Pittston Gazette

              % -■ mm®- Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Vi lley. 1'ITTSTOX. LrZKKNK CO.. . 'A.. FRIDAY. MARCH 10, 18SI3. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. ' *1.50 PER A1TV ( IX ADVANCE K4TAliUSHKlD I HBO. D. VOl.. AL.I1I. SO. *1. t Roy * f E ROY LIST. true friend. And see, I have everything ready. Here is the letter for my mother, and here a plan of the chateau, which, with the explanation I shall give yon, will enable you to find the treasure, even though the building should be in "Murdered! Do you knew what you re saying?" well as pood: what you aav y " lien iTorg-eti care a lit tie irti l of the way. Everyad laeil tu bland ia awe of that out vide you with one, as far as St. I) "A sort of friendly agent secret? "Very friendly, and as secret a like." And Mm«. la (ienerak; la' as merrily as if she hail r.' i capital joke; though ! «.-Dnld ft the life of me see the point of it th of nothing, it seemed to me. She wouji jump a rawbow if somebody vrov&i steady it for her, and I've known her ts jump an exorbitant livery bill and come home without a flutter of the nostril. xao to« £D\" B*'. «ruder.tandcircums*. * !. Xci y rs.i' Clo anything which -ras vs ;l pretext for throwing; 1 iie C( cicinrgerie or the !iic«-trC' thorri bie •»D« 5i,onii. both of them) awl perhaps having you shot like ce pm trro moti- sank in a heap on the turf. | boilj 1 Ernn to him. Me was hit on man NYE OX THE HORSE. "Certainly, and I repeat it. De Gex ;as murdered," I answered, doggedly. "In that ease, Lieut. Forget, who ommanded the firing paj-ty, is a murerer, and in making this charge you isult, in his person, the whole French you into the r D, a few inches nud the Lacluse asked to be excused; he WILLIAM MEETS A DOCTOR WHO DI- d administered restoratives the j "You ma ii examined the Wound, which tlon't be long. We may want*you .1 to be serious, possibly Daipe' M. Hoy," she said, turning to me, "1 had no idea yon were so reckless. said Josephine Kl »• "but LATES ON THAT ANIMAL, But I so®* discovered that sh« wsw afraid of the bear, of which there wer» a great many on my estate. Well, now, how are you going to take a spirited horse and lead him up to a bear and thro rub his nose over the bear? BY WILLIAM WEKTALl ruins." [continued ] Our conversation was interrupted for a moment by the arrival of the coffee, which De Gex mixed with cognac and leisurely drank, eating at the same time a roll, and courteously inviting me to follow his example. sietir noun At this moment the door opened, ; a valet announced that the earn; was at the door. Xye ■ Once Had a Hunter Himself, He army." "I have no desire to insult either Lieut. Forget or the French ariny; hut what 1 have said I have said." "You refuse to retract, then?" "I do." "Oh, no! lie would never dare tC As soon as the surgeon had applied a Not content with offendi/sg my husband ry dressing they lifted the un- j and Harras, you go and shoot this poor is lieutenant into a fiacre and i Lieut. Forget." t'l»ough I felt sorry j "I assure you. madame. it was done in to see 11iin lying there so pale and fair fight, and the quarrel was none of tieath-like, my conscience was clear. I j my seeking." Writes, Wlio Was Afraid of a Great CHAPTER VL shoot a prisoner of war.'" tenrpi "A quarter past six to the minute," said Mme. Bonaparte, looking at her watch. "Vou must go,- M.. Roy. The coachman has his orders." Many Tilings—How to Make a Valuable I had not gone many yards down the Rue de la Vicloire when an arm was thrust within mine. "It is not as a prisoner of father says, you would be shot Cow Love Her Home. You can't do it, you know. royalist conspirator., Remcmbeir, moil Mour, that, the lleign of Terror lmt as a took him home [Copyright, 1803, by Edgar W. Nye.] Then she was always afraid of a dead colored man hanging to a tree so I had to sell her. "You arc departing early, Citizen Roy, and you were not looking very happy a little while ago. What has arrived?'" a-.Ued the aide-de-camp. Breakfast over, he added a brief postscript to the letter, of which, as also the plan of the chateau, I took possession and put inside the lining of my doublet. But, even though they should fall into the hands of the enemy, nobody would be able to make aught ol either of them without the clew, and that I had in a still safer place—my head. "Perhaps you will also refuse to give satisfaction for uttering' a base slander," said Lacluse, who was now white with rage. is LUDt "But my companion?" En Route. long past; and it would be so easy to pretend you were a conspirator. Perhaps it would be best for you ty leave Paris, if you can; and, though I should be borry flrDr ym to it would wake me had not sought the quarrel, and the volley which killed lie ties was still All the same it is very unfortunate— "Your companion is already in the carriage. Au revoir et bon voyage, M. Roy. 1 hope we shall soon meet again, and, nntil we do, pray', for Heaven's sake, keep out of scrapes." Last week we met an educator of the horse and the author of a work on "Preparatory Education of the Horse." He gave me one for review. He claims that very few horses, especially in America, have proper educational facilities, and many that they do have remain unimproved. "It is a common experience to find," says he, "horses of great intellectual capacity, yet middle aged and disappointed. Too many have left the coun- the more so as it arose from your imprudent expressions about De Cex. It is not wise to say all one thinks: and when the affair comes to the knowledge •jf tin; police they will more than ever She was also afraid of the limited train which goes past our place, but does net stop there. As 1 had nothing to conceal, I told Laclase a,ll that had passed. ringing m'rnv ears. ■'It is uo slander; and I am ready :m ! willing- to give you any satisfaction you may desire." it is :i denouement which I did not mid very grave," observed Well, you can't lead a scared horse up to a limited train that is going at 60 miles an hour. It is undignified in the first place, and then again the passengers resent it. People don't want unknown horses to rub their noses against thei; private cars that way. "It is very unfortunute," he said. "De Gox might as well have accepted this commission. We soldiei"s fight for happy to t? .-ink you were eaf eD:pi s we \ ked towards our car «"I will try, rnadame; but whatever befalls me, I will remember your kindness with undying gratitude." "Good! *" But, as it is Lieut. Forget whom you have maligned, it is to him, not to me, that you will have to aaiswcr. Moreover, as you are my jruest, it would not be eomme il faute for me to call you out. Afterwards, if you like—" I drew raised he he dear girl closer to me, veil, and—what other answer could I make to -so kind an incliiit belief that you are in communication with royalist plotters. Who was the lady j'ou met last night in D tl- France, anil for France alone, (iovern- Yon mean that it would have Won ! pravc if 1 had been wounded instead # taents are an accident; they are here today and gone to-morrow. And the directory won't last. However, the die is cast. There is nothing more to be done, liy refusing Bonaparte's offer De Gex has made an enemy who neither forgets nor forgives." "Then De Gex is going to be shot merely for offending Bonaparte?'' When I told Dc Gex what had happened the night before, he agreed with me in thinking that Bonaparte was the instigator of his execution, Barras being merely an instrument, though doubtless a very willing one. avowal? less She gave me her'liand, I pressed it to my lips, and then, after repeating tny thanks, took my leave. "I thank-you with all toy heart for your goodness, dear Jluiio- How can 1 repay it?" of Fo "Wotl, I don't quite mean that F 1 t that one of you would have t at the first sfiut. without This unexpected question, fired off point-blank, took me all aback "A ladv!"' T stammered. "Ye a lady, closely the Tuileries gardens?" thoutr been : beiti? The valet, who preceded me, opened the carriage door; I stepped inside; the. valet put up the steps and closed the door; the driver cracked- his whip anr shouted; "Allez!" and the next inoinen One of the most valuable things in the work is a recipe for making a cow come up at night. Much sorrow is felt in otherwise happy homes by that sad, sflS question in the heart: , "I shall be ready and willing to answer to you or any other wan, M. le C^pitaine." "Ah, monsieur, 1 fear you are very wicked. In a public ffafden, too, and that dreadful ajreat secret!" hurt I* that case there s.n no w tat, but when it vxiled^wi&t whom j-oii ])loaienaDlc0 fn the  nearly half an hour. Ah, M. lloy, I "You are it is Bonaparte's answer to my refusal of his offer," said the chevalier. "I have been mistaken in him. lie is a grcat captain; I thought him an honest man. Those who judged him less favorably judged him more truly. IT he does restore the monarchy would "Cood again, M. Roy! 1 can appreciate courage even in a foe, though 1 hope you will soon cease to be a foe. Now that we have settled this little affair, so far as we are concerned, let us finish our breakfast. Have you seen th« Moniteur this morning?" "The night is dark, and the walk shady; while :is for the agent secret, I feel sure we hare given him the slip." goes and it is injposs: le to keep —when it fear you are a mauvais sujet "Where is my wandering cow tonight?" Some cows are wild and gay. They become the heads of families before theix girlhood is fully passed. They like still to spend the evening with other young people. Thus they do not come hora« where they often supply a family with milk and then get kicked in the stomach by the friendly hired man. "I did not say that; but you can draw your own conclusions. I am afraid you aiso have offended him." "Why? How could I know that De Gex would refuse an offer which gave him his life?" you I sort. s«vr assure you, madame, she is a good "You may be sure he is not far olF. It is not easy to elude art agent secret. Dame! I wonder what Victor would n»?*i c*c. a prom girl." "Proof of which is that she gives you a rendezvous in the Turleries gardens after dark. Who is she?" I much fear that himseif will be the monarch. Poor France!" T diC! ic p; M. le Captsuoc. "2so. Why do you ask?" say?" e which lias ended so \u.- ii Sirmy. and "That I am not at liberty to say. As for myself, I have nothing to conceal: but when it concerns another—" "Hut the general wiH say that you ought to have known: He may even imagine that De Gcx has placed you in communication with some of his royalist friends and that you are in sympathy with them. The best thing you can do is to keep out of his way for a few da vs." Shortly afterwards De Gex inquired about the time. I looked at my watch. It was a quarter to seven. j - "Here is something which may interest you." Whereupon he took the paper and read a paragraph to the effect that the preparations for the invasion of England were being energetically pushed forward, and that Gen. Bonaparte would leave l'aris on the following day for an inspection of the coast, and a visit to Antwerp, Dunkirk, Ambleteuse, Walcheren and Boulogne, where he would review the army of in- "Diable! Who is this Victor, mademoiselle? Your sweetheart.?" yov.r triemi Was yo ;r m il;- "Not at all. lie would like to be, though. He is a sergeant tjf-dra30011s, and a brave gas-eon; but so^bete "Anri that other a lady. I understand perfectly. M. I'oy. But the police think she is a royalist emissary." This staying oat of nights with gay companions, on the part of the cow, leads down to the dark and cheerless beef barrel. It is sad, and it has to be stopped. Yon can stop it if yon really admire and respect her. First teach her to love yon and come to you whenever she wants a lump of sugar or a new pair of undressed kid gloves to eat. Win her heart; then yon can be sure she will come home when there is no other place open. Now get her to come and breathe her sweet tornado in your ear "while you feed and pet her. Have prepared two straps three inches wide and just long enough to buckle around the knee—the cow's knee. Drive these straps full of tacks, with the points just penetrating the leather a fraction of an inch. Buckle them below each knee on the fore legs, and when she gets over her giddy evening with young friends of her own frivolous style she will kneel down by the side of her bed for a moment, as she should, but she will feel pained by the sharp tacks and will shake her head and snort, but after awhile she will examine another bed and try it. This also will hurt, and she will try to get the other heifers up with her to put in the night. She will lift them a little with one horn and then try them with the other, but they are slumbering and will only shake their heads in a dreamy way or swallow their quid and shut their eyes again. ■"My mother is a good woman," he said. "I was brought up in the fear of God. You will not think me weak or foolish if 1 say a prayer?" Mille t .f'-res, XL. liny! Jo you you ;iii' Dther duel''1 have no idea. J amuse myself him—nothing more. And now, monsieur, you must let me go. My father will miss me, and who knows that the agent secret is not lurking in thuse bushes?" with frank, I Clo not like. 1 both (in the field field of honor, and I that 1 would rather just now it would not be expedient—hardly if vCDu awe AV'i-Sl, to D "Not at all. She is nothing1 of the have jriven in sort." When we rose from our knees the great clock of the Abbaye was striking the hour. My answer was to kneel by his side. Df battle anC "Did you know her before last night?" "I did." i*his was my own opinion. If I had 'ost his favor becausc De Gex had relused his offer of a commission in the can utTori! to "Ueforc you came to Paris?" "No." Before we parted it was agreed that I should call at the Abbaye on the following Sunday; and then I escorted Jilie to a fiacre, and tokl the driver to l.Cke her to the Faubourg St. Antoine. But this was a blind. She meant to get out en route and walk to the Abbaye. in order to throw the detective off the scent in ease he gave one of his colleagues the office to follow her. Jii ODli else, De Gex put his arms around my neck and kissed me on both cheeks. vasion poss.l)!' uleed Vou were wrong to "You cannot have made many acquaintances. You have been all the time with Lacluse. Hal I have it! That young woman who brought your letter and pleaded your cause—what is hei name? I remember; Mile. Carmine. Now, tell me frankly, was not the lady "You have been very good to me," he said. "God bless you for it! You will stay with me to the last, and tell my mother and Antoinette—" * By this time I was somewhat cooled down, and so checked the answer which rose to my lips, merely asking Lacluse whether he thought the project of invasion was serious. speai; of llic execution of De Gex as von did. Hut I also have l)?en to blame. The chiiiwi risli fcrerc not er;ual. You a danger which Forget did not. WITH THE DETECTIVE. As st* i as the Uirecloiiy arts informed A WOMAS'S I.AUGH. try and gradually drifted toward the great cities, especially New York, which has given more work for horses in street car and Fifth avenuu stage line circles than anywhere else, because she has been the last to adopt mechanical methods for pulling street rolling stock. All the country villages have had electric cars for years anil years, and so the country horses, with swelling bosoms and swollen heads, have gone to New York, where they have suffered on in silence, but too proud to return. My heart was so full that I could only press his hand and murmur an inarticulate assent; and the same moment the door opened, and Carmine, followed by two turnkeys, entered the cell, while two soldiers with fixed bayonets stood on guard without. "Why not? England has neither an army nor a general." if what ! s happened a.u order will be you mot Mile. Carmine? I will respect your confidence, l'arole d'honneur." "But she has a fleet and an admiral." issued fo hit arrest nd if you arc we were rumbling- over the rough pavement of the Rue tie ia Victoirc. "Well, we shall have to outmaneuver your admiral and destroy his fleet. Voila tout." .taken it is tiio c.\t twenty-four hours you may possible that within "I am sure you will, madame, and 1 cannot deny that you have guessed arigtvt. IJut Mile. Carmine's object in meeting trie was merely to warn me that I was in danger, and to counsel prudence. She is pleased to take it kindly interest in my fortunes." It was so dark that all 1 could see ol my companion was a cloaked and hooded form curled up in a corner. As 1 put my head inside the fiacre (merely to say au re voir), she whispered a last warning: (Vfef- "I am ready. Lead on," said the chev- "I quite concede that when you have done that the rest will be easy. How soon is it likely to take place, M. le Capitaine?" "Above all. M. Roy, be prudent, and dc nothing that may givDe Barras an excuse for arresting you." ' "7 • '■ S?1 ■ V* ■ i A ~yL s£^w2D "I ain greatly obliged to you, monsieur," I said, "for acceding to Mme. Bonaparte's request to bear me company as far as St. Denis. Perhaps you will and to the obligation by saying to vrliom I am indebted for this kindness. In the hurry of departure, I stupidly forgot to ask Mme. la Generale your name." aller. I woiild have taken his arm; Carmine also offered to support him. But he kindly, yet firmly, refused us, saying that he could walk quite well alone and would rather do so. ! w, •, •" ■? • It I RS&Bl V;/- \v iV'; "Ma foi! 1 am unable to tell you, and, to say the truth, the Moniteur is in error. An expedition is being prepared, but its destination is not England." I watched the fiacre until it disappeared. So far as I could see, it was not shadowed. But I was, and, do what I might, I could not shake the fellow off. Double and twist as 1 might, he was always more or less in View.- and the sense of being continually%drDgged so irritated me that I had a good mind to throw him into the Seine, and, if Julie's warning had not been ringing in my ears, should certainly have done so. "And no woncter. She is a good-looking girl, and yon are a bean garcon. Do ladies generally take a kindly interest in your fortunes, M. Rov'.'" "Sometimes an American horse is able to go abroad to finish his education, but very rarely. To travel and see America is the privilege also of but few. There are horses that have seen all of life in Australia and Europe, crossing the continent of America afterward." He walked between Carmine and me, the turnkeys leading and the soldiers following. "Where then?" "Several have done, and I am immensely obliged to them—especially to you. Mine. IJonaparte." "I am not at liberty to say. But I hope you will have an important command in the fleet, which, I may inform you in confidence, will be one of the finest France ever sent to sea." I paused for a reply, and, unless my ears deceived me(the carriage was making a terrible noise), I heard a suppressed laugh. MANAGED TO FIXD MY WAY, At the foot of the staircase we were received by the officer in charge of the firing party. After giving us the military salute, which we duly acknowledged, and saying something about the unpleasantness of the duty he was called upon to perform, he ordered the prisoner to be pinioned and blindfolded. "Don't flatter yourself, my dear sir. It is for your mother's sake—not for your beaux yeux—that I interest myself in your welfare. Iiut the question now'is, how are you to get out of this new scrape? During the general's absence my influence is at zero; I cannot protect 3'ou. There is only one way. army, what would he say when I de clined his offer of a commission in the navy? And now that De Gex's fate was decided I had resolved, the next time the subject should be broached, to refuse point-blank and without any sort of compromise. This resolution was, however, compatible with a desire to put off the evil day as long as might be. "I beg your pardon, I remarked that I had not the pleasure of knowing your name. Mine is Roy." Not feeling disposed to reciprocate M. Lacluse's confidences, I parried his query by changing the subject, and he presently became so merry that 1 began to think he had not been in earnest, and thiit there would be no duel, after all. The doctor regrets that the education of the horse has been so sadly neglected, and that the self made or self educated horse is the rule rather than the exception.w 253. After going to the Rue du Bae and changing my clothes, I chartered a fiacre and went to the Trois Freres, where 1 found Lacluse, Forget, and two other officers, Capt. Bouillon and Capt. Bosquet, to yi'liom I was introduced. — 3^ ikf" ~ J' This time my companion did laugh, unmistakably, and, as I thought, mockingly—conduct Highly unbecoming an agent secret. „ \ De Gex objected, and asked as a favor that he might die free and himself give the word of command. You mrtst. quit Paris at once." For some years the doctor, who is t, veterinary surgeon, has occupied a chair in the Horse College for Diseases of the Eye and Ear. He is a Welshman by birth and has imported many Shetland ponies to this country. He has also brought over many beautiful, sleek, contralto jacks to this country from Spain. They are held in liigh esteem by the people of Spain and are called ministers. This is no joke, but a living fact and not intended to reflect upon the clergy. (To the Editor—Probably this is too true for publication.) '•I will da what you advise. But how about the police? and whither must I "You are disposed to be merry, monsieur," I said, stiffly, "but you will pardon me if I say that I really cannot see—" The officer assented, and we all went ir. - . hi/ When we had drunk our coffee and smoked our cigars the captain said he had an engagement at the war office which would occupy him for the remainder of the day, and asked me to sup with him and two or three of his comrades at the Trois Freres Provencaux.THE DUEL. 1 was in no hurry to return to prison, and I meant, if possible, to get out of "the country before Bonaparte called on me for a decision. »the coiul-yard. De Gex do  I looked upon Forget's presence as a sign of peace, and as showing that Lacluse had not repeated to Forget my incautious words of the morning. For the which, being now in a more sober frame of mipd, I felt glad, as 1 perceived that a duel would probably bring me under the notice of the authorities, and might get me into serious trouble. play a principal part in a scene like that which you witnessed yesterday at the Abbaye. Ah! yon seel" "Another fiacre!" go?" ••I have a plan. Listen! Gen. Bonaparte is on a tour of inspection. In fonr or five days he will be at Boulogne. Before he left it was arranged that I UioulU send one of his aidcs-de-eamp tc meet liim there, with his letters anil my I shall send Lacluse. You shall "Don't you know me?" interrupted the agent secret, now laughing without restraint. Fortunately, he had not for my parole, either from inadvertence or because he thought to win me over to his purpose by a show of confidence. In any case, my respite was not likely to be long, and it behooved me to act promptly. As yet, however, I could think of no feasible plan. I had no papers, and even though I might get out of Paris without them, I should certainly never reach the coast. And if I "Yes, with your bliatlow. But, as we have a good horse ami* a clever jehu, I shall try to lead the rascal a little A woman's laugh,and a voice I knew! As the time he mentioned (nine o'clock) would not interfere with my rendezvous, I accepted the invitation '•You, Julie? Is it possible?" I exclaimed, drawing near to my companion and taking her hand. dance. go with him." news. We had an excellent supper, and, as the officers were c.11 merry fellows, we 6pent an enjoyable evening. As we got into the carriage Lacluse ■poke a few energetic words to the coachman, and the next moment we were • D1T like a shot, the shadow following as fast as his horse oould be driven. When?" "You did not know me," she said, in a tone of reproach, but making no attempt to withdraw her hand. "with much pleasure." 1 was quite willing to fight; but, if it pleased him to let matters rest as they were, it was not for me to complain. I had stood to my guns, and no man can do more. "This evening. But you must leave separately. The police, having missed T'.u, will follow him. and his carriage will be closely examined as it passes the barrier." The doctor says that he attended a royal bull fight at the capital, and, though accustomed to sights of great suffering, and having been through all the slaughter houses of Chicago and the abattoirs of Paris, he was still unprepared for thesad and sickening sight. He had come prepared to see the matadors, or whatever they are, knocked about by the bull to the lively music of the band and had hoped that one or two might be fatally injured, but they were not. Eighteen horses torn and mortally gored showed, however, that the fight had been a success. How different people are in respect to their pleasures and their methods of relaxation! At midnight Lacluse suggested that it was time we broke up. "How could I know you with that hood over your face—let me put it back—and in this darkness?" "But before we separate," hi; continued, "we have to arrange that little affair you know of. I have informed M. Forget that you thought fit to qualify the execution of De Gex as murder." liy the time we were fairly in the city the distance between the two vehicles hail been considerably increased, but the agent secret still had us in view. reached the coast, how was 1 to cross the sea? was not a part of the problem which called for immediate solution. It would be quite time enough to think about crossing the sea when I got there. So soon as he was gone I turned in for t couple of hours, to make up my ar- ller Mme. Bonaparte paused, as if to "You were going away without saying good-by." reflect rears of sleep, then strolled about the streets for awhile, and towards sunset betook myself to the Tuileries gardens, where I was not long in finding Mile. Carmine, though she was so closely veiled that had she not spoken first I should have failed to recognize her. At ;■ signal from Lacluse our driver turned into a street which ran at right anrgles to the course We had been fol- "Ycra must go separately," she repeated, "and meet at St. Denis, Lacluse in a post-chase, you in my carriage." "If I had myself in the street I should have been arrested, and Mme. Iionaparte and Capt. Lacluse insisted on hurrying me off." "For the which, unless you retract," put in the lieutenant, with a bow, "I have the honor to demand satisfaction." Then the irritated cow goes to a nearby tree and tries to knock it over- as she utters a low moan. Sadly, by and by, she says to herself: "Well, by clam, I know of one place where I can lay down—or lie down, rather—and it is home. Thert is where I ought to be. There is where my little old wabbly calf is," and it is home. You be there on hand to take off the straps, aud she will more than likely come home earlier than usual the following night. NYE'S HUNTER. What between revolving plans of escape, each more impossible than the other, and thinking about De Gex and ■wondering whether he had been in-formed of his impending fate, I passed a dream-haunted and well-nigh sleepless night. At five o'clock I got up, dressed, sailorfashion, in the dark, and let myself •quietly out of the house. It was a dismal morning; fine rain was falling, the narrow streets were slushy and slippery, the lamps all gone out, lights in the windows few and far between, and if I had not been bleseed with keen ■vision and a good eye for locality 1 should have lost myself before I turned the second corner. But I managed to find my way without asking questions (which might have been dangerous), and at «ix o'clock saw looming before me the great Gothic gate-way of the Abbaye prison. "In your carriage, inadame?" lowing. and then pulled up short; whereupon vre quickly alighted and slipped into a neigluxDrlng cafe. We were no sooner on the pavement than "Yes; it will be recognized as the general's, and you will have no difficulty tu passing the barrier. Hut, as it is always the unexpected that happens, and it would not be quite comme il faut for m D to accompany you, I will provide you with a companion, who can answer for you in case of need." "I don't think you eahe for me in the least." she said, nestling- up to me. "I stick to what I said, and 1 am quite at youi1 service," I answered, also bowing.present! fire! "Let us walk on," she said, taking my arm. "You are surprised at my asking you to come here." "Ah, Julie, if you only knew!" 1 whispered, putting my arm round her waist. "I suppose I owe this pleasure to Mme. Bonaparte'.'!' coat and waistcoat, and, after shaking hands with Carmine a&d the turnkeys and again embracing me, walked to the end of the inclosure and turned his back to the wall. The officer ordered his men to fall in. The chevalier folded his arms and raised his head, and the next moment his voice rang out as loud and clear as if he were giving an order on the field of battle: "This, I need hardly say, is highly irregular," observed Lacluse; "but the circumstances are exceptional. M. Roy is a prisoner of war, under surveillance." our tia was driven on as furiously as ever, unci two minutes later we saw from the corner of a window the shallow following in inn pursuit. "Frankly, I was—just a little, the same—" A1J "Yes: she came herself to the Abbaye and told me of the danger you were in. and asked ine to see you safely outof the city and bear you company as far as St. Denis. She said it would be much better for you to be accompanied by a lady than by a pentleman." "Listen, sir* I can stay with you only a few minutes. I wanted to tell you that you are under surveillance and ic danger." "Good! We arc rid of him for a- few " observed the aide- "I thank you with all my heart, madauie. It is a brilliant schema, and 1 am sure will succeed." 1 think we all have something of the brute in us, but not in the same way. Some of us are sly and secretive like the fox—for instance, like the detective. I met one the other day whom I had seen a year ago for a moment. We met on the C*nrrner of the maiu street, in front of the "Yes; I have been followed about by a rascally spy all day." hours, at any rate •anailie. When he flails that he has K'«n taken in. he will go straight to the Ltue du Bae and wait there till you return. In any ease you are safe until -D we can take our second break1 know the way of these I could tell many other interesting things regarding animal life, but spam forbids. "Exactly. And I dare say you have no friends in l'aris whom you could ask to act for you." "Yes, I tliiakjt is rather good," she said, smiling- complacently. "Dame! if Bonaparte were not so absurdly particular, and his brothers so watchful and censorious, I would go with 3*011 to St. Denis myself. However, I dare say the arrangement I shall make will be "Under surveillance?" "Yes, watched continually by an agent secret." "Not a soul—unless it be yourself." "Of course it is, and much pleasanter, especially when the lady is Mile. Carmine. It was very good of you,-Julie, to comply with Mine. Bonaparte's request. How can I repay you?" r-ostoffic!': and he told me why he was there. He was on the trail of a man who bad wrongfully taken $10,000 in government bonds. "I've found him," he said, "and now I am looking for the bonds." In the Vestibule. "Make ready! Present! Fire!" The muskets went off, and De Gex fell on his face, riddled with bullets; "That's the fellovr who has been hanging about the Rue du Bac all day. I wondered what he was after." "That would not be comme 11 faut Lieut. Forget is my particular friend. But the difficulty is easily surmounted. 1 have already spoken to ces messieurs, and they will be your seconds." noon Young De Lisle was making a late call on Miss Arabella Rose. fast at our ease. And then Lacluse assured me that neither Uonaparte nor himself, had caused me to be placed lyider surveillance. It wasthedoingof the government and the police. Laeluse had merely taken charge of me at the general's request; be was my guardian, not my custodian, and had no instructions to interfere with the freedom of my movements so king as 1 showed no disposition to quit Paris; and without papers and alone 1 should find quitting Paris about as easy as escaping from Vincennes—if I had the ill luck to be locked up there. "Well, really, Miss Eose, I have staid too long. But you are so bewitching. Good night, Miss Rose, good night." After a short pause the turnkeys raised the body tenderly—the chevalier had been a popular prisoner—and put it in a rude coffin. Within an hour it was laid in the ground. more to your taste.' "No doubt; and you may be sure that either he or another has followed you hither. Capt. Lacluse is supposed to take good care of you; but since you tried so much to save thai poor gentleman you have been placed under regular police surveillance, and are more than ever suspected by the directory of being in league with the royalists." "That is impossible, madame." "By not thinking ill 0/ me. M. Roy. I know it is not quite corntne il faut; but Madame Bonaparte smiled, as if at some thought of herown, and then con- • Why don't you ask some of these people who are coming for their mail?" t said, with a sneer. Then I asked him if the man was yet at large. "G-o-o-d n-i-g-h-t, Mr. De Lisle." "I am greatly obliged to them," I said, bowing to the two captains. when it was a question of saving you from a great danger and obliging the citoyenne generate, I could not refuse." "Oh, I beg pardon. I see that I was leaving my stick. Thanks awfully. Good night, Miss Rose." The people inside were already astir, and I had no difficulty Ln obtaining admission.I was going slowly away—my heart well-nigh bursting with impotent rage and bitter sorrow, for though I had known this man only three days I had come to love him as a brother—when 1 After acknowledging the salute. Bouillon observed that, as I was the challenged party, it was for me to choose the weapons. "Ship's cutlasses, boarding-pikes, or pistols, as M. le Lieutenant may please," I answered, carelessly. tinued advice "And now let roc pive you a word of Vow will arrive at Boulogne days before the general. iy not very well pleased vou know; but the moment he arrives go to him and announce your desire to join the Frencli navy, and all "will be forgotten, lie is organizing a great expedition; your services "'flunk ill of you, dear Julie? I shall think of you with gratitude and respect all my life." "Goo-aw night, Mr. De Lisle." I found Carmine In his office. two or thri "Oh, yes," he said; "we are watching him to see where the bonds are., Oh, yes; you have to shadow a man sometimes for vears. I went around the world shadowing a man last year. Saw everything and kept him in sight also. The bank paid the expenses without a murmur, except where I had charged the expenses of an engagement ring worth 500 kreutzers to the concern because I had to make love to the girl in order to pump the victim through his valet, who was the girl's brother. They said 400 kreutzers was all they could allow on that. Hist!" he said, "here comes my bird now down the street, with no more idea that he's my huckleberry than a man in the moon. Glance at him as he goes by, and I will look the other way." "I'm sure you'll forgive me for not being gone, but it just occurred to me that you did not know the hour of the concert Thursday evening. It is 8 o'clock sharp. Good night, Miss Rose." "You are early," he said. ■ "Yes; J heard last night that poor Gex waste be shot at ten this morning." He went a "And 1 shall think of you, I fear, too long. Hut go away, please; we are approaching the barrier, and you have deranged my coiffure. Sit as far back as you can. You must not be seen; and if any questions are asked leave me tC. answer. And, now, silence." heard a broken voice speaking my name. with hi. as "How did you get to know j.11 this, Julie?" "At ten! it is light here at seven." ITe is to be shot as soon aa The firing-party will be It was Jnlie Carmine, whom in my weeping. "I did not see it, but I heard the muskets, lie was so gentil, this poor Monsieur Gex, the best man in the abbaye, they say; and yet they have killed him. Did I not speak truly when I said they never forgive returned emigrants?" And then, lowering h« voice, for there were several people about, she added: "Meet me this evening at sunset in the f uileries gardens. I have something vpry important to tel1 you. You are going? Au revoir, Citi zen Roy. You must not leave Pari* without calling pour prendre conge." "Well, you see, a citizeu hifcn up in the police de surete is a great friend ol my father, lie came to the ibbaye this morning about this paurre monsieur, and other things. I heard your name mentioned, and when he was gone I asked my father what he had said. Mv father has no secrets from "Let us say pistols then. I don't know much about cutlasses and boarding-pikes," said Forget. "Goo' nigh', Mr. De Lisle." j. This version differed somewhat from Julie's; but, as her Information had come through several channels, Lactase's was probably the more truthful. All the same I did not .quite see how he could reconcile the duties of his guardianship with his conduct about' the Perhaps he wanted to see how I "Really, how stupid, don't you know! I forgot to leave my best regards for your mamma. You're not angry, dear Miss Rose. Oh. yon are too good to say so. I'm such a sad fellow, I am. Good night, Miss Rose."' "Seven! Good heavens! But it is impossible! There is surely some mistake. Barras told me distinctly that the execution would take place at ten." After some further conversation it was arranged that the captains should see Forget's seconds (two officers of his regiment) and that we should fight at daybreak in the Bois de Boulogne, whither 1 was to go with Lacluse and a surgeon of his acquaintance. In fact, everything had been cut and dried boforehand, and when we trot home Lacluse showed me a pair of beautiful duelling-pistols, which he was good enough to place at my disposal for the occasion. will be very valuable, ami you will re- turn covered with glory." "A great expedition! For the inva- I had hardly obeyed this injunction and retreated into my corner, making myself as invisible as possible, when 1 heard a hoarse voice call out: si on of England?" "There is no mistake in my order. "Rere are the very words: 'The detenu Of* will be shot at dawn. The firingparty will be on the gTOund at sever o'clock." Citizen liarras has been malt inCr a m?uvai»CD plaisanterie at your c: pense. It is like him." "No. It was never seriously intended Fug'and. Its destination is JSgypt; and I am sure they will pive yon an important command.'' I did not think it my duty to inform Mme. Bonaparte of my resolution not to join the French navy, it would be quite enough to inform her husband when we met at Boulogne. We were f.till talking when Laclust returned, fie reported that Forget was still alive, and that, the doctors had to invad "Stop! Whose carriage is that?" "The carriage of Geu. Bonaparte," answered the coachman. "G'n't— Mr. Da— Lisle." duel Stood 1! When tfie east Voico from above to the rescue "Hello! You'd better change the form of that dialogue. It's good morning now." ! wo were through with our .,lucakfasDt I proposed that Lacluse \m I  !■]/ "Ah, yes, I recognize it. Cut whom have you inside? The citizen general is on a tour of inspection, they say." The front door slams.—Detroit Free Press. "The malicious scoundrel! fie lied to me, then," I muttered between my teeth. "Pardieu, if I were my own master I would be even with him. Does Gex know?" 7$i h/h! Jfo &4 J' ' D'J / «"•' a_jT "v'l r j* -■'•.m y ;■ I "It is I. What do you want?" said Julie, sharply, letting- down the windcHv and leaning forward so as to prevent me from beintr seen. I did so. lie was a fair haired young man, and as lie went by he gave uie a loud and merry wink of the other eye. He Smuggled Himself In. 1 protested that nothing was further from my thoughts, shook hands with her and her father, and went my way. I should have preferred cutlasses; but, as I knew how to handle a pistol and could shoot pretty straight, 1 had not much fear for the result. One evening a commercial traveler proceeded to a concert hall with his casCD of samples under his arm and was about to pass the ticket office when he was stopped by the cashier. "Yoiy ticket, sir." "I haven't got one." t:n ] Reports say that he lias once more eluded the vigilance of the detectives, and as the bonds are not registered it i» feare.l that they may not bo recovered till next year, and possibly not at that time. "Not yet. 1 was just going to inform him- Will you accompany me? Allons! there is no time to lose." good hopes of his recovery CHAPTER VIL Julie had given me a rendezvous. Tc what end? Tiic aide-de-camp expressed warm ap provul of Mme. Bonaparte's plan. It was agreed that he should start from the Rue dn Ifcne at. six precisely, and that I should start from the Rue de la Vietoire fifteen minutes later. As it A lot of frozen fish aretoba seen on the ice at Mackinaw. Their presence is accounted for on the theory that the straits freezing rapidly from the bottom up pushed the fish to the surface. Jiotes of tlio Cold Spoil, As we opened the door of his room, De Gex. who was still abed, raised himself on ills elbow. We breakfasted by candle light, the days being still short, and set out in a fiacre at seven, calling on our way for the surgeon, whose presence with his case of instruments was, however, too suggestive to be altogether pleasant CHAPTER VJI1 A Frenchman would have imagined that he had made a conquest. I waf less vain. That Julie had a kindly feeling for me was likely enough; yet I could not think that she meant either to propose an elopement or make me an offei of marriage; while as for myself, I need scarcely say (the poor chevalier being hardly cold in bis grave) that I was in no mood for flirting or love making. V A D4 The doctor says many good things about the horse and how to break him of bad tricks. Take, for instance, the one of kicking aud running awav when the tail gets over the hue. This is quite common, and many horses must have their tails epitomised on this account The mate has to go through the sam« operation In order to match. "Then I cannot allow you to go in." "Roy! Carmine! What is it?'" he exclaimed. "Hut I need not ask. 1 can read iny fate in your faces. When?— how soon?" "Indeed? In that case somebody will have to play the flute solo thia evening."was not leave the jusutered i it for me to A Lake View man who went to bed Sunday night without liis ear muffs is now in the hospital. When we arrived on the ground the others were already there, and the preliminaries were arranged in a few mse in the nv.uitime, La id pack up and take with him "Oh! I beg your pardon. Pray step forward."—Sterne und Blumen. "At dawn; in about an hour," answered Carmine. i-ln.se w my belong Pgs, On applying his powerful binocular microscope to a thermometer Mr. J. Thursbv, of Dawson, Mo., distinctly saw the mercury at the bottom of the bulb. "Awl which is it—the a* or the platoon?" "At a quarter past six my carriage will be at the door," said Mme. Bonaparte. "M. Roy can spend the interval in the general's cabinet. 1 am expecting visitors, but there nobody will trouble him; he will find plenty of books, and, as he is a sailor, I permit "UNDEB SURVEILLANCE?" seconds. A French Canadian employed to turn a crank in a certain industrial establishment asked to be let off one morning. "I hope you're not going to have rheumatism again." said his employer. "I do not know," he answered, "bot mine body, it ees all stomachache." He was iet off.—New York Sun. - A Graphic Description. "The platoon." On the other hand, why had she asked me to meet her secretly and at night, and what had she to say which sh« could not say equally well at her owt house? his fille cherie, and he told me all, 1 could not tell you then—there were too many lookers-on—and if you had called again during the day it jvould have caused suspicion, for the police desurete is well informed of what passes at the Abbaye." ,, Forget and I were to fire simultaneously at thirty paces, and, if neither was hit, then at twenty paces. The Poulterers' Gazette, of Noodle's Corners, apologizes for the quality of the verse in its columns this week, explaining that the feet were frozen while tn All this trouble may be saved by putting a surcingle on the horse, and aftei placing a broom handle or other rounc stick under the tail tie it by both endi forward to the surcingle, placing thesticl horizontally. In one night he is cured. "Thank God! Well, I shall be ready.'' And with that the chevalier threw off the bedclot.be? and began to dress. This looked serious; and I inferred from my opponent's manner that lie was in a vindictive mood. Moreover, Lacluse had told me for my comfort, as we came along, that the lieutenant was both a fine swordsman and a dead shot. However, the battle is not always to the swift, and I had the same confidence in my luck that Bonaparte had in WW OUKKl.Y AJ.HJUJ'EO. "I will leave you to yourselves for awhile," said Carmine, setting down the lamp. "What would ypu like for breakfast, Citizen Gex?" • After trying a long time to make il out, I gave it up and possessed my sou) in patience. A few hours would bring the reading of the riddle; and the incident was so far useful that it helped tc divert my thoughts from the tragedy which I had just witnessed, and which redoubled my desire to get out of a country where such things were possi ble. !i! wait on Mine. Bonaparte, te'1 rankly what hail befallen, and ask tiiui lo smoke." Among the novel wedding presents given to a Manitoba bridal couple was a pair of earmufi's provided with tiny gas route CHAPTER IX I had once a very fine horse, but hC had i* is fatal gift of kicking when some one dropped the line under his tail. HC would hug that line with his massive tai and kick everything into chaoa and rur like a frightened comet with its tail ovei the dashboard. "And the danger you spoke about, Julie'" r fen uld receive m owed my release from the 1 felt sure that if she knew she would help me out of ifucuity in which I had be- lt was Frum twelve to six was rather long but with my pipe and a book 1 ■d ? D while, away the time not and at five a servant hat, ho called a slight repast— Met de bosuf, and a bottle of Bordeaux, to aii of which 1 did ample •'Breakfast! When one has only an hour to live!" "You are in danger of being arrested. They say Gen. Bonaparte leaves Paris to-night or to-morrow, and when ho is gone Barras will have it all bis own way; and my father has heard that he has taken a dislike to you, and does not approve of the general's offer to mako you an officer in the French navy." to iv a stoves. A Great Crop. "Hullo, Morley. How are you? Haven't seen you since you turned farmer." "No?" All U pleasant! ruana The smile on an Englewood younr; lady's face froze stiff Sonday night and the yoiing lady is now unable to change her expression. "All the same, yon had better take something. It is a cold, wet morning." his star. brought in ''You are right I must not tremble, even with cold. Will you kindly send coffee for two, rolls and cognac?" Neither of us had any appreciable advantage in position, and when Bouillon dropped his handkerchief (the preconcerted signal) I raised my hand and fired as straight as I knew how. The two pistols went off together, and at t*he same instant I knew that I was hit But it was nothing to hurt. Forget's bullet had merely grazed the side of ray neck. Mine had gone through his hat. iiow "Raise anything on your farm laat year?" 1 . 1 doubt k so, i will see her A man in one of the west side cable cars Saturday remarked that ho felt I got hold of this recipe and had faitt in it. I have yet, but it is too much ex penee to take care of the man's famil) after he has jiut the broom handle undei the horse's tail. Von wait The lUie de la Victoire I will return presently justice x I received a visit from Mrae. There was a panic for a few moments until Officer i'ibbets could remove the man -to an asylum, lie waa pnt in the dangerous ward.—Chicago News-Record. "Yes. A beard."—Harper's Bazar. "You shall have them in ten minutes; •and I will come again when all is ready." By the time I reached my quarteri Lacluse was sitting down to second breakfast He invited me, politely enough, to Join him; but I was not ie the best of tempers, and the indiffer ence with which he heard of De Gex'i execution and the dirty trick played me by Barras increased my irritation. "A man's life counts for very little in these times," said the captain, flippanV ly, "and if you had seen as many men killed as I have you would not be so much affected by a single execution." lJcraapart "Ar warm. For Revenue Only. He—Would yon love me more, dearest, if I were rich? "It is very good of you, Julie," I said, softly squeezing her hand—"very good of you to take so much interest in an unfortunate English sailor, and I thank you with all my heart." what lil Uona you ready?" she asked. "In a few minutes the carriage will be at the door. Put on this military cloak. The night is cold, and if you. turn up the col? lar you will be effectually disguised." "He is a good old fellow—Carmine," ■observed the chevalier, when we were alone. "You are silent, my friend; you say nothing." i an hour ho was back. The doctor has another good cure foi flying. It is a general rule, too, among good horsemen. It is in substance tc lead tho horse or drive him to the object let him smell of it and put his nose against it, and he will never fear it again. ivoukl receive me with She—I think not. It would not b« necessary. In that case I could marry you without loving you at all.—Indianapolis Journal. Iiiiaiipolntliig "Because my heart is full; and what can I say? This L» terrible, De Gex— you, and for me both a grievous disappointment and a defeat "Ah, sir, I fear you will think me very bold to come here alone; but when I remember ce pauvre monsieur, and think that a like fate may be yours, I shudder, I weep and I forget altogether les convenances." ""No fear of I put on the cloak and turned up the collar, as she suggested. Young HopeiuWPapa, you'll let nu cut off a lock of vour hair, won't you? The Seconds handed us fresh pistols, and we each advanced five paces. you. By this in the Rue "It is well. It tits you to admiration," she continued. "Nobody would take you for a sailor. Hut remember that if any questions are asked you are not to answer. Leave that to your com- The Pater—Certainly, mv boy, I am delighted to tw*,) tliat you have so much afTection for your parents as to ask for a lock of hair lDv way of remembrance. This is common sense, but it must not be followed too closely. I had a verj spirited hunter once with which I used to chase the fox whenever I could get one that would last me two or three years and como home to his meals. An Agreeable Message. My first pistol had kicked more than a good duelling pistol should, and this time I held my weapon more firmly and aimed lower. The same signal was given as before, and we fired so true to it that the two pistols 6eemed to make but a single report, which had scarce i m (lencrale in her "Mayer," said the principal on the 29th day of the month to one of his darks, "my memory is so treacherous I forget everything. Just remind me on the 1st to give yon notice to quit."—Seman» °kro use's Headache Capsulei -Warrant# "Fortunately tpr me, I did not And please remember that it is my own doing. You offered me my life, and if I did not choose to accept it that is my «wn affair. You acted the oart.of a I made sure I should succeed." frchh id rosy, and ¥1 have seen men killed, and I have killed a few myself—in fair fight—but I never saw a man deliberately murdered before," "You are a dear, good girl, Julie, and I shall never forget"" (here my arm stole round her waist)—"I shall never forget yovyr kindness. But you are wise u harming morning costume. Young Hopeful—You see, papa, my rocking horse has lost its tail, and 1 wanted to make it a new one.—Mun- Munch ener Blatter. hhe was iu excellent spirits, anil hei •.'as more natural than at oar interview—Dfobatilv because her panion." manner "My companion?" "Yea. Did I not say that I would prQ- This hunter was a clay bank filly pamed Lady Pinkham. She was afraid -• \ .