| Show WWI the tilt by ahmet oliver cv arwood pl a ins of 0 f abraham 9 by doubleday don dons C inc ne bervice Ner vIce 1 what BEFORE ml pj his english WIN Ct comins ar DA twelve year old son on iju dutkin jain areska act t rj is cati ads la ITO 1119 Is lif alburn turn kihli bis farm firm after 0 visit to they bilot rines brother ilip albah to thi the j to deemi hs h gives A ija irti him to perfect OW in fairs tor for the lh safety of 01 the th in their to toled ltd position girie tobnette Tol nette a flint rat which bid had fur M for tot that pur pui CHAPTER III continued 4 hi IW force of the blow sent paul asat backward and joemi jeems was a 4 with the quickness quick nese and passion 1 one suddenly transformed by am he lie lud never fought 1 mother another boj boy but tie he knew q animals clawed and A in a bundred wan ways ho he had vw strife and death ai as the wit ma i knew thase things and that be had witnessed all that tod wv of tori ure and TI olence 4 the desire to malm maim ind and kill 4 to his big action a character of 4 lively ferocity that tt it drew lat of pain froni from paol paul tache d i a thrill shrill hill attle e scream from tol tot iett keu heard beard the scream en can but it a BO to for him ills win j were cone gone and Tol To nette luette mience close to him her eye eyes una the battle just as be had bad lm aed la III the ui thrill of bb mental oah pi 4 was forgotten la the vital 11 depths 0 ble his interest in e flesh and blood of paul in e hm attack bis big finder fingers clutched if small iron claw claws in the folds a cravat and coa 49 id the lint ding of cloth a splitting asuno of I 1 gorgeous gorg coul material almost to other waist was evida iTe e of 1 strength th behind bis his assault lie ile owed ed this thi with a fury of scratch annd and bearin tearing 9 and both went m in the melee melm when tl it ey rose t 1 heaving heavin himself up filth in 1 t which flung jeems froni from hin him j were such a sight of muck swu that tobnette Tol nette forgot her lous IOUS drem dress and covered her eyes horror but elie she will wa looking it in an instant for the die spec e fascinated even as it appalled jeems had bad landed on ills fits feet j i a it fist list loaded with mud and rejected ted it with an aim alm so B te that half of ol paula paul face fate was aerated crated by it L md nd as he be leapt a roar of rage at his sni smaller aller he was such a sho shocking kang rust to his usual immaculate that tobnette Tol nette nearly ceased to ithe the then she saw and heard beard t iier bet eyes and in nets cis could oot not understand or proper count of a a mad twist and tumbling of bodies pant breaths grunts and finally a aly riy audible curse troa paul he iab that sound jeems backward and landed on bis his e was up almont before more he had cl el and sod with bis his head ducked like a rams in a charge he ed d himself nt at tache this in lual ual having cleared his eyes dently to perceive the blind of the others roh ro h stel stepped poll e and ming swung a aril vve 11 directed which again sent jeems down the muck ills hand filled it with this sticky sut tance a nd d time and a ni q he returned to le he let it fly gy at paol raul profit by experience paul dodged e oily fully end the volley passed his head spreading in to its t and mt left in ita its contaminating ence upon tobnette Tol nette riette she raw raiment potted and denied defiled such a sudden fury rose in her sh h sprang upon deemi ns as he ed d and kicked in a clinch with and assailed him on sta rh all the till th and bit a of her email small aud biting tonne lema ins bad cn en the needy tragedy of mud and be he knew hands and not I 1 were pulling viciously at bis his there Is a hurt which bears it a stieg of satisfaction and pressed upon jeems t fought desperately in III frob mt felt himself att acir i teacher k frux fr a behind for paul was hable for the mishap to tte te bad a the he other dot not dodged 5 ow ardly fashion fais bIon alewing the to pass on to her the thing I 1 not hare have happened it did te ke more than a few second e inspiration of this thought its i apparent justice and truth jm with a determination bes which his former resolution to insignificance he lie was no t fighting for apall atall i hut but against her against T tache 11 che again t all the world alb tte ite pulling at hi his hair beat it his back lad had raised bi his i to epic heights th the 5 4 or of martyrdom dald his firms and nd body and lie fought 1 I 1 renewed fierceness quit i ut Ms heavier but softer aniag ove wy wily before like punish 10 nd bo h went down to earth t ton Toi itte ie fell alth them her e wt impeding be activity of her big ht t hanging banging like cc e aide over her tier face her beau I 1 made curls tangle and spot till tb mad mil tier grinds beahn I 1 at t of the twi 1 to come in her way 1 oa aware of tier presence kill iu illy sensible of her com cont aes but in the complexity complex ltv po 04 irli over an ani I 1 I 1 11 im he could afford no dis la in the manno of usan using I 1 go if le I 1 teeth and lad head wad a boding ding herself disentangled vc tc ambled to her tier feet con and in such als dl diio t to one would hive have her atae as I 1 14 little lady wy of ie the who had tied come so proudly to cussano place 11 short trove tina before ur ber handsome tit hat wall train A crumpled reck lo 10 the mud her bet dress was twisted and badrig nod gla her iler hands and face dl did colored with soll oil nd tier her hair bair was 0 so o tangled about ber her that ibe she MM was almost mothered smothered la to it despite toll this physical condition her in mental self was more van ever with the desire to fight and seizing upon the hard bard and aud stalk of i A lait last baes ear in flower which liy li y in the dirt the she succeeded in briding it down with buch such force that missing beema it caught paul on the aide of the head and laid him fiat flat on hia his face this terminated the conflict for tol tot nett who pave gave a cry try of apprehension then sho shi taw saw what she he bad done rout had bad recover recovered edi from tot bettes blew blow before jeems could tale take advantage of 14 it and what happened during the final round of contention remained largely a am wt ter of peculation speculation la in jeems u di nd od ile was a a titling sitting op up after a little and there was no on q to strike it AL paul and tobnette Tol nette were out of lit bli reach jet yet be he beard their voice voices oddly indistinct moving in to the direction of I 1 r aas house he tried to call out thinking that was escaping like a it co coniry viard but something in bis his throat chokel him antu until it was impossible for hlo to breathe enough to 0 o make a bound sound lie he bade made an effort to rise that be he might pursue his beaten enemy the earth about him film swam dizzily he ile was gasping alck it tt his stem sell and blood was dripping from his hill lose A horrifying thought le apt upon him and so sudden was the shock of it lint that he rat sat staring ahead barely conscious of two figure figures emerging from the concealment of a thick growth of brash brush nood twenty pacts away the thought became conviction he ile had not whipped paul tachel I 1 paul bad whipped leu and hie his en emyt ic me had been that he could still feel the ansta cf the world about him as s he drew himself hiro self to hi his feet ills 1 eyes and head cleared as the ri of defeat wept swept over I 1 ilni then he recognized the two who had appeared in the edge of the open one vias hta fits uncle hep the other father both were grinning broadly bro adly at the spectacle which he made and ns ra they drew nearer he heard hea rd ton deurs voice in nat oat was meant to he tj a it confidential lal whisper ii is it really your petit nelen friend adam or one of pigs come out of its wallow hold me or what I 1 have seen will make me V but jeems heard beard no rp from hepsibah for the traders face fade suddenly lost ita its humor and ns in place c cf it came a look which bad had no glint of smile or laughter in it CHAPTER IV N EXT sunday morning jeems let et 1 out for to manor with the thought deeply in his mind that be would not fight paul raul tache that day no matter alit temptation might be placed in to his path he ile had told his mother where here he was gogg and aud ahat be he was planning to do an and d with her encouragement to spur him on he felt eager and hopeful as he made his way toward the this feeling was unlike the one with which be bad set out to fight paul and what khat he had tp to do loomed en eden more important than any physical which he might bring upon hl s rival to soften Tol heart i now so bit r 6 4 V I 1 he had never fought with an other boy 1 terly against him film to abrl bring ng back the friendliness of her talle ani and to see her twos u alight with the sweet she had been on hie the point of yielding to him at L lassane Lus sane place were foremost in bis his mind min d lie in w anxious to see tobnette Tol nette and to ifer tier her all that his email small world beld if it thereby lie could make amandi fur for the ruin and hun illin lion lie hid brought upon her tier A spirit of t chivalry in him film older than his years roe above the lowly 0 consideration of rights ani lie e ras sure be he was vias right ut 1 I lie ile wanted to ray he wae wan wl wrong g h fl did not k bow no 3 it mire rs hod ance since two di oto ago and be lie t tta as a icv goeins going 0 o a BOW new tobnette Tol nette uli 1110 fear feet 0 her tad vanished no vu was no long er r borne down by a feeling of lit urness rod and end and for the first time he wai wit visit iii manor minor the thought 1 of t sending hi its wally ani f aid through uli hl his loul soul in tome some alap til which he did not understand der stand but which thich tie be strongly felt he bill bad passed away froni from yes berday forever soon his feet were la in the path which led to the manor it WAS in still be could have believed that every on one was asleep AS 11 he hs cour cout mounted the wide steps to the door of borne home on 00 this alil dor was a treat great black knock er of battered iron the th face fatte of the knocker wa asp a inning 1 ogre a head tend which from his cail rail lest leat memory of it it bad fixed it self upon him mm aa as a symbol of tho grim 1 and unapproachable piru that guarded the rooms ionin ills hand reached out to awaken the dull bunda of ita its voice ills ill fingers touched the cold iron lie lu in the froment bo vies as lifting filling it for he observed that he the door nai open by a pace space of oi n k few inches through the ilie a ture a voice caire to him clearly it was a it high biting filling angry voice and he recognized it aa as madame Tont eurS eur he lie the weight from ita its metal panel and would have knocked hen when bo ho hear a came which made him pause la in rigid tl lence leace it was bli his own he ile heard Tol nettei mother my clearl bubalo was a fool for marrying that food good for nothing english woman anil and edmond li Is a greater fool for not driving her bet from the country hen her breed Is t hour mar dering and killing almost at our out boort the women wag was made for a spy despite the pretty face ace which hae has softened oft ened edmonda edmonds tilly heart heard and tatt boy of hera hers Is no less eng I 1 lab than she the two should not be b allowed to live aa ner near to us yet maLt maintain alnis the they aro are bli his friends the place they have built should be burned and the english woman and her boy sent where they belong let bead bulala go with thera them if he chooses choose to be a renegade instead of a frenchman preachment I 1 fie upon you for euch such thought thoughts Ben henriette tiette 1 chided the milder voice of madame tache 1 I dempse the english as much as you or tol tot ne natte tte bat but it Is unfair to voice such against the these two even though the woman Is proud of her pretty face and ier c boy Is a mud blinking stinging little wretch edmond Is a big fouled man and simply befriends then out of pity are you 4 angry because of that hinriette 1 I 1 aa am angry because the she Is eng fish and ber her boy Is english and yet they are allavi allotted ed to live among us as its if hey they were fienco I 1 tell you yo a it they aey will be tr altori alen the time for treachery comell come jeems bad had stood with his fingers at the iron of the knocker now he heard an other i olce and knew knewt R v vaa d tol tot nette s 1 I 1 think jeanw mother Is nice fhe she said but jeems ii is a detest able little ln ll rh beast I 1 and some day that beast will help to cut our throats 1 added her mother unpleasantly the great iron knocker fell with a 4 crash rash c and almost before the sound of it reached the servants cars ears the door swung open and jeems stalked in the women vi were ere speechless qs as he stood in the wide opening I 1 to the room in which they vi were ere seated he ile scarcely seemed to resize realize they were there and locc only at tobnette Tol nette he ile re malmed for a moment without broin ent or speech 1113 flint figure anse t nse and ara gripped then he bowed ini his head in a curty curtsy which cath erine erice iad had carefully taught him N hen lie his words were as calm as dhove of madame tache ho had d been 1 I hae bae come to tell you I 1 W I 1 80 sorry try because of what hipp happened ened ut place tobnette Tol nette he said and he bent fits head a little low er toward her 1 I ask jou j ou tu for give me even Het arlette could not baic thought of L m as a beat beatt after that for pride and fearlessness fe ne ss were in bis his bearing in spite of the whiteness of bis his face As the occupants of the room bared stared at him hint unable to find their voices be he drew back quietly and as gone as suddenly as be he appeared the big door doted closed behind him and turn ing to a window near her To toinette luette saw him 0 go o down the steps an exclamation cla mation matlou of indignation and amazement came at last frow fro her mother but this the she did not near her eyes were following jt jr ema lie ile went the open and into the fields As he drew near the foot of hill bill odd odil came cautiously piously form to meet him bia but not until trey reached their old rest ins ing pace place at the crest of the osiff jig dil did he be pause or seem to notice the dog then be he looked back upon the seIgne urle A bit of iron tad had sunk into hj bli soul his eyes were seeing with a new and sod dirker vision from the rich T val a 1 ley fey 1 lal aa been the fount of all his dreams they turned to the faint bleam of distant rater water in the south where toy 1 lake ChamP champlain IRID and bernd be old which not far away were thello the hawks and the english and the land lend of his mothers people it wis wl s the blood of that land running rel anil and strop A P la in his veins which tobnette Tol nette andhor mother hated bated he lie dropped dropp cil a hand upon odd head bead and the ano started over the homeward trail trall the dog watched wat cheil the forest and caught its scents rents but jeems aavo small he heed ed to the passing interests of the woods and thickets ante pans aping then the beginning of su summer nimer followed ar at rival at the tile bblain home and still he lie gale no betrayal be of the restlessness which presaged his usual disappearance for another lo to los s period into tile lie fastness ts n the wild this season of the aar was vies al at ways one of torment for thi to forest rest dweller dwellers because of the winged pests which crawled the carth and filled the air and jeems had come to dread it as a aa an We indescribable MArt of discomfort and ufer ing in from frum tin the drat of june until its middle of arnst uch such latew i of 0 bred and to a the swamp amp and lowlands low landi ind and doods that beasts were half |
