Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-05-09

and post-house were close by, and thther
he fastened. There happened at the very
moment OF their arrival to be post-cha'se
at the door, to which a couple OF post
horses were being harnessed. The master
stood by experimenting the operation.
Monsieur" said George to this man, u
want two horses for my carriage"
The man shook his head.
> every sorry, sir, but 1 have no more
| horses. These two are the last"
George rushed at the chaise and opened
| the door. = A man-7an; Englishman, to
| judge by his whiskers-was seated within.
Monsieur" said George, q have a re,
quest of great Importance to make TO you
"Spcak, sir, replied the traveller, with an
accent that did not belle his WHISPERS
+ ."Will you give up your horses ;"
impossible, sir" IL u3~st
81 will give youa thousand-two thops-
and francs, in exchange for the conces-
81 do not want your money, sir"
"Sir, your kindness will save my life"
II have not time to be kind"
"Sir, will make you repent your cru
ethyl"
".Repent! Ali Postillion, stop mo-
ment." -,s..as. =
The Englishman stepped out of the
chaise, and with characteristic calmness
said
what do you mean, sir, by saying you
will make me repent % ,ee..s,a
What l meant / scarcely know. Per-
haps l am mad; but, mad or not, it de-
ponds upon you to prevent me from being
killed"
The Englishman looked hard at the
young man, aud then turning round as if
to re-enter his chaise, he superciliously re-
marked -
And what is it to me, sir, if you are
killed?" = rsl'l.. e
George, irritated by his contemptuous
indifference, raised his hand.
-At the very moment "a loud noise was
heard on the road. 1t was a post chaise
coming at full gallop. George heard his
own name called out in well known
voice. .-..ae a
"Ah am lost p exclaimed the young
mand; and cold perspiration believed his
brow.
1t was Captain Rodet in pursuit., it 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 adj
vanced to the encounter.
xiii me,-assassinate me, sir p he ex-
| claimed "for warn you shall not fight.
| am a coward; l admit it. Kill me at
once, for / am frightened of you'll"
George, notwithstanding his humanity
avowal, 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 t.
get 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 ismouth, and
holding out his right hand to George, "Who
says anything about killing, sirs" he said,
in an affectionate tone. "Who speaks to
you about fighting? Why should 1 kill
you'll am RBlanches uncle, sir; and !
come in her name to give you this trifle,
which belongs to you-yourself"
George looked at the hand that was held
out to him, and uttered an exclamation oil
joyful surprise. 1t contained the third pei
let of bread The captain renowned the
third meeting, to which he was entitled by
the code of honor.
l. Had Captain Rodet, in reply TO Georges
| invitation, raised a 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 ne regained consciousness, he
found himself on bed in the inn, and Cap
tain Rodet by his side. Involuntarily he
| shuddered; but the captain was smiling.
"What sir" he said, care you"
eyes, lam going to be your uncle, young
man,-preclsely So" And, as George was
about to reply, 1.-TWO words more, said
myself very severe for slight fault. adj
init it. But my excuse,-you will under
stand it, my excuse,-good or bad, is, that
/ served the Emperor and you served the
Bourbons. Austerlitz could not permit
itself to be eclipsed by the Trocadero. But
so that you may not deem me more trucu-
lent than l really am, know, young man,
that long before my sister wrote to me that
| you desired to be her son-in- law, | had
made up my mind that would no longer
cross swords with you. twas quite enough
twice, was it not ?" 5
George rose up in his bed.
| From all this, captain, it results"
| cit results, my dear George, that you
are going to marry charming young
person. -a-
That is not precisely what I was about
to saw, captain"
"What then, were you going to say, my
dear young friend "f7'r'l
| "Why, captain, that was frightened.
1 must confess it, I was horribly fright
ened."
The captain burst out into joyous
laugh. a
& $50 frightened that, to avoid fighting
me, you We're going to fight that English
man because he would not cede his horse
to you Come, George" And the old sol
der took him by the hand. : Sit'4'A-Ar
But Blanche,-but her mother
What shall we say to them to excuse my
conduct" said George, after rejecting a
few seconds. a1..at.t5
=" True / was mad when l ran away
from Blanche" 2
"She thought So Let her still deem
you mad when you return.
7 How sol" ~ luu5-Fs- 1t,fe.f <H s
"Madly in love!"a s.,s ee i
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
iBenier would never have fought, most
probably, Captain Rodet If Captain
Rodet had not prosecuted George, he would,
most probably, have never gone to Italy.
If he had not gone to Italy, he would, most
probably, have never met Blanche, and
become Captain Rodet's happy nephew
and respectable member of society Ais
well that ends we'll 'a
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