‘THE GUEST 
OF QUESNAY 
By Booth Tarkington 
might stir, “composed myselrI for tne 
night,” as it used to be written, and 
lay looking out upon the quiet garden, 
where a thin white haze was rising. 
Just as I had begun to drowse the 
gallery steps creaked and the noble 
form of Keredec emerged upon my 
field of vision. From the absence of 
the sound of footsteps I supposed him 
to be either barefooted or in his stock- 
ings. His visible costume consisted of 
a sleeping jacket tucked into a pair 
of trousers, while his tousled hair and 
beard and generally tossed and rum- 
pled look were those of a man who 
had been lying down temporarily. 
I heard him sigh—like one sighing 
for sleep--as he went noiselessly across 
the garden and out through the arch- 
way tothe road. At that I sat straight 
up in bed to stare, and well I might, 
for here was a miracle! He had lifted 
his arms above his head to stretch 
himself comfortably, and he walked 
upright and at ease, whereas when | 
had last seen him the night before he 
had been able to do little more than 
crawl, bent far over and leaning pain- 
fully upon his friend. Never man be- 
held a more astonishing recovery from 
& bad case of rheumatism. 
After a long look down the road he 
retraced his steps, and the moonlight, 
striking across his great forehead as 
he came, revealed the furrows plowed 
there by an anxiety of which | guessed 
the cause. The creaking of the wood- 
en stairs and gallery and the whine of 
an old door announced that he had re- 
turned to his vigil. 
1 had perhaps a quarter of an hour 
to consider this performance, when it 
was repeated; now, bowever, he only 
glanced out into the road, retreating 
hastily, and I saw that he was smil- 
ing, while the speed he maintained in 
returning to his quarters was remark- 
able for one so newly convalescent. 
The next moment Saffren came 
through the archway, ascended the 
steps in turn—but slowly and careful- 
ly, as if fearful of waking his guard- 
ian—and I heard his door closing very 
gently. Long before his arrival, how- 
ever, I had been certain of his identity 
with the figure | had seen gazing up 
at the terraces of Quesnay from the 
borders of the grove. Other questions 
NOTICE TO VOTERS 
Registration. 
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF REGIS- 
TRARS OF VOTERS. 
MancHESTER, Mass., Feb 9, 1910. 
Notice is hereby given that the Board of 
Registrars of Voters will be in session at the 
office of the Board of Selectmen on Wednesday 
evening, Feb. 16, from 7 to 8; also on Wednes- 
day evening, Feb. 23, from 7 to 8; also on Sat- 
urday, Feb. 26, from 12 a. m. to 10 p. m., for 
the purpose of receiving evidence of the quali- 
fication of persons claiming a right to vote at 
the election to be held on Monday, March 7, 
1910, and of correcting the list of voters. 
See that your name is on the Voting List of 
your town; if not there call at the office of the 
Board of Registrars on the days above men- 
tioned, and be registered, or you cannot vote, 
Bring with you a certificate from the assessors 
or a tax bill or notice from the collector of taxes, 
showing that you have been assessed a poll tax 
as a resident of the town of Manchester. 
All persons whose names are stricken from 
the voters’ lists for any lawful reason, will, be- 
fore they can again have their names placed up- 
on said Jists, be required to register their names 
at the time hereinbefore stated in like manner as 
Copyright, 1908, by the McClure Company 
Copyright, 1907, 1908, by the Ridgway Company 
[CONTINUED. ] 
1 rose and leanea over tne raling. 
There was no doubt about the reality 
of the figure in white, though it was 
too far away to be identified with cer- 
tainty, and as I rubbed my eyes for 
new voters. 
Naturalized citizens presenting themselves for 
registration must bring their naturalization papers 
with them. 
If a qualified voter of this town whose name 
was on the voters’ list last year, and who has 
been assessed for the current year, finds after 
the close of registration that his name is not 
placed on the voters’ list of the current year, by 
reason of having been omitted by clerical error 
or mistake, he may upon personal application, 
have his name placed upon the voting list, or, 
if application be made on the day of election, he 
may have a certificate to vote. 
ga" No name can be added to the voters’ list 
(except to correct omissions made by clerical 
error or mistake) after 10 o’clock of the even- 
ing of Saturday, Feb. 26, 1910, at which time 
“And, oh, doesn’t he make one sorry for 
him.” 
clearer sight it turned and disappeared 
into the shadows of the orderly grove 
where | had stood one day to watch 
Louise Harman ascend the slopes of 
Quesnay. 
But | told myself sensibly that 
more than one man on the coast of 
Normandy might be wearing white 
flannels that evening and, turning to 
My companion, found that she had 
moved some steps away from me and 
was gazing eastward to the sea. I 
concluded that she had not seen the 
gure. Sasa ees 
remained to bother me: Why had Ker- 
edec not prevented this night roving, 
and why, since he did permit it, should 
he conceal his knowledge of it from 
Oliver? And what, oh, what wondrous 
specific had the mighty man found for 
his disease? 
A note lay beside my plate next 
morning addressed in a writing strange 
to me, one of dashing and vigorous 
character. It read: 
(To BE CONTINUED.] 
registration closes. 
By order of the Board of Registrars of voters. 
W. J. JOHNsoN, 
Jas. H. Rivers, 
CHARLES DANFORTH, 
ALFRED S. JEWETT, 
Board of Registrars. 
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