The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-11-05

+ with a forced laugh, the fancy can
, not not matter to you and as tor =. t9'
price. if you get it that ought tx
, Satisfy : YOU On that poiiit:" I am tht
, man, aud 1 renew the offer. =" .,,. .,
!, tn"Ah! No, certainly" not the
fancy does. not concern u.s., o.
course not" and Henri eyed the
stranger keenly. 'sButry know
that unusual occurrences 4 will sci
the least curious of mortals TO sur II
missing" > aJ a,~,,,>. .ia.,gb
stranger, with strong symptoms o1
ancasincss.. '"People cannot thelp
thinking; that's what brains were
made for. but to-. cthe point;D Il
You still possess the cross, and Will
exchange it for the sum offered,
That sum offered, that sum is yours.
Your answer Y9u ,wSiill]l wSiill]ll igf excuse use
ny seeming abruPtness;, I am
Dressed by ss for time, iaaind cannot daily"
s"I hold you perfectly excusable,',
shid Henri; drawing the coveted d
aross from his pocket, and nothing
e,e eager flashing Of the strangers
syes as his,gaze fellupon.it: Deci-
dingr:to thrust the probe home at
once, he deliberately added: " An, An !,
other rqsson, other than 2. wa want st't ot
tme, may exist, to occasion :nsi !, YOU,
1SbSrgg'ness, ny If. friend e9la want wa ta''f Of
.NasW hat, STRIP calculated the man,
starting uSin athreatening appre-
1fensiye way. 2"What do.you mean
4 by that4remark E",go1. ei.l - ..::&t
/ %Listeny and I will tell you,.":, :,Ee-
| plied Henri fully conlyigpceed. ceed. that
be was on the, right track, as his
visitor r. indecisively sat down again.
Misten, and I win tell you what [
hkeai2i. VI III This erosg for: Which You
fave taken Such AN inexplicable
fihey,'i cahle into m yapossessionn uh-
der 'veryn@peculiar circumstances
:thatrinvest2ity with extraordinary
interest. Pausing,. a moment to
note the: effect of his language,
Hepri fixed his burning eyes or, on
stran Ser's. Speaking slowly and
emphasizing every Word, he ,ce!on-
;eDofitihaed: ST' fod1id this cross on
4h.b b Sd d Of January, 18495,- on the
Rue de GernanTc?h :I@':'l 4 .roe'
b"Dunng' the utterance of thehcon7
cludingn words rof 0 the above the
teouptenanee of!the listening man
underwepta most appalling change,
and dreadful, i'm deed, as as though he
bad heard the entente for hls i'm
mediate execution pronounced.
The muscles of his face twitched
tonyn1sively, ,bskis : ruAder:jaw fell,
hfsleyes rolled convulsivelyin in their
fsoekets as thought following the
[antaatic evolution of.some:, horrid
goblin. I.a2 -t ys!srsJasoW y II
The paroxysm lasted but for q
moment, by a superhpman effort
'of the will be, recovered his : facul-
ties, sspTdrantig to his feet, and, with
tile demoniac fury Of d madnah,
dashed = at Henri, kissing between
his teeth, "Curse' you, the telling of
that tale is your death-knell." ."hcW
Just,as lis muscular hand closed
oppressivcly on Henri's throat, ne
was violently jcrked backwards,
and he found himself in the tena-
ciouis clutches ofthe two gendarmes,
| $50 ho! my fine fellow" ejacu-
lated one Of tee officers. .'sWe'are
altogether too deeply concerned for
the future welfare of your. soul to
permit. you to perpetrate such a
crime. You have. done bad enough
already to- bring you to hanging,
and that is quite sufficient for our
purpose ~. H., II, :
Tie foiled villain glared suddenly
from one to the other, and made no
attempt to escape.
| II sThat is right" remarked the
officer who spoke before. "Take it
easy-shows you to be a ph'loso'.,
|;phor and a man Of common sense. "
The prisoner cody folded bis
arms and stood silent.
r"Monsieur Cardone,' continued
the officer, cas- your friend seems
to take kindly our interference with
this little plan to avoid you a long
resting spell, you will, with equal
disinterestcdness, provide us with a
frope''forhhis hbenetit'? Il Unluckily,
we came. from town and forgot to
bring the, professional bracelets
an uniutentionaly oversight which. !
! assnrc7 you,'',o addressing g the: prls:
oner, !aBe deplore even more than
YOU 1yoJu1irsgelf J1i self can, Ii, fact, we were
| Tathef, ui uncertain of having the
pleasure Of your company ON our
return" b.
"Nor will you have that pleas.
ure," growled the hitherto quies.
cent captive, ,;isuddenly striking out
with his two powerful arms, upset
jting the officers, kicking over the
! table on which stood the light, and
]capiplg out m into the plar darkness y $ ~ Al
| he : Hvahishcd, a bullet Kissed by ei
ther car, but he escaped unhurt. 3!
The report Sof the pistols hurried
y Henri back into the room from
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