Pittsville High School - Ho Ang Ho Yearbook (Pittsville, WI)

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such lnterval he heard a loud ribald voice speak a familiar name which pierced his consciousness like a knife thrust The man had apparently drunk too much wine as was evidenced by his stammerlng was proposing a toast to the illustrious young general Napoleon Bonaparte when a hard cold voice broke in which caused D arnott s waning Interest to quicken Spare us thls is not a meeting of the Peers nor the Committee of Publlc Saf e y The words were spoken in English and instantly set the speaker aside as such They were crisp and sarcastic Apparent ly the voice carried authority for the would be toast master paused murmured a mom ent then there was the scrape of a chair For a time there was a strained silence from the group Darnott smiled apre ciatively A cool laugh and the man with the crisp voice spoke Monsieurs as our respected friend could not continue I will propose a toast to the one who is to become my betrothed within a fortnight' the blood pounding into D arnott s ear drums He gathered hls feet under him his muscles tensed This was the despised Lord Chester who was the stumbllng block ln his plans The man who was holding 'Vlercedes to such a promise A cold fury possessed hlm The passionless voice went on Darnott hardly heard him He saw only the pale face of Mercedes as she bade him good bye at the fountain He started A voice from the table interupted the Lord ln the midst of his tlrade you Chester you shall not slan der that woman s name m my presence' There was almost a note of hysterla ln the boylsh tones The cool volce of Lord Chester con tlnued wlth hardly a pause describing a certaln night at the Theatre Darnott did not know what force drew him to his feet and propelled him to the center of the low celinged room His mouth was set in a grim line and his breath came quick and hard The Lord was about to sit down amid ribald laughter when Lance Darnott s hand on his shoul der snapped him about upon his feet Darnott had one glimpse of the faces of the men about the table before his clench ed flst crashed into the dark startled one of the Englishman The older man taken unaware fell back upon the table tipping the wine de canter and splashing the snowy lace at his cuffs with the dark llquid He made a grotesque figure sprawled out among the remams of the repast The other members of the party sat for a moment lxke graven images incred ulous surprise stamped upon their faces 'lhe Engllshman struggled to a slttmg pos ture his face whlte wlth fury his dark eyes ghtterlng with a mad desire for re venge Darnott stood in the center of the room coldly smiling his hand upon the hllt of his sword The Lord Chester with a curse drew his steel but strong hands grlpped him and held him struggling back Several of the men glared angrily at D ar nott who evldenced no emotlon save that h1s face was a trlfle whlte Poltroon' hissed the furlous En gllshman My attendants will wait upon you tonight' Lance bowed gravely As you will he said and turning on his heel walked nonchalantly away One of the men loosing his hold upon the stlll angry Lord murmured aside to one of hls frlends A cool one Alphonse-I ts ish he had knocked the fools head in' Hrs friend did not trouble to mqulre as to which fool he had reference to Lance Darnott reflectlng bltterly that agaln he had played the fool stood staring somberly out of the open window of his txny garret room The shadows were slowly creeping over the meadows He could see ln the distance the figure of a peasant driving his ploddmg oxen The sunset was gorgeous with color Iong banners of crimson streaked the sky and each cloud was tmged with silver Far over that last distant hill was the glrl he loved The one truly glorious moment of hls lite had been for that brlef mstant when her hand had returned his farewell pressure and her eyes had filled w1th a mysterlous llght of unshed tears thrllled again under that glance Almost unconsciously his thoughts ran for a mom ent into the future After he had fimshed his task he would leave this crippled coun try for England-or even America he half hoped that he might persuade firm knock on the door aroused him from his meditation and as he opened the door with a flourish he was agaln Darnott the debonalr courtier The hall was quite dark as was the room and he could barely distinguish the features of the four men without One he recognized as the graceful white halred man who had sat so quietly during the ex Clement earlier ln the day He bowed slightly stepping back as he did so Ah I am lndeed deeply honored Will you enter' The little group flled ln silently and s ood ln various attltudes about the room as Darnott lighted a candle and bade his VlSlIOI'S be seated Page 51 'E' 't 4: t 't i lf l 3 2: Q Q l E 'R 3 5- 'L at W. it 's 'L t rl S. r if t W .2 'A '+'M'w a+ 'kv' .4-rn 'lm 4' s-H' M'-2' 'VMI'-.' -2+-5' Wt NM' 4- 40 'vi'-Sv' '21-ri . , . 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'P+' Tllen ellalld ll as one elldently not to then llklllg IOI the tall spokesman was IOIKQH to cleal hls IIIIOHK selelal tlmes be e e s alll tle KOII plttll ot SUIPIIIIIIIX 'lI011bIQlll l e sald deliberately This ls llldelid a nlost dlfllfllll task 101 us knowing as we do that thele lllll he blood sle1 lg a lesult ot your aft ot IIICIINPIQIIOII toc as e Lold 18511 IS a lllgl X spected gentleman The attront otlered n at NOIII lldlldN nas mmpltte y ol 61 uhelmed QI ell llls peace lfbllllg nature H has howexer Lance D dllltlll s xone told dlld enlo tlollless bloke the Nlltdlll ot OIJIOIY as I IIIQIIIIQ as to what the gentlenlens H118 S1011 ls' I anl lathel tlred alld VSOIIHI llke to seek HIE bed Tllele was 21 dellbelate IIISIIII ln the tone and the spokesman telt Ile slowly leddenod ulth suplessed dllgtll The LOIKI lb llldeed xerw genelous you may tell XOIII mastel that I will G11 00I1tIIlL18d Dd1l10T.l IQCKIESSIY A ter Idlll gl0Vllllg angel Illdllltl.-3Sl8d ltselt lll hls IOIIBS Bu bl1l61W began the topplsh 111311 That lb all I believe Gentlemen 'l l ll be SVSOICIS 01 pistols s olds If Sl all be tl ' I a l lelw solrv MOIISIBIII s Glate IS a tamed I eg you to spale me MOIISIQUI, please spale me' sald DAIIIOII mocking l He opened the door dlld stepped aslde 1116 spokesman stlode Ulll. tollowed by all save the white-haired little mall wllo paused for a moment before the courteous D arnott. Then he extended his hand. Vllithout knowing why Lanee took it. A onsieur D arnottf' said anc smiled at Lanves look of surprise. You see I anl interested enough ill you to dis- c-over your name. he said with a flashing smile 'It will give llle great pleasure to ac-t as your Si1't'01ld l0IIlUl'l'UW. Strangely enough. I would be very phased to see tht ord K. lester taste a bit of steel. It is ver' t'00lllf.'f for hot tempersf He smiled grinlly. ' is- 1' - 'S ' ' yo , hardly kll '- 1 . yes. ' is l'llSlUIIlZI'y y 1 kl ow! answered tlc. while-llairet f.,t'llllUIIl?lll soft- y IIHIIIQ is louno ll continued 2 4 now to . ' lu st 've 1 1 ear 1' ' 'al 11. ' ere 'zs 21 ' ' S2 '- vas ll ' his vo'- . ,,, Good-night. flood-night, Monsieur. 'arnot 1z1l' 's ' lse .1 '12 'aj' 1- 1 '- 'ide '. For a long 7.11119 he stood lll the lllll dow watthlng the moon steal up 0381 the easteln wood Gounot he nlused the tal tamed tenfel 1llI1lN9ll The mall who s mod hlgll lll 16 X01 a lllln IP kings The Ilglllk' about which the l0llll llte ot Frante had once levolxed w.s to att as setond to one vt ho had nex PI tought a leal dual lll hls fe s the Illsl Idllll tlllsh ot c w ll sto e .floss the easteln skl the SIIIHIIIZ ot 1 thlush outside the VMIIIKIOXX awoke D A111011 lIOIIl a fllllll sllllllbel lllflki-'ll by CIIQHIIIN ot Nlelcedes and the dalk tate ot the nob 18111311 He telt tlred .llll the old wound lll hls shoulder thlobbed Ddlllllllll dlessed somhelly xlhlle tl e llttle blld DIIISI lts IIIIN thloat lll song and the sun was Illllglllg long DAIIIIPIS tt tlllllbtlll olel the hcasens He ll as standing by the VNIIICIOYN nlell talll bO11l0QUlZ1I1g upoll the lutllltw or llte caused 111111 to llllll slowlv alollnd as the so IQIIX tlgllle ot holnot Qllleled I see Nltlllbll-'lll IS up Hlld readv yes? he eulalmed D HIIIOII smlled As ready as I shall ever be VWOIISIGIII Gounot' Xh' that IS good but there ale hag 1 ld llnes lll your tate dlld xoul SY s ale tlled nly Illelld I6l1I3I'k6d the llttle nlall 9X8lIlg Lance thoughtfully DAIIIOKI tlushed a tlltle alld 3115981 ed blletlx My dlealn wele not pleas all All The NNOICI tame 11011 Gounot with the evplosile ahruptness of a sllot. 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