some
poor makeshift mess; others came
' empty-handed, "pilgrims" out at tlie
elbow and shoeless, trusting to fortune j
for their sustenance, and looking cap- \
able even of having poached in on? of |
the wide fore3's they had traversed. ;
despite a penalty, severe and (lispro- j
portionate to the offense, for laytng i
hand on any lord's wild birds or rab
bits.
Savage men; Bodden men—good,
bad and Indifferent! Like ants thmng-
ing about the hill, they straightway
streamed to the Mount; took posses-
sion of it. or as much as lay open to J
them; for around the top, chosen
abode of the Governor, extended a
wall; grim, dark and ominous, brist-j
ling with holes which seemed to look'
blackly down; to watch, to listen and 1
to frown. Without that pretentious
line of encircling masonry, the usual j
din, accompaniment to the day and i
the presence of so many people, pre
vailed; within, reigned ollenee, a sol-
emn hush, unbroken by even a senti-
nel's tread.
"1 shall be glad when it's all over!"
Standing at the window of her cham
ber the Lady Klise had passed In
dressing to look out upon the throng 1
thousand dots upon the sand.dark
"But, but!" she said "But what?"
"Ills Excellency has left word he
was expecting a minister from Paris
—that no one else was to he admitted,
the matter was so important that he
wished no Interruptions."
She had already turned, however;
"The King
reach him—"
"Exactly!" As he spoke, the Gov-
ernor rose "And now "
"You will not hear me'"
'if there Is anything else—"
Her figure straightened. "Why do
you hate him so?" she asked passion-
ately. "You have hastened their trial,
and would carry out the semence he
fore there Is time hir Justice And the
man whom that day you ordered
whipped from Ihe Mount- after let-
ting me think hint safe! After all that
his master did for me! Why was he
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Too Much of It
"Mirth reigned last night."
"Yes, and when I got home my wlf#
stormed."
Judge Miller,
well and hearty
The Governor Hlm.elf Appeared.
Mrs. Wlo- ;od'« Soothtnir lyrap for
tt-etblpff. no(t**n« tti« gums, reduces lnrtainm*>
uufi.*iuys i>*Ln,ci.-r«a wind code.2bc botlli Mr
Ijots of easy marks huve been don#
In the name of charity.
— a ; lltiusnnu uuio u|'vu « |
moving masses in the narrow by j moved on past him without answer
• .i-i „ ... .. _ ilw, t . ~ oiilr'inna fn f It 4' "Hfllt-
nnd
lashed? Because of him he served of
of the old Seigneur before that? I
heard you ask about him—of his hav-
ing gone to America? Why did you
care about that?"
You seem to have listened to a
great deal!"
"And why did he go to America?"
ihe went on, unheeding. "Did you hate
"One moment!" The slender figure I n-.ith the hlgh-vau! ed don e of the j him. too? What for?"
turned. "1 ids fastening—" , guard-room lolled the commandant "If >nu have nothing else to
In an Instant the woman was by her j nd several officers <-i. i b-nd. b« fore . b«.ut-- ' '"They
ianio window. Immediately on r♦*r , And tlin lamis b.«i.i. i nej
•Have you heard anything mor* ! spi- .ranee they rose. but. merely I were his; now they are yours-
ways, and motionless ones near the
temporary altars.
'Oh. my Lady!" Her companion,
former nurse, a woman about
fifty yeats of age, ventured this mild
expostulation.
"There, Marie! You can go!"
"Yes, your Ladyship—"
At the inner entrance to the "Utile J
castle" or chatelet, which presently
I she reached, the girl slopped. Here,
without, in the shadow of two huge
cylindrical towers, that crowned the
feudal gate house, a numb* i of sol-
| illers, seated on the st« ps, clinked
j their swords and talked; within, be-
about the prisoners. MarU
ly. "Those who were tried
"Nothing—only Beppo said they are
to be hanged day after tomorrow—
when the pilgrimage Is over "
"Day after tomorrow!" The brown
eyes looked hard and bright; the
small white teeth pressed her lip
"And the man my fa—the Governor
abrupt- 1 bowing stiff!)
I mean?" '' portal on th
she started toward a
left. Whereupon the
commandant started forward, defer
en'hilly would have spoken stopped
her, when at the same moment, the
door she was approaching ojm tied, and
■ the governor himself appeared At
the fight of her tie started; a shade of
annoyance crossed hlB thin featutes,
• . , ,, ,, , ti. I, almost Immediately vanished;
had—whipped from ihe Mount-you ; > '
nave heard nothing more of him- , ^ ^ ,()||, y(JU v,.ry
where he has Rone. j ^ (l very
"No, my Lady; he seems to have „
disappeared completely; fled this conn-| of g moni<,nt
to hesitate; then with an absent air
"Certainly, I was very busy; never-
theless—" he stepped aside, permit
"Unjustly, perhaps you think."
(TO HE CONTINUED.)
try. perhaps, lor those Islands where
so many llhe bim," half bitterly, "have
gone before!"
The girl looked up in a preoccupied
manner. "Poor Marie! Your only sis
ter died there, didn't she?"
"Yes, my Lady; I never saw h
Why He Laughed.
Mayor S m' of Indianapolis said t.
:i woman Interviewer the other day:
> - i women who mu.t fight th«
ci ot.1 mi bait of the future Ths
men are so busy earning the money
that thev have no tltne to give to the
campaign for cheaper living This
must be a woman's campaign, and
woman will fight It best with the bal
lot That's why, when 1 hear men
laugh at the thought of woman's suf
frage struggle. I'm disgusted and
ashamed Such laughter seems as in
opportune as Smith's Smith, you
"Arouse
ted he'r to pass, and softly closed the ! know, TftUfhed loud nnd long on the
door With the same preoccupied air way home from his wiles funeral,
he walked to his table before one of
"Yes. my never saw h"r ( fireplaces whose pyramidal
after she left France with her hus m„rHi,(1 lnto the rlblt of
band and baby girl He was an un
patriotic fellow—Pierre Larocbe!"
"No doubt," said the Governor's
daughter absently, as the other pre-
pared to leave the room.
Alone, the girl remained for several
"No More, I Sayl"
matter-of life, or death-presse.
U"auchei looked at him quickly; said
no more; between them, the .Hence
grew The servant was the first to
move; turning to the table, he began
to eat; at fir.t mechanically; after-
Ward faster, with tbe v«oou e t of
The
"You are going in the .torm?1
girl, Nanette, Intercepted thetn.
The Black Seigneur nodded shortly.
"It must be an important mission to
tske you to sea on such a night Why
don't you stay where lt' warm and
comfortable? Or," with a laugh, "at
least untU Moaaleur Gabarfce," ipdi-
A Tov er of Skulls.
canopiedmerged Into the ribs of the In 1*09 the Turk, defeated the Rer
vaulting of a noble chamber, and, vlans at Nlsh. and In memory of the
seating himsf If In a cushioned ( hair. [ victory built a tower of stone and
looked down at a few ember, , Servian skulls At one time visitors
"I came " standing, with her fingers | and tourists used to carry away skulls
Ktr'light And utiff on the cold marble as souvenirs, and not so many year.
Alone, the girl remained for several ^ tabk K,r, b„Kan to ! ago the heads were still to be seen
moments motionless before the great | ^ hurriedly' constrainedly, "1 embedded In the walls When Nlsh
Venetian mirror; then mechanically. | 1 ' u_ ab(JU, ,h( 1)rlgr)n. became Servian, however, as many
hardly looking at the reflection the | i skulls as could lie extracted were glv-
glass threw back at her, she finished e" no( anIW#r c>vnt,y broking en Christian burial. A few still re
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It he evinced no sign he had heard; are shown at the memorial church
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the feeling she had experienced to
often since that day in the cloister.
when he had promised to set free the
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I,, .llatnbxtx nIlKtuiUi Iftenlur* In ft.arcvw.'.ittiltf.
In tl..' >,>rk HitwrintiM nut rwiulfi'd Man or wo-
her toilet. This task .ccompll.bed,
Btill she stood with brows closely
drawn; afar the flute-like voice, of
the choir-boy. arose from different
part, of the Mount, but she did not
seem to hear them; made a sudden
quick geturc and walked toward the
door In the manner of one who has
arrived at .otoe resolution.
Pas.lng down a corridor, .he
reached sn arched opening whose mae-
■lv« door (wuikg ea.ll/ to bar totted
Con.Id.ration.
"If I didn't have .uch a large family.
I could save a little money." "Don't
ae'rvsnt*'of"the "niack' Seigneur? had be too sure of It. If you didn't bar.
kept hi. word, indeed, but- a large family you might hare an
"Can't you see." .ha forced haraelf l auto."—Hou.ton Post.
U> ill.in Wilt" mn iuue '*??* ***Tl'f
•udafi' work. IIip^rieoow not required .*lanor*ri'"
man upiH.rtanitr f« r pn n « ilon. 8 pa rati
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