The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-01-29

expedition, favored myself little,
shouldering ! bale that did not
weigh much ever half hundred
Not knowing who might be about,
we did not drive the boats far In
shore. but waded FOR Il, 20 that else
than beads sad shoulders, gith..s bale
upon each pair of shaasds~s eould b
seen
'On ne waac.l: Wben close On
the beach bcsere a., the figures olive
or ak men, 1oonsed cut We daeked
for Il almost 20 the noses, waiting for
the men TO 90 by- Once or twice Il
seemed they were ExiBg their eyes
upon Us bus there was no beIp for i,
and so we had 10 wait Thea. al 81
once. sank into q deep Pif, Bose bale
and all bat though under water, I
stuck ike grim Sessb 10 ny property.
How ! ever got cut I can't say; but
out did get, aud landed bale 1t
wasn't mine. fbougb-one m1eh
hearier. Ny people seeing the mess
had got into. le.t ne and looked 70
themselves. each makiag his wsy 70
some koie in the elf where be might
hide.
Garry the bale i couldn't; half
crippled, | had 70 drag Il along The
ground wasn't new 10 ne msnv a
venture bad | brought safe 10 land
~ thas verv spot EVER hole in The
elf knew as was wei a. the chairs
in nv own house. / had hardly hid
myself away when SIX douaaiers in
fua aeeougemeBts passed right before
me- They had got news something
was up, aad were on the prowl Ne
.bey couldn't see anyhow. and pres
entity they turned about, Listened, and
then scGttled away towards bill o@er
which / knew mr. fellows bad 20 90
-Ali up with US now thought To-
morrow vel Be al IN prison Well,
a faint heart don't do for smuggling.
j concluded 70 stick tony bale The
bill was about a. big az Primrose
Hill OFer that blessed bill had 70
90 somehow. dragging the best part
Of q hundred weight I did it-bow,
/ can't tell At the top Of that hil
were some brsmbles and fgrze-bush-
e.. 20 ] left nsy lace there and went
away prospecting There was a vi
lsge close by; il It two es-amiDets-
lie Lion dor was the sign Of one, /
forget that Of the ether / knocked al
the door Of the one whose sign | for
get. nobody answered II might
have been three In the morning. /
knocked sgain-ztll no answer: - /
wenf swsy. Better lack here, said
! to myself a. / knocked al lie Lion
dor 4 woman answered God
bless the woman, ] say zgain
knew It was al right now There
snd then / told her what / was, and
what / had done She bore a candle
IN her hand, and BY is light she took
stock Of me from top to tee ! seem
ed ali right. for she smiled
Conuabzud. saws l. Lace =
Her little ewes spArkled again
Some for madame tomorrow Give
me lodgings tonight
@C7est bien : / had better Bot come
in the hay-lot was 81 nv service
She led the wsy
Sorry TO trouble madame, saidL
Tried 70 get in al the other estsmi-
net; couldn't make anybody hear
A good thing, 100. monsieur The
douaaiers have taken Up their quar-
ters la-bas you'd have been nicely in
for il there
= Would / ike an omelette ? By
snd by; but first nav bale It's out
yoader, eonfoundly beavy, and / must
get il in before davbreak'
an help you,s said she; and sure
enough she did help NE Normandy
women are ike little horses, mon ami
We found the bale, and carried II
between u Before dzybreak there
If was IN nv hzy-lOft beside ne
Then came the 0melet1e and some
nice hot coffee. As for ne, be sure
did by madame what any prePsr-dis-
posed person, gentiemzn-snuggier
should have do1e-thst fs, / was lib
eral slept vel cn nv hay. and AZ
early dawn / got up and speered
about TO End some signs Of ny fel-
lows One BY one / picked them Up,
and one by one Ihose bales were got
into the hsy-loft- Well they couldn't
stsy there forever, dye see; that
wasn't business; besides, / was afraid
Of compromising madame / wanted
to get nv property into Pierre l'ETe-
que, where / had ever 20 many eusie-
mers
How VIII you do IT > said mad
ame next day
Il was nonplussed- How should
/ do its
Eeoutez,' said madame, holding
up her finger We must eircgmTenf
the ociroi III tell you how To-
morrow is market eay in Pierre
FEFeque- Some scores Of girls vii
be passing the gates with market
cherries | know some. Wei get
them 10 put your lace in the bottom Of
their baskets 0ai. monsieur
She caused me 10 understand
that / mus stump down something.
but made no bargain EEening
brought a nice little eonclaFe Of cher
" girls 70 the Lion dor / think
there must have been 81 least thirty
Of them / stood cider for al, and
cakes to boot, and having unpaeked
bale, | displayed the dearly won
lace
That's yours; and yours; and
yours said !. measuring Of what /
meant 10 give
@Yos should have seen them dance
for joy. The main stock / handed
them for st0wsge away. Where
they did stowit. don't know Ii al
wsys was 5 mystery TO ne where
women do manage 70 stow away al
the lace they could smuggle- Stow
II away they did. retiring for that pGr-
pose 10 the farther end Of the hzE-
loft They went away, the dears-
certainly was 81 their mercy: buf /
would have trusted them 20 any
amount Next morning q stranger
would have seen nothing particular
st the oetroi-gate Of Pierre lEve9ue