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Show ram "ll'idt new Ha) wamt" pearnncv nffoetod Iter Imnslnatlon with nn lii(liit,rili,ililu ftirce Jhircovor, the pntlictlc Kltuittlon lit the love nlTalr lietweeu lie-tweeu Hi'iH1 mid AtlrliMini' luitl taken hold of lii'fcoliseleiici' Willi a distill blitK Krlp. Iltlt tlu (dmtlowy sense of lin-pcndltiK lin-pcndltiK events-, of which slu toitltl form no Men, was behind It nil. Shu had not lieutil or ltniiul.v wine or IJtin-ker IJtin-ker Hill or I.elnj;toli or Concord, but soinetliliiK llki' n waft of tlielr HtiitilJl-cancu HtiitilJl-cancu hud blown tlnottKli lier inliul. A prvat rliuiiKc w-as coining into her Idyllic Idyl-lic life. She was ImllHtlnUlj nware of It, us we HonietlinoH are of 'tut approach-ltiK approach-ltiK Ktoim wlillo yet the sky Is sweetly blue and Hen-no. When shy reached homo the house was full ot people to whom M Ilotissllloit, in the jiayest of ntoodi, was dlHpciidhij; wine and brandy. bran-dy. "Vive Klinrzh Vuslntoii!" shoutetl Oncle Jii7on as soon as ho h.iv her. And then they all talked at onte, say-liik' say-liik' tlattcrliiK Hilars afiotit her. Mine. Untisslllon tried to hcoIiI as usual, but the lively ilintterhiK' of the Rtlests tlrow ned her v olee "I suppose the American commander will send a garrison here," miiuo one said to I'nther Glb.uilt, "and repair tho fort." "Probably," replied the priest, "In a very few weeks. Meantime wo wilt garrison It ourselves." "And we will have M. Rousslllon for commander," spoke up Kono do Ron-vlllo, Ron-vlllo, who was standing by. "A good suggestion," assented Father Qibault. "Iot us organize at once." Immediately the word was passetl that there would be a meeting at tho fort that evening for tho purpose of choosing a gnrrNon and n commander. Kveryhody went promptly at Uie hour set. M. Itoiisslllnu was elected captain liy acclamation, with Rene tie Itonrlllu ns his lieutenant. It was observed that Onelu .lazuli had lesumeil his dignity and that he looked Into his cap several times without speaking. Meantime ceitaln citbeiH w ho had been In close relations with Governor Abbott during his stay quietly slipped nut of town, manned a b.itteau and tvent up the river, probably to Otilate-iion Otilate-iion first and then to Detroit. Doubtless Doubt-less they Htispected tluit things might soon grow too warm for their comfort. It was thus that Vincenties and Port Backville llrst acknowledged the Amor-lean Amor-lean government and hoisted the ting width, as long as it floated over the blockhouse, was lightly anil lovingly railed by every ono la baunlcic d'Allcu Itou&slllou. Father filhault returned to Port Kits-kaskla Kits-kaskla and a little later Captain Leonard Leon-ard Ileltn, a Jovial man. but past the prime of life, arrived at Vlntounes w Itli u commission from Colonel Clinic authorizing au-thorizing him to supersede M. Rotifsll-Ion Rotifsll-Ion as (omiuauder anil to act as Indian agent for the American government in tho department of the Wubusli. Ho was welcomed by the villagers and at once made himself very pleasing to them by adapting himself lo their wajs and entering heartily Into their social activities. M. Itousslllon was absent when Captain Cap-tain Helm and his party came. Iteno do Rouville, nominally In loiuinand of the fort, but actually enjoj lug homo ox-cedent ox-cedent grouse shooting with a bell mouthed old fowling pleco on a distant prairie, could not he present to deliver up the post, and as there was no garil-Mm garil-Mm Just then visible Helm took possession pos-session without any formalities. "I think, lietitenunt, that you'd better look around through the village and see If you can scare up this Captain What's-his What's-his name," said the new eominauder to a stalwart jotuig olllcer who hud cook with him. "I can't think of theM French names without getting my brain In a twist. Do jott happen to recollect the captain's name, lieutenant?" "Yes, sir (iaspard Itousslllon It reads in Colonel Clark's order, but I am told that bo's away on n trading tour," said tho )oung man. "You may bo told anything by these hair tongued parlyvoos," Helm remarked. remark-ed. "It won't hurt, anyway, to llnd out where ho lives and make a formal call, Just for appearanco sake, and to Inquire In-quire nlMJtit his henlth. I wish yon would try it, sir, and let me know the result." Tho lieutenant felt that thin was a peremptory order and turned altotit to obey promptly. "And I say, lleverley, como back sober so-ber If you possibly can," Holm nildcd In his most genial tone, thinking It a great pleco of humor to suggest sobriety sobri-ety to a man whoso marked dlfferenco from tho men of that time was his total to-tal abstinence from Intoxicating drinks Lieutenant Fltzhugh Hoverley was a Virginian of Virginian Ills family had long been prominent hi colonial affairs nnd boasted a record of great achievements both in peaco and In war. ,IIo was tho only son of his parents oniLlielr to n lino jtatoronslstln of Jnhils nnd'slaveaf bufT llke"innnyo'i other of tho restlos young cavalier of tho Old Dominion, ho had come in search of adventtno over Into Ken-tuek.v. Ken-tuek.v. nlolig tho path blazed b) Daniel Dan-iel lloono, and when Clark organised his little, army the young man's patriotic and chlvnlrlc nature leaped at the opportunity to serve his cotintiy under so gallant n commander Intent upon his foimal mission, Lieu tenant lleverley stalked boldly Into tho lnclosure at Itousslllon place and was met on the gallery by .Mine Itousslllon In ono of her worst mood She glared at him with her hands on her lilp. her mouth set Irritably aslant upward, her eyebrows gathered into n dark knot over her nose It would he hard to Imagine a more forbidding totinte-nance, totinte-nance, mid for sitppleiiientarj effect out popped hunchback Jean to stand behind be-hind her. w lib his big head y lug hack In the hollow of his shoulders and his long thin elevated, while he gawped Intently In-tently up Into Ileverley's face. "Ron Jour, mndame." Bald the lieu tenant, lifting his hat and speaking with a pleasant accent. "Would It bo agreeable to Captain Itousslllon for me to see htm a moment'" Despite Heverley's cleverness in using us-ing the Preach language he had a decided de-cided brtisiitieness of maimer and a curt turn of voice not In the least (Jul He. True, the soft Virginian Intonation marked every word, and his obeisance was as low as If Mine. Itousslllon had been n queen, but tho light French grace was wholly lacking. "What do on want of my husband?" Mme. Itousslllon demanded. "Nothing unplensant, I nssuro you. inadanie," said Hoverley. "Well, he's not nt home, in'sleu'i he's up the river for a few days." She relaxed her stare, untied her eyebrows and oven let fall her hands from her sbelfllko hips. "Thank you, uiadame," said lleverley, llever-ley, bowing again. "I am sony not to have seen him." As be was turning to go n shimmer of brown hair stieaked with gold struck upon his vision from Just within with-in the door. lie paused, as If In response re-sponse to a military command, vvhtlo a pair of gray eyes mot his with a Hash. Tho cabin room was 111 lighted, but tho crepuscular dimness did not seem to hinder his sight. Ilcyond tho girl's figure a pair of slender swords hung crossed aslant on the wall opposite the low door. Tho rough frame of the doorway gave Just the rustic sotting suited to Alice's costume, the most striking part of which was n grayish short gown ending Just abovo her fringed buckskin buck-skin moccasins. Around her head sho hod bound a hluo kerchief, n wide corner cor-ner of which lay over her crown Uko a loose ctq). Her bright hair hung free upon her shoulders In tumbled half curls. lleverley could not staro at the girl, oud no sooner had he turned his back upon her than the picture In his mind changed like a scene In n kaleidoscope. He now saw a tall, finely developed figure and n face delicately ovnl, with a low, wldo forehead, arched brows, a straight, bllghtly tip tilted nose, a mouth sweef. and full, dimpled checks mil a strong chin set above a faultless throat. Ills Imagination in casting off It first Impression wa tin. lined to exaggerate ex-aggerate Alice's beauty anil to dwell upon Its plcturcsqiicucss. He smiled as he walked back to the fort and aven found himself whistling gayly a natch from a rollicking tlddlo tunc that ho hail heard when n boy. Continued Next Issue. |