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for their comfort. that Vincennes and Fort acknowledged the Ameri- T _and hoisted s Juug as it floated over t] was lightly and lovi one la bannjere @’ ¢r Gibauit returned to Fort Kas- < a little later Captain Leonard an, but past the prime of §ones with a commis- athorizing him s D as command- o act as Indian agent tor tne Government in the Department He was welcomed by the and at once made himself very them by adapting himself to entering heartily into when Captain 1y in command of the fort, enjoying some DE with & bell-mouthed old on a distant prairie, could tesent to deliver up the post; and Was Do gaIrison just then visi- 1 ook possession, without any £00d fellowship, and as time passed they Inseparapie ~ COMPANIOLS OuUSslUION’S periods ading excursions among, tne dudians. ‘lpey payea caras &nd wrewed hot arnks, over waich tney told mar- Y€i0Us Siuries, ihe latest one invariably SUIPAsBILE ail il Preaecessors. belm Lad an eye to busin turned M. soussillon’s knowleage of tne duclaus 10 valuable account, so that he soun had very pleasant relations with uust of the iribes within reacn of his ‘Lhis gave a feelng of great se- vECADNE @AMOSL irom nis tr ingly calied b, Alice Rou-nllony. rom Colonel rsede M. Roussillos ‘‘ney pursued their narrow agricuitural “cuvites with excellent results and re- doubled those sociai gayeties which, even iu hut and cabin under ai the adverse congitions of extreme frontier life, were dear to the volatie and gemial i'rench lemperament. Lieutenant Beveriey found much to in- terest him in the quaint town; piece de resistance was Oncle Jazon, who Proved to be both fascinating and unman- ageable; a hard nut to crack, yet posse bsolutely original in flavor. Y visited' him ‘one evening in his ut—it migat better be called den—a curi- ously buiit thing, with wails of vertical Poles set in a quadrangular trench dug in ground ana roofed with grass. lnside plastered with clay, and oor of dried mud was as smooth and d a8 concrete paving. In one end there e firepiace grimy with soot, in ‘e peephole for 'a window; of skins and two ls were barely visible in the In the doorway Oncle Jazon sat Whittling a slender biliet of hickory into a rn.m;:d for his long fiint-lock Ameri- be yo know Simon Kenton,” sald after he and Beverley haa 'seeing that you al activities, Roussillon was absent his party came. ing a kernel al » lieutenant, that you'd better hrough the viliage and see 1 scare up this Captain what's- said the new commander to young officer who had come 1 can’t think of these French nes gettng my brain in a . Do you happen to recollect the cap- saspard Roussillon it reads but I am told away on a trading tour,” said old anything by these *"Helm'remarked. to find out where es and make & formal call, just for @ppearance sake, and to inquire about his I wish you would try it, sir, and me know the result.” The lieutenant felt that this was & per- emptory order and turned about to obey @ wooden ben or three stoo! lark’s order; * conversed for are from Kentucky—eh?” “Yes, I do know him well; he's & warm personal friend of mine,” said Beverley uick interest, for it surprised him nele Jazon should know anything U?rlev “De you know him, Mon- Oncle Jazon winked: conceitedly and sighted along L)« rudimentary ramrod to €ee if it was straight; then puckering his int of whistling, made quite impossible to lad you are acquainted with ‘““Where did you say, Beverley, come back sober, if you possibly can,” Helm added in his most genial tone, thinking 1t a great plece est sobriety to & man erence from men gen- erally, of that time, was his total absti- nence from intoxicating drinks. Lieutenant Fitzhugh Virginian of Virginians. His family had been prominent in colonial affairs, boasted & record of great achieve- both ‘» nears and in war. He was g of lands and another of the #.3 of the Old Do- search lips, as If on the an affirmative no spell. “Well, I'm Kenton,” sal and he come together?” Oncle Jazon chuckled reminiscently and scraiched the skinless, where his scalp had once flourished. “'Oh, ‘several places,” he answered. “Ye See thet hair a hangin’ there on the wali{” He pointed at a dry wisp dangling under 2 log barely visible by the bad thet's my scalp, he! He snickered as if the fact were a “‘8imon Kenton can of humor to sug whose marked di Beverley was a cicatrized spot most enjoyable joke. tell ye about thet little affair! ans thought I was dead and they took but I wasn’t dead; I was just & glvin' em & ‘possum act. When they gone I got up from where I was a layin' and trotted off. My head was sore and, ventrebleu! All this time he spoke in French, and the English but poorly paraphrases his odd turns of expression. grunts cannot even be hinted. It was & long story, as Beverley received large and powerful form and grave dig- It. told scrappily, but with a certain rude nity of bearing. Clark, who found useful in emergencies, cool, intrepid, d: © & fault, and possessed of excellent sent him with Hel he would offset with his, tention to detalls the somewhat go-as- you-please disposition of that excellent of- Beverley set out in search of the French commander's house, ressed icular respect for or his office. of Anglo-Saxon od were slow to recognize any good qualities whatever in the Latin creoles of the West and South. It seemed to them that the Frenchman and were much too apt to sfmy, the young man's s nature leaped ve his country un- ander thirty. &mong young ns of the very His grimaces and In the end Oncle Jazon sald with unctuous self-satisfaction. “Accidents will happen. I got my chance oping &t that damned Indian who skinhed my ok a bead on ’im with shoot much, head and I jes’ rifl never could, ‘im . square in the lef’ I shot at, and it was a hundred yards. Down he tumbles, and ds same old scal 11, I lifted off then I had both ask Simon Kent I runs to ’im and a hangin’ to his is hair with m: mine from the belt, an: , he! he! he! on when ye see 'im. He was along at the same time, and ghey made 'im run the ga'ntlet and pretty nigh Leat the life out o' ’im. now recollected hearing Ken- e same grim story by e camp- re in the hills of Kenmtucky. it had caught & new spirit in the French Tendering, which linked it with the old tales of adventure that he had read in his boyhood, and it _suddenl; azon to him. of & man and the powerful you together until sundown, pipes, each feeling for what was best in aware that in the future tested_together in the fire of wild adventure. Every man is more fi; less a prophet at certain e. the Spaniard ualize themselves y and matrimonially with Indians The very fact that for a while Anglo-Americans had been in constant bloody warfare with Frenchmen had managed to keep on eas: end highly profitable trading terms wit] them tended to confirm the worst impl! “Eat frogs and save your of contemptuous frontier humor of what sober judgment held on thé subject. 1t upon his formal mission L Beveriey stalked boldly into the in- sure at Roussilion place the gallery by Mme. of her, worst moods. She glared at him aslant upward. dark 'H would be hard Siementary e ean to stand bshind with hie big head lying back in the b 'w of his shoulders and his long chin elevated. while he gawped intently up into Beverley's face. “Bon jour, Madame,” said the Heuten- lifting his hat and speaking with a pleasant accent. ‘““Would it be agreeable to Captain Roussilion for me to see him a smoking their they would be Roussillon in one Twiught and ‘moon! softly when Beverl foni depa light were blending ,e0n his way back Tom -a direct evebrows gathered i & Te chive strolling within reach of the watér's murmur and the town's indef- Rich sweetness, the ped hunchback nite evening stir. gift of early autumn blowing softly out of a lilac singing in the willow frin, here and there over the bank. On the farther side of the river's wide fiow, swollen by recent heavy rains, Bev- erley saw a pirogue, in one end of which & dark figure swayed to the strokes of The slender and shallow little craft was bobbing on the choppy waves ge that hung nl voice not in the least Gallic. soft Virginian intonation marked every word, and his obeisance was as low as if Madame Roussilion had been a Queen; but the light French grace was wholly floating logs and masses of lij headway toward the hither bank. Beverley took a bit of punk and a fiint and steel from his pocket, and stood watching the sk conduct his somewhat diagonally against the was a shiftin, relit his pipe iliful boatman dangerous voyage rolling current. g, hide-and-seek scene, features appearing and disappearing with the action of the waves and the doubtful light reflected from fading clouds and Now and again t in his skittish pirogue, self with care, to use a short pole in shoving driftwood out of his way; and more than once he looked as if he had plunged headl “What @o you want of mv husband?’ Mademe Roussillon demanded. *“Nothing unpleasant, I assure you, ma- @ame,” sald Beverley. “Well, he's not at home, Mo'sieu; he's the river for a few days.” e relaxed her stare, untied her eye- we, and even let fall her hands from ipe. m!me," ®aid Beverley, bowing egain, “I am sorry not to have him.™ he man stood up . balancing him- to Beverley ing to go & shimmer of ong into the 1d struck up- /dark water. thin the door. as if in response to a military air of gray eyes met The cabin room was 11 ted: but the crepuscular dimness did not seem to hinder his sight. Beyond the slender swords crossed eslant on the wall oposite seen, in the old world gal- thadowy and brown halr stre: lon from just The gpot, &s nearly ) was about 20 yards below wher ublic road-bridge at present g ‘abash. The bluff was then far differ- ent from what it is now, steeper and higher, with less silt and sand between it and the water's edge. as the current was, s figure & Indeed, swollen man could stand on the top of the bank and easily leap into water. At a point near the mid- great mass of drift-logs ago formed a barrier which split the stream so that one cur- rent came heavily shoreward on the side next the town and muddy foam, the low door. Jeri ?turu es, it uncertain bac into strongest projection the main thout clearly defining it. The © of the doorway gave just the yostic sitting suited to Allce’ the most striking part of which was a b short gown ending just above her buckskin moccasins. Around her e had bound & blue kerchief, a wide corner of which la) s Joose cap. Her and sand had lon, making a swi Just below where Beverley st rogue rounded the upper angle of truction, not without difficulty to its crew of one, and swung into the rapid shoreward rush, as was evidently planned for by the steersman, who now paddled against the tide with all his from being borne too far do safe landing place. Beverley stood at ease 1dly and half dreamily ~ lookin; something cause rl and eddy over her crown right hair huns r shoulders in tumbled hal; icture, the figure and its en- t have been artistically ef- as Beverley saw it in actual ife the first impression was rather em- Bomehow he felt almost irre- though he had risibility. The might to keep 'wn stream for catastrophe, which for a moment he did not comprehend. In fact the man in the pirogue came to grief, es a man in a pirogue is very apt to do, end fairly somersaulted overboard into Nothing serious would have could swim Ifke ating, balf sub- nvited to laugh, m much given to lending, or rather the juxtaposition, of ex- tremes—a face, a form Immediately witch- and a costume odd to grotesquery— made an assault upon his comprehen. #lon et once so sudden and so direct that his dignity came near being disastrously A splendidly beautiful child comically clad would have made much the same half delightful, half displeasing im- Beverley eould not stare at the girl, and no sooner had he turned his back upon icture in his mind changed n & kaMidoscope. He now saw a tall, finely developed figure and a face delicately forehead, arched brows, a straight, slight- 1y tip-tilted nose, a mouth sweet and full, and a strong chin set His imagina- threatened (for the m: en otter) had not a merged log thrust up some short, stiff stumps of boughs, which the man strucl not only hurt, but had his clothes impaled securely by one of the ugly spears, so that he hung in a helpless position, while the water's motion alternately lifted and arms beating about heavily and was submerged him, his When Beverley heard & strangling ery led himself promptly to- off his coat, as if by a single leaped down the bank into He was ‘a swimmer whose 1l that prodi, could afford; he rushed through the water with I making a semicircle, against the current, so as to s upon the drowning man. Less than a half-hour later a rumor hv pread through the town that tenant Beveriey ih the Wabash. But when 2 crowd gathered to verify the terrible news it turned out to be untrue. Gaspa once more distinguished h{ an exhibition of heroic nerve e. muscle. “Ventrebleu! Quel homme!” Oncle Jazon, when told that M. d come up the bank of the Lieutenant Beverley under ther Beret under her than the ke & scene & low. wide for belp. he pyl dimpled cheeks, sbove a faultless throat. in casting off its first impression, was inclined to exaggerate Alice’s beauty end to dwell upon its picturesqueness. He smiled as he walked back to the fort, and even found himself whistling gavly & snatch from a rollicking fiddle-tune that he had heard when a boy. CHAPTER VL A FENCING BOUT. A few days after strokes counted for Some means g t and Lieu were drowned Helm’s arrival, M. Roussillon had 2ouissillon returned to Vincennes, and if ¥ touched in his amour propre by seeing his suddenly acquired military rank and title drop away, he did IS oeriiiy eaial upon the new He promptly cal Commander and made acquaintance with Lieutepant Fitzhugh Beverley, who just superintending cleaning up an old cannon in the fort 4 mending some breaks in e 0 Helm formed a great Nking for the big F whose breezy 00d humor struck from the beginning. “oussillon’s ability to speak Englis considerable ease hel rg, no doubt; the other, both m; diately,” M. Roussillon as they were restored to consci and he shook himself, as a big sometimes does, coverin, him with muddy water. way with melodramatic s In justice to historical accu: trifiing reform of what a; ce of things to be grand- Gaspard Roussillon actually dragged Father Beret and Lieutenant & everybod: Ther e 1ed the . Jfuanner and expansive the friendship peared on the fa 1 events, their first erview ended with a hearty show of THE SUNDAY CALL, al- Waler Snd’tp the'steen, river Banic TREL Ber well hava atiacked dhe uic BOBS Bess: Hinever an ioatad s (ol CosIte: Mene put s band on gach side of her fhe most fejtering sift of tender partial; i e e R econ b s oniustit o Py WSl de. tie renfiemens: gn.d' C COnFCatinml. Bat ot tty head rose above the crowding that it was all for Beveriey. Tk Sy Rprear taals put tue Gt Rier Ai0od o pamoe ca:;otqugd hleli l!l:b el:ln;mem, ‘L‘w&u. l::t o e ¥"A.llc¢ chanced to turn her face that Helm in his most joviai mood was eir- e e B iy, Ciferiny Luat (hes Wanla b seka A | s W S b IR o SRR, Sas fast Thes Ll ans the mucoHyetionel (uiating treeiy umong tose who formed pant & Sripn Doubtic i 5 Hér eyes met those of the periphery of the dancing ares; ne 3 tless he looked able turn to end the affair. .,» about her? Had his seifisnness received performance. ¥ - : s Jp:!r;u‘x;gua gg g:fig;alggpp?dmlxgem from under _"Are you afraid, Monsieur Bmfly{n an incyrable snock from the button of Adrienne lmll she gave a mod 01;;!!&‘9‘23 i“’jm;’;““'fl ';:‘ ;hfdea"m:m&zi o p:‘_ > his arms, and why shouldn’t he have the fl:ng:mnndea after a short waliting .l_lle‘rmtoi::"A hnu:;w Joung x?.-flmn.: n;: :w‘ol mgfv:i- t was a rose beamd ner. ‘She’ danced well: but he, as Le ’ 3 s - hime g re ol‘n:e:m:l:el’:ln pl\ggfil.”’no roared; _He laughed now and whipped the alr pny puysical prowess—touch mim there a(;hl}onmuondn:::wmxy umnd:::to:.d‘ that one remarked, stumbied all over from which, of course, the ready & ;oo-l: "-‘v"o'f'm?&,uy are not in earnest?” He ,‘,“nt“fi l"mtl h:“:‘tln :';"n '"“'": n‘}z;" “'l :nouu!r. de;““.",u‘,mn fof_his personal evT?j;"'“lbm one thing ;o mar n::n: - admi] s s :xlnnegi g:ruo?g ::‘ret;rr:a;‘?e.ennme 3 "l.d: '33?."35?‘”13":‘»3"%‘3‘{ rl;n.l%z newr "'“”-d Btm ul:u" beaten o:: l}h ‘l;l‘h::t g:%léllrlty. He-bowed and waved a vast e ‘loo l% ::;u:tl:‘—sgze' go ""'?’“"l /Y immiediatel; ~ g ground of virility by a dimple-faced mai- & ‘ call qQquarrel ended in a noisy but harmiess B0 WOE ’fécf;}a'?ny.n”y“"'i?ne. o TETOU thiny Dachiw 3 T he fat, den Just leaving her teens Gould not offer SRk e T::t&‘:z,f"::,mnglfl. s fight near one of the fires. M. Roseciiion The procession, headed by M. Roussil- JoX 20 xma 16 & leva) thrust toward BeVerley any open way to recoupment of aces. "Oncle Jason attacked his fiddle Tushed to the spot, seized the gombatants, lon, ‘moved nolsélessly. for the French Sy replled making damages. B&ain with startliag energy. Those who ltousled them payfully, as If they na tongue must shake off what comes to it g h he partied, and then a , e tried to sl her out of his mind as 28N With startins energy. oSO tact been children, rubbed their heads to- on the thrill ‘of every exciting moment. m?;!r‘; e}fnfi:;‘ and ~twinkling of steel :rhb.‘: umo“ ”;‘."uri‘fl.é'%‘ffm'éwm“m’ double line uoad the wall, the shorier ‘!;:h:‘{‘-u }figf&g gttorlrcnul:l‘s;e ang 0 restored The only sflent Frenchman is the dead pjageq time to met‘l: “;g ing military Ddutlu. e ow';)‘:th: s:::, “t ) ::'u%,;’ 3"55”,‘;55'.3;' p‘::: ROt ot tanfen L “Father Beret was not only well-nigh o e Ve T etght, haje Shook the Ushter she clung and the TR0 PEEle Ht i te s any way strange In the company began to Suggest ad- drowned, but seriously hurt. ‘He lay for feellng—tha sense that guldes ex- ener he went to see her. . to the Jeurnment. Oncle Jazon's elbow was tired e Helm was a good officer in many re- Of €SPecially picturesque, save as and the enthusiasm generated by his un- A ’ ot K as_now floatin, Belore 1 coma. aft b, Allse. humg oves pert fencer's hand Sbably mors than hiy SPects, and his patriotism was of the pest; Son™ of Allce which was now foating recognized Bergonai ‘vecame ttul, whila bim night and day, scarcely sleeping or i hRLRE MY BECCRaY N attack was omathig A poxivenyL N slase of mad M. “The people outside the house the relaxivg ciowa Tupidly sncioached eating until he was past all danger. met by a time thrust in opposition which cheerfully awaite el In the open lamps suspended here and ts ease. Detroit lay many miles northeast- it ual number went forth to gfrhfie::rr&;y'lehien -nh ‘l’lotlt(.leo:hfi:."“e;‘t! :fily togshed him sharply. X, 1 d her point Yard across the wilderness, and the Eng- :h;:enn‘;sl?x :lround 'the fivel gereflth: ofl was runin ’°T'k'§d '1?; s oux‘u well and strong as ever, _-Alice sprang far back, lowere po! lish, he thought, would scarcely come Beverley was in a young man’s seventh mg‘r yfinzwwfi;[nf:: and winked wi busy with ihe affairs of his office. Nor IBF laughed. Monsieur Beverley!” 5 ar to attack his little post, especially heaven. The angels formed a cholr cir- NS ¥ell sald M. Roussillon, coming to pras he less happy on account of what the ', J¢ Vous salue, Nonserr Beverleyt now that most of the Indlans n the in. Lpavel The ang heart, and thelr SONE \pere Alice and Beveriey stood Insulnted little adventure had cast into his experi- s oricd. with chiCHKe ehow of dellshl. tervening country had deslred in favor S8 &Tound his bheart, and thelr sons and isolated by their reat delight & ence. It is good to feel that ome has 'DId you feel the button? Of fhe Americans. = Recently, too, the HOMC: end lsolated by thelr great delight in done an unseifish deed, and no young , “¥es, I felt it he sald in frank ac- Jeather had been favoring Dy chang- ~\when he called at the Roussilion place, Fach o pany, e e man’s heart repels the freshness of what knowledgment in his voice; “it was clev- ing from wet to dry, so that the UPDEr ,nq Alice appeared so beatifully and be- Beverley looked at his watch; it was a comes to him when a beautiful girl first Erly done. Now:glve me & chance to re- Wabash and its tributaries were falling ane, Allce appeared so beautitully and be- e i enters his life. deem. pivaelf. Iowiand would soon be very difficult to gurprise 'She flashed & mew and subtly Jugpier 98 ol e Saiet. cad Naturally enough Alice had some _He began more carefully and found that navigate with large batteaux. stimulating light upon him. The old 5oy engraved and enameled on its’ mas: thoughts of Beverley while she was so at- She, too, was on her best mettle; but it = Very littlé was done to repair the stock- gown, rich in subdued splendor of lace give case the Beverley crest, but she did tentively caring for Father Beret. She Was a short bout, as before. Alice seemed ade and dilapidated remnant of & block- and brocade, was ornamented at the not know what it meant. There was had never befors seen a man like him, .!o Elve him an easy opening and he @c- house. There were Ho sufficient barracks, fhroas wiih s Hesvs Lordtat searis, juse something of the sort in the back of her nor had she read of one. Compared with cepted it with a thrust; then sometMing ‘a meré shed in one angle serving for quar- above which could ge seén a trace of the | cket, ,fi, remembered with satisface Rene de Ronville, the best youth of her happened that he did nof understand. The ters, and the oid eannon could not have 200y Which cou supported her POTtrait tiom: acquaintance, he was in every way ogxt of his foll was semehow caught un- been used to any effect in case of attack. Fock“‘ There, too, with @ not unbecom- Just then there was a pecullar stir in perior; this was too evident for analy: ger his opponent’s hilt-guard while her As for the garrison, it was a nominal ing gleam of barbaric colors, shone the ¢ne flagging crowd. Some one had ar- but referred to the romantic standard blade seemed to twist as und his; at the quantity, made up mostly of men who string of porcupine beads to which the rived, a coureur de bois from the morth, e ot of ihe novels she had read, he same time there was RL'ring and s Jrk, preferred hunting and fisking to the mer- Tnaian charm-stone hidden in her bosom Wrere weo teo e, bols fron the coureur somehow falled; and yet he loomed the like of which he had never hefore felt, est pretense of military duty. was attached. It all harmonized with the pad something important for him. bravely in her vision' not exactly a and he was disarmed, his/wrist and fin- Gaspard Roussilion assumed to know {ime, the place, the atmosphere. Any- ~Beverley heard a remark in a startied knight of the class she had most admired, gers aching with the Wr they had re- evel‘i‘ylhlnr about Indlan affalrs and the where else it would have been Prepos- voice about the English getting ready still_unquestionably a hero of large pro- ceived. ¥ condition of the English at Detroit. His tferous as a decorative presentment, but for a descent upon the Wabash Valley. portions. Of course the thing was not new: he optimistic eloguence lulled Helm to a very here, in this little nook where the COUT- This broke the charm which thralled him Beverley stepped in for a few minutes had been disarmed before; but her trick pleasant sense of security. Beverley was eurs de bols, the half-breeds, the traders ang sent through his nerves the bracing every day to see Father Beret, involun- of doing it was quite a mystery to him, not so easy to satisfy; but his sugges- and the missionaries had founded & cen- shock ,that only a soldier can find when turlly lengthening his visit by a sliding altogether different from affy that he had tions regarding military scipline and a ter of assembly, it was the best possible 5 hin¢' of coming battle reaches him. ratiu as he became better acquainted. He ever seen. e by, Yigorous, prosecution of repairs to the expression in the life so formed at hap- Alice saw the flash in his face. Peain to enjoy the priest’s conversation, “Vous me pardonneres, Monsieur,” she blockhouse and stockade were treated hazard, and so controlied by the coarsest “Where is Captain Helm? I must see with Its a1y’ soridly wisdom orovpint ue mockinghr > conaaas 1 up his with dllatory gentalty by his superior of and_nirrowest influences. To FIZNUED him immediateln Bremis me B it through t=¥vld eligious sentiments and weapon and offerin; %t to him. ficer. The soft wonder of a perfect In- Beverley, of Beverley Hall, the plcture ubrugtly turning away and looking over fwnlnf Husnor: Alloe ‘must have interested ~Tefe la your Sworath 5 3 %,‘,'hn bt """"fl;:i‘*#:“&“dfi Lo it it fllm:edlnely a sweet and per- imm ‘heads ot the people; “yonder he is, % “ " and not res ? . 15’ o to m."" him more than he wasfully.dware afs for (jteép ito ho said, OIGIE ks arme e0d Top 2ot Ol ond) SR ‘Alice looked superbly tall, stately and The scoels B bols, Adolphe Detrem- his eyes followed her, as she came and te:y?lfi'edolt?urly T am at your mercy; , Meantime the entertainment to be given seif-possessed in her transforming cos- ble by name, was Just trom the b went, with a curlous criticism of her half- bepkl 3% PR ¢ by Gaspard Roussillon occupled every- tume, a woman of full stature, her coun- Wwaters of the Wabash, He was speaking savage costume and her springy, Dryad- Jame Roussflion and Jean, the D0dy’s imagination to an unusual extent. temance demire et reserving mear the o Hoin when Beverley came up. M. like suppleness, which reminded him of , Madame Roussfilon and dean, the ‘pifas Ronvile, remembering. Bt ROt oriee OOt layful- dimples and mis- Roussillon followed close upon the leu- the shyest and gracefulest wild birds; L e W R ing the doubtful suceess of his for- chievous amifes so characteristic Ofa"} lepant's heels, as cager as he to know and yet a touch of refinement, the sul hy v - mer attempt, went long beforehand to more usual manner. sudden mo« ‘wha € message amounted to; but tlest and best, showed In all her ways. He INg agape. g » gaid claim Alfce as his partenaire; but she the varium et mutabile semper femina Helm took studied her, as he .would have studled ..U Ought to be ashamed, Alice." s a1 hi led h the dress, and the Beverl t ghle c?‘ureurfia!g‘e, m?lflom!n' fiatly refused him, once more reminding had led her to wear the dress, Tley to join them. M. Roussilion in- a strange, showy and originally fragrant the damein ‘f'l’"’;“‘n;‘t’",u“;';{&";:;a‘;‘_‘ him of his obligations to little Adrienne mood still Hluminated her. cluded himself in the conference. flower, or a bird of oddly attractive plu- D& done; “girls do urcier. He would not be convinced. Beverley stood before her frankly look- After all it was put the gossip of mage, While she said little to him or to ™Rl ‘o 0 oqw said ‘Alice, ““You are bound to me," he sald; ‘“you ing and admiring. The underglow In her savages that Dutremble communicated: any one else in his presence, he became 4 ‘< “ saster . Dbromised before, you know, and the party cheeks deepened and spread over her per- still the purport was startling in the ex- aware of the willfulness and joyous light- ‘And with extreme di Ta, “,'m‘, Evn put off. 1 hofl[ vou to it; you are my fect throat; her eyes met his a "wndd treme. Governor Hamlilton, so the story e R, Baves o T ANRE U T RO retEAE ™ & AL a0 T e Soute dnd Do catt {hon ALY aviiied R hartty Sl {17 had D Copuiing s ek o 0! W ur was ma! "\ n way e S e g Bl G h, Mo'sfew’,” there’s Bothing but dis- dfi?rsh;&u are npt my partenaire” she serenity or her girlish delight In being portage ‘of the Wabach wan s fotme controlled apparently without effort. But aster ‘where she goes, g klned Mac frmiy saidh then aaded lightly, “Feu mon. SHroctively dreased: but there could. be 6Of batteanz, mome companies of diseip- In due time he began io feel a deeper dame Roussilion; y'e';:fl!'m ,;;"g;v;;,gg partenaire, you are dead and burled as 10 doubt as io her self-possession: for, lined soldiers, artillery and & strong body . ind every! 3 my partner at tha saving the pretty blush u; . e opindl St S Bl L o S SR B e RIS R e o cow e S0 5 it e B U e sttty o Dt hat she lly had no mean smattering . gz ments, then said: 4 self as firmly as any fine lady he r - ’ -qu -stior S5 faely Fad o Josn D4 just (o thinky? giseld Beverley, IS thenaainc o L gt e river ML Taconic directness. " A little thing happened which further '‘What would have been the condition of ghe gave him a quick contemptuous _They walked together to the river end Mr. Jazon to me,” he sald to M. o med nder e Insiste o z : 5 ! ¥ he said with keeping a light, “‘F‘Etfii‘f"se‘r‘é!‘fi;%“g‘oé‘ ?fif‘gfifingflg'ed ce‘?&{u encugh,” replied the dame Indif- o Io'f?flfh’. ‘*m‘vé“i"% latm.e'?" touch on his arm. When they emered ant military predicament If the news to his hut and his round of spiritual du- ferently, “She wouldn't wince, either— [Erecios, Mite," yhel foplist.. witlt u.'Ahs rootn there was no Way. {or.Beverley e e el sante his 5448 : v oA me lay; o escape full conscio S8 8- c] n came in a minute, his e tiles. but B?erlel;; n:memto Fr::‘:nvlrlcl):‘: Alice ran into the house with the folls “yay LB sor ment they aroused: but M. Roussillon's and bow clamped under his arm, to re- et Madame Roassiien iked him. andoa; and Beverley followed. Go to Father Beret, tell him every. assumption broke the force of whatwould ceive a verbal commission, which sent 105t times held the scolding 146 of her must try it over agdin sdme day thing, and then ask him what he thinks,” Jave otherwise been extremely embArTas- him with some seaute ot ifs pois hpiont tongue when he ek present. Jean, too, 500n,” he said find that you can shOW she said in a calm, even tone, her face sing. 32N ing forthwith to the Wabash portage, or e thiendi advances whenever oppor- e a few points. Where did you learn to growing serious. It is encouraging, very. Sapn f' he far enough to ascertain what the Eng- s ks g ‘Alice gave him fence so admirably? Is Monsieur Rous- ° There was an awkward silence. murmured the big mat to Beverley In the Jish commander was doing Sure the frank cordiality of . Hospitable illon your masterr* ) She had touched Rene's vulnerable spot; Iidst of the staring and scrambiing and "0 SR IRR IO L g Weicome demanded by trontier conditions, ,,“Indeed he isu't,” she.quiekly replied; he was nothi if not a devout Catholic, craning of necks, “to have s to the middle Daste to join Alice, but he found that she She scarcely knew whether she liked him ‘“he is but a bungling & man. M{ and his consciénce rooted itself in what mire and love me vy it B bowed and Pad gone home. or not; butyhe had a treasury of informa- master—but I am not at hb-n; to tell good Father Beret had taught him. «f my heart.” And again “‘One hell of a fix we'll be in if Hamil- luding - ou who has taught me the liftie T know.” “/The church, no matter by what name jt Waved his hand with an all-inc ton comes down here with a good force, B B O e ey iy a8 DT FOiTell. whoever ha d be glad Cathollo or Protestant, has a sav- Eesture, while he swept his eyes over the Lon, comes Rungricst part of her- mind” was being to have lessons from himm,” £ ol on the decpeat thner being of its crowd. g them.” Alice and Beverley went soon In the _ Beverley felt like retorting that a little famptgonsly, bancistell at IS ONENRS . R et o e e hiEL ot uhio. Sanacs (arEstror ot eveme foretnought. seal and preparation mignt Mere intellectual greediness drew her to | VR¥I The still, sm: s thing but an exhiliration stirred to its Dave lessened tho p e e B “A woman's ultimatum.” e y pherds watched utmost by Oncle Jazon's music, H‘l ,"H‘ fll’“ o & “! e time abcut oy Tormaht e o S Aelgind s & ol ahe rtied aret e s S R g ik S Femark et mdy b nterst Hebms Ut ko mittaty priattion roubl OTIALICIGS A5 Y8l PENe - 5 times better—at th in- to those readers who enjoy the dre: 5 to each other their true characteristics. pas?’ chuw'eh. open-air meeting; it gently and Vade a lonely nook, where amid dust and have formed a body of resistance against #Hlice found in Beverley a large target for ¥ jaughed heartily.. - ysteriously imparts to human life the CObWwebs, neglected because unrecognized, the army probably at Hamilton's ecom- the missiles of her clever and tantallzing “y.5 'Vour point reaches he said, Qe Gualits which 1s the expononi reposes a mastorplece Of Stradivari of mind, but Beverley was youns. enersett Berversicy. He in turh practichl & BAUYE .bup-sperat ot in sssve victus gisdlator S (loius cieei Upon ‘the re- Some other great Addlemaker. Oncle Ja- Dbellicose, and to him everything seemed dignity and an acquired superiority of grna: 'as the old Latin poet wisely re- ceptive nature of children it makes an 70N knew nothing whatever about old vio- possible; he believed in lance, discts P o o echiat s & Mot wyarksy” The: ‘GUOtstiE WA apant - N LIS RRCN SOk SREGECHTE mAkas an e ‘wes & Natural wuliclan, (hat pine. activity, dash; he had a great faith ing of Greek with Greek'in a new Arca-: euse her. R > and irradiates a glory for the Wwas\all, and flung himself upon his fiddle in the efficacy of enthusiasm. dia. To him here was Diana, strong, | -yes, Montalgne transiated that or of the nation. with the same passionate abandon that “We must organize these Frenchmen,™ strange, simple, even -crude almost r@[&; sometning in his k,”’ ‘she g “‘“"""‘n Beret was the humble, self-éf- characterizes a healthy boy's assault he sald: “they will make good. fighters- naturaness, yet admiral ure in. B " i - vhen plum pudding is at his mercy. But 1 we can once get ‘act a8 a body. naturain 4 ademieetiy buse tmapiry R e A | heitiotsted tn b, The a Cafto Bexonss: and ere’s o, time U5 woe ok Byt e have e 55 dug 2 ! : B e AN B A v e Ve i 10 ‘me anliand n . ¥ nst amilton-can e I Wi at B trom wonderiand, - beyopd. the wide amoun: u gy 1 ‘e tpie. Vincennes as late as 1519 and there Is a |t carnest.” b, Christ's code. He ing E circle of houseless woods and prairies. L " 8ne softly ‘fytEty ot people. No. wonder Vague tradition that Governor Whiteomb “Your theory fs excellent, Heutenant, He represented gorgeous cities, teeming d to see that %’e‘niv.'fi‘c’c‘;"‘mnghf ression changed to Dlayed on it not long before he died. The 1yt the practice of it won't be worth & parks of fashion, boulevards, salons, halls jejther Mme. Roussillon nor Jean had fol- one of abject ~self-concern when the mark by which it may.be identified is the damn,” fiflm replied, with perfect god of social splendor, the theafer, the world jowed them Into the ’mu room, I8 priest's name was suddenly connected Single word “Jazom” cut in "}’ back of pature. “T'd like to see you ormasies of woman's dreams. not permitted that I that old With his mood. - The confeselonal loomed 1ts neck by Oncle Jazon himself. these parly-voos. There ain't a 'dozen of Now, there is an antogonism, vague yet but they do not hide it from me, because ., before the eyes of his comsclence. and _ When their dance was ended Alies and ‘em that wouldn't accept the English powerful, genérated between natures thus hink I can't make ou its dreadtul pf togBtber, . splriitally if° Beverty followed tlie_athers of thelr St i ofiist arms. SF Wnow ‘em Theysl cast together from the Jopposite poles of speiling.”. x hysically, Ut into the open alr WhIIS & el SUGIR yood-heailed. Delife and i that: theull experience and education; an antagonism 8 her cheeks “Now,” sald Alice, brusquely, but with of eager dancers poured‘hk everley - Lurrah for the flag: that's easy noeshs equivalent to the most vigorous attrac- T nd gentle frmness, “go to your sisted upon wrapping Alice (n her mantle pUITRD, fOF th° fag: that's easy enoushi: tion. What one knows the other is but tinted pink-and-brown, where wind and fancee go pretty and good Adrienne, of unlined beaver skin against the search- with the strongest side, see If they halt aware of; neither knowledge nor ig- sun and wholesome ‘exercise had set the ang agk her to be {our partenaire. Re- ing winter breath. They did no;I g0 to oo ot course, there are a few excep. norance being mutuyal, there is a scintil- seal of absolute health, and took from a green your conscfence” with a noble the fire, but walked back and fort! b chat- tions. There's Jagon, he's all right. and lation of exchange, from opposing vantage Diche In the loge of the wall & stained graugnt’ of duty and make that dear ipg until their turn to dance should come 1 have falth in Bosseron and Legrace grounds, followed' by harmless snaps of and dog-eared ‘yolume. He looked; and jitts B SiFtverflow with joy. 'Co, "Rena de again pausing frequently fo exchamge 1 have Gh in Bes thunder. Culture and refinement take on it was, indegd, theé old saint and “sianer, Ronvifle." _ pleasantries ‘:\"30 Sy c{hetme P e "Rousslilion — B began. airs—it is the deepest artificial instinct of Montaigne. e ‘the ,, 1D making over what she said into Eng- rlously enoug! the Teh wowta “Ts much of & biGwhand” Hett fader- enlightenment to pose—in the presence _Involuntarily he ran his eyes over lish the translation turns out to be but a ten the fact that other young men Bt R s e e B Sryie af temorance mhice il R e of KapwieAes’ with: L. Gurwas SF hat! HiDed credte wate: & DioniR ot Thal maare than cne sretly creols Wt Nas s Bt dispsition B probably not style of Ignorance which attitudinizes be- 2 P e o’ 0 4 ud to nature has always been the dream of Well,” o . . A 5 il ‘“Well,” he said, ‘'you are a mystery. scinating, and something in it Bevarley. whole population at all events,” said the conventionalized soul, while the sim- “You 'think it rising that I can read f;:“dl-:h'e.d (i:gelt‘iun!m;:achablsfdunlle Rene de Ronville before long broke Eeverley. Tnaddening nones of sophistication, ''® a booki Frankiy. 1 can' understand hait the broken and incongrious alotion, Reng rudels tnto thelr selfish dream and led — ¥ca snd such a population!” maddeniag houck gt SopiiisSENTE e o e ecaue well, JUSt ‘felt his soul cowering, even slinking: but Allce Into the house, This reminded Bev- While joining In Captatn Helm’s laugh Innate jealousies strike together like pepan, they want me to read about noth- po g il maintained 2 'g00d face and went erley of his social duty, Wherefore séeing at the expense of Vincennes, Beverley Pt and teel qashing oft sparks by which ing but sickly old saints and woe-begone he,Lairly main saying another word. little Adrienne Bourcier he made & Tush took leave to indulge in a mental roser. e YtiberY hing that life can warm its penitents. 1 like something lively. What 2%y Without say beautifyl she is!” he and secured her at a swoop from the vation In favor of Allce. Ho ianln oot o, ithal is kindled and kept burning. do 1 care for all that uninteresting reli- thought. as he walked along the marfow midst of a scrambling circle of mUtually pear to elass her with the crowd of nolsy, What I envy In my friend I store for my gious stuft?” : street In the dreamy sunshine. “But she indered young men. thoughtless, mercurial Whom he best use. 1 thrust and parry, not to kil, ° ontaigne is decidedly lively in spots,” {ST7C¢ $0 TI0 not for me.” . ““Allons, ma petite!”” he cried, quite In 1 .0:3 stin singing gay snatches and call- but to Jearn my adversary'’s superiof Belerley remarked. “I shouiun't think a He shook himself and triefl to be cheer- the gay tone of the occasion, and SWUBE 110 'to one another from distance to dis- feints and guards. And this hint of sword girl—I shouldn’t think you'd particularly ful. In fact he hummed a creole ditty, her lightlv along with him. tance as they strolled homeward in play leads back ‘to what so greatly sur- enjoy his humors.” something about ' "It was like an eagle dancing with a lin- groups and pairs. Nor could the impend- grtzed and puzzled Beverley one day when ~ <] don't care for the book at all,” she “La belle Jeanette. qu’ a brise mon coeur. ‘Ket, or & glant with a fairy, when the big 10U and peirs. Nog could the impend- e chanced to be examining the pair of gaid, flushing quickly, ‘“‘only I seem to Di ssed and at last the time of the lieutenant led la petite Adrienne, as &VerY. the English and Indians drive from colechemardes on the wall. learn about the world from if, Sometimes T vet. Rrved. M e h frosty body called her. The honlr of Beverley's 110 [W&USh anf Tacia tmage while He took one down, and handling it with it seems as if It lifted me up high above BTRnt; ot PRI MR ars: 4 Eah attention ant grapprecivied.on Afiensis he lay for the rest of the night be- the indescribable facility possible to none all this wild, lonely and tiresome country, Dreath cutting down trom the northwest mind, for all her thoughts went with her 2 Y innine s il B i save & practical swordsman, remarked: so that I'can see far off where things are L i Madame Roussilion Alics eyes toward Rene and Alice. Nor was botegr *V,‘ R By s ot o “‘There's a world of fascination in these different and beautiful. It is the same a L°|“utena it Beverley went togeiher to Beverley so absorbed in his partner's be- gva A llt‘em .7. s rtn;h b mlflh things; I like nothing better than & bout with the novels; and they don’t permit me he Hiver Motims, wiithat thay Eeter 10 half that he ever for a moment willingly her Svary Dimase andlondh. auff S at fencing. Does your father practice to read them either; but all ‘the same pr:ced eg"by dhmost the entise popuistion lost aight of ::e‘no-gn& b;m Eown, ‘leh: :2 m{rmy h:‘:o;:m:h 8 tort. Hi R the art?” do.” had built shining brown hair an e beau 3 he had surprised his nature ©I have no father, no mother,” she ~When Beverley, taking his leave, passed 0f Vincennes. Boane fires : n‘ for which formed. indeed, the center of at- full of her. She rp] ~ uickly sald; “but good Papa Roussilion through the gate at Roussilion place he outside; the crowd proving too great for AR Eoe RIT svelt and filled it as with a wonderful, haunting does llke s little exercise With the S0l mes Hone Be Bonville Sole b B oae’s the pullaing’s capadhy. ag {hare ned g5 trac ong. His youth, his imagination, all that chemarde.’” Totable coincidence that each young man be ample space for tha danc Ty e in thie merriment of his Soclc Was fresh and spontancoasiy gentle. sud “Well, I'm glad to hear it; I shall ask felt something troublesome rise fn his Voices greeted him on all sides with jn- natural in him was flooded with th.nx o o “ l:ls]f‘}lned?‘gu&?n"t‘:oggh'::.:v;gg:d e cm:’:;. during which Beverley managed talked and laughed; it was man there was loyal to the kin - f rather a noble for his “I can’t tell you; he's very irregular in t0 be with Alice a great deal, mostly sit- of clashing voices and rhythmical feet. _ Priest, and would as soon have thought o e e s m Ly Rouss! Wi we vaguely real Wi ery, Y be urprige shooting him as of giving him any but the he S » ting on the Roussillon gallery, where the ou would have been surpriged to find e n. It is to be noted, him, how impossible. .“mfll?e hfi;l%r:fite:r’:n; i:‘:.'lt c!:‘:l’llénxe‘,t l:h: fading vine leaves made fairy whispering, that Oncle Jazon was the fiddl, most reverent attentlo be . ir unde g here he sat, perched on a high Bowever. Lot their ynds T levity CHAPTER VIIL added: “If you are really dying for and where the tempered breeze blew de- t! 3 erence included great fresdom an: ‘ sly cool from over the distant multi- one corner of the. large room, sawing in its nature. —— T e e Time: T amays, 0 ekt e ookl Tia Tk e WoCEoral. ey ap i dos e 1t Mo Tt g D mPeCITel tademsand the sonditiaes THE DILEMMA OF CAPTAIN HELM. jeur Beverley.” 5 # MON" were gathering their Indian corn early to his elbow leaping back and forth, while Hround him snd had e fus to know Oncle Jazon, feeling like s fish returned &l “Oh, it's Moyfineur de Ronville, perha; dry it on the cob for xrg@) into winter his scalpless crown shone like the side of what not to hear, what not to ses; but he to the water after a long and torturing that you will offer up as a ch; to ,;’,‘;1 meal. Many women mdde wine from the a peeled onlon and his puckered mouth mever failed when & word or & - captivity in the open air, plunged into skill and address,” he ‘slyly returned; for o grapes and from, the swester and . wagged grotesquely.- from _side to-side ‘RVST,CRISC TRRT L MI00AWEEE C0 8 SO orest itk Sntiohmtionts o Wvaly he was suspecting that & love affair in ult of {mported vines. ‘Madame keeping time to his tuneful scraping. trying on a sheep that seemed to be . fore o S eome stage ol progress lay between her Roussillon and Alice stained their hands =~ When the Roussillon party arrived it ing dangerously far from the fold. Upon ture and made way toward and Rene. a deep purple during the pressing season, attracted condensed attentfon. Its impo- an cecasion u{. this at the river plains. It was his oming & Combined Tush of Sucalse whd Boine e hos t‘rlxmjlnl'g el Semmiied BODUIar ming, mas SRhemces-ga house he wes no St ayapathy with the thence 3 the W oming a combined rush of su elpin, 'm handle the -crop, while sem! N his genial pathy e Soger "addea with as en;ghuua Chari “aronnd the overnawing sarthen ot he ol ene wand gz Snhianced 8% becauss of hix ge beca: iness of the youn; le who looked ing as it was unexpect wild bees, wasps and hornets hummed er—by the gown of Alice. It was len. {'o' tor .‘fl“{.l '5|sml “I myself am, perhaps, swordsman with an incessant, jarring monotony. dent Indeed in the stmple, unaccust: ‘was some time before ’etngn’h to satisfy the impudence and van- i nt’:d: gt t flashed 'ieth It y ©f Ami Beverley could ous Jean, the hunchback, ered ample eyes upon which it flashed. a gecur ce for a dance, he found it Monsieur Beverley, lieutenant in' lto::u of 'hlcko'ry m?k alnuts, hazel- silken glory. Matrons stared at it; m ot I:-“um utrodoudé%c her erican army.” nuts and . ~Indeed, the ens gazed v,vl ou.some buckskin-clad lout T X pin- demoiselle; forgive me, ol ulation of the like_an Indian he exewmd.t“rnuthly 4] : mn of industry upt.{;q }3:;-1:‘1‘“ He did not ade a vision: men of yo 1 1 ke full liberty. was as if a Queen ar- v greatly enjoy ting his voice to sinceres: ,nmnx of winter; and 3Nnnuy,“wh2:i :y:d in be of state, had entered of his partners; they could not a ‘I really did not mean to be impu- ation had been completed for dingy log edifice apparition of daz- .,,".!aa of his nature just then. dent, nor— the dreaded cold season, nh ussilion zling an vlflng“b—w Oncle pe at all times stood too much Her vivacity cleared with & merry carried out his long-cherished plan, and Jazon caught sight of and snaj tocratic traditlons or laugh. y o ve a great party at the river house. his tune short off. | Th traits ol hre wil aase omi after™] After the most e e ettt T o o T h;“’r: uu‘hl'; {to unh.a tduwn‘d ’wn 34 ir of fiber ‘t! e SR % :v-rli:o{l':e unl'::l“reiglemzfl. appeared m a shel 10 a pair 3 - & 4, re lou: e | {:2: ;{;" cfi'f::,nu“ the hilts e him un'.".f' + e .El'a'."'&:'n':'s" :rhat“lfti g ’or P mi’i:n:"fl'}'l:m: h-ns;n.l "i: g}m fg—r oe. - 3 2 o — : Hght uj ene’s stron| A ““There isn't any difference between CHAPTER VIL of excitement and wondered what was “They have honored your flag, my them that I know of,” she said,.and th, o ¥ o 00 short to see over - sald, ndedl:l archly, “but you will feel better :‘: | oEE M. 4 the matter, being too n.d o over the 1 am to see,” the f those aroui ', ing 1 a smile to where, hen all is over and the sti v R el 2 ; . B s Lirouet 2o 1 T i S 1 E lm‘ d confused _ “What fs it? what is it?” she cried, banner that bore Alice’ the sclous of having used every sensible pre- a effectively % d t into hes , trys s 3 - < ln:etohg:(&:h wha! waqnlg her emylnnd. Dut | mere. girl, tha 5:Q &8 1t just which there swept a powerful anger, of how Hieh m-tvryn o n her to d out of a dream. In fact the wh . liké a breath of flame. He recollected she planted it on the fort, ai 335::':‘60& b:l"fi‘;l‘u:‘ -t'!!n.t:.dfl rve’!ll..,yk:, seemed unreal, yet so "g‘l' - how Alice had to wear that d"-d had heard it to the last mystery, from which he could draw oniy SiYe in all its main featire h d when he had a er, and now she Father Beret n};nlu 'l‘evouz smile-glint, direct, daring, :3;!::."'%:! a it :.F{ u% 'rlf:;"n.t:ilam e et She sald, faking one of tha fone, WomER 1o icing up 1nto bis face, smiling, ienee, Whhoue Soom” LoF omorabie fe. . ke Allce, While he wat Tally axarsol " Time T e, time for parley Is past” she rs. this strength ot still phicking ¢ hig arm. “T can't ses s plied: “follow me to the battl uy boldness u‘,?m. fll{:f th.% tell me. -ground.” 4 3 h to a pleasant little co frontier crudeness a certain adum- 4 lns(haa]l’gl?:l‘t'!:: cabin’s yard, a up:ego w bration—so to call lo—o!“rwieh sensi- swered, tween two wings and a vine-covered trel. bilities and l?fl'lfld!ll nm‘ both o his_voice lis, beyond which lay a well-kent vine- Pleasantly and unj ntly. m‘a not selle Roussillon all d up like yard and vegetable: garden. Here she gympathizo. DTl with her semi-bar- & bride or "%flfn’ Sotona 3;.“5 it Towith & Tine wrace, | polsing her- 1 : nzgmrr):’n in France.” she was tired and begged to rest a: foil with a fine erace. feminine, as compared with the s of o L Virginia and Maryland. He resen! her low beautiful she must look!" eried smiling so graciously upon each one o Seiod Agaix P Toroes Ay ik the BirL. % Wish T 6ould see Ner s Bis rebuff thrilled him 8 if it ) [4 He tried again to force a way into the muscular development and her independ- y 3 for hi; Father Beret lheo:zd:zu‘% had found him in e