The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 27, 1910, Page THREE, Image 3
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ICE in a :r";:i i;. a sure ! > KirI
J j by's a 1 < Allele's high ints. ,
la voir. 1 which i .tected ult but thr?o
I Cj|?2j member- of the company . the
jj dinner iu hcimr or' Colonel Moreau
was au entire success and. in fact. . ,
? couid not have boon surpassed had I
that unfortunate gentleman liiiuseif
i teen present. Judge I'leydell. believing
that he was assisting to entertain
one w ho by championing the cause of
the Rantlalis. wiiile at the same time
ritiding the oonimuuity of the notori- '
cus Cameo Kirov. had earned his lasting
esteem a:tu gratitude. told his best
stories in his happiest vein, ami Mute.
Davezae. together with Ann l'loydell.
suffering under the same delusion, put
forth every eiTort to ehartn. even going
to the length of heartily applauding
the judge's most venerable and moth
ravaged yarns.
No mean raconteur himself. Kirby
ransacked his vist store of personal
experience for interesting topics of
conversation that would bear rehearsal t
in the present company, and even
Bunce. finally and unwillingly drawn
! by some mysterious spell into the vortex
of small talk, carefully selected, as ]
befitted a "secretary." the least in- .
nocuous of his many escapades and
ventured to < mfido it to the demure
ear of his dinner partner. Miss I'leydcll.
This heroic action of the old
river g mhler? for he was desperately
embarrassed at the honor- shown | 1
him and thoroughly cognizant what
must be the inevitable and tragic end.
ing of his partner's reckless action? ,
Is sufficient testimony to the fact that
the preoccupied manner of M. Veau- j
coupled with Mr. Randall's grave
^sflence and studied courtesy toward !
Kirby, had uo effect upon the spirits
of the company, if. indeed, their demeanor
was even noted by the majority.
Before entering the honse the two .
gentlemen in question had come to an
understanding regarding the status of
their guest, concurring in the opinion
that he was impersonating the gentielaan
in whose honor the dinner had |
been planned. But Aaron alone bad '
found a siulster significance In the
GeP^ral's observation to the effect that
KJtby wore a quantity of cameos, and.
although he lacked authentic evidence i
nnnn Tx-lllrh fO erect his suspicions. I
while likewise granting that it was an
amazing and unbelievable action for
one to deliberately walk into the bouse
of his enemies, he vaguely sensed that
the pseudo Colonel Moreau was none |'
other than the notorious Eugene Kirby.
Still. Aaron Randall was a strictly
Just and upr gbt man. who was fully
aware of the many crimes committed
in the name of circumstantial evldehce.
Slow to pronounce judgment,
be was quick to act when once assured
that in no sense would justice be >
violated. Moreover. Adele. in whose ,
integrity and force of character he j
had the firmest belief and for whom !
he had the highest regard and proof i
of whose acumen he had had ample
testimony, vouched for the imposture j
and even confessed complicity if not
actual initiative In the same. In the j
absence of Tom Randall she was absolute
mistress, with the right to act
as she deemed fit. and had. moreover. !
exacted his word of honor, that be
would trust her until the arrival of
her brother. Even had he been satis.;
fled with the truth of his conjectures
4.' regarding Kirby's identity this promise
to Adele would have pledged
Aaron to secrecy, and M. Veaudry, be<t??t
onhaomiiinflT npnnnintod with tile
compact, likewise agreed that it could
not be violated.
For the young creole this passive
role was extremely difficult, and it
was eloquent proo'f of his self com- i
mand and personal integrity, coupled
with those refined instincts bestowed
by gentle birth and breeding, that he
considered Aaron's promise equally
binding upon himself and. repressing
aU^promptings of jealousy, refrained ,
txriu denouncing Kirby as an impos- ,
tor. The successful suit of an houora- !
ble rival would have been difficult j
enough to recognize, but tills encroach
merit of a stranger who at the best IJ
was a mnsquerader if not a character 1
more sinister and disreputable was intolerable.
for M. Veaudry had gathered
from Mr. Randall's manner that
he suspec ed their guest of being
guilty ^ of something more criminal
than assuming a name to which he
had no right
Thus, even while the young Creole
and Aaron prayed that Tom Randall's
arrival would be hastened and coincident
with it free vent could be given
to their suspicions. Larkin Bunce earnestly
hoped to the contrary?hoped
that Kirby would suddenly realize his
danger, growing the more deadly and
certain as every minute passed, and
would ride for the river before the
coming of Nemesis.
Bnt evidently nothing was more re- 1
mote from that recklessjroung gentle
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man's intention, for. uniuimliul of his
partiK-r's uneasiness ami
lh;?f lintli woro file i,l ioct of W: 11 hflll.
hostile eyes, he continued :< net as if
time and opportunity had 1 eon created
solely for A dele and !ii:n?;f. Dinner
finally at an end. ho and his young
hostess, entirely absorbed in each other's
society, sought tlie drawing room
balcony, while the others, with the exception
of Bunce. indulged i:i a g.tuo
c>f piquet. M. Wnudry proving a
wretched partner, his entire attention
lieiii^ occupied with tite c? uple on the
balcony.
M. Veaudry, owing to his preoccupation.
proving such a thankless partner.
Mine. Davezac at last turned to
Bunce and suggested that he and Kirby
join the game in lieu of the young
Creole and the judge.
"Eli, truly. Anatole." she added, with
some asperity, tapping the other's arm
with lier fan. "you cannot keep your
inind on the game, and so we are un
able to play. Will you surrender your
place to Colonel Moreau'r"
"It seems to me that I have already
done that." he responded gloomily.
With as good grace as possible yielding
to the dictates of courtesy. Kirby
unwillingly terminated his tete-a-tete
with Adele. and as he approached the
card table his place was promptly preempted
by the young Creole, who followed
Miss Itai.dall to the balcony. It
was the tirst time he had been alone
with Adele. and his long repressed
emotion and bitterness found vent.
"Ah. mamzelle. it is true." he said
ronmnchfullv. "You are changed?so
quickly. Yes. you will say 1 wanted to
see you happier. l>ut 1 also had wished
to be the one to make you so. Adele."
he added earnestly, striving to take
her hand, "if this difference in you
comes ouly from the gratitude you
feel to?to Colonel Moreau because he
tried to protect your father I shall be
happy. But how have this man bewitched
you that"?
"I don't understand you. Anatole."
she said quietly, drawing away.
"Tis I that do not understand you.
Adele. I think you know from the
first he is not Colonel Moreau. I have
some very strange suspicion of him."
Instantly the woman in her was up
in arms, seeking to defend, eager to
do battle for the object it sought to
shield. "It is enough that I know he
is a man who has bad a great wrong
done him. That's one way of making
a woman believe that you love her?
when she's trying to help some one in
trouble, make it harder for her?be
jealous." she finished, with a bitter
laugh.
"I am Jealous?I do not deny that
But I am. first or aJi tmngs. a man 01
honor." he said quietly enough, although
white with auger. His voice
trembled with emotion as be added,
with simple dignity: "Do you think a
man of honor have suspicion of a rival
only because he is Jealous? Do you
think I would suspect him only for
that?"
"I can't discuss it with you," she returned
coldly. Leaning on the balcony
railing, she promptly became absorbed
in the wonders of the night
Recognizing the sign of dismissal,
he yet hesitated, miserably conscious
that be had offended, but still feeling
justified in the position be had assumed.
still holding that those emotious
which had prompted his words
were but natural, impersonal and sincere.
It was his right to protect the
girl lie loved from the wiles of a name
less adventurer, of whose integrity he
had the gravest doubts. It was his
right to protect her from herself, for.
deny it as she might it was all too
bitterly apparent that this debonair
impostor had succeeded where others
had failed and that Adele had discarded
all sorrow with her mourning and
was yielding to a fascination that he
firmly believed would prove her ruin.
While he still hesitated, afraid to
make an enemy of the girl be loved,
yet stubborn in his resolution to
thwart Kirby. Aaron Randall, suspecting
some such controversy as had taken
place, joined them on the balcony,
and Anatole. with evident relief, turn
ed again to Adele.
"Mademoiselle, here L? yonr cousii.
He will not be thought to be jealous,"
be said gravely. "I ask him to teli
you what he will not tell me. 1 ask
him to tell you what he thinks about
this gentleman."
"Cousin Aaron." replied the girl,
turning and confronting the two from
whom she had most to fear, "in my
brother's absence you respect my authority
here, do you not? Very well,
then. My introduction of this gentleman
as Colonel Moreau is enough for
you."
"It must be. Cousin Adele." replied
Aaron, evidently greatly perplexed and
troubled.
"And I am responsible for my actions
only to my brother," added the
gifl, looking directly at M. Veaudry.
He Hushed under the scrutiny of her
eyes and the significant inflection of
her voice.
"In his ai seiice 1 wduid protect v. .1
I would act for him." he protested des
peratelv.
"Y?-u may when .von have h's an
tli cSty. i'ntil then I hid y u
At.'1. v.;-]. ;in eJalv rate courtesj
p'" ,< ?!! > .!?? she vanish .1 litre.; ?
the wl; \v. while the Lvrth-a :s :v |
i < :i hale, my, a pivy t?. tin* |
in <! i"tr thoughts.
y, ij <(>.. ||?i\v she !iave change?it
t!.;s day ?with hi'n." .1 itferjv ?
eh Anatole. pointing through ;
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e> r:er < ! the room Kirby s i at h I
card ta! 'Ir. Kartdal! 11 er.h a i .
.! ! a: ; gloomily chewed his herout. |
He v.. facing a dii.ieiilt prol.itnn :.r<.
praying f< r the arrival of young if r
da!!.
i'resotit'.y from the mud? room f.
< a:..e tl.e subdued harmony of a guitar j
and harp, and when the soft tirt iia. i
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u:it; iiir-'neii .auvie a urn- i"uii.ui" .
Up t!:?? theme. sincing. "I scut thee I.if
a r?>se v.reatb. uut m> much h<>ii
thee." !t was Kirby's favorite sonu.
snatches of which Anatole bail Ix-ard
the other humming at intervals since
his arrival. Clearer. sweeter, purer
sounded the words until the music :.s
cended li!:e an anthein and caiue stealing
out of the window to mingle wit I:
the soft murmur of the night. to blond
with the unheard, far distant barmen
of the stars. Anatole stood transfixed,
a prey to the bitterest emotions to
whicii man was ever hostage.
"You hear':" he cried passionately,
turning to Aaron. "For the first tim<
since how long? Now she wear no
nitre black. Now she is no more silent.
Now she sing, not for her brother.
not for those who love her. not for
me"?
"No; it's for Colonel Moreau." tin ished
the older man, throwing away
his cigar.
The Creole laughed harshly, contemptuously.
his black eyes snapping with
passion. "For 'Colonel Moreau V* I
dare you?look me in the face and
say that man is Colonel Moreau." waving
a trembling hand to the window.
"I shall tell you. nothing," replied
Aaron sternly. "No matter what I suspect.
I don't know. And 1 won't lot
a man be killed until I do know."
"When you met this man you did not
know him," said Anatole. with slow
significance. "I think to myself?who
can lie be? I make a guess and another
guess and another guess, but 1
am not sure."
"Exactly," commented Mr. Randall,
with some sharpness. "There you are.
You are not sure. Neither am 1.
| There is nothing to do but to await
Tout Randall's arrival or. failing that,
i some authority from him. instructing
! us how to act: otherwise our honor
binds us. and we must meet this difficult
matter with such patience and
fortitude as we may possdfls. At the
same time I thoroughly understand
your feelings, and you have my entire
sympathy. Let us pray ;bis unbearable
suspense will soon be terminated,
for I make a poor and unwilling conspirator."
Meanwhile, at the card table. Messrs.
KIrby and BuDce bad been acting, for
the benefit of the audience, a farce
comedy bordering on the burlesque.
Two seasoned gamblers, men who knew
every game and trick embraced in
cards and to whom the pasteboards
were as familiar as one's knife and
fork. It was somewhat difficult to simulate
that chronic state of Ignorance
for wuicd tneir seir re.cgwea [wmuuii
in society should attest.
Moreover. Klrbv's native histrionic
ability was badly handicapped by his
thoughts being solely centered upon
the now absent Adele. while the
worthy Bunce's nutural clumsiness was
greatly enhanced by anxiety over their
mutual safety, re-enforced by a per
spiring embarrassment at finding himself
a u^it of such society. Happily
for them their partners were not of a
suspicious or inquiring turn of mind
and were entirely engrossed with the
game.
"You gentlemen know the cards a
little?" Mme. Davezac had ventured,
with a charming and guileless belief
in their ignorance. "Well, we shall
teach you something new of the game,
maybe."
"I'll be glad to learn something new
about it" Kirby replied, with gravity
and perfect truth.
Mme. Davezac. with sadly amateurish
fingers, assisted with many a flourish,
intended to impress the presumable
tyros with a fitting admiration for
her skill, proceeded to cut ihe deck,
while Bunce eyed her gloomily and
mentally criticised what he termed a
"dirty riffle." His professional dignity
was ouf ^ed by the fact that she had
cut to & last card and theu serenely
reunit the deck. and. forgetting himself.
the was about to assert his rights |
and demand a new shuffle when a '
warning kick from Kirbv checked hirn. i
"Ah. 'tis your deal." Mme. Davezac j
at length exclaimed, tendering the |
cards to Bunce. "First you must make '
the cards well?mix them, so?like I
you saw me. See. you suf-fel. as they j
call it. You think you can do that?"
"Yes'm. I reckon I can git that fur," I
he ventured modestly. Taking the j
deck, he promptly forgot his role and
proceeded to give a very fine demonstration
of the professional shuffle,
spreading the cards in the air between
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