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BMAURICE THOM NOMP5ON P50N
Eeverley set et out In search o or the theFrench thpFrench theFrench
French commanders house ho Impressed Impressedwith Jmpressedwith Impressedwith
with no particular respect for him or orhis orhis orhis
his office Somehow Americans of An AngloSaxon AngloSaxon AngbSaxon ¬
gloSaxon blood were slow to recognize recognizeany
any good qualities whatever In the theLatin theLatin theLatin
Latin Creoles of the west and south southIt southIt southIt
It seemed to them that the French Frenchman Frenchman Frenchman ¬
man and the Spaniard were much too tooapt tooapt tooapt
apt to equalize themselves socially and andmatrimonially andmatrfmonlatl andmatrimonially
matrimonially with Indians and ne negroes neroes negzoes ¬
groes roes The very fact that for a cen century century century ¬
tury while AngloAmericans had been beenlaconstant beenIn beenIa
In laconstant constant bloody warfare with sav savages savages sayages ¬
ages Frenchmen had managed to keep keepon keepon keepon
on easy and highly profitable trading tradingterms tradingterlns tradingterms
terms with them tended to confirm the theworst theorst theorst
worst orst Implication Eat frogs anasave Jin Jinsave ana andsave
save your scalp was a bit ot con contemptuous contemptuous contemptuous ¬
temptuous frontier humor Indicative of ofwhat ofthat ofwhat
what sober b r judgment held In reserve reserveon
on the subject subjectIntent subjectIntent subjectIntent
Intent upon his formal mission Lieu Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant ¬
tenant Beverley stalked boldly into the theinclosure theInclosure theInclosure
inclosure at Roussillon place and was wasmet wasmet wasmet
met on the gallery by Madame Rous Roussillon Rouss11l0n Roussilion ¬
sillon In one of her worst moods She Sheglared Sheglared Sheglared
glared at him with her hands on her herhips herhips herhips
hips her mouth set irritably aslant aslantupward aslantupwapd aslantupwaizd
upward her eyebrows gathered into a adark adark adark
dark knot over her nose It would be behard behard behard
hard to imagine a aJPore more forbidding forbiddingcountenance forbiddingcountenance forbiddLncounthuance
countenance and for supplementary supplementaryeffect supplem ntdrY ntdrYeffect ry ryerreot
effect but out popped hunchback huqchbackJean Jean to tostand tostand tostand
stand behind her with his big head headlying headlrlng headlying
lying bookIn b k In the hollow of his shoul shoulders shoulders shoulders ¬
ders and hislong his Ions chin elevated while whilehe whilehe whilehe
he gawped gawpedlntentIy Intently up Into In Beverleys Beverleysface BeverleyStace Beverleysface
face faceBon Bon jour madame said the lieutenant lieu l1eutenant lieutenant ¬
tenant lifting his hat and speaking speakingwith speakingwItha speakingwith
with wItha a pleasant accent Would it be beagreeable beagreeable beagreeable
agreeable to Captain Roussillon for me meto meto roeto
to see him a moment momentDespite momenU momenUDespite momentDespIte
Despite Severitys cleverness In Inusing Inusing inusing
using the French language he had a adecided adecIded adecided
decided brusqueness of manner and a acurt acurt acurt
curt turn of voice not in the th least leastGallio leastGaUlo leastGaliiu
Gallio True the spft s t Virginian VI ginlan in intonation Intonation intonation ¬
tonation marked every word and his hisobeisance hisobeisance hisobeisance
obeisance was as kAy Iovaslt as asif If Madame MadameRoussillon 1IadameRoussUlon MadarneRoussillon
Roussillon had been beenaqueen a queen but the thelight thelight thelight
light French grace wag as wholly lack lackIng lackWhat lacking
Ing IngWhat What do you want of it my husband husbandMadame husbimdMadame husbandMadame
Madame Roussillon demanded demandedNothing demandedNothlng demandedNothing
Nothing unpleasant I fissure ssure you youmadame youmadame youmadame
madame said Beverley BeverleyWell BeverleyYell BeverleyWell
Well hes not at home Mosleu Mosleuhes Moseuhes Mosleuhes
hes up the river for a few days daysShe daysShe daysShe
She relaxed her stare untied her eye eyebrows eyebrowsand eyebrows ¬
brows browsand and even let fall her hands from fromher tromher fromher
her shelflike hips hipsThank hipsThank hipsThank
Thank you madame said Beverley Beverleybowing Beverleybowing Bverleybowing
bowing again I am m sorry not to have haveseen haveseen haveseen
seen him himAs himAs himAs
As he was turning to go a shimmer of ofbrown otbrown ofbrown
brown hair streaked with gold struck struckupon struckUJlon struckupon
upon his hl vision from Just within the thedoor thedoor thedoor
door He paused as If in response to toa toa toa
a military command while a pair of ofgray otsray ofgray
gray eyes t es mel his with a a flash The Thecabin Thecubln Thecabin
cabin room was ill l1 Ughted but b t the thecrepuscular thecre1 thewepuscular
crepuscular cre1 > u culnr dimness did not seem s em to tohinder tohinder tohipder
hinder his sight Beyond the Hleglrls girls fig figure fiF fiFure figur ¬
ure ure ur a pair of slender swords hung hungcrossed hungcrossed hungcrossed
crossed aslant on the wall opposite the thelow thelOv thelow
low door doorJJaverley doorUoverler door3everley
JJaverley bad nd seen in the old world worldgalleries worldGan worldgalleries
galleries Gan rIes pictures In which the shad shadowy thadowy shadowy ¬
owy and somewhat 6om w at uncertain back background backround background ¬
ground round thus forced into strorgest pro projection projection projeetion ¬
jection the main figure yet without withoutclearly wIthoutcJenrl withoutclearly
clearly defining d ftnln it The rough frame of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the doorway gave Just the he rustic set settine settir settir
tine tir suited to Alices costume the most moststriking mosterikins moststriking
striking nart of wh whuh h was Wa u grayish grayishsown grayishgown grayishgown
gown ending t dlng just ju t above ub ve Iwr h r tringed tringedbuckskin trlngedbuckakin tringedbuckskin
buckskin moccasins mocu ln Around aund her head headshe headshe headshe
she had bound b < > nd a bliu biu kerchief kE > rchlef a wide wideeprner wIdecorner widecorner
corner o 01 which Ju 1ui > over ver her crown like likea
a IOOSQ cap cn Her bright hair hunjj hU1J free freeupon treeupon freeupon
upon her shoulders n tumbled half halfcurls halfcurls halfcurls
curls Asa picture the figure ure and Its Itsentourage Itsentourage itsentourage
entourage might have been artistically artisticallyeffftctixe nrUIiUcaltycff artisticallyeffective
effftctixe cff ctJe but as Beverley saw fa w It In act actual actual apt aptual ¬
ual life the first Impression was rather ratherembarrassing ratherembarrassing ratherembarrassing
embarrassing Somehow he felt almost almostirresistibly almostIrreslstiblJ almostirresistibly
irresistibly invited to laugh though he hehad hehad hehad
had never been much given to risibil risibility rlsl risibility ll llIty ¬
ity The blending or rather rdthcrthe the Juxta Juxtaposition juxtaposition juntaposition ¬
position of extremes extremesa a face a form formimmediately tormimmedlateh formimmediately
immediately witching and a costume costumeodd costumeodd costumeodd
odd to grotesquery grotesqu grotesqueryhad ryhad had made an as assault assault assault ¬
sault upon his comprehension at once onceso onceso onceso
so sudden and so s direct that his dig dignity dlgnit dignity ¬
nity nit came near being disastrously disastrouslybroken disastrouslybroken Usastrouslybrolcen
broken up A splendidly beautiful child childcomically childcomically childcomically
comically clad would have made much muchthe muchthe muchthe
the same half delightful de > half displeas displeasing displeasing displeasIng ¬
ing impression impressionBeverley ImpressionBeverley impressionBeverley
Beverley could not stare at a the girl girland girland girland
and no sooner had he turned tux oed his back backupon backupon backupon
upon her h r than the picture in Ills mind mindchanged mlndchnnged mindchanged
changed like a scene 8 tnt in a kaleidoscope kaleidoscopelie
lie now saw a tall finely flnt > JJ developed fig figure figure figure ¬
ure and a face delicately oval with a alow alan
low 10 wide forehtld arched brows a astraight astratht astraight
straight slightly uptilted nose a amouth amouth amouth
mouth sweet and full dimpled checks checksand che cheejtsnod kfl kflDnd
and a strong chin set above a faultless faultlessthroat fuultlelJthrQat faultlessthroat
throat His Imagination in casting casUn off offIts
Us it first irnpr Jmpnslon ssion was inclined to ex exaggerate ecn enaggerute ¬
aggerate n sente Alices Allee beauty beaut and to dwell dwellupon well wellUlOn
upon Its 11 picluresqueness s He smiled as asha ase ase
ha e walked back to the fort and even evenfound eenlQund eveniound
found himself whistling Whl mlts gayly a snatch snatchfrom snatchfrom natchfrom
from a rollicking fiddletune that he
had heard when a boy
CHAPTER rVT rVTA tVA
A Fencing Bout BoutA
A few dav da after Helms He arrival arrhaloutjsl1lon M Mioussillon MThussillon
ioussillon returned to Vincennes and and2r
If ho io WHS Wq sorely sorel touched toulh > d In his amour amourpropra amourproJlr amourpropra
propra hy h teelnjg his bl suddenly ac acquired acquIred acquired ¬
quired military rank and title drop dropawuy dropatu dropaway
away atu he did not Jet it te known to tohis toIlls tohis
his fellow citizens He promptly called calledupon railedUpon atledUpon
upon the new commander r and made madeacquaintance madencquaJ madeacqualnianee
acquaintance ncquaJ lcluce with wlthLl Lieutenant ufenant Bever Beverley BeverIcy Heverley ¬
ley who just then was W superintending
the work of cleaning up an old cannon cannonIn cannonIn cannonIn
In the fort and mending some breaks
In the stockade stockadeHelm stockadeHelm tlJckndeHelm
Helm formed a great liking for the
big Frenchman whose breezy freedom freedomof
of manner and expansive good humor humorstruck humortruok humorstruck
struck him favorably from the begin beginning begInnlnS beginfling ¬
fling M of Roussilions ability abillt to speak speakEnglish apeakEnglish SpeakEnglish
English with considerable ease helped helpedthe helpedthe helpedthe
the friendship along no doubt at all allevents allevents allevents
events their first interview ended with witha
a hearty show of good fellowship and andas andal andas
as time passed they became almost in inseparable ineparable inseparable ¬
separable companions during M Rous Roussilions RousUlous Roussillons ¬
silions periods of rest from his trad trading trading tracting ¬
ing excursions among the Indians IndiansThey IndiansThey IndiansThey
They played cards and brewed hot hotdrinks botdrlnk8 hotdrinks
drinks over which they told marvelous marvelousstories marvelousstories marvelousstories
stories the latest one Invariably sur surpassing surpassin stirpassing ¬
passing all Its predecessors predecessorsHelm predecessorsHelm predecessorsHelm
Helm had an eye to business and andturned andtmned andturned
turned M I RouasIHons knowledge of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the Indians to valuable account accountso
so that thl1 t he soon had very pleasant re ¬
lations with most of the tribes with within withIn within ¬
in reach of his agents This gave a afeeling ateetlng afeeling
feeling of great e8t sfecarity curity to the people peopleof
of Vincennes They pursued their nar narrow narrow oarrow ¬
row agricultural activities with excel excellent excellent xcell ¬
lent l nt results and redoubled those tb e social socialgaysties socialgayeties oclalgn
gayeties gn ttieswhlcb which even In hut and cabin cabinunder cabinunder cabinunder
under all the tb adverse 8d rse conditions of ex extreme extreme extreine ¬
treme frontier life were dear to the thefolatnt theolatn thevolatile
volatile olatn and genial French tempera temperament temperament temperaz temperaLfeutenant ¬
z ment mentLieutenant mentLieutenant
Lieutenant Beverley found much to toInterest tointerest toInterest
Interest him In the quaint town but butthe butthe butthe
the piece tIe resistance was Oncle Ja Jazon Jaon Janon
non on who proved to be both fascinating fascinatingand ran natlns
and unmanageable a bard nut to tocrack tocrack tocrack
crack yet et possessing pos slns a kernal abso absolutely absoluteIy absolutety ¬
lutely original In flavor Beverley BeverlE vis visited visIted visited ¬
ited him one evening In his hut hutIt hutItmight hutItmight It Itmight
might better be called den dena a curiously curiouslybuilt curiouslybuilt curiouslybuilt
built thing with walls of vertical poles polesset polesset polesset
set in a quadrangular trench dug In Inthe Inthe ittthe
the ground round and roofed with grass In Inside 1nIde Inside ¬
side Ide and out oU It was plastered with withclay withcla withclay
clay cla and the floor of dried mud was wasas wasas
as smooth and hard as concrete pav 1mVIns paving av ¬
t ing In one end there was a wide fire fireplace tlrepla ¬
1 place pla e grimy with soot In the t e other a amere am aI
11 I mere m mere re peep p p hole for a window a wood woodca woodt woodl
t l j ca bench a bed ot jf < sid skins and two or orJr ori
Jr i 1
three stools were barely visible in the thegloom th thIoom theg1oom
gloom Ioom In the doorway Qncle Jaz Jazbn Jazbnsat TazSasat n nsat
sat whittling a slender bUt of hick hickory hlckory ¬
ory 01 1 into a ramrod for his long Hint Hintlock mntlock flIntlock
lock American rUle ritteMaybe rUle1Iabe riflelaybe
Maybe ye e know Simon Kenton Kentonsaid Kentonsaid enton entonsaid
said the old man after he and Bevev Be BeverIcy l lley j jley
ley had conversed for a while seeing seeingthat seeIngthat seeingthat
that you are from Kentucky Kentuckyeh KentuckyehYes eh ehYes
Yes I do know him well hes h g a awarm awarm awarm
warm personal friend oC mine said saidBeverley saldBeverley saidBeverley
Beverley with quick interest for It Itsurprised Itsurprised Itsurprised
surprised him that Oncle Jason should shouldknow shouldknow shouldknow
know anything about Kenton Do you youknow youJmOV youknow
know him Monsieur Jason JazonOncle Jazon1Onrle JasonOncle
Oncle Jazon winked conceitedly conceited and andsighted andslgbted aildsighted
sighted along his hlsrUdlmenta rudimentary ry ramrod ramrodto mmrod
to see if it was straight then puck puckering puckerIno puckorb ¬ I
ering orb his lips as if on the point of ofwhistlings o ofwhisUIng
whistlings made an affirmative noise noisequite noisequIte noisequite I
quite impossible to spelL spelLWell spelLYel1 spelLWell
Well Im glad you are acquainted acquaintedwith acquaintedwith acquaintedwith
with Kenton said Beverley Where Wheredid Wheredid VheredId
did you and he come together togetherOncle togetherOnele togetherOxide
Oxide Jazon chuckled remIniscently remlnlscentlyand
and scratched the skinless cicatrized cicatrizedspot cIcatrizedspot cicatrizedspot
spot where his hfsscalp scalp had once flour flourished fiourfshed flourIshed ¬
ished ishedOh fshedOh IshedOh
Oh several places he answered answeredYe
Ye see tbet hair a bangin there on onthe onthe onthe
the wall He pointed at a a dry d y wisp wispdangling wispdangling wispdangling
dangling under a log barely visible by bythe bythe
the bad light WelJL W nthets thefs my scalp scalphe scalphe scalphe
he he he He snickered as It thefact the thefact thefact
fact were a most enjoyable Joke SI SImon SImon Simon
mon Kenton can canteJJ tell ye about thet thetlittle thetlittle thetlittle
little affair The Indians thought I Iwas Iwas Iwas
was dead and they the took my hair l1alrbut l1alrbutI but butI
I wasntjdead wasnt dead I was Just a givln em ema ema ema
a possum act When they was gone goneI
I got up from jvybere I was layin and andtrotted andtrottedoff andtrotted
trotted trottedoff off My head was sore and andventrebleu andventrebleu 1 1ventrebleu
ventrebleu but I was mad he he hehe hehe hehe
he heAH
AH this thi time he spoke In French and andthe andthe andthe
the English but poorly paraphrases his hisodd hisodd hisodd
odd turns of expression His grimaces grimacesand grimacesand grimacesand
and grunts cannot even be hinted hintedIt hlnt d dIt
It was a long story as Beverley BeVer1e re received received received ¬
ceived It told scrappily but with cer certain certaIn certain ¬
tain rude art In the end Oncle Jazon Jazonsaid Jazonsaid Jasonsaid
said with unctious selfsatisfaction selfsatisfactionAccidents seltsatisfactlonAccidents selfsatisfactionAccidents
Accidents will happen I got my mychance mychance niychance
chance at that damned Indian who whoskinned whoskinned whoskinned
skinned my head and I jes j je took a abead aben abead
bead ben on Mm with my myoid old rifle I cant cantshoot cantshoot canthoot
shoot much never could but I hap happened happened happened ¬
pened to hit Im square In the lef eye eyewhat eyewhat eyewhat
what I shot at and it was a hundred hundredyards hundredyards hundredyards
yards Down he tumbles and I runs runsto runsto runsto
to im and finds my same old scalp scalpa
a hangln to his belt Well I lifted liftedoff Httedotr liftedoff
off his hair with my knife and untied untiedmine untiedmine untiedmine
mine from the belt and then I had hadboth hadboth hadboth
both scalps he he he You Y u ask Si Simon SImon Sisoon ¬
mon Kenton I enton when ye see im He was wasalong wasalong wasalong
along at n t the same time and they made madeim made1m madebe
im run the gantlet and pretty nigh nighbeat nighbeat nighbeat
beat the life out o Im Ventrebleu VentrebleuBeverley VentrebleuBeverley VentrebleuBeverley
Beverley now recollected hearing hearingKenton hearingKenton hearingKenton
Kenton tell the same grim story by a acampflre acampflre acampfire
campflre in the hills of Kentucky KentuckySomehow KentuckySomehow KentuckySomehow
Somehow It had caught a new spirit spiritIn
In the French rendering which linked
it with the old tales of adventure that thathe thath thathq
he h had read in his boyhood and It Itsuddenly Itsudden Itsuddeniy
suddenly sudden I endeared Oncle Jazon to him himThe himThe himThe
The rough old scrap of a man and andthe andthe andthe
the powerful youth chatted together togetheruntil togetheruntil togetheruntil
until sundown smoking their pipes pipeseach pipeseach pIpeseach
each feeling for what was Wa best In the theother theother theother
other half aware that In the future futurethey futurethey futurethey
they would be tested together In the thefire thefire thefire
fire of wild lld adventure Every man is ismore Ismore ismore
more or less a prophet at certain points
in his life lifeTwilight meTnHlght lifeTwilight
Twilight and moonlight mo m1ight were blend blending blendIng blending ¬
ing softly when Beverley Beverl on his way wayback wayback wayback
back to the fort departing from a adirect adirect adirect
direct course went along the rivers riversside dversside riversaide
side southward to have a few ew mo momenta moments mements ¬
ments of reflective strolling within withinreach withinreach withinreach
reach of the waters uters pleasant murmur murmurand murmurand murmurand
and the towns indefinite evening stir stirRich stirRich stirRich
Rich sweetness sweetn 5s the gift of early au autumn autumn autunmn ¬
tumn was on the th air blowing blowIn softly softlyout softtyout softlyout
out of a alflac lilac west and undslngins singing in the thewillow theWillOT thewillow
willow fringe that hung here and there thereover thereover thereover
over the bank bankOn bankOn
On the farther side of the rivers riv fI wide wideflow wideflow e eflowswollen I
flow flowswollen swollen by recent heavy rains rainsBeverley rainsBeverlt rainsBeverley
Beverley saw a pirogue in one end of ofwhich ofwhich
which a dark figure swayed to the thestrokes thestrokes thestrokes I
strokes of a a paddle The slender and andshallow andshanow andshallow
shallow little craft was bobbing bobbln on the thechoppy thechopp thechoppy
choppy waves and taking a zigzag zigzagcourse zlgzacourlie zigzagcoure
course among floating logs and masses massesof massesof massesof
of lighter driftwood while making makingslow makingSIO makingslow
slow SIO but certain headway toward the thehither thehither thehither
hither bank bankBeverley bankB bankBeverley
Beverley B verley took a bit of punk and a aflint a afiint aflint
flint and steel from his pocket relit his hispipe hispipe hispipe
pipe and stood watching the skillful skillfulboatman skillfulboatman skillfulboatman
boatman conduct his somewhat dan dangerous danserous dangerous ¬
gerous voyage diagonally against the therolling therolUng therolling
rolling current It was a shifting shiftinghideandseek sh1tinghideandseek shiftinghideandseek
hideandseek scene its features ap appearing appearlng appearing ¬
pearing and disappearing with the ac action action actUrn ¬
tion of the waves and the doubtful light lightreflected Jlghtrefiected lIghtreflected
reflected from fading clouds and sky skyNow skyNow skyNow
Now and aeain the man stood up in inhis inhis inhis
his skittish pirogue balancing himself himselfwith hhmeltwith himselfwith
with care to use us a short pole in shov shoving shovInr ahoylug ¬
lug driftwood out of his way and andmore and1re andmore
more 1re than once he h looked to Beverley Beverleyas
as If he h hud plunged headlong he3dtln into the thedark thedark thedark
dark water waterThe waterThe waterThe
The spot as nearly as tt can be befixed befixed befixed
fixed was about 200 OO yards below where wherethe wherethe wherethe
the nubile road bridge at present spans
the Wabash The bluff was then far fardifferent fardUfrent fardilTerent
different from what hat It Is now steeper steeperand steeperand steeperand
and higher with less silt and sand be between between between ¬
tween it and the waters edge Indeed Indeedswollen Indeedswollen Indeedswollen
swollen as the current was a man could couldstand couldstand couldstand
stand on the top of the bank and easily easilyleap easilyleap easilyleap
leap into the deep d ep water At a polpt polptnear polptnear poiptnear
near the middle o ot the river a great greatmass greatmass greatmass
mass of drift logs and sand nd had long longago longago longago
ago formed a barrier which split the thestream thestream thestream
stream so that one current came heav heavily heavlb heavfly ¬
fly shoreward shor ward on the side next the thetown thetooD thetown
town and swashed with its muddy muddyfoam muddytoam muddyfoam
foam making a swirl and eddy Just be below below below ¬
low where Beverley stood stoodThe stoodThe stoodThe
The pirogue rounded the upper angle angleof
of this obstruction not without dint difficulty dlmcutty dintculty ¬
culty to Its crew of one and swung swunginto swunginto swunginto
into the rapid shoreward rush as was wasevidently wasevidently wasevidently
evidently planncd for by the steers steersman steersman steersman ¬
man who now no paddled against the tide tidewith tidewith tidewith
with all his might to keep from being beingborne beingborne beingborne
borne too far down for a safe binding bindingplace tandln tandlnplace bindIngplace
place placeBeverley placeBev placeBeverley
Beverley Bev rley stood st at ease Idly and half halfdreamily halfdreamily halfdreamily
dreamily looking on when suddenly suddenlysomething suddenlysomething suddenlysomething
something caused a catastrophe which whichfor whichfor whlchfor
for a moment he did not comprehend comprehendIn
In fact the man in the pirogue came cameto cameto cameto
to grief as a man In a pirogue Is very veryapt veryapt veryapt
apt to do and fairly somersaulted somersaultedoverboard somersaultedoverboard omersaultedoerboard
overboard into the water Nothing se serious 5edous sonoun ¬
rious noun would have huvethreatened threatened for the theman theman theman
man could swim like an otter had not nota
a floating halfsubmersed log thrust thrustup thrustup thrustup
up some short stiff stumps of boughs boughsupon boughsupon boughsupon
upon the points of which the man manstruck mans manstruck
struck s ck heavily b ny and was not only hurt hurtbut hurtbut hurtbut
but had his clothes impaled securely securelyby
by one of the ugly spears ears so that he hehung hehung behung
hung in a helpless position while hUe the thewaters thewaters thewaters
waters motion alternately lifted and andsubmerged andsubmerged andsubmerged
submerged him his arms arni beating about aboutwildly aboutwUdly aboutwildly
wildly wildlyWhen wUdlyWhen wildlyWhen
When Beverley Beverle heard a strangling stranglingcry trangllngCI
cry CI for help he pulled hlmsejf hIm etf prompt promptly ¬
ly together flung off his coat as if by bya byn bya
a single motion and leaped down the thebank thebank thebank
bank into the water He was a swim swimmer swimmer swimroer ¬
mer whose who strokes counted for all that thatprodigious thatprodlgiQUS thatprodigious
prodigious strength nnd excellent train training tra1nInt traintog ¬
tog could afford he rushed through throughthe throughthe throughthe
the water with long sweeps making a asemlelrclfc nsemtclrcl asemicircle
semicircle rounding ro nding against the cur current curnt cugrent ¬
rent nt so o as to swing down upon the thedrowning thedrownIng thedrowning
drowning mam mamLess rnanT man1Less
Less T than a halfhour later a t rumor rumorby rumorby rumorby
by some means m anI spread throughout the thetown thetoTl thetown
town that Father Beret eret arid Lieuten Lieutenant LIeutenant Lieuhraant ¬
ant Beverley were drowned to the Wabash Wabash Wa Wabash
bash But when a crowd gathered to toverify toerlf toverify
verify erlf the terrible news It turned out outto outto outto
to be untrue Gaspard Roussillon had hadonce hadonce hadonce
once more distinguished himself by an anexhibition t airexhibition 1 1exbltiltion
exhibition ofhenrf or bero1 e r nerveand n nerve rVe and nd muscle muscleVentrcbleu TnttSCleVe11trebleu muscleV
Ventrcbleu V ntrebeu Quel nomine ex exclaimed exclaImed cxclaimed ¬
claimed Oncle Jazon Ja on when w en told that
M Roussillon had come up the bank bankof bankof bankof
of the Wabash With Lieutenant Bayer Beverley Betrley BayerIcy ¬
ley under one arm and arui Father Beret Beretunder Beretunder Beretunder
under the bother both men men apparently apparentlydead apparentlydead apparentlydead
dead deadBring
Bring them to my house immedi immediately ImmedlateIy immediateIy ¬
ateIy M Roussillon ordered as soon soonas soonas soonas
as they were restored to consciousness consciousnessand consc1ornmessand
and he shook himself as a big wet ani animal animal anima ¬
mal ma sometimes does covering every everybody everybody everybody ¬
body near him with muddy water waterThen waterThen waterThen
Then he led the way with melodramatic melodramaticstrides melodramaticstrides melodramaticstrides
strides stridesIn
In Justice to historical accuracyjthere accuracyjtheremust accuracy accuracytheremust there theremust
must be a trifling reform of o what Wh81Ap Wh81Appeared ap appeared appeared ¬
peared on onthe the face of ofthings things to be grand grandly ¬
ly true Gaspard Roussillon actually actuallydragged actuanydragged actuallydragged
dragged Father Beret and Lieut Bev Beverley Beverley Beveriey ¬
erley one at a time out of the eddy eddywater eddywater eddywater
water and up the steep river bank bankThat bankThat bankThat
That was truly a great feat but the thehero theheronever thehero
hero heronever never explained When men ar arrived arrived ardyed ¬
rived he was standing between the col collapsed collapsed collapsed ¬
lapsed forms panting and dripping drippingDoubtless drippingDoubtless drippingDoubtless
Doubtless he looked just as if he had haddropped haddropped haddropped
dropped them from tromunder under his arms and andwhy andwhy andwhy
why shouldnt he have the benefit of a agreat agreat agreat
great implication implicationIve
Ive saved them both he roared roaredfrom roaredfrom roaredfrom
from which of course the ready cre creole creole crcole
ole imagination inferred the extreme extremeof
of possible heroic performance performanceBring performanceBring performanceBring
Bring them to my house immediate immediately ¬
ly and It was accordingly done doneThe doneThe doneThe
The procession headed by M 1 Rous Roussilion RoussJ1lon Roussilion
silion moved noisily for the French Frenchtongue Frenchtongue Frenchtongue
tongue must shake ort what comes to It Iton iton Iton
on the thrill of every exciting moment momentThe momentThe momentThe
The only silent Frenchman is is the dead deadone deadonc deadone
one oneFather Father Beret was not only wellnigh wellnighdrowned wellnighdrowned wellnighdrowned
drowned but seriously hurt He lay layfor laytor layor
for or a week on a bed in M Roussilions Roussilionshouse R Roussillonshouse sUlon8 sUlon8house
house before he could sit up Alice Alicehung AlIcehung Alicehung
hung over him night and day scarcely scarcelysleeping scarcelysleeping scarcelysleeping
sleeping or eating eaUnguntll until he wta past all alldanger aUdanger altdanger
danger As A for Beverley he phook off offall ot otall offall
all the effects of his struggle in a a little littlewhile Uttlwhile littlewhile
while Next day he was out as well welland welland Welland
and strong as ever busy with the af affairs affairs affairs ¬
fairs of his office Nor was he less lesshappy lesshappy lesshappy
happy on account of what the little littleadventure littleadventure littleadventure
adventure had cast Into his experience experienceIt
It is good to feel that one ne has done an anunselfish anunselfish anunselfish
unselfish deed and no young mans mansheart mansheart mansheart
heart repels the freshness of what whatcomes whatcomes whatcomes
comes to him when a a beautiful girl girlfirst girlfirst girlfirst
first enters his life lifeJlaturally UfelaturaUy lifelaturaily
Jlaturally enough Alice had sirne sirnethoughts snethoughts e ethoughts
thoughts of Beverley while she was so soattentively soattentively soattentively
attentively caring for Father Beret BeretShe BeretShe BeretShe
She had never before seen a man like likehim Hkehim likehim
him nor had she read of one Com Compared Compared CornPared ¬
pared with Rene de Ronvllle the best bestyouth bestyouth bestyouth
youth of her acquaintance he was In Inevery Inevery inevery
every way superior this was too evi evident e7Ident evident ¬
dent for analysis but referred to the theromantic theromantic theromantic
romantic standard taken out of the thenovels thenovels thenovels
novels she had read he somehow somehowfailed somehowtaUed somehowfailed
failed and yet he loomed bravely in inher Inher Inher
her vision not exactly a knight of the theclass Uleclass theclass
class she had most admired still un unI unQuestionably Unquestionably
I questionably a hero of large propor ¬
tionsBeverley tionsBeverley
Beverley Bev rley stepped in for a few feYmi minutes minutesevery minutesevery utes utesevery
every day da to see Father Beret eret Involun Involuntarily InvolUntarlIy invobintartly ¬
tartly lengthening Ijis visit by a sliding slidingratio slidingraUo slidingratio
ratio as he became better acquainted acquaintedHe
He began to t enjoy the priests conver conversation conersatlon conversation ¬
sation with its sly worldly wisdom wisdomcropping wIsdomcroppIng wisdomcropping
cropping up thrcligh fervid fervidrell religious religioussentiments religioussentiments lous loussentiments
sentiments and quaint humor Alice Alicemust AIIcemust Alicemust
must have interested him more than thanhe thanh thanhe
he h was aware a ware of for his eyes followed followedher followedher followedher
her as she came and went with a curi curious curious curlous ¬
ous criticism of her halfsavase cos costume costume costurne ¬
tume and her springy Dryadlike sup suppleness supplen suppleness ¬
pleness plen ss which reminded him of f the shy shyest shyest shyest ¬
est and nd gracefulest cefulest wild lld birds and yet yeta yettouch
a touch of refinement the th subtlest and andbest andbest andbest
best showed In all her ways waysstudied He Hestudied nestudied
studied her as he would have studied studieda
a strange showy and originally fra fragrant fragrant fm fmgrant ¬
grant flower or a bird of oddly at attractive attracthe attraptive ¬
tractive plumage While she said little littleto littleto littleto
to him or to anyone else in his presence presencehe r sence sencehe
he became aware of the willfulness and andJoyous andjoyous andjoyous
Joyous lightness which played lay on her hernatures hernatures hernatures
natures changeable surf surface aceHq Bq q won wondered woIdered wondomed ¬
dered at her influence over Father Be Beret Beret Beret ¬
ret whom she controlled apparent apparentwithout app apparentlywithout rentJY rentJYwithout
without effort But in due time he be began began began ¬
gan to feel a deeper deep r character a abroader abroader abroader
broader Intelligence behind her super superficial s supqgflctai p pflcral ¬
ficial sauvagerle and he found that thatshe thatshe thatshe
she really r ally had no mean smattering of ofbooks ofbooks r rbeaks
books in the lighter vein veinA veinA veinA
A little thing happened which fur further furtimer ur urther ¬
ther opened his eyes and increased ncreasedthe ncreasedtheInterest the theinterest theinterest
interest that her beauty and elementary elementarycharm elementarycharm elementarycharm
charm of style aroused In him grdu grdually gr du dually dually
ally apace with their advancing ac acquaintanceship acquaintanceship acquaintanceship ¬
quaintanceship quaintanceshipFather quaintanceshipFather quaintanceshipFather
Father Beret had got well and re returned returned returned ¬
turned to his hut and hIs round of ofspiritual ofspIritual ofspiritual
spiritual duties but Beverley came to toRoussillon toRousslllon toBousslilon
Roussillon place every day all the thesame he hesame hesame
same For a wonder Madame Rous Roussillon Roussillon ¬
I Islllon
sillon liked him and at most times held heldthe heldthe heldthe
the scolding side of her tongue when whenhe whenhe whenhe
he was present Jean too made madefriendly madefriendly madefriendly
friendly advices whenever opportunity opportunityafforded opportunityatorded opportunityafforded
afforded Of course Alice gave him himJust himjust
Just the frank cordiality of hospitable hospitablewelcome hospitablewelcome I
welcome demanded by frontier condi conditions conditkips ¬ i
tions She scarcely knew whether she sheliked sheUked sheliked
liked him or not but he had a treas treasury tre treury trea treaury ¬
ury of information from which he was wasenriching wasenrIching wasenriching
enriching her with liberal carelessness carelessnessday carelessnessday
day by day The hungriest part of her hermind hermind hermind
mind was being sumptuously banquet banqueted banquetedat ¬
ed edat at his expense Mere Intellectual Intellectualgreediness inteiiectutlgreediness l lgreediness
greediness drew her to him himNaturally himNaturally himNaturally
Naturally they soon threw off of such suchtroubling suchtroubHn sucflmtroubling
troubling troubHn formalities as at first rose be betxveen b btween between
tween them and began to disclose to toeach toeach toeach
each other their true characteristics characteristicsAlice characteristicsAIlee
Alice found in Beverley a large target targetfor targetfor targetfor
for the missiles of her clever and tan tantalizing tantaHzing tantalizing ¬
talizing perversity He in turn prac practiced pracUc pmacticd ¬
ticed Uc d a native dignity and an acquired acquiredsuperiority acquiredsuperiority acquiredsuperiority
superiority of manner to excellent ef effect effect effeet ¬
fect It was a meeting of Greek with withGreek withGreek withGreek
Greek in a new Arcadia To him here herewas herewas herewas
was Diana strong strange simple simpleeven simpleeven simpleeven
even crude almost to naturalness yet yetadmirably yetadmirably yetadmirably
admirably pure In spirit and imbued imbuedwith Imbuedwith Imbuedwith
with highest womanly aspirations To
her Beverley represented the great out outside outside outside ¬
side area of life He came to her from fromwonderland fromwonderland fromwonderland
wonderland beyond the wide circle of
houseless woods and uraisies He rep
resented gorgeous cities teeming parks parksof parksof parksof
of fashion boulevards salons halls of ofi ofsocla1 ofsocial
i social splendor the theatre the world worldi worldof worldof
i of womans dreams dreamsNow dreamso dreamsNow
Now o there Is an antagonism
vague vagueyet vagueyet agu aguyet
yet powerful generated between na
tures thus cast together from the op ¬
posite poles of experience and educa ¬
tion an antagonism practically equiv cquivI equhalent equivalent
I alent to the mpst vigorous attraction
What one knows the other is but half halfaware halfaare halfaware
aware of neither knowledge nor ig ¬
norance being Ing mutual there is a scin ¬
tillation of exchange from opposing opposingvantage oPPOsingvantage opposingvantage
vantage grounds followed by harm ¬
less snaps of thunder Culture and andrefinement andrefinement andrefinement
refinement take on airs airsIt It is the
deepest artificial Instinct of enlighten enlightenment enlightenment enlightenmeat ¬
ment to pose poseIn In the presence of natu naturalness naturalness naturalness ¬
ralness and there Is a a certain style of
Ignorance which attitudinizes before beforethe beCorethe beforethe
the gate of knowledge The return to tonature tonature tonature
nature has always been the dream of ofthe otthe ofthe
the conventionalized soul while the thesimply thesimply thesimply
simply Arcadian is forever longing for forthe forthemaddenfng forthe
the themaddenfng maddening honey of sophistication sophisticationInnate sophisticationInnate sophisticationinnate
Innate Jealousies strike together toge er like likeflint liketUnt likeflint
flint and steel dashing off sparks by bywhich b bhlch bywhich
which hlch nearly everything that life can canwarm canwann canwarm
warm Its core ore withal Is kindled and andkept andkept andkept
kept burning What I envy In my
friend I store for my best use I Ithrust Ithrust Ithrust
thrust and parry not to kill but to tolearn tolearn tolearn
learn my adversarys superior feints feintsand feintsand feIntsand
and guards And this hInt binto o of sword swordplay swordpay swordpiay
play leads back to what so greatly greatlysurprised STead STeadsurprised grat1ysurprised
surprised and puzzled Beverley eeverleYon eeverleYonday one on onday
day when wh he chanced to be examining examiningthe
the pair of colechemardea on the wall wallHe waUHe wallHe
He took one down d wn and handling It Itwith Itwtth itwith
with the Indescribable Ind ibJ1ble facility possible possibleto
to none save a practical swordsmaji swordsmajiremarked swo swOrdsmatremarked 1 1remarked
remarked remarkedTheres remarkedrber remarkedTherts
Theres rber S a world Ot faseinatlos facinatJ e is isthese hIt11ese Iathese
these things I like nothing better
than th a bout ut fencing fericlng fe cIng Does DO your yourfather yourfather yourfathet
father practice prut1cethe the art artI artr artX
I have no father no mQther she shequickly shequickly shequickly
quickly said but good Papa Roussil Roussillon RoussllIon RoussliIon ¬
Ion does like a little exercise with the thecolechemarde thecolechemarde thecoleeheruarde
colechemarde colechemardeask colechemardeWell
Well Im glad to hear it I shall shallask shallask
ask to teach him a trick or two Bev Beverley Beverlc Berericy ¬
erley erlc responded In the lightest mood moodWhen moodWhen moodWhoa
When will he return from the woods woodsI
I cant tell you hes very cry irregu irregular irregumr j jlar
lar in such matters she said Then Thenwith Thenwith Thenwith
with a smile half banter and half halfchallenge talfchallenge halfchallenge
challenge she added If you are really reallvdying realldyIng reallydying
dying for some exercise you shall no nohave nohave not nothave
have to wait for him to come I as assure assure assure ¬
sure you OU Monsieur Beverley BeverleyOh
Oh its Monsieur de Ronville RO Ule per perhapsthat perhaps perimps ¬
hapsthat haps that you wilt m offer up as a vic victim victim vietim ¬
tim to my skill and address he slyly slylyreturned slylyreturned slylyreturned
returned for orhe he was suspecting that thata
a love affair in some stage of progress progresslay progresslay progresslay
lay between her and Rene ReneShe ReneShe ReneShe
She blushed violently but quickly quicklyovercoming quIcklyovercomIn quIcklyovercoming
overcoming a a combined rush of sur surprise surprise sumptlee ¬
prise and anger added with an em emphasis emphasls emphasis ¬
phasis ass as charming as it was unex unexpected unetpccted unexpected ¬
pected pectedI
I myself am perhaps swordsman swordsmanenough swordsmanenough swordSmanenough
the Impudence and andvanity andvanity andvanity
enough to satisfy
vanity of Monsieur Io 1sleur Beverley lieuten lieutenant lieutenant iieutenant ¬
ant in the American army armyPardon armYPardon armyPardon
Pardon me mademoiselle mademois t1e forgive forgiveme forgiveme forgiveroe
me I beg of you OU he exclaimed earn earnestly earnestly earnestly ¬
estly modulating his voice to sincerest sincerestbeseecnment sincerestbeseechment sincerestbeseechment
beseechment I really did not mean meanto meanto meanto
to be impudent nor norHer no noHer norHer
Her vivacity cleared with a merry merrylaugh merrylaugh merrylaugh
laugh laughNo laughNo laughNo
No apologies I command you sh sninterposed shpterposed shipterposed <
interposed We will have them after afterI
I have taught you a fencing lesson lessonFrom lessonFrom lessonFrOm
From a shelf she drew down a pair pairof pairof pairof
of foils and presenting the hilts bade badehim badehim badehim
him take his choice choiceThere choIceThere choiceThere
There isnt any difference between betweenthem betweenthem betweenthem
them that I know of o she said and andthen andt andtien
then t tien en added archly But you will feel feelbetter feelbetter feebetter
better at last when all is over and andthe andthe andthe
the sting of defeat tingles through throughyou throughyou throughyou
you If you are conscious of having havingused havIngused havingused
used every sensible precaution precautionHe precautIoHe
He looked straight Into her eyes eyestrying eyestryIng eyestrying
trying to catch what was in her mind mindbut mindbut mindbut
but there was a bewildering glamour glamourplaying glamourplaying glamourplaying
playing across those gray opaltinted opaltintedwells opaltintedwells opaltintedwells
wells of mystery from which he could couiadraw coulddra coulddraw
draw dra only a mischievous smileglint smileglintdirect smilegnntdirect smileglintdirect
direct daring irresistible irresistibleWell IrresistibleVeil irresistibleWell
Well he hesa1d said taking one of the thefoils thefons thefoils
foils what do d you really mean Is It Ita Ita ita
a challenge without room for honorable honorableretreat honorableretreat honorableretreat
retreat retreatThe retreatTh retreatThe
The Th time for parley Is past she shereplied shereplied shereplied
replied follow me to the battle battleground battleground battleground ¬
ground groundShe groundShe groundShe
She led the way to a pleasant little littlecourt littlecourt littlecourt
court In the rear of the cabins yard a aspace aspace aspace
space between two wings and a vine vinecovered vinecovered vinecovered
covered trellis beyond which lay a well wellkept wellkept wellkept
kept vineyard and vegetable garden gardenHere sardenHere gardenHere
Here she he turned about and faced him himpoising himpoising himpoising
poising her herfon foil with a fine grace graceAre graceAre graceAre
Are you ou ready r ady she Inquired InquiredHe
He tried again to force a way Into Intothe intothe intothe
the depths of her eyes with his but he hemight hemight hemight
might as is well have attacked the sun sunso sunso
so he stood in n a confusion omfusion of not very verywell verywell ery erywe1l
well defined feelings undecided hesi hesitating hesitating hesitatlng ¬
tating half expecting expectingthat that there would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe
be some laughable turn to end the af affair atI a afair ¬
I fair fairAre Are you afraid Monsieur Bever Beverley BeerI Bevericy ¬
ley she hedemanded he demanded after a short wait waitIng waItIng waiting
Ing in silence silenceHe silenceHe silenceHe
I He laughed now now and whipped the air airwith airjth airwith
with jth his foil foilYou follI foilYou
You certainly er ainlY are not In earnest earnesthe
I he said Interrogatively Do you you real re
Jy mean that you want to
me mer mert
meIf If t you thinkbe think because us Im only a agirl agirl agirl
girl you roU can easily beat me try tr It Itshe itshe itshe
she tauntingly replied making a level levelthrust levelthrust levelthrust
thrust toward his breast breastQuick breastQuick breastQuick
Quick as a a flash he parried and then thena
a merry clinking cnnkIngand clLnkin and twinkling of steel steelblades steelblades steelblades
blades kent ke t time to their swift move movements moyements movemeats ¬
ments Instantly by the sure sense sensewhich sensewhich sensewhieh
which Is half sight half feeling teeUngthe teeUngthesense the thesense
sense that guides the expert fencers fencershand tencershand fencershand
hand and wrist wristBeverley Beverley knew that thathe thathe thathe
he had probably more than his match matchand matchand matchand
and in ten seconds his attack was met metby metby metby
by a timethrust time thrtst hrug In opposition which whichtouched whichtouched whichtobehed
touched him sHaraly sHaralyAlice sl1arJlyAlIce sliarzilyAlice
Alice sprang sprang far back lowered her herpoint herpolnt herpoint
point and laughed laughedJe
Je vous salue salu Monsieur Beverleyshe Beverleyshe Beverley Beverleylshe
she cried with childlike show of de delight deJIghL delight ¬
light lightYes
Yes Y s I felt elt It he said with frank frankacknowledgment frankackn frankacknowledgment
acknowledgment ackn wledgment in his voice it was wascleverly wascleverly wascleverly
cleverly done Now give me a chance to toredeem toredeem toredeem
redeem myself myselfHe myseltHe myselfHe
He began more carefully and andtound andtoundthat found foundthat foundthat
that she too was on her best est mettle mettlebut mettlebut mettlebut
but It was a short bout as before beforeAlice DeforeAlice ldforeAlice
Alice seemed to give him an easy easy open opening bpen bpenlug penlng ¬
lug and he accepted it with a thrust tlirustthen thrustthen thrustthen
then something somethln happened that he did didnot didnot didnot
not understand The point of his foil foilwas 1 1was Iwas
was somehow caught under his oppo opponents opponents ¬
nents nent hiltguard while her blade bladeseemed bladeseemed bladeseemed
seemed to twist around his at the thesame thesame I Isame
same time there was a wring and a aJerk ajerk
Jerk the like of which he had never neverbefore neverberore neverbefore
before felt and he was disarmed his hiswrist hiswrist hiswrIst
wrist and fingers aching with the thewrench thewrench thewrench
wrench they had received receivedOf
Of course the thing was not new he hehad hehad
had been disarmed before but her trick trickof trickof trickof
of doing it was quite a mystery to him himaltogether himaltogether
altogether different from any that he hehad hehad hebad
had ever seen seenVous seenVous seenVous
Vous me pardonnerez Monsieur Monsieurshe Monsleurshe Monsieurshe
she mockingly exclaimed picking up
his weapon and offering the hilt to tohlm tohIm toh1m
hIm Here is your sword swordKeep swordKeep swordKeep
Keep It he said safdfoldlng folding his arms armsand armsand armsand
and trying to look unconcerned you youhave youhave ou ouhae
have captured it fairly I am at your yourmercy yourmercy yourmercy
mercy be kind to me meMadame meMadame meMadame
Madame Roussillon and Jean the thehunchback thehunchback thehunchback
hunchback hearing the racket of the thefoils thefoils thefoils
foils had come out to see and were wereStanding werestandL1g werestanding
Standing agape agapeYou agapeYou ape apeYou
You ought to be ashamed Alice Alicesaid Alicesaid Alicesaid
said the dame in scolding approval of ofwhat ofwhat ofwhat
what she had done girls do not fence fencewith fencewith fencewith
with gentlemen gentlemenThis gentlemenThis entlemenTh1s
This girl does said AliceAnd Alice AliceAnd AliceAnd
And with extreme disaster to this thisgentleman thisgentIeman thisgentleman
gentleman said Beverley laughing in ina ina ina
a tone of discomfiture discmfiture and resignation resignationAh rl natlon natlonAh
Ah Mosieu theres nothing nothing but butdisaster butdisaster butdisaster
disaster where she goes gos complained complainedMadame cmplained cmplained1Iadame complainedMadame
Madame Roussillon Rous1on she Is a destroyer destroyerof destyer destyerof
of everything Only yesterday yestey she shedropped sheropped shedropped
dropped my m pink bowl and broke it the theonly theonly theonly
only one I had hadAnd hd hadAnd
And d just jut to think tInk said Beverley BeverleyI Beverle Beverlewhat Bererleywhat
I what would have hve been the condition conditon conditonof conditionof
1 of my heart hert had we been using rapiers rapiersI mapiersinstead
I instead of leatherbuttoned leathebuttone foils tois She Shewouldhae Shewould
j would wouldhae have spitted spited it I through the very verycenter verycent verycenter
center centerLike cent centerLike
Like enough replied rpled the dame in indifferently Indleren indifferently
differently dleren ty She wouldnt wince winceeither wInceelhernot winceeithernot
either elhernot eithernot not she sheAlice theAlice
se seAJc
Alice AJc ran Into the house with wit the thefoils tbefoUs thefoils
foils and Beverley followed followedWe folowed folowede followedWe
We e must try tr It over again agan some day daysoon daysn daysoon
soon sn he said I find that tt you can canshow cn cnshow canshow
show me a few points Where W re did dd you youleanr youlear youlearn
learn lear to fence so admirably Is I Mon Monsieur Monsleur on onsieur ¬
sieur Roussillon Rousslon your materT materTIndeed master masterIndeed masterIndeed
Indeed he isnt tt she quickly quIcky re replied repled meplied ¬
plied pled he is but a bungling swords swordsjfnn swordsly swordsman
jfnn man My ly master mtebnt masterbut but I am not at lib liberty lb lbery liberty ¬
erty ery to tell you yo u who ho has taught t me the thelittle theUtUe thelittle
little I know knowWell kno knoWel knowWell
Well Wel whoever he is I should be beglad beglad beglad
glad to t have lessons lesons from him himBut him himBut
But youll you l never n never vcr get them themWhy themWhy themWhy
Why WhyBecause WhyBecause WhyBecause
Because BecauseA
A womans womas ultimatum ultimatumAs
utmtum utmtumAs
As good go as a mans she bridled bridledprettily bridledpretty bridledprettily
prettily pretty and sometimes sometme better btteat betterat at the thefoils theCoIl thefoiLs
foils CoIl for or example emple Vous Vouscomprenex Vouscomprenexnezt comprenea compreneanest
nest ce ce pas pasHe pa pasBe
He laughed laughe heartily heartilyYes hertly hertlyYes
Yes your point reaches reche me he hesaid hesaid hesaid
said said but sperat spert et in saeva seva victus victusgladiatur rIctusgladiatnr etus etusgIdiatur
gladiatur gIdiatur arena area as a the old Latin Ltn poet poetwisely pot potwiel poetwisely
wisely wiel remarks rmk The Te quotation quofton was wasnieant wasmeant
meant to tease te texs her herYes herYe herYes
Yes Ye Montaigne translated that tat or orsomething orsomething
something somethIng in his h book b she commented commentedwfth cmmented cmmentedwih commentedwith
with I understand understandit
it wih It prompt prmpt erudition erdtion understd understdIt
Beverly Bverly looked lked amazed amazedWhat aazd amazedWhat
What do yon yo know about abut Mon Montaigne Mentaigne7 Ion IonWgeT ¬
taigne WgeT he demanded demnded with wih a blunt bluntbrevity bluntbrEJ bluntbrevity
brevity brEJ gruffness gruffnesaEh gfneg amounting aountng to something sOJell like likegruffnesa lke lkegfneg likegruffness
Eh J Monsieur not too to loud lou she shesoftly shefUy shesoftly
softly fUy protested proteted looking lokIng around atd to see seetbat seeth
tbat th f neither nethf Madame Roussilloa R sslon nor norJean norJ norJean
fadme
Jean J i 3iaaJ lied aroIowed followed them te into in the te main mainroom mai strainroes
room rm It I Is riot Iot permitted perite that tat I read rd
that old book but they the do not hide It Itfrom Itfm itfrom
from fm me me because bue they think t I cant cantmake ct ctmae cantmake
make mae out its is dfeadful spelling spellingShe s srdUitmgShe U g gShe
She smiled smled so that her cheeks drew drewtheir drewtheIr < rew rewtheIr
their dimples lmpl deep Into the te delicately delicatelytinted delftel delfteltntcplnk delicatelytinted
tinted tntcplnk pink and brown brw where whee windand wind windand windand
and sun and ad wholesome wholeome exercise eercise had hadset hadset hadset
set the seal sea of absolute abolute health healh and andtook andtook andtook
took from a niche In the logs log of the thewall thewal theWall
wall wal a stained stined and dogeared volume volumeHe volume volumeHe
He looked loked and it I was w indeed the old oldsaint oldsaint oldsaint
saint and sinner siner Montaigne MontaigneInvolunta lIontlge lIontlgeIoltl MontaigneInvotsntariIyre
Involunta Ioltl InvotsntariIyre rilyjte e ran ra his h eyes over overthe overthe overthe
the girl grl from frm head hed to foot comparing comparingher
her show sho of knowledge with wih the out outward outward outward ¬
ward badges of f abject rusticity rstciy and andeven andeven andeven
even wildness widness with which she was wascovered wascocred wascovered
covered coveredWen cocredVeJ coveredWelt
Wen VeJ Tie e said you are a mys mystery myste mystery ¬
tery teryYou te
You think It i surprising rrislnl that I can canread canrad canread
read rad a book Frankly Frnkly I cant under understand understand understand ¬
stand half of this one I read it i be because becauswel becausewell ¬
cause causwel causewell well just because beus they want me meto meto meto
to read about abut nothing nothng but sickly sicky old oldsaints oldsaInts oldsaints
saints and woebegone wobegone penitents penients I Ilike IUke Ilike
like something lively lvely What hat do I care carefor car carefor
for stuff all that uninteresting uninteretng religious religiousstuff reIglou religiousstuff
stuffMontaigne Montaigne MontaIgne Is decidedly lively lvely In Inspots Inspt Inspots
spots spt Beverley remarked remrked I Ishouldnt Ishouldnt Ishouldnt
shouldnt think a a girl girl girlI I shouldnt shouldntthink shouldnt shouldntthink
think youd particularly partcularly enjoy his hishumors hishumors hishumors
humors humorsI
I I dont care car for the book bok at all allshe al allshe
she said flushing fushing quickly only I Ii Iseem Iseem
i seem to learn lear about the the world from It ItSometimes i ItSometimes
Sometimes Sometme it I seems seem as if i it lifted lfed me mej meup mcup
j up high above all this wild wid lonely and andtiresome andtresme andtiresome
tiresome tresme country so that I can see far faroff farof faroff
off of where things are are different dlt rent and andbeautiful andbeautiful andbeautiful
beautiful It I Is I the th same with wit the thenovels thenoyels thenovels
novels and they the dont permit perit me to toread toread toread
read do them either eiher but all al the same I Ido Ido Ido
doWhen
When Beverley taking takIn his hI leave leavepassed leavepassd leavepassed
passed passd through thr0gh the gate at Roussillon Roussillonplace Roussfon Roussfonplace Roussillonplace
place he met Rene de Ronvllle Ronvie go going goIng going ¬
ing In It I was a notable notble coincidence coincidencethat colncdence colncdencethat coincidencethat
that each young man fait tt something somethingtroublesome somethingtroublesome somethingtroublesome
troublesome rise In his fifroat Iroat as he helooked helooked helooked
looked Into the others others eyes eyesA eye eyesA
A week of oJ dreamy autumn weather weathercame weathercame weathercaine
came on during durng which Beverley Beverey man managed managed managed ¬
aged to be with Alice Aice a great deal dealmostly dealmosty dealmostly
mostly mosty sitting sittng on the Roussillon Roussfon gal gallery gallery gallery ¬
lery where wlcre the fading fadin vine Ine leaves leavesmade lea leamade leavesmade
made fairy whispering w fperIng and where the thetempered thetemperd thetempered
tempered temperd breeze blew delIciously delciously cool coolfrom coolfrom coolfrom
from over the distant diant multicolored multicoloredwoods multicoloredwoods multicoloredwoods
woods The men of Vincennes Vincenne were weregathering weregatherng weregathering
gathering gatherng their Indian corn crn early to todry todry todry
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