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

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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 '. 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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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'f r' r rr'- I-0 4- 'I-+4 rl 02 '.- 4- f 'r Darnotts breast and was parrled llghtly qulckly back and forth like a cat Once more hls sword sllthered along the others blade wlth llghtmng speed Though Lance trled to Parry it lightly the hand that held the other blade was like lron and the point rested on his breast One of Lord Chesters tricks my frlend sald Gounot lowermg his weapon It is very eastly parrled lf one but ob serves the qulck turn of the wrist which must of a neceslsty precede the thrust He chuckled and returned hrs foll to lts scabbard wlth unerring preclslon Darnott dld llkewlse smlling faintly the whlle He felt very llttle llke laugh mg yet the other mans chuckle was so contagious that he was forced to smlle ln spite of hls gloomy mood Now to the battle and may the Saints protect our triend Chester murmured Gounut consulting his watch We must not be late lt is but three minutes of the hour He turned toward the half opened door and strode lightly through Darnott feeling much llke a condemned prisoner tollowmg He grlmly resolved that the He followed the Frenchman through the corrldor and down the long staxrway his thoughts ln a turmoll As Gounot reached to swing the narrow door open a cloaked figure brushed through almost colllding wlth the two men in the corri dor A thousand pardons gentlemen Sald the man speaklng ID perfect Engllsh I am addressxng Monsxeur D arnott? the man s volce was mlldly lnqulrmg You are answered Lance lrrltably wondering why the fellow remained ln the shadow I come from Lord Chester he said Hls Lordship wishes to express his deep telicitation for not being able to meet Monsieur Darnott as was arranged Hls Lordshlp was called away durlng the night' He wishes to extend an lnvltatlon for some future settlement? Darnott was too surprlsed to speak for a moment then he nodded gravely The messenger with a low bow turn ed swlftly and strode through the open doorway and was gone from VIEW When Gounot and Darnott reached the door of the inn the street showed no sxgn ot lite The mornlng sun brooded ower meadows and glistened on the dew drenched cobble stones Gounot was chuckling softly at his slde and suddenly the whole world took on a brlghter hue There was to be no dual It IS as I expected Monsieur Lance Darnott there IS nothlng between you and the enjoyment of a perfect day' he paused and pomnted to the deep rut ln the road Hts Lordship left ln some haste was hls dry comment Then he glanced at hrs watch and a tmy frown puckered hls brow I must be ln Louvre by noon and I must bid you good day Monsleur card' he handed Lance a small square have wltnessed the dual whlch gave great promlse ot bemg so mterestmg Nlw only regret IS that I could not of engraved cardboard I thank you for your klnd assistance lf there IS anythlng I can do for you I possess considerable Influence ln Paris began D arnott Pooh' It was nothlng I would have done as much for any gentelman' Gou not extended his hand and Darnott grip ped It feeling a warmer affection for this little man than he had ever felt for any other When the Frenchman had gone Lance mounted to hls room to collect his scanty belonglngs Hls work was done but stlll he lingered and noon found him seated ln the mn holdlng a desultory conversatlon wlth the lnn keeper who spoke an only French They were argulng placldly about the dlstant revolutlon whlch as yet was onl5 a murmur ln this remote corner of France when the door slammed shut wlth startling torce and a dust covered man entered trailing a quxrt behind him A tankard of Bergundy and hasten' he croaked to the Landlord who hurrled away with a speed amazlng ID one of such bulk Lance lett to hlmself studled the man ln the corner who was drummlng lm patlently on the table hls eyes straying occaslonally out the doorway as If e pectlng the appearance of someone At last Lance with an assumed lan guor asked him how things fared in Paris The man started and stared as If seeing hlm tor the tirst tlme Hls eyes were bloodshot and there was a deep welt fast turnmg across hls left cheek How did you know that I was from Pans he rasped pugnaclously I knew that when you shouted for wine so ungraclously Parlslans have a dlfterent manner of speech that the other sections returned Lance amlably stlf lm, a llttle yawn The man s eyes narrowed thoughtful The government under Danton has been overthrown by Napoleon he sald softly with a covert glance at the door lou are Lance Darnott I take lt I had orders to warn you lf you were still here to flx for your name was read with those of the other traitors in Parls this morn mg The word that you were here was passed along by an Engllshman who was lmmedlately murdered for hls pains Hls lody was found in his rooms at an inn Bo one knows who dld it of course' For a moment Lance was stunned He gaped with open mouth at the dust cov Page 53 '..'..g..'..g.....g ,. . 0 ,J 3.3.3 ,.. 0 ' 4..' g..' 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