Marshall County Republican., 1867-05-10
putting his head out of the window. "Why
don't we 90 on, John 2"


moment of their arrival to be post -chaise
at the door, TO which couple of post
horses were being harnessed. The master
stood by experimenting the operation.
Monsieur" said George to this man, 81
want two horses for my carriage"
The man shook his head.
"Very sorry, sir, but L have no more
horses. These two arc the last"
George rushed at the chaise and opened
the door. A man-an Englishman, to
Judge by his whiskers-was seated within.
Monsieur" said George, IL have re-
quest of great Importance to- make to you"
"Speak, sir, replied the traveller, with an
accent that did not belle his whiskers.
"Will you give up your horses"
al will give you thousand-two thOus-
and francs, in exchange for the conces-
sion"
"I do not want your money, sir"
"Sir, your kindness will save my life"
81 have not time to be kind"
"Sir, / will make you repent your cru
clty!"
"Repent! All! Postillion, stop a mo-
ment."
The Englishman stepped out of the
chaise, and with characteristic calmncss
said
"What do you mean, sir, by saying you
will make me repent? -
What | meant | scarcely know Per
haps / am mad; but, mad or not, it de-
pends upon you to prevent me from being
killed"
The Englishman looked hard at the
young man, and then turning round as if
to reenter his chaise, he superciliously re
marked -
"And what is it to me, sir, if you are
killed."
George, irrilated by his contemptuous
indifference, raised his hand
At the very moment a loud noise was
heard on the road. 1t was n post-chaisc
coming at full gallop George heard his
own name called out i'm well known
voice.
"Ahi am lost p exclaimed the young
mand and cold perspiration bcdcwed his
brow.
1t was Captain Rodet in pursuit, 1T was
Captain Rodet who was calling to him.
George saw him stepping rapidly towards
him. At the sight of the man, whom he
looked upon as his executioner, George ad-
vanced TO the encounter
XIII mc,-assassinate me, sir !" he eX-
claimed "for l warn you shall not fight
| am a coward; admit it. Kill me at
once, for am frightened of you"
George, notwithstanding his unmanly
| av0wal, stood in presence of his enemy,
his head erect, his arms crossed on his
| breast, as If awaiting death. The captain
looked at the young man as if thunder
struck, but a strange smile played upon his
| lips. "A little group of bystanders had, in
the mean time, gathered around The
Englishman himself, taken aback by the
| strangeness of the scene, had forgotten tD
| gel into his chaise. Like the rest, he
| looked at George Benier and then at Cap
| tain Rodet in presence of one another
At last the captain opened his mouth, and.
holding out his right hand to George, "Who
says anything about killing. sir?" nc said,
| in an affcctionate tone. "Who speaks to
| you about fighting? Why should l kill
you? I am Blanche's uncle, sir; and |
come in her name to give you this trif1e,
| which belongs to yOu-yOurself"
| George looked at the hand that was held
| out to him, and uttered an exclamation of
joyful surprise II contained the third pei
let of bread! The captain renounced the
third meeting, To which he was entitled by
the code of honor.
Had Captain Rodet, in reply to Georges
invitation, raised dagger at his breast
the young man would not have shrunk,
but to find that he was forever delivered of
an implacable hostility was loo much for
HIM. He fell fainting to the ground
When he regained consciousness, he
found himself on bed in the inn, and Can
tain Rodet by his side. Involuntarily he
shuddered; but the captain was smiling
What, sir" he said, "are you"
"Yes, l am going to be your uncle, young
man,-preclsely So" And, as George was
about to reply, Two words more, said
the old soldier. al have, perhaps, shown
myself very severe for slight fault. adj
NIT it. But my excuse,-you will under
stand it, my excuse,-goOd or bad, is, that
| served the Emperor and you served the
Bourbons Austerltz could not permit
so that you may not deem me more trucu
lent than | really am, know, young man,
that long before my sister wrote to me that
you desired to be her son-in- law, l had
made up my mind that | would no longer
twice, was it not ~
George rose up in his bed.
| From all this, captain, it results"
| at results, my dear George, that you
are going to marry charming young
| person"
THAT is not precisely what was about
to say, captain"
| What then, were you going to say, my
dear young friend?"
"Why, captain, that was frightened.
l must confess il, was horribly fright
ened"
The captain burst out into a Joyous
| laugh
$50 frightened that, TO avoid fighting
me, you were going To fight that English
man because he would not cede his horse
to you Come, George" And the old sol
dier took him by the hand
| But Blanche,-but her mother
What shall we say to them to excuse my
conduct?" said George, after rejecting
few seconds.
"True | was mad when ran away
from Blanche"
"She thought so. Let her still deem
you mad when you return.
"How SOP"
"Madly in love,"
George welded Blanche, and they were
happy. The moral of which is, that if
there had been no flies in the Cafe du
Palais Royal in October, 1924, George
Benier would never have fought, most
probably, Captain Rodet If Captain
Rodet had not prosecuted George, he would,
most probably, have never gone to Italy.
Ii he had not gone to Italy, he would, most
| probably, have never met Blanche, and
become Captain Rodet's happy nephew
| and a respectable member of society. All's
well that ends we'll
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