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When the peasant Mabey was shot
dead when poaching on the domain of
the great noble of Brittany, the
Marquis de La Tour D'Azyr, a
shudder of horror went through the
sensitive spirit of
Philippe De Vilmorin, a young di-
vinity student, who was a believer in
the democratic doctrines which under-
lay the French Revolution. Philippe's
determination to secure justice meets
with little encouragement from his
friend
Andre -Louis Moreau, a young and
brilliant lawyer, who is popularly be-
lieved to be the son of
Quentin de Kercadiou, Lord of Gas-
rillac. Andre -Louis looks with cynic-
ism on the new political doctrines but
agrees to accompany Philippe and put
the case before de Kercadiou. The
Marquis was closeted with the Lord of
Gavrillac when they arrived, Philippe
goes to join the two nobles and And.re-
Louis talks to the young and beautiful
Aline de Kercadiou. He is horrified
when the girl tells him that the Mar-
quis has come to ask her uncle for her
hand in marriage.
At the request of the Marquis the
discussion of the death of Mabey is
continued in the inn.• There was some-
thing sinister in the Marhuis' attitude
which made Andre -Louis fear for
Philippe.
GO ON WITH THE STORY.
M. de Chabrillane, leaning upon a
cane—for he had relinquished his
sword to M. de Vilmorin—looked on
with quiet interest. Facing him on
the other side of the combatants stood
Andre -Louis, the palest of the four,
staring from fevered eyes, twisting
and untwisting clammy hands.
He clung to the conviction that the
issue could not really be very serious.
If the obligations of Philippe's honor
compelled him to cross swords with i
the man he had struck, M. de La .
Tour d'Azyr's birth compelled him I
no less to do no serious hurt to the i
unfledged lad he had so grievously •
provoked. M. le Marquis, after all,
was a man of honor.
The encounter was very short, of
course. In youth, Philippe had re-
ceived the tutoring in sword -play that
was given to every boy born into his
station of life. And so he knew at
least the rudiments of what was now
.expected of him. But what could rudi-
ments avail him here? Three dis-
engages completed the exchanges,
and then without any haste the Mar-
quis slid his right foot along the moist
turf, his long, graceful body extend-
ing itself in a lunge that went under
M. de Vilmorin's clumsy guard, and
with the utmost deliberation he drove
his blade through the young man's
vitals. B
Andre -Louis sprang forward just in
time to catch his friend's body under p
the armpits as it sank.
With white face and twitching lips, h
Andre -Louis looked up at M. de La i
Tour d'Azyr, who stood surveying his I
work with a countenance of grave
but remorseless interest. f.
kafaol. abatirlU.
him, a too dangerous gift of elo
quence."
And he turned away, leaving coin-
pletest understanding with Andre -
Louis. Still supporting the limp,
draining body, the young man called
to hien.
"Cone back, you cowardly mur-
derer, and make yourself quite safe
by killing me, too 1"
The Marquis half turned, his face
dark with anger. Then M. de Cha-
brillano set a restraining hand upon
his arm. Although a party throughout
to the deed, the Chevalier was a little
appalled now that it was done. He
lead not the high stomach of M. de La
Tour d'Azy, and he was a good deal
younger.
"Conte away," he said. "The lad
. raving. They were friends."
"You heard what he said?" quo
the Marquis.
"Nor can he, or you, or any m
deny it," flue; back Andre -Louis.
"Yourself, monsieur, you made con-
fession when you gave me now the
reason why you killed him. "You did
it 14'ause you feared him,"
When the landlord and his people
,earie, they found Andre -Louis, his
arms about the body of his dead
friend, murmuring passionately into
tine deaf ear that rested almost
against his lips:
"Philippe. Speak to me, Philipp
Philippe . . . Don't yon hear me?God of Heaven! Philippe!"
At a glance they saw that heI•c
neither priest nor doctor could avai
Andre -Louis, holding the dead
man's hand in both his own, swore
to him out of his impotent rage that
M. de La Tour d'Azyr should pay a
bitter price for this.
"It was your eloquence he feared,
Philippe," he said. "The thing he
feared in you, he shall fear in me.
He feared that mien might be swayed
by your eloquence to the undoing of
such things as himself. Men shall
be swayed by it still. For your elo-
quence and your arguments shall be
my heritage from you. It shall profit
nim nothing to have your blood upon
his soul. That voice in you would
I
ever half so relentlessly have hound-
ed him and his as it shall in me—if—if
all else fails."
"You have killed hint!" cried. Andre -Louis.
way of adjusting differences between
gentlemen."
Andre -Louis interrupted him. • "It
is no more a duel than if it had been
fought with pistols of which only M.
le Marquis's was loaded. He invited
Philippe to discuss the matter fur-
ther, with the deliberate intent of
forcing a quarrel upon him and kilI-
ing him. I am telling what M. le
Marquis himself admitted to ine." •
"Anti what the devil do you pro-
pose to do, if you please?"
"I shall go to Rennes, and lay the
•
facts before the King's Lieutenant."
"He'll be tpo busy to see you. There
is trouble enough in Rennes already
en the score of these crazy States
is General."
"Good -afternoon, monsieur my god-
th father," said Andre -Louis.
"'Wait, boy, wait!" The squat
an little man rolled forward, affection-
ate concern on his great ugly face,
-and he set one of his podgy hands on
his godson's shoulder. "Now, Iisten
to me, Andre," he reasoned. "This is
sheer knight-erranty—moonshine, lu-
nacy. You've read 'Don Quixote,' and
what Lappened to him when he went
tilting against windmills," the seig-
neur stormed. He was very angry
now. "Since you choose ,to disobey
me, you can break your empty head
e! against the windmill, and be damned
O to you."
Andre -Louis bowed with a touch
• of irony and reached the door.
"If the windmill should prove
too formidable," said he, from the
threshold, "I may see what can be
done with the wind.- Goodby, mon•
-
sieur my godather."
He was gone and M. de Kercadiou
CHAPTER V.
For the second time that day
Andre -Louis set out or the chateau.
The squat Seigneur de Gavrillac
was restlessly pacing when Andre -
Louis was introduced. He was al-
ready informed, as he announced at
nce, of what had taken place at the
reton Arme.
"The pity of it!" he said. "The
ity of it!" He bowed his enormous
head. "Ah, this La Tour d'Azry is a
a•rd man, and he feels very strongly
1 these matters. He may be right.
don't know."
"The question, monsieur niy god -
ether," said Andre -Louis, "is what
to be done." He was quite• calm
and self-possessed, but very white.
M . de Kercadiou stared at him
ankly out of his pale eyes.
"Why, what the devil is there to
o? I am told Vilmorin struck M. le
arquis."
"Under the very grossest provoca-
tion."
"Which he himself provoked by his
revolutionary language. The poor
lad's head was full of this encyclo-
pedist trash. It comes of too much
reading. I have never set much store
by books, Andre; and I have never
known anything but trouble to cone
out of learning."
Andre -Louis felt a tightening of
his heart, a lessening of his hopes. ,
"Your criticisms," he said, "are all
for the conduct of the dead and none
for that of the murderer. It does not
seem possible that you should be in
sympathy with such a crime."
"Crime?" shrilled M. de Kercadiou.
"My God, boy, you are speaking of
M. de La Tour d'Azyr."
"I am, and of the abominable mur-
der he has committed , ."
"Stop!" M. de Kercadiou was very
emphatic. "M, le Maruis is my
friend, and is likely very soon to
stand in a still closer relationship."
"Notwithstanding this?" asked
Andre -Louis.
M. de ICercaadiou was frankly im-
patient.
"Why, what has this to do with it?
I may, deplore it. But I have no
right to condemn it. It is q, common
"You have killed him!" cried
Andre -Louis.
"Of course."
The Marquis ran a lace handker- bI
chief along his blade to wipe it. As
he let the dainty fabric fall, he ex- d
plained. himself. "He had, as I told LI
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