Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-08-11
S. ROSENTHAL.

these butterflies but still he coult
not prevent his being frequentl,
surprised in her presence by one O
another of them, who artfnlly con
trived, by entering into converse
tion with her, to detain her for
few moments. Genevive neithe
felt her vanity flattered by tn,
compliments of these dandies, n Of
a partiality for any OF them enter
ed her heart. Among some of these
frequenters of Mons. Chaubert':
house, were some who were both
wealthy and connected with distin.
guished families, but that had nc
effect on Genevive Chaubert.
/ was walking one evening with
a friend, young Frenchman, by
the name Of Charles Durand, and
as we came to the gate of Belen
and passed out upon the causeway,
we stopped and gazed towards the
west to notice the beautiful sunset.
at will not be dark for nearly
two hours yet" said Durand.-
"Suppose We go on a piece further.
l would like to get few pond Ill
ies."
Asserting to the proposition, I
went forward, looking down into
the water, which flowed each side
Of the road, in our search for the
lilies. We had gone about half
mile without discovering any, when
we seated ourselves on a stone be-
meath an arch Of the aqueduct, and
began to converse on ordinary top
les. So pleasantly had we employ.
ed ourselves, that we had not no.
ticed the fight of time, and 1t was
already growing dark when we be-
gan to retrace our steps.
Scarcely had we set out on our
return when we suddenly heard fe-
male voices crying for help, just
little in our advance, and on the
other side of the aqueduct. Has
tening In the direction from whence
the sound proceeded, we found an
elderly lady and young one strug-
Cling with two Mexicans. who were
dragging then away by force in the
direction of a couple of mules,
which evidently belonged to the
rascals. Durand instantly drew
his pistol and fired at the scoun-
drels. AS l was unarmed, I could |
only watch the result of bis shot
before determining what ! could
hest do to assist the nnfortunates.
My indecisioh was only ifionenta-
ry, how ever, for the rufiians, seeing
they were discovered. ran anickly
10 their animals, and in another
minute were out of sight.
We no# fastened to the ladies,
rs 1t was obvious how much both,
particularly the elder, exhausted
by their exertions and fright, need.
ed our support.
! offered my arm to the elder,
md Durand to the younger lady,
when they both thanked us in
French for our timely assistence.~-
Durand was delighted when he
'ouhd they we're his country women,
md ut once began to enquire into
he cause of the attack.
"Alas we know nothing OF the
motives which caused the scoun.
lrels to try and capture u.s." said
aid the elder lady. "The fact is,
We had no business to wander so
ar out Of the city unprotected,
md had IL not been that Genevive
,urt her foot, and was delayed
more than an hour in resting. we
'hould have been inside the gate
While it was yet daylight"
I'VE are very happy that we can
'ifer you our protection, (" I replied.
"You are very good, tnonsieur,"
he replied. "You may be sure
his will never happen again with
u.s."
Then turning TO the young girl,
The said:
"Lcuis win be very unhappy
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